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    Ruling Allows Fulton County to Block Republican Election Board Nominees 
    The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that the Fulton County commissioners may reject Republican nominees to the county’s election board, finding the board appointments are “inherently discretionary.” For years, the Democrat-controlled Fulton County Board of Commissioners has been fighting the local GOP over who gets to sit on the Fulton County Board of Registration…
    Reagan Campbell
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    Democrats’ Jungle Primary Boomerang Hits Swalwell Hard
    ditor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal.   Here in California, we’re having a primary coming up in June. Since 2010, by ballot initiative, we have jungle primaries, where the…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    4 Senate Race Predictions Shift in Political Forecast
    As midterm elections loom, a major political forecaster is shifting its predictions in four Senate races to be more favorable for Democrats. While it is an uphill climb for Democrats to take back the upper chamber, changing Cook Political Report race ratings suggest there might be a chance. “With an increasingly sour national environment for…
    George Caldwell
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    President Trump’s War on Fraud
    According to federal government data, the government loses more taxpayer dollars every year to fraud than it spends on the entire budgets of several Cabinet agencies. Thank goodness President Donald Trump has launched the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud and directed Vice President JD Vance to lead the effort. The Government Accountability Office recently conducted a government-wide study to get an…
    Jenny Beth Martin
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    EXCLUSIVE: Less Than 1 in 10 Say the US Is Fully Prepared to Respond to a Bioterrorism Attack
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Just 9% of Americans consider the United States extremely prepared to respond to a biological threat, while terrorism remains Americans’ leading national security concern, a new poll suggests. The poll, conducted by Defend Forgotten America, asked respondents if they considered America “extremely prepared” to respond to bioterrorism threats. Many respondents (44%)…
    Fred Lucas
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    Georgia Official Charged With COVID-19 Fraud Runs for State Senate, While 2 Others Plead Guilty
    A suspended member of the Georgia House of Representatives announced she will run for the state Senate despite being charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with COVID-19 unemployment fraud, while two of her former colleagues have already pleaded guilty to similar offenses. Former state Reps. Dexter L. Sharper and Karen L. Bennett, along with…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Swalwell Gubernatorial Campaign Implodes Amid Sexual Assault Allegations
    Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., announced Sunday that he would be suspending his California gubernatorial campaign due to allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied. “I am suspending my campaign for Governor,” Swalwell announced on X on Sunday. “To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made…
    Angelina Delfin
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    ‘He Tried to Save Us’: ODU Cadets Recall ROTC Classroom Attack 
    Cadets from Old Dominion University spoke publicly for the first time since the terrorist attack inside their Army ROTC classroom that left their instructor dead and two students wounded. On March 12, ISIS supporter Mohamed Bailor Jalloh entered the classroom, shouted “Allahu Akbar,” and opened fire, killing Lt. Col. Brandon Shah and wounding two cadets….
    Reagan Campbell
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    Can the GOP Cash in on Ohio Redistricting as Dems Appear to Have Clear Midterm Advantage?
    Ohio remains a key battleground in determining control of the U.S. House in the upcoming midterm elections. But as prediction models continue to shift the advantage in close races toward Democrats, do Republicans still have a chance in these Ohio races? The Cook Political Report recently made several changes to its ratings in Ohio races….
    Rebecca Downs
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    Gabbard Exposes Congressional Plot to Impeach Trump
    Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Monday declassified and released documents she says show that officials within the Intelligence Community mishandled and politicized a whistleblower complaint that ultimately led to President Donald Trump’s first impeachment in 2019. According to Gabbard, the newly released records allege that what she described as “deep state actors” collaborated…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    What Does Viktor Orbán’s Defeat Mean for Hungary?
    Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will lose his position at the head of Hungary’s government after 16 years in power, but his replacement—Tisza Party leader Péter Magyar—represents less of a political sea change than a correction after alleged corruption. Orbán conceded the election to Magyar on Sunday after Tisza secured more than two-thirds of the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Liberal Colonialism in Virginia: Fairfax Liberals Think They’re Better Than Their Fellow Virginians
    Signs that read, “Don’t Fairfax Me” and “Vote No,” are reportedly prevalent in rural Virginia for good reason. Virginia Democrats’ redistricting campaign aims to disenfranchise rural Virginians. The referendum, which would split heavily populated Fairfax County across five congressional districts, is a deceptive power grab. The April 21 election will decide the fate of Virginia’s 11 congressional…
    Stephanie Lundquist-Arora
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    Why Americans Are Getting Larger Refunds This Tax Season
    Each spring, tax refunds illuminate how federal policy interacts with household finances. This tax season, Americans are experiencing larger returns compared to prior years—and not because there are more filers, but because legislation passed by the Trump administration last summer is finally bearing fruit. Internal Revenue Service data for Week Nine of the 2026 filing…
    Nicole Huyer
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    Who’s Leading the Michigan Democrat Senate Primary?
    A tight primary race between the three Democrat candidates for Michigan’s Senate seat is showcasing the different extremes of the Democratic Party. According to polls, voters are currently divided among a center-left congresswoman who is backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, a physician who appears to be sympathetic toward Islamic radicals, and a…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    New Report Shows Biden Officials Knew of COVID-19 Vaccine Risks
    Drip, drip, drip. Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic, more details are being revealed concerning the failure of federal public health officials to come clean about lingering safety issues with the COVID-19 vaccine. Senate investigators have conclusively proved, for example, that Biden administration officials downplayed the risk of vaccine-induced myocarditis (heart inflammation) and failed to…
    Robert Moffit
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    Here’s Where California Democrats Stand on the Explosive Eric Swalwell Allegations
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Barely any of Rep. Eric Swalwell’s fellow elected California Democrats have called for him to resign his Congressional seat—though some said he should drop out of the state’s gubernatorial race—after multiple women accused him of sexual assault Friday. A former Swalwell staffer alleged he sexually assaulted her twice when she was intoxicated…
    Anthony Iafrate
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    Artemis II Is Home Safe, But When Are We Landing on the Moon?
    The Artemis II crew is home safely after sending humans farther from Earth than ever before. The mission’s success was a critical step in NASA’s plans to one day have a lunar base and send humans to Mars. But for those of us still stranded on this pale blue dot, the Artemis II success has…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Fallout From Husband Confessing Murder of Democrat Congressional Hopeful Continues in Florida
    Shockwaves continue to shake south Florida in the wake of Coral Springs Vice-Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen’s murder. After the vice mayor was found dead in her residence on April 1, her husband, Stephen Bowen, was apprehended by local police in the nearby Florida city of Plantation. Bowen was charged with murder after Metayer Bowen’s friend…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Tax the Rich?
    “Tax the rich!” shout progressives. Why not? America’s richest people are ridiculously rich. “Five bucks to you is like $6 million to billionaire Jeff Bezos!” shrieks Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Taking more from billionaires and millionaires just seems fair. That’s why Washington state passed a new “millionaire’s tax,” California will soon vote on a “billionaire’s…
    John Stossel
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    Heritage Panel: CCP is Murdering Citizens for Organs and Profiting by the Billions
    At The Heritage Foundation, policy experts recently exposed how China is murdering innocents for organ harvesting. The April 7 event, titled “Organ Harvesting: Communist China’s Hideous Shop of Horrors,” featured Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., a panel of senior research fellows, and Jan Jekielek, senior editor of The Epoch Times and the host of “American Thought…
    Jenna Lee
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