Federal court blocks Trump admin from sending detained Venezuelan immigrants to Guantánamo Bay

February 10, 2025

A federal court on Sunday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, detention camp as part of the president’s efforts to remove illegal immigrants from the U.S.

Lawyers for the trio said in a legal filing that the detainees “fit the profile of those the administration has prioritized for detention in Guantánamo, i.e. Venezuelan men detained in the El Paso area with (false) charges of connections with the Tren de Aragua gang.”

In the filing, the lawyers asked a U.S. District Court in New Mexico for a temporary restraining order to block the administration from flying them to the U.S. military base. The lawyers noted that “the mere uncertainty the government has created surrounding the availability of legal process and counsel access is sufficient to authorize the modest injunction.”

TRUMP DEPORTING CRIMINAL ALIENS TO GUANTANAMO BAY: MEET THE HARDENED TERRORISTS THEY’LL JOIN

The Trump administration has begun flying detained illegal immigrants from the U.S. to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, left, DOD via AP, right.)

Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales granted the temporary restraining order, according to attorney Jessica Vosburgh, who represents the three men.

“It’s short term. This will get revisited and further fleshed out in the weeks to come,” Vosburgh told The Associated Press.

The filing came as part of a lawsuit on behalf of the three men filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and Las Americas Immigrant Advisory Center.

FIRST 10 ‘HIGH THREAT’ ILLEGALS ARRIVE TO GUANTÁNAMO BAY ARE ALL TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBERS

A migrant prepares to board a flight to Guantánamo Bay. (Department of Homeland Security)

Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt separately said that flights carrying detained illegal immigrants had been sent to Guantánamo.

Immigrant rights groups sent a letter on Friday demanding access to people who are now being held at the U.S. naval station, arguing that the base should not be used as a “legal black hole.” Guantánamo has been criticized around the world for its inhumane abuse and torture of detainees, including interrogation tactics.

The immigrants are being held in the Guantánamo detention camp that was set up for detainees in the aftermath of 9/11. The immigrants are separated from the 15 detainees who were already there, including planners in the 2001 terrorist attack.

In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Trump has promised to expand the detention camp to hold up to 30,000 “criminal illegal aliens.”

Leavitt said Wednesday that more than 8,000 immigrants have been arrested since Jan. 20 as part of Trump’s plan to detain and deport immigrants in the country illegally, although hundreds of those arrested have since been released back into the U.S.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

What DeepSeek’s Success Tells Us About China’s Ability to Nurture Talent

admin

February 10, 2025

To many Chinese, DeepSeek’s success is a victory for China’s education system, proof that it equals that of the United States or has even surpassed it.

The core team of developers and scientists behind DeepSeek, the Chinese start-up that has jolted the A.I. world, all attended university in China, according to the company’s founder. That’s a contrast with many Chinese tech companies, which have often sought talent educated abroad.

As Chinese commenters online basked in Americans’ shocked reactions, some pointed to the high number of science Ph.D.s that China produces annually. “DeepSeek’s success proves that our education is awesome,” read one blog post’s headline.

Acclaim has even poured in from overseas. Pavel Durov, the founder of the messaging platform Telegram, said last month that fierce competition in Chinese schools had fueled the country’s successes in artificial intelligence. “If the U.S. doesn’t reform its education system, it risks ceding tech leadership to China,” he wrote online.

The reality is more complicated. Yes, China has invested heavily in education, especially in science and technology, which has helped nurture a significant pool of talent, key to its ambition of becoming a world leader in A.I. by 2023.

But outside of the classroom, those graduates must also contend with obstacles that include a grinding corporate culture and the political whims of the ruling Communist Party. Under its current top leader, Xi Jinping, the party has emphasized control, rather than economic growth, and has been willing to crack down on tech firms it deems too influential.

DeepSeek has managed to evade many of those pressures, in part because it kept a low profile and its founder declared his commitment to intellectual exploration, rather than quick profits. It remains to be seen, though, how long it can continue doing so.

“There are many young, energetic and talented researchers and engineers inside China. I don’t think there’s a big gap in terms of education between China and the U.S. in that perspective, especially in A.I.,” said Yiran Chen, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University. “But the constraint is really from other parts.”

