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    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 embraced a nickname, “The Bloc,” and an ambitious agenda of far-left policies aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America. Fortunately, a majority of voters in America’s swing states hold an unfavorable opinion of…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Tim Moore Questions Democrat Opponent’s Fitness for Congress After Felony Summons
    Summary A Democrat nominee for Congress in North Carolina, LaKesha Womack, was served with a felony criminal summons at her own campaign rally last week. Her opponent, incumbent Republican Tim Moore, is now questioning her ability to serve the people of their district. The inciting incident occurred seven years ago, when Womack allegedly failed to…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Johnson’s Final Bet: Defy the Polls and Defend the House Majority
    U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has one last blitz before Election Day as he continues his Contrast for America tour. On Tuesday morning, he set out to visit 13 states with 21 district stops across the country over the next seven days. “In the final week until this fateful Election Day, I am doubling down…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Attack Ad Against Georgia Democrat State House Candidate Sparks Backlash
    An attack ad aimed at social media influencer Lindsay DeFranco, a candidate for Georgia House District 47, has sparked a social media backlash from the Democrat. House District 47, which covers portions of Milton, Roswell, and Alpharetta, has become a race to watch due to out-of-state cash that has flooded in from all over the…
    Rebecca Buis
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    Democratic Socialist Candidates Outline DSA Priorities for Potential House Majority
    Two members of the Democratic Socialists of America likely to win House elections have already turned their sights toward shaping what they see as a probable Democrat majority in the chamber. In an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns, New York Democrat Darializa Avila Chevalier and Colorado Democrat Melat Kiros declined to commit to supporting Rep….
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Ground Broken on a Rust Belt Powerhouse: Shippingport’s Data Hub Rises in the Age of AI Anxiety
    SHIPPINGPORT, Pa.—The last time that I stood on these grounds along the Ohio River in Beaver County was 1976, 19 years after the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States opened here. My Perry High School physics teacher, David Burrows, had loaded a handful of us into a van for a field trip…
    Salena Zito
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    Trump Bans Media From the White House—This Is Why He’s Angry
    Why did President Donald Trump ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House? The better question is: What took so long?  But Trump made his point. The man is angry at the blatantly biased and Trump-despising legacy media. He blames them for his poor poll numbers. His bitterness is more than justified.  The…
    Larry Elder
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    High Court Rejects Missouri Congressional Map in Blow to GOP House Hopes
    The Supreme Court rejected a mid-decade congressional redistricting map in Missouri amid the continuing gerrymandering wars in the lead-up to the 2026 midterms. In a setback for Republicans, Missouri will have to use the map drawn in 2022 and used in the 2022 and 2024 elections. The maps could have a major impact on who…
    Fred Lucas
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    Jack Smith Team Knew Spying on Congress ‘Might Be Unconstitutional’ but ‘Forged Ahead’: House Report
    Former special counsel Jack Smith and the Biden administration’s Department of Justice violated the DOJ’s policies with respect to separation of powers, according to a House report released Wednesday. Smith, appointed in 2022 by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Donald Trump, expanded his investigation into members of Congress who communicated with then-first-term President Trump…
    Fred Lucas
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    Early Voting Underway in Virginia With Senate Race, 11 House Seats on Ballot
    As of Friday, early voting is underway in Virginia, and voters can cast ballots in person through Halloween ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms. Among other key races in the commonwealth, Democrat Sen. Mark Warner is seeking a fourth term against Republican Bert Mizusawa, a retired U.S. Army major general. In addition, all 11 congressional…
    Rich Tucker
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    House Committee Subpoenas Fairfax Immigration Records
    The House Judiciary Committee has given Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano until next Friday to produce documents relating to his office’s sanctuary policies, including its alleged “preferential treatment of illegal aliens to ensure that they do not face immigration consequences for their criminality.” In a Sept. 16 letter, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chair of…
    Rich Tucker
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    Who Pays for AI Data Center Costs? House Says Big Tech, Not Consumers
    The House successfully passed its first major legislation on artificial intelligence to ensure Big Tech pays for its energy usage, rather than passing costs onto the American consumer. The Ratepayer Protection Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan support Wednesday night by a vote of 417-3. The data center operation legislation was brought forward by Rep. Gabe…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    House Closes Up Shop a Day Before Scheduled 7-Week Recess
    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., moved to close down the House of Representatives on Wednesday, angering Democrat and Republican lawmakers alike. The speaker’s move comes as the House already had a seven-week recess, which was supposed to start Thursday. While Johnson did not state that the potential impeachment proceeding against Secretary of War…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    ‘AMERICA FIRST AGENDA AT STAKE’: House Majority Leader Rallies Republicans to Protect Trump Successes in Midterms
    House Majority Leader Steve Scalise urged Republicans to turn out in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, warning them that a Democrat victory would bring in a kind of “crazy” reminiscent of the Joe Biden years. “President [Donald] Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda is at stake,” Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, said at the Republican National Convention in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    House Ed Committee Investigates How AI Affects College Admissions
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The House Education and the Workforce Committee is sending a letter to the Government Accountability Office in order to assess how AI is affecting college admissions.  “As artificial intelligence tools continue to improve, some institutions of higher education have begun to use these tools in their admissions and institutional scholarship selection…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Why Was the Obama White House Tracking a Florida Tech Firm’s Patent Fight? Founder Sees a Suspicious Timeline
    FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL—A Florida-based technology firm is suing to find out whether the Obama administration obstructed its long-running patent litigation against a U.S.-based competitor that does business in China. The Oversight Project, a watchdog group, filed a lawsuit on behalf of ParkerVision Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida…
    Fred Lucas
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    White House Says SAVE Act Passage Most Likely After Election but Keeps Pressure on Senate
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The White House now believes that the SAVE America Act may not pass until after the midterm elections, though it is keeping the pressure on Leader John Thune to act as soon as possible. It is now eyeing a lame-duck session to secure victory on the election integrity bill, a White…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Catch Them While You Can: Here’s What House Has to Tackle in Brief Return
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The House of Representatives has a short window of time in September to pass its legislative agenda as the midterm elections inch closer. The House will return from August recess on Monday and attempt to pass several pieces of legislation since they will be out of session to campaign ahead of the…
    Nicole Silverio
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    TRANS DEFECTION: Black NH House Rep Accused of Backing ‘Jim Crow’ Takes Stand Against Gender Ideology
    A New Hampshire House Democrat is standing by his opposition to transgender ideology after drawing fierce criticism for supporting legislation on sex-segregated spaces. State Rep. Jonah Wheeler, who represents Hillsborough, emphatically condemned transgender ideology in a Sunday video, reposted online by “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling. “Gender ideology, as defined as the belief system that…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    GOP Could Keep House Seat After Trump-Backed Rep Loses
    A representative backed by President Donald Trump has lost his reelection bid after being plagued by a long list of scandals, giving Republicans a safer chance at keeping the House seat come November. Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., who is facing a House Ethics Committee probe over allegations centered on domestic abuse, stolen valor, and financial…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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