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February 20, 2026
Stephen Colbert Balks at Trump’s Board of Peace
“The Late Show” host called the group “kind of like the U.N., except instead of passing binding resolutions, you pass a greasy bag of money to Donald Trump.”
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February 19, 2026
Stephen Colbert Sizes Up R.F.K. Jr.’s Workout With Kid Rock
“The Late Show” host called the 90-second video of the two working up a sweat together “pure cinema.”
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February 18, 2026
Stephen Colbert Finds a Place to File CBS’s Surprise Statement
“I don’t even know what to do with this,” Colbert said about the network’s news release on a scrapped interview with a Democratic politician, before putting the paper in a dog waste bag.
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February 17, 2026
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
“And because my network clearly doesn’t want us to talk about this, let’s talk about this,” Stephen Colbert said after CBS canceled a Texas congressman’s appearance on Monday’s “Late Show.”
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February 13, 2026
‘The Daily Show’ Gives President Trump Yet Another Inaugural Award
Jordan Klepper congratulated the president, the sole nominee for “the Inaugural Award for Winning the Most Inaugural Awards.”
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February 12, 2026
Late Night Boos Pam Bondi’s ‘Bratty’ Behavior
“If downplaying international sex rings were an Olympic sport, Bondi would take home the gold,” Jordan Klepper said on “The Daily Show.”
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February 11, 2026
Late Night Mines Trump’s Million Mentions in the Epstein Files
“A million times? There’s not even that many references to Hamlet in the play ‘Hamlet,’” Jordan Klepper said on “The Daily Show.”
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February 10, 2026
Jon Stewart Defends Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
“The Daily Show” host said it shouldn’t be a performer’s job to unify the country: “Isn’t there another person whose job description is much more along those lines?”
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February 6, 2026
Late Night Finds Trump Out of Place at Prayer Breakfast
The annual National Prayer Breakfast “is supposed to be a normal, nonpartisan event,” Seth Meyers said, “but, of course, Donald Trump is incapable of being normal.”
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February 5, 2026
Jimmy Kimmel Hints ‘Melania’ Box Office Was a ‘Rigged Outcome’
Late night hosts were skeptical of a $7 million opening weekend for the new Amazon film about the first lady.
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February 4, 2026
Michael Kosta Blasts the Super Bowl Halftime Alternative
“Man, that is a real who’s who of ‘Who?’” Kosta mused about Turning Point USA’s concert as opposed to the halftime show led by Bad Bunny.
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January 29, 2026
Late Night Praises Ilhan Omar’s Quick Reflexes
Stephen Colbert said the Minneapolis congresswoman looked “ready to throw some hands” after a man sprayed a substance at her at a town hall.
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January 28, 2026
Desi Lydic Says Gregory Bovino Got ‘Iced Out’
“We’re not throwing you under the bus — we’re throwing you onto a bus, and sending it far, far away,” the “Daily Show” host said of the recalled Border Patrol official.
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January 27, 2026
Seth Meyers Won’t Let ICE Co-Opt the Weather
“Just think about it, ICE is so unpopular, they want FEMA to not use the word ‘ice,’” the late night host said of the immigration enforcement agency.
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January 23, 2026
Seth Meyers Says Trump’s Deals Are as Strong as a Pinkie Swear
“At this point, it’s pretty clear world leaders make deals with Trump the way kids do on the playground,” Meyers said of the president on Wednesday.
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January 22, 2026
Kimmel Says Comedy Is Political Lately Because Politics Are Comedic
“We didn’t come to them, they came to us,” the late night host said about news infiltrating comedy while discussing President Trump’s latest stab for Greenland.
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January 21, 2026
Late Night Cringes Over Trump’s Texting Spree
Jimmy Kimmel quipped that the president “can do so much damage in one three-day weekend — I don’t know if anybody has ever done more.”
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January 20, 2026
Jimmy Fallon Teases Trump Over Secondhand Prize
The “Tonight Show” host joked that President Trump hung his new Nobel Prize on the wall “right next to his McDonald’s customer of the month plaque.”
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January 16, 2026
Seth Meyers Never Guessed Trump Was Such a Milk Fan
The “Late Night” host said there was no way President Trump drank milk, “unless someone tricked you into thinking your Diet Coke came from a cow.”
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January 15, 2026
Colbert Jokes That Trump Has Found ‘a New National Bird’
“You got to hand it to that auto worker for getting under Trump’s skin,” Stephen Colbert said after the president appeared to flip off a heckling worker at a Ford plant.
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January 14, 2026
Stephen Colbert Accuses Trump of ‘Invading Minnesota’
“Has anyone told him that they don’t have oil?” Colbert said of the president’s plan to send 1,000 more immigration officers to Minnesota.
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January 13, 2026
Jon Stewart Skewers Trump as ‘Acting President of Venezuela’
“Doesn’t your oath of office to America have a noncompete?” the “Daily Show” host asked President Trump.
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January 9, 2026
Late Night Is Distracted by Kristi Noem’s Oversized Cowboy Hat
“Why is Kristi Noem always in some sort of cosplay outfit?” Seth Meyers asked on Thursday.
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January 8, 2026
Late Night Responds to Trump’s Bid to Be an Oil Baron
Jimmy Kimmel said it was good President Trump would be in charge of Venezuela’s oil sales: “That way we know it will be spent honestly.”
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January 7, 2026
Ronny Chieng Remarks on Trump ‘DoorDash-ing’ Maduro to Brooklyn
“The Daily Show” host quipped that after a surprise capture, Nicolás Maduro “will face justice in the best legal system in the world that we illegally kidnapped him to.”
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January 6, 2026
Stephen Colbert Doubts Trump Can Run Two Countries at Once
“The Late Show” host said the president couldn’t possibly run two nations, because “he can’t even run.”
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December 18, 2025
Late Night Shades Trump’s Impromptu ‘Liar-Side Chat’
Jimmy Kimmel called the president’s last-minute speech “a surprise prime-time episode of ‘The Worst Wing’ tonight on every channel.”
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December 17, 2025
Late Night Thanks the White House for a ‘Doozy of an Interview’
Jimmy Kimmel was grateful that Susie Wiles, the president’s “future former chief of staff,” spilled the beans on her boss in a Vanity Fair article.
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December 16, 2025
Late Night Pays Tribute to Rob Reiner
Seth Meyers also scorned President Trump’s Truth Social post about the celebrated filmmaker’s death.
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December 12, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel Takes a Swipe at Trump’s ‘Gold Card’
The new visa for rich foreigners had Kimmel rethinking the Statue of Liberty’s inscription: “Never mind your poor and tired. Give us a million bucks — you’re in.”
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