Politics

The scheduled headliner for a drag show on a U.S. Air Force base is ripping President Biden‘s administration for scrapping this year’s event, saying it doesn’t line up with the White House’s supposed support for the LGBTQ+ community. Play video content TMZ.com “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Coco Montrese joined us Thursday on “TMZ Live” to

Play video content President Joe Biden knows a thing or two about picking yourself up and trying again … and he proved it again Thursday during a commencement address to Air Force grads. Biden was the featured speaker at the 2023 U.S. Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado … handing out diplomas. At the end

The Pentagon has reportedly nixed a drag show scheduled for the beginning of Pride Month — after it had already been approved by the chain of command. According to CNN, the performance — set for Thursday — was canceled at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and it was supposed to highlight the significance of

Uncle Sam isn’t liking Uganda’s new harsh anti-gay law — which criminalizes “aggravated homosexuality” — and we might just do something about it as a nation to condemn it. President Biden’s Sec. of State, Anthony Blinken, spoke out against the African nation’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, which just got signed into law, and he says the U.S.

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