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EXCLUSIVE: Serbian President Vučić says support for US 'surged' under Trump, invites him to visit Belgrade

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić says relations between Serbia and the United States have undergone a dramatic transformation under President Donald Trump, a shift he says has changed public perceptions in a country where memories of the 1999 NATO bombing campaign remain deeply rooted.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Vučić praised Trump's approach to the Balkans, arguing that the administration's focus on economic cooperation rather than political pressure resonated with many Serbs. "President Trump and his team so far were working very diligently and dedicatedly on the Western Balkans," Vučić said, adding that many Serbs view his administration very differently from previous U.S. governments.

"If you ask people in Serbia just to make a comparison between Clinton and Trump's administration, or Democrats to Republicans, you wouldn't believe it," Vučić said. "It would be 90 to 10 or 95 to 5."

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The comparison is particularly striking in Serbia, where many still associate the United States with NATO's 1999 bombing campaign during the Kosovo conflict, launched to stop Serbian forces' crackdown on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and which remains one of the most consequential events in modern Serbian history.

Vučić said he recently extended an invitation to Trump to visit Serbia and predicted the American president would receive an enthusiastic welcome.

"I hope that we'll be able to host him," Vučić said. "More people will be ready to greet him and wait for him than he might even expect…I dare to say even more than hundreds of thousands of people."

The Serbian president said the improving relationship between Washington and Belgrade is increasingly centered on economics, investment and technological cooperation, and mutual conservative values.

According to Vučić, Serbia and the United States are preparing to launch a strategic dialogue that will focus on energy, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, defense cooperation and investment opportunities. Among the projects under discussion are energy infrastructure, liquefied natural gas cooperation, data centers and advanced computing technologies.

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The growing relationship comes as Serbia seeks to position itself as a regional economic hub while continuing its long-standing ambition of joining the European Union.

Vučić pointed to preparations for Expo 2027 in Belgrade with nearly 150 participating countries, as evidence of Serbia's growing international profile and economic ambitions.

Vučić, who has served as Serbia's dominant political figure since becoming prime minister in 2014 and president in 2017, pointed to the country's economic growth as evidence of its transformation. "Our GDP was 32 billion (euros) when I became the prime minister," Vučić said. "This year it's going to be over 100 billion euros., which is $120 billion."

Vučić's relationship with Trump dates back to the president's first term, when the White House brokered a series of economic normalization agreements between Serbia and Kosovo. Rather than focusing first on the politically explosive question of Kosovo's status, the Trump administration emphasized infrastructure projects, transportation links and investment aimed at improving ties between the two sides.

In September 2020, Vučić and then-Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti signed U.S.-brokered economic agreements at the White House that included commitments to expand rail and highway connections and promote investment. Trump described the deal as a breakthrough achieved by focusing on "job creation and economic growth" rather than longstanding political disputes.

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Asked whether he would consider recognizing Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and has been recognized by the United States under President George W. Bush and most European countries, if doing so unlocked Serbia's economic future and accelerated its path toward membership in the European Union, Vučić pushed back on the premise, arguing that economic cooperation and improved relations should come before discussions about political status.

"I'm not saying that I'm ready to violate my constitution… I have always been open to talks or compromising solutions, I have always been open to developing great economic ties and no doubt much better political ties. But I was not speaking about recognition of someone's independence," he said.

While Serbia continues to pursue membership in the European Union, the country has also maintained ties with Russia and China, a balancing act that has drawn scrutiny amid Russia's war in Ukraine and growing geopolitical tensions worldwide.

Asked whether Serbia could continue navigating between East and West in an increasingly divided world or would eventually need to choose a side, Vučić rejected the notion that countries must choose between competing geopolitical camps. Instead, he pointed to both his own visit to China and Trump's engagement with Beijing as examples of what he described as pragmatic diplomacy focused on national interests.

"President Trump didn't go there because of his vanity," Vučić said of Trump's visit to China. "He brought with him all the leading people of the United States of America for making better businesses, for earning more money for their companies."

