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Reports that Bill Maher would receive the prestigious Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center in June were strongly disputed by the Trump administration.

Bill Maher will be the 27th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Official word comes six days after White House publicists dubbed a report 'fake news.'

The Trump Kennedy Center will give this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Bill Maher -- despite adamant claims by the White House that it wouldn't happen.

After initial reports were dismissed by Team Trump as "fake news" (or perhaps premature news), Politi ...

Mark Twain once said: "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." He knew what he was talking about. Bill Maher is getting the Mark Twain Prize from the Kennedy Center after all. Last week, The Atlantic broke that . ...

Nancy Pelosi is already calling Jeffries "Speaker," Lara Trump is swatting down Iran war skeptics in her own family, and the Kennedy Center just handed Bill Maher an award the White House said wasn't happening.

There was confusion about whether the satirist would be getting the Kennedy Center's top humor award after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called it "fake news." Now it's confirmed.

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, whose board is filled with the president's allies, announced Bill Maher will receive the prize in June.

Comedian Bill Maher will receive the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize after the White House called earlier reports of the honor fake news.