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Ballot Scanner Problems Hit Heart of Key Battleground House District on Election Day
Westchester County, New York, experienced ballot scanner problems Tuesday morning during in-person voting in one of the nation’s most competitive U.S. House races. The Westchester County Board of Elections announced that voting machines were not accepting paper ballots at polling locations throughout the county. Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, the incumbent, is defending his seat against… -
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Trump Ends Billions of Military Aid to Major U.S. Ally
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will no longer providing $4 billion in yearly aid to Israel starting in 2027. “You can consider it barter. You can consider military aid or cash. Look, we give them $4 billion of things and money, and they don’t need it,” he said in a Fox News interview. “And I… -
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Trump’s Midterm Travel Runs Circles Around Obama, Biden
President Donald Trump has held more than 30 events from Oct. 1 to Election Day as part of his “midterm blitz,” far exceeding the travel of his Democrat predecessors. Trump has held 30 events in 20 states in 32 days. From Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, he visited Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida (twice), Georgia (twice),… -
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Mike Johnson Stumps in Virginia With 2 Candidates in Swing Districts
House Speaker Mike Johnson wrapped up his 2026 midterm campaign with a pair of stops in Virginia. On Monday, the Republican appeared with Rep. Rob Wittman in the 1st District and Rep. Jen Kiggans in the 2nd District. Johnson came to the commonwealth armed with a list of accomplishments he attributed to this 119th Congress…. -
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Who Let the Dogs Out?
Summary In April 2016, Gov. Terry McAuliffe committed an act of populism so transparent that it was overturned by the Supreme Court of Virginia that July. He claimed that since the Virginia Constitution gave his office the role of restoring individuals’ voting rights after their sentences were completed, he could issue an executive order restoring… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Economy Hits 3.4% Growth—Where Did All the Doomsayers Go?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: [President Donald] Trump had a constitution to weather all of that onslaught against him, and we’re just seeing that constitution reveal itself… -
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Rabbi Slams El-Sayed’s ‘Conditional’ Apology for Temple Israel Terror Response
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed faces accusations of antisemitism in the final hours of the Michigan Senate race, while Jewish voters and organizations remain sharply divided over his candidacy. Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., who narrowly lost to El-Sayed in the Democratic Party primary, endorsed his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, on Sunday, after she criticized the Democrat’s failure… -
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‘A Little Bit of Apple Pie’: Trump’s Final Pitch to Voters
Summary Election Day is tomorrow, and President Donald Trump just made his final pitch before the midterms at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, asking voters to keep Congress “nice” and “strong.” He spent the first 15 minutes of his Monday afternoon address talking about his renovations to Washington, D.C. “I’m thrilled to announce the official… -
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Supreme Court Rejects DOJ Petition to Intervene in California’s 20,000 ‘Likely’ Noncitizen Ballot Dispute
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request from the Trump administration’s Justice Department to temporarily block the counting of more than 20,000 mail ballots from suspected noncitizens in California. Last month, the department demanded that California temporarily set aside the ballots for the midterm elections until the citizenship of registered voters could be verified. … -
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‘Despicable Betrayal’: Rep. Haley Stevens Condemned for Decision to Disavow El-Sayed and Endorse Republican Rogers
Summary Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., has done the “unforgivable,” at least in the eyes of Democrat leadership. She has thought for herself and fought antisemitism. On Nov. 1, the former Democrat candidate for Senate stunned the political world by pulling her endorsement of Democrat nominee Abdul El-Sayed and endorsing Republican Mike Rogers. The reason? El-Sayed’s… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Final Countdown to 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. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. I want to talk about the impending midterms. Conventional wisdom six months ago was that the… -
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Election Night Viewer’s Guide: Poll Closings and What to Watch Hour by Hour
All 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats, and governorships in 36 states are on the ballot on Tuesday. Republicans hold narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress, and forecasters believe Democrats have a real chance at taking one, or even both, back. President Donald Trump has made this election about himself. For months, he has traveled from… -
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Half of the House Voted ‘Yes’ to Socialism, Despite Losing Track Record
When condemning socialism, supporting free and fair elections, and promising to uphold the Constitution are no longer bipartisan issues, something has clearly gone wrong in American politics. On Sept. 1, the House of Representatives voted 220-192, with only eight Democrats joining every Republican in voting to denounce socialism. That represents a remarkable change from 2023,… -
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‘National Political Power’: Why DSA Wants AOC to Run for President
Democratic Socialists of America chapters are already mobilizing to gain national power in the 2028 election, passing resolutions urging member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to run for president. Even as the 2026 midterm elections are not yet finished, DSA chapters from Los Angeles to Atlanta have embraced an Ocasio-Cortez presidential run, while the movement’s influential… -
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NYT Poll: Late Deciders in Key Senate Races Breaking Toward Republicans
Late-deciding voters in seven key Senate races have been breaking toward Republicans over the past month, according to a new poll released Sunday night by The New York Times and Siena University. “There are still some undecided voters, and voters who decided only in the last month favored Republicans by a nine-point margin,” the Times… -
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Reagan Reese Joins Daily Signal as National Political Reporter
The Daily Signal is adding journalist Reagan Reese to its growing team of reporters as it expands its coverage of Washington, national politics, and the 2028 presidential campaign. Reese, who spent more than four years at the Daily Caller, joins the Daily Signal today as national political reporter. In her new role, she will cover… -
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2026 Midterms Could Be Headed for a Post-Election Legal War
Which party controls Congress might not be determined until long after Election Day due to lengthy state counting timelines and election litigation. Election litigation began well before Tuesday and the counting of ballots will almost certainly persist for days. More than a dozen states have laws on the books to keep counting mail ballots arriving… -
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Inside the Vance Family’s Harry Potter Halloween
The second family hosted a Halloween party on Saturday night, featuring trick or treating, Harry Potter-themed decorations, and a soup collection for the hungry. “Halloween is a wonderful time to bring together family, friends, and neighbors and celebrate the spirit of community,” Second Lady Usha Vance said in a statement to the Daily Signal. “This… -
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Democrats Put Patriotism Last. That’s a Problem for America.
Summary Only 6% of Democrats think that “patriotism” is important for the country. That was one of the unnerving findings of a recently released Gallup national survey about American values that highlighted the conflict of visions that defines modern politics. Gallup led its report on the survey with the seemingly heartening idea that three-quarters of… -
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Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens Endorses Abdul El-Sayed’s GOP Opponent in Tight Senate Faceoff
Democrat Haley Stevens, who was originally scheduled to appear today at an event with former primary rival Abdul El-Sayed, announced she is endorsing his Republican opponent in the Michigan Senate race, Mike Rogers. El-Sayed had urged Stevens not to attend any events for his campaign after she criticized his failure to condemn a pro-El-Sayed ad…