Play video content Breaking News @BenjaminPDixon Audio of Mike Bloomberg defending stop and frisk policing against minorities has the Presidential hopeful on the ropes, and it’s drawing one particularly rich shot … from President Trump. The audio is reportedly from a 2015 speech the former NYC Mayor gave for the Aspen Institute … where he

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Donald Trump Jr. is back to taking shots at Jussie Smollett … questioning the alleged racist attack, and wondering why Jussie didn’t come up with a more believable scenario. We got the President’s son Thursday in New York City and asked what he thought the proper punishment should be for

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Akon‘s plan to bring a futuristic city to his childhood country of Senegal is getting closer to coming to fruition, and he’s going to show it off soon … a 3D rendering anyway. The singer was at LAX Wednesday when he gave us an update on “Akon City” … which

Play video content Geraldo In Cleveland President Trump is NOT taking homophobic potshots at Pete Buttigieg — instead, he’s saying the Democratic candidate’s sexual preference won’t be a factor … for most Americans, anyway. The door was opened wide for POTUS to make a wisecrack about Buttigieg when he was a guest Thursday on Geraldo

Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com Did you see Urban Meyer at the State of the Union on Tuesday? Yep, he was there … and he wishes the Democrats and Republicans would play nice already. The former Ohio State football coach was a special guest of South Dakota senator John Thune — the two have become

Play video content Exclusive Details CNN Nancy Pelosi took a page out of President Trump‘s playbook … and then ripped it up, and now she’s explained why. Status: Pelosi stole some of the President’s thunder when she played to the camera and tore up her copy of the State of the Union address. She said

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Rush Limbaugh is gonna need a few days to recover from the shock of receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom — that’s clear from his stunned face last night on Capitol Hill. We got the famed conservative talk show host Tuesday night as he was leaving President Trump‘s State of

Play video content Breaking News Donald Trump clearly doesn’t have lines he will not cross, because he just questioned Nancy Pelosi‘s faith. Trump was at The White House talking to a crowd of supporters about his impeachment acquittal when he launched on Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff, calling them both horrible people, but that was

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Common wants people to get off Jay-Z‘s back for revealing he was NOT protesting at the Super Bowl … and instead, focus on the genuine good he’s doing to help his community. We got Common Wednesday at LAX and asked why he thought some critics were ripping Hova’s explanation for

Getty President Trump was photographed Friday walking across the White House’s South lawn in a photo that has since gone viral — but the pic appears to have been heavily edited. DT was captured on camera by a guy named William Moon — a self-described White House correspondent and photographer, who doesn’t appear to be

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Pete Buttigieg is feeling good about the way things went in Iowa — for him at least — and says he’s focused on racking up more wins … something he suggests Joe Biden might want to reconsider. Mayor Pete’s still neck and neck with Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucus,

Exclusive Getty/momentsintime.com There’s a special piece of Martin Luther King Jr. memorabilia up for sale … a handwritten note where he shares his personal definition of love. It’s pretty cool … one of MLK’s admirers asked him the meaning of love, and the civil rights icon scribbled a super-deep quote … the note is hitting

Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com Beyonce, Jay-Z and their kid, Blue Ivy, chose not to stand up for the National Anthem at Super Bowl LIV … even with Jay being a big partner of the league now. The Carters were sitting together a few rows back from the field, and they clearly didn’t make an

Exclusive TMZ.com Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s manager says some very powerful and rich men in Saudi Arabia have offered $100 million to get Khabib to box Floyd Mayweather in Riyadh. … but it’s highly UNLIKELY we’ll see that fight go down in the Middle East. Ali Abdelaziz says he recently met with the Saudis to discuss possible

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Punxsutawney Phil isn’t going anywhere, except maybe back in his hole on Groundhog Day to signal 6 more weeks of winter … so says the congressman representing the city of Punxsutawney. Rep. Glenn Thompson tells TMZ … PETA calling for the famous Pennsylvania groundhog to be retired and replaced by

The woman who crashed her Jeep into Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago Club was all smiles Friday when she posed for her official mugshot and it turns out she’s an opera singer. Hannah Roemhild is currently in custody on both federal and state charges, after getting behind the wheel of her jeep and crashing through 2 checkpoints.

