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Kid Rock holds a microphone on stage. The background is an American flag.

Kid Rock’s Super Bowl show is what happens when Christianity, celebrity and MAGA collide

Leah Payne

Paul Allen, left, and Russell Wilson hoist the Lombardi trophy in the air as blue and green confetti falls around them.

Why the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win could be good for America

Keith Reed

Bad Bunny, surrounded by performers, holds a microphone against a red background.

MAGA is screaming foul over Bad Bunny’s halftime show. Here’s why the NFL doesn’t seem to care.

Julio Ricardo Varela

Kamala Harris sits at the stage while smiling and her hands are crossed over her legs.

Kamala Harris needs to do better than this

Kaivan Shroff

Kamala Harris gives campaign accounts new life in fight against Trump

Akayla Gardner

Gen Z is very underwhelmed by congressional Democrats

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Legs are seen below red, white and blue voting booth curtains.

‘Trump is showing us the playbook’: Officials scramble to protect against election interference

David Rohde & Laura Barrón-López

Trump calls Olympian Hunter Hess a ‘loser’ for his ‘mixed emotions’ competing for Team USA

Erum Salam

From left to right: Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito pose for a portrait in matching jackets.

These Olympic figure skaters refuse to conform — and they’re winning

Hannah Holland

Former Washington Post editor says Jeff Bezos has made the paper’s crisis ‘dramatically worse’

Erum Salam

Birds fly past a giant banner with the image of President Donald Trump on Jan. 05, 2026 hanging on the outside of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Why Trump wants to rename Dulles Airport and Penn Station after himself

Zeeshan Aleem

Juan Pablo Guanipa stands in front of a microphone with a crowd of people behind him holding signs for the release of other Venezuelan prisoners.

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado says close ally was kidnapped after prison release

Kathleen Creedon

Donald Trump is shouting.

The very simple moral at the heart of Trump’s racist Obama video controversy

Charles F. Coleman Jr.

President Donald Trump speaks to introduce the new TrumpRx website on Feb. 5, 2026 in the South Court Auditorium of the White House.

Trump tries to show off his math skills, but flunks arithmetic

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump signs Tulsi Gabbard's commission for her new role as Director of National Intelligence on Feb. 12, 2025 in the Oval Office at the White House.

Trump wants an election fraud story. Tulsi Gabbard is willing to tell it.

Philip Bump

Donald Trump looks on, partially obscured by people in the foreground.

Republicans pretend Trump’s call to ‘nationalize’ elections is about a voter ID bill

Jack Fitzpatrick

Eddie Glaude: Trump is ‘setting the stage’ to suppress Black voters in the midterms

Allison Detzel

People carrying boxes of stuff walk into a parking lot; people behind them clap.

As layoffs surge and job openings fall, Trump offers a meaningless talking point

Steve Benen

Lindsey Vonn skis.

Lindsey Vonn is exactly the kind of insane athlete the Olympics were made for

Mike Wise

Anti-ICE demonstrators protest in Minneapolis

ICE chief counsel in Minnesota leaves his job amid burnout and dissent

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Vice President JD Vance at the Olympics

Vance gets a chilly Winter Olympics reception in Milan, with booing and jeering

Clarissa-Jan Lim

New York Giants Chairman and Co-Owner Steve Tisch prior to the NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Jan. 5, 2025, in Philadelphia.

As NFL hypes Super Bowl, the league and two owners deal with Epstein fallout

Ja'han Jones

People look up toward a betting odds video board.

How sports betting undercuts the impact of the Super Bowl

Danny Funt

Savannah Guthrie and family say ‘we will pay’ in new video, beg for return of mother

Trump has ‘declared war on American cities’: Chicago Mayor signs flurry of orders aimed at ICE

DHS is using administrative subpoenas to retaliate against dissenters

Epstein survivor doubts Ghislaine Maxwell will openly answer questions before Congress

‘Best news I’ve heard all week’: Ex-Washington Post chief reacts to publisher’s surprise departure

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Understand Today’s News

  1. Trump's profile is seen as he walks up to the place. A security person stands on the right side.

    Trump says he’ll donate $10 billion from his IRS lawsuit to charity. Americans shouldn’t buy it.

    Jen Psaki & Sam Henneberry

  2. a photo illustration of Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post logo reflected in cracked glass

    How billionaires are destroying American journalism

    Zeeshan Aleem

  3. Tulsi Gabbard stands among other people looking to the side during a Diwali celebration at the White House.

    An unexpected White House mystery: Who sent Tulsi Gabbard to Fulton County?

