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President Trump Watch Strike On Narco-terrorists!!! Published September 2, 2025 6:11 PM PDT X / @WhiteHouse President Trump says the U.S. military conducted a missile strike against alleged Tren de Aragua narco-terrorists … and the attack is on video! The White House just released wild footage from the mission … and you see a speed boat suddenly burst into flames. Trump said the strike occurred while the alleged Venezuelan gang members were at sea in International waters. POTUS says the boat was transporting illegal narcotics and was enroute to the United States. Trump and the White House say 11 alleged terrorists were killed in the strike … and no U.S. forces were harmed. Bottom line for DT … “Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America.” Related articles Donald Trump White House News 1 Read More

Luigi Mangione Getting His Shein On?!? Published September 2, 2025 6:03 PM PDT | Updated September 2, 2025 8:46 PM PDT Luigi Mangione has some people really confused right now … ’cause it sure appears SHEIN is using the accused killer’s face to help sell clothes! Ya gotta see this model in the photographs for a button down shirt for sale on the fast fashion website … the guy’s mug looks an awful lot like Luigi. Unclear if this is a photoshopped Luigi or the product of some generative artificial intelligence … but it seems like the model here is helping SHEIN … the shirt is mostly sold out, with only one size available. Thing is … Luigi is currently behind bars at MDC Brooklyn … the same jail where Diddy is being held as he awaits sentencing. Luigi’s been locked up since December, when he was arrested for allegedly murdering health care CEO Brian Thompson … so it’s unlikely he’s snuck off to do some modeling for SHEIN. TMZ Studios Nevertheless, it appears SHEIN is using a face much like his — or an AI version of Luigi — to hawk $11 shirts. TMZ.com We reached out to SHEIN and Luigi’s legal team … so far no word back. Related articles Luigi Mangione You Might Want to Rethink Weird News Fashion Crime 2 Viral Fairly Legal Read More

Druski I’m White, And I’m Proud!!! Published September 2, 2025 5:30 PM PDT X / @druski Druski is back with another racial skit … and this time he’s playing a white man who is proud to be an American … and his hair and makeup are something to behold. The comedian known for his viral skits dressed up in white face for his most recent video … going undercover at a recent NASCAR race. Druski looks white in the video, and he’s got a bunch of tattoos and even some sunburns. He’s got a beard, mullet and a cowboy hat to go with some denim overalls. He toasts with a bunch of white folks, smokes cigarettes with a woman sitting on his lap and spits at the feet of a couple of Black people he encounters … and no one seems to notice it’s Druski under all the makeup. MAY 2025 X / @druski Druski’s done skits as white people in the past … back in May, he divided the internet with his character Preston, a “white boy who’s accepted by the hood.” TMZ Studios The NASCAR skit was just posted … and it will be interesting to see how it’s received on social media. Related articles Druski TMZ Sports NASCAR Comedy Viral Read More

Abby and Brittany Hensel Oh, Baby! Here’s Our ‘Blessed’ Fam … Conjoined Twins Rockin’ D.R.E.!!! Published September 2, 2025 5:05 PM PDT | Updated September 2, 2025 5:50 PM PDT Conjoined Twins Abby and Brittany Hensel have finally broken their silence after being snapped with a baby in tow … and their message had some help from Dr. Dre. Here’s the deal … the sisters skyrocketed back into the limelight after TMZ obtained pics of them carrying around a baby in a small Minnesota town. Despite countless attempts to reach the twins for a life update … there wasn’t a peep — that is, until now. Waiting for your permission to load TikTok Post. Over the weekend … Abby and Brittany posted to TikTok — the only social media they are on — with a short vid that featured the assorted baby snaps, with a remix of Dr. Dre’s “Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang” spinning. The twins simply wrote “Blessed” … along with several hashtags, like “twins,” “sisterhood” and “respect.” As mentioned … TMZ boke the story that the reality stars and famed conjoined twins were spotted in a parking lot in Arden Hills, MN  — just northeast of Minneapolis — while they were putting a car-seated baby into a black Tesla. Since then, the twins were photographed out and about with Abby’s hubby Josh Bowling — weeks later keeping it low-key — dropping their labradoodle at the groomer while Josh handled a grocery run at the local market. As you know … Abby and Brittany stoked conversation online last year when it was revealed Abby married Josh in 2021 — with many wondering how the dynamics of their relationship worked. TMZ Studios Seems the sisters — much like Dr. Dre rapped — are just taking their time to perfect the beat, and they still got love for the streets, AKA their fans. Related articles Abby Hensel Brittany Hensel Dr. Dre Social Media Celebrity News 1 Family Baby Watch Viral Read More

