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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• President Donald Trump’s third indictment
• Lawmakers and 2024 presidential candidates reactions to the former president’s third indictment 
• Vice President Kamala Harris does not have plans to meet with Gov. Ron DeSantis after he offered to meet with her to discuss the state’s new black history teaching standards. 
• The shooter responsible for killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in October 2018 has received the death penalty. 
• Fitch rating agency downgrades U.S’ credit rating 

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Protests and riots erupted following the police-involved fatal shooting of 17-year-old French citizen Nahel Merzouk, who was of Moroccan and Algerian descent, on June 27 in France.

Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation, says “certainly what happened in France takes us directly back to 2020” after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

“… and I can’t help but wonder: Has [the] U.S. exported this model, where if someone from a minority community is killed by the police, that these very violent mobs are going to regularly pop up and cause such destruction?” Riesasks.

“To be seen, I guess, in France. Unfortunately, the U.S. lived through many months of it in 2020. And a little bit different in terms of what minority group we’re talking about. In this French incident, as Ellie [Krasne-Cohen] explained, the gentleman was of North African descent, and the riots from 2020 that we dealt with in the U.S. was largely about the black community,” Ries says, adding:

However, given our immigration situation, mass migration to the U.S. right now, this is going to be an interesting situation to watch.

Ries and Ellie Krasne-Cohen, a visiting fellow at Independent Women's Forum and former Heritage Foundation employee who now lives in France, join today's episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to further discuss the deadly French shooting, and similarities and differences with how French and U.S. media covered the incident.

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• Our colleague Kate Trinko reports that President Joe Biden’s administration will no longer move the U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Alabama, despite the government’s own analysis showing the move made sense.
• Our colleague Fred Lucas reports that then-Vice President Joe Biden communicated more than 20 times, either in person or on speakerphone, with Hunter Biden’s business associates, Devon Archer told a House committee on Monday.
• Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma signed an executive order today that aims to define “female,” “mother” and “woman.”
• Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, has signed legislation allowing non-U.S. citizens to become police officers in his state. 
• Fox News reports that the Biden administration began enforcing a national ban on different types of light bulbs as part of its energy efficiency agenda. 
• Fred Lucas is reporting that Senate Republicans are pressing the nominees to lead the Smithsonian Institution about their views on recent woke and politically-charged policies, programs, and actions from the taxpayer-backed national museumsFred Lucas is reporting that Senate Republicans are pressing the nominees to lead the Smithsonian Institution about their views on recent woke and politically-charged policies, programs, and actions from the taxpayer-backed national museumsRelevant Links

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INTERVIEW: Russian officials say three Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow over the weekend, and one of those drones struck a skyscraper in the city. Ukraine has now taken responsibility for the attack.

“Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia—to its symbolic centers and military bases, and this is an inevitable, natural, and absolutely fair process,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

The strike is part of Ukraine's ongoing counteroffensive against Russia.

In response to the drone strike, Russia's former president and prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, said, “Just imagine that the offensive … in tandem with NATO succeeded and ended up with part of our land being taken away. Then we would have to use nuclear weapons by virtue of the stipulations of the Russian Presidential Decree," according to a Telegram post reported by CNN. 

How likely is it that Russia would use nuclear weapons against Ukraine in the coming months?

Victoria Coates, Heritage Foundation vice president of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, says that "it's been possible from the beginning," but added that she has "never considered it a particularly likely turn of events."

Coates joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to explain how likely it is Ukraine will continue to target civilian infrastructure in Russia, what the results of such targeting might be, and what America’s involvement in the war should look like moving forward. 

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• The House Oversight Committee holds a closed door hearing with Hunter Biden’s longtime business associate Devon Archer. 
• Former President Donald Trump tried to stop the investigation into his actions in Georgia after the 2020 election. 
• X Corp. threatens to sue an organization that claims to track hate speech. 
• A suicide bombing at an Islamic political rally in Pakistan leave more than 50 people dead. 
• A Ukrainian drone strikes a  skyscraper in Moscow. 

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Hunter Biden and his lawyers walked into a courtroom prepared to enter a plea deal with the Justice Department last week. The deal fell through. 

President Joe Biden’s son was prepared to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and to lying on a gun purchase form. The DOJ lawyers and the younger Biden’s attorneys were ready to sign off on the deal in court, but U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika said she had no intention to “rubber-stamp” the deal. 

Why? 

Mike Howell, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, says the plea deal granted the president's son “global immunity for all other conduct.” Asked if he would sign onto the deal if that immunity agreement was removed, Hunter Biden said “no,” according to Howell. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

The Justice Department was offering him “a 'get-out-of-jail-free card' for any future charges that may be brought,” Howell says. 

Howell joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain the role the Oversight Project played in uncovering the details of the plea deal, and what's likely next for Hunter Biden.

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• The Senate passes a version of the National Defense Authorization Act but with key omissions. 

• Former President Donald Trump allegedly tried to delete surveillance footage from Mar-a-Lago that is part of the investigation into his handling of classified documents. 

• The Secret Service refuses to turn over the list of individuals who may have accessed the area where cocaine was found in the White House. 

• Why Senate leadership is in question. 

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INTERVIEW | Tom Lewis is among America’s most generous philanthropists. Over more than 20 years, his T.W. Lewis Foundation has funded causes helping children and families, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations like The Heritage Foundation.

But he’s now taking a different approach with colleges and universities after a controversy at Arizona State University. Lewis pulled his funding following the school’s mishandling of an event with Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager in February.

The Arizona State event was hosted by the university’s T.W. Lewis Center for Personal Development. It sparked outrage from professors and accusations of censorship from the center’s former executive director.

Lewis spoke to The Daily Signal about his decision to pull the funding and the state of higher education in America. Listen to the full interview on "The Daily Signal Podcast" or read a lightly edited version at DailySignal.com.

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• Detransitioner Chloe Cole testified before Congress. 
• What happens now after Hunter Biden’s plea deal fell through? 
• Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell freezes during a press conference.  
•  A third indictment of former President Donald Trump may be coming. 
• Starbucks faces legal trouble after hiring Eric Holder to address the civil rights concerns at the coffee company. 

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INTERVIEW | Christopher Rufo is at the forefront of exposing critical race theory, DEI, and the radical Left’s agenda to undermine traditional American values. His new book, “America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything,” is a history of the Left’s key figures and its playbook for infiltrating America’s institutions and indoctrinating our children.

The book, which debuted at No. 14 on The New York Times' bestseller list Wednesday, profiles four figures who shaped the Left's thinking and strategies: Herbert Marcuse, Angela Davis, Paulo Freire, and Derrick Bell. Rufo's detailed reporting and meticulous research paint a far different picture about them than you'll find in corporate media.

Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, spoke about his motivation for documenting the Left's game plan. He also offered his perspective on the counter-revolution that he hopes will ultimately prevail. Listen to our full interview or read a lightly edited transcript at The Daily Signal.

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