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For his first televised interview from the controversial Obama Presidential Center, Barack Obama is turning to a familiar ally: Stephen Colbert . The sit-down comes just weeks before Colbert is set to exit late-night television after CBS and parent company Paramount canceled "The Late Show." Obama’s decision to sit down with Colbert, an adoring fan of the former president, drew derision from some conservative commentators. Colbert has long been a Democratic supporter, notably MCing a $26 million fundraiser for former presidents Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and Obama at Radio City Music Hall in 2024. The former president has appeared multiple times on Comedy Central’s "The Colbert Report" and "The Late Show." During a 2020 interview, Colbert told Obama he needed to "drink [Obama] in" because he missed seeing a real president. He also once cooed, "I miss you" to a clip of Obama on his show during Trump's first term. KIMMEL, COLBERT ...

Rep. Tim Burchett said during a Tuesday interview that he believes aliens exist, citing government briefings, pilot testimony and what he described as video and photographic evidence shown to him by officials. "We’ve seen too much. I’ve seen too much," Burchett said on "Piers Morgan Uncensored." "Not myself personally, but when I’ve been briefed by government officials, video, pictures. Some of the best-trained pilots in the world have described having close collisions with some sort of aircraft or apparatus, and so I think it’s time that they come clean." Burchett made the remarks after host Piers Morgan pressed him directly on whether he believes extraterrestrial life exists. "Yes, sir, I do," Burchett said. FORMER DEFENSE OFFICIAL MAKES EARTH-SHATTERING UFO REVELATION AS UNEXPLAINED DRONES LEAVE MILLIONS ON EDGE Burchett said his belief was shaped in part by religious interpretation, pointing to biblical passages as possible descriptio...

A top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee suggested Iran would be a more reliable source than the White House on peace talks, saying President Donald Trump "does not tell the truth." Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., made those remarks on MSNOW on Monday, just a couple of days before Trump's two-week ceasefire agreement was set to expire. On Tuesday, Trump extended the ceasefire, basing his decision on the Iranian government being "seriously fractured." Smith, who has been outspoken about the Trump administration's handling of the Iran war, told MSNOW's Ana Cabrera that Trump "just lies" and that he hasn't been honest about where negotiations are with Iran. Smith pointed to Trump saying over the weekend that Iran had "agreed on everything," referring to Trump's four-point objectives. But hours later, a spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry released a statement that it will not be giving up its enriched uranium, o...

Six Americans were among those injured Monday when a gunman opened fire at Mexico's Teotihuacán pyramids, a popular tourist destination. The gunman, identified by Mexican authorities as Julio César Jasso Ramírez, allegedly visited the pyramids on several occasions to engage "in reconnaissance of the specific locations he intended to utilize for his violent attack," according to officials.  One Canadian was killed and 13 others were injured. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Among the others injured are six people from the U.S. and others from Russia, Brazil, the Netherlands and Canada, officials said. Law enforcement in the region received initial reports of the shooting at 11:20 a.m. Monday. The National Guard quickly responded, and officials said the gunman took his own life at 11:45 a.m. SEND US A TIP HERE One tour guide who witnessed the shooting told The Associated Press the gunman fired upward. "Some people, because they were scared ... threw th...

"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today," said Ben Franklin. If sloganeering was left to Congress, the motto might read, "Never do today what you can leave till tomorrow." That is emblematic of the recent scramble on Capitol Hill to renew the key terrorism prevention program known as FISA Section 702. Congress faced a deadline to re-up the program before 11:59:59 p.m. ET on April 20. Lawmakers fretted that it was risky to let the program expire. They worried that the U.S. may be vulnerable to a terrorist attack because of the war with Iran. President Donald Trump insisted that Republicans "UNIFY, and vote together" to pass an 18-month extension of FISA without any add-ons. The president argued that the FISA program was among "the reasons we have had such tremendous SUCCESS on the battlefield." So the House GOP brass planned to pass the 18-month FISA reauthorization last Wednesday. But it’s about the math. An eclectic alliance ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani described his relationship with President Donald Trump as "honest and direct" despite the president's recent criticism against him. "I would say that it’s honest, it’s direct, and it’s productive," Mamdani said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I'll keep the cadence of that between the two of us. Much of that is based on the premise of privacy, but I will say is that those conversations, no matter how they happen, they returned back to one thing, one of the few things that we have in common, which is our love for New York City and how to deliver for the same city." When asked if he could "trust" Trump, Mamdani remarked that it's part of conversations that "have to continue," though he credited the president for his efforts to help release a Columbia University student , Elmina "Ellie" Aghayeva, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). MAMDANI GRIL...