Abdul El-Sayed has made history becoming the country's first ever Muslim senator ... after he handily defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan.
NBC News reported overnight that El-Sayed was the projected winner in the hard fought race for the Michigan senate seat, clocking in with 52.3 percent of the vote, compared to Rogers' 45.7 percent with 94.4 percent of votes counted.
In total, El-Sayed has so far raked in 2,431,112 votes to Rogers' 2,123,522 votes with the third candidate, Lydia Christensen, only getting 1 percent of the vote.
We've reported on all the drama surrounding the tightly contested race ... with Rep. Haley Stevens pulling her endorsement of El-Sayed over the weekend ... even though she's a Democrat and Rogers is a Republican.
'Real Housewives of Orange County' alum Lynne Curtin's troubled daughter Alexa Curtin is facing new legal trouble after cops say she was caught with drug paraphernalia at a fast-food restaurant ... TMZ has learned.
According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Alexa was cited on July 21 at a Jack in the Box in Fullerton, CA, around 30 miles away from where her mom lives. Cops allegedly found an opium pipe on Alexa when speaking to her.
Christa Pike has been diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer ... this revealed by court docs her attorneys filed ahead of her failed execution.
According to court docs filed in January of 2026, obtained by PEOPLE, her legal team said she suffered from thrombocytosis ... likely caused by a rare blood cancer called myeloproliferative disorder.
Her attorneys warned that these diagnoses could increase her risk of severe pulmonary edema ... potentially causing her to experience a sensation of suffocation while receiving the lethal injection.
Elizabeth Holmes' partner was feeling brave Monday night ... because he went online encouraging people to ask him anything, and they went there.
Billy Evans posted on X, "AMA" ... clarifying that any question asked "Needs to be legally permissible."
The internet jumped on the opportunity to ask Billy if he was on drugs while filming "You Can See Everything," because he sniffles quite a bit in the documentary.
Jasmine Crockett thinks Nicki Minaj has been using her massive platform for the wrong reasons ... accusing her political motives of being self-centered.
We caught up with the Congresswoman from Texas on Tuesday in New York City, where she called out the double standard of Nicki -- who's not a U.S. citizen -- acting as a MAGA megaphone while so many other immigrants are being detained by ICE under President Trump.
Check out the clip ... Jasmine is quick to slam Nicki, accusing her of only being out for herself and sowing hate and division.
American actor Barry Shabaka Henley was in his late 40s when he played Daniel -- the sensitive jazz club owner who raves about Miles Davis before being murdered -- in the 2004 thriller/action film "Collateral."
J.R. Smith got an earful about LeBron James from the cops who arrested him in Texas back in September ... and it came just moments before they slapped cuffs on him!
Turns out NOT every Texan has gotten over the Luka Dončić trade.
Royse City PD officers pulled Smith over on a Texas roadway on Sept. 28, suspecting there was a warrant out for his arrest. While they checked, they Smith step out of his vehicle ... and the chat quickly turned to ball.
Our politicians have hopped out of Washington, D.C. for Election Day ... but Charlie still managed to land an exclusive interview with a very important figure at the White House -- a bunny rabbit.
Charlie and Jacob are on the ground in D.C., where lawmakers have largely headed back to their home states for the midterms ... leaving Charlie to chase down the next best thing -- a furry little guy munching on the people's grass just outside the West Wing.
And Charlie wasn't about to let this golden opportunity hop away ... approaching the bunny for a hard-hitting interview about what to expect on Election Night.
Katie Zacharia is taking it easy on Election Day ... doing some retail therapy instead of answering questions from the White House press corps or studying for the bar exam.
Katie stepped out Tuesday in Thousand Oaks -- a neighborhood in the L.A. area -- and hit up Sephora ... the popular beauty store chain.
The former White House Press Secretary wore a black dress with white open-toed shoes on the excursion ... and she seemed busy -- talking animatedly on the phone.
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The final moments of influencer Liam Fitzgerald's life are coming into focus ... with dispatch audio revealing the chilling scene first responders were called to after his fatal motorcycle crash.
TMZ has obtained audio from the October 30 incident ... in which a dispatcher relays a caller's report of a man lying motionless on the ground, apparently unconscious but still breathing.
"The patient's not moving at all," the dispatcher says ... as emergency crews are directed to an area between Flamingo Road and Red Road in Florida.