Ray J Crashes Kai Cenat’s Mafiathon 3 To Shower in a Speedo Published September 2, 2025 4:04 PM PDT | Updated September 2, 2025 6:05 PM PDT Twitch/KaiCenat Ray J needed to get cleaned up after the “TMZ After Dark Tour” and made a cameo appearance on Kai Cenat‘s Mafiathon 3 stream during bath time — but got rejected!!! Kai was bonneted up in the middle of a sudsy shower when Ray J entered the bathroom, ready to get down while wearing shades and a Speedo. Yes, it’s literally as ridiculous as it sounds. Ray didn’t get far … Kai saw him getting undressed and immediately decided he didn’t want to live in a world where content of him and Ray J in a shower lived online, and exited the shower with the quickness. TMZ Studios FaZe Kaysan was deejaying for Kai and hilariously pushed play on Ray J’s hit “One Wish” to add to the unseriousness of the moment. TMZ.com Ray ended up getting soapy all by his lonesome, but his Mafiathon 3 cameo follows up Kim Kardashian kicking off the stream — she hit it first, in this case!!! TMZ.com Ray has managed to become a walking viral moment at every turn … even if you happen to be in the comfort of your own toilet. Related articles Kai Cenat Ray J Kim Kardashian Live Stream Hip Hop 2 Streaming Music 1 Read More

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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would reverse a decision by his predecessor Joe Biden by moving U.S. Space Command’s headquarters to Alabama from Colorado. Trump first ordered the headquarters be moved from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Ala., late in his first term. But Biden, in 2023, directed the facility remain in the Centennial State, as the Democratic and Republican presidents played politics with blue-leaning Colorado and deep-red Alabama. Lawmakers and officials from both states long have fought over the headquarters, which has a large personnel footprint that would provide a long-term economic boost to Huntsville or Colorado Springs. During an afternoon announcement event in the Oval Office, Trump called his decision a “big deal.” “This will result in more than 30,000 Alabama jobs, and probably much more than that, and hundreds of billions of dollars of investment,” he said after mentioning that he won the Yellowhammer State in all of his three presidential bids. “And that’s billions, because it can’t be millions, it’s billions and billions of dollars. Most importantly, this decision will help America defend and dominate the high frontier, as they call it.” Trump addressed Biden’s reversal, saying: “We initially selected Huntsville for the SPACECOM headquarters, yet those plans were wrongfully obstructed by the Biden administration.” Alabama GOP Sen. Katie Britt contended in a Tuesday Wall Street Journal op-ed that Biden’s decision “boiled down to politics.” “While this process has shown Washington at its worst, I am confident Huntsville, Ala., will show our country at its best,” wrote Britt, who appeared alongside other members of Alabama’s congressional delegation at Tuesday’s White House event. “Space Command is headed to its rightful home, and America’s national security will benefit.” But Trump made clear that politics played a “big” role in his opposition to the Colorado location. “The problem I have with Colorado, one of the big problems, they do mail-in voting, they went to all mail-in voting, so they have automatically crooked elections,” he said. “And we can’t have that when the state is for mail-in voting. That means they want dishonest elections, because that’s what that means. So that played a big factor, also.” Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville, an Armed Services Committee member, standing beside Trump in the Oval Office, declared of the move: “It’s not going to cost more.”  “We need help in our military. We need to catch up. …. We’re not behind on space, but we know where we’re at and we need to expound on that,” the candidate for Alabama governor added, calling Huntsville “exactly the right place for Space Force and Space Command.” Republican Rep. Jeff Crank, whose district includes Colorado Springs, said Tuesday he was disappointed with the decision to move the Space Command headquarters to Alabama. The freshman lawmaker said on social media that he was “concerned about how it will affect the hard-working men and women who support our military’s operational capability” but expressed optimism that “important assets and jobs related to the Space Command mission will remain in El Paso County.” A Pentagon Inspector General report dated April 11 stated that Air Force and U.S. Space Command officials interviewed as part of an internal examination of the Biden administration’s decision agreed that moving the command headquarters to Alabama’s Redstone Arsenal, or RSA, would take three to four years. But the two sides did not agree on a final location. The Air Force “described the cost to the taxpayer as the ‘primary driver’ of its preference for RSA as the permanent location for USSPACECOM’s permanent HQ while USSPACECOM leadership prioritized minimizing the risk to readiness,” according to the IG report.   