“ Late Show ” host Stephen Colbert on Thursday fired back at Vice President JD Vance with a meme that takes the sofa jokes to a whole new level. Vance earlier in the day had defended President Donald Trump, who has posted racist memes of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in a sombrero with mariachi music.

Laying off scores of federal workers may be part of "extraordinary steps" that will be taken soon, Vance said on the first day of the shutdown