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Legal Earthquake in Virginia Shakes Democrats at Highest Levels
An earthquake occurred today in the Commonwealth of Virginia that was felt at the highest levels of power in the U.S. House of Representatives, particularly shaking the minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries. On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court rejected the unconstitutional push by the Democrat majority in the Virginia General Assembly…. -
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The ‘Socialist’ Luxury Trap: Why the Left Wants High-Rises for You and Mansions for Them—Victor Davis Hanson
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: So, Victor, let’s turn to California. And recently, the—we know as well a lot of our viewers know—California has a… -
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Virginia Supreme Court Rules Redistricting Referendum Unconstitutional: A Victory for Voters
In an opinion written by Justice D. Arthur Kelsey, the Virginia Supreme Court has today ruled that the controversial redistricting referendum—narrowly approved by voters on April 21, 2026—was unconstitutional. The court determined in a 4-3 vote, with no dissenting opinion, that the Democrat-led General Assembly violated key procedural requirements under the Virginia Constitution when it… -
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Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Dem Redistricting Measure
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled against the Democrats’ effort to redraw the state’s maps. In April, Virginians voted to pass a new map that would have likely taken away four seats from Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives. Now the state Supreme Court has ruled 4-3 that the Democrat-backed referendum is “null and… -
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Don’t Cross ‘the Big Guy’: Reflecting on Sen. Lucas and ‘The Sopranos’
I always liked the premise of the TV show “The Sopranos,” a guy stuck between “the Family” and his family. I never watched much because I didn’t have the spare change to pay for HBO, but I catch up on episodes here and there. One of the returning themes I enjoyed was the tension between… -
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Israel Advocacy Day Brings Pastors, Rabbis, and Lawmakers Together in DC
A coalition of more than 500 rabbis, pastors, and faith leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., this week to commemorate Israel Advocacy Day and meet with Capitol Hill lawmakers amid rising antisemitism and antagonism toward the Jewish state. “Antisemitism has tested America,” Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, told the gathering, acknowledging that it… -
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Can MAGA Hold Together?
In this preview from the latest “Signal Sitdown” podcast with Bradley Devlin, Michael Knowles discusses how the MAGA coalition can stay together despite all the infighting on the right. The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. EST on May 7. Bradley Devlin: And yet there’s this shift in the American lexicon that’s happened,… -
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Virginia Dem Gets Away With Racial Slur at ‘No Kings’ Protest
A local Democrat Virginia official was caught in a video using vulgar language, including the N-word, at a “No Kings” protest in Loudoun County, and it has gone completely under the radar. Juli Briskman serves on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, where she’s in charge of determining school funding and the budget for Loudoun… -
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Fairfax Schools Fund PhDs for Highly Paid Administrators as Teacher Positions Cut, Class Sizes Raised
After cutting 275 teaching positions and increasing class sizes this academic year, Fairfax County Public Schools has launched a program to fund Ph.D.s for some of its highest-paid district administrators. On Aug. 5, 2025, FCPS Chief of Schools Geovanny Ponce, who earns an annual salary of $289,565, emailed hundreds of district administrators to announce the program. “FCPS… -
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Why Republicans Think Twice About Embracing AI in Texas
As the Trump administration moves full speed ahead with artificial intelligence innovation, Texas state lawmakers are worried about unintended consequences for their constituents. The AI boom is fueling the growth of hundreds more data centers, and Texas offers ample space for their construction. While Republican state lawmakers want Texas to support innovation so the United… -
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Thomas: Be Ready for Extremism if VA Referendum Result Tossed Out
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones asked the Virginia Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by Judge Hurley in Tazewell that blocked the State Board of Elections from certifying the results of the April 21 redistricting referendum. That is notable—so is the justices’ denial of that motion. First, most anyone that remembers 2020 knows that the… -
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Can California Elections Be Saved? Voter ID Qualifies for the Ballot
Californians will get a chance to vote for more secure elections this November after a voter identification and citizenship verification initiative qualified for the ballot. Following a successful signature-gathering campaign led by Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, the ballot question, if approved, would require government-issued identification for in-person voting. Californians voting by mail would need… -
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Senate Dems Claim Victory Over Thune on SAVE America Act
Senior Democrat senators told The Daily Signal that voter citizenship and identification legislation backed by President Donald Trump—the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act—has stalled amid unified Democrat opposition. “I haven’t heard officially that it is dead, but it shows no signs of life,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D‑Conn., told The Daily Signal. Democrats have repeatedly… -
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Iran Is Losing This War, and the Global Balance of Power Is Shifting
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. We’re approaching 60 days of the so-called Iran war, and we’re still getting these loud voices that Donald Trump has failed, that the war’s… -
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Play Moderate, Rule Progressive: The New Dem Playbook
On Virginia’s gubernatorial campaign trail, Abigail Spanberger showed real acting chops. The former CIA spook and congresswoman made a great show of how moderate she was in the face of withering attacks from Republican Winsome Earle-Sears. Spanberger trotted out her cop dad to tout her law-and-order credentials, claimed she would be a bipartisan governor for… -
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Dead Could Be a Sizable Voting Bloc in This Battleground State
About 34,000 dead people were on the voter rolls in North Carolina, a key battleground state in most election years, the North Carolina State Board of Elections reported. The board used data from the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database, known as SAVE, made available to states last year by the Department of Homeland… -
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Former State AG Explains Why Virginia’s Redistricting Plot Won’t Survive the Courts
Editor’s Note: The Supreme Court of Virginia is now weighing the recently passed redistricting referendum that was designed by the Democrat-led state government to swipe four of the five U.S. congressional seats held by Republicans in the purple state. If allowed to stand, congressional representation could go from a 6–5 split to 10–1. The Daily… -
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Election Law Could Slow Vote Counting in Key Midterm Battleground
Georgia, one of the most closely watched election battlegrounds in the nation, could face a significant technology overhaul resulting in slower ballot counting or delayed results in the upcoming midterm elections. After July 1, Georgia election officials can no longer use QR codes to tabulate ballots after a 2024 law goes into effect, sparking concern… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Called It ‘War Crimes’—but Ignored Iran’s Real Crimes for Decades
This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: You know, you listen to the news accounts of the U.S. military maintaining control of the Persian… -
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‘Restore Fairness’: Virginia’s Rigged Redistricting Referendum
Virginia Democrats got what they wanted Tuesday, or did they? Voters narrowly approved a referendum (passing 51%) that hands the Democrat-controlled General Assembly the power to redraw congressional districts mid-decade, potentially flipping as many as four Republican House seats ahead of the fall midterms. The ballot language put before Virginians read as follows: “Should the…
