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SNL Absolutely Savages Trump Cabinet in Blistering Cold Open

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President Donald Trump and numerous high-ranking officials were raked over the coals in a punishing Saturday Night Live cold open.

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'SNL' mocks Trump in cold open tackling Venezuela, Minneapolis, more

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‘SNL’ Cold Open: Top Trump Officials Ignore Reality to Defend ‘Perfect’ ICE

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'SNL' returns with another Trump Cold Open

Saturday Night Live returned from its winter break and rang in the new year with what’s quickly become a familiar tradition now that Donald Trump is president again: letting James Austin Johnson suit ...

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‘SNL’s First Cold Open of 2026 Goes Big: Trump, Maduro, Minneapolis, and “Canceled” Midterms

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'SNL' cold open mocks Trump, Marco Rubio note moment

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Trump's Christmas threats against Santa & Epstein file redactions provide lukewarm results for SNL's last cold open of 2025

With Ariana Grande back as Saturday Night Live host, and longtime cast member Bowen Yang leaving, it was pretty obvious that the NBC late night was going to be pretty Wicked, literally and figuratively, tonight. What was less evident was where the Lorne ...

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A new SNL cast member played JD Vance in the January 17 "Cabinet Meeting Cold Open"

Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, Jeremy Culhane as JD Vance, and Marcello Hernández as Marco Rubio during the Saturday Night Live "Cabinet Meeting" Cold Open on Saturday, January 17, 2026.