Did Drudge Report and Fox News turn blue in 2020?
Once seen as staunchly republican, the news site and cable news network raised eyebrows in their coverage of trump.
President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News Channel town hall at the Scranton Cultural Center on Thursday, March 5, 2020, in Scranton, Pa.
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Once a reliable place to find unflattering photos of Hillary Clinton, the news aggregator Drudge Report mocked both President Donald Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani in recent weeks.
Meanwhile Fox News, long seen as a booster of conservatism, has become a target of the president, who cheers every decline in ratings and is rumored to be considering starting a media company that would compete with Fox.
Have Drudge and Fox, like voters in Georgia, turned blue, or at least faint purple?
If so, it would be a remarkable change, given that a subset of Americans called “ Fox News Republicans ” have been the president’s most loyal supporters. And as far back as 2006, the website founded by Matt Drudge has been seen as powerhouse of Republican support, with ABC News reporting that year that “Drudge Report sets the tone for national political coverage.”
It’s clear that Drudge Report is no longer a booster of Trump, who has called the website “fake news” this year although it has been credited with helping him get elected in 2016.
It’s not clear, however, if Matt Drudge is still the owner, or involved on a daily basis. There’s been speculation the site has been sold, although others say Drudge still owns and manages the site he founded in 1995.
As for Fox, the network recently changed its slogan to “ Standing Up for What’s Right ,” which some people saw as a dig at Trump, and by extension, his loyal supporters. Trump voters also took issue with the network calling states for Biden on election night.
Given their other content, it’s unlikely that Drudge Report and Fox have radically shifted to the left. As they say in medical school, “ when you hear hoofs, think horse, not zebra ,” meaning the simplest explanation is more likely than the more uncommon one.
As such, it’s more probable that the news outlets soured on Trump — as some other prominent Republicans did — not on conservatism in general.
But the perception that Drudge Report and Fox News have abandoned their base is getting oxygen from people who want to compete with them.
Drudge Report, a former Trump ally, is ready to move on. The site is filled with headlines that describe the outgoing president as "bitter" and "not a good loser.'" https://t.co/VSoJyMzWgN pic.twitter.com/SKBfNlq43H — Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) November 12, 2020
Man of the Left?
Earlier this year, Ryan McMaken, writing on the blog of the Mises Institute , said Drudge Report has lost its edge, becoming instead a purveyor of predictable fare, spiced with “crisis porn.”
“It is now, for all practical purposes, a sister site to CNN.com or The Atlantic, ” McMaken wrote.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson went farther, in July calling Drudge “a man of the progressive left.”
“At times, his site is indistinguishable from The Daily Beast or any other woke propaganda outlet posing as a news company,” Carlson told Matthew Lysiak, the author of a biography on Drudge, “ The Drudge Revolution ,” released this year.
Lysiak did not interview the subject of his book. Drudge is famously reclusive and rarely grants interviews. But he did speak briefly to Florida journalist Bob Norman after he showed up unannounced at Drudge’s home.
As Norman recounted in an article in Columbia Journalism Review, he never saw Drudge when he was at the house, but called him later and told him he wanted to talk with him about Trump. “You and everybody else,” Drudge replied. When Norman said Drudge Report was supportive of Trump in 2016, Drudge said, “That was three years ago.”
“That response seemed rather telling, a clear distancing from the president. But Drudge wouldn’t go further,” Norman wrote.
In addition to Drudge Report’s increasingly frequent skewering of Trump, others have noticed the website has taken the pandemic seriously, unlike some of Trump’s supporters.
As one person wrote on Twitter, “Fox may have shifted to the center since 2016. Drudge Report was the biggest game changer. DR single-handedly made me deathly afraid of COVID-19 between February and May of this year.”
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Fox News, meanwhile, has regularly enraged the president with reporting that the president believes is biased against him. At one point, he said he was the “golden goose” responsible for the network’s historic ratings. (Fox surpassed the legacy networks in primetime for the third quarter of 2020, and in that same quarter, four of the five most-watched cable news shows belonged to Fox.)
And his anger was renewed on election night after Fox News was the first network to project that eventual President-elect Joe Biden would win Arizona.
