Daily Show Prep - Wednesday October 18, 2017

• Senate Judiciary opens probe Obama-era Russian nuclear bribery case
• More on the Uranium One scandal
• Guest: News Networks censor coverage of Uranium One scandal
• Samantha Power says others made unmasking requests in her name
• Comey drafted statement ending Hillary probe months before interviewing her
• Trump feuds with congresswoman over call to fallen soldier's widow
• Trump warns McCain: 'Be careful because at some point I fight back'
• With fall of Raqqa, ISIS no longer a terror state
• LAPD launching drones
• Actress says Hollywood has no moral authority
• Joe Messina: Hooray for Hollywood-Celebrating sexual deviants for decades
• Federal spending up 7 fold since 1941
• Oprah says she's not running in 2020
• LeBron wear 'Equality' shoes at first NBA game
• Russian trolls try to sow fear among blacks with self-defense classes
• Hate crime attack against disabled man on bus
• Roy Moore and Doug Jones tied in Alabama senate race
• Smart people more at risk for mental illness

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday October 17, 2017

• ISIS capital falls
• Weinstein criminal probes growing
• Weinstein scandal could change Hollywood, but don't hold your breath
• Reese Witherspoon says she was sexually assaulted by director at 16
• Unnamed Oscar-winning actor accused of assault
• OMG! Jennifer Lawrence told to lose 15 pounds to get a part
• Another judge blocks Trump's travel ban
• Jaguars apologize to military for kneeling for anthem
• Rand Paul opposes Republican budget
• Expert of the Day: Sarah Westwood from the Washington Examiner about Trump and McConnell coming together, for now

Daily Show Prep - Friday October 6, 2017

• Trump rolls back Obamacare contraception mandate
• Explosive possessed by Vegas shooter may have been used in NYC bombing
• He may have been planning future attacks
• Girlfriend: He would lie in bed moaning, screaming
• Sheryl Crow says it's 'infringing' on the rights of everyone if anyone owns semi-auto guns
• NoKo to test missile capable of hitting West coast
• Trump talks about 'calm before the storm'
• U.S. lost 33,000 jobs in September
• Labor force participation rate hits Trump-era high
• Americans pouring back into the workforce
• Study: Obama had 740 percent more positive media coverage than Trump
• Warning signs emerge in GOP's tax reform push
• Four Catholic high school players who planned to take a knee got benched
• Hurricane Harvey: Weinstein accused of abusing women for decades
• Weinstein gave heavily to Hillary, now focuses on NRA
• He says it's a 'right wing conspiracy out to get me'
• Hollywood's loud silence
• California can now jail you for using the wrong pronoun
• Awkward: Pelosi struggles to speak
• Antifa planning Deface Columbus Day
• The truth about Christopher Columbus
• Berkeley students try to shut down exams over impact on mental health
• Football's decline has some high schools disbanding teams
• Outrage over Dr. Seuss after WW2 portrayals of Japanese
• And this is what has them all upset
• Wyoming high school quiz gives kids 'shooting at Trump' option
• Expert of the Day: Best-selling author Brad Meltzer on the latest installment in his children's book series and a hint about his next thriller

Daily Show Prep - Thursday October 5, 2017

• Police believe the Vegas killer may have not acted alone
• A different picture of Steve Paddock emerges
• Unarmed security guard may have saved lives by drawing fire from Paddock
• Why did it take 72 minutes for SWAT to bust into the room?
• Paddock booked a room overlooking Lollapalooza two months ago
• Ryan is open to action on 'bump stocks'
• And the NRA agrees
• Nancy Sinatra calls for the mass murder of NRA members
• Antifa site: Actions like Vegas shooting 'will only escalate' because of 'white supremacy'
• Shooting victim refuses to stay seated when president comes calling
• Trump plans to 'decertify' Iran deal next week
• California is now officially a sanctuary state
• Study: September Trump TV coverage 92 percent negative
• 3 Russians named in 'Trump dossier' sue Fusion GPS for libel
• CIA: Kim Jong Un is not crazy
• NoKo says U.S. killed Otto Warmbier
• Idiot San Juan mayor wears 'Nasty' t-shirt for interview
• IRS targeted pro-border security groups
• Europe could see rupture beyond Spain
• Rubio asks Army to remove officer who posted pro-communist messages
• Leading Democrat calls for Pelosi to step down
• Rep. Blackburn announces run for Corker's senate seat in TN
• Cam Newton causes stir with comment to female reporter
• One of Newton's sponsors bails
• Gen. John Kelly's great comeback for why he doesn't wear an American flag lapel pin
• Neighbors in Switzerland thought man was flying ISIS flag, it was a Jack Daniel's flag
• Man pleads guilty to stealing FEMA funds meant for flood victims
• Police fear spike in 'Knockout Game'
• Study: Smoking pot makes people more violent
• Watching sports puts as much strain on the heart as going for a run
• Redskins player flips off KC fan
• Expert of the Day: Tom Rogan of the Washington Examiner on a declassified CIA report that explains why NoKo's missile threat is so urgent

