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Friday, December 5, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel Thanks Trump for Google Superstardom in 2025 by Trish Bendix

The host said he wouldn't have been the third-most-trending person in Google searches this year "without the support of loyal viewers" like the president.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Late Night Reviews Trump's 'Social Media Blitzkrieg' by Trish Bendix

The president posted 160 times on Truth Social in one night, according to news reports. One host says his "thumbs were as swollen as his ankles."

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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Late Night Lashes Out at Trump's Tim Walz Taunt by Trish Bendix

"On Thanksgiving? Are you confusing that with Festivus?" Jon Stewart said of President Trump's Truth Social post insulting the Minnesota governor's intelligence.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Seth Meyers Bastes Trump for His Rambling Turkey Pardon by Trish Bendix

The president spent so much time talking that Meyers thinks the turkeys would have preferred to be put out of their misery.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Late Night Is Amused by Trump's About-Face on the Epstein Files by Trish Bendix

"We have nothing to hide," President Trump said about releasing the documents. Jimmy Kimmel shot back: "I have some bad news: There's no 'we.' It's just you, bro."

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Friday, November 14, 2025

Late Night Sifts Through 20,000 Emails of 'Trump/Epstein Lore' by Trish Bendix

"The Daily Show" host Josh Johnson said the G.O.P.'s document release was no help to Trump: "They basically saw his grease fire and said, 'Let us add some water.'"

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Late Night Pops Off on Trump Popping Up in Epstein Email Thread by Trish Bendix

Josh Johnson said that Jeffrey Epstein's references to President Trump might not mean much: "Maybe the email was about how Trump never comes to his sex parties " rude."

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Josh Johnson Isn't Sold on Trump's 50-Year Mortgage Plan by Trish Bendix

"This seems like a bad idea. And if Black people could get loans, I'd be worried," Johnson said on "The Daily Show."

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Friday, November 7, 2025

Late Night Laments the Effects of the Longest-Ever Government Shutdown by Trish Bendix

Stephen Colbert advised that anyone traveling for Thanksgiving "might want to leave now."

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Late Night Chuckles at Andrew Cuomo's Last-Minute Cheering Section by Trish Bendix

Republicans like President Trump, Stephen Miller and Elon Musk endorsed him ahead of New York City's mayoral election. Stephen Colbert referred to them as "everyone New Yorkers love."

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Late Night Finds Trump's Rich 'Great Gatsby' Party in Poor Taste by Trish Bendix

"There were dancers, costumes and champagne " a wonderful celebration where the theme was apparently gross income inequality," Jon Stewart said.

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Late Night Shades South Korea for Giving Trump a Crown by Trish Bendix

Desi Lydic called the president's reception "a 'yes, king' rally for Trump."

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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Stephen Colbert Spots Something in Trump's 'Perfect' M.R.I. Scan by Trish Bendix

"Wait a second, what's that in his stomach? It's the Epstein files!" the "Late Show" host said.

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Seth Meyers Thinks Trump Is Trolling With Third-Term Talk by Trish Bendix

The president says he hasn't really thought about a third term. Meyers said that was "like James Cameron saying he hasn't thought about 'Avatar 4.'"

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Late Night Watches Trump Go 'Hulk Smash' on the White House by Trish Bendix

"That is it. We are not giving him the security deposit back," Stephen Colbert said about the president's building renovation plans.

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Friday, October 17, 2025

Trump's Dinner for Ballroom Donors Leaves a Bad Taste in Kimmel's Mouth by Trish Bendix

Wealthy businesspeople who gave money to build a White House ballroom curried favor with the president, "just as our founding fathers intended," Jimmy Kimmel said.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Stephen Colbert Ridicules Trump's Time Magazine Cover by Trish Bendix

"The Late Show" host called President Trump's photo the "worst Georgia O'Keeffe ever."

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Late Night Tips the Hat to Trump for Middle East Cease-fire by Trish Bendix

Jimmy Kimmel celebrated that President Trump "finally did something positive" with his role in the deal between Israel and Hamas.

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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Josh Johnson to Trump: He's Not 'Puff Daddy' Anymore by Trish Bendix

The "Daily Show" host found comedic fodder in an Oval Office event about mining in Alaska, at which the president wound up talking about Sean Combs.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Ronny Chieng Shades Pete Hegseth's Military Address by Trish Bendix

"Listen, we all do weird things when we're drunk, OK?" Chieng said. "Some of us slide into an ex's DMs, and some of us call every U.S. general to a meeting at Quantico."

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Stephen Colbert: 'Our Nation is at War with Oregon. It's Waregon.' by Trish Bendix

The "Late Show" host quipped about Trump's latest target and plan to deploy federal troops to a "war-ravaged" Pacific Northwest.

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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Late Night Tracks Trump's Trip to the U.K. by Trish Bendix

"For the next couple of days, he's bangin' their mash," Stephen Colbert said on Wednesday.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Jimmy Fallon Teases Trump's U.K. Trip by Trish Bendix

The "Tonight Show" host said the royal couple are the president's "second-favorite king and queen, next to Burger and Dairy."

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Late Night Finds Trump Strangely Fascinated by the White House Ballroom by Trish Bendix

"Every time he gets a chance to talk about it, he sounds likes one of my kids," Seth Meyers said.

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Friday, September 12, 2025

Late Night Calls for Bringing the Political Temperature Down by Trish Bendix

Seth Meyers and other hosts talked about Charlie Kirk's assassination, denouncing political violence and incendiary rhetoric.

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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Late Night Teases Trump Over His Night Out in D.C. by Trish Bendix

"There are hundreds of troops on the street and somehow they let a 34-time convicted felon just waltz into a restaurant," Jimmy Kimmel said.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Kimmel Calls Epstein's 'Birthday Book' a 'Gift That Keeps on Giving' by Trish Bendix

President Trump's administration denied that he'd signed a lewd tribute to Jeffrey Epstein, but Jimmy Kimmel isn't convinced.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Late Night Misses the Defense Department Already by Trish Bendix

President Trump has renamed it the Department of War, "which is what people call the clearance section at TJ Maxx," Jimmy Fallon said.

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Friday, August 15, 2025

Seth Meyers Braces for Trump's Kennedy Center Honors by Trish Bendix

The president said "wokesters" in the performing arts wouldn't be honored. "A 'wokester' sounds like a car your great-grandfather drove after the war," Meyers said.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Vladimir Putin's Coming to Alaska and Late Night Is Amused by Trish Bendix

"Trump loves talking about keeping criminal foreigners out of the country, and now he's like, 'Vladimir Putin, come on over,'" Jimmy Fallon said on Monday.

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Friday, August 8, 2025

Colbert on the Tariffs: 'Set Your Clocks Back to "More Expensive"' by Trish Bendix

President Trump is hitting Brazilian imports particularly hard, which is "bad news for meat-based Americans," Stephen Colbert said.

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