For many in China, the strength of its education system is closely tied to the nation’s global status. The government has invested heavily in higher education, and the number of university graduates each year, once minuscule, has grown more than 14-fold in the past two decades. Several Chinese universities now rank among the world’s best. Still, for decades, China’s best and brightest students have gone abroad, and many have stayed there.

By some metrics, that is starting to change.

China produced more than four times as many STEM graduates in 2020 as the United States. Specifically in A.I., it has added more than 2,300 undergraduate programs since 2018, according to research by MacroPolo, a Chicago-based research group that studies China.

By 2022, nearly half of the world’s top A.I. researchers came from Chinese undergraduate institutions, as opposed to about 18 percent from American ones, MacroPolo found. And while the majority of those top researchers still work in the United States, a growing number are working in China.

“You’re churning out all this talent over the last few years. They’ve got to go somewhere,” said Damien Ma, MacroPolo’s founder.

Washington has also made it harder for Chinese students in certain fields, including A.I., to obtain visas to the United States, citing national security concerns.

“If they’re not going to go abroad, they’re going to start some company” or work for a Chinese one, Mr. Ma said.

Some have criticized China’s educational system as overly exam-oriented and stifling to creativity and innovation. The expansion of China’s A.I. education has been uneven, and not every program is producing top-tier talent, Mr. Ma acknowledged. But China’s top schools, such as Tsinghua University and Peking University, are world-class; many of DeepSeek’s employees studied there.

The Chinese government has also helped foster more robust ties between academia and enterprises than in the West, said Marina Zhang, a professor at the University of Technology Sydney who studies Chinese innovation. It has poured money into research projects and encouraged academics to contribute to national A.I. initiatives.

Yet government involvement is also one of the biggest potential threats to Chinese innovation.

Beijing has blessed the A.I. sector — for now. But in 2020, after deciding that it had too little control over major companies like Alibaba, it launched a sweeping, yearslong crackdown on the Chinese tech industry. (DeepSeek’s founder, Liang Wenfeng, pivoted to A.I. from his previous focus on speculative trading, in part because of a separate government crackdown there.)

The resulting layoffs at tech companies, combined with the uncertainty of the sector’s future, helped diminish the appeal of a sector that once attracted many of China’s top students. Record numbers of young people have opted instead to compete for civil service jobs, which are low-paying but stable.

A.I. has been somewhat shielded from the brain drain so far, in part because of its political imprimatur, said Yanbo Wang, a professor at the University of Hong Kong who studies China’s tech entrepreneurship. He added that he expected more successful Chinese A.I. start-ups to emerge soon, driven by young people. But it is impossible to say what China’s A.I. landscape would have looked like if Beijing had been more tolerant toward big tech companies in recent years, he added.

“China’s long-term A.I. competitiveness hinges not only on its STEM education system, but also on its handling of private investors, entrepreneurs and for-profit companies,” he added.

Even within private companies, employees often must contend with a focus on quick results. That has led to a widely accepted stereotype, including within China, that Chinese engineers are better at improving on other people’s innovations than at coming up with their own.

Mr. Liang, DeepSeek’s founder, has lamented as much, noting last year that “top talents in China are underestimated. Because there’s so little hard-core innovation happening at the societal level, they don’t have the opportunity to be recognized.”

DeepSeek’s success may hinge as much on how it differed from other Chinese tech companies as on how it shared their strengths. It was financed by the profits from its parent hedge fund. And Mr. Liang has described hiring humanities graduates in addition to computer scientists, in the spirit of fostering a freewheeling intellectual atmosphere.

Since DeepSeek’s breakout success, some voices have urged more Chinese firms to emulate its model. An online commentary from the Communist Party committee of Zhejiang Province, where DeepSeek has its headquarters, declared the need to “trust in young talent” and give leading companies “greater control over innovation resources.”

But the best way for China to capitalize on its well-educated, ambitious A.I. work force may be for the government to get out of the way.

“Innovation requires as little intervention and management as possible,” Mr. Liang said in another interview. “Innovation often comes by itself, not as something deliberately planned, let alone taught.”

Siyi Zhao contributed research.

Eagles’ Jalen Hurts named Super Bowl LIX MVP: ‘God is good’

admin

February 10, 2025

Jalen Hurts has faced his fair share of doubters during his football career.

