President Trump is shaking up his inner circle after Republicans' brutal midterm election losses ... naming longtime loyalist Stephen Miller as his new White House chief of staff in a stunning move.
Trump announced the shocking change Friday on Truth Social, praising Miller as one of his "most trusted advisors" while thanking outgoing chief of staff Susie Wiles for doing an "outstanding job."
Miller takes over Monday, while Wiles moves to the "Trump Political Operation."
Rep.Don Beyer is doubling down on his plans to block the construction of President Trump's massive arch with some old-fashioned civil disobedience ... sleeping bag, handcuffs and all.
The Virginia congressman joined "TMZ Live" Friday ... insisting his protest plans are no publicity stunt, even after a federal judge temporarily blocked construction for 14 days.
The proposed 250-foot arch would tower over Memorial Circle, just outside Arlington National Cemetery ... drawing backlash from critics who say the massive structure would overshadow the sacred burial ground and disrupt historic views.
President Trump is on a major losing streak .... following his party getting slaughtered in the midterm elections, a federal judge has now temporarily blocked Trump's proposed “triumphal arch” in Washington, D.C.
And, get this ... the judge handed down her decision merely hours after a federal panel voted to green light the project Thursday evening. The panel, made up of mostly Trump appointees, voted 8-4 in favor of the plan.
D.C. District Court Judge Tonya S. Chutkan slammed the brakes on Trump's vanity project by granting temporary restraining orders filed by D.C. and Virginia government officials.
Sen. Ruben Gallego is looking for an upgrade on Capitol Hill ... and while he's eyeing a better office, he's also got his sights set on Elon Musk, whom he wants hauled before Congress.
Jacob caught up with the Arizona senator Thursday in D.C. ... and Gallego kicked things off by showing off his tie-tying skills, managing to knot a double Windsor on the sidewalk in under 30 seconds. Pretty impressive stuff.
But the real inside scoop came when Gallego explained how senators play musical chairs with their offices after elections ... with senior lawmakers getting first dibs on the best spaces.
Melania Trump may have more influence over President Trump than people realize ... and Harveyhas a story from inside the Oval Office to prove it.
During Thursday's "TMZ Live," Harvey recalled visiting Trump at the White House in February 2017 ... when the president told him Melania had convinced him to delay his controversial Muslim travel ban.
According to Harvey, the meeting went down the day after Trump's first speech to Congress. It was tempered and well received, and Trump said Melania warned him he'd finally earned some goodwill ... and he shouldn't "f*** it up" by immediately imposing the ban.
After the Republicans' crippling midterm defeat, President Donald Trump may be on the lookout for a scapegoat to pin it on ... and he's got some interesting options.
Our teamdiscussed who will be feeling Trump's wrath on today's episode of "The Low Down," the new YouTube collab between TMZ and the New York Post, where we give you the inside scoop on the biggest stories that are gripping, outrageous, and scandalous.
Harvey came up with a few options, like Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ... with others debating if he would be on the chopping block due to backlash over the Iran War.
Among the other contenders were General Dan Caine -- the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman -- and Stephen Miller -- whom Trump reportedly chewed out over his immigration policies after First Lady Melania Trump complained that friends were getting deported.
Melania Trump is no fan of President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration deportation policy, and she has complained about it to close advisors over the past year ... because her friends were getting deported.
The Wall Street Journal reports the First Lady revealed to aides that some people she knew were being deported from the country and she was pissed about it.
As a result, Trump reportedly told his advisors that Stephen Miller -- the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Homeland Security -- went too far with his immigration policy to try to arrest and deport every single undocumented immigrant in the United States. At other times, Trump reportedly backed Miller's aggressive immigration tactics when talking with aides.
While many Republicans may be thinking about finding a room to bawl in ... President Donald Trump's main concern after the devastating midterm election seems to be his ballroom.
In his first public appearance since Election Night, Trump met the media Wednesday at his White House construction project and discussed the room's planned 50-foot ceilings. Trump talked about how King Charles asked to accommodate 350 people at his State Dinner ... something Trump couldn't do in the White House's East Room.
