Saturday Night Live opens with Donald Trump and cabinet boasting of ICE raids, Venezuela invasion and more chaos to come: "Midterms are canceled"

Saturday Night Live returned with a cold open once again featuring Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), this time boasting ...
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WATCH: SNL Absolutely Savages Trump Cabinet in Blistering Cold Open

President Donald Trump and numerous high-ranking officials were raked over the coals in a punishing Saturday Night Live cold ...
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SNL Cold Open: Trump Cancels Midterms; Padilla/Noem, Culhane/Vance

The first SNL Cold Open for 2026: Jeremy Culhane's VP JD Vance, Ashley Padilla's Kristi Noem, Trump canceling the 2026 ...

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

"You don't dare kill your protesters. That's our thing!" Pete Hegseth tells Iran's leader ...

Pete Hegseth Warns Iran Not to Kill Its Protesters in 'SNL' Cold Open: 'That's Our Thing!' | Video

James Austin Johnson's President Trump held a jam-packed cabinet meeting in tonight's "Saturday Night Live" cold open. "I ...

SNL’s Colin Jost Roasts Pentagon Pete’s Embarrassing Workout Video

Colin Jost once again starred in a Saturday Night Live cold open this week, reprising his role as Secretary of Defense Pete ...

'SNL' Roasts Trump's Hand-Me-Down Nobel Prize In Chaotic Cabinet Spoof

There was no shortage of news to cover during the first cold open of 2026.