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Over the last two decades, the availability of plant-based foods has exploded. You can get a meat-free patty in your Burger King …

MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa has lifted its shelter-in-place order after it said a threat was made against it on Wednesday. …

Sidar Can Eren / Anadolu / Getty A stork perches on its nest atop a power pole after returning for spring, in …

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, at center in a black suit, prayed and broke the daily Ramadan fast with men incarcerated …

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Two Republican senators introduced draft legislation to reform child care for low-income families after fraud was uncovered in …

Minnesota legislators introduced a bill Tuesday March 17, 2026, to ban “prediction markets” such as Polymarket, where people can bet on events. …

The Republican Party in Dallas County will switch back to a countywide voting system for the state’s May 26 runoff elections after …

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, Tuesday, March 3, …

The UAE said Wednesday that its air defense forces intercepted 13 ballistic missiles and 27 drones launched from Iran. The defense ministry …

The big story: The Florida Department of Education has a new email hotline for public school students and staff who believe their …

And consumers have responded. In the first two weeks of the war, there has been a surge in the number of Americans …

Within hours of the U.S. and Israel bombing Tehran in early March, Iranian missiles began flying in all directions, striking U.S. bases …

Elon Musk leaves a meeting with House Republicans in the basement of the US Capitol building on March 5, 2025 in Washington, …

WASHINGTON — Sure, Sen. Thom Tillis has become the most visible, outspoken Republican insider critic of the second Trump administration. But don’t …

For the past quarter century, the future of monarch butterflies has looked dire, with these iconic American insects flitting toward extinction. Now, …

A team of doctors entered Shanyce Thomas’ hospital room to explain what had happened and why she could no longer have children. …

It was supposed to be easy. In the weeks after President Trump authorized the military raid to snatch Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, …

STARKE — A Florida man was executed Tuesday evening for the rape and murder of a young mother who frantically called 911 …

President Donald Trump’s new nominee for secretary of homeland security, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., prepares to appear before the Senate, Democrats continue to …

Housing affordability is a major challenge—apparently even for federal housing officials. The Washington Post reports that Benjamin Hobbs, the Department of Housing …

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to bring up the SAVE America Act to overhaul election laws nationwide, kicking off what’s expected …

WASHINGTON — More than two dozen U.S. House Democrats cast a spotlight Tuesday on a newly installed commemorative plaque for those who …

Both Lightfoot and Demmer said they are closely watching the crowded race to replace Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District. …

The 2026–27 NFL season will reportedly begin on a Wednesday this year, with the usual Thursday game played in Melbourne, Australia. Unlike …

A close read of media reports suggests that Israeli officials are trying to publicly draw their Persian Gulf counterparts into aiding the …

TALLAHASSEE — For the second year in a row, lawmakers ended the 60-day legislative session Friday without doing the one thing they …

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Washington — Chief Justice John Roberts warned Tuesday that personal attacks on Supreme Court justices and lower court judges are “dangerous” and …

To its fiercest critics, “populism” is a politics of mindless resentment: The populist’s animating ambition is not to help people in general …

WASHINGTON — Electricity rates “increased significantly” in nearly every U.S. state in 2025, with residents in a dozen states seeing at least …