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‘FEARMONGERING’: Virginia AG Jay Jones Warns of ‘Armed Federal Agents’ at Polling Sites
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones sent a memo to local election officials earlier this month warning about “armed federal agents” at polling locations during the 2026 midterm elections. Jones’ office and the Virginia Department of Elections sent the 10-page memo to local election clerks alleging “intimidation and interference,” and citing “concerns about potential actions by… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats Think They’re About to Win Big
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’m speaking about 10 days before our Nov. 3 midterms, the second midterm in… -
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California’s 20,000-Ballot Fight: Judges Press DOJ Over Suspected Noncitizen Voters
Summary A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Sunday heard arguments from the Department of Justice, which argued that California should not count 20,000 ballots from voters suspected of being noncitizens until their immigration status can be verified. The appeals court did not issue a decision on Sunday, but a district judge is… -
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Vivek Ramaswamy Defends Ad Against Amy Acton With Key Reminder
Summary Days after his campaign took ownership of an ad that’s gone viral, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy continues to defend himself against his Democrat opponent in Ohio’s gubernatorial race. During an Ohio Republican Party tour bus stop at the Pizza Cottage & Tipton Tavern in Powell, Ohio, Ramaswamy gave a powerful defense of the ad, along… -
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Want to Stop Judicial Activism? Start at the Ballot Box
Activist judges are a huge obstacle to enacting the Trump administration’s agenda. Americans can point to case after case where a judge appears to put personal or political preferences ahead of the law. When courts stop applying the law as written and begin making policy from the bench, voters are right to ask what they… -
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SCOTUS Has a Shot to Take a Major First Amendment, Free Press Case. Here’s What’s at Stake.
An investigative reporter is asking the Supreme Court to review a court order to identify the sources behind her reporting. In a case that could set a new precedent on the First Amendment, former Fox News and CBS News investigative reporter Catherine Herridge is appealing a lower court’s order to pay an $800-per-day contempt fee… -
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This Campaign Is ‘Relatively’ Crazy
Summary ‘Tis the season for pumpkin spice, candy corn, and election tomfoolery. With only days to go before the midterms, the political world has turned the outrageous up to 11, with seemingly each hour bringing Monty Pythonesque absurdity. You can say it’s been relatively crazy. Cue Sly and the Family Stone’s “Family Affair.” After years… -
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Trump Slams Radical Left Democrats, Boosts Candidates in Georgia Visit as Part of ‘Midterm Blitz’
Summary PERRY, Ga.—President Donald Trump ignited a large crowd of excited Peach State supporters Saturday night, listing off all the failures of Sen. Jon Ossoff and the Democratic Party while giving a strong boost to gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson and U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins. “Ten days from now,” Trump declared, “the people… -
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Cruz Calls Out Bottoms at Jackson Rally, Urges Common Sense
Summary LOCUST GROVE, Ga.- Sen. Ted Cruz rallied alongside gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson on Friday, reminding supporters of former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ disastrous record and urging voters to choose Jackson’s common-sense leadership instead. Cruz started off his address by issuing a timely warning with relevant examples of “leaders” in our nation who have… -
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Trump’s Deportations Are Making America Safer
Summary The restoration of law and order in America is happening in large part because of President Donald Trump, in particular, his insistence that immigration laws be enforced and criminal illegal aliens be deported. The administration should double and triple down on this message. America’s return to normalcy is contingent on making border security and… -
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Rep. John McGuire Barnstorms Across Virginia’s 5th District
Rep. John McGuire, the Republican seeking reelection in Virginia’s 5th District, hit the road this weekend with campaign stops in Lynchburg, Danville, Powhatan, and Charlottesville. Former Gov. Glenn Youngkin also spoke at all four appearances. “People ask, ‘why do you work hard?’ and the answer is easy,” McGuire told an enthusiastic gathering in Charlottesville. “If… -
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States Flag Thousands of Ineligible Voters, but Only a Few Cases Are Prosecuted
The Justice Department charged three noncitizens with voting in Ohio, a year after the state made 167 federal referrals of noncitizens who appeared to cast ballots in the state. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose noted that’s only “so far.” His office has referred more than 1,000 election fraud cases from even-numbered years to the… -
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Martha MacCallum and the Stories That Define Us
“This is a story of America,” Martha MacCallum writes in the author’s note to “The Book of Valor: America’s Story of Survival, Gallantry & Grace.” “It is one thread woven from our Pilgrim heritage in Plymouth to a World War II triple ace in the skies over Berlin; to a rescue hero in Vietnam to… -
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Heritage Launches New Forum to Unite Competing Voices on the Right
The Heritage Foundation is welcoming conservatives from across the movement to participate in a three-day policy conference to identify problems and solutions for the future of the conservative coalition. The Forum 2026 will be held at the Gaylord National Harbor in Maryland this November, just a week after the midterm election. From “old guard hawks,”… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Deep Midterms
There are two ways of looking at the midterms, now less than three weeks away. One is as a simple referendum on the issues and politicians of the day. The other involves a far deeper conflict of visions (as Thomas Sowell puts it): socialism versus capitalism, intrusive versus limited government, and the destruction of time-honored… -
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November’s Stark Choice: 2 Visions for Justice and the Rule of Law
Summary Democrats, suffering from denial and delusion, tend to think of themselves as the guardians of the rule of law. Back in reality, nothing could be further from the case. Consider Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who fancies herself a rule-of-law-championing model immigrant despite the fact that she literally conceded to her fellow Somalis that she… -
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People, Place, Principles: What It Means to Be an American
The West is in a crucial cultural moment. Protesters burned a 140-year-old town hall in France, a disquieting testament of denigration. Many argue that America has no unique culture, or if it does, it is not one worth preserving. Even as America celebrates its 250th birthday, it seems we no longer know—and so don’t understand—what… -
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Education Freedom Is on Midterm Ballot
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill/Working Families Tax Cuts Act into law, and it’s unfortunate that very few parents know this legislation provides the largest national expansion of K-12 education freedom in our nation’s history. Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, a new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit provides up… -
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‘Game Over’: The Simple Fix That Would Keep Noncitizens Off Voter Rolls
Summary An unknown number of noncitizens could be registered to vote in this year’s midterm elections due to lax enforcement, inadequate technology, and systemic failures by state governments. California and Hawaii are among the states where problems persist. But improper registrations can happen anywhere, potentially becoming consequential in exceptionally close elections. That’s the assessment of… -
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Gender Fluidity Fuels James Transarico
What five-letter word starts with a T, ends with an S, and motivates Democrat Senate hopeful James Talarico? Texas is one correct answer. So is Trans. The recently AWOL, now resurfaced, candidate is so obsessed with transgenderism, he should rechristen himself James Transarico. “Defending trans Texans is something we have to do every day at…