The Air Force “acknowledged that relocation from USSPACECOM’s provisional HQ location presented a risk to readiness if civilian personnel did not relocate with the Command. However, the [Air Force] asserted that USSPACECOM could mitigate that risk.”  While the two sides clashed over the final site, the Biden White House and Pentagon in July 2023 announced that the president had sided with U.S. Space Command officials’ desire to keep the headquarters in Colorado Springs. The IG’s report also said that attempts to interview senior Biden Pentagon officials were denied by the White House. That finding led Alabama Republican lawmakers to contend that key officials who should have had a role in the former president’s decision were purposely shut out.  “After years of promises about ‘due diligence’ and ‘careful consideration,’ political employees at the White House cut out the Air Force and senior defense leaders to select Colorado over Alabama as the site for SPACECOM headquarters,” House Armed Services Chair Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., said in an April 15 statement.  In a Tuesday statement, Rogers said: “Space Command is finally coming home to Alabama. This announcement by President Trump is yet another in a long line of strong decisions that benefit America’s national security.” Despite completion of an environmental assessment of the proposed Huntsville site on Sept. 30, 2022, the IG noted that the then-Air Force secretary “never announced a final decision regarding USSPACECOM’s permanent headquarters location.”  In an appendix of the report, the IG’s office included a comment from the Air Force: “SECAF did not decide because President Biden as Commander in Chief and the Chief Executive exercised his authority to make the decision.” In initially identifying Alabama’s Redstone Arsenal as the Air Force’s preferred Space Command headquarters location, officials noted that Redstone was already home to some space-based capabilities. That point was noted in a May 29 Government Accountability Office report that pointed to Huntsville as the better pick. “The Command is fully operational, but U.S. Space Command officials told GAO that they faced ongoing personnel, facilities, and communications challenges. Officials also cited benefits in being colocated with operational space missions and centers,” the GAO found. ”As a result of identified challenges, officials stated the Command’s posture is not sustainable long term and new military construction would be needed to support the headquarters’ operations in Colorado Springs, Colorado.” Meanwhile, Trump insisted to reporters Tuesday that he would expand

As the House returns from a monthlong recess, Rep. Thomas Massie is applying renewed pressure on the government to release records related to the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He lost no time Tuesday, sounding off on the so-called Epstein files and taking a procedural step that could cause headaches for Speaker Mike Johnson during the busy month ahead. The effort by the Kentucky Republican sets up an intraparty clash right as the speaker has other matters on his mind, like averting a partial government shutdown as the fiscal year ends. On Tuesday, leaders added a different Epstein resolution to the House floor schedule this week, seemingly in a bid to tamp down dissent. And the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by James R. Comer, R-Ky., moved to post some Epstein-related documents online. Massie’s plans were temporarily interrupted when Johnson sent the House home ahead of schedule in July — in part due to attempts by lawmakers to dislodge Epstein documents over the objections of the Trump administration. But in his first move back after the recess, Massie formally filed a discharge petition in an effort to circumvent leadership and force a vote. If the petition receives 218 signatures, it could be used to bring legislation to the floor that would call for the disclosure of records, documents, and investigative materials related to Epstein that are currently in the possession of the Department of Justice. “I pray [Johnson] will listen to the pleas of these victims for justice and quit trying to block a vote on our legislation to release the Epstein files,” Massie posted to X on Tuesday. Interest in the issue had seemed to wane in August, as President Donald Trump, a former friend of Epstein’s, launched a federal takeover of Washington’s local police, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and launched attacks on the Federal Reserve.  