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Talk about a bad week -- President Trump's unsuccessful nominee for U.S. Attorney for D.C., Ed Martin, was spat on during a live interview on the street in New York City, shocking video shows.

Check out the wild clip ... Ed is in the middle of discussing his failed top D.C. prosecutor nomination Thursday, when an angry lady suddenly stomps up to him, angrily waving her finger.

She accosts him, swearing at him when she recognizes him -- and then hawks up a spitball and fires it right on him.

Robert Prevost is just like the rest of us -- he played Wordle with his brother and watched the movie "Conclave" before becoming the first American to be voted leader of the Catholic Church and taking the name Leo XIV.

Pope Leo's brother John Prevost spoke about the "surreal" moment with NBC Chicago, noting his brother playing the popular New York Times game as well as Words with Friends with him served as "something to keep his mind off of life in the real world."

John made sure to keep things light-hearted with his brother before he entered the papal conclave, joking with him to remember his red socks and asking if he watched "Conclave" so he would "know how to behave." To his amusement, Pope Leo replied he had indeed studied up by watching the 2024 film.

President Trump is going back to the Fox News well for another important position in the federal government ... naming host Jeanine Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.

POTUS just shared his intentions in a post on Truth Social. She is replacing Ed Martin, who Trump says is moving over to the Justice Department.

Pirro hosts on Fox News and she's also been a county judge in New York and a district attorney there, too.

The world just got the first look at the new Holy Father, and he's making history in another way as well ... because the leader of the Catholic Church is the first American to become the Pontiff.

Robert Prevost walked out onto the Basilica balcony in St. Peter's Square overlooking thousands of congregants in the Vatican City and announced his official papal name Thursday evening.

Prevost, a Chicago native who's now a Peruvian citizen, declared he would take the name Leo XIV.

A janitor in Russia was swept off his feet by a speeding car ... 'cause he got flipped while jaywalking across a wide avenue -- smashing in the windshield in a dramatic video.

The clip comes from Sayansk -- a small town in the Irkutsk Oblast region of Russia -- Tuesday, when a man briskly walked across the busy road, right in front of oncoming traffic.

Check out the clip ... the man is crossing the wide street on foot -- and, while the first car stops for him, the second driver doesn't appear to see him until it's too late.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might need to brush up on his medical books ... because his recent comment that the MMR vaccine contains "a lot of aborted fetus debris and DNA particles" is wildly inaccurate, according to family medicine physician Dr. Mike Varshavski, affectionaly known by his more than 4 million Instagram and 13 million YouTube followers as Dr. Mike.

TMZ caught up with Dr. Mike following the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services leader's head-turning NewsNation interview last week ... during which he claimed the combined Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine contains "fetal debris" from abortions.

While Dr. Mike notes there were fetal cells used to create the original vaccine several decades ago ... he says RFK Jr.'s comment was misleading, even accusing him of "fear mongering" and being all-around "reckless."

Three ex-Memphis cops are walking free, for now, in the Tyre Nichols fatal beating case --  they've all been acquitted of second-degree murder in their state trial.

The jury returned not guilty verdicts Wednesday for all 3 defendants -- Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith -- on all charges. The former cops were facing 7 charges, including second-degree murder, aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping.

The jury deliberated for less than 9 hours before reaching the verdicts.

Elaina St. James may be a cougar ... but she's also an OnlyFans model who just achieved a historic landmark in the sex-toy game -- and Lamar Odom may want to add her new product to his expanding collection.

The 57-year-old St. James -- who also goes by "America's Favorite Cougar" -- has scored one heck of an achievement ... she's become the oldest model ever to collaborate with Fleshlight!

As you know -- or maybe you don't -- Fleshlight is a popular sex toy brand that creates artificial vaginas and other imitation sex devices -- including oral and anal. St. James has just inspired the company to make a replica of her lady bits --- and we even got her to pose with the private part made out of a secret material.

A road rage incident in Oregon left a motorcyclist in critical condition after a minivan driver dramatically swerved across lanes to violently sideswipe him ... and, the alleged driver is now facing multiple charges.

Dash cam video of the Monday incident in Beaverton is going viral online ... showing a guy on a motorcycle seemingly flipping off the driver of a Kia Carnival and yelling as the two barrel down the highway.

