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Can a Grown Man Vote as Sydney Sweeney? Ad Shows How Rigged California Voting Really Is
Could a grown man who looks nothing like celebrity Sydney Sweeney vote under her name in California? A new ad by the Proposition 39 campaign dramatizes that scenario to spotlight the state’s lack of a voter ID requirement, encouraging voters to “Vote Yes on Prop 39.” Can someone pretend to be a voter that they… -
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Trump, DeWine Take Opposing Views on Ramaswamy Ad Against Acton
On Thursday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and President Donald Trump both spoke out on the controversial Amy Acton “Mom Ad” that has gone viral on social media, with Trump calling it “very powerful” and DeWine calling on the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign “to take this down.” “The ad, on its face, is deeply, deeply troubling,” DeWine… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Ukraine Is Becoming Another Verdun
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. The war in Ukraine has gone on for four years—4.7 years. Feb. 24 of next year,… -
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Ilhan Omar Investigation Draws Attention to Broad Immigration Fraud and National Security
The Trump administration’s ongoing fraud probe into the refugee and U.S. citizenship approvals of Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., carries much more importance than many Americans realize as this political theater unfolds. The Omar affair highlights an underlying homeland security problem about the other 150,000 Somali refugees let in before President Donald Trump mostly closed… -
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EXCLUSIVE: What Did California Do With DOJ’s List of 20,000 Potential Noncitizens? Election Integrity Group Seeks Records
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Did California officials investigate the Department of Justice’s list of roughly 20,000 people suspected of being noncitizens or reject it without checking the names? The Honest Elections Project has filed three records requests seeking the answer to this question. The requests, provided exclusively to the Daily Signal, were filed with the… -
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Election Watchdog Flags Over 3,600 Duplicate Voter Records in Key Senate Battleground
North Carolina has more than 3,600 duplicate voter registration records, according to a complaint from an election watchdog. The Public Interest Legal Foundation filed a complaint with the North Carolina State Board of Elections that identified 3,674 matched voter registration records across 94 of the state’s 100 counties. The finding comes as one of the… -
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Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Restart Big Bend Border Wall Construction
On Wednesday, the Trump administration filed an emergency appeal asking the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower court’s decision to halt border wall construction in the Texas Big Bend region. The U.S. Department of Justice is asking justices to allow the administration to resume building the border wall, saying the Big Bend region has a… -
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Sen. Louise Lucas Indicted on Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Charges
State Sen. L. Louise Lucas and six other people were charged Thursday with federal crimes involving an alleged conspiracy to sell marijuana and launder the resulting profits. Lucas, the president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate, was indicted by a grand jury on charges of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to possess and distribute marijuana, and conspiracy… -
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In Final Days of Campaign, Pro-Life Group Speaks Out Against Ohio Democrats’ ‘Extreme Abortion Agenda’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—After endorsing Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, back in early March, through its super PAC, Women Speak Out, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is continuing to show support in the final days before the midterms. Their particular aim: highlighting “the extreme abortion agenda” of Democrat candidates. An ad from the PAC targeting… -
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Omar Breaks Silence on Raid, Offers New Vague Response to Brother-Marriage Allegation
Rep. Ilhan Omar says she did not marry her brother, to her knowledge, a switch from her vehement denials beginning in 2016. Omar joined MS NOW for her first sit-down interview following the Columbus Day raid on her Washington, D.C., home. When asked if the man she married in 2009, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, was… -
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What Justice Elena Kagan Gets Wrong About Democracy
Much of the Left seems intent on defining “democracy” as bureaucratic administration, but many of the changes to the bureaucracy they condemn actually empower the people. Take Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, for instance. She suggested that the majority decisions of her conservative colleagues are undermining American democracy, citing cases involving gerrymandering, money in politics,… -
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Watchdog Using AI to Help Americans Dig Through Millions of Pages of Government Records
An online database with more than 4 million pages of government documents is now deploying artificial intelligence to make searches easier for Americans. The Oversight Project, a government watchdog group that runs the site Doc Depot, says new AI features will allow users to quickly get answers buried on the 100th page of a large… -
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Talarico’s Radical Record Is Suddenly Getting a Moderate Makeover
Summary When Democrat state Rep. James Talarico tells you who he is, you should believe him. Or maybe not. Talarico is one of the most radical leftists in Texas politics, but from his recent campaign stunts, you’d never know it. Suddenly, he has flip-flopped away from his radical past on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, abortion,… -
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Meet the Worst Criminal Aliens Arrested in Iowa Ahead of Trump’s Midterm Rally
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—As President Donald Trump prepares to campaign for GOP candidates in Iowa, the White House is highlighting the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens who have been removed from the streets under his administration. Trump’s Department of Homeland Security arrested illegal immigrants convicted of crimes including child prostitution, assault of… -
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New Poll Shows Jackson, Bottoms in Standoff as Early Voting Surges Across the Peach State
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, are in a dead heat, according to a new poll by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The poll, conducted by the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs Survey Research Center, shows Jackson polling at 46%, while Bottoms follows closely behind… -
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Breaking Down the Ilhan Omar Investigation
There is a lot of noise around Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. An avowed enemy of President Donald Trump, champion of her Somali constituents, member of the ultra-woke “squad,” and darling of left-wing Democrats, she is a polarizing figure. That does not entitle her to special protection, nor should it subject her to undue legal scrutiny…. -
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Why Trump Went to South Carolina
South Carolina Republicans hope President Donald Trump’s Wednesday night visit can tamp down disappointment in the base over the choice of candidate, GOP strategists tell the Daily Signal. Sen. Darline Graham is up just 2.7 percentage points over Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews in the U.S. Senate race, according to the RealClearPolling average, though Trump won… -
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Small Business Administration’s Million Dollar Pitch Competition
Five small businesses competed in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 20 for the chance to receive their share of $1 million. The Million Dollar Pitch Competition was organized by the U.S. Small Business Administration as part of the Freedom 250 celebrations. Thousands of businesses applied for the competition, but only five were brought to Washington to… -
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FBI Arrests 17-Year-Old Accused of Planning to Kill Congressman, ISIS-Inspired Attack
Federal authorities arrested a 17-year-old in Texas for allegedly plotting to murder Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, and carry out a terrorist attack on behalf of ISIS. According to local reports, the unidentified teenager had been on the FBI’s radar for some time, but after he acquired a firearm, agents arrested him on Oct. 5. The… -
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What Would Pope John Paul II Think About the European Protests?
Today is the feast of Pope St. John Paul II. His life and teachings offer a key to understanding the unease the world experiences today and indicate a path forward based on justice, responsibility, and the common good. Though published in 1991, his encyclical letter “Centesimus Annus” retains an extraordinary timeliness today, including in the…