But Massie is part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers vowing not to let the issue fade. He filed the discharge petition a day before he and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., plan to hold a much-anticipated press conference outside the Capitol with Epstein survivors. Khanna told NPR on Tuesday that he is “very confident” all House Democrats would support Massie’s discharge petition, though Republican support is likely to be limited. At least six Republicans would have to join every Democrat to hit the 218 threshold and force a vote.  Khanna is also a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which has subpoenaed the Justice Department and others formerly associated with the Epstein case as part of a broader investigation. Epstein victims met privately with committee members on Tuesday.  “What we really want to know is who engaged in the abuse of young girls. Why has this been hidden? Was there any financial fraud? Who all was involved? We just need transparency,” Khanna said in an appearance on CNN last week.  High-ranking members of the Trump administration — including Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino — had at one time supported releasing the files.  But rhetoric from the White House shifted over the course of the year. Bondi in February said that a client list was “sitting on my desk right now to review” and released “phase one” of the files to a group of conservative influencers, but got blowback for largely rehashing material that was already publicly available.  In May, Bondi and her deputy reportedly told Trump that his name appeared multiple times in the Epstein files, though merely being mentioned isn’t a sign of wrongdoing, according to the Wall Street Journal. And in July, the Justice Department released a memo claiming there was no “client list” and no evidence of foul play in Epstein’s death.   As Democrats and some Republicans members of the House clamored for the release of the files in late July, Johnson sent the chamber home early for its August recess, claiming he wanted to give the administration “space” to release information on its own. Oversight investigation Whether renewed attention will produce more clarity on Epstein and his dealings remains to be seen.  The House Oversight panel has issued deposition subpoenas to former President Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, along with a string of former high-ranking Justice Department officials, including former U.S. attorneys generals. The committee also subpoenaed the Justice Department for a wide range of files tied to Epstein, including case file documents regarding the sex trafficking case against him, and case file documents in the case against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend who is serving a federal prison sentence. Last month, Comer announced the Justice Department would start providing his panel with records. On Tuesday evening, the committee announced it was releasing approximately 33,300 pages of “Epstein-related records” it received from the department. “The committee is working at an unprecedented pace and doing the work as it is supposed to be done,” Comer said at a House Rules meeting Tuesday night, adding that survivors are supportive of transparency.  Johnson briefly addressed the media after meeting with victims of Epstein on Tuesday, arguing that the Oversight Committee’s work goes further than the discharge petition effort and stressing the need to release information “in the right way.”  “The vast majority of ladies and women and young women who were subjected to these unspeakable crimes … have chosen not to come forward for obvious reasons,” Johnson said. “We have to very carefully guard their identities. We cannot be haphazard about this … if there’s any delay at all — that’s what the intention is.” Legal experts say the Justice Department is likely to push back against the full release of case file documents. Robert Driscoll, an attorney who has represented clients in congressional investigations, said the department has an institutional interest to keep much of the file confidential. “It’s been historically DOJ practice — and required by criminal rules — to keep investigative material secret,” he said, particularly when

Heard on the Hill (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Posted September 2, 2025 at 3:36pm Facebook Twitter Email Reddit Dominick Critelli, right, a 104-year-old Army veteran from Floral Park, N.Y., who served with the 95th Infantry Division in Europe, talks with a member of the National Guard on Tuesday during a ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington to mark the 80th anniversary of V-J Day. Recent Stories Read More

