Republicans bet higher tax refunds will boost midterm chances as blue states resist relief

IRS CEO Frank Bisignano discusses Tax Day, rising refunds and ‘Trump accounts’ for kids IRS CEO Frank Bisignano reveals average tax refunds are up more than 11% for Tax Day 2026, with over $270 billion issued. He credits the Working Families Tax Cut Act for permanent tax cuts and reducing the tax burden. Bisignano also … Read more

Trump hits key battlegrounds to sell tax cuts, boost GOP ahead of midterms

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump is heading this week to two crucial swing states in this year’s midterm elections to highlight the tax cuts that Republicans in Congress passed, and which he signed into law, last year. He will visit Nevada on Thursday and Arizona on Friday. The stops … Read more

X slashes aggregator payouts to boost original creators

Elon Musk’s X platform said it will reduce payouts to aggregation accounts in favor of rewarding original content in an overhaul of how it compensates creators. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Nikita Bier, the platform’s head of content, posted Friday that X was allocating a … Read more

Marketers Usie Digital Gift Cards to Boost Campaign Engagement

There’s a running joke in marketing that attention is the new scarcity. Click-through rates are eroding, email open rates are sliding, and the average consumer receives thousands of brand messages every single day. Running a campaign that actually gets people to stop, participate, and follow through has never been harder. That’s why more marketers are … Read more

Vance arrives in Hungary hoping to boost Orbán’s election campaign

BUDAPEST, Hungary — U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Hungary on Tuesday in a bid to turn the tide of an election campaign where long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a close ally of President Donald Trump, is trailing in the polls. Vance’s two-day trip, where he is scheduled to hold an official visit with … Read more

Artemis II reignites deep-space travel. Will it also boost a lunar economy?

The crew of Artemis II set a record Monday for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth, as the spacecraft swung around the far side of the moon. Shortly after traveling 248,656 miles away from Earth, breaking the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970, Artemis mission specialist Jeremy Hansen said he and his … Read more

Jewish communities boost security, continue observances amid rise in antisemitism

Law enforcement officials on Tuesday said they are taking steps to monitor and counter threats to Jewish and Muslim communities nationwide since the onset of war in the Middle East, multiple hate crimes and an attempted terror attack prompted increased security measures at places of worship and investigations into extremist activity. As the FBI conducts … Read more

U.S. eases Iranian oil sanctions in scramble to contain energy prices, handing Tehran a potential boost

In a twist of wartime irony, the United States has moved to ease sanctions on Iranian oil to cool surging energy prices, a potential boon for Tehran as Washington scrambles to contain the economic shockwaves of its military campaign. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday the easing of sanctions, first imposed after Iran’s 1979 revolution, … Read more

U.S. oil producers could get $63 billion boost from high crude prices, analysis shows

Soaring energy prices due to the Iran war could provide a massive windfall for U.S. oil companies. Rystad Energy, a market research firm, estimates that shale oil producers in the U.S. could earn an additional $63 billion in sales as prices soar past $100 a barrel.  If oil prices averaged $70 a barrel — their approximate level before … Read more