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The Late Show host Stephen Colbert was “Doin’ It Donkey Style” tonight, focusing on the Oct. 15 Democratic presidential debate in Westerville, Ohio. Colbert ran down the list of candidates who qualified, including Bernie Sanders, fresh off a heart attack and ready to take on the challenge, “But just to be safe, they…

The Late Show with host Stephen Colbert is not known as a big fan of President Donald Trump. But tonight, they offered him some helpful words of wisdom on his public conduct. “The Constitution gives the accused the right to remain silent. Clearly, Donald Trump has never read the Constitution, ’cause he will not shut…

President Donald Trump is battling to give his side of the story on what he calls “The Perfect Phone Call” with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. He brought the much-maligned phoner up again today during a press conference with Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö. As you would expect, Stephen Colbert had a…

Hillary Clinton (and her daughter) are on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tonight, which is solid timing with all the bombshell reporting today regarding that infamous phone chat involving the presidents of the United States and Ukraine. And a few other folks, apparently. The former Secretary of State discusses the…

“It has been a helluva week,” said Stephen Colbert to open tonight’s Late Show monologue. “To paraphrase our president, the news has been moving on us like a bitch.” However, Colbert noted, “Trump has shown that when he is cornered, he will fight like the rabid weasel that lives on his head.” The whistleblower…

The uproar over President Trump’s conversation with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky was red meat for Late Show host Stephen Colbert. His monologue tonight focused on the notes from the phone call. Colbert said Trump reminded Zelensky how much Ukraine owed the US, despite his struggles with the word “reciprocal.” …

Stephen Colbert made the inevitable whistleblower jokes during his Late Show monologue tonight, riffing on reports that President Donald Trump’s foreign policy became a matter of “urgent concern” to some. For the few who aren’t familiar with the Talking Point/News Story du Jour, the Beltway was abuzz last night and…

Stephen Colbert took the magnifying glass to the Middle East tonight during his monologue on CBS’ The Late Show. “Tensions have been high since the fall of Jericho,” Colbert cracked. A clip featuring President Donald Trump then was played, in which the Commander-in-Chief said that the lack of military action in…

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…

“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…

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…