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ST. LOUIS (KTVI) — Budweiser is rewarding adults who have received the COVID-19 vaccine with a free round of beer. Budweiser sat out of this year’s Super Bowl to reallocate funds for COVID-19 vaccine education and awareness. Now the “King of Beers” continues to drive that message by rewarding those who rolled up their sleeves for the vaccine. How can you get a free round of beer: * Budweiser is rewarding people 21 and older who show they’ve been vaccinated with a free round of beer. * Consumers can upload proof of vaccination (i.e. a selfie with their vaccination sticker)...

But what if the most clandestine intelligence program in U.S. history was shut down not because it failed, but because it had uncovered something too extraordinary to reveal? But from 1977 to 1995, the CIA secretly funded one of the strangest efforts in modern espionage: Project Stargate. Trained under the then-classified program, “psychic spies” used remote viewing to mentally perceive targets without travel. Millions went into the effort, with military and intelligence officials hoping it could yield intelligence that no satellite or informant could. Tested under controlled conditions, participants were tasked with describing enemy facilities, tracking fugitives, or even locating...

Trump’s tariffs and immigration raids are driving the latest farm crisis. White farmers have stood by him year after year—and still do. On Monday, Donald Trump announced that his administration will give farmers a $12 billion bailout—a tacit admission that his trade policies suck. Farmers have spent much of the last year complaining about rising production costs, falling crop prices and the loss of multiple markets due to Trump’s tariffs and the trade wars they have launched. All in all, farmers are projected to lose roughly $44 billion in profits this year, in large part because of Trump administration policies....

In American high schools, the age of the book may be fading. Many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. Twelfth-grade reading scores are at historic lows, and college professors, even at elite schools, are increasingly reporting difficulties in getting students to engage with lengthy or complex texts. Perhaps that is to be expected in the era of TikTok and A.I. Some education experts believe that in the near future,...

In Donald Trump’s telling, London is governed by a “horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor”, Sadiq Khan. European leaders are “weak”, their nations “decaying” and the EU was established to “screw” the US. Trump reserves much of his sharpest criticism for America’s allies in Europe. The US president’s frustration with Nato members over their failure to meet the alliance’s defence spending targets was well known. The level of antipathy was not. “It came kind of out of nowhere,” said Jeremy Shapiro, research director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, who has studied recent foreign policy debates within the Republican party. “This...

My guest today is Andrew Kolvet, who was Kirk’s close confidant. Since the assassination, he’s taken on many of Kirk’s responsibilities, including hosting “The Charlie Kirk Show.” Andrew Kolvet: …“Now, Charlie’s mission was to say: Hey, before us are two roads. You can either go grievance politics, socialism, free stuff populism, Mangione-ism, Mamdani-ism, or you can go MAGA.“ …“I think this is the through line for Israel — is you do not have to support Israel to belong to the team, at least in a traditional historical sense…I’m an American. I’m born in this country. My kids are going to...

He grew up on a farm in Indiana, the son of a factory worker and eldest of five children. He studied at Liberty, a Christian university founded by the conservative pastor and televangelist Jerry Falwell, and recalls wearing a T-shirt expressing opposition to the Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Two decades later, Justin Douglas is running for the US Congress – as a Democrat. He is among about white 30 Christian clergy – pastors, seminary students and other faith leaders – known to be potential Democratic candidates in next year’s midterm elections, including a dozen who are already in the...

The United States would suffer a devasting defeat and lose its biggest aircraft carrier if it tried to stop China invading Taiwan, according to a top secret Pentagon report. War games showed the U.S. would be overwhelmed by China's arsenal of around 600 hypersonic weapons, along with missiles and nuclear submarines. The grim assessment, revealed by the New York Times, confirmed the conclusions of previous war games, but it also highlighted wider concerns about the future direction of the U.S. military and its continued reliance on outdated methods. *** Ships like the $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford - the...

In an interview on "The Katie Miller Pod," Elon Musk said DOGE, the Department of Governmental Efficiency, was a "somewhat successful" venture, but he wouldn't do it again. KATIE MILLER: You are in the Roosevelt Room, if you remember this, getting sworn in, and they hand you a computer and a phone. I want to go back to what happened next. I think the story of DOGE, from your perspective, has never been told. What was your first thought on how DOGE was going to proceed? ELON MUSK: Well, I guess I couldn't believe I was there, for the most...

A central claim among those who deny a link between ancient and modern Egyptians is that subsequent invasions replaced the original population. This is not supported by demographic, genetic, or linguistic evidence. Genetic studies show ancient Egypt DNA continues.The Greek and Roman Periods: The Ptolemaic Greeks and later the Romans ruled as small, elite minorities. Their demographic footprint on the overall gene pool of Egypt was negligible.The Arab Conquest (7th Century CE): This was the most significant cultural event, introducing Arabic and Islam. However, this was a case of elite dominance and cultural diffusion, not population replacement. The Genetic Impact:...

