Bill Maher got the award, but Trump’s free-speech impact is the real prize
In Trump’s Washington, a rebel like Bill Maher can be given his due — which can’t be said in precincts that cultural liberals control.
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Daniel McCarthy Opinion Bill Maher got the award, but Trump’s free-speech impact is the real prize By Daniel McCarthy Published June 29, 2026, 9:32 p.m. ET Bill Maher received the coveted Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Bill Maher is the perfect liberal, at least on paper — yet despite his talk shows being nominated for Emmy awards more than 40 times, it’s only in Donald Trump’s Washington that Maher finally gets the recognition he craves. He’s now the 27th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, an award first won by the late, legendary Richard Pryor in 1998 and last year given to Conan O’Brien.
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