Biden Admin Wants Explicit Content to Stay in School Libraries, House Panel’s Chairman Says

Plus: DHS Hired a Pro-Hamas Former PLO Spokeswoman to Handle Asylum Claims. Heritage Demands Answers. October 20 2023 NEWS [Biden Admin Wants Explicit Content to Stay in School Libraries, House Panel’s Chairman Says]() [Biden Admin Wants Explicit Content to Stay in School Libraries, House Panel’s Chairman Says]() By Jarrett Stepman What’s been labeled an epidemic of “book banning” is actually an epidemic of sexually explicit materials getting into American school libraries. [More]() NEWS [DHS Hired a Pro-Hamas Former PLO Spokeswoman to Handle Asylum Claims. Heritage Demands Answers.]() [DHS Hired a Pro-Hamas Former PLO Spokeswoman to Handle Asylum Claims. Heritage Demands Answers.]() By Tyler O'Neil The Oversight Project filed a FOIA request demanding “all communications ... sent/received by Nejwa Ali” with specific search terms related to Israel and Palestine. [More]() COMMENTARY [Without a House Speaker, Republicans Are Out of Line of Presidential Succession]() [Without a House Speaker, Republicans Are Out of Line of Presidential Succession]() By GianCarlo Canaparo Without a House speaker, the line of succession skips over the Republican-controlled House and lands in the Democrat-controlled Senate. [More]() NEWS [GOP Senators Warn Against Ukraine Funding in Israel Aid Package]() [GOP Senators Warn Against Ukraine Funding in Israel Aid Package]() By Mary Margaret Olohan "it would be wrong to leverage support of aid to Israel in attempt to get additional aid for Ukraine across the finish line," write the senators. [More]() NEWS [Biden: Russia and Hamas ‘Want to Completely Annihilate a Neighboring Democracy’]() [Biden: Russia and Hamas ‘Want to Completely Annihilate a Neighboring Democracy’]() By Fred Lucas The president also warned against both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. [More]() NEWS [Anti-Israel Protesters Demonstrate Outside Israeli Embassy in Washington]() [Anti-Israel Protesters Demonstrate Outside Israeli Embassy in Washington]() By Mary Margaret Olohan Protest leaders repeated claims spread by Hamas and pushed by legacy media outlets that Israel had bombed a hospital in Gaza, killing hundreds. [More]() COMMENTARY [America Should Stop Funding This Compromised UN Agency Whose Employees Praise Palestinian Extremism]() [America Should Stop Funding This Compromised UN Agency Whose Employees Praise Palestinian Extremism]() By Brett Schaefer American aid shouldn't be provided to Palestinians through a U.N. agency with a proven record of sympathy for Hamas terrorists. [More]() NEWS [Democratic Senator Blocks Hawley Resolution Condemning Antisemitism on College Campuses]() [Democratic Senator Blocks Hawley Resolution Condemning Antisemitism on College Campuses]() By Mary Margaret Olohan Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a Senate Resolution condemning antisemitic student groups' protests against Israel, protests that often celebrate and justify the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. [More]() ANALYSIS [What It Was Like to Be in Israel During Hamas Attack]() [What It Was Like to Be in Israel During Hamas Attack]() By Katrina Trinko “We suddenly heard booms overhead in our city of Ramat Beit Shemesh. So we looked up, and we saw smoke,” says Rabbi Scott Kahn. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: Narrative About Israeli Airstrike on Hospital Collapses—Along With Corporate Media Credibility]() [ICYMI: Narrative About Israeli Airstrike on Hospital Collapses—Along With Corporate Media Credibility]() By Jarrett Stepman Countless legacy media outlets didn’t even wait for the dust to settle before they went with the narrative Hamas terrorists wanted to tell. [More]() [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] [Donate to The Daily Signal]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Follow us on Twitter]() [Follow us on Twitter]() How are we doing?We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at [letters@dailysignal.com](). The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 [(800) 546-2843]() Add [morningbell@heritage.org]() to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]() -