"In a new interview, President Biden defended his handling of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, and said, 'I don't think it was a failure' — but he said it the same way you would compliment your friend's play," Seth Meyers demonstrated on Thursday's Late Show. "The new host of Jeopardy!, Mike Richards, apologized yesterday for sexist comments he made on a podcast. At this rate, he's gonna be the first Jeopardy! host to actually invoke double jeopardy. 'Objection, I already got in trouble for that one. What? Oh, sorry. What is, Objection...'"
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