The mask is off. The deep state operatives in Pennsylvania – that battleground fortress we fought tooth and nail to reclaim – have finally confessed to a treasonous betrayal that reeks of the swamp's foulest underbelly. For decades, non-citizens, including illegals flooding our borders like an unchecked invasion, have been handed the keys to our sacred ballot box. And it all traces back to one man: Bill Clinton, the slick architect of the 1993 "Motor Voter" law that turned our election integrity into a sieve. This isn't some fever dream from the resistance – it's official, on-record admission from Pennsylvania's...

We have reached one of the most critical turning points in modern history, but most people don’t seem to understand this. Without a doubt, 2025 has been a year of war. There has been war in Ukraine, war in Iran, war in Gaza, and lots of other regional conflicts as well. But as I have been warning my readers, 2026 could potentially be far worse. Decisions that world leaders make during the months ahead will determine which way things go. Let us hope that they make their choices wisely. According to CNN, White House officials are coming up with plans...

Israel's Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter unleashed a pointed retort at NBC News anchor Kristen Welker on Meet the Press on Sunday, dismissing her citation of casualty figures from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry as unreliable propaganda. Welker referenced the ministry's reported death toll while grilling Leiter on civilian casualties during Israel's operations in Gaza and Lebanon. Leiter fired back: "Kristen, you just quoted the Gaza Health Ministry. That’s like quoting MS-13 Social Welfare Ministry." The analogy, equating the ministry to the brutal Salvadoran gang MS-13, quickly went viral via the Washington Free Beacon's X post. Link to...

More than 8 in 10 households headed by Somali refugees in the state of Minnesota are on one or more forms of American taxpayer-funded welfare, new data published by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reveals. The data, based on 10 years of data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), shows drastic disparities between native-born American households and Somali-born households in Minnesota, where nearly 80,000 residents have Somali ancestry compared to zero who had Somali ancestry in 1990. In particular, the data shows that 81 percent of Minnesota households headed by Somali refugees are on one or more...

... On Oct. 18, Caceres had been headed to Texas to photograph a wedding when he was detained while going through security at John Wayne Airport. Caceres and his wife of a year and a half, who is a U.S. citizen, had been wary of travel as mass deportations increased nationwide under the Trump administration. Still, he had clients counting on him. And he believed he would be safe: Caceres said he had fled to the United States as a teenager seeking asylum and had continued following immigration requirements over the years, including completing biometrics and updating his address the...

videojournalist Jon Farina covered a clash between local Minneapolis residents and ICE agents on December 9th, 2025. In this clip, an ICE vehicle ran over a local resident—audibly laughing "wipe out!" as the resident hit the ground. ICE agents can also be seen pepper spraying residents and activists.

The BBC has admitted misleading viewers by claiming Donald Trump called for one of his critics to be “shot in the face.” The broadcaster acknowledged in an internal memo that its coverage was inaccurate, but no public correction was issued. The false claims targeted Liz Cheney, former US Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter and a vocal Republican opponent of Trump. This comes as the President speaks in Pennsylvania.

The FCC is seeking the public’s input on Nexstar Media Group and Tegna’s pending $6.2 billion merger. On Monday, the agency began accepting the two companies’ applications to transfer the licenses of Tegna’s 64 full-power television stations, one AM radio station, one FM radio station and other related FCC licenses to Nexstar. Per a public notice released by the agency, Nexstar has said that it would serve 54.5% of the national audience post-transaction and is seeking a waiver of the National Television Multiple Ownership Rule, which prohibits a single entity from owning television stations that, in the aggregate, reach more...

Manhattan-based psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert told Fox News on Friday that "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (TDS) is a real psychological issue he has seen firsthand in his practice, with three-quarters of his patients exhibiting symptoms. During an interview with "The Faulkner Focus," Alpert said patients have come into his office exhibiting symptoms of mental distress stemming from their fear or anger toward President Donald Trump. "This is a profound pathology, and I would even go so far to call it the defining pathology of our time," Alpert said. TDS is a term generally used by Trump supporters to disparage what they view...

Donald Trump Jr. made some not so surprising allegations against Ukraine at the Doha Forum in December. Donald Trump, Jr. recently made some noise about the ongoing Ukrainian War with Russia. Earlier this month Don Jr. unloaded on Ukrainian aid, telling fitness trainer and author, Jillian Michaels, that when he went to Monaco with his girlfriend, half of the super cars he saw on the street had Ukrainian plates. Via Chief Nerd. 🚨 Don Jr Goes Off on the Ukraine War“I was actually in Monaco earlier this summer … and every other car there was an Italian supercar, like a...