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2:20 PM ET, April 24, 2023

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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News  —  The bombastic host received the largest audience on the conservative network.  —  In a shocking announcement on Monday morning, the Fox News Channel announced that prime-time host Tucker Carlson is leaving the network.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Tucker Carlson out at Fox News  —  Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the right-wing extremist who hosted the network's highly rated 8pm hour, have severed ties, the network said in a stunning announcement Monday.  —  The announcement came one week after Fox News settled a monster defamation lawsuit …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Tucker Carlson OUT at Fox News in Shocking Shakeup  —  Tucker Carlson, the top-rated host at Fox News, is leaving the network.  —  The abrupt departure of the controversial prime time figure comes a week after Fox News reached a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Tucker Carlson out at Fox News … - A slew of material was uncovered during pre-trial discovery implicated Carlson. … - A former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who is suing the network for allegedly trying to manipulate her testimony during pre-trial discovery for the Dominion case …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Tucker Carlson departs Fox News, pushed out by Rupert Murdoch  —  Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News.  —  The network announced the departure of its top-rated and most provocative conservative prime-time host Monday with no explanation.  His last show was Friday.
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News in wake of Dominion defamation settlement  — Fox News announced it parted ways with right wing host Tucker Carlson.  His last program aired Friday.  — The host is leaving Fox News days after the network reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation lawsuit.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Breaks Up With Tucker Carlson In Exit Surprise  —  Tucker Carlson will no longer be able to carry on his self-generated battle against lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink at Fox News Channel.  —  Carlson, Fox News Channel's most-watched primetime host, will leave the network …
Semafor:
Tucker Carlson has left Fox News  —  Tucker Carlson has left Fox News, the network that made him a right-wing political and media juggernaut.  —  Carlson's executive producer Justin Wells is also out at the network, according to two people familiar with the situation.
Rolling Stone:
Fox Staffers Celebrate Tucker's Departure: ‘Pure Joy’  —  “I fear management will replace him with someone who is just like him, so there probably won't be any real change,” a producer warned of the shocking split  —  FOX NEWS AND Tucker Carlson have parted ways — effective immediately.
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:   Tucker Carlson out at Fox News
New York Times:
Don Lemon, CNN Star Anchor, to Leave the Network  —  Mr. Lemon, one of the network's most recognizable stars, had been under scrutiny since an uproar over on-air remarks he made about women and aging in February.  —  Don Lemon is out at CNN.  —  CNN said on Monday that it was parting ways with Mr. Lemon …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Sen. Wyden asks billionaire Harlan Crow for list of gifts to Supreme Court Justice Thomas  — Sen. Ron Wyden asked GOP megadonor Harlan Crow for a complete list of gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.  — The Oregon Democrat also requested evidence that the billionaire Texas …
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Clarence Thomas's Billionaire Friend Did Have Business Before the Supreme Court  —  Justice Clarence Thomas said he was advised he didn't have to disclose private jet flights and luxury vacations paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow because, although a close friend, Crow “did not have business before the court.”
Discussion: Politico, NPR and Boston Herald
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Susan Rice to step down as Biden's domestic policy chief  —  Rice's departure next month will bring to a close her prolific, wide-ranging and at times controversial tenure.  —  President Joe Biden's domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, is stepping down from her post next month …
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Susan Rice to step down as domestic policy adviser
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Susan Rice to Step Down as Biden's Domestic Policy Adviser
James Downie / MSNBC:
Kevin McCarthy's clown car is headed right into a debt ceiling crisis  —  The House speaker's tenure has been a kaleidoscope of incompetence.  —  The clown car that has been Rep. Kevin McCarthy's speakership spluttered to a halting start over 15 long ballots in January and hasn't had a second of a smooth ride since.
Discussion: The Editorial Board and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
At U.S. behest, Ukraine held off anniversary attacks on Russia  —  Kyiv's head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, planned bold strikes deep behind enemy lines that unnerved officials in Washington  —  In February, with the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine days away …
Discussion: The Hill, Human Events and Fox News
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Kit O'Connell / The Texas Observer:
Ag Commissioner Sid Miller's New Transphobic Dress Code  —  Transgender and gender nonconforming employees of the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) received an unwelcome surprise last Monday: a new dress code that continues Governor Greg Abbott's campaign of anti-LGBTQ+ oppression.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Trump Is Beating DeSantis Among D.C. Republicans  —  A G.O.P. congressman discusses the Florida governor's “electability” problems.  —  Last year, Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, who, in November, was reëlected in a landslide, emerged as the only viable challenger to Donald Trump …
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
It's back to the future for a diminished digital news business  —  What year is it?  Consider the following:  — The Drudge Report is the biggest political website in the country.  — Jonah Peretti, a digital media entrepreneur, is focused on building the homepage traffic of HuffPost.
Washington Post:
Democrats reluctant about Biden 2024, but they see no other choice  —  They are lukewarm about picking Biden as their nominee, but many believe he may be the best hope of preventing a second Trump term and fighting extremism  —  The leftover pizza was divvied up, the Girl Scout cookies had been exchanged …
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Eleni Kounalakis first to launch campaign for California governor in 2026  —  The state's lieutenant governor has assembled an A-team of political strategists and fundraisers for her run.  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis on Monday launched her campaign to become …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden lawyer seeks ethics probe of Greene for ‘verbal abuses’  —  A lawyer for Hunter Biden called Monday for a congressional ethics investigation into the behavior of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), alleging that she has repeatedly directed “unmoored verbal abuses” at the president's son …
Politico:
'Nobody knows when it's going to happen': Wall Street wakes up to default threat.  —  The government has until the summer to strike a deal.  —  NEW YORK — For months, Wall Street has barely focused on the possibility that the government might default on its debt.  It's paying attention now.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida school district bans dozens of books based on proposed bill  —  Schools in Clay County, Florida, are withholding dozens of books from students, citing legislation that has been proposed but not approved by the state legislature or signed into law.  —  In a spreadsheet published …
Discussion: National Review
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP warns FBI to stay out of controversial surveillance talks  —  The bureau is at the heart of a fight over a controversial surveillance program.  But its toxic relationship with the House GOP means it has to stay far away from reauthorization talks.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Schager / The Daily Beast:
The Ex-Soldier Who Infiltrated the KKK and Exposed a ‘Despicable’ Murder Scheme  —  The new Hulu doc “Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK” is an eye-opening peek into the inner workings of a century-old racist organization.  —  White supremacist movements' ties to local, state …
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley's Corporate-Board Slot Delivers Stock Windfall Amid 2024 GOP Bid  —  Decision to stay in post differs from past choices by Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush  —  Nikki Haley received stock options worth close to $300,000 roughly six weeks after jumping into the 2024 presidential race as part …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
Harvard University:
SPRING 2023 POLL  —  Cambridge, MA - A national poll released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that among18-to-29-year-olds, President Biden's approval rating stands at 36%, a drop of three percentage points since last fall (39%) and five percentage points since last spring (41%.)
Robert Greenall / BBC:
China disowns ambassador's remarks questioning Ukrainian independence  —  China has distanced itself from the remarks of one of its envoys who questioned the sovereignty of Ukraine and other former Soviet countries.  —  Paris ambassador Lu Shaye's comments last week caused widespread outrage, leading on calls to Beijing to clarify.
 
 
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
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Robert Reich / The Guardian:
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John Kruzel / Reuters:
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Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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Gabrielle Fonrouge / CNBC:
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