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House OKs SAVE Act Election Integrity Measure
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act 220-208. Four House Democrats broke ranks and joined 216 Republicans to pass the election integrity measure, while 208 Democrats voted against it. The four Democrats who sided with the GOP were Reps. Jared Golden of Maine, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington… -
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Congress: Defend Americans’ Voices at the Ballot Box and Pass the SAVE Act
The right to vote is one of America’s most sacred privileges, making the integrity of our elections an issue of paramount importance for our country. So why is the Left so determined to undermine it? The surge of illegal aliens pouring across the border during the Biden administration, combined with lax voter ID laws in… -
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Ethics Complaint Claims Booker Improperly Linked 25-Hour Talkathon With Fundraising
While Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., spoke for 25 hours on the Senate floor last week, a series of emails with contribution links and links to his campaign store was sent out, according to an ethics complaint from the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust. FACT, a conservative nonprofit watchdog group, says that violates Senate ethics… -
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How a Small State Made Big Strides on Election Integrity Laws
Wyoming was among the first states to enact a citizenship verification law and to ban foreign funding of ballot measures during the 2025 session, along with other election reform bills. “Wyoming’s been a leader. We’ve had very clean elections, and you can always improve them, so I’m very proud of our integrity,” Wyoming Gov. Mark… -
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AOC Wallops Schumer in Potential 2028 NY Senate Primary, Poll Finds
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., would trounce Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in a hypothetical 2028 Democratic Party Senate primary, according to a poll conducted by Data for Progress, a self-described “progressive” think tank. The left-wing group surveyed 767 likely primary voters in such a New York Democrat Senate primary contest from March 26 to… -
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5 Million and Counting Ineligible Names Off Voter Rolls
About 5 million ineligible names were removed from voter registration rolls across the United States since 2019, Judicial Watch announced—with almost 1 million of those coming from New York City. The conservative-leaning government watchdog group has taken legal action against state and local governments for voter list maintenance under the 1993 National Voter Registration Act,… -
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Luigi Mangione’s Defense Fund: A Symbol of Society’s Distrust of Wealth
The Left’s embrace of an assassination in the name of equality shows how much contempt it has for success. The recent creation of a defense fund for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, shines light on an uncomfortable truth that much of American society has a violent disdain for businessmen,… -
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How 2 Democrat Governors Handled Popular Bans on Foreign Election Funding
One Democrat governor signed a bill banning foreign funding of ballot initiatives, while another begrudgingly allowed it to become law, in what is becoming a national trend. While such bans have gained bipartisan support, they have been largely driven by Republican lawmakers and conservative groups, citing the influence of foreign money in recent state ballot… -
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DeSantis Slams Rep. Randy Fine for ‘Underperformance’ in Florida Elections
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called out newly elected Rep. Randy Fine for “an underperformance by more than 50%” despite Florida Republicans winning two key special elections for the U.S. House Tuesday. During a Wednesday interview on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” DeSantis said he thinks Fine “was in dire straits a few weeks ago” due to… -
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The House’s Harness Race of the Horrible
When I was little, I lived down the street from Rosecroft Raceway, a harness racing track just outside the Washington Beltway. Occasionally, we’d go watch the races at night or simply hear the race calls and roar of the crowd echo through the neighborhood. When the wind was right you could smell the manure from… -
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Who’s Funding the ‘Burn a Tesla, Save Democracy’ Protests?
Americans took to the streets Saturday for the latest round of protests targeting Tesla and condemning Elon Musk for his work with President Donald Trump, but these protests trace back to a larger movement with funding from the Left’s dark money network. Some of the organizations that encouraged and helped organize the protests have raked… -
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Progressives Keep Wisconsin Supreme Court; More Democrat US House Seats Likely
Wisconsin residents voted on Tuesday to elect Susan Crawford as the next member of their state supreme court, according to the Associated Press, which declared Crawford the winner. The vote will put the liberals in charge of the state’s highest court during a time when the court’s decisions on congressional redistricting in the state could… -
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Republicans Fend Off Democrat Bid to Seize Florida House Seat
Republican Randy Fine emerged triumphant Tuesday in a special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, The Associated Press projects, putting an end to speculation that the district could flip and hand Democrats a seat in Congress. The race received national attention and millions from Democrat donors who sought to send a message about their party’s… -
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Pfizer COVID-19 Bombshell Puts 2020 Election Into Context
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 don’t want to go back and look at the 2020 elections, especially, but there’s some… -
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Nominally Nonpartisan, Wisconsin High Court Election Likely to Set Ideological Direction of Bench
Voters in Wisconsin head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the ideological majority and direction of their state Supreme Court. The race involves who will replace outgoing left-leaning Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. Republicans are supporting Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Brad Schimel, while Democrats are backing Dane County Circuit Court Judge… -
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Florida Special Elections for House Seen as Barometer on Trump Policies
Two special elections Tuesday for House seats from Florida will be a test of the popularity of the first 70 days of President Donald Trump’s second term and will decide whether or not Republicans can maintain their already slender margin of control in the House of Representatives. The stakes are high. With four seats currently… -
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House to Take Up Bill to Secure American Elections
The House of Representatives is set to vote on election-integrity legislation, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, on Thursday. The SAVE Act would bar states from registering people to vote in federal elections unless they provide documentary proof of American citizenship. To that end, it would also make it a crime to register an individual who… -
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Arrest of MS-13 Leader Sparks Sanctuary City Debate
In a coordinated raid in a Northern Virginia neighborhood Thursday morning, federal, state, and local law enforcement agents arrested the top East Coast leader of the MS-13 street gang. The operation struck a blow to the violent nationwide criminal organization while also implicating the role of “sanctuary cities” in increasing gang activity. U.S. Attorney General… -
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4 Takeaways as House DOGE Panel Grills NPR, PBS Chiefs
The heads of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service testified about content and fielded questions about bias in a hearing Wednesday, as House Republicans called for defunding. NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger answered questions from the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, or the DOGE… -
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Democrat Lawmaker Mocks Governor’s Disability, Sparking Backlash
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include responses from both Rep. Crockett’s and Gov. Abbott’s offices. A Democrat member of Congress from Dallas has drawn criticism for taking a jab at the Texas governor and the fact that he is in a wheelchair in remarks at a Human Rights Campaign dinner Saturday. The…