Taylor Swift booed at Super Bowl LIX after Trump gets raucous cheer
Taylor Swift isn’t on her “Eras Tour” anymore.
The pop star showed up to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday, and the fans there gave her a loud chorus of boos when she was shown on the Caesars Superdome jumbotron.
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Swift didn’t look as if she was too familiar or comfortable being booed by a large crowd as her expression turned to visibly nervous confusion once the chorus began.
Swift is attending her second Super Bowl after showing up at last year’s big game in Las Vegas to cheer on her boyfriend and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Many NFL fans have come to be critical of the constant displaying of Swift during broadcasts and on jumbotrons dating back to last season.
Her booing by the crowd also coincided with a heavy barrage of boos that welcomed the Chiefs as a team when they ran through the tunnel prior to the game.
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Swift, as Kelce’s girlfriend, has quickly become an iconic figure within the Chiefs franchise. But Swift’s football roots are with the Eagles, as she grew up an Eagles fan in Pennsylvania.
Swift and her father abandoned this fandom when she started dating Kelce last season, so the crowd treated her accordingly in New Orleans.
And before Swift was booed relentlessly by the Superdome crowd, that same crowd gave a raucous cheer to President Donald Trump when he was shown on screen prior to the game.
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Trump was standing in between New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson and Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, during the national anthem, which also received a loud roar from the crowd before kickoff.
Swift infamously endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election on Sept. 10. Days after Swift announced her endorsement, Trump sent a post on Truth Social that read “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
The crowd in the Superdome on Sunday seems to be more aligned with Trump on that argument.
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Ledisi, a Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as part of Super Bowl LIX’s pregame festivities.
The New Orleans native sang the song, otherwise known as the Black national anthem, at the Caesars Superdome as fans anticipated the kickoff for the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.
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She won a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance for the song “Anything for You.”
Jon Batiste performed the national anthem and Lauren Daigle performed “America the Beautiful.”
The performance of the Black national anthem has been a source of consternation for fans since the NFL decided to inset the song before the Super Bowl to end the 2020 season. Fans were unhappy with it again and made their voices heard on social media.
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Andra Day sang the song at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
The NFL started to play the Black national anthem in the 2020 season after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. The incident started a wave of actions against racial injustice across the U.S.
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The NAACP began to promote “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as the Black national anthem in 1917.
Trump says he has instructed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies
President Donald Trump announced plans to put a stop to producing pennies, which cost more than their value to make.
“For far too long, the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies.”
He added, “Let’s rip the waste out of our great nation’s budget, even if it’s a penny at a time.”
This is the president’s latest move to reduce spending in the U.S. after taking office on Jan. 20.
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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is led by billionaire Elon Musk, posted on X last month that producing the penny is costing American taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, suggesting that it may be one of the items it may consider eliminating.
Musk’s initiative, aimed at cutting $2 trillion in federal spending, didn’t directly state that the penny would be eliminated, but highlighted that it costs three times more to make than it’s actually worth.
According to the U.S. Mint, each penny costs 3.69 cents to produce in fiscal year 2024, costing taxpayers $119 million. This marked the 19th consecutive year in which production exceeded its face value.
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In the U.S., the penny was one of the first coins made by the U.S. Mint after its establishment in 1792. When it was first produced, the coin was larger and made of pure copper. Today’s smaller coin is made mostly of zinc, according to the U.S. Mint.
Trump reacts to federal judge’s ‘crazy’ DOGE ruling in Super Bowl interview with Bret Baier
President Donald Trump “100 percent” disagrees with a federal judge’s ruling on Saturday that bars the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the Treasury Department, he said during an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier.
“Nineteen states attorneys general filed a lawsuit, and early Saturday a judge agreed with them to restrict Elon Musk and his government efficiency team, DOGE, from accessing Treasury Department payment and data systems. They said there was a risk of ‘irreparable harm.’ What do you make of that? And does that slow you down and what you want to do?” Baier asked Trump in the interview clip.
“No, I disagree with it 100%. I think it’s crazy. And we have to solve the efficiency problem. We have to solve the fraud, waste, abuse, all the things that have gone into the government. You take a look at the USAID, the kind of fraud in there,” Trump responded.
