Politics

President Biden says a deal has been reached with the GOP on a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling — but Congress still has to sign off on it … and pretty soon, too. JB made the announcement Sunday, telling reporters he and Speaker Kevin McCarthy finalized the language on legislation they’ll introduce to

The city Tina Turner once called home is planning to honor the music legend in a big way … with a beautiful statue of her. Bill Rawls Jr., mayor of Brownsville, TN, tells TMZ … he wants to prominently display the work of art, and he’s getting a ton of support from local leaders. Mayor

Roger Waters is clapping back at criticism over the Nazi-themed getup he wore during two recent Berlin concerts … insisting he’s not a fascist. The rock star took to Twitter Friday, posting a lengthy statement detailing his defense of his Gestapo-like appearance during his May 17 and May 18 performances. Wow, this is @rogerwaters imitating

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 Scary moment during the LSU women’s hoops team’s visit to the White House on Friday — freshman forward Sa’Myah Smith passed out during President Joe Biden‘s speech … but thankfully, head coach Kim Mulkey says she’s doing okay. The incident happened just minutes ago … when Biden was at the podium honoring

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 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

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

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. DeSantis made the big announcement Wednesday on the bird app … dropping a campaign video that takes jabs at President Biden, blaming him for crime-filled streets and

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

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

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

Play video content Storyful The White House almost got an unwanted visitor Monday night … a U-Haul driver carrying a Nazi flag careened into security barriers right across the street from where President Joe Biden sleeps. Secret Service rep Anthony Guglielmi tweeted … the truck driver crashed into a barricade in Lafayette Square around 10

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

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

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

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