Late-night TV hosts on Tuesday addressed the White House’s search for a new press secretary and the closed-door process with which a group of Senate Republicans are advancing their healthcare bill.

Stephen Colbert began by addressing changes made to the daily press briefings, which Donald Trump has reportedly called a “spectacle” he’d like to schedule as a once-a-week event.

“At yesterday’s briefing,” Colbert began, “not only did Sean Spicer not allow cameras, he also prohibited audio recording. That’s a big change from his usual press briefing, where only information is prohibited.

“Then, when asked why journalists could not record the briefing, Spicer said: ‘There are days where we decide the president’s voice should be the one who speaks for the administration,’” Colbert explained, telling Spicer: “Your whole job is speaking for the administration. That’s like Chef Boyardee saying there are days when we decide that people should make their own canned ravioli.”

Colbert went on to summarize a Tuesday report in the Atlantic, in which the White House adviser Steve Bannon, when asked why the briefings had been moved off camera, responded that “Sean got fatter”.

“That is a low blow from a guy who looks like he’s either got the meat sweats or is sweaty meat,” Colbert quipped. “It’s also been reported that Sean Spicer may be out at press secretary. What? Why? When? Sean, I have so many questions; if you go, who will not answer them?”

Trevor Noah of Comedy Central focused on the Republican healthcare bill, which is being formed behind closed doors as even prominent Republican senators such as John McCain complain about the lack of transparency.

“Democratic senators took over the floor to denounce the Republicans’ healthcare bill,” Noah began, “instead of what they usually do at night, which is dreaming that a super-ripped Barack Obama has brought them Trump’s tax returns.”

An impassioned Noah continued: “But the Democrats are right to be upset. This is legislation that will affect tens of millions of lives. And Republican lawmakers are writing in total secret. There have been no hearings, no debates, nobody knows almost anything about it. This is about national healthcare. And yet the Republicans are treating it the same way a high schooler treats jacking off in his room.”

Noah went on to point out that, though Democrats have stood in almost universal opposition to the bill, their options are limited: “Democrats have very few cards to play. The only thing that they can really do is take a page out of the Republicans’ book. Eight years ago, when they had to drum up opposition to Obamacare, the Republicans got really creative with the truth.”

Noah proceeded to compare clips of Democrats, including Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders and others, speaking out against the bill, to footage of Republican politicians railing against the Affordable Care Act in 2009.

“Now, don’t get me wrong, the Democrats have done a pretty good job of presenting the factual arguments against Trumpcare,” Noah said. “And the numbers back this up. Only 17% of Americans support Trumpcare. If the numbers are so bad, then why do the Democrats seem to be having such a hard time bringing a stop to this thing?

“Well, I argue that if they’re going to nail the coffin on this thing, Democrats need to add more emotion to the Trumpcare numbers. And what makes a great scary story is all the things you don’t know,” Noah said, before dimming the lights, bringing out a flashlight and making the case against the Republican healthcare bill in the style of campfire horror stories. “Republicans have made it easy. The bill’s a secret.”