Later on ... he said the upcoming 90,000-square-foot structure would be the "most beautiful ballroom in the world."
Trump said little about the midterms ... after Democrats won control of the Senate and House in a historic blue wave.
Scott Galloway isn't pulling any punches when it comes to Elon Musk ... suggesting the billionaire should face the same standards as a pair of executed Cold War spies.
The NYU professor and podcast host made the shocking comments during a live taping of his "Pivot" podcast with Kara Swisher Monday night ... blasting society's obsession with wealthy tech innovators like Elon.
"We have begun believing, through this ridiculous, unhealthy, and dangerous idolatry of innovators, that they get to live by an entirely different standard," Galloway said.
He then singled out Elon, declaring ... "Elon Musk is a traitor to the West. We lined up the Rosenbergs against a wall."
Marjorie Taylor Greene is blaming Donald Trump for the Republican Party's Election Night disaster ... accusing GOP lawmakers of blindly following a "cult leader" who's now dragging them down with him ... and this feels like a Jonestown moment for MAGA.
Jacob caught up with MTG Tuesday night amid a wave of Democratic victories ... and she didn't mince words when asked who's responsible for Republicans' shellacking.
"It's Donald Trump's fault," Greene declared ... saying Trump told Americans to vote as if he were on the ballot, and that's exactly what they did -- except they voted for Democrats.
Kaitlan Collins sounds 'Obsessed' with the New Hampshire Senate race ... because she invoked Mariah Carey's name while commenting on one of the candidates.
The CNN anchor made the flawless comparison during the network's election night coverage on Tuesday ... saying John Sununu -- the former NH senator trying to regain his seat in a battle with Congressman Chris Pappas -- tried to distance himself from Trump with a series of ads claiming he didn't know the prez all that well.
Kaitlan says it reminded her of a Mariah Carey interview from 2003 that got a second life on the internet ... in which she said she didn't know Jennifer Lopez. Kaitlan's cohost, Jake Tapper didn't seem to get the reference.
Democrats are basking in the glory of their Republican thrashing during Tuesday's midterm elections -- and they're already getting set to investigate the Trump Administration.
Rep. Robert Garcia from California told his counterparts across the aisle to "LAWYER UP."
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden warned Republicans of what's to come with a single-word post on X, "Subpoenas."
And the Dems didn't stop there ... Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez posted a list on X of recognizable Trump administration officials and close allies that are in her sight, namely Kristi Noem, Markwayne Mullin, Tom Homan and Greg Bovino.
Jasmine Crockett thinks Nicki Minaj has been using her massive platform for the wrong reasons ... accusing her political motives of being self-centered.
We caught up with the Congresswoman from Texas on Tuesday in New York City, where she called out the double standard of Nicki -- who's not a U.S. citizen -- acting as a MAGA megaphone while so many other immigrants are being detained by ICE under President Trump.
Check out the clip ... Jasmine is quick to slam Nicki, accusing her of only being out for herself and sowing hate and division.
Donald Trump is already eyeing his next political gig ... joking he'll pack his bags and move to Israel to become prime minister if Americans ever get sick of him.
The president floated the idea during an Election Day appearance on Fox News Tuesday ... claiming he's got a whopping 99% approval rating in Israel, which apparently has him feeling pretty confident about his chances overseas.
"In fact, if people ever got tired of me in the U.S., I'll move to Israel, become prime minister," Trump declared.
Back home, though, Trump's not feeling quite as much love ... his approval rating sits at just 32%, a far cry from the 99% he's claiming in Israel.
Savannah Chrisley is firing back at people who criticized her for marrying a convicted fraudster and having a child with him ... while revealing the gender of the baby she is expecting!
Savannah uploaded an Instagram Reel showing her with a sonogram revealing she is having a boy with her husband, Jason Galanis, whom she secretly married in July in the Cayman Islands.
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In 2020, Jason was convicted of scamming a Native American tribe and investors of tens of millions and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. But in 2025, President Trump commuted his sentence, and he was released.
