The first politician to weigh in happened to be the show’s July 17 guest, Sen. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif. He posted on social media, “Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert … If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.”

CBS and its parent company, Paramount, have set an end date for one of the last public pipelines to some version of the truth.

Just as Stephen Colbert and other late-night comics found their political voice, streaming shifted the power dynamics. As their influence waned, Trump’s rose.

Rosie O'Donnell launched a TikTok rant against President Trump, claiming he would arrest artists and suggesting he's responsible for Stephen Colbert's show cancellation.

President Donald Trump called on the owners of NFL and MLB teams to go back to their old names and "GET IT DONE."

Donald Trump sues Paramount for $16 million over a CBS interview edit, prompting backlash from Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. Here’s how the Epstein debate intensified the media storm.

The comedian says Trump orchestrated the late-night host's show cancellation to silence critics after he threatened her revoke her U.S. citizenship.

President Donald Trump was gleeful over Stephen Colbert's cancellation, saying his "talent was even less than his ratings" on Truth Social.

Liberal lawmakers asked David Ellison, chief executive of Skydance Media, which is set to merge with CBS owner Paramount, about alleged promises on conservative ad content.