Wisconsin Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany is recovering after the small plane he was traveling in was forced to make an emergency landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night.
In a statement posted to X, Tiffany explains he was heading home from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner when the aircraft reportedly lost power while approaching Wausau Downtown Airport. The pilot then put the four-seat plane down on the lake in an emergency water landing.
The situation quickly turned dangerous after the aircraft began taking on water. Tiffany and the pilot called 911, then got out of the sinking plane and swam toward shallow water, where they waited for rescuers to arrive by boat.
Ted Cruz didn't get a warm welcome in his home state ... because it seems a bunch of college-aged kids gave him a Texas-sized raking over the coals -- mocking him during his appearance on ESPN's "College GameDay."
The senator from Texas joined the 'CG' crew before the University of Texas' showdown with the Ohio State University on Saturday evening ... during which he discussed a new bill he's sponsoring in Congress -- the Protect College Sports Act of 2026.
It sets up rules and regulations related to name, image, and likeness dealings in college athletics ... seemingly innocuous stuff -- though, if you only heard the crowd, you'd think he said he was rooting for OSU tonight.
Kamala Harris andDoug Emhoffneeded help from the cops last night ... because TMZ has learned an incident went down at her idyllic Los Angeles-area home.
A spokesperson for Kamala, Eduardo Negrón, tells TMZ ... on Friday night, security personnel "stopped an individual who illegally entered Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff's property before the individual reached the home."
He adds, "Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff were not present. They are grateful to the security and law enforcement personnel who responded swiftly."
President Donald Trumpwas cracking jokes about First Lady Melania Trump's absence during his trip to Ireland.
The prez told reporters in Dublin Saturday ... "My wife is here in spirit. She's watching right now. She said to say hello" to a couple people Trump said she's friendly with ... before adding, "I said, 'Well, why don't you want to come with me?' She said, 'Well, that's a seven-hour trip. Maybe I'm not that friendly.'"
The president added that he told her to "put on your Make America Great Again hat and come on."
While the first lady may have been a no-show for the president's visit to the Emerald Isle, joining him was none other than his ever-present aide Natalie Harp.
Ron DeSantis is defending the Lindsay Clancy holdout in the wake of a bombshell report that revealed a history of alleged domestic violence and an active restraining order.
The Florida governor took to X on Friday to accuse the media of launching a smear campaign against the juror.
He wrote ... "A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected. Another low for legacy media."
The pilot of a United Airlines plane that he says was targeted by terrorists on 9/11 is opening up about how frustrated he's been with the government's deafening silence.
Tom Mannello joined us on "TMZ Live" Friday -- the 25th anniversary of 9/11 -- to discuss what went suspiciously sideways on his flight ... and how he tried to put the events of the day out of his mind.
We told you all about United Flight 23 in our documentary "TMZ Investigates 9/11: The Fifth Plane" ... the plane was scheduled to take off from JFK at 9:00 AM for LAX ... but it never got off the ground. A total of 7 people on board raised suspicion.
Kash Patel apparently wanted to unleash the FBI's resources on his internet bullies ... because he ordered aides to respond to his social media critics ... including a user with an offensive handle who criticized the Jeffrey Epsteininvestigations.
According to FBI records obtained by the Daily Beast, the FBI director was directing aides to respond to troll tweets with the Bureau's accomplishments.
You can see in the screenshot ... Patel flagged a post from a handle with the r-slur in the name in a series of messages from February.
Patel and an official go back and forth about whether or not the account is an "Epstein didn't kill himself" bot ... and that's when Patel hits him with the directive.
President Donald Trump gave a rousing speech at the Pentagon to honor 9/11 victims ... saying America remains committed to fighting terrorism in their memory.
POTUS took the stage Friday against a backdrop of American flags ... promising to never forget all the people killed on that tragic day a quarter-century ago.
President Trump administered a loyalty oath at the Republican midterm convention ... demanding people pledge to him -- "the greatest president" -- that they'll vote in November.
