When Jay-Z was on Jonathan Ross’ show a couple weeks ago, the British host asked him about being BFF with President Barack Obama. Hov responded that he knew Obama liked his music, but that he hadn’t had the opportunity to visit the White House yet due to a heavy travel schedule. [...]

White House social secretary Desiree Rogers has decided to call it quits. An Obama administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, says Rogers — , whose name was linked to the fiasco involving State Dinner crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi — has decided to step down from her post. No reason was given [...]

Less than a week after declaring he would seek a full four-year term, embattled New York Gov. (D) David Paterson has decided not to run for election this fall amid low poll numbers, a lack of support from Democrats and controversy surrounding a domestic violence case involving one of his aides. At a news [...]

Contrary to popular belief, there is more to the Bahamas than the sunny, fun-filled good time seen on postcards and brochures. According to Nicki Micheaux (ABC Family’s “Lincoln Heights”), the island’s other side is riddled in poverty and drug addiction. The actress became acquainted with the dark side of the Bahamas while filming [...]

Jay Z and New York Governor James Paterson are getting the side-eye because of who was chosen to run a multi-million dollar southeast Queens racetrack and casino. It’s no secret that Governor Paterson is in love with Jay Z. He’s been very vocal about his feelings, he even took time out of his busy schedule [...]

Mitt Romney is already showing what type of ass he’ll be if ever elected president. he Republican and former Massachusetts Governor had a man ejected from a plane last week after an altercation that he apparently helped start. As it turns out, the man ejected from the flight was LMFAO member Sku Blu. [...]

It’s rare that a political scandal makes landfall in D.C. that doesn’t find Marion Barry at the eye of the storm. Yet the former mayor and current city council member is always defiant in the face of his accusers and critics. The narrative is one that never ends. This week, an independent probe, [...]

Remember that little incident that ended with Harvard professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates in handcuffs while cussin’ and calling a certain police officer names and stuff?
Well, those handcuffs are now headed to the new museum on black history at the Smithsonian. If you recall, last summer’s arrest of Gates set off racial drama that [...]

The Detroit News is reporting that former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick claims he doesn’t have the money to make a court-ordered $79,000 payment due this month for what a Wayne County judge had determined were deliberate attempts to hide his income. Kilpatrick further claims in a motion filed last week that the bulk payment he [...]

In case you didn’t know, it costs a great deal of money to protect the president. In fact, the $1.4 billion spent each year protecting President Obama is more than the entire Haitian government spends to fund its entire nation. Within that budget comes one of the craziest and scariest cars you’ve ever seen: [...]

Frustrated by term-limited Mayor Ray Nagin’s leadership of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, voters elected Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to succeed him Saturday, turning to a political scion to speed up the city’s recovery. Landrieu, 49, became the majority-black city’s first white mayor since 1979, the year his father Moon left the office. [...]

Washington D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Janet Albert, 45, has found herself on the other side of the bench in a criminal trial against her former lover Taylar Nuevelle, 40. Albert’s former lover, Nuevelle, has been charged with burglary, unlawful entry, and stalking after Albert found Nuevelle unconscious in Albert’s attic with food and [...]

In Johannesburg, South Africa’s polygamist president, Jacob Zuma, has apologized to the nation after being criticized for having an extramarital affair that resulted in a daughter born in October. Zuma has three wives. Analysts had argued that the love child revelations would have little impact because South African voters overwhelmingly supported Zuma in [...]

Lil Wayne sent the media reeling during a press conference on Wednesday (Feb. 3) when he took a minute to discuss his inclusion in the star-studded remake of Michael Jackson’s ‘We Are the World.’ After explaining that he felt honored to have the chance to cover Bob Dylan’s verse, the New Orleans rapper shocked reporters [...]

The ridiculousness that is John Edwards is still unraveling. Cancer-stricken Elizabeth Edwards is telling pals that John beat her during a horrific marriage-ending fight, “John lost his temper big-time,” revealed a close friend of Elizabeth

President Barack Obama’s aunt, an illegal immigrant from Kenya, pleaded for political asylum Thursday during a federal immigration hearing in Boston. Zeituni Onyango, 57, testified for 2-1/2 hours today in her second attempt to secure asylum after ignoring a 2004 deportation order. Two other witnesses, both doctors, were testifying in support of Onyango, [...]

At nearly 70-years-old South African President Jacob Zuma is still gettin’ it in — with his friends daughters at that!!! Zuma is accused of fathering his 20th child (he has seven babymamas) last year, just a few months before his most recent wedding. President Zuma has allegedly fathered a child with friend and powerful [...]

Attendees of Monday’s Duke v.s. Georgetown were greeted by a familiar face, the President of the United States. The President attended the game and provided sports commentary with CBS sports commentators Verne Lundquist and Clark Kellog. Obviously enjoying his downtime at the game, he jokingly tells Kellog, “After retirement I’m coming after your [...]

A fuming mistress sent retribution into a new orbit by plastering the country with billboards that show her nuzzling a married New York business honcho and adviser to President Obama. YaVaughnie Wilkins had been dating her married lover, Charles Phillips, for more than 8 years and was planning to marry him when he finally [...]

In a shocking new interview, former Illinois governor turned reality TV show wannabe Rod Blagojevich claims he’s “blacker” than President Barack Obama. In an article for the February issue of Esquire magazine, Blagojevich says: “I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little [...]