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, the motorcycle-riding Republican who came to Congress more than a decade ago vowing to “make ’em squeal,” won’t run for reelection next year, giving Democrats an opening in a red-trending state. “As our family ages and grows, it’s my time for me to give back to them. After a tremendous amount of prayer and reflection, I will not be seeking reelection in 2026,” Ernst said in a video posted Tuesday on her social media accounts. Her decision was first reported Friday by CBS News.  Hours after the announcement, Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson, long seen as a potential successor to Ernst, jumped into the Senate race. “I’m all in,’’ Hinson posted on social media. “As Iowa’s next Senator, I will stop at nothing to Make America Great!” Ernst is the fourth Republican senator to decide against seeking reelection this cycle. In late June, North Carolina’s Thom Tillis declared that he would not seek a third term. Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell is leaving the chamber next year, while Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is running for governor.  Ernst’s retirement provides an opportunity for Senate Democrats in an election cycle that was initially seen as highly favorable for Republicans. Democrats need to flip a net of four seats to win the majority next year.  Still, Iowa remains challenging terrain for Democrats. While Barack Obama carried the state in 2008 and 2012, Trump has since won it three straight times, including by 14 points last fall. State auditor and gubernatorial hopeful Rob Sand is now Democrats’ sole statewide officeholder, and no Iowa Democrat has won election to Congress since former Rep. Cindy Axne in 2020. A recent spate of upsets in legislative special elections, however, has given Iowa Democrats optimism about their 2026 chances.  “Donald Trump and Senate Republicans’ devastating agenda has put their majority in jeopardy,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Kirsten Gillibrand said in a joint statement Tuesday. “Democrats are in a strong position to win seats and continue fighting for working families.” Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the Senate race in Iowa as Likely Republican.  Even before Ernst’s announcement, several Democrats had launched Senate campaigns, including state Rep. Josh Turek, state Sen. Zach Wahls, Des Moines School Board Chairwoman Jackie Norris, and Marine and Army veteran Nathan Sage.  On the GOP side, Ernst had drawn primary challenges from former state Sen. Jim Carlin and Navy veteran Joshua Smith. But Hinson, a former broadcast journalist who served in the Iowa House, starts as the front-runner for the Republican nomination. She represents what’s become a reliably red district in the northeastern corner of the state. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, who leads the National Republican Senatorial Committee, expressed confidence that the GOP would hold Ernst’s seat “to continue … championing President Trump’s agenda in 2026.” A former state senator who served more than two decades in the Army Reserve and the Iowa National Guard, Ernst was first elected to the Senate in 2014. With her win over Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley, she became the first woman elected to Congress from Iowa. Six years later, she won a competitive reelection fight over Democrat Theresa Greenfield, prevailing by 7 points as the former swing state was transforming into a decidedly red one.  “This was no easy decision,” Ernst said in her video message. “I love my state and country. It’s the very reason why I decided to wear our nation’s uniform and run for elected office in the first place. I never imagined this farm girl would have the opportunity to serve as a lieutenant colonel and then a United States senator, only in America, and by the grace of God, 11 years ago.” A fiscal and social conservative, Ernst has been a reliable Trump supporter. But shortly after Trump won a second term, she came under criticism from some of his allies after she expressed uncertainty about Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, who faced allegations of sexual assault. Hegseth denied the charges, and Ernst, a sexual assault survivor, ultimately voted in favor of his confirmation. Ernst then made headlines during a May town hall when she responded to a constituent’s concerns that potential Medicaid cuts would lead to people dying by saying, “Well, we’re all going to die.” The comment drew quick condemnation. Ernst later posted a video that appeared to be recorded in a cemetery and made light of the matter. In her retirement announcement, Ernst didn’t specify what she plans to do when she leaves the Senate in January 2027.  “While this chapter of elected service will soon close, I will always find ways to best serve my community, state and these great United States of America,” she said. Iowa’s senior senator, Republican Charles E. Grassley, on Tuesday said he looked forward to continuing to work with Ernst for the remainder of her term. “She broke barriers at every turn and accomplished what she set out to do: ‘MAKE ’EM SQUEAL,’’’ he said in a statement. Read More