According to the political website The Hill , the Trump campaign urged people to call Fox to ask them to withdraw the call. “The campaign also sent out talking points attacking the head of the Fox News decision desk and highlighting his past contributions to Democratic candidates,” Brett Samuels wrote for The Hill.
The president has urged his supporters to abandon Fox for other conservative outlets such as Newmax, and Mike Allen at Axios has reported that Trump wants to start a digital media company to compete with Fox. According to Allen, an unidentified source said, “He plans to wreck Fox. No doubt about it.”
To do so, however, would require convincing Trump supporters to abandon their principle source of news.
According to an October report from the Public Religion Research Institute, about 40% of Republicans say they trust Fox News more than any other news source, comprising what the institute’s founder and CEO Robert P. Jones called “a party within a party.”
And those “Fox New Republicans” were largely supportive of the president.
Nearly all Republicans who report trusting most in Fox News for television news approved of the job Trump is doing in office, including 82% who strongly approve, according to the PRRI survey. (Among all other Republicans, 78% approved of the president and 42% strongly approved.)
Drudge alternative
If Trump decides to compete with what he perceives as anti-Trump media, he’ll have company. Conservative podcaster Dan Bongino is offering Trump supporters an alternative to Drudge Report in his Bongino Report , launched last year.
A news aggregator like Drudge Report, the site recently had headlines including “Biden Campaign Manager Called for Mandatory Gun Seizures” and “RINO Mitt Romney Scolds Trump for Not Accepting Election Irregularities Without Investigation.”
In announcing the launch, Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and police officer, said on Twitter, “Drudge has abandoned you. I NEVER will.”
Bongino is regularly among the top 10 performing Facebook posts on a given day, according to the Twitter account that tracks them. He’s also a regular commentator on Fox News, which shows the challenge that Trump and his supporters face if they try to extract themselves from Fox and Drudge Report, given their longtime entwinement. When Trump criticizes Fox, for example, he’s criticizing the employer of his ally Sean Hannity, a top-performing Fox host.
But a Biden presidency may be what reunites the team. Recently, Drudge Report has been publishing flattering photos of Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. If the past predicts the future, that will change.
And a recent article by Sarah Ellison and Jeremy Barr in The Washington Post suggests that Fox News will soon be making Trump happy again when it casts a critical eye on the Biden administration.
“Fox thrives when it is in the opposition because they have a real-time bad guy to beat up on,” former CNN President Jonathan Klein said in the Post. “A Biden win would be great for Fox’s business.”
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Opinion | Are major changes coming to Fox News prime time?
The drudge report claimed fox news’ lineup will see a shakeup … and laura ingraham’s name was left out..
Lots of rumors are flying around about Fox News, including one that prime-time host Laura Ingraham could, at the very least, be taken out of prime time.
It started Wednesday when the Drudge Report claimed that it had the big scoop. It said Sean Hannity would move from 9 p.m. to 8 p.m. Then, Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld would head to prime time. Currently, Watters is doing well in a 7 p.m. slot and Gutfeld hosts a comedy-style show at 11 p.m. Watters also is a part of the highly-rated “The Five” at 5 p.m.
But then you quickly realized that there was a name missing: Laura Ingraham, who hosts a show at 10 p.m.
In response, Fox News didn’t deny or confirm anything. In a statement, it said, “No decision has been made on a new primetime line-up and there are multiple scenarios under consideration.”
Later, perhaps responding to social media rumors that Ingraham might be out at Fox News, the network put out another statement saying, “Reports based on various tweets by left wing activists are wildly inaccurate — Laura Ingraham, the top-rated woman in cable news, is now and will continue to be a prominent host and integral part of the Fox News lineup.”
This is all about trying to permanently replace Tucker Carlson, who was fired last month.
Let’s say it is Hannity, Watters and Gutfeld. That’s three middle-aged white guys controlling prime time. Think Fox News viewers are going to be OK with that? (That’s a rhetorical question.)
There are also reasons why Fox wouldn’t go with this lineup. Why move Watters and Gutfeld out of spots where they are currently doing well? And Ingraham remains a popular host in her 10 p.m. slot.
