'SNL' opening features a new face as Donald Trump
CNN
From a Super Bowl-winning quarterback to Super Mario, Saturday Night Live condensed a week's worth of controversial topics in about eight minutes.
The NBC variety show opened Saturday's episode with Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers, played by Pete Davidson, in a parody interview on Fox News about not getting vaccinated against Covid-19.
"Our first guest is an American brave enough to stand and up say, 'Screw you, science, I know Joe Rogan!'" Cecily Strong's Jeanine Pirro said introducing Rodgers.
Venezuelan authorities are investigating opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for alleged treason after she expressed support for a US bipartisan bill that seeks to block Washington from doing business with any entity that has commercial ties with the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.
Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the intelligence community, was briefly placed on a Transportation Security Administration list that prompts additional security screening before flights after her overseas travel patterns and foreign connections triggered a government algorithm earlier this year, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.