Lindsey Graham is no Jack Osbourne when it comes to the intersection of celebrity and politics, telling TMZ DC ... celebs should absolutely use their platforms to get involved, even if they're gonna be "obnoxious" about it.
Charliegot the Senator from South Carolina on Capitol Hill and asked him about a comment Jack made to us last week ... namely, that celebrities should "shut the f*** up" when it comes to politics.
Ding, ding ... Capitol Hill school's in session, and Senator Cory Booker's got a front row seat for the TMZ DC gang learning an important lesson ... one that totally interrupted our convo with him!
Check it out, our guy Jacobbumped into the senator and things got off to a great start ... he yelled out to "Senator Booker," who quickly corrected Jacob and said, "Cory's fine."
CB immediately rolled out the welcome mat, telling us ... he looks forward to TMZ DC being in town, because, in his eyes, more accountability in politics is a good thing.
You won't catch Linda Perry sharpening her pitchfork over Nicki Minaj's support of Donald Trump ... she's just chalking it up to a "lapse of judgment."
In an interview with Billboard's "Pop Shop Podcast" last week ... the 4 Non Blondes singer said she thinks NM must be in a bit of a pickle if she's going full MAGA.
Linda told Billboard ... "In Nicki’s case, it seems that she wanted something from the office and was trying to maybe help herself, a friend, a boyfriend — whatever — and was promised something and felt that it was worth the risk to take."
Spencer Pratt is already making contingency plans for life outside Los Angeles ... and it all depends on how he performs in the mayor’s race.
The 'Hills' alum says he’s now weighing a full exit from Los Angeles if he fails to advance past either the June 2 primary or the Nov. 3 election to become mayor for the city of stars.
Speaking with comedian Adam Carolla, Pratt says plainly ... "If Karen Bass gets reelected or Nithyagets elected, I will be done with trying to live in LA."
Kai Trump’s officially tossed the cap in the air -- and the Trump fam rolled deep to celebrate the big graduation milestone!
Check out our gallery and the clip ... Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump stepped out Friday night for a cozy family dinner honoring their daughter Kai after she graduated from The Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Fresh off turning 19 just days earlier, Kai looked all grown up while celebrating with family and close friends -- including Tiffany Trump, Michael Boulos, and Bettina Anderson.
"Saturday Night Live" wasted no time diving into controversy during its Season 51 finale, opening the show with a brutally dark sketch featuring Will Ferrell as the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein haunting Donald Trump inside the Oval Office.
The cold open began with cast member James Austin Johnson portraying President Trump, who drifted off to sleep behind the Resolute Desk before being startled by the arrival of Ferrell’s chained-up Epstein apparition.
Ferrell’s version of the disgraced financier jokingly announced he had returned to visit his "best friend," while Johnson’s Trump reacted with excitement before complaining about sinking approval numbers.
Swirled inside this snazzy snap is a reality TV star from Los Angeles, California who is running for mayor. Can you guess who he is?
He's speaking up for those affected by the January 2025 L.A. Wildfires ... and when he's not spilling the tea on his podcast, he's a doting father to his kiddos.
President Donald Trump says the United States has struck a major blow against ISIS ... taking out the terrorist org.'s second-in-command -- and it appears it was caught on video.
POTUS took to Truth Social to announce the sucessful mission ... revealing U.S. forces have killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki -- who he says was the second-highest ranking member of ISIS in the world.
Trump says sources tipped off the States to his location ... which allowed them to blow him off the face of the earth. He will "no longer terrorize the people of Africa" and, without him, the prez promises "ISIS's global operation is greatly diminished."
Brandi Glanville thinks Spencer Pratt's got a serious chance to win the L.A. mayoral race ... even if she's not quite ready to throw her support behind him.
The 'Real Housewives' alum veered into politics on her "Brandi Glanville Unfiltered" podcast with co-host James Maas ... mentioning her fellow reality star's run to take over the highest seat in Los Angeles.
Glanville says she's not sure who she's voting for -- she doesn't like incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, but it seems she doesn't usually vote Republican -- regardless, she says Spencer's got a good chance. Nithya Raman was entirely snubbed going without a mention from Brandi.
President Trump appears to be rubbing off on his son, Eric, who is now gearing up to sue MS Now and their popular host, Jen Psaki, over their recent coverage of him in China.
As everyone knows, Donald is usually the one in the Trump family to slap his rivals with lawsuits, but not this time.
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On Friday, Eric posted a message on X, saying Psaki aired a FALSE report on MS Now about him sitting on the board of a company, ALT5, which is purportedly trying to do business with China. The report implied that Eric is using his dad's powerful position as commander-in-chief to make money in China off his business ventures.
Call it a sting operation ... because a massive swarm of bees descended on the White House grounds Friday.
Thousands of bees reportedly swarmed the White House Press Corps' "Pebble Beach" media area after setting up a hive in a nearby tree ... creating a massive buzzing cloud over the North Lawn.
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The swarming bee tornado also took over part of the North Lawn driveway ... sending reporters and staffers scrambling while clouds of bees buzzed through the air just steps from the West Wing.
Congressman Jonathan Jacksonsays college athletes shouldn't just dominate on Saturdays and Sundays ... they should use their transfer power to fight for civil rights, too.
Jacobcaught up with the Rep. from Illinois Friday on Capitol Hill ... where Jackson unloaded on states he believes are rolling back voting rights protections -- and argued athletes should respond by bolting for schools elsewhere.
Watch the video ... Jackson specifically called out Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama ... saying if state lawmakers are "going to take African-Americans' voting rights and their representation away," athletes should use freedom of choice and hit the transfer portal.
MAGA influencer Melissa Rein Lively and her banker boyfriend are facing criminal charges overseas ... after authorities say they were involved in an allegedly racist confrontation inside a London subway station.
Lively -- who runs the "anti-woke" firm America First PR and once claimed she was close to becoming President Donald Trump's press secretary -- was charged with assault Friday following the October incident ... while her boyfriend, Philipp Ostermann, was hit with two racially aggravated public order charges and an additional public order offense.
Cops say the whole thing went down when the couple allegedly collided with a stroller being pushed by a woman entering the station with her family and two young children.
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Pramila Jayapalsays Iran belongs at the World Cup right alongside everybody else ... no matter how heated world politics get.
Check it out ... the Washington congresswoman -- whose district includes Seattle, one of the host cities for the tournament coming up in June -- told TMZ on Friday morning she doesn't think Iran should be excluded from the global competition despite ongoing international tensions.
"I think that it is important that we continue to have countries participating from all over the world," Jayapal said when Jacob asked if Iran should still participate. "These are soccer players from Iran ... they're important participants in FIFA."
So much for toning down the rhetoric after last month's assassination attempt ... messages are pouring into congressional offices with cries to kill all the Jews.
TMZ has obtained several voicemails from people who called Congressman Jared Moskowitz's Washington, D.C. office ... all diatribes on Jews, Israel and how both should be exterminated. We're told this is a "small sampling" of voicemails with the same message and tone.
President Donald Trump made at least $220 million in financial transactions in the first three months of the year ... including purchases in huge tech and media companies.
In the media world, Trump bought at least $1.08 million in securities in Comcast, $571K in Netflix, $364K in Disney, $45K in Fox Corp., $30K in Warner Bros. Discovery, and $15K in Paramount Skydance ... according to two new financial disclosure forms released Thursday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
He also sold securities in some of those same media groups ... including $1.3 million in Netflix, $1.1 million in Disney, and $30K in Fox Corp.
