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An Ecuadorian politician has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for tweeting the fact that the niece of the nation’s Labor Minister has been placed in a lucrative government job. Popular Unity national deputy director Sebastián Cevallos has become the first person in Latin America to be sentenced to jail for tweeting.

John Oliver hammered FIFA for its corruption on his Sunday HBO show “Last Week Tonight,” calling FIFA President Sepp Blatter meeting Russia President Vladimir Putin a “vortex of concentrated evil.” Oliver also used former FIFA Vice President Jeffrey Webb as

On his Sunday HBO show “Last Week Tonight,” host John Oliver took aim the Confederate flag, which he noted was just brought down at the South Carolina capitol. That gesture by the South Carolina state legislature was not enough for Oliver,

In last week’s episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on HBO, host John Oliver pled with the sponsors of FIFA to pressure FIFA to the point of forcing out its president Sepp Blatter. Oliver promised that if these companies

On Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on HBO, host John Oliver blasted the NCAA for not compensating its student athletes with anything besides food and a free education. The debate on whether or not student athletes should be

In a new oral history of the venerated comedy show Saturday Night Live, James Downey, a producer at the show said, “If I had to describe [President] Obama as a comedy project, I would say, ‘Degree of difficulty, 10 point

Liberal comic John Oliver may not be in favor of new military airstrikes in Iraq, but he knows a leader must back up his actions with strong words. So the HBO star couldn’t resist mocking President Obama for ordering said

On his weekly Sunday HBO program “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver challenged his viewers to unite behind the cause of urging the Russian government to rescue a satellite of which it had lost control that contains geckos as part of

On Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight” on HBO, host John Oliver conducted a semi-serious irreverent interview with cosmologist Stephen Hawking with questions ranging from life on other planets to Oliver’s chances of a date with Charlize Theron… Follow Breitbart.tv on Twitter

On Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on HBO, Chris Matthews was mocked for his repeated claims of having worked as a speechwriter for former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill…

NEW YORK, June 9 (UPI)–John Oliver decided it would be worth “mildly irritating” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by having Right Said Fred perform an anti-Assad version of their hit song “I’m Too Sexy.” The decision came after Oliver ripped al-Assad

On his Sunday night broadcast of “Last Week Tonight” on HBO, host John Oliver railed against the major Internet providers for their push against so-called net neutrality, which he argued was enhanced by their ability to spend money on lobbying

HBO’s John Oliver wasted no time trashing the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Oliver’s new show, Last Week Tonight, airs on Sunday, and the WHCD festivities wrapped earlier that morning. That gave him enough time to mock the so-called “nerd prom”

Have no fear, John Oliver will soon take his place as another liberal voice in HBO’s lineup of left-leaning stars. The New York Daily News dubbed him “as progressive as they come.” The Daily Show alum John Oliver still used

In the opening monologue of the debut of his HBO show, “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver railed against the “f@$#ing idiots” in Oregon over the state’s ObamaCare exchange and wasting $250 million on the failed website…

John Oliver should fit in just fine at HBO. The former Daily Show correspondent and fill-in anchor starts his own political series at the pay network April 27, and it appears his left of center bona fides are firmly in

HBO is getting political–again–with two new shows bursting with left-of-center possibilities. The pay channel announced today a new weekly series in the Daily Show mold hosted by John Oliver. The British comic kept Jon Stewart’s seat warm on the Comedy

On Monday in an interview with “The Daily Show’s” John Oliver Senator Rand Paul (R-K.Y.) on his opposition to Obamacare…

The Daily Show isn’t letting up on President Barack Obama despite host Jon Stewart’s summer vacation. This week, fill-in anchor John Oliver torched Obama’s visit to Germany, daring to compare the president to a flailing, failing broadcast network. Oliver noted

The Daily Show’s fill-in host John Oliver threw pounds of red meat at its liberal base Monday night. That meant insulting former Gov. Sarah Palin with an expletive-laced segment in which Oliver loosely compared the Tea Party favorite to excrement.