Vice President Mike Pence is sticking to the Trump administration playbook … getting out in public without a face mask, despite close contact with Florida’s Governor and citizens. The Veep was down in Orlando Wednesday with Gov. Ron DeSantis and some other bigwigs, where they were chowing down at a restaurant called Beth’s Burger Bar

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com The eagle has landed in D.C. for ‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic, whose legal team is hoping they can get the President’s ear … and they even got their elevator pitch down to a tee. Eric Love — who’s heading up the team of top-notch attorneys out of Fort Worth,

Donald Trump‘s ploy to stay unmasked for the public just got unmasked, because he put one on at the Ford motor plant. Trump flew to Michigan, where the plant has been partially converted to manufacture ventilators. The plant’s rule — everyone must wear a mask, and even the State Attorney General warned Trump to cover

Play video content Breaking News Fox News President Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci were images of stark contrast Friday, as the President went maskless while the nation’s leading infectious disease doctor was covered up. Trump was front and center at his daily coronavirus news briefing without a face covering — something he clearly refuses to

Breaking News Golf superstar Rory McIlroy says he’s been REJECTING opportunities to play with President Trump “out of choice” … claiming he doesn’t agree with “anything” POTUS has been saying recently. Remember, Rory and The Donald played a round of golf at Trump International in Florida together back in 2017 … a move he defended

Play video content Breaking News President Obama just gave a commencement speech for HBCU grads who couldn’t walk in person this year — and the topics he tackled were timely … with a message full of hope. 44 was the headlining commencement speaker during Chase’s ‘Show Me Your Walk’ virtual graduation for over 20k HBCU

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Van Jones says while America’s now coping with a pandemic, black America’s been battling epidemic violence, poverty and disease long before coronavirus came along. The Reform Alliance CEO was on “TMZ Live” Friday to talk about his CNN special, “The Color of Covid” — and he didn’t mince words when

Play video content Exclusive Joe Exotic‘s massive new legal team is chomping at the bit to ask Donald Trump for a presidential pardon for the Tiger King … and they’re ready to flood the White House!!! Eric Love, the super-colorful figure leading Joe’s legal team, just checked in from the HQ in Ft. Worth, Texas

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is terrified for her sons in the wake of Ahmaud Arbery‘s killing, and she says the tragedy has her family — like so many others — shaken and angry. Bottoms called Ahmaud’s case just the latest incident in a disturbing history of African-Americans being targets

Mike Pence can’t mask the message he’s sending by repeatedly defying mask guidelines — facial coverings are for the weak … at least that seems to be what he’s telegraphing. The Vice President was seen without a mask inside the White House Monday, despite new rules put in place on the heels of 2 aides

Play video content C-SPAN U.S. Senators had a major tele-hearing to talk coronavirus — with none other than Dr. Fauci testifying — but that didn’t matter to Rufus the Dog … he was out for some shut-eye. Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander — a Republican — was asking Fauci questions Tuesday over Zoom about reopening the

Breaking News Big news from Eric Trump … Donald‘s son has just announced the family is reopening Trump golf courses in L.A. and Miami with new COVID-19 restrictions. “We are very excited that Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles and Trump Doral in Miami are reopened,” Trump said. “The courses are absolutely impeccable and our

The season 45 finale of ‘SNL’ was laugh-out-loud hysterical, thanks to one of the funniest Donald Trump skits ever. Alec Baldwin reprised his faux-presidential role for the open of the show … which began with a zoom graduation ceremony, where solicitations to the Obamas, murder hornets and others for keynote speaker were rejected … but

Breaking News Dr. Fauci is headed for self-isolation — a tweaked version, that is — after a White House staffer tested positive for coronavirus … but he’s only doing so as a precaution. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will go into what he describes as a “modified’ quarantine, which

Play video content Breaking News The gloves are officially off, because Barack Obama has made his feelings known about the way his successor has handled the coronavirus pandemic, and the former Prez did NOT mince words. Obama was speaking with members of the Obama Alumni Ass’n, and during the 30-minute call, he was explaining to

