Congress has failed to renew funding for the medical treatment of 9/11 first responders who got cancer by breathing in contaminated air — after the government had told them it was safe. Appalled by the inaction, a bearded Jon Stewart tells Trevor Noah how he stopped by senators’ offices to try to shame the officials into doing something.

—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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