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4:20 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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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.”
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.
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
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:   Tucker Carlson out at Fox News
Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:   Russian state outlet RT reaches out to Tucker Carlson
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.
Nicholas Grossman / Bulwark+:
Why the Anti-Anti-Trumpers Need Ron DeSantis  —  IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT Ron DeSantis looked like Donald Trump's heir apparent—beloved by the base, but with mainstream appeal, basically “Trump without the baggage.”  Now the narrative has flipped.  DeSantis is struggling: Back in January …
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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 …
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
Brynn Tannehill / New Republic:
The End of Trans America Comes Into Focus  —  Republicans have made it clear that their number one legislative and cultural priority is the “eradication of transgenderism from public life,” as was stated by Daily Wire host Michael Knowles at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year.
 
 
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
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Austin Fuller / Current:
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