{
  "id": 14068703,
  "title": "Kacey Musgraves Is Dogging Kristi Noem After Trump Appointee Says She’d Take Ella Langley Over Kacey ‘Any Day’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/kacey-musgraves-is-dogging-kristi-noem-after-trump-appointee-says",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-12T23:24:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/music/country/kacey-musgraves-kristi-noem-james-talarico-clap-back-1236359512/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kacey Musgraves responded to a remark made by former Homeland Security secretary and U.S. special envoy Kristi Noem, who unfavorably compared the country singer to her daughter Ella Langley. Noem suggested that she would prefer Langley over Musgraves \"any day.\" The controversy arose after Talarico, a Texas Senate candidate, attended Musgraves' concert in Dallas and thanked her. Musgraves took the opportunity to comment on Noem's controversial statement about her family dog, Cricket, which she had shot and killed in her 2024 memoir No Going Back. The exchange highlights the ongoing political and musical dynamics within the country music scene.",
  "summary": "The country star had a very specific response when the former Homeland Security secretary weighed in on Musgraves' James Talarico support.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Kacey Musgraves Bodies Kristi Noem",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/kacey-musgraves-bodies-kristi-noem",
        "published": "2026-10-12T22:07:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Kacey Musgraves Puts Kristi Noem in the Dog House After Lame Jab",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/kacey-musgraves-puts-kristi-noem-in-the-dog-house-after-lame-jab",
        "published": "2026-10-12T23:03:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Kacey Musgraves Fires Back After Kristi Noem Disses Her: You Don’t ‘Have a Dog in This Fight, but If You Did You Would’ve Shot It’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/kacey-musgraves-fires-back-after-kristi-noem-disses-her-you-dont-have",
        "published": "2026-10-12T23:52:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Kacey Musgraves Buries Kristi Noem With Snarky Clapback in Defense of James Talarico",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/kacey-musgraves-buries-kristi-noem-with-snarky-clapback-in-defense-of",
        "published": "2026-10-13T01:00:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}