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The White House encountered a major breach, a potential threat to our national security like never before — nah, we’re kidding, and we sorta mean that literally this time. A very young boy was too little to be held back Tuesday by a North Lawn gate at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The fencing is generally an

U.S. law enforcement’s decision not to charge anyone in the death of Shanquella Robinson has her family outraged — but they’re not ruling out a lawsuit to seek justice in civil court. TMZ spoke to the late North Carolinian’s mother and sister — Sallamondra and Quella, respectively — who told us how they’re feeling in

Coachella is cutting a check because Frank Ocean wasn’t the only one performing late into the night … the music festival is being dinged six figures for going past curfew. A rep for the City of Indio, where Coachella is held, tells TMZ … fines for curfew violations over the first weekend totaled $117,000. ain’t

Morgan Freeman says he doesn’t like Black History Month or the term “African American” … and views both as insulting. The actor makes his feelings known in an interview with The Sunday Times, telling the UK publication … “Black History Month is an insult. You’re going to relegate my history to a month?” Morgan feels

Play video content C-SPAN President Biden either had another gaffe in Ireland this past week — or he really wants to stick to the rest of the world … or, lick it, rather. During the final days of his international trip to Ireland, Joe delivered remarks at a banquet dinner in front of state officials

Play video content Triggered with Donald Trump Jr. Donald Trump Jr. is trying to put the fire out on the Bud Light outrage after they teamed up with a transgender person — and his rationale is … they actually support the GOP. The ex-Prez’s oldest son made his pitch on his podcast, “Triggered with Donald

The man behind the massive leak of secret U.S. documents that exposed our spying on allies and the dire situation with Ukraine’s war against Russia reportedly worked on a military base and released sensitive information in an online chat forum during the COVID pandemic. Since the document dump last Friday, FBI agents have been working

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who infamously survived a nerve agent 3 years ago, has reportedly fallen ill while behind bars … and some on his team believe he’s slowly being poisoned to death. Navalny was met with an ambulance over the weekend due to stomach pains, but his lawyer Vadim Kobzez tweeted that there

The Women’s Tennis Association is returning to China … ending a one-and-a-half-year boycott imposed after tennis star Peng Shuai accused a high-ranking Chinese government official of sexual assault. Now, the WTA says after talking to their players and the tournament representatives, they’ll return to China later this year … but they’re standing by their decision

A scary situation for the people of Japan, as a North Korean ballistic missile launch resulted in an evacuation order on Japan’s second-largest island. The terrifying scene played out Thursday morning when North Korea fired a missile off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, headed for the sea off the coast of Japan. Play

Brittney Griner is ready to open up about her harrowing time spent in captivity inside a Russian penal colony. The 32-year-old, 8x WNBA All-Star has inked a deal with publisher Alfred A. Knopf to write a still-untitled memoir which they say will take a deep dive into Griner’s nearly one-year stay in a Moscow-area penal

A truck carrying a ton of toxic soil out of the train derailment zone in East Palestine tipped over in an accident this week … but the local EPA says there’s nothing to worry about in terms of contamination. Per law enforcement, a tractor-trailer was heading northbound Monday on SR-165 in Columbiana County — which

Play video content CNN Don Lemon stepped in it again Monday, apparently making what he thought was an off-mic remark about Jon Stewart and then, after an awkward pause, backtracking big time. Don threw to a clip of Jon Stewart interviewing U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, in which Stewart challenged what he called

Elon Musk appears to be flip-flopping on whether Twitter considers the nonprofit news org NPR to be state-run media — although it’s unclear if he’s gonna take that label off their account. The Twit-in-Chief was directly asked about this by an NPR reporter this past week … and when he was shown the hard numbers

Donald Trump is doing what he tends to do best in times of crisis — hitting the links to blow off some steam … with this weekend being no different for him amid his criminal case. The ex-Prez was playing a round Saturday morning at his hotel in Miami … the Trump National Doral, which

Play video content Tik Tok/@mrs.deedoubleyou Monica put a damper on her “Goonica” nickname, and a few fans’ chances of landing more punches during a fight that erupted at her show. The star singer was recently in D.C. for the R&B Experience Tour, and was bringing the house down with her hit ballad, “Why I Love

Play video content TMZ.com The thousands of Californians who’ve fled to Tennessee, Florida and Texas are having second thoughts … and many are, as they say, going back to Cali … so says L.A. real estate mogul Kurt Rappaport. Kurt joined us Friday on “TMZ Live” to fill us in on the slow reversal of

LSU hoops star Angel Reese has decided she will attend the White House visit with her team after all … days after she contemplated skipping the visit because of remarks made by First Lady Jill Biden. Remember, Reese took issue with FLOTUS saying Iowa should attend the White House, too — a tradition usually reserved