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Corona ditches Snoop Dogg for Pedro Pascal to reach Latino beer drinkers

Mexican beer brand Corona is shaking things up with a new marketing campaign, recruiting the help of Chilean actor Pedro Pascal in an effort to reach Latino consumers. The beer brand’s previous campaign, “La Vida Mas Fina,” starred rapper Snoop Dogg. Going forward with Pascal, however, the company said it is seeking “a shift in […]

House passes first appropriations bills ahead of shutdown deadline

The House passed the first half of its annual appropriations bills on Wednesday, marking the first step toward avoiding a government shutdown that is scheduled to start over the weekend.   Lawmakers passed the spending bill with a 339-85 vote, overcoming the two-thirds threshold needed to advance the lower chamber. The spending legislation passed after overwhelming […]

Super Tuesday: How did Abbott and Paxton fare in bringing down their foes in Texas?

The saying that everything is bigger in Texas may now apply to a bitter intraparty brawl following Tuesday night’s primary election. Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton separately sought revenge on incumbent Republicans they viewed as disloyal, at times working against one another in an attempt to gain control over the state’s Republican […]

Disgraced former Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler won’t be charged in sex tape scandal

Former Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler, who was removed from office amid a sex scandal, will not face any charges related to an alleged sex tape, the state attorney’s office said in a memo on Wednesday. The state attorney’s office said there was not enough evidence to support a criminal charge of video voyeurism […]

South Carolina advances permitless open carry bill despite opposition

South Carolina lawmakers are inching closer to passing a bill that would allow anyone who legally owns a gun to carry it, even without a permit to do so. The South Carolina House voted 86-33, mostly along party lines, to advance the bill. The Senate and House had previously passed permitless carry bills, but each […]

Super Tuesday: White House congratulates Jason Palmer on besting Biden in American Samoa

The White House gave a brief congratulations Wednesday to entrepreneur Jason Palmer for handing President Joe Biden his sole primary loss on Super Tuesday and potentially his only primary loss of the 2024 election cycle. Palmer took home victory in the territory of American Samoa Tuesday night, though the contest featured fewer than 100 total […]

Trump dominates Super Tuesday but faces warning signs in battle against Biden

Former President Donald Trump is on the fast track to the GOP nomination after former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, his sole primary challenger, suspended her campaign one day after Super Tuesday. Yet warning signs from the post-Tuesday bump could still hinder Trump in his rematch general election fight against President Joe Biden. Most concerning is the former president’s […]

Billionaire donor to Newsom and Panera Bread franchise owner said he’ll raise California minimum wage for staff

A Panera Bread franchise owner in California who is a major donor to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said he plans to increase staff wages after backlash over an apparent exemption from the state’s new minimum wage.  Last year, Newsom signed a law that would require the minimum wage for California-based fast-food workers at chains with […]

State of the Union 2024: Who is Monica De La Cruz, the Texas Republican delivering the Spanish-language rebuttal?

Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) will deliver the Spanish-language Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden‘s State of the Union on Thursday. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced De La Cruz’s selection on Wednesday, stating that her journey to Congress “encapsulates the very essence of what it means to live the American dream.” “Sadly, that […]

Republicans fighting to defeat vulnerable Sherrod Brown turn attacks on each other in brutal primary

The three top Republicans fighting for their party’s nomination in the Ohio Senate race have turned on each other just weeks from a brutal primary instead of attacking vulnerable Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH). Car salesman Bernie Moreno, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, and state Sen. Matt Dolan are neck and neck and have turned […]
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