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How did John Oliver become the moral compass of the US?

He and other late-night hosts are rare voices when it comes to honest discussion of Gaza and Trump – which says something frightening about our public discourse, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

John Oliver: ‘Gaza is being starved by Israel’

The Last Week Tonight host blasts Israel’s starvation of Gaza and digs into the scourge of deferred prosecution agreements in the US

The Guardian - US

‘A warning shot’: ‘Daily Show’ mastermind says CBS axed Colbert show for a much darker reason than we think

He was an example.

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John Oliver on police gang databases: ‘Get rid of them’

The Last Week Tonight host digs into the lists, often biased and inaccurate, used as justification to deport people

The Guardian - US

Piers Morgan says more ‘hyper-partisan’ late night hosts like Stephen Colbert will be axed

Morgan said it was ‘no wonder Colbert got canned’ from ‘The Late Show’

The Independent UK

Late night hosts unite to support Stephen Colbert with Coldplay kiss cam spoof after cancellation

Jimmy Fallon, Seth Myers and John Oliver were among the many famous faces who turned up on the Late Show to support the cancelled host

The Independent UK

John Oliver mourns ‘incredibly sad’ cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show

‘I’m partly excited to see what they’re going to do for the next 10 months, but yeah, it’s terrible, terrible news for the world of comedy,’ John Oliver said on Sunday.

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Cancel culture: US talk show hosts react to axing of Stephen Colbert’s 'Late Show'

The announcement that Stephen Colbert’s 'Late Show' will end in May 2026 has sparked a string of emotional tributes from fellow US late-night hosts, while Donald Trump, never a fan, is gleefully celebrating the news on social media.

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John Oliver breaks silence on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert cancellation

After the programme was canned by CBS, John Oliver has said he is "incredibly sad" to hear The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has been shelved.

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John Oliver's Erie Moon Mammoths debut in front of a record crowd

John Oliver has brought his quirky humor to minor league baseball with the debut of the Erie Moon Mammoths

The Independent UK

Erie Seawolves will be renamed the Moon Mammoths after being picked for rebranding by John Oliver

The Detroit Tigers’ Double-A Erie Seawolves will be renamed the Erie Moon Mammoths after being picked by John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight.”

The Independent UK

John Oliver on Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’: ‘Death by a thousand cuts’

The Last Week Tonight host detailed the many problems associated with Trump’s potentially deadly new bill

The Guardian - US

John Oliver Unveils Unusual New Identity for Tigers' Minor League Team

An unusual rebrand from the late-night host.

Sports Illustrated

John Oliver on AI slop: ‘Some of this stuff is potentially very dangerous’

The Last Week Tonight host went deep on the creative bankruptcy and long-term concerns over AI images and videos flooding the internet

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Seth Meyers shares verdict on Saturday Night Live UK: ‘A big swing’

The late night host said the British version of the long-running sketch show ‘could be something special’

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on the juvenile justice system: ‘Makes no sense’

The Last Week Tonight host reacts to Donald Trump deploying troops to Los Angeles and digs into the cruel juvenile justice system in the US

The Independent UK

John Oliver warns there is ‘a slippery slope to authoritarianism under Trump’

‘Grabbing people off the street and deporting them without due process is authoritarianism,’ said the late night host

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on the unregulated business of med spas: ‘People are going to get hurt’

The Last Week Tonight host looks into the boom in med spas, which fall into a legal gray area in the US

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John Oliver on current aviation safety system: ‘It is just asking for trouble’

The Last Week Tonight host looks into the shortage of US air traffic controllers, forced to work on outdated equipment

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Thailand readies homecoming for stolen ancient statues located in US museum

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum is set to return four bronze statues from Thailand’s looted Prakhon Chai hoard.

The Independent UK

John Oliver reveals which minor league baseball team he’s renaming

The team will be getting a new name and mascot

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‘Company and I do not agree on the path forward’: CBS CEO resigns following Trump lawsuit

Wendy McMahon, president and CEO of popular American television and radio network CBS News, resigned on Monday amid escalating tensions between the network and US President Donald Trump, CNN reported.

The Guardian - US

John Oliver to the press: ‘Don’t comply with Trump’s ridiculous demands’

The Last Week Tonight host warned about the president’s attacks on the media and the growth of authoritarianism

The Independent UK

John Oliver gives ‘hot take’ on HBO Max’s constant rebranding and compares it to Trump’s Gulf of Mexico name change

‘Sometimes, hypothetically, before we can even get used to one dumb name, some genius comes along and only makes it dumber,” John Oliver snarked Sunday night

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on the ADF legal group: ‘A misleadingly friendly face on what is an utterly hateful ideology’

The Last Week Tonight host digs into the Christian conservative Alliance Defending Freedom that was behind the overturning of Roe v Wade, among other causes

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