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Vučić said he adopted a similar approach during his own visit, arguing that leaders should prioritize economic opportunities for their citizens rather than ideological alignments. "I'm coming from a small country. I was asking for more investments and was fighting for the interests of my people," he said.

The Serbian president said the same pragmatic approach should guide efforts to resolve ongoing conflicts in both Ukraine and the Middle East.

"It's always better to have thousands of days of negotiations than one day of war," he said.

Asked about tensions involving Iran and the wider conflict in the Middle East, Vučić reiterated Serbia's support for Israel, a position that increasingly distinguishes Belgrade from some European governments.

"I am the president of the country that is one of the very rare countries in Europe that is not hesitating to cooperate and collaborate with Israel," he said. "And it is proud to say this publicly and openly."

Vučić warned about what he described as rising antisemitism around the world.

"From time to time, I'm very much afraid to see a lot of antisemitic slogans and antisemitic banners," he said.

"The Serbian president said Serbia has resisted those trends and pledged that it would continue to do so under his leadership."

"It does not happen in Serbia, and it won't happen as long as I'm the president."



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SEN KEVIN CRAMER: China builds for war while America waits on permits

For too long, the debate over permitting reform has been confined to the wonky world of Washington insiders — endless discussions about transmission lines, pipelines, lawsuits, and administrative procedures. Policymakers fixate on the bark while missing the trees, let alone the forest. The stakes are far higher than connecting a natural gas plant, wind farm or data center to the grid. The most important reason for permitting reform is to grow the U.S. defense industrial base at the speed, scale and cost efficiency needed to deter a major conflict with China, and to quickly prevail if deterrence fails.

This imperative requires a sustained U.S. capability to outperform our adversaries in the production of weapons, ships, munitions, and material. Yet for more than two decades, America’s national security, economic policies, and stifling environmental review processes hollowed out domestic manufacturing and largely transferred our defense-related industrial capabilities and control of global supply chains to China.

The results are stark. China dominates global manufacturing, particularly those industries indispensable to defense. Its steel production exceeds America’s by roughly 12-to-1. In shipbuilding, China possesses capacity roughly 230 times that of the United States. A single major Chinese shipyard can exceed the total output of the entire U.S. commercial shipbuilding industry. American policymakers — both Democrats and Republicans — have been comatose on this front for far too long.

'THIS IS NO DRILL': CHINA'S DOMINANCE OVER US SHIPBUILDING SPARKS BIPARTISAN EFFORT

Recent conflicts offer sobering previews of how profoundly these disparities matter in wartime. In Ukraine, U.S. and allied munitions production has struggled to keep pace with demand. For example, America ramped 155mm artillery shell output from about 14,000 per month to around 40,000, falling far short of Ukraine’s needs — estimated at 150,000–200,000 shells monthly — and exposing fragile, just-in-time supply chains. Similar constraints appear in meeting our own requirements and supporting Israel against Iranian-backed threats. Peacetime atrophy — dormant production lines, retired skilled workers, overseas dependence, and regulatory bottlenecks — has left the U.S. defense industrial base ill-equipped for sustained, high-intensity conflict.

History underscores the danger of underestimating industrial power. Nazi Germany developed formidable new technologies during World War II: the Me 262 jet fighter, V-2 ballistic missiles, and advanced tanks. These "wonder weapons" stunned Allied forces when they appeared on the battlefield. Yet America’s overwhelming manufacturing juggernaut is what proved decisive. Mobilizing factories across the heartland, the United States produced nearly 300,000 aircraft, 86,000 tanks, and thousands of ships, vastly outproducing the Axis powers combined.