Breaking News WPTV Gunshots rang out at Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida when an SUV led authorities on a wild car chase after breaching 2 security checkpoints. It all went down Friday morning in Palm Beach, when a black SUV heading toward the main entrance breached both checkpoints, leading Florida Highway Patrol on a

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Hillary Clinton reacted to the horrible news of Kobe Bryant‘s death the same way as everyone else — she was stunned, momentarily speechless … then heartbroken. The former Secretary of State was at Sundance in Park City, UT Sunday following the premiere of her new docuseries, “Hillary” … and we

Exclusive TMZ/Getty Composite Meghan Markle and Prince Harry should have no problem becoming self-sufficient … because there are huge sums to be made for speaking engagements and book deals. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex would easily command upwards of $500,000 each to speak in front of crowds … according to folks who help celebs

Exclusive Getty Composite Megxit presented a huge unintended consequence for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle … the loss of one of their beloved titles, Commonwealth Youth Ambassadors. Sources close to the couple tell TMZ … the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were “shocked” they had to forgo their roles as youth ambassadors to the Commonwealth

Exclusive TMZ Composite One of the most popular faces on the Internet — you know him as the “Success Kid” meme — is shaking his famous little fist at Rep. Steve King for screwing up his brand. Sam Griner is the little guy who became known as “Success Kid” nearly 10 years ago when people

Play video content BACKGRID Neil Young‘s officially ready to keep on rockin’ in the free world, and soon … he’ll be free to express his hatred for Donald Trump in a voting booth. The legendary rock ‘n’ roll artist was granted U.S. citizenship Wednesday at the Convention Center in downtown L.A. … and he’s clearly

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Pete Buttigieg is back where it all started — the exact place he hinted he had his eyes on The White House — but this time around he’s no longer a starry-eyed, long shot mayor … he’s not even a mayor at all! Mayor Candidate Pete spoke Thursday at the

Vice Prez Mike Pence is feeling a big chill, courtesy of Prince Charles … who blatantly dissed the veep — but the only question is whether the cold shoulder was intentional. Prince Charles skips greeting US’s Pence, shakes hands with Israel’s Netanyahuhttps://t.co/mXvkSNVkDn pic.twitter.com/9RVBwVBkg4 — Yeni Şafak English (@yenisafakEN) January 23, 2020 @yenisafakEN Take a look

Breaking News TMZ.com If the 49ers win the Super Bowl, don’t expect to see Richard Sherman celebrating at the White House. The NFL star was asked Thursday if he would go to D.C. to meet Donald Trump, as several championship teams have done in the past … and Sherman essentially shot that down. “I haven’t

Play video content Breaking News NBA See, President Obama ain’t the only ex-Prez into hoop … check out Bill Clinton at the Lakers game!! #42 was sitting courtside at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday to watch the Nets get smashed by the L.A. Lakers … and judging by the smile on his face,

Exclusive TMZ.com Ricky Martin is getting to work to help the people of Puerto Rico who have been devastated by recent earthquakes … sitting with local politicians to come up with effective solutions. Sources close to the situation tell TMZ the singer met with Mayors representing districts hit by the quakes Friday to formulate plans

Breaking News TMZ.com Two police officers who busted Stormy Daniels during her 2018 strip club gig in Ohio are outta work for what police now admit was a bogus arrest. The Columbus Police Department announced its decision Thursday after it found officers Steven Rosser and Whitney Lancaster violated rules when they arrested Stormy on 3

Exclusive TMZ.com The State of Mississippi is doing nothing to prevent inmates from dying under hellish conditions, according to Yo Gotti … who’s sounding alarms in federal court. As we’ve reported, the rapper’s been outraged by what’s going on at Parchman State Penitentiary and got Team Roc involved in a legal battle to improve conditions.

TMZ.com Donald Trump delivered a classy, gracious message to Cory Booker upon hearing the NJ Senator was no longer running for president — just kidding! He taunted Booker so hard, he should get a 15-yard penalty. POTUS fired off a tweet minutes after Booker announced he was suspending his campaign, saying … “Really Big Breaking