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April 9, 2026
Stephen Colbert Skewers Trump’s ‘Double-Sided’ Cease-Fire
“The Late Show” host asked if being double-sided wasn’t a prerequisite: “I believe there’s a word for a single-sided cease-fire and it’s ‘murder.’”
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April 8, 2026
Late Night Puzzles Over Trump’s ‘Mixed Message’ on Iran
“Everyone, most notably the people of Iran, were wondering if their civilization was going to die tonight. Well, good news, it didn’t,” Jimmy Kimmel said after a cease-fire was announced.
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April 7, 2026
Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump’s Expletive-Filled Post Threatening Iran
Late night hosts mocked the president’s expletive-filled ultimatum to Iran, posted on Easter Sunday morning.
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April 3, 2026
Late Night Says Goodbye to Pam Bondi
President Trump is “on a bit of a firing spree,” Jimmy Fallon said on “The Tonight Show” on Thursday, adding, “Ironically, the only staffer who has immunity is RFK Jr.”
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April 2, 2026
Desi Lydic Wants Trump to Take a Hint About the Ballroom
“Might I suggest: If the ballroom starts experiencing ballistic assault, maybe we just cancel the ball?” she said on “The Daily Show.”
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April 1, 2026
Stephen Colbert Blames ‘The Bachelorette’ Cancellation for $4 Gas
The “Late Show” host joked that “Trump attacked Iran” after ABC scrapped the reality show’s latest season.
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March 31, 2026
Stephen Colbert Marvels at ‘No Kings’ Rallies Worldwide
“Just look at the crowd we got here in New York,” he said. “Oop, that’s the T.S.A. line at J.F.K.”
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March 27, 2026
Late Night Disses Trump’s New ‘America First’ Award
“How many fake trophies that were made specifically for him is this guy going to get?” Seth Meyers asked on Thursday’s “Late Night.”
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March 26, 2026
Josh Johnson Ridicules the Army’s Opening to Older Recruits
“Look, according to People magazine — and apparently the U.S. military — 42 is the new 35,” Johnson said on Tuesday’s “Daily Show.”
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March 25, 2026
Late Night Questions the ‘Very Big Present’ Trump Got From Iran
Josh Johnson was puzzled by what kind of gift the president could have received “from the people you are currently at war with.”
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March 24, 2026
Late Night Doesn’t Feel So Hot About ICE at the Airport
Jimmy Kimmel said President Trump had “found a way to make the airport even worse.”
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March 20, 2026
Late Night Pans Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke
“Let me tell you: There is no doubt in my mind that everything he knows about Pearl Harbor begins and ends with a movie starring Ben Affleck,” Jimmy Kimmel said.
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March 19, 2026
Late Night Tells the Tale of Dueling Senators
“Also very funny to describe a duel as being between two consenting adults. You know, because if only one person consents, that’s murder,” said Seth Meyers, host of “Late Night.”
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March 18, 2026
Late Night Wonders Which Former President Spoke With Trump
In guessing which ex-leader Trump might have discussed Iran with, Jimmy Fallon said “two things seem equally possible: Either Trump’s lying, or Joe Biden doesn’t remember talking to him.”
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March 17, 2026
Jimmy Kimmel Has a Bone to Pick With Trump’s War Plans
“The only war Trump had an exit plan for was Vietnam,” Kimmel remarked after the president said he would end the war in Iran when he “feels it in his bones.”
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March 13, 2026
Late Night Unwraps ‘War’ vs. ‘Excursion’ vs. ‘Both’
The “Late Night” host Seth Meyers said President Trump is letting Americans “choose your own adventure” in the war with Iran.
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March 12, 2026
Jimmy Kimmel Addresses the Notion of a Drone Strike on California
“Isn’t this how ‘Ironman 3’ started?” Kimmel said after the F.B.I. warned state officials tobb prepare for a retaliatory Iranian drone strike on the West Coast ahead of Sunday’s Academy Awards.
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March 11, 2026
Late Night Makes Fun of Pete Hegseth’s Fruit Baskets
The Pentagon reportedly spent lavishly on doughnuts, ice cream machines and stickers — “and despite all that, nobody came to Pete Hegseth’s birthday party,” Stephen Colbert said.
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March 10, 2026
Late Night Scolds Trump Over Gasoline Prices
“You can lie about many things in American life, but one thing you can’t lie about is gas prices,” Late Night host Seth Meyers said. “Everyone sees it.”
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March 6, 2026
Late Night Isn’t Sad to See Kristi Noem Leave Homeland Security
“Sounds like someone’s about to become the FIFA secretary of homeland security,” Stephen Colbert joked.
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March 5, 2026
Late Night Doesn’t Understand Why America Is Attacking Iran
“This could be the first war ever launched based on vibes,” Jimmy Fallon said.
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March 4, 2026
Jimmy Kimmel Wants to Host the White House Correspondents' Dinner
“Please, give the people what they want for once,” the talk show host appealed to President Trump. “This is our destiny together, you and me. Think about it.”
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February 27, 2026
Late Night Lampoons Trump’s State of the Union Ratings
Stephen Colbert joked that the president “is really dragging down broadcast television” with lower ratings for Tuesday’s State of the Union than last year’s address.
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February 26, 2026
Late Night Fixates on How Long Trump Spoke
“This time, Trump spoke and everyone else fell asleep,” Jimmy Fallon said.
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February 25, 2026
Jimmy Kimmel Goes Live After a Super Long State of the Union
“I can’t believe America missed an all-new ‘Will Trent’ for this one,” he joked.
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February 24, 2026
Late Night Sums Up Trump’s Tariff Tiff with the Supreme Court
“Wow, a court composed mostly of his own party’s appointees has struck down the constitutionality of Trump’s go-it-alone tariff regime,” Jon Stewart said. “That’s bound to cause him some introspect...
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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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