Politics

The Manhattan restaurant where a couple claims they found an entire rodent in their food delivery order has been forced to hit the pause button on serving meals … the Health Department has closed the joint. Gammeeok, a Korean restaurant at the center of a recent lawsuit, got shut down Wednesday after an inspection ….

Need help filling out your bracket? Well, you can now get a Presidential assist from Barack Obama — ’cause he just unveiled his 2023 picks … and he thinks Duke will win it all!! No. 44 — who’s been fillin’ out brackets for years, even when he was in office — posted his prediction on

Dr. Fauci helped save the day for a woman who went down during a fancy dinner in D.C. — and someone caught part of the action on camera. The nation’s most prominent doc — who was at the forefront during COVID — was one of many bigwigs at the Gridiron Dinner Saturday … a black-tie

Play video content TMZ.com Flying cars could be soarin’ into the market much sooner than we thought … according to one Aerospace CEO who’s working hard to make this sci-fi dream a reality. Doron Merdinger, CEO of Doroni Aerospace Inc., joined us Tuesday on “TMZ Live” — filling us in on how his company’s new

A New Hampshire state legislator is facing criminal charges after he lost his s*** and assaulted a snowplow driver for not doing his job … or at least that’s what he claimed. Jeffrey Greeson (R-Wentworth) was busted Friday by NH State Police and charged with disorderly conduct, criminal trespassing and simple assault. He posed for

President Biden did away with Donald Trump‘s plans for a new look for Air Force One, and instead stuck with the classic aesthetic … albeit, with a little shade — a lighter one, that is. The Air Force announced a new paint design that’ll be applied to POTUS’ main ride in the sky, and they

Taylor Swift fans won’t just get to see their fave artist perform in Arizona, they’ll be doing it in a city named after her ’cause the city of Glendale is temporarily changing its name to honor the start of her tour. Glendale’s Mayor, Jerry Weiers, is reportedly set to announce the new name Monday as

Play video content TMZ.com TikTok users worried the U.S. government is gearing up to ban the platform might have good reason to feel that way … according to the U.S. Senator spearheading those efforts. We got Sen. Mark Warner Thursday as he was leaving FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., and asked what if any advice

UPDATE 11:04 AM PT — Mitch McConnell‘s spokesperson David Popp told CNBC he is being treated for a concussion and will remain in the hospital for a few more days of observation. Mitch McConnell was hospitalized Wednesday night, this after he took a spill at a Washington D.C. hotel. The Senate Minority leader was having

The Justice Department has released its findings related to the death of Breonna Taylor … saying the Louisville PD has a pattern of civil rights abuses in the years leading up to her death. The results of the department’s federal investigation were released Wednesday — saying the  Louisville Metro Police Department has a history of

Play video content TMZ.com Erin Brockovich — the famous paralegal turned activist who helped a massive PG&E scandal in the ’90s — has seen the aftermath in East Palestine … and according to her, it’s grim. We got Erin at LAX Friday, where she’d just arrived from a visit in Ohio … meeting and helping

Remember that whiteboard President Barack Obama used to fill out his 2013 NCAA Tournament bracket? Well, now it could all be yours … if you’ve got some DEEP pockets. TMZ Sports has learned … the piece of equipment #44 famously wrote on to give his predictions for the tourney a decade ago is hitting Heritage

Donald Trump still doesn’t have quite the right insult to hurl at his political foe Ron DeSantis — but according to a new report, he’s got a bright idea … one that’s members only. Bloomberg put out a story detailing what they say is going on behind the scenes at Mar-a-Lago lately — especially in

Steven Spielberg says the U.S. government is hiding info about UFOs from you and everyone else in the country. The ‘E.T.’ director was blunt on ‘The Late Show’ with Stephen Colbert … “I think the secrecy that is shrouding all of these sightings and the lack of transparency until the Freedom of Information Act compels

President Biden‘s fully recovered from a brush with cancer he had last month … according to doctors who are giving him the all-clear. The White House announced Friday a lesion was found on Biden’s chest last month during his annual physical, and after a biopsy, doctors determined it was malignant. White House Dr. Kevin O’Connor

Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio are urging President Joe Biden to pull the plug on the vaccine mandate for international travelers … hoping it’ll pave the way for Novak Djokovic to play in the big Miami Open tennis tournament later this month. The politicians spelled out their wishes in a letter — which they

A grocery store owned by Lionel Messi‘s in-laws was shot up by two men who fired at least a dozen shots into the shop in Argentina, before sending an ominous threat to the soccer legend … “Messi, we’re waiting for you.” The Unico supermarket is located in Rosario, Argentina — about 200 miles from the

Play video content TMZ.com A newly-elected Congressman went viral for a full-blown presentation he gave on the House floor, praising Beyoncé — and we got to the bottom of what was behind it all. Our photog ran into Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) on Capitol Hill Wednesday … this after his impassioned speech just hours earlier,