Similarly, in the Civil War, 90 percent of our manufacturing economy was in the North — which produced 20 times more pig iron and 32 times more firearms than the South — which was still primarily an agrarian economy. Perhaps more ominously is the lesson we can draw from the North’s embrace of mechanization, which allowed threshing to be done 12 times faster than slave labor. Today’s corollary is Artificial Intelligence (AI) — the Great Power which dominates AI will gain the upper hand easily in any conflict, just like the North did, dominating the South which clung to the morally repugnant — but also ineffective — manual labor. Both mechanization and AI need reliable, dispatchable power to provide their economic and industrial benefits.

Today, China enjoys the advantage once held by America. China’s defense industrial base and supporting infrastructure can much more easily shift to a wartime footing, surging output of ships, munitions, and material with little or no bureaucratic or legal constraints.

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Reversing America’s defense industrial decline requires more than a tweak to an administrative process, increasing permitting staff, or changing deadlines for filing lawsuits. It demands a fundamental change in mindset of how, and why, government places so many obstacles in the way of the rapid expansion and rebuilding of our defense industrial base. Roads, bridges, ports, rail, power generation and delivery and computing infrastructure are foundational infrastructure. Factories cannot hum without affordable and reliable power. Mines and processing facilities for critical materiels — essential for munitions, electronics, and advanced weapons — cannot secure funding and achieve necessary scale amid regulatory paralysis.

Without this complex industrial ecosystem, we risk strategic vulnerability no amount of technological innovation can offset. American spirit and ingenuity are real assets, but cannot conjure raw materials and weapons systems from thin air when supply chains falter and projects languish in endless reviews. Congress and the administration must treat permitting modernization as a core national security priority.

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The most important element is time. Time is power — China builds three times faster than we do. Time is money — Chinese defense output costs a fraction of ours. Every year a U.S. defense infrastructure project is hung up in permitting adds 10-20 % to its final cost. Typical delays of more than five years lead to projects costing two or three times more than they need to. Eliminating this delay would not only unleash defense production with the speed and scale needed to keep the peace, but deliver it while saving hundreds of billions of dollars in defense spending.

To accomplish this, Congress and the states must reach across the aisle and legislatively approve maintenance, replacement and new construction of defense industrial supply chains and preclude any further environmental review, permitting, and judicial review of such process.

I’ve worked with sincere Democrats like Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) to build consensus and extend my thanks and trust to them. We all are committed to assuring environmental protection and reaffirm these industries must comply with all specified environmental performance requirements. They will remain subject to the full array of legal requirements for monitoring, reporting, inspection, enforcement, citizen suits, judicial review and punitive civil, criminal, and damages liability for any noncompliance. Ample bipartisan precedent for this approach has long been in place in non-security related laws such as health and safety, financial transactions, and border construction, while recent targeted federal and state laws waived permitting for public housing, fracking, pipelines, and chip manufacturing plants.

The need to tackle the challenges of this permitting reform forest is clear: America’s ability to deter conflict, or to win if deterrence fails, rests on American industrial might. Permitting reform is the essential first step toward rebuilding it. The time for tepid measures and insider debates is over.



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Americans still crave protein despite record beef prices as expert reveals the 'healthiest burger'

Many Americans stocking up for summer cookouts are navigating three competing trends: a heightened demand for protein, an increased emphasis on health and historically high beef prices.

Seventy percent of Americans report protein as the nutrient they most want to consume, a 2025 International Food Information Council survey found. That helps explain why burgers remain a summer staple despite rising beef prices and certain health concerns.

Ground beef prices are up 14% from a year ago, according to NielsenIQ retail data. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data shows average fresh beef prices reached a record $9.64 per pound in April.

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Despite the high price of beef, the American Farm Bureau Federation reported in May that "demand for meat continues to grow."

More than half of Americans (52%) surveyed said "the healthiness of food is highly important when deciding what to eat," according to Pew Research from last year. The same Pew survey also found, however, that 69% of Americans said food price hikes make it more difficult for them to eat healthfully. 

"The 'healthiest burger' isn't determined by a single ingredient. It will be relative to a person's health goals and nutrient needs," Caroline West Passerrello, Ed.D., RDN, LDN, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, told Fox News Digital.

