Late-night hosts are weighing in after a37-year-old woman was fatally shotby an immigration agent in Minneapolis.
In his Wednesday monologue,Jimmy Kimmelreacted to the death ofRenee Nicole Good, who earlier in the day wasshot by an ICE agentin her car amid an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota. Video of the shooting has quickly spread, sparking outrage and protests.
Kimmel criticizedPresident Donald Trumpfor aTruth Social post wherehe alleged Good was acting in a "very disorderly" manner and "viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense."
"This maniac, he isn't just killing people overseas: An ICE agent today shot and killed and unarmed, 37-year-old woman during an ICE operation in Minneapolis," Kimmel said Jan. 7 while introducing the news.
Kimmel said sarcastically that Trump "weighed in with compassion" before reading the president's Truth Social post and objecting to the way he described what happened.
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"Now, I saw this video," Kimmel said. "It didn't look like anybody got run over to me. It looked to me like a woman got scared, tried to drive away, and they shot her. That'll be for the court to decide."
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlinallegedGood "weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them," and said an officer "fired defensive shots."Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemalso maintained that the officer "followed his training" and "did exactly what he was supposed to do."
But local officials includingMinneapolis Mayor Jacob Freyhavedisputed thisnarrative, with Frey saying at a news conference that while "they are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense," having "seen the video myself I want to tell everybody directly, that is bull----."
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", will
resume production after it was pulled off the air Sept. 17, following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. Kimmel, a frequent critic of Donald Trump, often earned the ire of the president.
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In 2016, Jimmy Fallon interviewed Trump ahead of the election, ruffling the then-candidate's signature orange hair. After the interview received backlash, Fallon said he regretted parts of the interview. In response, Trump took to social media to criticize the "Tonight Show" host, writing: "@jimmyfallon is now whimpering to all that he did the famous 'hair show' with me (where he seriously messed up my hair), & that he would have now done it differently because it is said to have 'humanized' me-he is taking heat. He called & said 'monster ratings.' Be a man Jimmy!"
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"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart has a history of heated exchanges with Trump.
In 2013, Trump tweeted, "I promise you that I'm much smarter than Jonathan Leibowitz - I mean Jon Stewart @TheDailyShow. Who, by the way, is totally overrated." Stewart is a sharp critic of Trump, often taking aim at the political movement he has created.
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John Oliver, a "Daily Show" alum who now hosts "Last Week Tonight" is also a frequent Trump critic, and feuded publicly with the president over a potential show appearance in 2015.
Oliver said he wasn't interested in having Trump on his show, which Trump responded to on X, writing: "John Oliver had his people call to ask me to be on his very boring and low-rated show, I said 'NO THANKS' Waste of time & energy!" Oliver refuted that report.
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When CBS announced the network was terminating "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" after the 2025-2026 season, Trump took to social media to celebrate.
"I absolutely love that Colbert got fired, his talent was even less than his ratings," the president wrote. Among his late-night peers, Colbert was among Trump's sharpest critics.
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Seth Meyers, the host of "Late Night" on NBC is a frequent critic of Trump and his administration.
The ire, it seems, is mutual, with the president writing previously on social media: "How bad is Seth Meyers on NBC, a 'network' run by a truly bad group of people - Remember, they also run MSDNC. I got stuck watching Marble Mouth Meyers the other night, the first time in months, and every time I watch this moron I feel an obligation to say how dumb and untalented he is, merely a slot filler for the Scum that runs Comcast."
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Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, see late-night hosts who have beefed with President Trump
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", willresume production after it was pulled off the airSept. 17, following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. Kimmel, a frequent critic of Donald Trump, often earned the ire of the president.After the announcement, Trump urged other networks to do the same. Scroll to see the other late-night talk show hosts that have feuded with the president over the years.
On his show, Kimmel sided with Frey and played a clip of the mayor telling ICE to "get the f--- out of Minneapolis," prompting cheers from the comedian's studio audience.
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"Now, that is the shirt I want to see," Kimmel said before holding up a shirt that read, "Get the f--- out of MPLS." Kimmel also urged ICE to get out "of all of these cities."
On CBS,Stephen Colbertopened "The Late Show" with a somber message about the shooting in place of his traditional cold open.
"Normally, we start these shows with a cold open, but sometimes, we don't do that, especially if there's been a shocking tragedy, and there's been another," he said.
After describing the facts of the case, Colbert later sat down with discuss the situation with MS NOW host Chris Hayes. While speaking to Hayes, Colbert criticized the Department of Homeland Security for its "rush to judgment" in quickly deeming the shooting self-defense. He added, "You can't trust DHS to investigate themselves."
Hayes, meanwhile, told Colbert the shooting "looks to many people who have viewed the video tape" to be a "cold-blooded murder."
Contributing: Christopher Cann, Michael Loria, James Powel and Corey Schmidt, USA TODAY
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