Politics

Adam Sandler is the latest to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor — which got just about every comedian to D.C., including Chris Rock, who dropped some new, timely Donald Trump material. Sandler was on hand Sunday to get the prestigious award at the Kennedy Center … with a packed house of celebs

Play video content TMZ.com A 6-month TMZ investigation raises serious questions … was there a 5th plane targeted by hijackers on 9/11? The flight attendants and pilot aboard United Flight 23 believe they were indeed targeted, and they make their case tonight on FOX at 9 PM. United 23, a 767 aircraft, was scheduled to

Joe Exotic is getting dragged for his recent presidential run announcement, but it ain’t by Carole Baskin — instead, it’s by the party he says he’s running with. Angela McArdle, chair and spokesperson for the Libertarian Party, tells TMZ … “We stand for personal and economic freedom, we are not a landing pad for former

San Francisco is one of the few cities that appears to be seriously considering reparations for its Black residents — and there are some hard figures on the table … from $1 to millions. SF’s Board of Supervisors — consisting of 11 members — heard a proposal this past week that was put forth by

Donald Trump‘s luck in sidestepping criminal charges over the years might be running out … and the former President himself admits it Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, Saturday morning to make the stunning announcement that he expects to be arrested next week. He also ordered his minions to protest his likely

Play video content TMZ.com A United 767 scheduled to take off from JFK Airport on September 11, 2001, could have been the 5th plane targeted by hijackers … this according to the flight attendants and the pilot on that plane. TMZ will present the story of United 23 Monday on FOX at 9 PM ET.

Play video content An Oklahoma City police captain put on a show after he was busted for allegedly driving drunk … and it was all caught on body cam video — which he desperately tried to suppress. Check out the footage, released Thursday by Oklahoma City PD, showing Capt. James French getting pulled over at

Welp, Joe Biden isn’t winning the White House’s March Madness pool … ’cause the president’s pick for NCAA champion — two-seed University of Arizona — just lost to 15-seed Princeton in the most shocking upset of the young tourney! The Ivy League team was near 15-point underdogs against Arizona … but as the saying goes,

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 ….

Play video content Dramatic new video was released Thursday showing a Russian fighter jet downing an American surveillance drone over the Black Sea … and it destroys Russia’s claim they didn’t do it. Check out the footage, which was declassified by U.S. European Command, showing the back propeller of the MQ-9 Reaper drone encountering the

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

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