Month: August 2025

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially engaged, with the couple announcing the happy news in a joint post on Instagram.

The couple, both 35, posted several photos from Kelce’s proposal to Swift, writing in the caption: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married ”  Kelce designed Swift’s engagement ring with Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry, described as an “Old Mine brilliant cut.” The photos posted to Instagram show Travis down on one knee in an ethereal garden laden in pink and white roses, with other pictures showing the couple embracing, as well as a close-up look of the engagement ring.

Swift and Kelce have been dating since 2023; they kept their relationship private for a significant amount of time before Swift’s first public appearance at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023, where she was seen with Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce.

The engagement comes weeks after Swift made her debut on Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast, which he co-hosts with his brother, retired NFL star Jason Kelce.  During the podcast Swift announced her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” would be released on October 3rd, in addition to the couple speaking about their relationship.

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Lil Nas X – real name is Montero Lamar Hill was freed on $75,000 bond after pleading not guilty to four felony charges stemming from an incident in Los Angeles last week, in which he allegedly attacked police officers while unclothed.

Per news outlet TMZ, Hill waived his arraignment and entered a not guilty plea Monday, with a judge setting his bail at $75,000 under the conditions that he not own, use, or process illegal narcotics, as well as enroll in an outpatient program. Court records filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court reveal that Hill was formally charged with three counts of battery on a police officer and one count of resisting arrest. Further details about what led to the confrontation have not been released.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded to reports of a nude man walking along Ventura Boulevard in the early morning hours on Thursday, August 21st. When they approached, Hill allegedly rushed at them, sparking a violent altercation. Law enforcement official say that Hill struck one officer in the face twice during the encounter. Authorities are still working to determine whether the rapper was suffering from a mental health episode or under the influence at the time. Hill was transported to a hospital following the incident before being booked on suspicion of assaulting an officer.

TMZ was first to reported Hill’s hospitalization, publishing video footage showing him walking down the street in cowboy boots and white underwear. Additional clips later surfaced of him naked and barefoot.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Baltimore resident who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year, was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Monday, days after his release from criminal custody. ICE officers refused to explain why he was detained again or to provide information about his whereabouts after being taken into custody.

According to his attorney, Abrego Garcia had gone to ICE’s Baltimore field office for a routine check-in, which was required as part of the conditions for his release from federal custody. The Department of Homeland Security said that Abrego Garcia is being processed for deportation to Uganda – one of several countries that has agreed under the Trump administration to receive deportees.

Just last week, Abrego Garcia had been reunited with his family following 160 days of separation.  Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, one of Abrego Garcia’s lawyers, said: “There was absolutely no reason to detain him today other than retaliation. This is punishment for exercising his constitutional right to fight these proceedings.”

Prosecutors had previously offered Abrego Garcia a plea deal that would have allowed him to serve prison time and then move freely in Costa Rica, but he declined, maintaining his innocence. Now, he once again faces deportation while awaiting trial in Tennessee on a federal human trafficking charge.

Abrego Garcia’s attorneys said in a court filing that despite assurances from Costa Rica that they would accept him, ICE informed them almost immediately after his release from pretrial detention that the government planned instead to deport him to Uganda.  They argued that “the only conclusion here is that DOJ, DHS, and ICE are working together to corner Mr. Abrego into choosing between pleading guilty and relative safety—or being sent to Uganda, where both his safety and liberty are at risk.”

Abrego Garcia was originally returned to the U.S. from an El Salvador detention center to face trafficking charges that stemmed from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee. Police there said he was speeding and transporting men who appeared to have no luggage. He has denied the charges, and his legal team has pushed to have the case thrown out, claiming it amounts to selective and retaliatory prosecution. Though he entered the U.S. without authorization, a 2019 immigration court ruling barred the government from deporting him back to El Salvador. Abrego Garcia is married to a U.S. citizen, and the couple has a child who is also a U.S. citizen.

Before going into the ICE office Monday morning, Abrego Garcia addressed the crowd of family members, advocates, and attorneys who had gathered in his support. He said in Spanish: “My name is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and I want you to remember this: I am free, and I was able to reunite with my family. This was a miracle. I thank God and this community. I want to thank everyone who marched, spoke up, prayed, and fought on my behalf. Please don’t stop.”

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