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Not the Last Waltz
On Thursday, Mike Waltz — famous for inadvertently adding a journalist to a Signal chat group where officials discussed plans to attack Yemen — was removed from his post as President Trump's national security adviser. But Trump soon announced that he would nominate Waltz to be the ambassador to the United Nations.
'The news was first reported when he accidentally texted it to Lester Holt,' Seth Meyers said on 'Late Night.'
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Quinta Brunson, the creator and star of 'Abbott Elementary,' crashed Thursday's 'Tonight Show' to promote her gig hosting 'Saturday Night Live' this weekend.
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Audra McDonald, George Clooney, and Sarah Snook, stars of both stage and screen, received Tony nominations on Thursday.
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