The New Yorker responded to Hasan Minhaj's 20-minute clarification video in a statement to PEOPLE saying "we stand by our story," which stated that the comedian allegedly fabricated jokes in his ...

Hasan Mehmood, who only had a provisional driving licence, had put fake plates on the 4x4 and tried to run from police after crashing. Shrewsbury Crown Court was told that police were on patrol in ...

"Every story in my style is built around a seed of truth," said Minhaj. "My comedy Arnold Palmer is 70% emotional truth -- this happened -- and then 30% hyperbole, exaggeration, fiction.

Hasan Minhaj is addressing the backlash he’s received from the New Yorker piece — released a little more than a month ago — that shed light on some of his comedy routines being embellished.

When Mehdi Hasan launched a new publication called Zeteo in April, a few months after his weekly MSNBC show was canceled, the longtime liberal political commentator had no experience as a media ...

Hasan Minhaj isn’t shy about stretching the truth to nail a joke. Comedian and former “Patriot Act” host Minhaj told the New Yorker that the stories he tells in stand-up comedy are embellish ...

Minhaj, at one time a front-runner for the job, has apparently fallen out of contention after a New Yorker exposé questioned the veracity of some of the comedian’s anecdotes. In a statement ...

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan announced Sunday night that he is leaving the network “to look for a new challenge.” Hasan’s departure comes after it was announced in November that MSNBC was ...