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Oz the Mentalist had a hunch White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt would name her child Viviana ... and he was very close to being right!!!

Karoline announced Thursday she'd given birth to a girl named Viviana ... but it looks like Oz predicted as much last month at the doomed White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Footage from just before the shooting shows Oz entertaining President Donald Trump, Melania and Karoline ... and he shows Karoline a piece of paper with what looks like "Viviane" scribbled on the page. He spoke to Jonathan Karl after the event and said he predicted "Viviane."

The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius is causing serious panic worldwide ... and now video has emerged showing the ship captain announcing the first death onboard.

Travel content creator Ruhi Çenet had been on the ship before debarking after the first death, on April 11 ... he later hopped on IG to share video of the captain addressing passengers in a communal area, revealing one guest had died the night before.

The captain also said the ship doctor believed the illness wasn’t infectious ... but just one day later, the dead passenger’s wife also died -- and Ruhi says things only got worse after he left, with the ship's only doctor fighting for his life. So far, there are three reported deaths.

Karoline Leavitt has added another member to her growing family ... and it's a baby girl!!!

The 28-year-old White House press secretary -- one of the most visible faces in President Donald Trump's administration -- just announced on Instagram that she welcomed her second child, Viviana, AKA “Vivi,” with husband Nicholas Riccio.

Leavitt was showered with pink gifts and well-wishes in March at a lavish baby sprinkle held at Trump's golf club in northern Virginia ... where nearly 50 White House staffers and Trump-world insiders celebrated the incoming arrival.

President Donald Trump's latest Truth Social post looks like political fan fiction on steroids ... turning the Biden White House into an A.I.-generated circus.

Take a look ... the caricature Trump posted Thursday morning shows a pajama-wearing Joe Biden passed out in the Oval Office while Barack Obama wheels in a box labeled “AUTOPEN” and Hillary Clinton lurks nearby, overseeing the chaos. Meanwhile, it appears Hunter Biden is sprawled across the Resolute Desk ... snorting what looks like cocaine next to a giant melting tub of ice cream.

Trump captioned the image, “A highly accurate depiction of the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration. Tremendous damage done but, WE’RE BACK!!! President DJT” ... once again pushing claims that Biden’s team relied on autopen signatures and allegedly hid his cognitive decline while others pulled the strings behind the scenes.

Rudy Giuliani's health is on the mend, as the former mayor of NYC and President Donald Trump's personal attorney is out of the ICU ... but will remain in the hospital.

Ted Goodman, a rep for Rudy, said via X ... the former Trump adviser will remain in the hospital for some time as he continues to recover, adding ... "He's winning this fight." Goodman asked for continued prayers.

It's still not clear exactly why the 81-year-old was in the hospital ... but for a moment, it sure sounded like the prognosis was bleak.

The unidentified man suing female JPMorgan Chase exec Lorna Hajdini for sexual harassment is pleading for his name not to be revealed … TMZ has learned.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, John Doe asked the court to keep his name a secret and not force him to name himself.

Doe said he has seen multiple medical professionals since leaving his job at the bank. He said he was diagnosed with PTSD due to suffering recurrent nightmares, intrusive flashbacks and the inability to eat or exercise.

Dr. Oz had a front row seat as federal agents from the DEA and LAPD officers busted a bunch of alleged drug dealers in an "open-air drug market" in Los Angeles.

Oz, President Trump's Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, cheered on as agents rounded up over 25 suspected drug dealers.

The massive bust went down Wednesday in L.A.'s MacArthur Park neighborhood.

The race for the next mayor of Los Angeles is heating up ... with the top three candidates, including reality TV star Spencer Pratt, taking the debate stage ... and Spencer didn't hold back.

Pratt just went hard on L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman and incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in a debate at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles ... ripping them and their performance.

Bass is nearing the end of her first term as mayor of the city, after being elected in November 2022 ... she beat out real estate developer Rick Caruso back then, following her time serving in Congress and the California State Assembly.

It looks like Jeffrey Epstein may have left a suicide note inside the New York jail where he died.

A federal judge released the alleged suicide note Wednesday ... it had been sealed as part of a criminal case involving Epstein's former cellmate.

The note says ... "They investigated me for months -- FOUND NOTHING!!!"

A man secretly recorded a woman performing an intimate solo sex act on camera and then sent the video to her daughter ... at least according to a new lawsuit.

A California woman named Crystal Merrill is suing a Nevada man named Frank Harris, claiming they were having cybersex over Facebook Messenger in 2022 when he secretly recorded her without her knowledge or consent.

Crystal claims Frank ultimately sent the intimate visuals to her daughter via text message and email in 2023 ... and she says he then contacted her and threatened to upload the footage to Instagram, Pornhub, Facebook and TikTok.

Ashlee Jenae's fiancé Joe McCann has experienced racism and received online threats after her tragic death ... TMZ has learned.

Sources close to Joe tell us ... ever since Ashlee died while on a trip to Tanzania in March, Joe and his family have received an overwhelming number of death threats and messages of hate.

We're told this situation is particularly hard on Joe ... because the insinuation that he had anything to do with her death hurts him deeply.

A deadly virus outbreak aboard a cruise ship may have spread far beyond the vessel itself ... because nearly two dozen passengers reportedly wandered across the globe before health officials finally tracked them down.

According to reporting from Spanish newspaper El País, 23 passengers aboard the MV Hondius got off the ship during a stop on the remote Atlantic island of Saint Helena in April -- despite the fact people onboard had already gotten sick and at least one passenger had died.

A Spanish passenger still aboard the ship told the outlet the travelers had no clue they may have been exposed to hantavirus -- a potentially deadly disease with a mortality rate WHO reports could be as high as 40% -- when they disembarked and headed home.

Authorities carried out a search warrant Wednesday at a California property linked to Paul Flores, who was convicted in the 1996 killing of 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart.

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement the search took place in the Central Coast city of Arroyo Grande, at Paul Flores' mother Susan's property. Smart's body has never been found.

In the statement, the sheriff’s office emphasized its continued commitment to finding Smart’s remains and returning her to her family ... adding that no further details are being released at this time.

A teacher at a Christian school in Florida has been charged with battery after an alleged incident that sounds like something out of “Matilda.”

Cops say Michael Alvarez put green painter’s tape on a student’s mouth because he allegedly laughed while another student read scripture in class on Monday ... this according to an arrest affidavit obtained by CBS News Miami.

The report says this went down at the First United Methodist Christian School in Homestead, just south of Miami ... where the alleged victim says he was singled out for causing commotion.

The murder-suicide of the famed restaurateur Texas couple -- which also left their two young children dead -- has the former chef at their Houston restaurant reeling ... and looking back to see if he missed any clues to the impending catastrophe.

If you don't know ... the bodies of 52-year-old Matthew Mitchell, his wife, 39-year-old Thy Mitchell, their 8-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son were discovered shot to death in their upscale Houston home Monday. Police say Matthew killed his family before taking his own life.

Their popular establishment, Traveler's Table, was featured on the show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" hosted by Emmy winner Guy Fieri ... with their former head chef, Stanton Bundy, who tells TMZ ... he's questioning everything in the aftermath of the tragedy -- including his faith.

Luigi Mangione turned 28 Wednesday inside a federal lockup as he awaits 2 murder trials ... but he has a lot to celebrate ... at least when it comes to his legal defense fund!

The alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson received a $28,038 donation today from a man named Carl ... putting Luigi at a whopping $1.5 million in overall contributions to his fund.

Carl mentioned in his post about the donation that he also directed funds to "victims in comparable situations." He added it's unfortunate that private support is needed in Luigi's case due to the pile of charges against him.