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

• Former President Donald Trump appeared at the New York City courthouse this afternoon for an arraignment hearing. 
• Jarrett’s reporting: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/04/04/what-i-saw-outside-trumps-arraignment-at-manhattan-courthouse/
• Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg held a press conference this afternoon after Trump’s arraignment.
• Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are reacting to the former president’s arraignment. 

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Finland is joining NATO, and Victoria Coates says Russia is less than pleased. 

Leaders in Moscow are “thoroughly outraged about this and claiming it causes some kind of intolerable threat to Russian security,” says Coates, a senior research fellow in international affairs and national security at The Heritage Foundation. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) 

Finland will become the 31st NATO member on Tuesday, a move that Coates says is likely an embarrassment to Russia because counties in the region appear to “not [be] interested in joining with Russia" in the war against Ukraine.

Coates joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain the significance of Finland entering NATO and what it could mean for the ongoing war in Ukraine. 

Coates also shares what we know about the imprisonment of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and how the Biden administration should be handling the situation. 

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

• Former President Donald Trump is expected to present himself at the district attorney’s office Tuesday afternoon following his indictment. 
• We now know what information the Chinese Spy balloon gathered as it flew across the U.S. 
• Floridians no longer have to obtain a concealed carry permit to carry a gun in the state.
• The Daily Signal releases a documentary revealing why some Republicans opposed Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

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An energy expert says the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, underscores the need for more pipelines to transport potentially hazardous substances. 

"This recent rail accident in East Palestine in Ohio has shown us that we need more pipelines to carry these potential dangerous chemicals, rather than using road and rail," says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at The Heritage Foundation. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

"Because with pipelines, the container stays still and the product moves within it. And the pipelines are often buried in the ground," Furchtgott-Roth says. "So, they're out of the way of other traffic, pedestrians, anyone like that, and the potential damage is very, very low."

Furchtgott-Roth added: 

With rail and truck, these substances are going through people's communities, and they are generally very safe, but occasionally accidents do happen.But pipelines are the safest way of transporting oil and natural gas.

Furchtgott-Roth joins today's episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss Thursday's passage of HR 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, in the House of Representatives and her thoughts on President Joe Biden’s anticipated veto of the bill. 

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

• George Soros says he does not know Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
• The federal government sues the railroad responsible for the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. 
• We know now that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being held in Lefortovo prison in Moscow. 
• The New York Times reports that the Environmental Protection Agency gave California the green light “to require that half of all garbage trucks, tractor-trailers, cement mixers and other heavy vehicles sold in the state must be all-electric by 2035.”

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Much remains unknown about the charges being brought against former President Donald Trump, Cully Stimson, Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow, says. 

Trump is the first former president in history to face criminal charges. News of his indictment broke Thursday night following months of investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. 

Stimson joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain what may happen next and what Trump’s legal team is likely doing as they wait for the details of the charges. 

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When it comes to President Joe Biden’s energy policies, he has earned “an F,” says Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont.

Rosendale is one of 221 Republicans who voted Thursday in support of a bill, HR 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. The vote was 225-204 with four Democrats joining the Republican majority and one GOP member voting against it, according to CBS News.

The legislation, which passed in the House, would “lower energy costs by increasing American energy production, exports, infrastructure, and critical minerals processing, by promoting transparency, accountability, permitting, and production of American resources, and by improving water quality certification and energy projects, and for other purposes,” according to the bill's text.  

Rosendale and Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., join “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain what is included in the bill and to discuss how Biden’s handling of America’s energy resources has affected the economy and even U.S. national security.

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

• The House passes a bill aimed at lowering energy costs and increasing energy independence in America.  
• The Attorney General of Florida files a lawsuit against two individuals for their alleged attacks against pro-life pregnancy resource centers. 
• During a House Armed Service Committee hearing, General Mark Milley says drag queen story hours should not be happening on military bases. 
• Russia arrests an American Wall Street Journal reporter. 

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A leading Asian studies expert is weighing in on how the U.S. can diminish the threat China poses to Taiwan, even as tensions between the two countries remain high. 

"I think the first thing we need to do is clear a backlog of arms sales to Taiwan. We sell Taiwan advanced military hardware, and a number of important platforms that the Taiwanese have purchased have been backlogged, and this has been going on for years now," says Jeff Smith, director of The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

"The second thing we need to do, I think, is help the Taiwanese to develop even better deterrence strategies and denial strategies and acquisitions," Smith says. "What can we do? What are the most effective military platforms that Taiwan could purchase and use in order to deny China if it decides to launch an invasion or at least to hold out long enough for the cavalry?" It's widely though that the U.S.—and possibly others, including Australia and Japan—would intervene in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

Smith joins today's episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss how the Chinese government has infiltrated our lives; The Heritage Foundation's newly released report "Winning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China”; and the U.S. fentanyl crisis.

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

• The Senate voted 66 to 30 today “to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.”
• President Biden sends a letter back to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
• Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 
• U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Tarik Johnson expected a relatively easy day when he arrived at work at 7 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, our colleague Fred Lucas reports: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/03/28/capitol-police-misled-public-about-manpower-on-hand-before-riot-former-lieutenant-says/
• Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas’ comments on H.R.1, known as the Lower Energy Costs Act

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