Politics

UPDATE 11:24 AM PT — NYC Councilmember Erik Bottcher joined us on “TMZ Live” Monday, and he tells us VERS was packed with people when the brick was thrown … which just adds more fear behind the attacker’s intentions. UPDATE Play video content TMZ.com UPDATE He sees the words and actions of political leaders playing

Play video content CNN The suspected gunman who murdered 5 people and injured dozens of others at a gay nightclub has a troubling rap sheet … which includes making a bomb threat against his own mother. Cops have identified 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich as the man in custody on suspicion of shooting up Club Q

Kim Jong Un has been shaking up the world with his terrifying antics, and he used one of those occasions to introduce the world to his adolescent daughter. The brutal North Korean dictator gave everyone an uncharacteristic first look at his cherubic-faced girl watching a ballistic missile test in a series of photos released Saturday

CBS has started what could be a devastating ripple effect on Twitter … hitting the pause button, indefinitely, on posting new tweets amid uncertainty under Elon Musk‘s stewardship. The network’s news division, CBS News, announced Friday it’d be suspending all Twitter activity from its official profiles as it continues to monitor things. CBS News says

Donald Trump is no longer persona non grata on the bird app … all thanks to Elon Musk, who just made the decision to bring him back into the fold. The announcement was made Saturday by EM himself, who wrote … “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.” He also

The Justice Department could get to the bottom of the Taylor Swift ticket fiasco … because the feds are reportedly already investigating the parent company of Ticketmaster for possible antitrust violations. The department is taking a close look at Live Nation Entertainment, according to the New York Times … trying to see if the company’s

Elon Musk seems to be leaving the fate of Donald Trump‘s Twitter account up to bird app users … asking folks to vote on his reinstatement. Elon posted a Twitter poll Friday on his account, asking users to vote either “Yes” or “No” on reinstating the former president’s Twitter page. Musk first posted the poll

Nancy Pelosi is stepping back from leading her party in the House of Representatives … she says she will NOT seek reelection to Democratic leadership in the next Congress. The Speaker of the House made the big announcement Thursday at the Capitol, in the wake of Democrats losing control of the House to Republicans in

Donald Trump has lost his secret weapon — a key political ally who some say was the only person who could reason with him — his daughter. Play video content Fox News Ivanka Trump announced Tuesday she’s not going along for the ride with DT and his 2024 bid to regain the presidency … because

Play video content TMZ.com D.L. Hughley says Donald Trump is well on his way to losing yet another election, all while destroying the Republican party in the process. We got the comedian at LAX … just a couple hours before Trump stepped up to the mics at Mar-a-Lago to announce he will, as anticipated, run

Play video content ABC Mike Pence says Donald Trump‘s characterization of him as a coward on January 6th was reckless and made him angry … and he got emotional talking about it. The former Veep talked about that dark time with ABC’s David Muir, and when Muir read back the ex-Prez’s tweet as the insurrection

Elon Musk may have just put his own foot in his mouth regarding his new baby, Twitter — because he pissed off a U.S. Senator … who has the power to investigate him, officially. The Chief Twit got into a digital squabble Sunday with Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts … this after the lawmaker sent

Tiffany Trump seems ready to say “I do” in her dad’s backyard this weekend — and the ex-Prez was on hand to see his daughter through it to the end … looking spiffy, no less. Donald‘s second youngest was in her bridal gown Saturday, with all her bridesmaids standing at the altar as the nuptials

Play video content Herschel Walker sees his race for the U.S. Senate ending like a Talladega night — and it just might — but right now it’s way too close to tell who’s first or who’s last. The ex-football great opted for a NASCAR metaphor late Tuesday night as election results were still trickling in

The tribe has spoken and past “Survivor” winner Nick Wilson is in the house … Kentucky’s House of Representatives, that is!!! The competition series champ and former public defender took the W in this week’s midterm election … becoming a Kentucky state legislator after announcing last year he would run for the seat. Nick was

Donald Trump‘s ready to give his youngest daughter away in marriage, and had his game face on to practice walking Tiffany down the aisle at Mar-a-Lago. The Trumps walked through the wedding rehearsal Friday at the former President’s West Palm Beach resort … where Tiffany’s Saturday wedding to Michael Boulos will go down. The father

Uvalde voters turning out in droves to reelect Texas Governor Greg Abbott — despite the town’s recent school massacre — is not sitting well with some of the families whose children were murdered. Play video content TMZ.com Kimberly Mata Rubio, whose 10-year-old daughter Lexi was among the 21 victims in May’s deadly school shooting, tells

A disturbing discovery at the site of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago has put construction on pause … because someone left a noose in the area. The group overseeing construction, Lakeside Alliance, says operations were halted after “an act of hate was discovered at the project site.” Chicago police are on the case …