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Comedian Jon Stewart says speculation about the future of comedy amid increased audience cultural sensitivity is ignoring a true and enduring threat: authoritarian governments around the world

“The investments I’m making now are not in traditional businesses,” Mark Cuban recently told Jon Stewart. Here’s why he’s bullish on the crypto space.

Jon Stewart is returning to TV with a new home more than five years after bowing out as host of “The Daily Show.”

Jon Stewart returned to Capitol Hill Tuesday to take up a new cause — advocating for veterans affected by burn pits. The comedian held a press conference outside Capital Hill to honor servicemen and women, NBC News reports.

Sheryl Crow and Bruce Springsteen hit the stage together to help raise over $5.7 million at this year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser, which benefits injured veterans and their families.

Boundary-pushing comedian Dave Chappelle is the latest recipient of the Mark Twain prize for lifetime achievement in comedy, an honor being bestowed Sunday night at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund helping those impacted by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks never runs out of money, ending years of legislative gridlock as the number of first responders dying of Ground Zero-related illnesses mounted. Appearing in the Rose Garden with more than 60 first responders from the 2001 terrorist...

Former host of “The Daily Show” Jon Stewart addresses the media after the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund extension passed the Senate on Tuesday.

Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart continued his advocacy for passage of a renewed 9/11 victim compensation fund Friday in a press conference with first responders and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California.

The House has overwhelmingly approved a bill ensuring that a victims compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money.
The 402-12 vote Friday sends the bill to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to call it up before the August recess.

A former New York City police detective who fought until his final days for the extension of the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund is being remembered Wednesday with a funeral service in Queens.

Luis Alvarez, the NYPD detective who used his final days to plead with Congress for more benefits for 9/11 first responders, has died, his family said Saturday. “It is with peace and comfort, that the Alvarez family announce that Luis (Lou) Alvarez, our warrior, has gone home to our Good Lord in heaven today. Please remember his words, ‘Please take...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to call a Senate vote on a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money.
That’s according to a group of first responders who met Tuesday with the Kentucky Republican at the Capitol.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., addressed the media on Tuesday and weighed in on the ongoing feud between Jon Stewart and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky.

Jimmy Fallon takes a moment to thank 9/11 first responders and Jon Stewart for his impassioned speech that encouraged a House panel to pass a bill to permanently fund the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

A bill that would prevent a fund to compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks from running out of money passed a key hurdle in the House on Wednesday, NBC News reported. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged his chamber’s GOP leadership to take up the measure as soon as possible. “We will reach the point soon, most...

Watch comedian Jon Stewart’s full statement at a congressional hearing on the 9/11 victims fund Tuesday, June 11.

A New Jersey businessman accused of killing his brother and the brother’s wife and two children was about to be cut off from their technology company after money allegedly went missing from the firm, according to new court documents.

One of the neighbors who reported the Colts Neck mansion fire last month made a grisly discovery when he reached the property, according to a 911 call.

Comedian Jon Stewart picked up the two goats found roaming along subway tracks in Brooklyn Monday morning from the Animal Care & Control of Brooklyn, and transported them to the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, N.Y.