U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York Paul Engelmayer, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, issued a temporary restraining order Saturday that sided with 19 Democratic state attorneys general who claimed that giving DOGE “full access” to the Treasury’s payment systems violates the law. The lawsuit was spearheaded by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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The judge’s sweeping order, issued Saturday, bars DOGE from accessing the Treasury system until at least Feb. 14, when Engelmayer scheduled a hearing to revisit the matter.
The language of the order specifically bars “political appointees, special government employees, and any government employee detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department access to Treasury Department payment systems or any other data maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information.” Trump, Secretary Scott Bessent and the U.S. Treasury are named as defendants in the case.
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Musk, Vice President JD Vance and other conservatives aligned with Trump have slammed the order.
“If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that’s also illegal. Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” Vance posted to X on Sunday of the order.
Trump spoke with Baier in an exclusive interview with Fox News ahead of the Super Bowl, which Trump will attend. The pair discussed the president’s long love of sports and football, as well as politics and DOGE.
“We’re talking about hundreds of millions of dollars of money that’s going to places where it shouldn’t be going,” Trump said when asked about what DOGE has found while auditing federal agencies in search of government overspending, fraud and corruption.
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“Where if I read a list, you’d say, this is ridiculous, and you’ve read the same list and there are many that you haven’t even seen, it’s crazy. It’s a big scam. Now there’s some good money and we can do that through, any one of a number. I think I’d rather give it to Marco Rubio over at the State Department. Let him take care of the few good ones. So, I don’t know if it’s kickbacks or what’s going on, but the people. Look, I ran on this, and the people want me to find it. And I’ve had a great help with Elon Musk, who’s been terrific,” he continued.
Baier also asked Trump about his recent comments about Canada becoming the U.S.’ 51st state and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeay saying last week that Trump’s desire to acquire the nation is a “a real thing.”
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“Yeah, it is,” Trump said when asked about Trudeau’s remark. “I think Canada would be much better off being a 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada, and I’m not going to let that happen. It’s too much. Why are we paying $200 billion a year essentially in subsidy to Canada? Now, if they’re our 51st state, I don’t mind doing it.”
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Trump will spend his Sunday evening in New Orleans, where the Chiefs and Eagles will face off in the Super Bowl. Trump is expected to return to the White House on Sunday evening following the game.
Baier’s full interview with Trump will air Monday during “Special Report with Bret Baier.“
DHS Secretary Noem appears to accuse ‘corrupt’ FBI of leaking LA ICE raids
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem called the FBI “corrupt” and appeared to accuse the bureau of leaking plans for “large-scale” immigration enforcement plans in the Los Angeles area.
The LA Times published an article Friday that said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would lead the operation, focusing on those without legal status in the U.S. or who have pending orders of removal, according to an internal government document reviewed by the publication.
The document was reportedly circulated among some government officials last week. The Times also reported that a federal law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal said LA FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration officers and agents are being called in to assist.
Noem shared the article on X, taking a dig at the FBI.
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“The FBI is so corrupt,” Noem wrote. “We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law.”
ICE sources told Fox News they do not know where Noem got the information or what she is basing it on.
Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for comment, but did not immediately hear back.
The FBI had no comment on the matter.
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi joined “Fox Report” on Sunday, where she discussed immigration enforcement and was asked about leaks within the government.
“Well, you know, if anyone leaks anything, people don’t understand that it jeopardizes the lives of our great men and women in law enforcement, and if you leaked it, we will find out who you are, and we will come after you,” Bondi said. “It’s not going to stop our mission. It’s not going to stop the president’s mission to make America safe again.”
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She also said if people do not want to follow the law, the Department of Justice will prosecute them.
Bondi was then asked about an operation in Denver, Colorado, where individuals used bullhorns to let people know that ICE was coming, advising illegal immigrants of what they should and should not do if approached by agents.
In cases where people inform illegal immigrants that they are in danger, Bondi was asked if anything could or should be done to stop it.
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“It very well could rise to the level of obstruction, and we will be looking at every single case where someone jeopardizes the lives of the great men and women in law enforcement, and they will be held accountable,” Bondi said. “If you leak, if you do anything, like you said, if you come out with bullhorns that could jeopardize their lives, we will investigate it, and we will come after you.”