POTUS gave a rousing speech in Dallas, Texas, Thursday night ... during which he had the crowd raise their right hands and make a promise.
Trump tells the crowd to repeat after him ... then starts by saying, "I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States that loves us so much he can't even breathe..."
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer Kevin Reddingtonis clapping back at Ted Cruzafter the Senator called his client a "monster" ... blasting Ted for rage-baiting and calling him "despicable."
The beef started when Ted told Newsmax's Rob Finnerty last week that Clancy "didn't just murder" her 3 children ... she "slowly, deliberately, systematically used exercise bands to strangle the life out of one after the other, after the other."
As you can guess, Reddington ... who publicly implored President Trumpfor a pardon even though it's a state case, not federal ... wasn't going to take this lying down.
In a statement released Thursday to the New Haven Register, Reddington tore into Ted ... "Senator Cruz, you, sir, are despicable. You clearly do not come close to understanding the basic concept of postpartum psychosis. Quite frankly, that is not surprising."
JD Vance dissed a man waving a Mexican flag during the VP's speech at the Republican convention in Texas -- and the Veep even took a shot at Mexico!!!
President's Trump's second-in-command took the stage Thursday night in front of a packed house at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas -- and things got rowdy when one dude dressed in a purple shirt started waving a Mexican flag.
JD almost immediately spotted and addressed the flag-waving man as security surrounded him and folks in the audience started chanting "USA."
President Trump laid into an ABC News reporter who dared to ask him a question related to the $40 trillion national debt ... and the shocking moment was all caught on camera.
Trump took questions from reporters on the tarmac after he landed in Dallas, Texas, to attend Thursday night's Republican National Convention ... and things got really tense when ABC's Rachel Scott fired off a zinger about our whopping national debt.
In the clip, Rachel asks Trump why he needs to offer each American a $5,000 check to incentivize them to vote Republican in the midterms if his economic policies are working, suggesting the prez is simply buying votes.
The Secret Service agent arrested with his belt undone after allegedly masturbating in a Florida hotel hallway had an arsenal of weapons when cops took him into custody.
TMZ obtained the body cam footage of John Spillman's May arrest in Miami ... and the video shows the moment his arresting officers find a large weapons cache.
Police search a bag in Spillman's hotel room ... combing through Secret Service badges, a large vest, guns, a taser, and several other weapons.
Sept 11, 2001 -- a day the nation will never forget. A day thousands of emergency responders and civilians risked their lives to save others. A day when the nation came together in the face of unimaginable tragedy ...
25 years after the Twin Towers in New York City were struck by hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, we remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost, we honor those affected, and we never forget the lives lost and the devastation of that day.
The harrowing photos from that tragic Tuesday captured moments of unimaginable fear, heartbreak, and courage.
The Pentagon was also targeted that morning, when American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and crashed into the building, killing 184 people.
We also remember the 44 lives lost on United Airlines Flight 93 that was also hijacked but crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
Twenty-five years later, these powerful images remain a haunting reminder of the lives lost and the selfless bravery of those who rushed to help.
Lauren Boebert went to bat for her son Tyler in court Thursday ... asking a judge to punish him for his identity theft case without derailing his future as a young father.
The Colorado Congresswoman spoke during Tyler's sentencing hearing ... telling the judge she was there "as Tyler's mother" and "as a granny to his son" ... and insisting, "He's not a bad kid, he's not a bad man."
Lauren acknowledged Tyler was given a second chance with a deferred sentence, but failed to stay out of trouble ... later pleading guilty last week in a separate child abuse case.
A Secret Service agent's masturbation bust is as embarrassing as you'd expect ... body cam video caught him in a hotel hallway with his belt undone.
TMZ obtained the arrest footage from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office ... you can see the tasers trained on John Spillman as authorities yell at him to get up against the wall.
As he starts to slide down the wall, you can see his belt's unbuckled and his pants are undone before authorities pin him to the ground and cuff him.
