John Oliver and Stephen Colbert offered Donald Trump a bit of advice on The Late Show Monday, encouraging the president to follow his instincts and sit down for an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. As Colbert noted, Trump has said that he’d be happy to talk with Mueller – …
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Mavis Staples recruited Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy – who wrote and produced the R&B icon’s upcoming LP, If All I Was Was Black – to help perform her new protest song “Build a Bridge” on Tuesday’s Late Show. Staples fronted the performance with subtle elegance, belting politically charged lines over a …
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Bernie Sanders responded to Hillary Clinton‘s criticisms on Thursday’s Late Show, telling his former political rival to “[move] forward” instead of focusing on their clashes during the 2016 presidential campaign. Host Stephen Colbert read a critique from Clinton’s upcoming memoir, What Happened, aimed at Sanders: “Your attacks caused lasting damage, …
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