A school in Florida has put the kibosh on its younger students reading Amanda Gorman’s powerful poem — the one she read at President Joe Biden‘s inauguration — after one parent claimed it was riddled with hate … also claiming it was penned by Oprah. The Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes imposed the

Here’s a cool piece of United States history going up for sale … the proclamation George Washington issued making Thanksgiving a national holiday. America’s first President issued the proclamation way back in October 1798, designating a Thursday in late November as the first official Thanksgiving holiday. The founding father’s handwritten proclamation, complete with his signature

Play video content TMZSports.com Bud Light and Miller Lite have found themselves at the center of a political debate, something Troy Aikman says will never be the case with his beer company, EIGHT … the Hall of Famer tells us they’ll never get political — left, right, or center — they just want to make

Play video content TMZ.com Congressman Adam Schiff tries his hand at live stand-up comedy once a year … but he sees nothing funny about how CNN set up Donald Trump‘s town hall for a national audience. The distinguished gentleman from Burbank, CA joined us Thursday on “TMZ Live” and we asked him about his upcoming

Play video content TMZSports.com Jeremy Corbell believes the U.S. military is covering up evidence of an eerie UFO sighting over a Marine base in the California desert. The UFO expert and filmmaker joined us Wednesday on “TMZ Live,” to dig deeper into the bombshell footage he released this week showing a huge triangular-formation of lights

Governor Ron DeSantis just announced his run for President on Twitter … but not without massive technical failure as Elon Musk says the company’s servers are to blame. Play video content DeSantis made the big announcement Wednesday on the bird app … dropping a campaign video that takes jabs at President Biden, blaming him for

Play video content Storyful UPDATE 6:30 AM PT — The driver of the truck has been identified as 19-year-old, Sai Varshith Kandula, from Missouri. He was arrested on multiple charges, including threatening to kill or harm a president, vice president or family member. UPDATE The White House almost got an unwanted visitor Monday night …

Claudia Conway — daughter of Kellyanne Conway — is taking up a new trade … launching a career as an online Playboy model. The famous brand made the announcement Wednesday from its official IG account with a photo of Claudia … captioned, “Introducing your newest Bunny: @claudiamconway 🐰 See her exclusive content, only on @PlayboyCenterfold

Ron DeSantis is making his presidential run official with the help of Elon Musk, jumping on the bird app with its owner to make the big announcement — something the tech mogul is, no doubt, seeing as a MAJOR win. TMZ has confirmed … the current Florida Governor will join Elon in a Twitter spaces

An AI-generated image of a fake explosion outside the Pentagon stoked panic and sent stocks tumbling as the hoax spread on social media. The fake image behind Monday’s chaos shows smoke billowing from the grounds outside the Pentagon … with the image spreading like wildfire online after being shared by tons of accounts, including a

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson works in a building that is kind of an island to itself, but unlike her favorite show, no one gets voted off. The newest Justice shared her jam during a commencement address to graduating law students at American University in D.C. She confessed she’s a “Survivor superfan,” using the

A transgender girl ended up missing her own high school graduation after the school told her to wear a suit like the guys getting their diplomas, and a judge refused to stop the school from forcing her to do so. According to the ACLU of Mississippi, 17-year-old “L.B.” was ordered by Harrison Central High School

Play video content TMZ.com The Walgreens security guard who fatally shot a shopfitter in San Francisco used unnecessary aggression, and it was not a clear case of self-defense … so says a former prosecutor who’s challenging the D.A.’s theory. Attorney Tony Brass joined “TMZ Live” Tuesday shortly after San Fran’s District Attorney Brooke Jenkins released

Meghan Markle received her own coronation of sorts Tuesday night in NYC. The Duchess of Sussex and hubby Prince Harry flew to the Big Apple to attend a fancy-schmancy gala honoring Meghan with a Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Award from her friend and political activist Gloria Steinem. It was Meghan’s first public appearance since

Play video content TMZ.com Rick Ross is going toe-to-toe with Fayette County over his 2nd annual car show … telling us denying him a permit isn’t gonna stop him from throwing the event for thousands of fans. The hip hop mogul assures us the car show will go down exactly as planned on June 3

