Maher praises ‘gracious and measured’ Trump after White House visit

Library of Congress Defends National Recording Registry After Bill Maher’s ‘New Rules’ Jab

The Library of Congress defended its National Recording Registry in a statement to Rolling Stone after Bill Maher swiped at this year's inductees.

Trump charmed Bill Maher. The comedian’s fans don’t find it funny.

It sounds like a joke that Bill Maher might tell: A comedian, a rapper and the U.S. president sat down at the White House for dinner.

Was Bill Maher Sucking Up to Trump and Bannon, or Just Breaking Bread?

Love or hate Donald Trump, he is perpetually at the center of the conversation right now, as he has been since he launched his run for president a decade ago. And in an attention-based media environment, the quickest path to achieving that goal, for better and ill, is to position oneself within a Trump-filtered lens. Bill Maher thus joined the parade of unlikely characters to break bread with the president, having sharply criticized him and even…

Bill Maher Is Getting Played By "Nice" Trump

Bill Maher dines with Trump and suddenly softens his tone. JVL and Sarah Longwell aren’t buying it. They break down how Trump manipulates elites, why Maher’s take is dangerous, and what it says about the media’s role in normalizing authoritarianism.Leave a commentAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and ev…

Bill Maher Describes White House Dinner With President Trump

Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher shared details of a recent private dinner with President Donald Trump, offering a different view of the president than what Maher typically voices on his show. The dinner, which Maher described during Friday’s episode of his weekly show “Real Time With Bill Maher,” was arranged by musician Kid Rock, a mutual friend of both men. It took place roughly two weeks prior at the White House and was intended…

MAHER'S MAGA MEETUP: Late-Night Host Talks Trump Dinner, 'He’s Much More Self-Aware Than He Lets On'

Late-night host and comedian Bill Maher recapped his dinner at The White House with President Trump on his most recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. Maher, who brought a list of insults the POTUS had hurled at him over the years, was also surprised that the president signed it. And Maher only got more shocked from there. “Just for starters, he laughs. I’ve never seen him laugh in public, but he does, including to himself, and it’s not fa…