Matt Gertz

Fox News stars are struggling to defend the obscene volume of coverage their programs have been devoting to culture war stories about the WNBA.

One month ago, the White House Correspondents Association gathered for its annual “dinner that celebrates the First Amendment” with President Donald Trump. Journalists assembled in Washington, D.C., sat impotently as the president delivered remarks that mixed empty platitudes about his “respect for ...

Fox News stars are struggling to defend the obscene volume of coverage their programs have been devoting to culture war stories about the WNBA.

Vice President JD Vance put his relationship with Tucker Carlson back in the spotlight this week when he was asked about the right-wing podcaster's history of promoting antisemites at a meeting of Jewish Republicans and refused to condemn his longtime political ally.

Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy, while anchoring The Sunday Briefing on October 5, 2025, aired a lengthy interview he had conducted the previous day with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the sidelines of the Navy-Air Force football game. Hegseth, who was plucked by President Donald Trump from the cast of Fox & Friends' weekend edition to serve as the Pentagon's leader, hasn't returned to the network since.

As Donald Trump's war against Iran stagnated into a stalemate and strategic defeat, hawkish Fox News personalities who urged the president to attack in the first place have repeatedly used a football metaphor to emphasize how close the U.S. was to some nebulous victory.

The abrupt end of the anchor's long tenure came after reportedly being too loyal to Trump.

Vice President JD Vance responded on Thursday to critics of his close relationship with Tucker Carlson by dodging their actual concerns with Carlson's promotion of antisemitism and smearing them as anti-American. His handwaving portrayal of the right-wing podcaster as merely a buddy elides Carlson's actual role as one of the architects of the vice president's political career.

“‘The vibes are very bad' in Texas” is the headline of Politico Playbook's dispatch from Dallas, where the GOP's “Trump-a-palooza” midterm convention has Republican attendees fearing “what could transpire on the stage — and what it might mean for lawmakers back home.”

Vice President JD Vance used his keynote address to the GOP's midterm convention to echo one of Tucker Carlson's most infamous statements, just one week after publicly refusing to distance himself from the right-wing podcaster.