"Beef, poultry, seafood and even plant-based burgers can all have a place on the menu," she added. "Rather than looking for a perfect burger, consumers may benefit from considering protein quality, saturated fat, sodium, portion size and what they're pairing it with."

Burgers shouldn't be labeled as inherently good or bad — and there are pros and cons of each type, Passerrello said.

Plant-based options aren't automatically healthier, Passerrello said. High-quality animal protein sources are rich in iron, zinc and vitamin B12, she noted.

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Many chefs recommend choosing ground beef with an 80/20 or 85/15 meat-to-fat ratio for the juiciest, most flavorful burger.

"Choosing 80% lean beef may improve flavor and satisfaction for some people, but that doesn't necessarily make it the healthiest option for everyone," Passerrello cautioned. "Individuals with elevated LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease or those working to reduce saturated fat intake may prefer leaner cuts."

The best choice of beef depends on personal health goals, taste preferences and overall dietary pattern, she said.

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While some consumers are experimenting with more decadent burger toppings such as truffle aioli, foie gras, goat cheese or caviar, the classics — cheese, lettuce, tomato, ketchup and onion — are still the most popular, as of a 2021 YouGov survey.

These basic toppings also typically make the best burger, Wahlburgers executive chef Paul Wahlberg told Fox News Digital.

"Sometimes less is better," he said. "The simpler, the better is always good."

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Consumers should consider the overall meal when evaluating the healthfulness and cost of a backyard burger, Passerrello said.

"A burger doesn't exist in isolation," she said.

"The bun, toppings, condiments, portion size, beverages and side dishes can have just as much influence on the nutritional quality of the meal as the patty itself. Adding vegetables, choosing whole grains when available and balancing the meal with fruits or vegetables can meaningfully improve overall nutrient intake."



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Americans are ditching ultra-processed snacks for an ancient fruit that's exploding in popularity

One of human history's oldest-cultivated foods is having a moment as more people reach for healthier alternatives to ultra-processed foods.

Sales of dates in the U.S. were up 33% in 2025, a founding member of organic California-grown date company Joolies California Superfruit told Food52.com.

Those numbers are expected to grow significantly, Fortune Business Insights reported. 

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By 2034, the market size for dates in America is projected to reach $1.6 billion.

In the U.K., sales of medjool dates have increased 100% at U.K. grocery retailer Ocado compared to last year, the Guardian reported.

Globally, the market size for dates is projected to experience a compound annual growth rate of 6.1%, going from $34.5 billion in 2026 to $55.58 billion in 2034, according to Fortune Business Insights.

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As consumers increasingly prioritize less-processed, whole foods, dates have surged in popularity on social media. 

Videos of people trying dates for the first time and recipes for "healthy desserts" featuring dates as a sugar alternative have gone viral.

Health benefits of dates, according to the Cleveland Clinic, include improved gut health, better brain function, healthier skin and a lowered risk of several diseases.

"While dates might be a newer trend for consumers, they've been the go-to ingredient among dietitians to sweeten smoothies and lower-sugar dessert foods for years," Lisa Moskovitz, a registered dietitian, founder of the NY Nutrition Group and author of "The Core 3 Healthy Eating Plan," told Fox News Digital.

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"Not only are they super tasty and versatile, but they provide fiber, antioxidants and other essential nutrients like magnesium and potassium."

The Middle East and Africa still dominate the demand for dates and accounted for 85.28% of the market share in 2025.

Historians believe ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia were cultivating dates as early as 6,000 to 8,000 years ago. The stone fruit remains culturally significant to the region, as Muslims typically break their Ramadan fasts with dates, according to Brandeis University.

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Date types are divided into three main categories: soft, semi-dry and dry. 

Less moist varieties are more commonly used for baking and cooking, while high-moisture dates, namely medjool, are popular for snacking.