Exclusive Love him or hate him, Donald Trump is killing it when it comes to the autograph market — with the value of DT signed baseballs more than doubling in price since he took office. Authentic Trump signed baseballs are selling in the $2,000 to $3,000 price range … a huge jump from the $1,000

Breaking News Vice President Mike Pence is going away for a little while — the Veep is reportedly self-isolating after someone in his own office tested positive for coronavirus. Pence is self-isolating away from the White House, which would explain his absence from a meeting with President Trump and other top military officials Saturday. He’s

Play video content C-SPAN Vice President Mike Pence hatched a PR stunt while delivering PPE supplies during a medical crisis that has claimed more than 75,000 American lives … he didn’t carry it out, but just saying it out loud is bad. The VP’s latest fumble went down Thursday while he and a host of

Breaking News President Trump‘s personal valet has tested positive for coronavirus, and even though Trump has tested negative, doctors tell TMZ that doesn’t mean he’s virus-free … and if he does have it he could have exposed many others. The valet — a member of the US Navy dedicated to working at the White House

Breaking News The White House is dealing with a second positive coronavirus test — now it’s Mike Pence‘s press secretary … who’s husband happens to be one of President Trump‘s top aides. POTUS said Friday at the White House … Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, is the senior Pence staffer who tested positive. The President

Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com President Donald Trump will be tuned in to UFC 249 on Saturday to get some ideas on how to reopen the rest of the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, so says UFC honcho Dana White. Of course, Dana and Donald are very close friends who go back decades — and

Exclusive California Governor Gavin Newsom‘s battle with Orange County is heating up — an ex-mayor down there is suing the Guv over the beach closures. Kevin Muldoon, a former Newport Beach mayor and current city councilman there, claims Newsom’s draconian order to close OC beaches — from Newport Beach and Huntington Beach to Dana Point

Breaking News Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back in a hospital bed … but she’s still working her day job on the Supreme Court. RBG was hospitalized Tuesday due to an infection caused by gallstones … this according to the Supreme Court, adding the 87-year-old is resting comfortably and should be released from the hospital in

Exclusive Joe Exotic is going right to the top in his bid to undo his criminal conviction for attempting to kill his archrival … he’s going right to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to ask for a pardon. Sources connected to the ‘Tiger King’ star tell TMZ, Joe’s legal team out of Ft. Worth, Texas is preparing

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Sorry, Gavin Newsom … try valiantly as you have, but it seems there’s no way you can stop people from flocking to the Pacific to catch a glimpse of those bioluminescent waves … beach closures be damned!!! Check out the scene this weekend at Toes Beach in the L.A. neighborhood,

D.C.’s hosting of the Navy’s Blue Angels and the Air Force’s Thunderbirds — and the enormous crowds that came out to see them — is the latest example of people coming to terms with the fact that they’d rather put their health at risk than follow safety guidelines. Here’s the scene from the National Mall

Breaking News North Korea’s state-run media is apparently good enough for President Trump — he’s taking their word that Kim Jong-un has a clean bill of health ahead of him at face value … congratulating the guy on his alleged bounce-back. POTUS tweeted Saturday — a day after photos surfaced of Kim at some ribbon-cutting

Kim Jong-un proved to everyone that the stories about his death were greatly exaggerated … that is, if you believe the state-run media in N. Korea. A government-run newspaper published photos of the dictator at a factory opening in North Korea … the paper claims the photos were taken Saturday in Korea. Kim had not

The White House Gift Shop is hawking some odd memorabilia … a coronavirus commemorative coin no one asked for. The COVID-19 coin features the names of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence … and it depicts an empty presidential podium on one side, and a graphic of the novel coronavirus above the world

Play video content Exclusive TEXAS TMZ.com It’s becoming more clear by the day that wet markets are NOT just a China problem — it’s an American problem too … just take a look at these latest clips from Texas and California. TMZ has gotten a hold of even more graphic videos of two different live