Play video content CNN President Jimmy Carter‘s missing out on some serious drama — his funeral created a mini soap opera between President-elect Donald Trump, all his White House predecessors … and his former VP Mike Pence. You could feel the tension in the air as Trump strode into the National Cathedral Thursday morning in

Play video content Sky News 2:50 PM PT — Newsom‘s office tells TMZ … “After hearing from Rachel, the Governor immediately spoke to President Biden and as a result of that call the President committed to covering 100% of the recovery costs for the next 180 days. That’s a game-changer.” The Governor’s rep also says

Play video content One supporter of President-elect Donald Trump got way too into the “MAGA” spirit while driving in the snow recently, resulting in a nasty car wreck — which was documented on a live stream. Check it out … three Trump supporters were speeding down a snowy highway while blasting “M-A-G-A,” a pro-Trump take

J.D. Vance and Ted Cruz have a lot more than bragging rights on the line when Ohio State and Texas face off in the College Football Playoff … ’cause both politicians just placed a friendly wager on the Cotton Bowl — with both hoping their team trumps the other. The Texas senator laid out the

1:23 AM PT — Newsom’s spokesperson Izzy Gardon tells TMZ … “There is no such document as the water restoration declaration – that is pure fiction. The Governor is focused on protecting people, not playing politics, and making sure firefighters have all the resources they need.” President-elect Donald Trump is fanning the flames of divisiveness

Play video content TMZ.com The wife of a Texas man convicted and imprisoned for his role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots tells us she’s in touch with the Trump administration about his possible pardon — and she’s confident he’ll be released. Nicole Reffitt, wife of Guy Reffitt — currently serving an 80-month sentence

The procession for former President Jimmy Carter has begun in Georgia … his home state, which is where he died this week at the age of 100. A motorcade with a flag-draped casket of the 39th president began the journey to Washington by going through his hometown of Plains on Saturday. Play video content AP

Matthew Livelsberger, the Army Special Forces soldier who blew up his Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Vegas, was battling PTSD — and now we know his motive. The Clark County Nevada Sheriff’s Dept. just released a portion of a letter Livelsberger wrote, saying … “This was not a terrorist attack, it was a

Play video content TMZ.com Erik and Lyle Menendez‘s relatives aren’t saying much about their first meeting with the new L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman … and he isn’t either. Hochman held a news conference Friday but he didn’t get into any specifics of his conversations with Menendez family members … only saying he felt

Play video content The man who detonated a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas New Year’s Day shot himself in the head … just before his vehicle exploded. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said Matthew Alan Livelsberger fired the shot, although he did not say he died from the

Play video content UPDATE 4:36 PM PT — Vegas authorities just said they have ID’d the driver of the car but are not revealing his name. They say he rented the car in Colorado, drove to Vegas and arrived at 7:30 Wednesday morning … then drove up and down the Strip before heading to the

Donald Trump is not getting off the hook for the $5 million a jury awarded E. Jean Carroll in 2023 after they found Trump liable for sexual abuse … ’cause a federal court just upheld the judgment. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit made their decision Monday … explaining the judge

Jimmy Carter — the 39th President of the United States, a renowned philanthropist and a Nobel Peace Prize winner — has died. The news of his death was confirmed by his son, Jimmy Carter III also known as Chip to the Washington Post on Sunday. The Carter Center tells TMZ … Jimmy passed away at

Donald Trump‘s showering praise on the late Jimmy Carter … saying he did his best to improve the lives of his fellow Americans — and, the country owes him a debt. The president-elect posted to his social media platform, Truth Social, Sunday … only about an hour after the Carter Center announced the former president

Donald Trump looks like he may be having some technical difficulties … because a post on his social media platform reads a lot like a potential private message to Elon Musk. President-elect Trump posted this bizarre message Friday on Truth Social, and it’s getting a lot of attention for a Bill Gates name drop …

J.D. Vance is a long way from Donald Trump‘s golf courses and Mar-a-Lago … because he’s on a snow-covered mountain in Colorado. The Vice President-elect hit the slopes in Aspen on Friday … with his family and a Secret Service security detail in tow. J.D. was covered head to toe in skiing gear for the

Donald Trump is urging the Supreme Court to pause the upcoming TikTok ban. A new law is set to go into effect Jan. 19 — the day before Trump is inaugurated for his second presidency — and it requires TikTok be sold by its Chinese parent company or be shut down. TikTok In The U.S.

