New era of wildfires, vacation woes, Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘widow’ joke: Catch up on the day’s stories
New era of wildfires, vacation woes, Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘widow’ joke: Catch up on the day’s stories
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/27/us/5-things-pm-april-27-trnd
Publish Date: 2026-04-27 17:14:00
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👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Jimmy Kimmel is in hot water with the White House — again. President Donald Trump has called for the comedian to be fired over a joke about the first lady made days before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
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