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Georgia Election Vendors Boast of Equipment as Lawmakers Prepare to Issue Report

Summary ATLANTA-The Joint Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee held its sixth meeting at the State Capitol on Thursday morning,...

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Rebecca Buis

EXCLUSIVE: Walberg and Allen Demand Explanation From UAW President on John Deere Vote

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—On Friday, Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., chairman of the Committee on Education and Workforce, and Rep. Rick Allen, R-Ga.,...

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Rebecca Buis

Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats’ Dirty Midterm Tricks Are Backfiring—and the Media Are Looking Away

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis...

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Al Perrotta

What One NATO Ally Says Trump Got Right About Europe

Summary Romania’s national security adviser visited Washington, D.C., this week with a message to his American counterparts: We’re open for...

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Robert Bluey

10,000 Swing-State Voters Were Asked About Socialism. Here’s What They Said.

Summary A growing number of socialist candidates are running for Congress this year, promising to bring radical changes to Washington, D.C. They’ve...

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Robert Bluey

Brazil’s Election Is a Warning, But Not of the End of the Donroe Doctrine

The media and the global left have hailed the apparent reelection of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a turning point for the Latin...

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Andrés Martínez-Fernández

Pretending the Justice Department Was Never Partisan Under Democrats

The most obnoxious lie that erupts routinely in the “independent media” is that President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is weaponized in...

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Tim Graham

Senate Dems Up Demand for Oz to Drop Anti-Ballot Harvesting Efforts in Nursing Homes Before Election Day

Days before the midterm elections, Senate Democrats are pushing for the Trump administration to drop guidance aimed at preventing ballot harvesting or...

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Fred Lucas

Who’s Really Fighting the DOJ’s California Noncitizen List?

California Democrats have spent months insisting the state’s elections are free and fair. But progressive groups that spend heavily on Democrat...

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Hailey Gomez

Unclear Abortion Ballot Measures Leave Voters Unsure What They’re Voting For

With voters in four states considering abortion-related ballot measures this Tuesday, Clare Ath, senior policy analyst at Human Coalition, a pro-life...

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Caroline Berkness

West Texas Republicans Sue for Statewide Hand Count of Ballots

A West Texas Republican Party has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to stop the certification of the upcoming midterm election unless county...

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Emily Medeiros

Midterms: Closing Argument

Summary Heading into Election Day on Tuesday, here are the four most important reasons to vote for patriotic populist candidates: Sovereignty After...

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Steve Cortes

Trump to ‘Electrify’ Voters in Two Rescheduled Rallies

President Donald Trump’s canceled rallies to Kansas and Iowa are back on. He will galvanize supporters in both states in back-to-back rallies on...

yesterday 1

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

Polls, and Who You Find Dancing on Them

Summary With four days to go until the end of Virginia’s 45-day election season, the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics updated its...

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Joe Thomas

The Real Affordability Question

Summary One word is echoing in all discussions of the upcoming midterm elections: affordability. When pundits talk about affordability, they almost...

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Steve Yates

Dead Registrants Still Haunt Voter Rolls in These Battleground States Days Ahead of Midterms

The names of dead people still remain on state voter rolls across the country, including in key battleground states, with just days to go before the...

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Fred Lucas

They Aim to Conquer

The West would do well to remember King Solomon’s most famous ruling. Last weekend, France erupted in widespread rioting. One French official put...

yesterday 1

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Victor Joecks

Can Brazil and Venezuela Tolerate Opposition?

Latin American democracy is being put to the test in Brazil and Venezuela. At stake is whether the left-wing government in either country can...

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Daniel McCarthy

How to Prevent Europe’s Violence From Coming to America

Summary When violence and destruction broke out this month in France and soon spread to other European nations, many looked for a politician or a...

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Felix Miller

Victor Davis Hanson: Is the Iran War About to Enter Its Final Phase?

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our...

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Al Perrotta

The Left Thinks Black People Can’t Get IDs? New Prop 39 Ad Challenges Voter ID Racism Claims

Summary A new AI-generated California voter ID ad depicts black and Hispanic Americans pushing back against the common Democrat argument that...

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Angelina Delfin

This Federal Department Just Ranked No. 1 With Americans

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A new report found that the State Department, under Secretary Marco Rubio, is the most highly rated agency by American...

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Virginia Grace McKinnon

First Senior Trump Official Backs Trump Accounts With Donation

The head of the IRS and the Social Security Administration just became the first senior Trump administration official to donate to Trump investment...

previous day 2

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Virginia Grace McKinnon

The GOP’s Accomplishments and Why Americans Should Vote for Conservatives

Summary Do Republicans deserve reelection next Tuesday? Voters are sour over high costs. Gas prices are “too damn high.” And why haven’t the...

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Felix Miller

Donald Trump’s Ohio Rally Comes With Plenty of Excitement

Summary Days before the midterms, President Donald Trump made another appearance in Ohio to rally for Republican candidates in Chillicothe. It was a...

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Rebecca Downs

Opponents of Constitutional Changes Plan to Pray and Fast on Election Day

Election Day will also be a day of prayer and fasting for many across the commonwealth, as religious opponents of changing the state’s constitution...