Bill Clinton will not be spending the holidays in a hospital bed instead he’ll be able to spend Christmas at home with his family after a brief medical scare landed him in the hospital this week. According to Angel Ureña, the former President’s Deputy Chief of Staff, he was discharged from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Play video content Club Random Bill Maher is saying humbug to supporters of DEI, calling it “virtue signaling” that in no way solves problems of inequality. Bill invited Jay Leno to gab on his “Club Random” podcast, and B.M. did not mince words, calling out the left — “virtue signaling and the stuff that they

The bombshell Matt Gaetz report from Congress drops sordid details about him paying $90,000 for sex and drugs — including multiple hook-ups with a 17-year-old high school student. The House Ethics Committee found the former congressman paid a dozen women for sex between 2017 and 2020 … according to CBS News, which obtained a copy

Black Mafia Family co-founder Terry “Southwest T” Flenory was on the receiving end of the coveted presidential pardons — and he’s proudly showing off his Joe Biden autograph as proof!!! Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. On Friday, Terry excitedly posted a secret he’s been keeping in the bag for the last

Turns out the Wisconsin teen school shooter may have had a partner in crime — a California man has been detained for allegedly planning a mass shooting at a government building in a coordinated attack with her. According to a gun violence restraining order obtained by San Diego’s CBS 8, 20-year-old Carlsbad resident Alexander Paffendorf

The federal government is drawing a line in the sand — or, more accurately, the air — when it comes to the mysterious drones zooming around New Jersey … restricting the areas where they can fly and promising deadly force to those presenting a threat. The Federal Aviation Administration announced the news this week …

Bernie Sanders is calling out Jeff Bezos to get his priorities straight, slamming the Amazon founder for his dinner with Donald Trump … as some workers at the company went on strike at multiple locations across the U.S. Thursday. In an X post Thursday, Bernie came for Bezos and Lauren Sanchez‘s double date at Mar-a-Lago

Paris Hilton’s not done yet — after her bill cruised through the Senate last week, she’s already gearing up for the next step and heading back to Capitol Hill. In an open letter posted Monday, Paris opened up about the power of speaking out about her own traumatic experiences at a youth treatment facility when

Nick Jonas fans are about ready to yell “S.O.S.” after seeing the pop star’s seeming support of controversial tech giant Elon Musk … with many expressing their disdain on social media. Here’s the skinny … on Tuesday morning, Musk used a GIF of the Jonas Brothers turning tables to quite literally transmit his X caption,

Play video content TMZ.com Cheryl Hines has thoughts about that pic of her famously health-conscious husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., digging into some McDonald’s with President-elect Donald Trump. We caught up with Cheryl Wednesday in Bev Hills, and asked her about a potential move to Washington, D.C. … now that Trump’s made RFK Jr. his

12:05 PM PT — Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes gave updates to the case this afternoon, and clarified a significant detail about the school shooting. Play video content CNN “Yesterday, after looking at the computer-aided dispatch system, it seems as if a call came from a second-grader — it actually read, ‘The call came from

Kim Kardashian is earning props from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy for her advocacy, which he says played a key role in his decision to release prisoner Dawn Jackson … after she served 25 years for fatally stabbing a man she claimed was sexually abusing her. Governor Murphy, who commuted Jackson’s 30-year sentence by 5

Play video content President-elect Donald Trump is weighing in on Luigi Mangione and his fans in the wake of the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City 2 weeks ago. At a press conference Monday morning, Trump was asked what he thinks about the case, and the reaction to it — including