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Nunn Wants to Debate. Trone Garriott Wants to Fundraise.
Iowa Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott has refused to debate her Republican opponent, Rep. Zach Nunn, before early voting begins. The U.S. House candidate says she is unavailable until two weeks after voting is already underway. According to a transcript of a phone call between the two campaigns, obtained by the Daily Signal, Trone Garriott’s campaign… -
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CCP Survivor Looks to Unseat ‘Deep State’ Dem, Fight Left for Propping Up Socialism
Congressional candidate Lily Tang Williams told the Daily Signal that witnessing Democrats push the same policies she experienced under the Chinese Communist Party motivated her to want to unseat Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H. Goodlander, who spent more than 10 years in Washington before running for Congress in 2024 and served as a legal counselor to… -
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Don’t Let a Vaccine Become the Only Answer to Lyme Disease
There is a silent, rapidly growing epidemic in the United States, one that my family is no stranger to, unfortunately. Lyme disease enters the body quietly and without warning. Nasty, almost microscopic, circle-shaped bugs called ticks carry the bacteria and transmit it to both humans and animals. The bacterial infection is characterized first by a rash, headache, fever,… -
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North Carolina Democrat Has a New Message on Women’s Sports. Republicans Aren’t Buying It.
In a new political campaign ad, a North Carolina Democrat is claiming to support protecting women’s sports. However, his record isn’t lining up with his new campaign promise, according to his opponent in the race. “There should always be a safe and fair space for women and girls in sports,” Rep. Don Davis says in… -
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Green Energy PAC Drops $15M to Unseat Freedom Caucus Members
Members of the House Freedom Caucus now face a challenge from a major green energy PAC that is spending at least $15 million this campaign cycle to defeat them for voting against former President Joe Biden’s Green New Deal agenda. The Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC, which, according to Federal Election Commission filings obtained by… -
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Here’s How Ohio Republicans Fare Ahead of Election, According to Top Pollster
The flurry of polls has increased as Election Day approaches, with Ohio having many “toss-up” races. Despite concerns about how accurate the forecasts are, polls coming out of the Buckeye State are showing that the election could produce many nail-biter contests. On Saturday, The New York Times/Siena College poll on battlegrounds was released, showing a… -
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Virginia’s Energy Future Needs the 3 Rs: Reality, Reliability, and Resilience
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s new 2026 energy plan has arrived in familiar packaging, promising affordability, reliability, economic growth, cleaner power, and a path to a net-zero electric sector by 2050. Under this plan, we’re to believe Virginians can have their green-energy cake and eat it, too. Unfortunately, they can’t. No matter how good her intentions, the governor’s mandates… -
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China Controls a Crucial Piece of the US AI Pipeline
China has infected every part of our internet stack. From our telecoms to our routers, we are in the midst of a full-scale invasion. But it’s not just your home services that are adversely impacted, because the data centers running every artificial intelligence-trained model are particularly vulnerable. Why? China owns an essential device that every… -
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MAHA Moms Helped Elect Trump. Now Democrats Want Them.
There is no doubt that so-called “MAHA Moms” helped secure the election for Republicans in 2024 when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Donald Trump. Now, ahead of the midterm election, Americans are looking to their congressional representatives to continue to prioritize making America healthy again. Democrats claimed they would be the party to deliver health… -
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Biden DOJ Officials Warned Garland Memo Targeting Parents Looked Like an ‘Anti-MAGA Task Force’
Biden Justice Department officials raised serious concerns about the DOJ treating concerned parents like domestic terrorists before Attorney General Merrick Garland released his memo directing investigations into school board protests in 2021, a new report from the Trump administration’s Weaponization Working Group reveals. DOJ attorneys repeatedly questioned the proposal internally. One official called the effort… -
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YAF’s National Journalism Center Announces 2026 Dao Prize Finalists
Twenty-two journalists have been named finalists for the 2026 Dao Prize competition. Sponsored by the Young America’s Foundation National Journalism Center, Dao Feng and Angela Foundation, Dao Prize submissions are judged according to five criteria: “investigative depth, public interest, fairness and accuracy, style, and impact.” The finalists have enlightened the country on a wide range… -
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Protect College Sports Act: Georgia’s Democrat Senators Surprisingly Disagree Amid Conferences’ Support
The Protect College Sports Act, championed and authored by Sen. Ted Cruz, has now passed the Senate 77-22 and is headed to the House, but with Georgia’s two Democrat Senators lining up on different sides of the issue. The bill has drawn bipartisan support from not only its cosponsors, but also from voices across the… -
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Democrat Challenger Tom Perriello Stumps in Virginia’s 5th District
Former Rep. Tom Perriello told a rally in Charlottesville that Democrats “have an opportunity for this to be the first election of the post-Trump era.” He vowed that if voters send him back to Washington, he will work to “box in Donald Trump.” The Democrat is facing off against Rep. John McGuire in Virginia’s 5th… -
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How Mamdani Is Merging Socialist Activists With New York City Government
When Zohran Mamdani said he’d govern New York City as a socialist, he meant it. And the way the mayor is doing that is by merging the Democratic Socialists of America and other left-wing groups with the official functions of city government. It’s an ominous development for New York City. Mamdani is creating a patronage… -
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The Election Issue Few Pollsters Are Talking About
Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, was once known as the birthplace of Henry Ford and home of Ford Motor Co.’s headquarters. Today it proudly boasts the title “Arab Capital of America,” with the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the United States. In 2023, it officially became the country’s first majority-Arab city, with about… -
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Squad 2.0
The Daily Signal has learned from top Democrat staffers that the 120th Congress will include a new “Squad” of Democratic Socialists of America members, called “the bloc,” with at least seven anti-capitalist members. The bloc will include two of the remaining members of the original Squad, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. The… -
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The Leftist Tilt of ‘Mamdani Night Live’
The People’s Republic of Late-Night Comedy will do its part to boost Democrats during the midterm election season. See the season debut of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not on the ballot, but these comedians are deeply in love with the radical leftist Muslim, so they feel compelled to… -
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48 Electoral Votes Away: National Popular Vote Campaign Closing in on Threshold
The push to effectively elect a president through a national popular vote is within striking distance, just 48 votes shy, prompting Electoral College advocates to step up their appeal to state Democrat lawmakers across the country. In April, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill to make her state the latest to join the National… -
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The Real Reason Some States Still Count Votes for Weeks
Summary Florida was the laughingstock of America in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, when hanging chads and ongoing lawsuits delayed the outcome of the race by 36 days. More than a quarter-century later, the Sunshine State is now a model for how to conduct elections. Florida earned the distinction of ranking fifth on… -
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Republicans Must Either Vote in Droves or Kiss the Trump-GOP Agenda Goodbye
What can Americans expect if Democrats win the U.S. House, Senate, or both on Nov. 3? In 2010, according to Gallup, 50% of Democrats viewed socialism positively. This year: 65%. Last month’s Center for Strategic Politics survey of 638 Democrat voters discovered that 59% would be very positive (43%) or somewhat positive (16%) if a…