DOGE scraps controversial Fauci exhibit along with more than $180 million in contracts
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) canceled more than $180 million in contracts over 48 hours, including a nearly $170,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit.
“In the past 48 hours, HHS canceled 62 contract [sic] worth $182 million,” The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced in a Friday social media post. “These contracts were entirely for administrative expenses – none touched any healthcare programs. This included terminating a $168,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci exhibit at the NIH Museum.”
The news comes as DOGE, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has continued to outline vast changes in government spending over the last few weeks, including a plan to eliminate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and sweeping changes at the U.S. Treasury Department aimed at eliminating over $100 billion per year in entitlement payments to individuals with no Social Security number.
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Seemingly no federal agency has been excluded from the reach of DOGE, with HHS being just the latest in a string of targets meant to eliminate waste from the federal government.
The Fauci exhibit was booked to be finished by July 2025, but has now been scrapped along with $182 million in other HHS administrative expenses.
Fauci has long been a controversial figure and has often clashed with President Donald Trump, who last month revoked the taxpayer-funded security detail for the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) that was requested for him in 2020 as he became the government’s public spokesperson during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“I think, you know, when you work for government, at some point your security detail comes off and, you know, you can’t have them forever,” Trump said of the move. “We took some off other people, too, but you can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you work for government.”
Fauci was given a preemptive pardon by former President Joe Biden on his last day in office, which was meant to shield the infectious disease expert from feared retribution from Trump during his second stint in the White House, though Fauci was not charged with any crimes at the time of the pardon.
Before serving as the chief medical advisor to the president during COVID-19, Fauci served nearly 30 years as the director of the NIAID between 1984 and 2022.
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He started his career at the National Institutes of Health in 1968, and was widely praised for his efforts to confront HIV/AIDs before becoming the government’s public face during the pandemic.
HHS did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.
Dem senator defends Iraqi ‘Sesame Street’ funded by USAID: ‘It’s smart power’
Delaware Sen. Chris Coons agreed with CNN host Michael Smerconish that funding a “Sesame Street” show in Iraq could be a good use of taxpayer funding to teach “values” to Iraqi children.
Smerconish commented on his title show Saturday about reports that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) gave $20 million to a nonprofit called Sesame Workshop to produce a show called “Ahlan Simsim Iraq” in an effort to “promote inclusion, mutual respect, and understanding across ethnic, religious, and sectarian groups.” The show began in 2021 and will run until 2027.
He asked Coons and his viewers whether they believe this could be an effective use of “soft power” despite facing backlash from conservative lawmakers.
“This isn‘t just funding a kids’ show for children, millions of children in countries like Iraq,” Coons said. “It’s a show that helps teach values, helps teach public health, helps prevent kids from dying from dysentery and disease and helps push values like collaboration, peacefulness, cooperation in a society where the alternative is ISIS, extremism and terrorism.”
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He continued, “And to your point, it‘s pennies on the dollar. The U.S. Department of Defense has an annual budget of about $850 billion. USAID was spending about $30 billion. It is a small proportion of our total federal spending. And as [political scientist Joseph Nye] would often say, it‘s not just soft power, it‘s smart power.”
Smerconish also appeared to defend funding for the show as he polled viewers for their opinion.
“Nye himself said, in the short term, hard power usually trumps soft power, but the long run effects might be the opposite. Or, as a caller to my Sirius XM radio program said yesterday, who would you rather teach Iraqi kids? Big Bird or al-Qaeda? Disease prevention helps us all, education that fights extremism,” Smerconish said.
Near the end of his show, Smerconish revealed 72% of his viewers supported taxpayers funding the international series. He argued the political controversy surrounding it likely came from “soundbite” politics rather than the program itself.
“Now does that make it a better political issue than I said at the outset of the program? No, because I took five minutes to explain exactly what is that program in Iraq for ‘Sesame Street,’ teaching kids to wash their hands and not hate America,” Smerconish said. “And as I said to Chris Coons, you know, it‘s a soundbite world in which we‘re living, far easier to be dismissive and say, can you imagine they‘re spending all this money on fill in the blank, EV cars in Vietnam?”
