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Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 - With voters wary of AI and both parties' ability to tackle it, the issue has not fallen along usual partisan lines, even in an election year. A rare source of bipartisanship has broken out in state capitols across the country: tackling data centers. Legislators from both major parties in red, blue and battleground states alike are rushing to figure out how to regulate the construction and energy consumption of the ...

Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 - Senate Republicans are growing anxious about the midterms. They once felt like they had a glidepath to keep or even grow their majority in November, unlike in the House, where GOP control is razor-thin and members have become increasingly on edge about Democrats returning to power. But the mood is shifting, according to interviews with 10 GOP senators and aides, as the U.S. engages in open-ended war in the Middle ...

Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 - The administration of President Donald Trump has moved to end its prosecution of a United States Army veteran who burned a national flag to protest one of the president's executive orders. Court filings this week show that the Department of Justice has moved to drop the charges against defendant Jan "Jay" Carey, following his motion to dismiss last October. Carey had been charged with two misdemeanours: one for ...

Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 - Culture Why Trump Got Sick of Ric Grenell The outgoing president of the Kennedy Center leaves the institution renamed, nearly closed, and wildly unpopular. President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he is replacing Richard Grenell as head of the Kennedy Center.  (Chip Somodevilla / Getty) March 14, 2026, 5:01 PM ET Save Thirteen months was all it took to break the Kennedy Center. The news of Ric Grenell's ...

Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 - Trump won House District 87 by 11 points in 2024, but Democrats, powered by antipathy to Trump, have been showing up in droves in otherwise low-turnout contests. around the country in special elections, with wins in seats even redder than the one containing 1100 S. Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach, Trump's official residence at his Mar-a-Lago country club. "I feel very encouraged," Democratic nominee and ...

Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 - Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The judge wrote that the sole purpose of the probe 'is to harass Powell to pressure him to lower rates' A federal judge quashed the Department of Justice's attempt to subpoena Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell , saying the effort was part of the Trump administration's effort ...

Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said a US decision to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian oil sales could hand Moscow about $10 billion in extra revenue, warning the move would directly undermine efforts to end the war in Ukraine. "This one concession alone by the United States could give Russia about $10 billion for the war. This certainly does not help peace," Zelenskyy said at a press ...