Moskovitz cautioned that the sugar content in dates can add up quickly.

"The average date contains about 15 grams of natural sugar — so if you need to be careful of sugar intake, pair this delicious dried fruit with some nuts or seeds to balance blood glucose levels," she said.



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Legalizing pot didn’t kill the black market, it created a marketing department for it

The marijuana legalization movement sold Americans a simple promise: legalize cannabis, regulate it, tax it, and the black market would disappear.

That promise has failed spectacularly.

Today, illegal marijuana dealers remain active across California and throughout the nation. Meanwhile, the "legal" marijuana industry — the very industry that was supposed to replace them — is struggling with declining sales, shrinking profits, surrendered licenses, and falling tax revenues and investment loses.

The problem is not that Americans have stopped using marijuana. That would be a great outcome for public health and safety. The reality is quite the opposite.

MARIJUANA IS NOT HARMLESS. THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE AND THE EVIDENCE KEEPS GROWING

National surveys show that cannabis use continues to increase. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), past-month marijuana use rose from 37 million Americans in 2021 to more than 44 million in 2024, while past-year use also reached record levels. Yet during the same period, California's "legal" cannabis sales declined for three consecutive years. If demand is growing while "legal" sales are shrinking, the obvious conclusion is that consumers are increasingly obtaining marijuana from sources outside the licensed marketplace.

Three Consecutive Years of Sales Declines in California

Year — Legal Cannabis Sales:

2023 $4.4 billion

2024 $4.2 billion

2025 $3.9 billion

A cumulative decline of roughly 11% from 2023 to 2025.

This raises an uncomfortable question: What exactly has legalization accomplished?

The answer appears to be that legalization created a government-endorsed marijuana industry that now performs many of the functions once handled by the black market itself. Licensed marijuana dealers advertise cannabis products, normalize marijuana use, introduce new customers to the drug, expand public acceptance, and help grow overall demand. They operate attractive retail storefronts, develop sophisticated branding campaigns, and spend millions of dollars promoting marijuana consumption.

In doing so, they have effectively become the customer-acquisition arm of the broader marijuana economy.

Once consumers become accustomed to using marijuana, many discover that they can purchase the same product through underground channels at significantly lower prices. Illegal dealers do not pay licensing fees, testing costs, regulatory compliance expenses, labor mandates, security requirements, local taxes, state taxes, or federal tax burdens. As a result, they can often undercut "legal" sellers on price while benefiting from the increased consumer demand that legalization helped create.

In other words, licensed marijuana dealers are spending money to recruit customers who can later become customers of illegal marijuana dealers.

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California's numbers tell the story. The state now has more than 10,000 inactive or surrendered cannabis licenses, exceeding the number of active licenses. Tax revenues that have been baked into city and state budgets are declining. In San Diego, cannabis tax collections have fallen dramatically from their post-legalization highs. Across the country, cannabis-related stocks have lost substantial value with a major cannabis-sector fund reporting a - 67.40% one-year return for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, while the S&P 500 was up 15.16% over the same period. Investors increasingly recognize that legalization has not produced the thriving, profitable industry that many predicted.

The industry's defenders argue that legalization has reduced criminal activity and increased consumer safety. Yet the black market remains enormous. By some estimates, over 60% marijuana consumed in California is still obtained outside the "legal" system.

The result is a policy outcome no legalization advocates anticipated but prevention specialists predicted. Rather than replacing illegal drug dealers, legalization created a second class of drug dealers — licensed, regulated, and taxed — who now compete with the original ones.

The irony is difficult to ignore. The "legal" marijuana industry has spent years helping normalize pot use, expanding consumer demand, and increasing public acceptance of the drug. But much of that expanded demand continues to benefit the very underground market legalization was supposed to eliminate.

The black market has thrived. The "legal" market is shrinking. And taxpayers should be wondering whether the grand promises of marijuana legalization were ever realistic in the first place.



