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February 5, 2019

Kimmel, Fallon avoid Ralph Northam controversy in late-night monologues; both have histories using blackface in skits

Despite the controversy surrounding Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam dominating the news cycle for days, late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon avoided the subject in their monologues on Monday night.

February 1, 2019

Michael Moore calls for Starbucks boycott until Howard Schultz says he’s not running for president

Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore is putting pressure on former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz as he mulls a possible run for president.

January 26, 2019

Bill Maher attacks 'smirk-face' Covington Catholic HS student, jokes about priests' sex abuse of kids

HBO’s Bill Maher attacked Covington Catholic High School students, blaming them for the viral encounter with a Native American activist, and made a rape joke about the teenagers and priests.

January 26, 2019

Ann Coulter rips Trump over border wall on Bill Maher's show after attacking president via Twitter

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter both blasted and defended President Trump during an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday night -- hours after she ripped into the president on Twitter for cutting a deal with Democrats to temporarily end the partial government shutdown without funding for his border wall.

January 25, 2019

Michael Moore urges everyone not to pay tax returns, fly on planes during shutdown

Liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore appeared on “The Late Show” Thursday night where he urged people to fight back against the Trump administration amid the partial government shutdown.

January 25, 2019

NBC’s Chuck Todd defends not having climate change skeptics on 'Meet the Press' special

NBC News’ Chuck Todd defended his decision to not invite any climate change skeptics onto his show during a full-hour special on the subject.

January 24, 2019

Trevor Noah: Pelosi must have given Trump a ‘wedgie’ since he hasn’t given her a nickname

“Daily Show” host Trevor Noah examined the bitter relationship between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, amid their political showdown during the partial government shutdown.

January 23, 2019

'Daily Show' host mocks Gillibrand again, this time over her past Trump-like positions not being 'racist'

President Trump's immigration policies are "racist," U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has claimed, but when the New York Democrat held similar positions herself in the past -- before changing them -- her stands were merely not "empathetic" and not "kind." That kind of thinking was the latest target for “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah as he took more shots at Gillibrand on Tuesday.

January 22, 2019

Jimmy Kimmel depicts Donald Trump’s father in hell, mocks Kellyanne Conway’s sex life

Jimmy Kimmel skewered members of both Donald Trump's administration and family in a one-hour special on Monday called “Intermission Accomplished: A Half-Time Tribute to Trump.”

January 18, 2019

Giuliani mocked by late night hosts for 'admitting' that Trump campaign colluded with Russia

Late night comedians had a field day with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani over his evolving defense of President Donald Trump.