All of a sudden, the Kia swerves hard and smashes into the motorcycle ... knocking the rider off the bike, sliding across lanes onto the shoulder at high speed.

A woman was killed in Greece over the weekend after a bomb she was allegedly carrying through the streets exploded.

According to reports ... a 38-year-old unidentified woman was carrying around a live bomb in northern Greece when the bomb detonated in her hands, killing her around 5 AM on Saturday.

In photos from the scene, you can see the destruction left behind from the explosion. Complete storefronts and cars are totaled from the blast.

Russell Brand was in a London courtroom Friday to face multiple rape charges -- and, after a short back and forth with the judge, he walked out of the building a free man ... for now.

The actor's 14-minute court appearance this morning was as simple as answering a bunch of procedural questions from Judge Paul Goldspring, according to the New York Times.

Brand reportedly confirmed his name, date of birth and address in Great Britain, before Goldspring granted him bail. The NYT said Russell thanked the judge and strolled out of the courtroom without showing any "visible emotion."

2:25 PM PT -- Prospect Park Police tell TMZ the poo-petrating suspect has been identified as 44-year-old Christina Solometo ... and she's now facing charges of indecent exposure, disorderly conduct creating a hazardous or physically offensive condition, criminal mischief - property damage, harassment, and depositing waste on the highway.

The Prospect Park police chief told us they've spoken to Solometo on the phone and in person, and she's fully cooperated ... she hasn't been taken into custody yet, but she'll be turning herself in to be booked in the near future.

Talk about a holy s*** moment! Sneak a peek at this video ... which shows a woman literally taking a dump on the hood of a car in Pennsylvania.

Here's the poop ... oops, we mean scoop! PA police are investigating a road rage incident that quickly turned crappy when the woman jumped out of her vehicle and sprayed the other car with her fecal matter. What's worse, it was all caught on video!

The disturbing clip shows the aggressor -- dubbed on social media as the "Delco Pooper" -- walking from her black car over to a silver sedan, squatting, and proudly defecating on the hood of the car.

She seems to be giddy as she walks away, leaving behind a splatter of what looks more like diarrhea. Nothing like a good road rage incident to anger the bowels.

Two women who authorities believe were in the country illegally got emotional as they were escorted in handcuffs to their removal flight ... and only TMZ has video.

Footage from LAX on Tuesday shows two women being escorted to a flight to remove them from the country ... and the video picks up with them cuffed and shackled in the back of a van.

The women appear hesitant to get out of the van ... and after some discussion, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents are able to get the women out to the curb.

Virginia Giuffre’s family found a raw, handwritten note she penned before taking her own life -- and now they’re sharing it with the world.

In a Facebook post, Virginia’s sister-in-law Amanda Roberts said the family wanted to release a quote from a journal Virginia had written, which was found at her Aussie farmhouse ... where she died by suicide Friday. The quote is a powerful message of solidarity with fellow survivors of sexual abuse.

The message reads, "Mothers, Fathers, Sisters + Brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn, and we stand together to fight for the future of victims  - Is protesting the answer - I don't know but we've got to start somewhere."

4/30 10:47 AM PT -- Jeff Sperbeck passed away at 1:10 AM on Wednesday, officials tell TMZ Sports.

4/29 5:40 PM PT -- We've now confirmed Elway was indeed behind the wheel of the golf cart.

NFL legend John Elway was right in the middle of the golf cart accident that left his longtime friend on life support, and he might have been driving ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Law enforcement and other sources tell us Elway was on the golf cart Saturday evening in La Quinta, California when Jeff Sperbeck -- John's business partner and former agent -- fell off the back of the moving vehicle, rolled and hit his head on asphalt ... suffering a traumatic injury.

John, Jeff and their wives had been at the Stagecoach music festival earlier in the day in nearby Indio, and were leaving a post-party when the accident happened.

New video shows the moment of impact in a fatal boat crash in Florida ... and audio reveals the distressing "mayday" calls.

Footage released Monday shows the Clearwater Ferry chugging along in the waters near the Clearwater Memorial Causeway Bridge when a recreational vessel comes racing into frame ... crashing into the ferry from behind.

The recreational boat appears to override the ferry ... almost like a monster truck driving over cars and crushing them underneath.