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Stephen Colbert dug into U.S. tensions with Iran on Monday night’s edition of The Late Show. The CBS late-night host discussed some of President Trump’s comments after oil fields in Saudi Arabia were attacked by drones over the weekend. “Our top intelligence officials think Iran did it, and so does our top…

President Trump said today that his administration would ban the sale of the type of flavored e-cigarettes favored by kids. The move came as an epidemic of lung illnesses appears to be sprouting, with some experts claiming the trend is caused by the rise of vaping among teens. Trump made the comments during an Oval…

“I have never been more grateful for the president’s pettiness and stupidity,” Stephen Colbert said on The Late Show tonight — meaning this must have been big! “Because,” he continued, “today he was stupidly petty enough to save us from a very smart war monger.” Yes, the late-night host was reveling in the departure…

Stephen Colbert fought to find the right words to describe his utter shock over President Trump’s planned — and scuttled — meeting with the Taliban. Trump revealed Saturday on Twitter that he suspended secret weekend peace negotiations at Camp David with the president of Afghanistan and Taliban leaders after the…

President Donald Trump insists that Hurricane Dorian had Alabama in danger. The Late Show host Stephen Colbert insists that it was not. That was the showdown on tonight’s show, with Colbert insisting Trump stayed “laser-focused” on the hurricane’s path, using maps “from a week ago” to prove his point that Alabama was…

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert makes a generational leap in Democratic presidential candidates as guests tonight, as the CBS late-night talker welcomes Mayor Pete Buttigieg. And in contrast to Colbert’s Wednesday night jokefest with front-runner Joe Biden — who is more than twice Buttigieg’s age — there’s not a…

Great comedy minds often think alike. And so it was with the nightly political comics, Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert, who tonight each offered the same joke in slightly different ways. The target of their comedy was – wait for it – President Donald Trump, whose comments that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama were…

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert was holding Joe Biden’s feet to the fire. In an interview with the former vice president turned Democratic presidential candidate, Colbert ran down a list of the so-called “gaffes” that Biden has become famous (notorious?) for on the campaign trail. “You called yourself a gaffe…

Stephen Colbert returned to The Late Show Tuesday evening after a break, and he was fired up about politics. The CBS late-night host started by mocking Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her fading presidential fortunes (the New York Democrat dropped out of the race on August 28). “We just returned from a two-week break and…

The 47th vice president of the United States has a late-night date on CBS next week. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will welcome Joe Biden on Wednesday, September 4, marking the Democratic front-runner’s first late-night interview since his campaign launched in April. Biden and Colbert should have plenty to talk…

Stephen Colbert started things off Thursday night with a fun story on The Late Show about a petition to rename the stretch of Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th streets in New York City “President Barack H. Obama Avenue.” And guess what building lives on that street? Yup, Trump Tower. “To make the honor complete…

The financial markets are clearly spooked, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average has been in sharp retreat over the last few days. Stephen Colbert realizes the seriousness of the situation, and gave his “condolences to the entire Jones family. Our economy will be missed.” So why the sudden panic? The bond market flashed…