He overcame getting benched at halftime of the championship game when he was at Alabama. He later transferred to Oklahoma, where he regained the starting quarterback role. NFL teams passed on him in the first round of the 2020 draft, but the Philadelphia Eagles took a chance on him in the second round.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) celebrates after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

He started off his professional football career in Philly as a backup. Even when he did get the opportunity to become an NFL starter, many still questioned whether Hurts had the tools to be a star. Hurts put all of those doubts to bed on Sunday when he was named the Super Bowl MVP after he led the Eagles to victory.

EAGLES WIN SUPER BOWL LIX, DENYING CHIEFS HISTORY IN DOMINANT FASHION

While Hurts wasn’t asked to do too much on a dominant defensive night for Philadelphia, he came through at nearly every opportunity when he was needed as the calm he has shown throughout his career was evident on football’s biggest stage.

Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie passes the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome. (Stephen Lew-Imagn Images)

He finished the game with 221 passing yards and two touchdowns. He also was credited with a rushing touchdown during the 40-22 win over the Chiefs that avenged a Super Bowl loss two years ago against Kansas City.

Nevertheless, in the seasons since that Super Bowl loss, some critics still questioned whether Hurts was holding back the Eagles offense.

Feb 9, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) reacts on the field after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX at Ceasars Superdome. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

Aside from an early interception against the Chiefs — his first since Week 10 against the Dallas Cowboys — Hurts was nearly flawless against the Chiefs defense.

Moments after the clock struck zero, Hurts reflected on his personal journey.

“God is good. He is greater than all the highs and the lows. I think personally… myself I’ve just been able to use every experience and learn from it… the good, the bad, all of it… using it as fuel to pursue my own greatness. I couldn’t do any of these things without the guys around me. We’ve got a special group this year. We were able to learn from the past,” Hurts told FOX Sports.

Hurts is now just the fourth quarterback ever to lose his first Super Bowl start and go on to win one as a starter later in his career, joining Hall of Famers John Elway, Bob Griese and Len Dawson.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

The Eagles won the franchise’s first-ever Vince Lombardi Trophy when the team defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

Gisèle Pelicot May Not Be Her Husband’s First Victim, Police Say

admin

February 10, 2025

In December, a court sentenced Dominique Pelicot to 20 years in prison for drugging his wife Gisèle and inviting dozens of men to their bedroom to rape her between 2011 and 2020.

The trial stunned France and turned Mr. Pelicot into France’s most infamous sexual predator. His wife, Gisèle, became a feminist icon.

But the police and prosecutors suspect that she was not his first victim. “Gisèle Pelicot fears that she herself is only the tip of the iceberg,” one of Ms. Pelicot’s lawyers, Antoine Camus, said in an interview.

While Mr. Pelicot was in prison awaiting his trial, the police confronted him with DNA evidence linking him to the attempted rape of a 19-year-old woman in the Paris region in 1999. After hours of questioning, he admitted to drugging her, telling the police, “It is me.”

He is also being investigated for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in 1991. Mr. Pelicot has denied any involvement in the murder. But prosecutors indicted him in 2022 for both crimes, which are so similar they have been folded into one case.

Both victims were young real estate agents in the Paris area. Both were violently assaulted with a blade, tied up, drugged with ether and the lower part of their bodies undressed. In both crime scenes, the victim’s shoes were found neatly placed in the room.

No trial date has been set.

Today Mr. Pelicot, 72, is jailed in southern France, not far from the village where he and his wife, now divorced, had retired. But in 1991, Mr. Pelicot was working as a real estate agent in Paris, and by 1999 had taken a job as a salesman for fire alarms and telephone systems.

The woman who was murdered, Sophie Narme, had been working for a month in her first job as a real estate agent when she was killed.

Sophie Narme.Credit…via Hélène Blondel

On the evening of Dec. 4, 1991, her employer discovered her lifeless, partly undressed body in a top-floor flat she had shown to a client earlier that morning in the 19th Arrondissement of Paris. The police suspect the client was Mr. Pelicot using a false name.

They detected a strong smell of ether at the crime scene and during the autopsy. She had been beaten, drugged, stabbed, strangled with her own belt and raped, according to investigation documents read in court during his trial last year.

Though the crime scene showed traces of violence, with the content of Ms. Narme’s purse scattered across the room, her high-heeled shoes were found carefully placed next to the corpse.

