Not even two months into Donald J. Trump’s presidency, and it’s clear his administration and the conservative tilt in Washington has fired up the monologues of late-night television. On Tuesday, for example, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel took a jab at the just-unveiled and much-anticipated health-care plan by House Republicans: “This is the one that’s supposed to replace Obamacare, they’re calling it the American Health Care Act.
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‘Obama Out’: President ending reign as pop culture king
From his campaign fist bump to his theatrical mic drop at the last White House correspondents’ dinner, Barack Obama ruled as America’s pop culture president. His two terms played out like a running chronicle of the trends of our times: slow-jamming the news with Jimmy Fallon, reading mean tweets with Jimmy Kimmel, filling out his NCAA basketball bracket on ESPN, cruising with Jerry Seinfeld on “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.”