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Monday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” former Anheuser-Busch executive Anson Frericks applauded Budweiser’s effort to “pivot” from the Dylan Mulvaney endorsement that lost his former employer market share. “Well, advertisers, as you mentioned, paid $8 million to $10 million this year for ads,” Frericks said. “They better be getting banged for their buck. And I think they do that for two reasons. One, the commercial has to be memorable, and then second, it needs to change consumer behavior. And as you know, over the last couple of years, Budweiser has been in a tough spot with — there…

Mike Pence is siding with wealthy donors over victims of the East Palestine, Ohio, rail disaster, earning a cacophony of outrage from conservatives and prominent MAGA voices. Pence, who like Democrats reflexively opposes Trump on issue after issue as he woos establishment corporate donors to enrich himself through his non-profit and stake a claim in the narrowing establishment lane for the 2028 Republican nomination, is fighting a bill first championed by then-Ohio Sen. JD Vance — and Pence’s likely 2028 primary opponent — to implement safety regulations for trains carrying hazardous materials. Those regulations could have prevented the toxic spill that upended…

The bloc must find alternatives to US payment systems as relations with Washington sour, Martina Weimert has urged The EU needs to “urgently” reduce its dependence on US payment systems Visa and Mastercard, the head of the bloc’s leading bank consortium, Martina Weimert, has urged.The dominance of US tech solutions and services has increasingly become a concern in the EU over the past year as tensions between Brussels and Washington have risen since President Donald Trump returned to office.Weimert, chief executive of the European Payments Initiative (EPI), which is made up of 16 European banks and financial services companies, cautioned…

Aircraft destined for Havana have been warned that no refueling is possible amid a US energy blockade Cuban aviation authorities have warned international carriers of an aviation fuel shortage due to the ongoing US energy embargo on the island.A notice to airmen (NOTAM) issued on Sunday by Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport said Cuba’s nine international airports will have no kerosene to refuel arriving aircraft starting from Monday, and that the crisis is expected to last until at least March. US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on nations supplying oil to the Caribbean island, as his administration…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has expanded its investigation into 16 news rating organizations over alleged advertiser boycotts of center-right and conservative media, according to a report. Adweek reported the revelation via amendments filed to a lawsuit filed in a federal court against the FTC from the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) and another organization reportedly being investigated. GDI ranks outlets based on the likeliness that they would spread disinformation. Breitbart News reported that GDI claimed that the top ten outlets at most risk of spreading disinformation included center-right outlets such as the Federalist and the New York Post, while those labeled as the…

President Donald Trump was no fan of Bad Bunny’s halftime show at Super Bowl LX, calling it “an affront to the Greatness of America.” In a Truth Social post, Trump blasted the halftime show, which Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, performed entirely in Spanish. “The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence,” he wrote. “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially…

The Communist Party of Cuba warned airlines operating in the country that it would soon run out of jet fuel, reports revealed on Monday, potentially lasting through the middle of March. The general population of the impoverished communist country has suffered significant shortages of many basic goods for decades as a result of 67 years of repressive and incompetent Party rule. For much of the 21st Century, however, its elites and tourists from various European countries and Canada have been able to enjoy the island in luxury in part due to the allied socialist government of Venezuela providing free or…

Rep. Mark Amodei, Nevada’s only GOP congressman, has become the thirtieth House Republican to announce that they will not seek reelection ahead of the upcoming midterms. “Serving the people of Nevada has been the honor of my lifetime. Nobody is prouder of our Nevada Congressional District than me. Thank you for the honor. Every achievement worth doing began with listening to Nevadans and fighting for our values,” Amodei said in a statement posted to social media.  “I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have strong voice in the federal policy and oversight…

For all the lives they ruined, the actual criminals have faced remarkably little in the way of retribution Now that the child molester Jeffrey Epstein is gone, and the Epstein files have been released, what fate awaits Ghislaine Maxwell and others remains to be seen.Given the typically brief life span of sensational stories, in just a matter of days or weeks the Epstein saga will be filed away under ‘Forgotten’ where it will receive only cursory attention from future historians and political pundits alike.That’s a tragedy for the obvious reason that not a single sexual deviant, aside from Epstein’s child trafficker…

Elon Musk announced Sunday that SpaceX has redirected its immediate focus toward establishing a self-sustaining city on the Moon, marking a significant departure from the company’s long-standing Mars-first strategy. Reuters reports that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed on Sunday that the aerospace company has made a strategic pivot, now prioritizing the development of a “self-growing” city on the Moon over its previously primary objective of Mars colonization. According to Musk, this lunar city could become reality in less than ten years. While SpaceX still maintains its intention to pursue Musk’s long-held vision of establishing a city on Mars, the timeline has…