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Katy Perry just got a little peace of mind — a judge granted a permanent restraining order against the man she claims has been stalking her and directing threats at her family. According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ … 38-year-old William…
$200 Visa Gift Card (plus $6.95 Purchase Fee)Democratic candidate Kevin Van Ausdal, who was running against Republican QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene, has announced he would be dropping out of the Georgia congressional race due to “personal reasons”. “I am resigning from my race against Marjorie Taylor Greene,” Mr Van Ausdal said in a statement on Friday. “I am deeply saddened by the personal and family reasons that prevent me from continuing on as a candidate for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.”
Donald Trump is campaigning hard for college football — urging programs NOT to cancel the 2020 season. And, he’s on board the #WeWantToPlay movement, which is being led by his old fast-food buddy, Trevor Lawrence. “The student-athletes have been…
A Department of Homeland Security intelligence report leaked to The Nation has some experts skeptical of the department's motives.The report targeted several left-wing American activists whom the department would normally be prohibited from gathering intelligence on unless they had reason to believe the individuals were operating on behalf of a foreign power. The people named in the report, many of whom have identified with far-left causes, do have connections abroad — they traveled to Syria in the past and fought against ISIS alongside Kurdish factions like the YPG, PKK, and the Peshmerga.The U.S., of course, considers ISIS an enemy, as well, so it may seem surprising that the U.S. government would focus on people who volunteered to fight against the terrorist group, but critics argue the Syria connection could be a front to root out potential antifa members. (Some of the individuals denied membership in antifa, which does not necessarily operate in any organized capacity to begin with.)> This is a big deal. Much as Trump et al want, domestic groups like the anti-fascist movement can't be formally labeled terror orgs. But tying them to foreign groups like the YPG (based on <12 people, incl. those who don't ID as antifa) opens them to otherwise-illegal surveillance https://t.co/upHP57QLdD> > — Kelly Weill (@KELLYWEILL) August 3, 2020The report eventually appears to conclude there is no evidence of a "centralized effort to give marching orders to returning antifa-affiliated" U.S. residents, but either way, the briefing didn't sit well with everyone. "They targeted Americans like they're Al-Qaeda," a former intelligence officer in the department with knowledge of the operations told The Nation. "They were essentially violating people's rights like this was the 60s." Read more at The Nation.More stories from theweek.com The most damning inside portrait of the Trump administration yet 5 brutally funny cartoons about Bill Barr’s brand of justice Why Democratic voters might stay home on Election Day
The mini-golf complex that became overwhelmed by hundreds of children wreaking havoc wants the teens caught on camera destroying things to be punished in court. Police officers were already meeting with Putt-Putt Fun Center management in Memphis…
Crump has pushed back the lawsuit announcement an hour and we will be live streaming at 10 AM PT. George Floyd’s family attorney, Ben Crump, is announcing his plans to file a lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis and its police force … and TMZ…
NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace just inked a huge endorsement deal with Beats By Dre … and the company is already stepping up to defend the driver against President Trump. The audio company — which already has superstars like LeBron James, Serena…
NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace just inked a huge endorsement deal with Beats By Dre … and the company is already stepping up to defend the driver against President Trump. The audio company — which already has superstars like LeBron James, Serena…
As the search for 20-year-old Private First Class Vanessa Guillen continues, the Guillen family attorney, Natalie Khawam has requested a congressional investigation into Fort Hood and Vanessa’s disappearance. Vanessa was last seen on April 22, 2020, in a parking lot at Fort Hood, in Texas, where she's stationed. Her car keys, barracks room key, identification card and wallet were later found in the armory room where she was working earlier in the day. Her phone is still missing. The U.S. Army
A powerful video of then-Senator Joe Biden speaking about apartheid South Africa has resurfaced.The clip, taken from C-Span coverage of a Senate committee in 1986, shows Mr Biden passionately speaking out in support of the majority black population of South Africa, and against the oppressive apartheid regime.
The judge just granted the temporary restraining order. Rousseau must stay 200-yards away from Billie and her parents and cease all contact. The next hearing is June 1. Billie Eilish is scared for herself and her family because an obsessed fan…
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said Wednesday that the sexual-assault allegation against Joe Biden must be “investigated seriously” and that Biden will likely have to address the claim directly.“It’s got to be taken seriously because this is a serious allegation raised by a serious individual and needs to be investigated seriously. We’ve probably got to hear from him [Biden] at some point directly,” Jeffries said Wednesday on WNYC when asked about Tara Reade's claim that Biden sexually assaulted her when she worked for him as a Senate staffer. “I’m not really in a position to say what is the appropriate mechanism, although this needs to be taken seriously.”Reade alleges that in 1993, when she was a Senate staff assistant for Biden, she was told by a top staffer to bring Biden a duffel bag in a Senate building, and when she met with him he pinned her against a wall and penetrated her with his fingers while forcibly kissing her. In early April of last year, before he announced his run for the Democratic nomination, Reade alleged along with several other women that Biden had touched her inappropriately.Several other top Democrats have stood by the presumptive Democratic nominee as he has denied the allegations, including House speaker Nancy Pelosi, New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who is considered one of the contenders to be Biden's running mate.“He’s devoted his life to supporting women, and he has vehemently denied this allegation,” Gillibrand said.“I’m satisfied with how he has responded. I know him. I was proud to endorse him on Monday,” Pelosi said.“I know Joe Biden and I think he's telling the truth and this did not happen,” Abrams said during a CNN appearance.Biden will reportedly appear on MSNBC's Morning Joe and address the allegations on Friday.
Andrew Yang says it’s sad but true — many Americans are aiming their hostilities over the coronavirus at Asians … but he’s trying his best to be empathetic. The former presidential candidate — who’s Taiwanese American — tells us he understands…
Billie Eilish kicked off her Where Do We Go? tour by giving her fans quite a shock — a rare display of her body … to go with a powerful message. The 18-year-old singer’s well-known not just for her music, but for her habit of wearing baggy,…
People looking to make a buck off items from the Kobe Bryant memorial will have to go somewhere other than eBay … ’cause the company is actively working to remove all the items from the site. As we previously reported … shirts, pins, programs…
Ronnie’s attorneys, Scott Leemon and Leonard Levine, tell TMZ … a judge granted Ronnie an emergency order for protection against domestic violence, and the order is in effect through February 25. Leemon also tells us…”Regrettably, on Saturday…
The Osundairo brothers’ attorney, Gloria Schmidt, tells TMZ … “This is just another sad attempt by Jussie Smollett to try and falsely smear the Osundario brothers, the City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department. There is no legal merit to…
Jenelle Evans is afraid for her life and the lives of her kids … and that’s because she says her estranged husband, David Eason, is off-the-rails violent. Jenelle got a restraining order against David, claiming flatly, “Because of his recent…
RZA is stoked to see the guys from Rage Against the Machine rocking again — but he wants to see another reunion that involves them and his Wu-Tang Clan. We got the Wu leader at LAX and asked how he felt about Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha…
Botham Jean’s neighbor — who testified against Amber Guyger, the Dallas cop who gunned down BJ in his own apartment — has now been killed … days after the guilty verdict. Joshua Brown was discovered Friday night in Dallas after what appears to…
Cleveland prosecutors have stonewalled TMZ Sports for days, refusing to answer a pretty simple question — what’s the logic behind not prosecuting Kareem Hunt for brutalizing a woman? The video of the incident is the kind of smoking gun…