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President Trump and Natalie Harp are getting awfully cozy at the White House ... at least when it comes to office space, with the president's loyal aide reportedly moving into his private quarters.

According to The New York Times, the 35-year-old has ditched her desk outside the Oval Office for a spot inside Trump's private dining room ... where the POTUS watches TV, makes phone calls, and handles business away from prying eyes.

And Harp should feel right at home ... the room is reportedly overflowing with printed news articles and documents, which happens to be her specialty.

Kim Kardashian revealed a scary medical issue she went through ... explaining she had "irregularities" surgically removed from her throat ... and it's the same symptom her late dad Robert Kardashian experienced.

Kim documented it all for "The Kardashians" ... she mentioned that she had been feeling a "little off lately" and that her throat was "killing me" ... so she sought medical treatment from a doctor.

The physician -- who advised her to take medication and undergo a procedure to learn more -- told her ... "I think you have a little bit of inflammation of the esophagus, and I think you have esophagitis."

Noting that her own father died from esophageal cancer in 2003 ... Kim admitted her diagnosis "really hits home for me."

Tyler Perry is fighting his sexual assault accuser, Mario Rodriguez, in court over his private texts ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Tyler says he turned over private texts with associates to Mario as part of their legal battle. The director said he wanted those messages to remain confidential, like they previously agreed.

He said the messages should be private because some of the convos talk about financial matters.

Tyler says he and the associates he was texting believed their conversations were private … and Mario has no right to release them. He says his associates have nothing to do with the case at hand and disclosure of their texts would cause unnecessary annoyance and embarrassment.

Nicki Minaj is taking her beef with Democrats to a whole new level ... absolutely unloading on New York Governor Kathy Hochul ... calling her an "evil woman" as the state's race for governor heats up.

The rapper went scorched earth on Hochul in a series of posts on X Wednesday ... declaring the Democratic Party should essentially give up on the governor ahead of Tuesday's election.

"Kathy Hochul is an evil woman," Nicki wrote ... warning that even if Hochul wins reelection, she'll be trouble for her own party.

And Nicki didn't stop there ... adding, "She will not escape God's wrath. She did not denounce evil when she had the chance."

Two Colorado college students were found dead on Wednesday ... days after they went for a hike and never returned to campus.

The Chaffee County Sheriff's Office announced the deaths of Kaden Matsuda and Jackson Donlon, who both attended Colorado Mountain College Leadville.

According to the sheriff, Matsuda and Donlon were found in a basin of West Apostle Mountain in Chaffee County. Foul play is not suspected, and the law enforcement agency wouldn't speculate on what happened to the pair while the investigation is ongoing.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy won the World Series, but his mind was on the New York Yankees just moments after the final out ... when he took a shot at the Bronx Bombers.

Win a title, talk smack -- you earned it!

Milwaukee beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 to wrap up the Fall Classic in 5 games at Tropicana Field -- their first World Series championship in franchise history.

As the players and coaches were celebrating, first baseman Jake Bauers walked over and handed Murph the last out ball. The 67-year-old skipper wrapped JB up in a big hug and gave him some advice.

A father of two in Florida died after he swam out to help a seagull he hooked while fishing ... and ended up drowning.

William "Stone" Romberg -- a hospitality manager -- died while fishing down in Panama City Beach on Sunday ... according to a GoFundMe set up for his family.

His friend, Heidi Fortner, says Romberg was fishing at an inlet when his cast caught a seagull. Concerned for the bird, she says he jumped into the water to untangle the animal.

Talk about a nightmare neighbor ... residents of an apartment building in China got the scare of a lifetime when a massive, nearly 18-pound king cobra came slithering right past their windows ... and it's all on video.

The terrifying encounter went down Sunday afternoon in Liupanshui, a city in southwestern China ... where the enormous snake was caught on video crawling along the metal railings outside the building.

The venomous reptile was seen making its way along the exterior of the building, getting dangerously close to people's windows -- that's one visitor you definitely don't want dropping by unannounced.

Cheek of the Week this week is brought you up by a rapper whose buns even caught the attention of the President! Can you guess whose buns are staring at you in the face?!

Mary J. Blige went scorched earth on a fan booing during her Las Vegas Residency, calling the person an "idiot" before asking for their polite removal from the theater -- and it was all caught on video!

TMZ obtained the insane footage of the iconic singer going off on the fan during her Wednesday night concert at MGM Resorts' Dolby Live Theater -- and it was totally eye-popping!

According to an eyewitness ... Mary was at the halfway mark of her 2-hour show, standing center stage at a microphone in between songs when someone in the crowd started booing.

Russell Brand has admitted to being a womanizer in the past ... but his wife says the man she married is caring, kind and an "amazing" husband.

Laura Brand took the stand Thursday in her husband's rape trial at London's Southwark Crown Court ... giving jurors a glowing review of the embattled comedian.

She described Russell as "caring and kind," a wonderful father and an "amazing, attentive husband" ... adding he has an "eye for detail I have never known before."

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Chrisean Rock isn't sweating her breakup with Blueface ... instead, she's sweating it out in the ring as she gears up for a celebrity boxing match.

TMZ caught up with "Holy Hands" Chrisean as she was prepping for her big fight next month against Morgan Victory ... and we asked her about her recent split, which came on the heels of a whirlwind engagement.

Chrisean says she's unbothered by her ex-fiancé and could take or leave his support -- she says she's focusing on faith right now ... and her fight.

A 72-year-old great-grandmother of 8 has revealed the "great retirement" plan she cooked up with her husband ... filming adult content.

DD White says what started off as making content for fun with her husband has turned into the ultimate post-career hustle ... and she has now launched her own OnlyFans.

Apparently, DD and her Italian husband -- whom she met in a spicy meet-cute at Ladies Night on the floor of a disco -- were swingers early in their now 40-year marriage.

Crystal Hefner and Jon Lovitz are locked in a tense back-and-forth over his time at the Playboy Mansion ... with Crystal calling his behavior "misogynistic" after Jon shrugged off her earlier criticism and defended her late husband, Hugh Hefner.

Crystal told Page Six ... "I think Jon Lovitz is part of the problem. I think many men who came up to that mansion [and] were very sexist and misogynistic are all part of that problem."

She added ... "Jon Lovitz had mentioned to me that Hef had bought something for me or paid for something and that I have no reason to speak because of that. I think his thinking is very outdated. That's really sad that, just because someone buys you something, it guarantees silence."

Crystal called Jon "one of the biggest pervs" in Hollywood and the Playboy Mansion's "No. 1 customer" on the "Lisa Guerrero Unleashed" podcast Tuesday.

Millie Bobby Brown just shared the tiniest glimpse of her infant son in her latest photo dump that's all about fall ... and it seems the little one is all set for Halloween!

In the photos ... Millie's second child can be seen wearing orange and black jack-o'-latern socks ... and the mom-of-two also shared a snap of a table setting that read "Mommy."

Millie captioned the photo set ... "Fallen so madly for fall."