Across all late-night comedy shows, 92% of jokes targeted conservatives in 2025 – up 10% from the year before.

How to watch: A Streetcar Named Desire ran Feb.-April 2025, but is now closed.

It was the year politics truly went off the rails. And when that happens, satire turns into a basic necessity.

Tributes and condolences have poured in for the prolific director, actor and activist Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, who ...

It seems half the country's political figures have been instructed to grin like a theme-park greeter. Supposedly, that makes ...

Social-media account called Diaper Diplomacy has emerged as a more palatable way to catch up on geopolitical news.

Mamdani isn’t the first person to trade music for public service, either. Perhaps it’s a comfort with performance and audiences that leads rappers and rockers to pursue this career change, not always ...

What are Democrats going to do if President Donald Trump becomes popular? Fresh off his Gaza peace deal and with an economy that so far is holding up surprisingly well to his tariff burdens, it’s a ...

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The post Jimmy Fallon Wants to Be “Funny,” Not Political: “I Just Keep My Head Down” appeared first on Consequence. Jimmy Fallon isn’t going to Fall-on his sword for democracy, telling CNBC that The ...

The federal government shut down at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans were unable to reach an agreement on funding the government. Both Republicans and Democrats have explicitly blamed ...