    Steve Benen

  4. People hold signs saying "Only Citizens Vote" and "Pass the SAVE Act" outside.

    There’s a deceptively simple problem with Trump’s push to change voter ID rules

    Ryan Teague Beckwith

  5. Workers in green construction lifts work on the facade of the Kennedy Center, which is reflected in a puddle.

    Trump’s Kennedy Center ‘renovations’ explanation is a fig leaf for something darker

    Symone D. Sanders Townsend

  6. People hold signs calling for an end to censorship at Texas A&M's campus.

    Texas A&M’s bogus reason for cutting women’s and gender studies

    Evette Dionne

  7. Jeanine Pirro, left, points to a table of guns in front of her.

    Jeanine Pirro’s troubles with gun activists could come with a steep cost for MAGA

    Stephen Gutowski

  8. Multiple federal agents drag two people by the arms.

    Why this freshman lawmaker just openly shrugged off the Fourth Amendment

    Philip Bump

  9. Unused Washington Post newspaper boxes sit near the Washington Post newspaper production facility in Springfield, VA.

    Jeff Bezos’ cuts just ended the Washington Post as we knew it

    Glenn Kessler

  10. A person holds a sign that reads "Keep ICE out of hospitals."

    I’m a doctor. The consequences of ICE presence in hospitals could be deadly.

    Dr. Uché Blackstock

  11. The Kennedy Center reflected in the Potomac River at dusk.

    Trump’s contempt for the Kennedy Center has reached a new level. I’m pushing back.

    Rep. Chellie Pingree

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Sports

Kid Rock holds a microphone on stage. The background is an American flag.

Kid Rock’s Super Bowl show is what happens when Christianity, celebrity and MAGA collide

Leah Payne

Paul Allen, left, and Russell Wilson hoist the Lombardi trophy in the air as blue and green confetti falls around them.

Why the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win could be good for America

Keith Reed

Bad Bunny, surrounded by performers, holds a microphone against a red background.

MAGA is screaming foul over Bad Bunny’s halftime show. Here’s why the NFL doesn’t seem to care.

Julio Ricardo Varela

Kamala Harris sits at the stage while smiling and her hands are crossed over her legs.

Kamala Harris needs to do better than this

Kaivan Shroff

Kamala Harris gives campaign accounts new life in fight against Trump

Akayla Gardner

Gen Z is very underwhelmed by congressional Democrats

Hayes Brown

Legs are seen below red, white and blue voting booth curtains.

‘Trump is showing us the playbook’: Officials scramble to protect against election interference

David Rohde & Laura Barrón-López

Trump calls Olympian Hunter Hess a ‘loser’ for his ‘mixed emotions’ competing for Team USA

Erum Salam

From left to right: Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito pose for a portrait in matching jackets.

These Olympic figure skaters refuse to conform — and they’re winning

Hannah Holland

Former Washington Post editor says Jeff Bezos has made the paper’s crisis ‘dramatically worse’

Erum Salam

Birds fly past a giant banner with the image of President Donald Trump on Jan. 05, 2026 hanging on the outside of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Why Trump wants to rename Dulles Airport and Penn Station after himself

Zeeshan Aleem

Juan Pablo Guanipa stands in front of a microphone with a crowd of people behind him holding signs for the release of other Venezuelan prisoners.

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado says close ally was kidnapped after prison release

Kathleen Creedon

Donald Trump is shouting.

The very simple moral at the heart of Trump’s racist Obama video controversy

Charles F. Coleman Jr.

President Donald Trump speaks to introduce the new TrumpRx website on Feb. 5, 2026 in the South Court Auditorium of the White House.

Trump tries to show off his math skills, but flunks arithmetic

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump signs Tulsi Gabbard's commission for her new role as Director of National Intelligence on Feb. 12, 2025 in the Oval Office at the White House.

Trump wants an election fraud story. Tulsi Gabbard is willing to tell it.

Philip Bump

Donald Trump looks on, partially obscured by people in the foreground.

Republicans pretend Trump’s call to ‘nationalize’ elections is about a voter ID bill

Jack Fitzpatrick

Eddie Glaude: Trump is ‘setting the stage’ to suppress Black voters in the midterms

Allison Detzel

People carrying boxes of stuff walk into a parking lot; people behind them clap.

