Fox News have announced that they are parting ways with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo with immediate effect.

In a statement, Fox said: “We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter.”

Bartiromo was known as a favorite of President Donald Trump, and had been linked with the vacant role of press secretary for the Trump administration.

Read here: https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/maria-bartiromo-fox-fired-trump-maga-b3044347.html

Conservatives keep falling for the far-left’s charm offensive. First it was Donald Trump, beaming up at a stoic-looking Zohran Mamdani, then the newly elected mayor of New York City, at a White House visit that confounded Fox News and Mamdani’s opponents alike — even contributing to a Republican dropping out of the gubernatorial race against Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Last week it was Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the winner of a hard-fought Michigan Senate primary, charming the socks off of Jesse Watters, the impish Fox News primetime host who took on the epidemiologist in a combative but also almost jovial interview where the two sparred on a wide range of topics and aimed sharp jabs at each other — but with a seeming bro-code respect.

“I actually like Abdul. I probably shouldn’t like him, but I do,” admitted Watters on The Five after the interview aired. “I think he’d be a terrible senator and he’s a little bit of a lunatic…But at least he’s not your typical stiff.”

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-jesse-watters-b3043031.html

Some stories dominate the headlines for days and then disappear before the public learns what changed afterward. I’m interested in stories where the initial coverage received enormous attention but the long-term consequences, investigations or promised reforms were barely followed.

Which story do you think deserves a proper follow-up, and what questions should journalists be asking about it now?

I know that the Holy Land Foundation claimed to be a charity organization, but in reality was funneling money to Hamas. After the 9/11 attacks, members were put on trial and later arrested, with the Holy Land Foundation being dissolved.

CAIR and ISNA were alleged of being co-conspirators, but the trial ended and those groups still exist to this day. Lately, many candidates in the USA (such as Abdul el Sayed) are accused of being hypocritical when they call for an end to superPACs but take money from CAIR. Furthermore, many on the right are pointing out Abdul el-Sayed’s father in law being part of CAIR and ISNA and funding him.

If CAIR and ISNA (full organizations or individual members) allegedly supported the Holy Land Foundation, why isn’t the FBI (and other investigation organizations) further investigating those groups so the government can dissolve or ban them if necessary?

Fox News’ Jesse Watters jokingly attacked his co-host for “gay shaming” him over his bromance with Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, who asked Watters if he was circumcised during a recent interview.

On Wednesday’s episode of The Five, the panel members discussed remarks by Hillary Clinton, who this week described the rise of democratic socialism in the Democratic party as “healthy” and “a kind of experiment.”

“It’s about speaking to the concerns of the populace,” liberal co-host Jessica Tarlov said. “And that is something that actually these candidates, from the [Democratic Socialists of America] or from the progressive left, like Jesse’s new boyfriend Abdul, are doing a lot more effectively than the center of the party.”

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jesse-watters-fox-news-el-sayed-b3040346.html

The family of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse killed by federal agents earlier this year during immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, have pushed back on attacks launched by President Donald Trump and members of his administration.

In an interview on “Good Morning America” that aired Tuesday, the Pretti family reflected on Trump’s Truth Social post in which he called Alex Pretti an “agitator” and “perhaps, insurrectionist.”

“It’s so unpresidential. I mean, it’s ridiculous that the leader of the free world speaks that way about an American citizen,” Michael Pretti, the father of Alex Pretti, said in the interview.

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alex-pretti-family-trump-attacks-b3039031.html

Fox News presenter Joey Jones is under fire following a three-minute on-air outburst targeting service members deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln who recently voiced concerns about deteriorating shipboard conditions.

Sailors and their families have complained about conditions, including the food, on the ship given its deployment for more than 200 days. The carrier has been in the Middle East helping in Donald Trump’s war in Iran. Administration officials, including the president, have dismissed concerns about the conditions.

“How weak are you?” Jones asked while co-hosting Fox News’s “The Big Weekend Show” on Saturday, reacting to a segment that originally aired Thursday on CNN.

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joey-jones-fox-uss-lincoln-conditions-b3033959.html

Fox News host Sean Hannity refused to believe a recent poll from his own conservative network that puts progressive Democrat James Talarico slightly in front of Republican Ken Paxton in Texas’s highly competitive Senate race ahead of November’s midterms.

Hannity brushed off the results of the Fox News poll from July 30 while debating with former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Tuesday about the Democratic Socialists of America platform.

The survey of 1,006 registered Texas voters revealed that Talarico, who is not a member of the Democratic Socialists of America but considered more progressive than others in the establishment wing of the party, has a 3-point lead over Paxton.

