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Taylor Swift had a great reaction to being booed by Eagles fans at Super Bowl

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The boo birds were out early Sunday at Super Bowl LIX in the Caesars Superdome.

Although fans were still filtering into the stadium when Chiefs players came out for pregame warmups, they were greeted by loud jeering from Eagles supporters.

It was merely prelude for what was to come during the Chiefs team introduction later in the afternoon. ...Read more

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Taylor Swift wears oversized jacket and her Grammys jewelry to her 2nd Super Bowl

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For her second Super Bowl in a row, Taylor Swift opted for an understated look, walking into the game in New Orleans in an oversized cream-colored jacket.

Even her lip color, typically red and bold, was muted.

She and boyfriend Travis Kelce, the superstar Kansas City Chiefs tight end, must have pulled looks from the same mood board, because he...Read more

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Kendrick Lamar brings 'Not Like Us' to the Super Bowl halftime show

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Kendrick Lamar brought his Compton hometown to New Orleans as the halftime performer at Sunday's Super Bowl LIX — the crowning achievement of a yearlong stretch in which hip-hop's most proudly cerebral star ascended to new heights of pop renown.

The first rapper to headline pop music's biggest stage as a solo act, Lamar, 37, spent much of his...Read more

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President Donald Trump visits with family of Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes at Super Bowl LIX

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President Donald Trump on Sunday became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl when arrived at the Caesars Superdome roughly an hour before the Kansas City Chiefs were set to face the Philadelphia Eagles.

President Trump went down to the field as the teams were going through pregame workouts. He shook hands with some people on the ...Read more

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Fox's massive new score bug for Super Bowl LIX draws strong reactions: 'We gotta talk about this'

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Fox’s massive new score bug drew a similarly big reaction from viewers.

The network debuted a new graphic for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX that featured the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles’ name abbreviations, the score, the game clock, and the down and distance in particularly large lettering.

It’s an otherwise simple design —...Read more

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Massachusetts Speaker warns federal cuts could be felt across the state budget

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There isn’t much state budget writers can do to prepare for the potential suspension of federal revenue bolstering the Bay State, House Speaker Ron Mariano.

President Donald Trump’s push to shave off large swathes of the federal apparatus, including promises to do away with the Department of Education and freeze grant funding from ...Read more

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'Uncle Samuel L. Jackson … gangsta.' Actor is special guest during Super Bowl halftime

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Uncle Sam — aka Samuel L. Jackson — nearly stole the Super Bowl halftime show.

The “Pulp Fiction” actor was Kendrick Lamar’s special guest during the Super Bowl halftime show.

Dressed in patriotic red, white and blue, Jackson introduced the show, exclaiming “this is the great American game.”

Fans liked seeing him out on the ...Read more

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Why was Serena Williams at Kendrick Lamar's halftime show?

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During Kendrick Lamar's electric halftime show, the rapper kept teasing a performance of his Grammy-winning single, "Not Like Us."

When he finally performed it, he was joined by athlete Serena Williams dancing alongside him.

″Not Like Us," which has celebrated massive popularity, is famously a diss track against Drake. As the song has become...Read more

ICE fears sweep Washington's Yakima Valley after Trump takes office

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Erik Molina and Elena Verduzco were headed to McDonald's in their Dodge Ram with their toddler son when they realized they were being followed by a pair of unmarked trucks with tinted windows.

"I think that's ICE," Verduzco told Molina, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency responsible for deporting immigrants.

Here...Read more

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Donald Trump arrives at Superdome and is first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl

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President Donald Trump on Sunday became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl when arrived at the Caesars Superdome roughly an hour before the Kansas City Chiefs were set to face the Philadelphia Eagles.

President Trump went down to the field as the teams were going through pregame workouts. He shook hands with some people on the ...Read more

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Paul Rudd, Kevin Costner, Adam Sandler... Stars (along with Taylor Swift) at Super Bowl

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Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans has drawn a slew of celebrities.

Adam Sandler had a pregame chat with Jason Kelce, retired Eagles center and brother of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Jay-Z and his daughters, former “SNL” cast member Pete Davidson and Kevin Costner visited the sidelines.

Loyal Kansas City Chiefs fans Paul Rudd, and his son, ...Read more

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Watch Taylor Swift's arrival at Super Bowl LIX to cheer on Travis Kelce, Chiefs

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Nearly all of the attention this week was on the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles ahead of their matchup in Super Bowl LIX.

But it wasn’t entirely about football.

Superstar singer Taylor Swift arrived late in the week and dined with boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and their friends, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and wife Brittany.

On Saturday, ...Read more

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Trump interview before Super Bowl: Takeaways on Chiefs vs. Eagles, Musk, DOGE, more

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President Donald Trump said he will direct Elon Musk, one his most controversial advisers, to search for waste, fraud and abuse in the Education and Defense departments.

Trump said the orders could come within 24 hours of his interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, which aired a few hours before the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Trump will be the ...Read more

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Trump suggests Musk found 'irregularities' in effort at Treasury

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President Donald Trump suggested that Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has found irregularities while examining data at the U.S. Treasury Department, and intimated that may lead the U.S. to disregard some payments.

“There could be a problem, we’ve been reading about that, with Treasuries,” Trump told reporters Sunday on Air Force ...Read more

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Trump plans to unveil 25% steel, aluminum tariffs on Monday

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President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum.

Trump, speaking to reporters Sunday on Air Force One, said the tariffs will apply to the metal imports from all countries. He didn’t specify when the duties would take effect.

The president also said he would announce reciprocal tariffs ...Read more

Sam Nujoma personified Namibia’s struggle for freedom

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Sam Nujoma was an outstanding Namibian leader who personified more than anybody else the country’s liberation struggle history and independence. His death at the age of 95 marks the end of an era. But his legacy will live on.

Together with Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, he was central in the foundation of the national liberation movement, ...Read more

Two more charged in ICE impersonations at Temple University

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Authorities have charged the two other men believed to have posed as ICE agents while disrupting a business on the Temple University campus this month.

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said Friday that it had approved charges against Alexander Javaheri, 19, and Mory Fall, 20. Warrants have been issued for their arrests.

Javaheri ...Read more

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Dems will shut down federal government if needed to stop Trump from dismantling it, says Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey

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U.S. Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., said Democrats in Congress would support shutting down the federal government “if we have to” in order to block President Donald Trump from smashing it.

Withholding Democratic votes next month for funding needed to keep government open may be the best way “to hold them accountable, use the leverage that we have...Read more

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's DOGE panel to launch its first budget-slashing hearing this week

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WASHINGTON – The federal budget-slashing initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk will hold its first legislative hearing this week, with a panel led by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia set to probe “improper payments and fraud.”

Greene told “Politically Georgia” that her subcommittee of the Department of Government ...Read more

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Md. Gov. Wes Moore to federal workers on buyouts: 'Be careful on what you're signing'

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said his job has changed considerably in the past three weeks as a new Trump administration overhauls the federal government.

“It’s a like a light switch,” Moore said during an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki that aired Sunday afternoon.

The governor has moved from federal partner to Maryland defender. He ...Read more