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Five Things: Monday, October 26

Good morning. Here is what matters today, in five.

1. DOJ charges three noncitizens with voting in Ohio. The Justice Department has charged three noncitizens with casting ballots in Ohio, a year after the state sent federal prosecutors 167 referrals of apparent noncitizen voters. Secretary of State Frank LaRose says his office has referred more than 1,000 fraud cases overall. via The Daily Signal.

2. Audi picks Georgia for a $4 billion plant. Trump announced Saturday that Audi will build its first American factory in Georgia: roughly 4,500 jobs, up to 200,000 vehicles a year, with construction starting in 2027. Audi, the last big German brand without a U.S. plant, says tariffs drove the decision. via The Daily Wire.

3. Cornell faculty vote Wednesday on no confidence. Cornell’s Faculty Senate votes Oct. 28 on a no-confidence resolution against the administration, after more than 200 professors signed a letter accusing the university of fostering an “epidemic” of structural violence amid protests over a fraternity assault case. via City Journal.

4. Omar says paycheck to paycheck. Taxpayers pay her rent. Rep. Ilhan Omar told MSNOW she lives paycheck to paycheck and rents two homes. House records show taxpayers have covered $85,000 of her D.C. lodging since 2023, plus $33,000 in meals, while her husband’s venture firm took in $11.25 million from an Indian billionaire. via the Washington Free Beacon.

A 2016 Camry and a $30 million accounting error: the authentic working-class experience.

5. Kamala returns to the trail with a 76-word riddle. Campaigning for New Hampshire Democrats in Portsmouth this weekend, Harris described the Senate as rooms where “certain people” must speak to “encourage a certain conscience.” The 76-word answer never says who those people are or what they should say. via The Daily Wire.

Eight days before the midterms, Democrats sent in their closer. The Senate remains unexplained.

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