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Texas 28 Race Pits Longtime Democrat Against Former Democrat-Turned-Republican
Republican Tano Tijerina is challenging longtime Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar in a closely watched South Texas congressional race. -
Victor Davis Hanson: ‘Unassimilated Immigrants Will Make a Failed State in the United States’
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 Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: A 26-year-old sub-Saharan African, Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu, I’m sure I’m saying that wrong, allegedly murdered a white man, 62-year-old… -
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Watchdog Exposes Hidden Academic Pipeline Behind Left-Wing Election Litigation
Left-leaning law schools are directly affecting elections, according to a new study by a legal watchdog group. The Public Interest Legal Foundation released a new report Thursday titled “Dangerous Imbalance: Why Law Schools Graduate an Army of Activist Election Lawyers.” The report focuses on the disparity in election law course offerings and the overwhelming number… -
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Dominion Energy Merger Under Scrutiny on Final Stop of ‘Listening Tour’
Virginia Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi will host her final meeting next week in Roanoke to discuss the purchase of Richmond-based utility Dominion Energy by Florida-based NextEra Energy. Hashmi, who scheduled five total sessions for her “Energy Costs Listening Tour,” has already held meetings in Loudoun, Norfolk, Richmond, and Charlottesville. Opponents of the merger want to… -
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Top Trump Official Responds to Rural Americans’ Concerns About AI
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said the issue of artificial intelligence must be approached with intentionality, as many of the rural Americans she talks to have serious concerns about the rapidly developing technology. “I do trust the president. I do believe that if we don’t stay focused on winning the AI… -
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Sweden’s Election Has a Harsh Lesson for America First Conservatives
Sweden’s conservatives may have discovered a painful electoral paradox: Winning the immigration argument does not guarantee winning the election. Mass migration has transformed Sweden’s social fabric, strained public order, and helped create an electorate very different from the one that built the country’s postwar consensus. Policies once dismissed as unacceptable have become governing orthodoxy. Yet… -
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Who Pays for AI Data Center Costs? House Says Big Tech, Not Consumers
The House successfully passed its first major legislation on artificial intelligence to ensure big tech pays for its energy usage, rather than passing costs onto the American consumer. The Ratepayer Protection Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan support Wednesday night by a vote of 417-3. The data center operation legislation was brought forward by Rep. Gabe… -
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Federal Judge Refers Philly DA Krasner to DOJ for Prosecution
Larry Krasner won the Philadelphia district attorney’s race in 2017, thanks in no small part to a $1.7 million infusion of cash from George Soros-funded groups. On the night of his victory party, he told the assembled crowd that he felt like a “public defender with power,” and he has governed as such ever since…. -
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Victor Davis Hanson Just Got Big News From NYT Bestseller List
Victor Davis Hanson‘s new book, “The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement,” is debuting at No. 1 on The New York Times’ bestseller list. The Times’ list, which has faced criticism for an anti-conservative bias, provides a snapshot of book sales data. “The Counterrevolution,” which Basic Books published Sept…. -
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Russian National Sentenced to 6 Years in Voter Fraud, ID Theft Scheme
A Russian national was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday for his involvement in a voter registration conspiracy. Dmitry Shushlebin, 45, a Russian citizen living in Miami Beach, Florida, was also given three additional years of supervised release after the six years in prison. He was charged with organizing an identity theft fraud… -
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Federal Union Suing Trump Endorses AOC, Tlaib, Omar, Talarico, 100+ Democrats
The American Federation of Government Employees, America’s largest federal government union, has endorsed more than 100 Democrats and a handful of Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections, while AFGE also files lawsuits to block President Donald Trump’s federal workforce reforms. AFGE, which represents more than 800,000 federal and D.C. government employees, has endorsed House Minority… -
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Make Education Roman Again
Today’s universities are increasingly self-destructive, hell-bent not only on deconstructing the Western canon in the classroom but on dissolving the American nation itself. Conservative reformers can’t be satisfied with turning the clock back to the 2010s—or even the 1950s. The classical education tradition that formed the American Founders was repudiated long ago. But there is… -
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German Chancellor’s Attack on Free Speech Reveals Europe’s Growing Fear of Dissent
Free speech isn’t just dying in Europe; it’s being ruthlessly strangled by an out-of-touch ruling class that’s desperate to snuff it out before it loses power. And those elites are hardly hiding their contempt for what we here in America consider a foundational, God-given right. On Tuesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a public, frontal… -
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Top Cabinet Official Signals Prices Will Drop Soon
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins told the Daily Signal that she predicts beef prices will decrease before the November midterm elections. Beef prices fell 1% in August, after a 0.8% decline in July. But Rollins said the Trump administration is not done working toward lower prices. “I think there’s a lot… -
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The Left’s Answer to AI Is Simple: More Government
Artificial intelligence is moving at a speed that makes government look like it is stuck in the horse-drawn carriage era. By the time regulators figure out what the latest AI technology can do, chances are it has already been surpassed. New models appear, capabilities improve, and businesses find new uses for AI at a breathtaking… -
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House Closes Up Shop a Day Before Scheduled 7-Week Recess
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., moved to close down the House of Representatives on Wednesday, angering Democrat and Republican lawmakers alike. The speaker’s move comes as the House already had a seven-week recess, which was supposed to start Thursday. While Johnson did not state that the potential impeachment proceeding against Secretary of War… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Iran Is Preparing an October Surprise Before 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. We’re about 50 days out from the midterms, and everybody seems to have an October surprise. What’s… -
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Hawley Advocates Mifepristone Ban With Pro-Life Declaration
At the inaugural Missouri Prayer Breakfast, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced the signing of a new Declaration for Life to restore the foundation on which America was founded: the defense of human dignity and the unalienable right to life. The senator called on members of Congress, beyond Missouri and pro-life Republicans, to join him in… -
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Texas Legislators Demand Accountability as Flock Camera Debate Grows
Texas often sets the standard for red-state policies—from the Second Amendment to protecting unborn babies to economic freedom. Now, amid public backlash to Flock cameras, state legislators are leading calls for accountability. Texas is estimated to have at least 13,000 Flock cameras, along with roughly 1,000 other similar devices, according to DeFlock, an anti-surveillance group… -
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Texas Can Lead America’s Dependable Energy Future
Every morning, Texas families flip a switch, turn a dial, and expect the lights to come on. Every day, Texas manufacturers fire up their plants expecting the power to hold. That expectation—power on demand—is the foundation everything else in our economy is built on. Texas has spent decades earning the right to call itself the…