Eight years later, in 1999, a 19-year-old real estate agent met a prospective client on the top floor of an apartment building in the Paris region for what was supposed to be a routine visit to look at a rental unit. The client, whom the authorities again suspect was Mr. Pelicot using an alias, asked her to take some measurements in the flat.

As she turned her back, he pinned her to the ground, forced her onto her belly, bound her wrists with a rope and pressed a fabric covered in ether to her nose, according to the lawyer for the victim, whose name has not been disclosed. She tried holding her breath as he drugged her.

He took off her high-heeled shoes, carefully placing them on the side. She remembered feeling a box cutter against her skin as her attacker squeezed her throat with his arm.

“I was still sluggish from the product he’d made me inhale,” the woman told investigators according to case documents read in court. “I couldn’t turn around, I remember feeling like a prisoner in my own body. I didn’t want him to see that I was awake. I felt I couldn’t move.”

But the effects of the drug soon wore off, and the victim fought off her attacker and then managed to hide in a storeroom for hours, locking it from the inside. Her attacker eventually left.

The police collected traces of his blood on her shoes and on the carpeted floor. But for years, they made no progress. In 2011, the case was dropped.

It was only reopened when it was linked to Narme murder case.

For the past 34 years, Florence Rault, the lawyer for Ms. Narme’s mother, had continued to pursue the murder case, regularly asking the court to analyze pieces of evidence or to explore new leads.

Florence Rault at a Paris courthouse in 2023. She is the lawyer for the mother of Sophie Narme, who was raped and murdered in 1991, and also represents a second woman who was attacked in 1999.Credit…Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

“I was doing it for Sophie,” Ms. Rault said. “I made a promise to her mother that we’d get to the end of this story and that she wouldn’t die before knowing the name of her daughter’s killer.”

As early as 2004, the police had already made a connection between the two cases. But back then, the national system classifying DNA criminal records had just been created and was barely functional.

Traces of sperm found on the 1991 crime scene were lost by the forensic institute in charge of analyzing the sample.

In 2010, Mr. Pelicot was arrested for the first time for filming up women’s skirts at a shopping mall in the Paris region, using a camera hidden in a pen. He was let off with a fine of 100 euros, equivalent to roughly $104.

He was caught doing it again in 2020, in a supermarket in the south of France. But this time, the security guard encouraged the victims to file an official complaint, allowing the police to conduct an investigation.

That is when the police say they linked Mr. Pelicot’s DNA to the 1999 attempted rape.

Ms. Rault is now the lawyer for that case, too. Through Ms. Rault, the woman who survived said she had moved on and did not want to talk publicly about the case. She did, however, engage in the legal proceedings and confronted Mr. Pelicot in 2023 as part of the investigation.

By then, Mr. Pelicot had confessed to many details of the attempted rape. He told the police that he had gone to a real estate agency in Paris because he wanted to get a feel of his old job and to check out prices for rentals.

He said he acted on “impulse,” after meeting the agent and setting up an appointment to visit the apartment. He then went back to his car to get the rope and what he described as “a product for cleaning headrests” — a bottle of ether.

“I wasn’t planning to have relations with her,” he told the investigating judge, explaining that he drugged her because he wanted to look at her undressed body while avoiding any violence.

“I tried to forget that for a long time,” he added. “I apologize for lying, it was difficult to admit.”

His lawyer, Béatrice Zavarro, said the statement to the police did not amount to a “formal recognition” of the crime.

“He acknowledges the materiality of making her fall asleep, he does not acknowledge carrying a knife, and he explains that if all this happened it was not with the primary intention of raping her,” she said.

The French media have also reported that the police are looking into two similar cases from 1995 and 2004, although Mr. Pelicot has not been questioned by the police about them, his lawyer said.

As for the 1991 murder, Mr. Pelicot has repeatedly denied any connection. “There’s no way he’s going to let go because he really doesn’t want to be recognized as a killer,” his lawyer said. “Because he’s not a killer.”

Catherine Porter contributed reporting.

Chaos fills Philadelphia as Eagles fans celebrate rout of Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

admin

February 10, 2025

With the Philadelphia Eagles blowing out the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, the party was on earlier than expected on Broad Street.

The Birds stopped the Chiefs‘ quest for three consecutive titles with their 40-22 victory in the big game, good for their second Lombardi Trophy in franchise history.