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Rich Tucker

Voter ID, ‘Billionaire Tax’ and 5 Other Big Midterm State Ballot Initiatives to Watch

It isn’t just Congress that’s up for grabs during the midterm elections. On Tuesday, voters will decide more than 140 proposed measures that could...

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Jarrett Stepman

The EU Wants to Control What Americans See Online Before We Vote

Summary As violent protests erupt into flames across France, leveling centuries-old buildings, the French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot recently...

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Jeremy Tedesco

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Arrests Violent Criminals Ahead of South Carolina Rally

As President Donald Trump heads to South Carolina for a Thursday campaign rally, the White House is highlighting five illegal immigrants apprehended...

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

Election Day Voters Will Determine Midterms Outcome, Poll Says

The fight for control of Congress will come down to Election Day voter turnout, a new Cygnal poll has found. “Democrats have banked their early...

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Malia Loock

Victor Davis Hanson: Obama’s Latest Attacks on Trump Backfire Spectacularly

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis...

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Victor Davis Hanson

What’s in a Name? Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Law School Name Change

Summary What’s a name worth? A lot, according to a case the U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear. In 1878, more than 145 years before this...

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Zack Smith

Europe Grovels as China Throws a Tantrum Over ‘Dictator’ Mao Comment

Summary A European soccer star insinuated that Mao Zedong was a dictator, and China showed exactly how a powerful, dictatorial regime operates when it...

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Jarrett Stepman

Clinton-Appointed Judge Decides Whether 20,000 ‘Likely Noncitizen’ Ballots Get Counted

Summary U.S. District Judge David O. Carter denied the Justice Department’s request for a temporary restraining order against California on...

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Hailey Gomez

Pollster Reveals the Real Story Behind Republicans’ Midterm Woes

Americans’ economic pessimism has turned what could have been a favorable midterm environment for Republicans into a fight for control of Congress,...

previous day 4

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Robert B. Bluey

SOCIALISM ON THE BALLOT: Races to Watch in the DSA Orbit as the ‘Squad’ May Expand

Summary Socialism is on the ballot in the midterm elections, and not just in high-profile congressional races. The Democratic Socialists of America...

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Tyler O'Neil

The Midterms, JD Vance, and the Working-Class Realignment

In 2024, voters without a college degree broke for President Donald Trump 56 to 42. On Nov. 3, Americans will learn whether the working-class voters...

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Felix Miller

Victor Davis Hanson: Why Is Carney Choosing China Over America?

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our...

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Al Perrotta

Texas Law Enforcement Miscast as Villains in Immigration Debate

Legacy media have been sounding the alarm about deportations in Texas, but they are leaving out key details, painting law enforcement as...

wednesday 3

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Bruce Parker

Millions Spent Against Him. Can This California Republican Win the 48th Congressional District?

Summary With more than $4 million spent opposing San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond, and his opponent Marni von Wilpert labeling him her “MAGA...

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Angelina Delfin

6 Days Before Election Day, Michele Tafoya Issues Call to Action to Minnesota Republicans: Show Up and Vote

“Fox & Friends” host Steve Doocy joined Republican Senate candidate Michele Tafoya at Keys Café in Roseville, Minnesota, Wednesday morning, where...

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Caroline Berkness

New Poll Shows Wisconsin Governor’s Race Is Up for Grabs

Summary With mere days until the midterms, a new poll shows the race for Wisconsin governor could tip either way, with the man behind the poll saying...

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Olivia Burdo

‘Systemic Marginalization’ of ‘Transgender Women’: Inside the Woke NIH Grants Trump Slashed

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The National Institutes of Health under the Trump administration has slashed more than $1 billion of woke Biden-era grants...

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Elizabeth Mitchell

Raffensperger Assures of Election Integrity Amid DOJ’s Deployment of Election Watchers

While Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger attempted to assure the public this week that Election Day will be free of fraud, President Donald...

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Rebecca Buis

Georgia GOP Launches Website Highlighting Ossoff’s ‘Failures,’ DSA Ties Ahead of Obama Rally

Sen. Jon Ossoff has become quite popular among the nation’s socialists, but one thing is clear: He masks his record and how he represents Georgians....

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Rebecca Buis

Ex-Peltola Aide: She Knew About Recruiting the ‘Other Dan Sullivan’

The campaign of Alaska Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola helped recruit Dan J. Sullivan to run in the hopes of drawing votes away from Republican...

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Virginia Grace McKinnon

Tim Moore Raises Questions About Democrat Opponent After She’s Served Felony Summons

Summary A Democratic nominee for Congress in North Carolina, LaKesha Womack was served with a felony criminal summons at her own campaign rally last...

wednesday 3

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Virginia Grace McKinnon

AMA Foundation Revived Racial Preferences After IRS Complaint, Medical Watchdog Claims

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The American Medical Association Foundation has revived racial preferences in its scholarships for medical students, the...

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Tyler O’neil

The Politician Under Troy Jackson’s Logging Jacket

Summary Troy Jackson has a compelling story to tell Maine voters. He grew up poor in a remote logging town, worked long hours in the woods, and...

wednesday 2

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Michael Freund

National First Responders Day and the People Who Saved My Son

For me, National First Responders Day is personal. My son was supposed to spend the night at his sister’s apartment in Washington, D.C., when...

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Bridget E. Bean