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Florida and Texas are battling for new residents. DeSantis thinks he found an advantage

Florida and Texas have for years attracted Americans feeling high-tax, high-cost states with an absence of personal income tax and business-friendly policies. Now, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting that reducing property taxes could become the Sunshine State's next competitive advantage.

The stakes extend well beyond Florida.

The competition for new residents translates directly to political influence, with population growth affecting everything from congressional representation to Electoral College votes.

TAX-WEARY AMERICANS FLEE BLUE STATES FOR REPUBLICAN-LED SOUTHERN HAVENS

As Americans continue relocating to southern states in search of affordability amid a bubbling economic crisis, the latest proposal in Florida could become a test of whether low-tax states can further widen their advantage over higher-tax rivals.

Supporters argue it would strengthen Florida's appeal to homeowners, retirees and businesses while giving it a new edge over competitors like fellow red state Texas. Critics counter that any tax savings must eventually be offset through spending cuts, higher fees or alternative revenue sources, making Florida a potential case study in both the promise and the pitfalls of aggressive tax reduction.

The governor is backing a constitutional amendment that would dramatically expand Florida's homestead exemption, potentially lowering tax bills for millions of homeowners.

Under the proposal, Florida's existing $50,000 homestead exemption would increase to $150,000 in 2027 and to $250,000 in 2028. In practice, the exemption reduces the portion of a home's value that is subject to taxation, lowering the tax bill for qualifying homeowners.

For homeowners, that could translate to meaningful tax savings. For local governments, however, it would mean collecting substantially less revenue from one of their largest funding sources.

That tension between tax relief and government funding is at the heart of the debate.

THE RED STATES RACING AHEAD IN AMERICA’S POWERFUL WEALTH BOOM — AND THE STATES FALLING BEHIND

State analysts estimate the measure could reduce local government revenue by more than $8.4 billion annually, raising questions about how cities and counties would make up the difference.

Backers say the proposal would provide relief to homeowners at a time when many Floridians are grappling with rising housing costs, insurance premiums and inflation. Critics, however, warn that property taxes help fund many of the local services residents rely on every day.

"While the idea of eliminating the property tax sounds appealing, it's important to remember the local services those tax dollars provide," Nicole Fox, a policy analyst with the Center for State Tax Policy at the Tax Foundation, told Fox News Digital.

"The quality of a community's schools and roads, as well as the safety of a community, are important both for quality of life and contributing to the value of one's home," she added.

Fox noted that the proposal would eventually eliminate roughly 36% of homestead property taxes and argued that a reduction of that magnitude would likely require some form of replacement revenue.

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"When you are talking about 36% of homestead property taxes eventually being eliminated, there must be a plan for at least some degree of revenue replacement," Fox said. "Currently that plan is unknown."

Fox, who recently co-authored a Tax Foundation analysis of the Florida proposal, argued the measure could shift the tax burden onto businesses, renters and property owners who do not qualify for the homestead exemption.

"It would do so through less stable revenue sources that could alter consumer behaviors and negatively impact businesses, as well as shift the burden to those who do not qualify for the homestead exemption," Fox said.

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Florida already has "a very competitive tax structure," Fox added, but warned that "this drastic restructure risks significant uncertainty and economic harm."

Whether voters ultimately embrace the proposal remains an open question. The constitutional amendment must receive support from at least 60% of voters to take effect.

If approved, supporters argue it could cement Florida's status as one of the nation's most attractive destinations for homeowners and businesses, potentially giving it a new advantage over competitors like Texas and South Carolina.

If critics are right, however, the proposal could become a test case for whether billions of dollars in property tax relief can be delivered without shifting costs elsewhere.

Either way, the debate unfolding in Florida is being watched closely as states compete for residents, businesses and investment in an increasingly mobile America.



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American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on music milestones and patriotic pursuits

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people — including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.

This week's quiz highlights music milestones, patriotic pursuits — and much more.

Can you get all 8 questions right?

Give it a try and see how you do!

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