John Oliver, like his fellow late-night hosts before him, is ringing the alarm on president Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. The Last Week Tonight host wasted no time getting down to brass tacks, addressing the Los Angeles protests that were spurred by the White House deputy chief of staff…

John Oliver has weighed in on the Donald Trump and Elon Musk feud that simmered on the latter’s social media platform X, which reached a head prior to the weekend as the two engaged in barbs the Last Week Tonight host said gave “Real Housewives energy.” Trouble began brewing Thursday when bitter…

Back after the Memorial Day weekend break, John Oliver wasted no time soaring through a topic needing urgent attention: the air traffic control crisis that has been looming and ongoing for years due to lack of investment. Beginning Last Week Tonight, the host made a quip about a 2023 headline…

John Oliver does have a “hot take” on his home network’s decision to rebrand Max back into HBO Max — but he wants the head honchos at Warner Bros. Discovery to know that was his choice. As Last Week Tonight addressed president Donald Trump’s antagonistic relationship with the press, he pointed…

As President Donald Trump prepares Americans for economic hardship amid a looming trade war, Last Week Tonight‘s John Oliver zeroed in on the GOP leader’s multiple comments about dolls, which came about as he enlisted a clumsy and ever-changing metaphor to discuss how girls of varying ages may now…

John Oliver doesn’t think a British version of Saturday Night Live is a good idea. While appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the SNL alum asked Oliver what he thought about the UK adaptation of the NBC late-night sketch show. “It sounds like a terrible idea,” Oliver…

As the Trump administration continues deporting alleged criminals without due process, John Oliver can’t help but worry for who’s next. On this weekend’s episode of Last Week Tonight, the comedian joked that noted fishing enthusiast Henry Winkler is likely next on ICE’s list after another man…

Back from Easter break, Last Week Tonight‘s John Oliver spent the majority of his program going in on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s reckless Department of Health & Human Services cuts, anti-vaccine stance and “dehumanizing” comments about autistic people. “This is a man who is clearly in way over his…

John Oliver dedicated a significant portion of Last Week Tonight to unpacking President Donald Trump’s tariff fiasco and the “financial armageddon” he is hell-bent on bringing about, beginning the segment by deeming the past several news cycles an “emotional rollercoaster” since the taxes…

J.K. Rowling and John Oliver are facing off again over the issue of transgender athletes. The duo, linked by their respective creative partnerships with HBO, clashed last November after Oliver argued that there was "no evidence” trans athletes “pose any threat to safety or fairness." Rowling…

John Oliver knows the whole timeline on X, formerly Twitter, is mired in discourse in the aftermath of the explosive (and murderous) finale of The White Lotus Season 3, and given his show’s shared home at HBO, he’s decided to cash in on the conversation with an apt dig at President Donald…

John Oliver could find himself in the middle of a legal sh*t show if a health care executive takes the HBO host to trial for defamation. “Defendants falsely told millions of viewers of their show, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, that Dr. Morley testified in a Medicaid hearing that ‘he…