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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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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 …
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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.
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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 host comes a week after Fox News reached a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems …
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Fox News Breaks Up With Tucker Carlson In Exit Surprise
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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, The Wrap and Los Angeles 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 making remarks about women and aging in February that were widely perceived to be sexist. — Don Lemon is out at CNN.
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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 …
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How Democrats Learned to Cast Aside Reservations and Embrace Biden 2024
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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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Trump's insane lies on DeSantis trash successful conservative policies
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Why the Anti-Anti-Trumpers Need Ron DeSantis
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Some DeSantis allies feel growing urgency to launch 2024 bid
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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.
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'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.
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Digby's Hullabaloo

Republicans' Debt-Ceiling Games Threaten National Security
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The Hill and The Daily Caller


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 …
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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.
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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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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 …
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Proud Boys saw themselves as 'Trump's army,' U.S. says in trial closings — Closing arguments are underway in the seditious conspiracy trial of five Proud Boys leaders accused of spearheading the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — The far-right Proud Boys saw themselves …
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ABC News, Fox News and Joe.My.God.
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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.


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 …
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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 …
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Joe.My.God.


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.


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.
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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%.)
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New York Post, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Political Wire


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.
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The Guardian and Washington Examiner


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 …