Politics

Police in our nation’s capital are gearing for the upcoming rally at the Capitol … with plans to send officers out in droves to protect DC and prevent anything like January 6 from happening again. Sources within Capitol Police tell TMZ, there’s an all-hands-on-deck policy, with all field officers expected to show up for the

Larry Elder is the victim of a hate crime — that’s how L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is viewing a woman’s attempt to egg the gubernatorial candidate, and he’s calling out “woke” politicians over the incident. Villanueva hopped on the Sheriff Dept.’s Twitter account to sound off about Wednesday’s campaign trail incident … wondering out

Play video content Donald Trump is about to go up against his mortal enemy — the media — ’cause the former POTUS is set to take questions from reporters ahead of his commentary gig for the Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort fight. As we previously reported, The Donald is getting paid MILLIONS to call one

Larry Elder didn’t seem to win over any voters in Venice, CA where a campaign stop turned ugly as a woman tried to egg him, threw punches … and someone even fired a pellet gun!!! The conservative talk show host, and Republican leader in the CA Governor recall election — made the trip to the

Donald Trump is moving on from the oval office and into the broadcasting booth — at least for this weekend — ’cause the former President announced Tuesday he’s going to be calling the Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort fight. Trump will step into the commentating role Saturday night … and, according to FITE — the

Play video content NBC Monica Lewinsky says it’s taken her a long time to get past her scandal with Bill Clinton, and while she’s no longer harboring resentment … she implies the former Prez still owes her an apology. Lewinsky’s story is set to take center stage again with the Tuesday night premiere of “American

Play video content TMZ.com John Feal gets choked up just thinking about the upcoming 20th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks … because 9/11 survivors and first responders are still dying in droves. John, who lost his foot working as a demolition supervisor at Ground Zero, joined us on “TMZ Live” Tuesday and got

Play video content CNN Caitlyn Jenner says she’s all for “a woman’s right to choose,” but she also supports Texas’ new, restrictive abortion law … or at least its right to adopt it. Jenner explained herself during a Tuesday segment on CNN … saying “I am for a woman’s right to choose” but “I am

President Biden brings up his late son, Beau, way too much for comfort, and it might be a political mistake — so suggests the NYT, which had to tweak a headline over this. The paper of record published a story Saturday that’s all about how some people are seriously tired of Biden invoking Beau in

Play video content TMZ.com Sarah Silverman is not mincing words — the Texas anti-abortion law is a declaration of war, but only certain women are targeted. We got Sarah Saturday night in WeHo on her way out of Craig’s, and she was blunt … the law which effectively outlaws most abortions is a war on

Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, are brand new parents … with a couple bundles of joy they just introduced to the world this weekend. President Biden‘s Transportation Secretary made the announcement Saturday, writing … “Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we’re becoming parents.

One of the most infamous faces of the Capitol insurrection — the bare-chested “shaman” wearing horns and face paint — could serve hard time for the riot … he just pleaded guilty to a felony. Jacob Chansley, who many know as the “QAnon Shaman,” pled guilty Friday to obstructing an official proceeding before Congress …

Play video content TMZ.com Lanny Cordola is on a life-saving mission to help some of his young female guitar students left behind in Afghanistan … and the stakes are life and death. The legendary rocker talked to us on “TMZ Live” Wednesday about his efforts of late to help 12 girls — not to mention

Ex-congressman Joseph Kennedy III is outraged at the looming release of the man who killed his grandfather, Robert F. Kennedy … standing in square opposition to two of RFK’s own children. Joe put out a statement Wednesday after last week’s news that assassin Sirhan Sirhan was getting out of prison after 53 years. It’s pretty

Abortion rights are now squarely on the chopping block after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to stop the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the country from going into effect. The Texas law prohibits abortions after the 6th week of pregnancy  As you know, many/most women don’t even know they’re pregnant during the first 6 weeks.

Here’s a painfully dramatic picture … the last U.S. soldier leaving war-torn Afghanistan following a 20-year battle that’s, arguably, changed nothing in the country. His name is Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps. His unit’s based out of Fort Bragg, N.C. and on Monday he became the final

A woman fleeing Afghanistan gave birth on a Turkish Airlines flight headed for the U.K. … but the citizenship of the baby is something of a mystery. Soman Noori, a 26-year-old Afghan with 2 kids, was on board the jet when she started having contractions. As the plane cruised at 33,000 feet above Kuwait, she

Play video content TMZ.com Afghan-American actor Ali Olomi is heartbroken about what’s going on in Afghanistan, and sadly … he expects it to get even worse. We got Ali out in L.A. Thursday as news was pouring in about the attacks at the Kabul airport — which left at least 12 U.S. service members dead