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MAGA’s View of the Economy Bounces Back President Trump has won back the confidence of his supporters on the economy, a public opinion survey released Tuesday showed. A month ago, we pointed out that the outbreak of the military conflict with Iran had dimmed views of the economy on the American right. Republicans, Trump voters, conservatives, and even self-identified MAGA supporters grew markedly less optimistic about the economy in the weeks following the U.S. attack on the Persian Gulf nation’s military capacity and government leadership. A new survey by YouGov for the Economist shows a significant recovery in economic sentiment with…

Two public school teachers in Fairfax, Virginia, abused their position by telling their students to pressure their parents to vote “yes” on that state’s gerrymandering scheme. “On Friday, I picked up my 14-year-old twin boys from school, and both jumped into the car and asked whether I was voting yes on Virginia’s redistricting measure Tuesday,” writes Kelly Sadler in the Washington Times. “That’s a no,” she told them. She then wondered why they asked, as her “boys know exactly how I feel about this shameless power play by the liberals in Richmond[.]” “Turns out,” she writes, that “in both of their civics…

The top civil servant who was seemingly set up to take the fall for the Mandelson-Epstein scandal struck back on Tuesday, stating Downing Street had a “dismissive attitude” over the Labour veteran even needing security clearance, and then tried to rush the process once it began. The rolling scandal in British politics over how and why precisely Peter “Prince of Darkness” Mandelson, the erstwhile peer and power behind the throne of the Keir Starmer Labour Party, became British Ambassador to the United States, took a fresh turn on Tuesday morning as Sir Oliver ‘Olly’ Robbins was questioned by the Foreign…

Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow is facing a wave of negative publicity and mockery for her over-the-top entrance to the state Democratic Party Convention, and many likened it to a similar performance by failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris. “Mallory McMorrow walked into the second half of today’s convention flanked by DrumKINGZ and a whole lot of supporters,” her campaign wrote in an X post alongside the video. Her campaign added, “Many are calling it McMentum.” The video shows McMorrow – a state senator – dancing, skipping, and clapping with the marching band. Behind her, someone held a giant cutout of her…

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has officially resigned in the face of corruption charges at home and calls for her ouster in Washington. News broke minutes before the House Ethics Committee was about to meet for a public hearing Tuesday afternoon to determine a punishment for the third-term Democrat, who was charged with stealing $5 million in Covid relief funds. In a statement, Cherfilus-McCormick said the congressional proceedings did not constitute a “fair process” and that she was “choos[ing] to step aside” rather than “play these political games.” “I will not stand by and pretend that this has been anything other than…

US Vice President J.D. Vance is reportedly headed to Islamabad for potential talks as the deadline for the current ceasefire looms Iranian officials have struck a defiant tone ahead of a possible new round of talks with Washington, warning that Tehran is prepared to “reveal new cards on the battlefield” while rejecting any negotiations conducted “under the shadow of threats.”Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused US President Donald Trump of trying to turn negotiations into “a table of surrender,” and said Iran has spent the past two weeks preparing new military options.“Trump, by imposing a siege and violating the…

Section 127 plans may be the answer for employers looking to add employee benefits.gettyWhen it comes to perks at work, free stuff is always a bonus. But as great as complimentary coffee and doughnuts might be, employees are increasingly looking for ways to eliminate or pay down student debt, which now averages $39,075 per borrower. One tax-favored benefit can be found in the tax code. Under section 127, employers can provide tax-free assistance to employees who pursue their education while working or (more recently) for repaying student loans. While section 127 was created by Congress in 1978 as a temporary…

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin failed to place a customer’s satellite into the correct orbit during a Sunday launch, triggering massive financial losses for the satellite operator. The New York Post reports that Blue Origin experienced a mission failure when it deployed AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite into an incorrect orbit from its Cape Canaveral, Florida, launch site. The satellite was carried aboard the company’s New Glenn rocket but failed to reach the required altitude for operational deployment. According to AST SpaceMobile’s official statement, the satellite was placed into a lower orbit than planned due to issues with the upper…

The head of Peru’s National Election Jury (JNE), a body that evaluates disputes regarding ballots and other vote technicalities, told reporters this weekend that her office expects to be able to offer the nation the complete results of the April 12 election by mid-May. The JNE does not do the first round of vote-counting – the National Electoral Processes Office (ONPE) does. ONPE has finished counting about 80 percent of ballots nationwide at press time, presenting extremely close results on its website. At press time, conservative former first lady Keiko Fujimori holds about 17 percent of the vote, leading radical…

Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” President Donald Trump said his pick for Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh would do a “great job” which should include the U.S. having the lowest interest rate in the world. Co-host Joe Kernen asked, “Something else happening today and that that is your pick for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh is on Capitol Hill. We had a couple of guests today say the best thing that we need now is for Jay Powell to leave in May, like he’s supposed to, and have Kevin Warsh in his Fed chair for that next June meeting. But we…