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 …

Susan Rice to step down as domestic policy adviser  —  Rice, who also served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, helped the Biden administration with expanding the Affordable Care Act.  —  Domestic policy adviser Susan Rice is stepping down from her post.

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 …

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 …

Hunter Biden may be living at the White House to evade legal papers from his baby mama  —  Hunter Biden is believed to be hiding out at the White House while his baby mama goes on the warpath.  —  Lawyers for former stripper Lunden Roberts asked an Arkansas court Friday to jail the First Son …

Kyrsten Sinema Has a Net Favorability of -23, Per New Statewide Poll  —  A Public Policy Polling survey of Arizona voters finds that the party-switching senator is deeply unpopular and has virtually no chance of winning re-election.  —  A new poll out of Arizona by a well-trusted …

'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.

Hunter Biden legal team wants Treasury to investigate ex-Trump aide and wants Congress to take action against MTG  —  Letters sent Monday to the House Ethics Committee and the Treasury Department are among part of an increasingly public and aggressive strategy from Biden's team.

Scoop: Israel offers to host warring Sudanese generals for talks  —  Israel in a proposal given to the warring generals in Sudan offered to host the two sides for Israeli-mediated talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire agreement, three Israeli Foreign Ministry officials told Axios.

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.

Ray Epps, a Jan. 6 protester now at the center of a far-right conspiracy, says he relives the Capitol riot every day  —  For millions of consumers of conservative news... Ray Epps is a notorious villain ... a provocateur responsible for turning peaceful protests on January 6th into a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Saudi Arabia rises to world's 5th largest military spender: SIPRI  —  The kingdom has risen from eighth to fifth place since 2021, surpassing the United Kingdom, Germany and France.  —  DUBAI — Saudi Arabia was ranked the 5th biggest military spender in 2022, jumping from eighth to fifth place …

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 …

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 …

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%.)

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.

Spain exhumes fascist party founder from Madrid mausoleum  —  The body of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the founder of Spain's fascist Falange movement, was exhumed from a Madrid mausoleum on Monday and transferred to a city cemetery.  The fascist political leader was executed …

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 …

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 …

McCarthy's gigantic week  —  THE TOP … Both the House and Senate come back into session tomorrow.  —  This is the most important week for Speaker Kevin McCarthy since he won the grueling floor fight in January to get the gavel.  —  The House is set to vote this week on a $4.5 trillion GOP bill …

Elon Musk's Weekend-Long Masterclass in Business Failure  —  It's not that easy to get a hold of LeBron James' people.  Few celebrities are accessible, but James occupies a rarefied strata of fame where even getting his representatives to acknowledge you on some matter or another isn't a given for most reporters.