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A quick heads up.

As we were putting this show to bed,

we learned that the government had formally approved

the Paramount Skydance merger.

Okay, here's the show.

Welcome one and all to the late show.

I'm your host Stephen Colbert.

On July 14th, Stephen Colbert came back from vacation and did what he does best, a monologue that was equal parts of uncular jokes and political news.

While I was on vacation, my parent corporation, Paramount, paid Donald Trump a $16 million settlement over his 60 Minutes lawsuit.

As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network, I am offended. And I don't

know if anything will ever repair my trust in this company. But just taking a stab at it,

I'd say $16 million would help. The money went to Trump over a suit about editing a 60

minutes episode. A suit Paramount itself said

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