TOP NEWS | Trump Calls to Defund Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, Democrat Rep. Switches Parties, Election Results in Wisconsin and Chicago | April 5

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Donald Trump has called to defund federal law enforcement agencies just one day after he appeared in New York City for his arraignment hearing. State Representative Tricia Cotham announced that she was switching to the Republican Party during a press conference this morning. Brandon Johnson won the mayoral election on Tuesday night. Johnson is replacing Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who lost her bid for reelection last month. Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court The police officers who responded to the mass shooting that killed three students and three faculty members at the Covenant School in Nashville spoke out for the first time since the shooting occurred. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5heod2B_hz8 Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices