Politics

Exclusive Kanye West has the proverbial snowball’s chance in hell to win the 2020 Presidential election  – but still, it never hurts to be prepared … which is why Madame Tussauds already has a presidential bust of the guy. The famous wax museum has a tradition of making clay head sculptures of our nation’s leaders

Exclusive Kanye West‘s first presidential rally didn’t help him get on the ballot in another important state … he just missed the cut in South Carolina. Kanye’s campaign missed Monday’s deadline to get on the November ballot in SC … Chris Whitmore, Director of Public Information for the South Carolina State Election Commission tells TMZ.

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Al Sharpton thinks President Trump joking about renaming a military base after him is more of the same old song the man has played time and again … think Song of the South. We got the Reverend Sunday in NYC … not too long after Trump’s interview with FOX News’

Play video content “The Mo’Kelly Show” KFI AM 640 Roger Stone called a Black radio host a “negro” during a contentious interview. It went down Saturday on Mo Kelly‘s show on KFI radio, after Stone claimed the conviction and sentence — which Trump undid — was unfair, because, as he put it, “It was a

Kanye West is trading his Sunday Service for a campaign junket. The standard-bearer of the Birthday Party will travel to South Carolina Sunday for his first campaign event. Ye will speak at the Exquis Event Center in North Charleston, but there are lots of restrictions. First, the event is only for registered guests. Also, anyone

Marco Rubio made a flub in his tribute to Rep. John Lewis — mistaking him for another African-American congressman who passed away last year … Elijah Cummings. The Senator from Florida posted a heartfelt message about his iconic colleague on House side of Capitol Hill, in a since-deleted Twitter post, writing … “It was an

UPDATE:  Former President Barack Obama posted a stirring tribute to Congressman Lewis, recounting their last encounter talking to protesters in the wake of George Floyd‘s killing … “I told him that all those young people — of every race, from every background and gender and sexual orientation — they were his children. They had learned

Breaking News Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently completed a round of chemotherapy to treat “a recurrence of cancer” … but insists she’s still fully able to sit on the Supreme Court. RBG says she began the cancer treatment on May 19 after a February biopsy revealed lesions on her liver. She says the chemo is

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com The protesters arrested and charged with a felony for protesting Breonna Taylor‘s death made sure residents in the neighborhood knew they came in peace. The demonstration outside the Louisville home of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron was completely non-violent and peaceful, and protesters made sure to touch base with neighbors

Play video content Breaking News MSNBC Donald Trump drops the n-word and hurls anti-Semitic slurs in the presence of his family … this according to Mary Trump, the President’s niece. Mary, who rips her uncle in her new book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” wrote it

Play video content Blair Hanson/Backgrid Caitlyn Jenner wants Kanye West to keep his presidential bid in the family … and she’s already positioning herself to be Yeezy’s vice president!!! Caitlyn was walking back to her car after grabbing some Starbucks in Westlake Village, CA when she was asked if she’d be voting Kanye for Prez

Play video content Here’s a shocking and downright disturbing video of maskless citizens jam-packing a county meeting in Utah … despite the fact COVID-19 is spreading out of control there. Before the Utah County Commission Chairman Tanner Ainge could even begin, he commented on the utter lack of coronavirus safety — NO mask wearing —

Breaking News Breathe a sigh of relief … Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been sprung from the hospital, and she’s back at home recovering. The Supreme Court Justice was discharged Wednesday from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, one day after she was admitted with a possible infection after experiencing fever and chills. An S.C. spokesperson says

Breaking News “We need to play. This state needs it. This country needs it.” LSU head coach Ed Orgeron is making it crystal clear he wants the football season to happen despite the global pandemic … telling Vice President Mike Pence he’s ready to kick things off in the fall. Coach O spoke out on

Breaking News Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back in the hospital and is being treated for a possible infection. The Supreme Court Justice was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital early Tuesday morning for treatment. She was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., Monday night after experiencing fever and chills. RBG underwent an endoscopic

