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Donald Trump says his longtime ally Rudy Giuliani has earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom ... while the latter recovers from a horrific car accident.

POTUS announced the news on Truth Social Monday ... calling Rudy the greatest mayor in the history of New York City and "an equally great American Patriot."

He says more details are to come, and he thanks people for their time and attention ... before finishing off the post with a hearty "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"

President Trump is putting to bed any rumors of his demise, the only way he knows how ... with a SLEDGEHAMMER!

47 jumped on Truth Social Sunday and blasted out a one-liner in all caps, responding to someone talking about Trump's recent death rumors by saying ... "NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE."

On Friday, people online were singing a much different tune. Conspiracy theorists speculated that Trump was headed to his grave due to health concerns, citing past photos of his bruised hands and swollen ankles.

Meghan McCain says Greta Thunberg's gotta change her style if she wants to be taken seriously in politics ... 'cause right now, she's looking more like a fairy tale dictator than a voice for change.

The conservative commentator shared a clip of the 22-year-old political activist talking about a mass global uprising in the face of genocide, fascism and colonization perpetuated by governments around the world.

McCain couldn't seem to focus however ... writing on X, "I refuse to take anyone talking about politics seriously with uneven bangs and this sh***y Lord Farquaad hair."

Charles Spencer is keeping his sister Princess Diana's memory alive -- marking the tragic anniversary of her passing with a heartfelt tribute.

On Sunday, he posted a photo to Instagram showing a bouquet of white and pink roses he personally cut from the gardens at the family's Althorp Estate in West Northamptonshire.

The flowers were laid at Diana's burial site on the private island where she's been buried since 1997.

"Flowers we cut this morning from Althorp's gardens for the Island," he wrote in the caption, before adding ... "Always an impossible day."

Spencer's post also included a somber shot of the secluded island in Oval Lake, where Diana was laid to rest following her death in a horrific Paris car crash in August 1997.

At the time of her death, the Princess of Wales left behind sons Prince William and Prince Harry -- whom she shared with King Charles.

Donald Trump looks alive and well ... this after ridiculous online rumors have been circling about his current status -- and even questioning if he's alive.

The prez was seen boarding his motorcade on the South Lawn of the White House Saturday morning with his granddaughter, Kai, as they headed to Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.

The two look geared up for a morning of golf ... with Donald rocking a MAGA hat and polo, while Kai wears a black long-sleeve shirt and matching cap.

Kim Kardashian doesn't understand the government's immigration policy, and she's actually doing the bidding of criminals ... according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin went after the reality star, telling TMZ ... "Ms. Kardashian is misinformed and detached from the very reality of the operations in Los Angeles she has decided to opine on. These are the violent criminals who Homeland Security, under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, have removed from Los Angeles’s streets: murderers, rapists, gang members and child pedophiles."

McLaughlin then asks ... "Why does Ms. Kardashian continue to do the bidding of criminals at the expense of innocent Americans and brave law enforcement?"

MAGA supporters eager to see Donald Trump added to Mount Rushmore are about to be disappointed ... because it's nearly impossible to make an addition without destroying the landmark, TMZ has learned.

We caught up with former National Park Service Superintendent Dan Wenk on "TMZ Live" Tuesday, where he explained why the two-time president is never going to make it up onto the storied rock in South Dakota.

As Dan put it ... the mountain has been examined in the past and investigations determined that trying to make changes to the mountain's structure would run the risk of destroying it.

President Trump is changing his tune when it comes to former nemesis Taylor Swift ... he used to say he hated her, but now he's showering her with praise and love following her engagement to Travis Kelce.

POTUS finally said something nice about Taylor ... when a reporter asked him about Tuesday's engagement news during a Trump cabinet meeting.

Trump wished Taylor and Travis "a lot of love" ... and went on to say he thinks Taylor is "a terrific person."

Masked federal agents grabbed a couple men off the sidewalk outside a Home Depot in Los Angeles ... including one man who threw a glass object at their unmarked van, and bystanders claim he's a U.S. citizen.

TMZ shot video of a dramatic immigration raid Monday morning ... and a swarm of masked agents in blue jeans, sneakers and tactical gear detain a day laborer looking for work in a hauling truck. We're told the day laborer's name is Hector.

As the masked men -- some wearing police vests -- drive off in an unmarked van, a guy on the sidewalk watching the raid with his mother throws a glass object at the van and it shatters. The van comes to a screeching halt, and the occupants rush over to the guy and detain him ... as the man's mother begs them to stop and people scream that he's a U.S. citizen.

Ghislaine Maxwell's drawing a hard line -- insisting she never saw Donald Trump tangled up in her and Jeffrey Epstein’s sordid business or doing anything remotely inappropriate with underage girls.

