Politics

Exclusive Business is booming for the young artist whose Kamala Harris portrait made a big splash — he just wrapped up a special order from Janelle Monae!!! Tyler Gordon is the Bay Area teen who wowed Kamala and the country with his portrait of the Vice President-elect … and his reps tell us his latest

Breaking News Rudy Giuliani is the latest Trump associate to test positive for coronavirus — and the news was broken by none other than Donald Trump himself. The President tweeted Sunday, “@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!)

Exclusive Donald Trump‘s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been repeatedly vandalized over the last few years, but the latest alteration has a double meaning. The star is now surrounded by a steel barricade. It’s also covered by a wood plank. On the surface, it seems like someone is trying to protect the

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Apologies to Mr. Smith but screw going to Washington … AOC’s going to Twitch to get s**t done for America, and she’s now recruiting her colleagues to do the same. We got Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez out on Capitol Hill and she told us she’s actually in the process of signing

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Noted Trekkie Sen. Cory Booker‘s praising a ‘Star Wars’ franchise, but cut him some slack — his GF, Rosario Dawson, was in “The Mandalorian” … and he still wants her to beam up to the USS Enterprise. The U.S. Senator was on Capitol Hill Thursday when we grilled him about

Play video content Yuki Iwamura / Freedomnews.tv New York City’s best efforts to keep people from congregating in close quarters for the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting may have actually made it worse … at least in one spot where folks could still catch a glimpse of the tree. There was no crowd allowed for

Exclusive Way too many politicians are setting a terrible example of how to act during the coronavirus pandemic, which is why the U.S. is failing so badly at containing it … according to NYU’s Director of the Division of Medical Ethics. Play video content TMZ.com Dr. Arthur Caplan is laying much of the blame for

John Mulaney‘s “Saturday Night Live” joke about how Julius Caesar was killed drew the ire of some Donald Trump supporters, but even crazier … he says it made him the target of a Secret Service investigation. The comedian’s ‘SNL’ monologue from February included the fact Caesar started leap year to correct the calendar, but then

Breaking News Ex-college football coach Lou Holtz will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday, the White House announced. The award is recognized as the “Nation’s highest civilian honor,” according to the White House … usually given to someone who has “made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United

A Staten Island bar’s ripping a page from Seattle protesters’ playbook by declaring an “autonomous zone” that’s defying New York’s COVID-19 restrictions … and its patrons seem willing to go down fighting. Sheriff’s deputies raided Mac’s Public House and shut it down Tuesday night for defying coronavirus health orders … it was continuing to serve

Play video content Exclusive Gina Bisignano — the latest “Karen” to let hate speech fly — received major business backlash for her bigotry on Yelp … where people loaded her page with negative reviews until postings got temporarily shut down. Bisignano owns a beauty biz in Beverly Hills called Gina’s Eyelashes and Skincare, so after

Play video content C-SPAN Joe Biden is giving his broken foot woes the boot … quite literally. The President-elect was spotted Tuesday in Wilmington, DE, popping into the Queen Theater to announce new cabinet members, and he was dressed to the nines in his usual navy blue suit … now accessorized with a walking boot

Play video content Breaking News CBS President Obama just hit President Trump where it hurts — right in the golf bag. #44 basically called #45 a cheater during an interview on “The Later Show with Stephen Colbert” — explaining how Trump has a reputation for fudging his scorecards. “Listen from what I understand he’s actually

Play video content TV is something else in Russia, where they’re running bits with actors dressed in blackface portraying Barack Obama. The skit aired as part of a satirical show on Russia’s NTV channel … and it’s roughly 90 seconds of pure racism. The actor playing Obama is in blackface, wearing a red bandana and

Breaking News President-elect Joe Biden might be limping his way into the White House — the guy twisted his ankle this weekend playing with his dog … and is getting checked out just in case. Biden was injured Saturday while playing with his German Shepherd, Major. He slipped and twisted his ankle in the process.