Well before the game ended, Eagles fans took to the streets of Philadelphia to start the party.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Eagles fans celebrate the Super Bowl victory on South Broad Street on Feb. 9, 2025. (Kaitlyn McCormick/Cherry Hill Courier-Post / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The SEPTA announced that several bus routes were suspended due to “anticipated large crowds and streets closures.”

Well, they anticipated correctly, as fans were quick to get in their cars and celebrate.

Right around when the game ended, fireworks went off.

A DJ tried to set up shop, but he was stopped by police.

An Eagles fan sits on a stoplight at Pine and Broad Streets in Philadelphia after the Eagles’ Super Bowl victory on Feb. 9, 2025. (Kaitlyn McCormick/Cherry Hill Courier-Post / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

TRUMP GREETS CHIEFS STAR ON FIELD AT SUPER BOWL LIX AFTER PICKING THEM TO WIN LOMBARDI TROPHY

Another group of fans were spotted burning a Chiefs jersey and chanting “F— Taylor Swift,” who dates Travis Kelce. Swift was booed by a heavy Eagles fan contingent at the Super Bowl itself.

The celebration for the NFC championship game resulted in mayhem with several arrests, injuries, and even one person, an 18-year-old, dying after falling off a lamp post.

But, that didn’t stop fans from trying it on Sunday night.

The Chiefs, one of the best offenses in the NFL this season, and a team that has obvious history in this game over the past two years, had just 34 total yards of offense in the first half as the Eagles defense was thriving against the offensive line.

Eagles fans celebrate the Super Bowl victory in Philadelphia on Feb. 9, 2025. (Kaitlyn McCormick/Cherry Hill Courier-Post / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Patrick Mahomes was never comfortable, and it showed as they punted their first three possessions. Mahomes threw two picks, one of which was taken to the house by rookie Cooper DeJean. The Eagles defense sacked Mahomes six times.

Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

USPS employee sentenced for stealing $24 million worth of mailed checks

admin

February 10, 2025

A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was recently sentenced to prison after she and two co-conspirators stole checks worth over $24 million, according to the Department of Justice.

Dena J. King, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced the sentencing in a press release on Feb. 7. Last week, Charlotte residents Nakedra Shannon, 30, and Desiray Carter, 30, were sentenced to 60 months and 54 months in prison for the crimes, respectively.

Officials say that Shannon, who was employed by the USPS from March 2021 to July 2023, stole incoming and outgoing checks while working as a mail processing clerk at a distribution center in Charlotte.

According to the press release, Shannon admitted to stealing the checks on the job from April to July 2023. Her co-conspirators included Carter and Donell Gardner, who was sentenced to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release in 2023.

DEATH OF TEACHER WITH 20 STAB WOUNDS TO BE REEXAMINED AS PARENTS SETTLE WITH CITY

U.S. Postal Service trucks park outside a post office, Jan. 29, 2024, in Wheeling, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

“[Shannon] conspired with Gardner and Carter to steal incoming and outgoing checks from the U.S. mail, which Gardner and Carter then sold to other individuals, including using the Telegram channel OG Glass House,” the press release detailed.

The thieves stole checks totaling more than $24 million, according to officials.

“[The total] includes over $12 million in stolen checks that were posted for sale on the Telegram channel OG Glass House, and more than $8 million in stolen U.S. Treasury checks,” the release added. “The defendants obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars in criminal proceeds of the mail theft scheme.”

MEDICAL EXAMINER REVERSES SUICIDE RULING FOR TEACHER FOUND DEAD WITH 20 STAB WOUNDS

A United States Postal Service (USPS) truck leaves a postal facility. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The U.S. Attorney’s office noted that the defendants pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit financial institution fraud and theft of government property. They were ordered to pay $113,333.87 in restitution, both jointly and separately.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

USPS Trucks sit at a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) facility. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“In making today’s announcement, U.S. Attorney King thanked U.S. Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, IRS-Criminal Investigation, the U.S. Department of Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service, and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department for their investigation of the case,” the press release concluded.

Andrea Margolis is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can send story tips to [email protected].

Super Bowl LIX security tackles person with flag supporting Palestinians, Sudanese during halftime show

admin

February 10, 2025

A man appeared to sneak into Kendrick Lamar’s performance at halftime of Super Bowl LIX.

Lamar performed several of his hits, including “Not Like Us,” “Be Humble” and “DNA,” and he was surrounded by numerous performers.

