Politix

There are several ominous connections between the New Orleans terror attack on Bourbon Street and the Tesla that exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Vegas.

Both the Vegas Tesla and the pick up truck in New Orleans were rented by the same car-sharing company, Turo. And 3 detonating devices were found in New Orleans -- one in the pickup truck and 2 nearby -- it appears there are similarities to the detonating device in the Tesla.

Donald Trump is not getting off the hook for the $5 million a jury awarded E. Jean Carroll in 2023 after they found Trump liable for sexual abuse ... 'cause a federal court just upheld the judgment.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit made their decision Monday ... explaining the judge did not abuse his discretion when ruling on the evidence of the case.

The court has also denied Trump's request for a new trial. According to CNN, the court also ruled that even if the judge had made mistakes, it's unlikely to have swayed the case enough to warrant a new trial because of the strength of Carroll's evidence.

Jimmy Carter -- the 39th President of the United States, a renowned philanthropist and a Nobel Peace Prize winner -- has died.

The news of his death was confirmed by his son, Jimmy Carter III also known as Chip to the Washington Post on Sunday.

The Carter Center tells TMZ ... Jimmy passed away at home surrounded by family. He was the longest living former president in history when he passed away.

Donald Trump's showering praise on the late Jimmy Carter ... saying he did his best to improve the lives of his fellow Americans -- and, the country owes him a debt.

The president-elect posted to his social media platform, Truth Social, Sunday ... only about an hour after the Carter Center announced the former president had passed away at 100.

In his message, Trump writes that anyone who has been president knows it's a very exclusive club ... and, only members in its ranks can understand the responsibility of leading the country.

Donald Trump is urging the Supreme Court to pause the upcoming TikTok ban.

A new law is set to go into effect Jan. 19 -- the day before Trump is inaugurated for his second presidency -- and it requires TikTok be sold by its Chinese parent company or be shut down.

Trump's lawyer, John Sauer, filed a brief Friday saying DJT requests SCOTUS consider delaying the upcoming change ... at least until Trump is in office.

J.D. Vance is a long way from Donald Trump's golf courses and Mar-a-Lago ... because he's on a snow-covered mountain in Colorado.

The Vice President-elect hit the slopes in Aspen on Friday ... with his family and a Secret Service security detail in tow.

J.D. was covered head to toe in skiing gear for the occasion ... ski mask, helmet, goggles, gloves, the whole nine yards.

Donald Trump looks like he may be having some technical difficulties ... because a post on his social media platform reads a lot like a potential private message to Elon Musk.

President-elect Trump posted this bizarre message Friday on Truth Social, and it's getting a lot of attention for a Bill Gates name drop ... "Where are you? When are you coming to the 'Center of the Universe,' Mar-a-Lago. Bill Gates asked to come, tonight. We miss you and x! New Year's Eve is going to be AMAZING!!!  DJT"

On its own, the post doesn't make a whole lot of sense ... but there are some clues this may have been a private message intended for Elon.

Bill Maher is saying humbug to supporters of DEI, calling it "virtue signaling" that in no way solves problems of inequality.

Bill invited Jay Leno to gab on his "Club Random" podcast, and B.M. did not mince words, calling out the left -- "virtue signaling and the stuff that they do just to make themselves feel better about being allies." He says it does nothing to address the problem the left says it's solving.

Bill asks, “You want to be a good ally?" He says there are 3 ways to make things better ... “Better schools. Don’t graduate kids who don’t know anything and have no skills. More dads. End the drug war. Those are the practical things, and that’s not what they care about talking about.”

Adam McKay says fans of "Wicked" may want to see the movie ASAP ... 'cause he worries politicians may try to ban it for it's message.

The Oscar-winning writer and director took to X Monday ... saying the hit film based on the Broadway musical is one of the most radical big budget Hollywood films he's ever seen -- claiming it's "about radicalization in the face of careerism, fascism, propaganda."

He likens the film to other progressive movies -- like "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "The Sound of Music," "The Searchers" and "Citizen Kane."

Bill Clinton will not be spending the holidays in a hospital bed instead he'll be able to spend Christmas at home with his family after a brief medical scare landed him in the hospital this week.

According to Angel Ureña, the former President's Deputy Chief of Staff, he was discharged from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C. on Tuesday after being admitted on Monday with a fever. In a statement posted on X, Ureña said Clinton had been treated for the flu and had remained at the hospital for observation and testing.

His statement concluded, "He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and are touched by the kind messages and well wishes he received. He sends his warmest wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season to all."

The bombshell Matt Gaetz report from Congress drops sordid details about him paying $90,000 for sex and drugs -- including multiple hook-ups with a 17-year-old high school student.

The House Ethics Committee found the former congressman paid a dozen women for sex between 2017 and 2020 ... according to CBS News, which obtained a copy of the 37-page report which the Committee announced last week it would be releasing.

The report says one of the women Gaetz paid was, at the time, a high school junior he had sex with in front of others -- and the Committee says it has receipts showing "tens of thousands of dollars in payments to women" which it determined was "likely in connection with sexual activity or drug use."

Black Mafia Family co-founder Terry "Southwest T" Flenory was on the receiving end of the coveted presidential pardons -- and he's proudly showing off his Joe Biden autograph as proof!!!

On Friday, Terry excitedly posted a secret he's been keeping in the bag for the last 8 days ... the exiting prez commuted his sentence after originally releasing him in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He gloated to his haters and even teased his mother for leaking the news a little early. The ankle monitor he had been wearing the past 4 years also went bye-bye.

Bernie Sanders is calling out Jeff Bezos to get his priorities straight, slamming the Amazon founder for his dinner with Donald Trump ... as some workers at the company went on strike at multiple locations across the U.S. Thursday.

In an X post Thursday, Bernie came for Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's double date at Mar-a-Lago with Trump and Melania Wednesday night, and accuses him of engaging in illegal union-busting.

He also sent a direct message to Amazon in the same post, urging them to follow the law and negotiate a fair contract with the Teamsters.

The federal government is drawing a line in the sand -- or, more accurately, the air -- when it comes to the mysterious drones zooming around New Jersey ... restricting the areas where they can fly and promising deadly force to those presenting a threat.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced the news this week ... putting the ban into effect beginning Wednesday and running through at least January 17, 2025.

According to the new rules, drones are restricted from flying within a nautical mile of specified airspace outlined in the department's official Notice to Airmen.

Turns out the Wisconsin teen school shooter may have had a partner in crime -- a California man has been detained for allegedly planning a mass shooting at a government building in a coordinated attack with her.

According to a gun violence restraining order obtained by San Diego's CBS 8, 20-year-old Carlsbad resident Alexander Paffendorf is accused of exchanging messages with Natalie Rupnow about opening fire at a local government building ... while she attacked the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison on Monday.

The emergency restraining order from the Carlsbad Police Department states, "During an FBI interview, Paffendorf admitted to the FBI agents that he told Rupnow that he would arm himself with explosives and a gun and that he would target a government building."

Cheryl Hines has thoughts about that pic of her famously health-conscious husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., digging into some McDonald's with President-elect Donald Trump.

We caught up with Cheryl Wednesday in Bev Hills, and asked her about a potential move to Washington, D.C. ... now that Trump's made RFK Jr. his nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Our photog brought up the elephant in the room, wondering if CH is at all worried Trump's eating habits -- a passion for fast food and well-done steaks with ketchup -- will rub off on Robert.