American politics — well, frankly, global politics — is chaos right now, but I find it comforting to know I'm not alone in ...

It’s hard to imagine that there would have been snarky jokes and memes during the assassinations of John F. Kennedy or his brother Robert. Making light of the tragic event in Pennsylvania over ...

During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Donald Trump told reporters that how he would describe one of his secretaries ...

Veteran comic Conan O’Brien quipped President Trump’s "greatest crime" was inspiring terrible political jokes about him that ruined the landscape in a podcast interview this week. Best-known ...

The political jokes aren’t funny now US President Barack Obama speaks at the annual White House Correspondent’s Association Gala at the Washington Hilton hotel April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC.

At a White House dinner with top tech leaders, Trump’s playful quip about Zuckerberg’s political future was quickly shut down ...

I depend on laughter for a catharsis that allows me to break through the daily dose of fear, dread and shame, that accompanies every day Donald Trump inhabits the White House, writes Anita Diamant.

They each took some time to talk about politics and comedy, the effects of jokes targeting minority groups, and how humor can be used to shape political discourse.

President Donald Trump believes this could ultimately “end” his political career. While speaking to reporters during his ...

This post is written by Apoorva Thakur, junior research assistant at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, India. Humor, specifically political humor, serves a purpose. It can be ...

The Nose' sniffs out political humor A stereotypical opera singer may not look like he'd be very physically active, but Shostakovich's satirical opera "The Nose," presented by Opera Boston, keeps its ...