However, the person was able to get onto the field and hold up a Palestinian flag during the show at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Security grabs a man holding a Palestinian flag with the words “Gaza” and “Sudan” as rapper Kendrick Lamar performs during Super Bowl LIX. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

During Lamar’s performance of his new hit “tv off,” the man held the flag on top of a prop car, and then ran onto the field with the flag.

The person wandered back and forth on the field before members of security arrived. The man was dragged off of the field.

The protest took place with Trump in attendance at the game, marking the first time a sitting president has ever attended the Super Bowl.

A man holds a Palestinian flag with the words “Gaza” and “Sudan” as rapper Kendrick Lamar performs during Super Bowl LIX. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

TRUMP GREETS CHIEFS STAR ON FIELD AT SUPER BOWL LIX AFTER PICKING THEM TO WIN LOMBARDI TROPHY

Last week, Trump floated the idea of the U.S. “taking over” the Gaza Strip.

“I do see a long-term ownership position, and I see it bringing great stability to that part of the Middle East and maybe the entire Middle East,” Trump said, adding it’s a decision he didn’t make lightly.

Security escorts out a man holding a Palestinian flag with the words “Gaza” and “Sudan” as rapper Kendrick Lamar performs during Super Bowl LIX. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

“Everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent — in a really magnificent area that nobody would know. Nobody could look, because all they see is death and destruction and rubble and demolished buildings falling all over. It’s just a terrible, terrible sight.”

Fox News’ Ashley Carnahan contributed to this report.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Tom Brady disagrees with referees on controversial pass interference call against Eagles in Super Bowl LIX

admin

February 10, 2025

The officiating in Super Bowl LIX has been a hot-button topic in the weeks and days leading up to the big game in New Orleans.

Earlier this week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell dismissed claims that officiating crews are biased in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs. He described the allegations as “ridiculous.” It took just a few minutes to tick off the game clock on Sunday before the referees took the spotlight once again.

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni elected to go for it on fourth down in the first quarter. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts found wide receiver A.J. Brown far down the right sideline.

SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREE

Tom Brady on the field before Super Bowl LIX (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

But Brown’s catch was negated when referees threw a penalty flag. Brown was assessed with an offensive pass interference penalty.

HOW TO WATCH SUPER BOWL LIX BETWEEN CHIEFS, EAGLES STREAMED ON TUBI

Replays appeared to show some contact between Brown and Chiefs defensive back Trent McDuffie, who fell to the ground during the play. The referee’s call sparked some controversy, with some arguing Brown’s actions did not escalate to the level of pass interference.

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown makes a catch against Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie during the first half of Super Bowl LIX. (Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images)

Seven-time Super Bowl winner and FOX Sports lead analyst Tom Brady was among those who took issue with the call.

“He’s a big, physical, strong receiver. Just getting off the press on McDuffie. Aw, don’t like that one bit. This is too critical of a game. The hand-fighting is going on down the field. What do you think, Mike?” Brady asked FOX Sports rules expert Mike Pereira, who is also a member of the broadcast team.

Mike Pereira (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

“Certainly I agree when you look at, there’s hand-fighting. There’s a little bit of shove at the end and a trip. I think it’s one that did not need to be called,” Pereira explained.

Brady followed Pereira’s comments by asserting that type of call shouldn’t happen in a game of this magnitude.

“I always thought in these games you let the players play. It should be decided on the field. Don’t like that call to start the game,” Brady finished.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

The Eagles went into the locker room at the Caesars Superdome with a 24-0 halftime lead. Hurts rushed for a touchdown and threw another in the first half. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes ended the first two quarters with just 33 passing yards. He threw two interceptions, one of which Eagles defensive back Cooper DeJean ran back for a touchdown.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

President Trump gives TV interview ahead of the Super Bowl

admin

February 10, 2025

President Trump spoke with Fox News as part of the Super Bowl pregame show on Sunday.

Taylor Swift hears loud boos at Super Bowl LIX after Trump gets raucous cheer

admin

February 10, 2025

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.

SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREE

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.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Taylor Swift, actress Blake Lively, rapper Ice Spice and singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey react during Super Bowl LVIII, February 11, 2024. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

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.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Donald Trump and Taylor Swift were both at Super Bowl LIX. (Getty Images)

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.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Jackson Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He previously worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered the Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.

1...243244245...602 Page 244 of 602