The Justice Department just unsealed Maxwell’s full prison interview transcript from last month at Florida’s FCI Tallahassee -- where she’s serving a 20-year stretch -- and in it, she flat-out denies ever seeing Trump anywhere near Epstein’s massage tables, getting rubdowns from the minor girls she procured, hanging at his home ... or caught in any inappropriate situation at all.

In fact, Maxwell told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that every time she crossed paths with Trump, he was nothing but "a gentleman in all respects" -- and she never saw him act out of line with anyone.

Senator Amy Klobuchar is waging war against artificial intelligence after falling victim to a "horrible" and misleading deepfake ... in which she appeared to comment on Sydney Sweeney's "perfect titties."

We talked to the U.S. Senator from Minnesota Thursday on "TMZ Live," and she explained how the now-viral video was so much more than a mere prank. As she told us, people online were actually being duped by the altered video ... a reality that's left her concerned.

Klobuchar admitted the video looks pretty legit, given it was doctored footage from a real July committee hearing. Of course, the things she said in the viral video were nowhere near reality -- the senator was actually tackling citizens' privacy, and not Sydney's cleavage, that day.

Amber Rose is going after "racist" old white people while supporting the Trump administration's move to deploy National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

Amber unloaded on the "white liberals" she says are behind ongoing protests of the National Guard's presence to crack down on D.C. crime. In her IG story she says they don't actually care about black people's safety.

She notes ... "Most of the violent crimes in DC are in black neighborhoods. What about the mothers, auntie's, grandmom's and the children that just wanna feel safe walking outside??? Why do they want the good people of DC living in violence? racists much?"

Melania Trump's idea of sending a letter to Vladimir Putin about the experience of Ukrainian children during the ongoing war didn't exactly go over well with much of the American public -- including John F. Kennedy's grandson, Jack Schlossberg.

Schlossberg released a video mocking the First Lady for her actions -- although his ridicule wasn't exactly his first time talking politics, as he's made a name for himself for discussing political matters online.

We're going to take a look into the background of the former president's grandson and see how he went from attending prominent schools and living abroad to finding an audience on social media.

Jack's the only son of Caroline Kennedy and her husband, Edwin Schlossberg. Caroline is the daughter of the 35th president and his wife, Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Caroline and Edwin also have a pair of daughters, Rose and Tatiana.

Jack's parentage means he's connected to other prominent members of the Kennedy extended family, including U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his first cousin once removed.

Jack is not a fan of his cousin's work in Washington, D.C. ... he's been pretty open about his disapproval of the politician's policies and priorities. He described his relative as an "embarrassment" in an Instagram video he shared in 2023.

Jack attended Yale University, where he wrote for various campus publications and studied Japanese history before graduating in 2015.

And you gotta imagine the degree helped him out a bit ... because his mother was the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 until 2017, and he lived and worked in the country for a little while, too!

Jack eventually returned to the United States, and he began attending Harvard Law in 2017 and Harvard Business School in 2018 for a dual degree. Oh, and just in case you didn't know, there's actually a bunch of buildings and a street on campus named after his grandfather -- some place for him to end up, huh?

He graduated from the institution in 2022 and took the New York State Bar Exam -- which he passed on his first try -- the following year.

Jack's been pretty active in politics over the course of his life -- he is part of the Kennedy family, after all -- and he worked as a page for former Massachusetts Senator John Kerry before becoming a Senate intern in 2011.

He appeared at the Democratic National Convention in 2020 and 2024, where he gave speeches endorsing former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, respectively.

The 2024 election season proved to be a big one for Jack, as he was named the political correspondent for Vogue.

Michael Knowles says Americans are too focused on troubled past eras of the country's history ... and, he thinks President Trump is right to intervene in the Smithsonian Institution -- even though Michael admits he hasn't been there recently.

The Daily Wire host stopped by "TMZ Live" Wednesday ... starting off his appearance by declaring he knows Trump's announcement is not meant to distract anyone from the still-unreleased Epstein Files, because this mission has been in the works for a while.

ICYMI ... Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday to let his followers know he's instructed lawyers to challenge the famous museum because "everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future."

J.D. Vance may never live down rumors that he got intimate with a piece of furniture ... 'cause a group of hecklers called him out for being a "couch f***er" on Wednesday.

The Vice President of the United States stepped out with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller ... walking through Union Station in Washington, D.C. to pick up Shake Shack -- more on that later.

No matter where he goes, VP Vance always has a few boo birds confronting him in the streets ... and, here they screamed out about his alleged fornication with a couch.

Eric Adams says he can't support legalizing prostitution ... citing his past experience as a police officer and his faith as the main reasons for it.

The Mayor of New York City joined us for an interview airing Thursday ... and, he says he's absolutely against legalizing prostitution -- not like his opponent Zohran Mamdani has indicated in the past.

Adams says he remembers seeing young men -- just 18 or 19 years old -- selling their bodies on the street back in the day ... and, he claims prostitution contributed to the AIDS epidemic in the city back in the day as well.