Was the grand jury's decision not to indict any of the three police officers for Breonna Taylor's death just? Why was there a warrant for the 26-year-old medical professional's home in the first place, and why was it a no-knock warrant? What do we know about what really happened that night? Amy Swearer, a legal fellow at the Meese Center in The Heritage Foundation, joins us in this bonus episode to break down all this and more.
Professor Carter Snead is one of the world's leading experts on public bioethics at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a colleague of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, one of President Donald Trump's finalists to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Snead joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about Barrett, her legal career, media attacks, and more.
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Riots break out in Louisville, Kentucky, after a grand jury announces three felony charges of wanton endangerment against a former police detective in the Breonna Taylor case.
President Trump declines to directly answer loaded questions about what he will do if he loses reelection.
President Trump pays his respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as her body lies in repose just outside the doors of the Supreme Court.
Justin Sayfie, a lawyer, government relations consultant, and digital entrepreneur, says he has known Judge Barbara Lagoa, one of President Donald Trump's finalists for the Supreme Court, for 20 years. He joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about their friendship, Lagoa's career, and her potential as a Supreme Court justice.
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President Trump says he will sign an executive order to protect babies born alive after a botched abortion.
The president announces new sanctions on Cuba.
Kentucky's attorney general announces a grand jury's charges in the mistaken police killing of Breonna Taylor, an emergency medical technician who was shot and killed in her home when three officers broke in with a search warrant.
Veteran journalist Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, recently did some investigative reporting.
In an exclusive commentary last week for The Daily Signal, Gonzalez wrote that Alicia Garza, one of three founders of the Black Lives Matter organization, had partnered with a left-wing San Francisco group known to carry water for China: the Chinese Progressive Association. Gonzalez joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss the ramifications.
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President Trump says he will announce his third nominee for the Supreme Court on Saturday, and it looks like Senate Republicans have the votes necessary for confirmation.
The president asks the United Nations to hold China accountable for “unleashing” the new coronavirus.
The COVID-19 death toll in America hits 200,000, Johns Hopkins University reports. The total for U.S. cases is close to 7 million.
What steps are involved in a Supreme Court confirmation process and are any optional? What do we know about Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa, reportedly two of the top contenders to be nominated? Can Democrats pack the Supreme Court? And what lessons did the left and right learn from the Kavanaugh hearings? John Malcolm, who heads the Meese Legal Center at The Heritage Foundation, joins the podcast to discuss all this and more.
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President Trump pledges to announce a Supreme Court nominee Friday or Saturday.
Democrats won't rule out impeaching Trump as a way to slow down Supreme Court confirmation process.
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco says the city's rules on religious services during COVID-19 are discriminatory.
Antifa claims to be an anti-fascist organization that fights white supremacy and discrimination. But the group's true aim is to overthrow the American government, says Martin Scott Catino, a Fulbright scholar and member of the nonprofit Anti-Communist Action Team, which exposes communism's lies through research and personal stories.
Catino, who has spent over 20 years studying terrorist organizations, joins the podcast to explain Antifa's tactics to gain support and how its spread its propaganda.
Also on today’s show, we read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a new pro-life documentary featuring former NFL tight end Benjamin Watson.
Mia Love, the first black Republican woman in Congress, represented the state of Utah from 2015 to 2019. She joins The Daily Signal podcast to discuss her perspective on the riots and violence this summer, how it has impacted America, and her views of the Black Lives Matter organization.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday during a hearing that Antifa is no joke.
Last week, 790,000 Americans applied for unemployment for the first time according to the Department of Labor.
President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, is taking issue with the timeline of Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the coronavirus vaccine.
Jon Kyle, a retired deputy sheriff from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in California, has a lawman's perspective on what happened Aug. 23 when a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old African American man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kyle joins the podcast to discuss how he views the incident in which police officers confronted Blake.
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An organization run by a co-founder of Black Lives Matter asks for donations to a group with ties to communist China
Insurance companies are going to be out at least $1 billion after paying for damage claims resulting from riots following the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of police.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, tells a Senate committee that masks are crucial in the fight against COVID-19.
Greenland plays an important role within America’s economic and military interests.
Carla Sands, the U.S. ambassador to Denmark, joins the show to explain Greenland's significance in U.S. Arctic policy.
Sands also explains the history between Greenland and America, and how relations between the two countries have grown stronger over the past several years.
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History is made at the White House in the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and between Israel and Bahrain.
The city of Louisville, Kentucky, agrees to a “substantial” settlement in the case of Breonna Taylor’s death.
The Justice Department opens a criminal inquiry into a book by former national security adviser John Bolton.
The wildfires raging in California have killed at least 24 in less than a month. How well has the state responded to the wildfires, including steps to prevent them? What is the perspective of Californians on how well the state has dealt with the threat? Is something not being done to get this season's fires under control? John Cox, head of the nonpartisan organization CHANGE-CA, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss.
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Fully 65% of American voters say they are concerned about “law and order.”
President Trump signs an executive order aiming to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
Law enforcement offers a $100,000 reward as police search for a gunman who shot two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies.
