Andrew Gillum's legal troubles just escalated ... the Democrat who narrowly lost to Ron DeSantisin the 2018 Florida governor's race has now been formally charged following his Alabama arrest.
Newly filed court records show he's facing one felony and two misdemeanor counts.
According to the criminal complaint, obtained by TMZ, Gillum is charged with felony possession of a controlled substance -- specifically methamphetamine -- along with misdemeanor possession of marijuana for personal use and possession of drug paraphernalia. Prosecutors allege the offenses occurred July 2 in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Curtis Sliwa is still blasting Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's lavish wedding ... and let's just say he's not ready to shake it off.
The former New York City mayoral candidate unloaded on the superstar couple when Jacob caught up with him Wednesday in the Big Apple, blaming their star-studded celebration for turning Manhattan into what he describes as a playground for "trendoids, jet-setters and freakazoids."
Ya gotta watch clip ... 'cause Sliwa goes on an absolutely hilarious rant that gets more unhinged by the sentence.
Meghan McCain wants a "real update" on Senator Mitch McConnell's health ... demanding "some kind of proof of life."
The daughter of late politician John McCain took to X on Tuesday, asking McConnell's staff to share updates about the 84-year-old senator's wellbeing after he was reportedly found unconscious last month and rushed to the hospital.
Meghan says the cone of silence surrounding McConnell is "unseemly, macabre, bad for democracy and quite frankly embarrassing for the country."
Last week, a spokesperson for McConnell told TMZ ... the Senator from Kentucky was improving and was "working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session."
The historic fountains at Meridian Hill Park have reopened after President Trump ordered a months-long renovation ... but they look like crap ... literally.
See for yourself ... the clear water that once flowed through the Washington D.C. park is now a brown mess ... and it's so bad, it makes the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool look pristine.
NEW: The water has turned brown at one of Trump's marquee beautification projects in DC at the Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park. pic.twitter.com/P5GHtOUV8u@AaronParnas
There's no way around it ... the latest Trump beautification project looks totally botched ... with the water resembling something you'd see in a public toilet rather than a serene park in our nation's capital.
A federal judge has ordered E. Jean Carroll to be paid $5.8 million after a jury found President Donald Trump had sexually abused her way back in 1996 ... but POTUS is appealing to stop the payment.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued an order Wednesday saying Carroll can be paid the initial $5 million award plus interest ... the civil verdict was reached back in 2023 and Trump put the money in an account, but Carroll is yet to collect ... according to the AP.
The judge's decision follows a long process where Carroll's lawyers requested the disbursement after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the 2023 civil verdict ... and Trump continued attacks against Carroll while his lawyers looked into asking the high court to reconsider their decision.
Mitch is not dead, we think ... but the actress certainly seems to think so if you look at her TikTok post addressing the Senator saying, "They're keeping him alive like 'Weekend at Bernie's.'"
The era of fearing politicians is clearly over ... because Rinna just couldn't stop herself from uploading the brief but brutal clap at the 84-year-old Senator.
Fresh trouble for Graham Platner... a second ex-girlfriend has stepped forward with new sexual misconduct allegations against the embattled Maine Senate candidate ... claiming he had a penchant for stealthily removing condoms without her consent when they were banging.
According to a new Washington Post report, Lyndsey Fifield claims Platner repeatedly removed condoms during sex without her knowledge or consent ... despite allegedly knowing she wasn't using birth control. She says she later confronted him about the alleged encounters, and a friend told the Post she remembered her being upset over his alleged behavior.
The latest claims come just one day after TMZ reported another former girlfriend, Jenny Racicot, accused the Democratic Senate candidate of sexually assaulting her.
Spencer Pratt didn't win City Hall ... but he still ended up in the Oval Office.
The former Los Angeles mayoral candidate posted a photo with President Trump on Tuesday at the White House ... seated across from the Commander in Chief at the Resolute Desk.
Spencer's seated alongside three others ... including a young boy who appears to be one of the Pratt children.
Spencer posted the image to social media with a message signaling he's not done advocating for Los Angeles, writing ... "I will never stop fighting for my community."
Jacobgot Greene in NYC Tuesday, and she went scorched earth on just about everyone in D.C. ... claiming Senator McConnell was brought back from the dead in mid-June when he was found unresponsive at his home. He's been in the hospital ever since and Greene says he's a "vegetable."