Play video content Benjamin Oreskes / Los Angeles Times Senator Dianne Feinstein raised new alarm bells about her ability to serve in Congress, after she seemed to forget she’s been MIA for 3 months. An L.A. Times reporter buttonholed the 89-year-old Feinstein — who just returned to D.C. after spending 3 months in California recuperating

Play video content TMZ.com Artificial Intelligence poses some serious risks and could potentially threaten the very fabric of our democracy … so says AI expert Gary Marcus, who is urging Congress to implement strong guard rails. Gary joined us on “TMZ Live,” a day after he testified before Congress … warning about the future of

Rep. Lauren Boebert is pulling the plug on over 15 years of marriage, filing to divorce her now-estranged husband, Jayson. According to a statement, Boebert says she filed in Mesa County, CO and says, “It is with a heavy weight on my heart that I have filed for divorce from my husband. I am grateful

Play video content Fearless with Jason Whitlock / Blaze Podcasts Brett Favre is speaking out after months of silence … and while he only briefly addressed the Mississippi welfare scandal, the Hall of Famer talked politics, flat out saying the U.S. was better off under President Trump. “I think Donald was a non-political president, and

UPDATE 11:39 AM PT — Trump‘s high-powered attorney, Joe Tacopina, tells TMZ, “I will only deal with the attorney of the Village People, if they have one, not the wife of one of the members. But they should be thankful that President Trump allowed them to get their name back in the press. I haven’t

Play video content CNN Anderson Cooper‘s bashing former President Donald Trump for “disturbing” behavior and remarks during CNN’s town hall — but he’s also responding to the waves of people dragging the network for giving Trump a platform. He addressed the outrage Thursday night as tempers continue flaring over Wednesday’s town hall by calling out

Play video content Howard University President Biden‘s heart might be in the right place, but his mouth is often somewhere else — which was seen again Saturday … this while addressing Howard University graduates. POTUS was tapped as the key commencement speaker during the college’s graduation ceremony this weekend, and there’s one remark he made

Play video content Donald Trump‘s piling on CNN in the wake of his town hall by posting a doctored clip of Anderson Cooper saying Trump owned CNN during the event … but with far more colorful language. Trump is clearly relishing the fact CNN is getting tons of blowback from the left for giving him

The Navy veteran who claims Rep. George Santos cheated him out of cash intended for his dying dog’s cancer treatment is happy to see Santos facing criminal charges … he says George had it coming and karma’s a bitch. Play video content TMZ.com Richard Osthoff tells TMZ … Santos deserves to spend time behind bars

Barack and Michelle Obama are in L.A. for a very special occasion — one that has nothing to do with show biz or political fundraising … they’re here to watch their daughter Sasha get her diploma. The former POTUS and FLOTUS were dressed to the nines Friday as they pulled up to the University of

Play video content Donald Trump ripped into his perceived enemies Tuesday night after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation in the E. Jean Carroll civil trial. The 45th President posted a series of videos to his Truth Social platform, condemning Carroll, the judge and jury in the case and New York

Play video content Kirby Smart is clearing the air on why Georgia won’t visit the White House to celebrate its second consecutive national championship … saying there’s “nothing political about it.” The Bulldogs head coach addressed the decision to forego the tradition at the Regions Celebrity Pro-Am golf tourney in Birmingham, AL on Wednesday …

Play video content Twitter / @Bengals It appears the Cincinnati mayor is taking Travis Kelce‘s advice by knowing his role and shutting his mouth … ’cause Aftab Pureval just helped the Bengals announce their Week 17 matchup with the K.C. Chiefs — and poked fun at his misfired trash talk in the process. The team

UPDATE 12:41 PM PT — Rep. George Santos came out swinging during a press conference Wednesday — this on the heels of him being arrested … and he says he’ll fight this case, which he calls a “witch hunt.” UPDATE The NY congressman was surrounded by media in his home state as he addressed the

UPDATE 2:25 PM PT — E. Jean Carroll just released a statement, saying, “I filed this lawsuit against Donald Trump to clear my name and to get my life back. Today, the world finally knows the truth. This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not