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The Iraqi children’s show was one of several examples Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has used to accuse the agency of wasteful spending and abuse.
Although DOGE and the Trump administration have been aiming to shut down the agency as a result, a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to put thousands of USAID workers on leave Friday.
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Ben Affleck, Seal among Super Bowl commercials getting mixed reviews from fans
Ben Affleck’s 2025 Super Bowl commercial return received mixed reviews.
British singer Seal and “Fast & Furious” star Vin Diesel also received varied responses to their respective Super Bowl ads.
For his part, Affleck brought back the DunKings for Super Bowl LIX, but he was missing Matt Damon and Tom Brady. Instead, Affleck was joined by his brother, Casey Affleck, and former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson.
The commercial also featured Donnie Wahlberg, Jeremy Strong and his former “Chasing Amy” co-stars, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, who are also known as Jay and Silent Bob. The seven-minute “movie” features a battle of coffee brands with the “Java Jam.”
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“First the DunKings were pop stars and now the thing is diss tracks! Everyone is insulting each other, that’s how you get successful,” Ben told Casey in the commercial. “We battle these other coffee brands and win this cup!”
“I don’t want to do it,” Casey replied. “You look stupid.”
“This is why people say you are a difficult actor,” Ben replied, before Casey responded with, “Nobody says that.”
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Affleck’s last two Dunkin’ commercials featured his now-ex-wife, Jennifer Lopez. Last year’s debut of “The DunKings” was met with praise after Damon, Brady and Affleck interrupted JLo while she was at the studio.
“Best Commercial of the SuperBowl HANDS DOWN,” one YouTube user wrote under a video of the ad at the time. “You put Ben and Matt on screen together, You always win.”
“What up bronx!! That look JLo and Fat Joe gave ben was hysterical,” another user wrote. “This is the best commercial ever.”
However, fans online weren’t completely thrilled with the remake.
“That Dunkin ad was horrible and Ben Affleck looks rough,” one X user wrote. “His 42 divorces have caught up to him.”
“Does Jennifer Garner know Ben Affleck got out of his cage again and is terrorizing American (sic) on TV again?” another added.
One user noted Affleck’s love for Dunkin is never-ending.
“One thing I can count on in this life is Ben Affleck loving his Dunkin,” the person wrote.
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Others praised the commercial.
“I would so watch a coffee brand performance off. LOL,” one user replied to Dunkin’s post on X.
“This is why America runs on you,” another user wrote, seemingly referencing the brand’s famous catchphrase, “America runs on Dunkin’.”
Another X user wrote, “There’s still a lot of game left but Ben Affleck has my vote for Super Bowl MVP.”
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Fans online also weren’t thrilled with Seal’s commercial. The 15-time Grammy nominated singer appeared as a literal seal in the Mountain Dew ad spot, which premiered in the second quarter of the Super Bowl.
The “Kiss of a Lime” commercial also featured singer Becky G and the brand’s newest spokesperson, Mountain Dude.
“I could’ve went my whole life without seeing Seal as a seal. #SuperBowl,” one X user wrote.
“Me watching Seal perform as an A.I. Seal for Mountain Dew like: ‘Do you need money?’” another user added.
Yet some found the ad funny with one X user writing, “Only commercial I legit laughed at for the entire 30 seconds was the Mountain Dew / Seal commercial.”
With another user writing, “How did it take us so long to get a Super Bowl commercial featuring Seal as a seal??”
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Fans also reacted to Vin Diesel starring in Häagen Dazs’ ad as his “Fast & Furious” character.
“D—–!! These Super Bowl commercials are hilarious!!! Loved the Vin Diesel one.. ‘Not to Fast’!” another user added.
“Is it just me or was that Haagen Dazs commercial with Vin Diesel actually humorous/ funny? Think I’ll go to the store and buy some in a bit ..” one user noted.
However, not everyone was pleased with one X user writing, “How long has Vin Diesel been making money off of the Fast and Furious character, dear Lord.”
“They must of run out of money in the commercial budget- I mean Vin Diesel in an ice cream commercial without explosions?? You can eat ice cream while blowing stuff up…” another wrote.