Rep. Ilhan Omar is going nuclear over Vice PresidentJ.D. Vance's declaration she's under investigation for alleged immigration fraud, telling TMZ DC ... the probe is nothing more than a racist, creepy, and weird conspiracy theory.
Jacobgot the Congresswoman from Minnesota leaving her office on Capitol Hill, and asked her about the Veep breathing new life into claims she married her own brother to get U.S. citizenship.
California Governor Gavin Newsomis frustrated and surprised over how wildfire rebuilding efforts have played out in Los Angeles ... especially after a recovery proposal pushed by Harveystalled at the City level.
Jacobasked Newsom Wednesday in D.C. about his post-fire conversations with Harvey regarding local architect Dan Brunn's ambitious desire to rebuild Altadena and the Palisades ... a proposal Newsom eagerly supported after the devastating 2025 wildfires.
Newsom tells us he personally followed up with Brunn on the proposal -- and had his team do the same. BTW, Brunn and 100 other architects were doing it for free.
President Donald Trump says he'd likeSpencer Pratt to succeed in his Los Angeles mayoral bid ... because he's heard the candidate is a Trump loyalist, through and through.
POTUS was asked about Pratt -- a fellow reality star running for office just like DJT himself back in 2015 -- at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday morning ... and he says he'd like to see SP do well, since he's heard Pratt's a MAGA supporter.
Trump notes he doesn't know the reality star personally ... but as long as Pratt's rocking with him, he's rocking with Pratt.
Spencer did not exactly embrace the support in a heavily Democratic city, telling TMZ, "Everybody wants me to succeed because L.A. is the most important city in the country," adding, "The only support I need is from moms that wanna feel safe in Los Angeles. I'm laser focused on that."
Donald Trump has become a calm man, a chill dude ... just ask Jeff Bezos.
Forget the late-night Truth Social rages, forget excoriating reporters by calling them "piggy" and "stupid," forget his relentless revenge tour, 2.0 Trump, according to Bezos, is kumbaya.
The Amazon king appeared on CNBC Wednesday and had high praise for Trump, saying he's "a more mature, more disciplined version of himself."
Trump's resorted to name-calling journalists several times in the past couple months ... even telling one reporter she's a "dumb person" only a week ago, because she dared to point out the cost of his new ballroom had skyrocketed.
Rep. Randy Fine is among the Jewish members of Congress on both sides of the aisle being threatened with death by antisemites ... and we've learned one voicemail he received Tuesday is being investigated by Capitol Police.
TMZ DC obtained a voicemail from someone who dialed up Randy's Washington, D.C. office ... a diatribe on Jews complete with threats of extreme physical violence.
In the message, the GOP Congressman from Florida is threatened with being beaten to death and having his "beanie" -- a reference to his yarmulke -- shoved up his anus.
Senator Tim Kaine has all sorts of advice on the probable Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce prenup ... shop around for the best place to write it, but don't dwell on it 'cause it could sink your marriage!!!
We got the Senator from Virginia Tuesday in the Capitol, and asked about our story that it might be advantageous for the soon-to-be-newlyweds to ink a prenup in Rhode Island.
Jacob's inquiring mind wanted to know if Congress should pass a federal law making the rules of the road for prenups the same in every state. Kaine, who's a Democrat, professed a somewhat Reagan-esque view, saying the feds should only pass laws when there's an issue of national importance. He also thinks states can learn from each other by comparing.
But Kaine left Jacob with some sage advice for T&T ... don't spend too much time thinking about prenups -- bad luck!!!
Senator Ted Cruz and Charlie got in a heated exchange ... over President Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund that might compensate January 6th insurrectionists at taxpayer expense.
Charlie was blunt ... as a taxpayer he didn't want to pay people who committed violence at the Capitol. The Senator from Texas shot back with a question ... Was Charlie concerned about President Biden weaponizing the Justice Department against peaceful protesters as well as President Trump himself?
Charlie pushed back, saying this wasn't about Biden in the past ... it was about Trump in the present -- giving money to January 6th rioters who were convicted of violence.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is under investigation by the Department of Justice ... so says Vice PresidentJ.D. Vance.
The Veep addressed the media in the White House's James S. Brady Press Briefing Room ... and he was asked about previously saying Rep. Omar "definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America."
Vance says the DOJ's reviewing the situation ... and, while he doesn't want to "prejudge" an investigation, he feels there's "something fishy" going on -- especially when it comes to her marital status. Vance and others in the administration have advanced a conspiracy theory that Omar married her own brother.
Natalie Maines is diving headfirst back into political firestorm territory ... more than two decades after the Dixie Chicks controversy that turned country music upside down.
The singer posted a scorching Instagram message Monday aimed at President Donald Trump ... accusing him of destroying democracy and using taxpayer money to help January 6 defendants.
In the post, Maines wrote, "Our democracy is disappearing right before our eyes," before unleashing even harsher language -- calling Trump a "fugly slut" and referencing the Epstein files in a hashtag.
Michelle Obama says the MAGA movement's not full of racist bigots ... it's formed by desperate, working-class people who needed something different.
The former First Lady of the United States appeared on the podcast "Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso" ... and the two discussed the massive right-wing political movement that rose to the top of American politics under President Donald Trump.
Obama says it's not as simple as labeling anyone who supports the movement a racist or to assume they don't care about the vulnerable in society ... arguing people who voted for President Barack Obama twice jumped over to Trump because the system simply wasn't working for them anymore.
Ghislaine Maxwell can't rely on President Donald Trump to secure her release from prison ... because his acting Attorney General says he will not recommend pardoning Maxwell.
Todd Blanche -- who took over the DOJ in earlier April after POTUS fired AG Pam Bondi -- testified before Congress Tuesday ... and the infamous Epstein files came up.
Senator Chris Van Hollen pressed Blanche on whether he'd meet with Epstein's victims -- he said he has -- before asking him if he'd commit to not pardoning any person named in the files.
Ted Cruz is weighing in on the Los Angeles mayoral race ... telling TMZ DC things are so bad in Los Angeles under Mayor Karen Bass ... while praising Spencer Pratt.
Jacob got the Senator from Texas on Capitol Hill and asked him if a potential Trump endorsement would help or hurt Spencer in a solid blue area.
Ted says he doesn't know what the result of Trump endorsement would be ... but he doesn't think it would matter either way, considering what he feels is a steep decline in the quality of life for Angelinos under Bass..
Spencer's been ripping Bass in political attack ads, and Ted says they're going viral because "they speak to a real truth" about "devastating" Bass policies when it comes to wildfires, crime, drug use in the streets and homelessness.
The way Ted sees it ... even the most liberal voter in Los Angeles doesn't want their kids to have to dodge homeless people on the way to school ... or step over human feces on the way to work.
No word if, or when, Spencer might pick up a Trump endorsement ... but it sounds like he's got one here from Ted.
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."
