Donald Trump still hasn't decided who will replace Karoline Leavitt as press secretary ... but he's adding a reporter who’s caught his eye to his White House comms crew.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Beni Rae Harmony -- a 24-year-old White House correspondent for Real America's Voice -- has been hired as a new spokesperson and assistant press secretary for the White House. She starts on Monday.
Harmony has recently become a regular in the White House press pool ... traveling to Ireland with Trump, who was seen on September 13 holding a stack of papers with what appears to say "Beni Rae Harmony" printed in bold at the top.
Gypsy Rose Blanchardsent Ken Urkera birthday voice note just hours before he was found dead ... and the message apparently went unanswered.
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Gypsy sent Ken the message around 2 PM Thursday, wishing him a happy birthday and talking about their daughter, Aurora.
We're told Gypsy apologized because a photo showing Aurora's face had leaked online ... and told Ken she planned to figure out who was responsible, believing the leak may have come from her private Facebook page where she had posted the picture.
Future's brother, FBG Casino, cut a plea deal in his fentanyl case ... after federal agents said they found 17 kilos worth of fentanyl in an Airbnb-turned-stash house.
FBG -- real name Rico Deville Buice -- pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute.
While the judge in the case has yet to sentence him ... the plea deal notes the mandatory minimum for the offense is 10 years -- with the maximum sentence being life in prison and up to a $10 million fine.
Christa Pike was unconscious more than a day after officials screwed up her execution ... and she's not even breathing on her own, her lawyers say.
The convicted killer's legal team filed documents Friday asking a judge to preserve all evidence related to the botched execution ... and noted that, as of the night of October 1, Pike was "intubated, on a ventilator, and remains unconscious."
Her attorneys say her arms were swollen, burned, and blistered ... and they say hospital staff are working furiously to save her life and clear the pentobarbital from her system.
Talk about becoming part of the story ... a TV reporter and her cameraman in Mexico were covering dangerous road conditions when a car came skidding straight at them -- and the whole thing went down live on air.
GamaVisión reporter Alma de la Rosa Flores was in the middle of a live shot in Monterrey, reporting on damage from a fallen tree ... when a Jeep-type vehicle suddenly lost control on the slick pavement and barreled into the news crew.
The scary moment played out live ... with the vehicle sliding into frame and taking out Alma and the cameraman before the broadcast abruptly cut back to the studio.
Halle Berry's ex-husband Olivier Martinez worries about their son spending time with Halle because she has "impulse control" and "anger management" issues ... at least according to Olivier's lawyer.
Patrick Baghdaserians joined us on "TMZ Live" Friday, and we asked about Olivier filing a restraining order against Halle.
Olivier's attorney stresses this isn't a vindictive measure by a bitter ex -- this is all about the welfare of their child, 12-year-old Maceo.
The Cornell gang rape case just took another bizarre turn ... with accused fraternity brothers claiming the woman at the center of the case told them the group sex was consensual and even called it "normal in the medieval times."
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Halle Berryand her ex-husband Olivier Martinezare trading explosive allegations ... he claims she choked their son, while Halle calls the accusation "meritless" and is firing back with claims about his own allegedly violent behavior.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard's ex-fiancéKen Urker was found dead inside his Louisiana home after making suicide threats after cops were warned he owned a gun ... TMZ has learned.
According to law enforcement records obtained by TMZ, deputies responded to Urker's Raceland residence Thursday evening for a welfare check after family members said he wasn’t answering his phone or showing up for work.
The caller told dispatchers Urker had threatened to commit suicide and owned a gun. The caller also told cops he was in a "dark place." Later, another caller told authorities Urker had "killed himself" and wanted to know if he was okay.
10/2/2026 10:28 AM PT -- TMZ has obtained the police report detailing a troubling picture of the scene deputies walked into.
8:20 PM PT -- The Lafourche Sheriff’s Office tells TMZ ... “We responded to a residence in Raceland today after receiving a call at 6:15 p.m. Kenan Urker, 34, was found dead upon arrival. At this time, we are continuing the death investigation.”
Big Black -- one of Howard Stern's famous Wack Packers -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.
The NYC Medical Examiner's Office tells TMZ ... Big Black died of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, a condition in which fatty plaque builds up inside the artery walls, causing them to narrow and harden.
The M.E.'s office declined to say where or when he died, but the condition is considered a natural cause of death.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her former fiancé Ken Urker were taking some time apart before his death ... but their relationship was still intact, and they planned to move into a new apartment ... TMZ has learned.
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Ken asked Gypsy for some space ... and she had been staying with her parents for the past couple of weeks while moving their belongings out of the couple's old apartment and into a new place.
Sources stress the two had not broken up and were not on a break ... they were simply spending some time apart.
The lawyer representing the Jane Doe accusing 7 Cornell frat brothers of drugging and sexually assaulting her at a frat house says his client is "not doing well" ... and he pushed back on the narrative that she was remotely capable of giving consent the night of her alleged gang rape.
In an interview with CNN on Friday, Jane Doe's attorney Thomas Giuffra said his client has been "under siege on social media where people are trying to identify her."
Describing "false court postings" trying to ID her and the fact that other women have been misidentified as her, Giuffra said ... "That's been really difficult."
When asked about Jane Doe's account to police ... where she said she engaged in consensual activity in the beginning of the night before it became nonconsensual ... Giuffra remained adamant that Jane Doe was too drunk to ever give consent that night.
TikTok star Brooke Eby, who built a huge following by documenting her battle with ALS and tackling the disease with humor and brutal honesty, is dead.
The ALS Network announced Brooke's death Thursday ... saying the community was mourning an "extraordinary advocate, storyteller, community builder and friend."
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Brooke was diagnosed with ALS -- also known as Lou Gehrig's disease -- in March 2022, about four years after she first began experiencing symptoms.
Christa Pike raised serious concerns about the doctor who was assigned to give her a lethal injection, asking tough questions weeks before he botched her execution ... TMZ has learned.
TMZ obtained court docs filed by Christa in August … a short time before her scheduled execution on September 30 ... and she claims prosecutors went to "great lengths to protect and conceal the identity of the physician that the State of Tennessee uses in its executions.”
She said the government objected to any questions about the qualifications of the doctor scheduled. Christa's legal team claimed the physician made a statement to a news outlet about his intention to participate in her execution.
