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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 - 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 - Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... TALLAHASSEE — With only 60 days to pass a full plate of bills and a balanced budget, the Florida Legislature's grand plans to add property tax cuts to their crowded calendar never had a chance. Lawmakers did not even get a budget out before the close of business Friday, the end of the regular session, much less a complicated ballot measure that would ask voters in ...

Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 - Jason Hughes died after falling and being struck by a car driven by a student who had just pranked the teacher A Georgia prosecutor has decided to drop charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the teen's lawyer said. The victim's family had urged authorities not to compound the tragedy by prosecuting the teen ...

Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 - President Trump on March 13 issued two executive orders on housing to remove regulatory barriers and provide better access to mortgage credit that will help ease the nation's housing affordability crisis. "The president's executive order to remove regulatory barriers will enable builders to build more housing by reducing red tape, streamlining permitting requirements and easing costly ...

Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 - A federal judge dismissed a probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over renovations at the central bank, according to documents unsealed Friday. Processing Content The move creates an additional hurdle in President Donald Trump's attempt to remove Powell from the central bank. The Justice Department said Friday it would appeal the decision. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote in an opinion that the ...