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Dem Senate Debate Devolves Into Campaign Funding Finger Pointing
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., went head-to-head in the second and final Michigan Democratic Senate primary debate on Monday night. While Michigan voters may have hoped to learn the policy differences between the two Democrats, what they got instead was finger pointing about campaign funding and hateful speech. “Well, I don’t think… -
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‘Pontiac Platner’: Fetterman Responds to El-Sayed ‘Ogre on a Pike’ Remark
“I’d rather be Senator Shrek than Pontiac Platner any day,” Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said in response to Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed telling donors he’d be happy to see Fetterman primaried, putting one “ogre on a pike.” Fetterman’s response tied the radical El-Sayed to the Nazi-tattooed Graham Platner, who had been Maine’s Democratic nominee… -
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3 Candidates Compete for Virginia GOP Senate Nomination
On Tuesday, three Republican candidates—Kim Farington, Bert Mizusawa, and David Williams—will be facing off to see who will earn the nomination to run against three-term incumbent Sen. Mark Warner in the race for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Warner is unopposed on the Democratic side after potential challenger Mark Moran decided to run as… -
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Interview: Ken Cuccinelli Brings His Election Transparency Initiative to Heritage
Former Virginia Attorney General and acting Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli recently announced he was bringing his Election Transparency Initiative (ETI) into the Heritage Foundation. ETI helps conservatives fight election fraud before it happens. Cuccinelli spoke this week with Daily Signal Virginia correspondent Joe Thomas about the initiative and the new partnership with Heritage. This… -
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Will Apathy Cost Ossoff His Senate Seat? New Polling Shows Collins in Lead Among Older Voters
A recent poll on Georgia elections shows Rep. Mike Collins leads Sen. Jon Ossoff among older voters in the race for U.S. Senate. Will votes by older Georgians cost the incumbent senator his job? In a poll conducted July 13-16 by Fabrizio Ward and Impact Research for AARP, Collins leads voters over the age of… -
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From Lawsuits to Begrudging Admissions, a Crazy Week for Dems on Election Integrity
Last week brought several developments regarding Democrats on election integrity, demonstrating the party is falling into disarray over what is a widely supported issue for Americans. Some were not shocking, such as a lawsuit from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. Others were a bit surprising, like strategist James Carville coming out in support of voter ID…. -
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Senate Leadership Begs Colleagues to Deflect on SAVE America Act
The Senate Republican Conference, chaired by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and co-chaired by James Lankford, R-Okla., sent an internal communication to Senate Republicans urging them to deflect any and all media questions about the SAVE America Act, according to a document obtained by the Daily Signal. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, described the communication in a… -
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Mail-in Ballot Restrictions
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow implementation nationwide of his executive order aimed at tightening rules for mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections that will decide control of Congress. In a filing, the Justice Department requested that the justices put on hold a judge’s ruling preventing the… -
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Trump Talks Auto Industry, Rallies for Republican Candidates
The American auto industry is protected and thriving—and that’s thanks to Republicans in Congress doing their job, President Donald Trump said in a rally on July 27. Trump spoke at the General Motors facility in Milford, Michigan on Monday ahead of the Senate primary debate to come later that evening. The president emphasized that America… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Iran Plans to Stall the War Until 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. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We’re approaching five months of our on and off war with Iran, but it’s not really quite five months of war. It’s more like forty days of kinetic action,… -
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Democratic Socialists Reveal Their Plan to Reshape America
The Democratic Socialists of America are not hiding their plan to reshape America. On Sunday, their co-chair joined Fox News and openly confirmed that their long-term goals ahead of the midterm elections include abolishing parts of the U.S. government. Megan Romer appeared on Shannon Bream’s “Fox News Sunday,” saying the organization’s goals include abolishing the… -
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Trump, GOP Senators Lash Out at Thune for Placing 6-Week Recess Over SAVE America Act
Several prominent Senate Republicans have joined President Donald Trump in pressuring Senate Majority Leader John Thune to cancel the Senate’s August recess to pass the SAVE America Act, the voter-integrity legislation championed by the president. The legislation aims to prevent noncitizens from voting. As of Monday morning, Sens. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., Rick Scott, R-Fla., Mike… -
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Trump Wants Senate to Stay in Session Until Voter ID Legislation Passes
President Donald Trump called for the Senate to suspend its approaching August recess to pass the SAVE America Act, which mandates voter ID and prohibits mail-in voting. “John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town’ until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER, where Republicans… -
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2 Million Visits to Voter Homes: A Pro-Life Group’s Huge Canvassing Push
America’s largest pro-life voter contact program announced that their canvassers have already made more than two million visits to voters’ homes this election cycle, according to an exclusive press release obtained by the Daily Signal. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and its partner Women Speak Out PAC contact low-turnout voters through door-knocking, advertising, voter contact… -
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100 Days From Election Day, New Ad ‘Holds the Line’ Against Socialism
One hundred days away from the midterm elections, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is launching a new ad highlighting the rise of socialism across the country. The ad, titled “Hold the Line,” will run across North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Alaska, Michigan, Georgia, and New Hampshire. These are their key Senate races that could keep Republicans… -
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Why Democrats Can’t Do Better Than Kamala Harris in 2028
There are only two lanes to the Democrat presidential nomination two years from now, and one of them is already blocked—by Kamala Harris. Get ready for the Kamala comeback, followed, in all likelihood, by a replay of her crushing defeat by the Republican nominee. Believe it or not, the ex-VP occupies what counts as the… -
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Voter ID, Citizenship Verification Measures Head to Ballots Across America
As Congress struggles to pass the SAVE America Act, voters in states across the nation will decide this November on election procedures such as photo ID requirements, citizenship verification, and other election security matters. Two states feature ballot initiatives with both voter ID requirements and calls for some form of citizenship verification and voter list… -
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10 States Checked Their Voter Rolls With a DHS Database to Find Startling Info
Twenty-five states, with the help of a Department of Homeland Security database, have identified hundreds of thousands of dead people and noncitizens registered to vote, and they haven’t finished counting yet. So far, just 10 states—including key battlegrounds Georgia and North Carolina—have fully processed the voter data through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or… -
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Trump Visits Georgia to Discuss Trump Accounts, as Candidates Discuss Future of Georgia
President Donald Trump and gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson visited Wheeler High School in Cobb County on Wednesday, where Jackson pledged that, if elected governor, he would match Trump Accounts for Georgia’s children. While on stage, Trump highlighted the benefits of Trump Accounts, namely, that American children born between the beginning of 2025 and the end… -
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After DHS Release of Noncitizens on Voter Rolls, How Have States Responded?
A week after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin wrote to top election officials in four states warning of hundreds of thousands of potential noncitizens on their voter rolls, only New Jersey has admitted to a problem. The other three states have been either noncommittal in responding or have pushed back on Mullin’s claims. The Department…