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday October 4, 2017

• Vegas shooter was on anti-anxiety drug
• Police release bodycam video from Vegas
• Sheriff questions if Paddock was radicalized
• The girlfriend returns
• Optimism about economy hits all-time high
• T-Rex denies he ever considered resigning
• CIA official predicts NoKo provocation on Columbus Day
• City of Nashville recognizes Columbus Day as 'Indigenous Peoples' Day'
• TN man arrested on voter fraud charges
• Catalonia moves to declare independence from Spain
• Amazon ordered to pay nearly $300 million in back taxes
• Senate committee follows House in forcing autonomous cars on states
• Woman charged with beating boyfriend to death with frying pans
• Study: Vegetarians three times more likely to have kids who abuse alcohol, drugs
• FDA says bakery cannot list 'love' as ingredient on granola
• Forecast: Bitterly cold winter ahead
• Twitter goes nuts because a white QB was signed instead of Kaepernick
• Meditation may help prevent heart disease
• Surgeons remove 100 pieces of metal from man's stomach
• Update: Michigan woman jailed for not vaccinating her son
• Teller tells bank robber 'no'
• Guest: Vince Bertram on Trump's $200 million STEM education grant
• Expert of the Day: Richard Manning from Americans for Limited Government on how Trump will stop CNN's fake news

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday October 3, 2017

• Vegas shooter wired $100,000 to Philippines last week
• He lost a slip-and-fall lawsuit against a casino
• Spooky: Witness says woman warned people on front row they were all going to die
• Can a 'bump stock' make a semi-auto weapon into an automatic?
• Trump ahead of Reagan's record in cutting regulations
• China's secret military plan to invade Taiwan
• Another NFL sponsor pulls ads
• MNF ratings down
• Robots replace people at new Shake Shack
• Global warming? Record snows already in Montana
• Plastic flutes tainted with semen pose little health risk, officials say
• Ga. willing to create city called Amazon to lure HQ
• Expert of the Day: Melanie Morgan from MediaEqualizer.com on Trump and Puerto Rico and the Vegas shooting

Daily Show Prep - Monday October 2, 2017

• Who is Stephen Paddock?
• Killer's dad was a psychopath too
• ISIS claims responsibility, claim not corroborated
• Was it technically terrorism?
• Trump: 'Act of pure evil'
• Dems never let a crisis go to waste
• Hillary slams NRA: Imagine if the shooter had a silencer
• CBS employee who posted she had no sympathy for Vegas victims because they were likely Republicans gets canned
• Vegas survivor goes from agnostic to believer
• San Juan mayor on an island of her own
• Of course, she was a big Hillary supporter
• BernMe: 'We have a right' to suspect race is a factor in Trump's PR response
• Rohrabacher: Assange has 'absolute proof' of who gave him e-mails
• NFL protests continue
• Ratings down again
• National Review: Blame the NFL, not Trump
• U.S. manufacturing hits 13-year high
• John Kasich may leave the GOP
• Speculation that Justice Anthony Kennedy might retire
• Catalonian referendum tears Spain and EU apart
• IG investigates Interior secretary's use of private planes
• UK Independence Party leader says Islam is 'burying British culture'
• Conservative MP shows how to debate a protestors
• Plane's engine disintegrates on flight from Paris to L.A.
• Sex change regret: Gender reversal surgery on the rise
• More schools ditching BC and AD for PC
• Rich, extremely conservative men happiest in marriage
• Inability to smell peppermint linked to dementia