Exclusive Herman Cain‘s widow has a fight on her hands with her late husband’s assistant … who claims Herman promised her a severance package … and had gold and cash stashed to cover it. Lisa Reichert — who says she was Herman’s executive assistant for 9 years until his death — filed docs in Henry

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com A road rage incident that involved two vehicles decked out in MAGA gear and a third civilian car sent the latter toppling over after it lost control and crashed … and the video is insane. TMZ has obtained footage of the scary wreck that went down late Saturday afternoon in

Pope Francis just compared abortion to hiring a hitman … because he says both acts are designed to get rid of a problem. The Pope made his comment to Argentinian women who oppose a new, proposed law that would decriminalize abortion. The Argentinian President vowed to sign a law that would make abortion “legal, safe

Play video content CNN Donald Trump seemed to concede something that has Bill Maher and many others worried sick … that he won’t leave The White House on January 20. Trump now says he will indeed leave 1600 Pennsylvania if the Electoral College declares Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election. There were

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com You’d think Kamala Harris would have widespread support among African-Americans if she runs for President in 2024 — but that’s no guarantee … so says Tamika Mallory. We spoke to the world-famous activist — whose speech about George Floyd stirred the nation just a few months back — and she

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Donald Trump got in a few holes before his Thanksgiving dinner, but it went about as well as the election for him … and he was VERY vocal about it. Trump was playing Thursday at his golf course in Sterling, Virginia, and he got teed off after he teed off

Play video content President-Elect Joe Biden says he’s celebrating Thanksgiving 2020 the way he’s urging others to celebrate — with a small group of folks who are part of his bubble. Joe and Jill Biden went on camera to wish everyone a happy turkey day, saying, “I know this isn’t the way many of us

Exclusive Joe Exotic is making a plea to Americans — enjoy Thanksgiving, and then tell your rep in Congress to pressure the Prez to spring him from the big house. Joe wrote a long Thanksgiving message, telling folks to enjoy Thanksgiving Day but on Black Friday … ” … please think about the last 3

Donald Trump is clearly angry — enraged — which is the only explanation for the revenge he seems to want to exact on the American people, because he’s goosing his followers to expose themselves to COVID, and the Supreme Court has just facilitated his wish. Trump’s Thanksgiving message … “I encourage all Americans to gather,

Exclusive It looks like the White House may finally be listening to a recommendation from the CDC … it’s replacing the HVAC systems in some pretty historic buildings. According to official documents, obtained by TMZ, Uncle Sam is shelling out $1,956,924.38 to replace HVAC systems at the Jackson Place Townhouse Complexes. The townhouses include the

Play video content Fox News Joe Biden knows it sounds like a cliche, but he’s encouraging Americans to hang in there and come together … and he’s trying to change the discourse and direction of the country after some very tough times … and what he said is VERY DIFFERENT from what we’ve become used

Barack Obama has finally given Drake his blessing to portray him in a biopic — something the kid has openly tried wishing into existence. The former President was asked about Drake’s comments from 2010 … when he said it was actually a professional goal of his to play BO in a movie, noting he was

Exclusive President Trump still hasn’t conceded, but The White House Gift Shop can certainly read the writing on the wall … it’s slashing prices to unload some Trump merch. The gift shop website is now offering several Trump-centric products at a discount — some up to 50 percent. Most of the items can be found

Play video content Breaking News This could be you, Joe Exotic — President Trump just issued his first lame-duck pardon … sparing a feathered friend from ending up on someone’s Thanksgiving dinner plate. POTUS emerged Tuesday in the Rose Garden for the annual pardoning of the turkey in advance of Thanksgiving. It’s the final time

David Dinkins, New York City’s first Black mayor, has died. Dinkins passed away Monday night at his home in New York City of apparent natural causes. He died less than 2 months after his wife, Joyce, passed away. Dinkins beat longtime Mayor Ed Koch in 1989 but then lost after his first term to Rudy