Kanye West has a snowball’s chance in hell to win the presidency, because his first poll numbers suck … but he could definitely play spoiler — question is, for whom? Redfield & Wilton Strategies — a consulting firm that does polling and market research — released results from a poll it did last week …

Exclusive TikTok influencers are dusting off their resumes because of President Trump — they’re terrified he’s about to ban the app, and force them to find J-O-Bs outside social media. With the Trump Administration considering a ban on the super-popular video creation app — due to the escalating trade war with China — TikTok influencers

President Trump has “Black Lives Matter” all up in his face, metaphorically, as another giant yellow street mural is being completed outside Trump Tower on NYC’s Fifth Avenue. The street mural painting process began early Thursday morning, and a crowd has been gathering to watch. Mayor Bill de Blasio — a longtime Trump nemesis —

A statue of Melania Trump near her hometown in Slovenia was torched over the weekend … and the charred aftermath has now been removed. Well that escalated quickly… Statue of Melania Trump set on fire near her hometown in Slovenia. The statue was put up last year by an American Artist, it has now been

Exclusive Kanye West is in the throes of a serious bipolar episode, our Kanye sources say, and those around him are concerned it has impacted his decision-making and some of the things he’s said in the last week … sources close to Kanye tell TMZ. Our Kanye sources tell us, he suffers a serious bout

Breaking News Kanye West likened Planned Parenthood to a Satanic baby-killing cult put in place by racist forces, but the org is calling BS … saying the real threat is talk like his. ICYMI … Kanye tackled the issue of abortion during his Forbes interview, saying … “Planned Parenthoods have been placed inside cities by

Breaking News Kanye West says he’s done supporting President Trump — but there’s even more he’s spilling that’s just as surprising in terms of his run for the White House. Oh boy, where to begin … Ye sat down with Forbes in a verrrry wide-ranging interview, but primarily about his Presidential campaign … and the

Breaking News Donald Trump‘s a phony, a liar and above all else — a cruel and dangerous egomaniac now in charge of America’s well-being … according to Mary L. Trump, the President’s niece. Excerpts from Mary’s new book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” have been released,

Breaking News The WNBA is clapping back at a team co-owner who is blasting the league for supporting Black Lives Matter … in a war that’s exploding fast. The woman at the center of the controversy is Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia) — a co-owner of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream franchise. Sen. Loeffler penned a letter

Breaking News Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who’s become a prominent leader during quarantine and a potential Biden VP, says she’s contracted the coronavirus … without a single warning sign. Mayor Bottoms shared her diagnosis Monday afternoon, saying … “COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive.” As you

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com D.L. Hughley wants to know why so many Americans are incensed by the tearing down of statues of pretty awful people, whose history of oppression is very clear. We talked to the comedian and author Monday on “TMZ Live” and while discussing his new book — “Surrender, White People! Our

Breaking News President Trump has now resorted to attacking Bubba Wallace, claiming the driver owes his bosses at NASCAR an apology for sounding the alarm over a noose that was found in his garage — going so far as to call it a “hoax.” 45 tweeted out the outrageous message Monday morning … “Has @BubbaWallace

A statue of Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base and damaged beyond repair in New York … and the timing makes it look like revenge for the recent toppling of Confederate monuments. The famed abolitionist’s statue was torn down Sunday in Rochester’s Maplewood Park, a site along the Underground Railroad where slaves were ushered

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is offering a road map to those looking for meaningful change when it comes to real police and education reform … and it starts with local elections. We got the Congresswoman on Capitol Hill, and she was clear — there is only so much that can be

Play video content Breaking News An Arizona woman says she was sent by President Trump and a conspiracy theory group to take Target to task for selling face masks … and to flaunt her alleged high-priced watch. The Internet has dubbed this gal here “QAnon Karen” after she filmed herself going into a Scottsdale-area Target