Greene says shame on McConnell's family for not triggering a resignation, and she is apoplectic over his wife's decision to be in China to meet with its Vice President when the Senator was rushed to the hospital. Although Greene says Chao left her husband's bedside for her visit to China, Chao was already in China and did not rush home because of her husband's medical emergency.
Greene flat-out calls Chao, Trump's former Transportation Secretary, a Communist Spy, and calls Republicans hypocrites for not calling her out.
Andrew Gillum -- the ex-politician who lost to Ron DeSantis by a slim margin in the 2018 Florida governor's race -- was arrested last week in Alabama on drug offenses, TMZ has learned.
Gillum was taken into custody Thursday night by officers in Daphne, AL, and then booked in the Baldwin County jail for possession of dangerous drugs, drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana, according to online police records. The Daphne PD has yet to release details on what led to his latest brush with the law.
You may recall ... in 2020, Gillum and another man were found dazed and confused inside a room by paramedics at the Mondrian Hotel in South Beach, Florida. Another man discovered the two and called 911, worried that the person with Gillum had possibly overdosed.
MTG was asked about the scandalized Senate hopeful on the show Tuesday ... where she seemed to imply the allegations were strategically timed.
She told the panel ... "I don’t know anything about his policies. I just started learning about him yesterday when I saw this blow up. However, I do know what establishment political hit jobs look like."
Marjorie Taylor Greene says hospitalized SenatorMitch McConnell is a "vegetable" ... but a well-known conservative commentator begs to differ, claiming he spoke to McConnell about major political topics.
Scott Jennings -- a contributor to CNN and the Los Angeles Times who worked in President George W. Bush's administration back in the day -- clapped back at MTG in a social media post Tuesday ... claiming they chatted for almost 20 minutes.
Jennings claims he talked to McConnell about Iran, Ukraine, a sexual assault scandal in Maine, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library and more.
Andrew Gillum -- the former Florida politician who lost to Ron DeSantis by a slim margin in the 2018 governor's race -- allegedly had methamphetamine, cut straws, weed, pipes and a bong on him when he was arrested in Alabama.
According to the incident report, obtained by TMZ ... Gillum was arrested last week on U.S. Highway 98 near Walmart Drive in Daphne, where cops say they found 3 grams of methamphetamine, 8 pre-rolled marijuana joints, 4 cut straws, 3 pipes, and a bong during the bust.
Police say they pulled Gillum over because he was driving erratically.
We broke the story ... the ex-gubernatorial candidate was arrested and charged with felony unlawful possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
Hunter Biden got a lot more than a confidence boost from Benny Blanco and Lil Dicky ... joking about launching an OnlyFans account!!!
Hunter went on the "Friends Keep Secrets" podcast with Benny, Dicky and Kristin Batalucco ... telling them about what's next in his career and explaining he's working on poetry and essays.
But after the hosts repeatedly hyped up Hunter's looks and style, the conversation took an unexpected turn towards OF.
Check out the clip ... Hunter starts wondering if all the compliments are actually a suggestion that he start an OnlyFans account. He even jokes he could dust off his "old stuff" for subscribers -- a cheeky reference to his infamous 2020 nude photos leak.
Prince Harry's war with the British tabloids just hit another roadblock ... because he and a group of celebrity pals struck out in court against the publisher of the Daily Mail.
Harry and the other high-profile claimants accused Associated Newspapers Limited of illegally digging up information for stories about them ... but after an 11-week trial, the High Court ruled they simply didn't prove it.
In a 436-page judgment, the judge found the claimants failed to show the reporting stemmed from unlawful information gathering ... saying there were legitimate explanations for how the information could have been obtained -- so, the case was dismissed.
Mitch McConnell's health saga is continuing to fuel questions in Washington ... and now, one of the people closest to him has suddenly gone silent online.
Porter McConnell-- the eldest daughter of the former Senate Majority Leader -- appears to have deactivated her X account as speculation about her 84-year-old father's condition continues to swirl. The account had long been active ... with Porter frequently criticizing both her father's politics and the Republican Party.
The move comes as McConnell remains out of public view following the tight-lipped medical emergencythat landed him in the hospital last month.
