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4:35 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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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.
Rolling Stone:
Fox News Staffers Celebrate Tucker Carlson'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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Tucker Carlson OUT at Fox News in Shocking Ouster  —  Tucker Carlson, the top-rated host at Fox News, is exiting 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 …
New York Times:
Live Updates: Fox News Parts Ways With Tucker Carlson  —  Mr. Carlson has been one of the network's top-rated hosts for many years.  —  Here is the latest on Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News.  —  Fox News said Monday that it was parting ways with Tucker Carlson, its most popular prime time host.
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
‘It Was a Firing’: Tucker Carlson's Exit from Fox Was NOT Voluntary, Sources Say  —  Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News was not voluntary, multiple sources told Mediaite.  —  Fox News shocked the media world Monday morning with a statement announcing the network and its top-rated host “have agreed to part ways.”
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.
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Tucker Carlson's Fox News Exit Wipes Out $690 Million in Value  —  Tucker Carlson, one of the most popular Fox News prime-time hosts, was worth more than $690 million to the parent company.  At least that is what trading in the stock indicates.  —  Shares of Fox Corp. sank as much as 5.4% Monday …
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Broadcast bloodbath: Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon are out in major media shake-up
Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:   Russian state outlet RT reaches out to Tucker Carlson
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:   Tucker Carlson out at Fox News
Nicholas Carlson / Insider:
Top Kremlin propagandist tells Tucker Carlson he should run for president and ‘You are always welcome in Russia and Moscow’
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tucker Carlson, Fake Populist and Genuine Racist
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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 …
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.”
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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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Politico:
'Nobody knows when it's going to happen': Wall Street wakes up to default threat.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
Republicans' Debt-Ceiling Games Threaten National Security
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Arek Sarkissian / Politico:
Florida surgeon general altered key findings in study on Covid-19 vaccine safety  —  Joseph Ladapo defended the move, saying revisions are a normal part of assessing such analysis.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo personally altered a state-driven study …
Siladitya Ray / Forbes:
Ex-Louisville Officer Who Fatally Shot Breonna Taylor Begins New Law Enforcement Job  —  Myles Cosgrove, the former police officer who shot and killed Breonna Taylor—a death that garnered national attention and triggered widespread protests against systemic racism and police brutality—has landed a new law enforcement job.
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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
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.
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
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.
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Republicans' War on Their Own Public Health  —  Tens of thousands of conservatives died because they believed anti-vaccine lies.  Now the GOP is bringing back measles and polio.  —  Readers might be surprised to learn that Mississippi has the highest child vaccination rate of any state in the country.
Discussion: Fox News and TASS
Washington Post:
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 …
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Supreme Court declines Exxon, Chevron push to move state lawsuits to federal court  —  The Supreme Court on Monday declined a request by oil companies to transfer a series of state lawsuits to federal court, where the energy companies had hoped for more favorable legal terrain.
 
 
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