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Representatives Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, said they will only vote for the continuing resolution to fund the federal government if it includes the SAVE Act, which compels proof of citizenship for voters. Norman and Roy spoke to "The Daily Signal Podcast" at the State Freedom Caucus Summit in Dallas, Texas on Saturday.

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

• Congress is back and top on their to do list is funding the government.
• The Harris campaign now has policy positions on its website. 
• The House Foreign Affairs Committee released a report detailing the failures of the Biden-Harris administration that led to that batched Afghanistan withdrawal. 
• Apple introduces the iPhone 16.

 

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A mother in California lost her daughter to the foster care system in 2016 after she wouldn't support the then-14-year-old girl identifying as a boy. Years later, the daughter regrets attempting to transition. This mother sat down with The Daily Signal's Elizabeth Mitchell to warn other parents against allowing minors to make irreversible changes to their bodies.

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

• Employers added 142,000 jobs in August, but economists had anticipated more.
• The 14-year-old Georgia school shooter and his father have been charged in the shooting that left four people dead. 
• Kamala Harris says she does not support banning plastic straws. 
• If Trump wins the election in November, he says he will consider appointing Elon Musk to lead a “government efficiency commission.”
• ABC has denied The Daily Signal Press credentials at the presidential debate. 
• Plus, a Friday movie review of “The Searchers.”

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The U.S. military is only as strong as its ability to procure needed weapons systems and other defense materials, and right now, America’s defense industrial base is sorely lacking, experts say.

“Unfortunately, like the armed services themselves, they have been neglected,” Robert Greenway, director of the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation, says of the U.S. defense industrial base. 

Instead of producing all of our defense materials at home, the U.S. has outsourced some military production, but “there are some things we don't want in the hands of our adversaries, and there's some things, many things, we don't want under their control or influence,” Greenway says. 

Foreign production of defense materials is not only a risk from a national security perspective, it also takes economic opportunities away from the U.S., says Richard Stern, director of the Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation.

“When we're talking about what's good for the defense industrial base, we're also talking about what builds high-quality, high-paying jobs in the US, what allows the U.S. to be the most productive and advanced country on the planet,” Stern says. 

Greenway and Stern recently traveled to Texas, one of the few states that have managed to build up strong military production capabilities. The Lone Star State, according to the research experts, can and should serve as a model for expanding defense production across America.

Greenway and Stern join “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain why the defense industrial base is so critical to U.S. military strength, and how increased production will serve all Americans through economic stimulation.

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

• Former President Donand Trump was in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania last night for a town hall event with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. 
• Hunter Biden is back in court on federal charges of failing to pay taxes.  
• Harvard University ranked worst college for free speech. 
• A gunman was killed after opening fire near the ​​Israeli Consulate in Munich.
• France has a new Prime Minister, and he’s conservative.

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Scott Rasmussen shares his insights on the latest polling data and discusses the political landscape as the presidential race enters the critical month of September. 

With only small margins separating Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in swing states, the presidential race remains highly competitive with no clear leader emerging yet. Several of those swing states—Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Georgia—are up for grabs, while the prize of Pennsylvania appears likely to determine the outcome of the election. 

Rasmussen also examines Harris' rise as the Democrat nominee after Joe Biden's withdrawal, analyzing her policy positions and the public's reaction to her candidacy. Harris’ policy proposals, such as unrealized capital gains tax and price controls, are generally unpopular. Rasmussen notes that voters still have strong opinions about Trump, and despite his policy advantages, some remain hesitant to vote for him. 

The conversation also touches on broader political themes, such as how voters perceive "progressive Democrats" vs. "MAGA Republicans." While neither term is particularly popular, progressive Democrats fare better unless specific issues like border security or parental involvement in education are emphasized.  

Rasmussen emphasizes the importance of candidates focusing on issues rather than personalities, using Trump's 2016 campaign as an example where issue-based discourse proved effective. 

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

• The Tennessee Star releases the Nashville shooter’s journal.
• Four people were killed and nine were taken to the hospital after a school shooting in Georgia this morning. 
• Brazil bans social media platform X in the South American country on Saturday. 
• Beer brand Molson Coors is rolling back its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. 

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The House of Representatives returns next week to Washington, and a budget fight showdown is expected. The fiscal year ends Sept. 30, and Congress is tasked with having the fiscal 2025 budget ready to go by then, but it’s all but guaranteed it won't be. 

“What usually happens at this time is, we'll get to the September 30th deadline, and we've seen this happen for years, regardless of who's running the show, but we'll kick the can down the road maybe a few weeks,” Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, explains. 

The “can,” in this case, is the fiscal 2025 budget blueprint, and the “kick” is a continuing resolution that funds the government, usually for several weeks or months at a time.  

It has become the habit of Congress a day or two before Christmas to “have this massive Christmas tree of an omnibus bill that gets passed that few people have read [because it’s] thousands of pages long, [includes] gobs amount of money, and doesn't really do the American people the service that they deserve from their Congress,” Cloud says. 

The Texas congressman says he's doing everything he can to return the nation to fiscally responsible spending, noting that members of his own party are also partly responsible for the out-of-control spending in Washington. 

“With the Left in charge, they raced toward this fiscal cliff, and Republicans, when we've been in charge, we jog toward that same cliff and call that progress,” Cloud laments. “I'm not willing to settle for something that doesn't put us on the right path going forward.” 

Cloud joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss how Congress can take significant steps toward balancing the U.S. federal budget, and how the election could affect the financial fight in Congress this fall. 

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

• A former aide to Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul is indicted for acting as an agent for the Chinese government 
• Republican nominee Donald Trump says reports about his staffers’ altercation at Arlington National Cemetery are a “made up story.” 
• Illegal immigrants make up around 75% of arrests in Midtown Manhattan, the New York Post reports.
• Former Democratic New York governor Andrew Cuomo will testify next week about his COVID-19 nursing home policies. 

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