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National Rally leader Marine Le Pen and her deputy Jordan Bardella would handily win the first round of next year’s presidential election; however, a top Macronist has emerged as a potential leading opponent in the second round, a poll taken in the wake of the municipal elections found. A survey from Elabe for BFMTV and La Tribune Dimanche has found that between 31.5 and 38 per cent of voters would back the National Rally candidate in the first round of voting next year, depending on the various likely string of candidates, all of whom currently trail the RN by double…

American consumers shrugged off the Iran war and rising gas prices in March, pushing the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index up to 91.8 from 91.0 in February — well above the 87.9 reading economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected. It was the second consecutive monthly increase and a sharp rebuke to forecasters who had predicted the combination of military conflict in the Middle East and surging energy costs would send confidence tumbling. The survey period ran from March 1 to 24, capturing the bulk of the initial war shock — meaning confidence didn’t merely hold steady through the conflict but…

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a bill into law that would rename Florida’s Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) in honor of President Donald Trump. Under House Bill 919, signed by DeSantis on Monday, the state has the power “to name ‘major commercial service airports,” and it also renames the PBI airport after Trump, the Hill reported. While DeSantis signed the bill, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would need to approve the name change. If approved, the name change “would take effect on July 1,” according to the outlet. “Palm Beach International Airport is now officially … ‘President Donald J. Trump…

The president believes American forces could “very easily” seize the key export hub US President Donald Trump is not ruling out the possibility of American forces seizing Iran’s key energy export hub on Kharg Island in order to take control of the Islamic Republic’s oil exports, he said in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday.Trump claimed his “preference” would be for Washington to control Tehran’s oil industry and exports indefinitely, as it did in Venezuela following a military raid in January.“To be honest with you, my favorite thing is to take the oil in Iran, but some stupid…

On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said that he’s not okay with ICE agents remaining at airports, even if they are helping reduce hours-long waits and wondered, “Are they going to walk around with masks and names and still have warrantless arrests or going into [people’s] homes?” Co-host Kate Bolduan asked, “If ICE agents at airports are helping alleviate some of these hours-long wait times, are you okay with them sticking around?” Meeks answered, “No. What are they doing there? That’s not their job. They are not trained to do what the TSA workers do,…

The incident in Honolulu occurred amid nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests against President Donald Trump’s policies, including immigration enforcement Footage has emerged online showing a man wearing clothing resembling a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uniform being attacked in Honolulu, Hawaii. The incident took place during the ‘No Kings’ protests against US President Donald Trump’s policies, which kicked off nationwide over the weekend.Protesters took to the streets across all 50 US states on Saturday to oppose the Trump administration’s agenda, including the flagging economy, rising cost of living, conflict with Iran, and immigration enforcement tactics.A video circulating online from a…

There’s more than one way to own a piece of the artificial intelligence sector. Skip the vendors of chips and large language models. Invest in the power supply. Shares of electric utilities under contract with giant data centers are sizzling. The past three years have seen a doubling for Entergy, a quadrupling for Constellation Energy and a sixfold gain for Talen Energy. Riding this electric wave is Jay Rhame, chief executive of W.H. Reaves & Company, a somewhat obscure money manager in Jersey City, New Jersey, that has an uncommon focus: utilities. Its Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF has, since opening…

When interest rates are pushed artificially low in the midst of constantly-increasing costs of living, the avenues by which average Americans save and grow their wealth are limited. Frugality—demonstrated by spending less than you earn and socking away a portion of your income in bank CDs—becomes an exercise in frustration as widespread price inflation eats away any nominal increase in wealth. In the ensuing search for higher yield, average Americans are pushed to take more risk in order to earn returns that have a chance of outpacing relentless price inflation. A few years ago, this dynamic was exemplified by the…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday a long-term solution to the escalating Strait of Hormuz crisis would require rerouting oil and gas pipelines westward across Saudi Arabia to the Red Sea and Mediterranean, bypassing what he described as Iran’s “geographic choke point,” as Tehran moves to impose tolls on ships transiting the vital waterway and restrict passage through the corridor. Speaking in an interview with Newsmax, Netanyahu outlined a dual-track approach in which immediate U.S.-led efforts focus on reopening the Strait, while longer-term planning aims to eliminate reliance on narrow maritime chokepoints that allow Iran to disrupt global energy…

On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) argued that, on the DHS shutdown, “Nothing is won until each and every one of those workers [is] getting their money, caught up on their bills, including those with FEMA and the Coast Guard.” Co-host Kate Bolduan asked, “So, would you say Democrats have won this political fight?” Meeks responded, “Nothing is won until each and every one of those workers [is] getting their money, caught up on their bills, including those with FEMA and the Coast Guard. These are hardworking, everyday Americans. And so, my heart feels for…