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    Referendum or Turnout Problem? GOP Insiders Split Over Who’s to Blame for Midterm Losses
    Republicans lost Congress on Tuesday because voters felt the administration and the GOP stopped caring about them, several insiders told the Daily Signal. “This is a middle finger,” one former senior administration official said of the midterm election results. “I think it comes down to affordability and the war, and Americans feeling like the administration…
    Reagan Reese
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    Socialists Gain Ground in Congress, Setting Up Fight Over Democrat Agenda
    Democratic Socialists of America are celebrating over 50 wins from Tuesday night’s midterm elections. With some races yet to be called, there will be at least five new socialists entering the House of Representatives and one entering the Senate for the 120th Congress. “Over 50 DSA victories tonight prove socialism can win in the U.S….
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Mike Johnson’s Departure From GOP Leadership Sets Up Battle for Succession
    House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, took himself out of the race for minority leader on Wednesday, kicking off a battle within Congress for the coveted seat. Johnson announced his decision this morning, just hours after the House and the Senate were called for Democrats, on a call with his staff, the source told the…
    Reagan Reese
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    BATTLE FOR CONGRESS: Trump Responds to Stinging GOP Senate Defeats
    Watch for live updates here on the dramatic battle between Democrats and the GOP for control of Congress. 1:50 a.m.—Any GOP optimism to defy history and win the 2026 midterms faded early on Tuesday night.   Then, any optimism that the election wouldn’t be a blue wave also faded, as the wave turned into a tsunami….
    Reagan Reese
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    📺 Who Will Control Congress? Watch the Results LIVE
    Americans will decide the balance of power in Washington on Tuesday, and the Daily Signal will be there as the results come in. Beginning at 7 p.m. ET, national correspondent Tony Kinnett will host five hours of live midterm election night news on the Daily Signal’s YouTube channel and through the nationally syndicated “The Tony…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Final Countdown to the Midterms
    Editor’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. I want to talk about the impending midterms. Conventional wisdom six months ago was that the…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    2026 Midterms Could Be Headed for a Post-Election Legal War
    Which party controls Congress might not be determined until long after Election Day due to lengthy state counting timelines and election litigation. Election litigation began well before Tuesday and the counting of ballots will almost certainly persist for days. More than a dozen states have laws on the books to keep counting mail ballots arriving…
    Fred Lucas
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    Elaine Luria: ‘It All Starts Right Here in Virginia’s 2nd District’
    Former Rep. Elaine Luria made her closing argument in her bid to once again represent Virginia’s 2nd District in Congress. The Democrat hosted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at a rally in Virginia Beach on Halloween afternoon, which was also the final day of early voting in the commonwealth. Unlike some races, the result in…
    Rich Tucker
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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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