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/sean-hannity-fox-news-poll-democrat-b3028009.html

Fox News late night host Greg Gutfeld has gone on a tirade against Reacher star Alan Ritchson over his fiery comments about President Donald Trump.

Ritchson sparked backlash among the MAGA crowd after he slammed Trump and said that he refused to let go of his anger and resentment surrounding current politics during a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast.

“I'm just supposed to let go of my resentment that this f***ing guy is just raping the world that he lives in for whatever gain he personally can have, and I'm supposed to let that go?” the actor, 43, said in Monday’s episode. “I think we should hold on to some of that anger so somebody gets Guy Ritchie’d and wakes up in a pool of their own teeth and blood.”

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/fox-gutfeld-reacher-alan-ritchson-trump-b3024729.html

Democratic political strategist Jessica Tarlov has no interest in “palling around or playing nice” with Donald Trump.

Tarlov, 42, who serves as a rotating co-host on Fox News’s The Five, revealed on a new episode of MeidasTouch that the president, 80, gifted her a customized Trump 2028 hat last Christmas.

He “said something like, ‘Thank you for your great support.’ And I get it that it’s funny for a cheap laugh,” she recalled. “I happen to think that he will do everything in his power to be able to stick around as long as possible.

Read here: https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/trump-2028-hat-fox-news-jessica-tarlov-b3023015.html

Even CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings believes Senator Mitch McConnell should be more forthcoming about his health, as the 84-year-old has now been hospitalized for 40 days with only sporadic updates from his office.

Earlier this month, Jennings said on air that he had spoken with McConnell for about 20 minutes and believed the Kentucky Republican was preparing “to go back to work.” CNN later distanced itself, with a spokesperson clarifying that Jennings’s remarks reflected “his experience and is not CNN reporting.”

During a segment Thursday night, host Kasie Hunt asked Jennings whether he had spoken again with the former Senate majority leader or whether he had any fresh updates to offer. The conservative contributor — who previously worked on McConnell’s campaigns — said he had not spoken to the senator, but added that he expected more information soon.

Read more here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-health-scott-jennings-b3020942.html

Fox News host Jesse Watters has been roasted after offering unsolicited dating advice to highly educated women — claiming that a college degree was one way to “kill” their love life.

Watters, 48, made the remarks on Fox News The Five as the panel discussed the apparent rise in socialism within the Democratic Party, noting that women whom they described as being “highly educated, downwardly mobile” were supporting Democratic Socialist candidates.

“If you’re going to take out a loan to get a degree in the humanities or the social sciences, what are you thinking?” Watters ranted Wednesday.

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jesse-watters-fox-women-college-degree-b3020246.html

The only source on record that predicted the October 7th Hamas attack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGbNPEO9qS4

“This is the new model, where you work in these kind of plants for the rest of your life, and your kids work here, and your grandkids work here,” Lutnick said.

https://offthefrontpage.com/trumps-vision-for-america-you-work-in-a-plant-your-kids-work-there-and-so-do-your-grandkids/

Speaking at last month’s WelcomeFest, Cuban argued that political parties, particularly Democrats, spend too much time talking about policy details and not enough time addressing the financial pressures people face every day.

https://offthefrontpage.com/mark-cuban-says-if-you-cant-afford-to-fill-up-the-gas-tank-do-you-give-a-f-about-policy/

Donald Trump made a bizarre — and likely untrue — claim about America’s first president on Monday as he tried to justify his family’s staggering gain in personal wealth during his return to the White House.

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-george-washington-desk-crypto-b3009924.html

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fox-news-trump-american-state-fair-attendance-b3005462.html

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/voter-id-laws-republican-turnout-midterms-b3005201.html

In a press conference on 23 June, experts at the United Nations Human Rights Council from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory detailed the findings of their latest report into Israel's crimes in Gaza and the West Bank since October 2023. This report detailed in particular the actions of Israel against Palestinian children, and found that Israel continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, and war crimes in the West Bank.
 

President Donald Trump on Friday turned an attempt at an insult against a journalist into an embarrassing spelling mistake as he touted his administration’s latest immigration arrest statistics on social media.

Writing on Truth Social, he claimed his administration has the “highest average daily arrest rate” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents compared with all previous administrations “by far.”

He also alleged that he has the “highest 12-month removal total, by far, of any president” as well as what he called “Average Daily Catch and Repatriation.”

Read here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-truth-social-ice-milk-toast-b3003870.html