As layoffs surge and job openings fall, Trump offers a meaningless talking point

Steve Benen

Lindsey Vonn skis.

Lindsey Vonn is exactly the kind of insane athlete the Olympics were made for

Mike Wise

Anti-ICE demonstrators protest in Minneapolis

ICE chief counsel in Minnesota leaves his job amid burnout and dissent

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Vice President JD Vance at the Olympics

Vance gets a chilly Winter Olympics reception in Milan, with booing and jeering

Clarissa-Jan Lim

New York Giants Chairman and Co-Owner Steve Tisch prior to the NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Jan. 5, 2025, in Philadelphia.

As NFL hypes Super Bowl, the league and two owners deal with Epstein fallout

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People look up toward a betting odds video board.

How sports betting undercuts the impact of the Super Bowl

Danny Funt

Savannah Guthrie and family say ‘we will pay’ in new video, beg for return of mother

Trump has ‘declared war on American cities’: Chicago Mayor signs flurry of orders aimed at ICE

DHS is using administrative subpoenas to retaliate against dissenters

Epstein survivor doubts Ghislaine Maxwell will openly answer questions before Congress

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MS NOW OPINION

Understand Today’s News

  1. Trump's profile is seen as he walks up to the place. A security person stands on the right side.

    Trump says he’ll donate $10 billion from his IRS lawsuit to charity. Americans shouldn’t buy it.

    Jen Psaki & Sam Henneberry

  2. a photo illustration of Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post logo reflected in cracked glass

    How billionaires are destroying American journalism

    Zeeshan Aleem

  3. Tulsi Gabbard stands among other people looking to the side during a Diwali celebration at the White House.

    An unexpected White House mystery: Who sent Tulsi Gabbard to Fulton County?

    Steve Benen

  4. People hold signs saying "Only Citizens Vote" and "Pass the SAVE Act" outside.

    There’s a deceptively simple problem with Trump’s push to change voter ID rules

    Ryan Teague Beckwith

  5. Workers in green construction lifts work on the facade of the Kennedy Center, which is reflected in a puddle.

    Trump’s Kennedy Center ‘renovations’ explanation is a fig leaf for something darker

    Symone D. Sanders Townsend

  6. People hold signs calling for an end to censorship at Texas A&M's campus.

    Texas A&M’s bogus reason for cutting women’s and gender studies

    Evette Dionne

  7. Jeanine Pirro, left, points to a table of guns in front of her.

    Jeanine Pirro’s troubles with gun activists could come with a steep cost for MAGA

    Stephen Gutowski

  8. Multiple federal agents drag two people by the arms.

    Why this freshman lawmaker just openly shrugged off the Fourth Amendment

    Philip Bump

  9. Unused Washington Post newspaper boxes sit near the Washington Post newspaper production facility in Springfield, VA.

    Jeff Bezos’ cuts just ended the Washington Post as we knew it

    Glenn Kessler

  10. A person holds a sign that reads "Keep ICE out of hospitals."

    I’m a doctor. The consequences of ICE presence in hospitals could be deadly.

    Dr. Uché Blackstock

  11. The Kennedy Center reflected in the Potomac River at dusk.

    Trump’s contempt for the Kennedy Center has reached a new level. I’m pushing back.

    Rep. Chellie Pingree

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Morning Joe

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Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace

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The Beat with Ari Melber

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All in with Chris Hayes

The Weeknight

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

Know Your Value

Read More
"Forbes 30/50 Summit" headliners Diane Von Furstenburg, Jordan Chiles, Sophia Bush, Georgina Chapman, Diana Flores, and Crystelle Pereira.

Diane Von Furstenberg, Sophia Bush, Jordan Chiles, and more to headline Know Your Value, Forbes’ 30/50 Summit
Shot of a young black businesswoman looking stressed out in an office.

The words that slipped out after HR fired me still terrify me

Did you just get the ‘Gen Z stare’ at work? This is why.
Sue Zarco Kramer smiles at an outside venue.

This ‘Divorcee Doula’ wants women to reclaim their confidence and get their ‘zhoosh’ back
African American woman using social media on her phone.

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Mandana Dayani poses with her daughters after being sworn in as a trustee to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council on Dec. 8.

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Mika Brzezinski in her car with the Christmas Tree she bought.

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Closeup shot of two businesspeople shaking hands in an office.

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Woman in front of a device screen in video conference for work.

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Mika Brzezinski and Huma Abedin.

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Black and white photos of Neiny and Shaquita Garcia

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