Colin Jost impersonated the defense secretary in a Pentagon press conference about the U.S. military strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats.

Saturday Night Live alum Adam Sandler recalled his bittersweet departure from the Lorne Michaels-helmed show, saying he couldn’t watch the late-night institution for a year after he left. “When I left the show, the first year I couldn’t watch it,” he told Timothée Chalamet in front of a crowd of fans at a recent Vanity …

Sarah Sherman dressed up as the viral drunk raccoon who broke into a Virginia liquor store in a “Saturday Night Live” skit. “Here to explain their actions is that drunk raccoon,” comedian Colin Jost said during the “Weekend Update” segment.

The real-life raccoon that got wasted in a Virginia liquor store got more time in the spotlight via Sherman’s portrayal.

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Colin Jost dusted off his acting chops on this week’s Saturday Night Live, dropping in outside of “Weekend Update” to revive his blistering impression of embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — and the show did not go easy on him.

The sketch comedy show once again opened with a political-themed bit that brought Weekend Update host Colin Jost back as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. In the sketch, Jost’s Hegseth addressed recent news items surrounding the bombing of boats off the coast of Venezuela.

After a two-week hiatus and a Thanksgiving celebration, Saturday Night Live finally returned in the first week of December with a bang. The cold open .

Back after a Thanksgiving break, SNL scored tonight with the literal bombs being dropped by Trump & Secretary of War Hegseth

And in a broadly holiday-themed episode, SNL kicked off in a familiar place: a news conference with a member of the Trump administration. “Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost played Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as if he were headlining a metal show,