Still, social media was buzzing with rumors that Ingraham, who has been hosting “The Ingraham Angle” since 2017, might get taken out of prime time and maybe even get booted from the network. To be clear, no legitimate news outlets were reporting that Ingraham was leaving. And you also have Fox News’ strong statement saying Ingraham would remain a part of Fox’s lineup, although the word “prime-time” was not included in that statement.
Fox News ratings are down in Carlson’s old 8 p.m. slot and the network probably will want to make a move sooner rather than later to get the ratings to rebound. Under this rumored scenario, Hannity would be Carlson’s replacement in the 8 p.m. slot.
Speaking of Fox
If you think Fox News learned any lessons after the lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems — a suit that ended with Fox writing a check for $787.5 million — you might want to think again.
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said he thought Fox ultimately would have won the case against Dominion, but that network leaders decided to settle to avoid the distraction of a trial.
Speaking at MoffettNathanson’s inaugural Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Wednesday, Murdoch said, “Ultimately, it was a difficult decision, but the right decision, because I don’t believe Fox News or any our hosts engaged in any defamation during the whole period, but it was the right business decision.”
So there you have it. Murdoch still doesn’t think Fox did anything wrong.
Murdoch went on to compare covering Donald Trump’s allegations of a rigged 2020 election as being no different than CNN’s recent town hall with Trump, where the former president continued making false claims about the election. He, perhaps sarcastically, wondered if CNN would be sued.
“I haven’t seen a lawsuit yet,” Murdoch said. “Maybe there’s one coming, but I’m not gonna hold my breath.”
Murdoch added, “Last week, we can look at it factually, CNN had a town hall with the former president where he made a lot of allegations about the (2020) election. … If you believe that it was newsworthy to have a former president, also a candidate for the next presidential election, if you believe that was newsworthy in 2023, well certainly it was newsworthy in 2020 to report on similar allegations.”
A couple things about that. For starters, yes, Trump repeatedly made false claims during the CNN town hall that the 2020 election was rigged. However, he never mentioned Dominion Voting Systems.
But, more notably, Trump’s claims during the town hall were met with constant pushback from moderator Kaitlan Collins. Such claims from Trump’s camp on Fox News after the 2020 election were often not challenged.
So for Murdoch to compare the CNN town hall to the allegations made by Dominion in its lawsuit against Fox News is way off base.
Murdoch also addressed the firing of Carlson and what it could mean going forward for Fox. In the short term, ratings are down in Carlson’s old time slot.
Murdoch said, “We’ve done it before, right? You know, Bill O’Reilly was a superstar. Megyn Kelly was a superstar. Glenn Beck was a superstar, and we’re able to move forward with programming decisions that ultimately result in long-term growth and profitability of the business.”
Kaitlan Collins gets prime-time CNN show
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, shown here in December 2022. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
It’s official: Kaitlan Collins will get her own show in prime time on CNN. The network announced Wednesday that Collins will host a show at 9 p.m. Eastern starting in June.
This is not surprising. For the past couple of weeks there have been reports that Collins was going to get the prime-time gig.
But it would have been surprising if you said just a year or two ago that Collins, now 31, would end up hosting one of the most coveted pieces of real estate in cable television. Her meteoric rise has taken her from White House correspondent to co-hosting a revamped morning show to now hosting the time slot once occupied by Chris Cuomo. CNN hasn’t had a permanent host in that spot since firing Cuomo in December 2021.
Until now. Collins, fresh off mostly positive reviews for her attempts as moderator to salvage an otherwise heavily panned Donald Trump town hall, gets a shot at trying to help CNN crawl out of a ratings slumber.
In a note to staff, CNN big boss Chris Licht said, “She is a smart and gifted journalist who we’ve all seen hold lawmakers and newsmakers accountable. She pushes politicians off their talking points, gets real answers — and as everyone who’s worked with her knows — breaks a lot of news. Every night, she’ll bring fresh reporting that adds new perspective to the biggest stories of the day. Kaitlan will expose uncovered angles and challenge conventional wisdom to make sure viewers are seeing a story from every side. When she doesn’t know the answer, she asks — and she won’t stop until she gets them.”
Licht’s statement and the naming of Collins to this slot — arguably Licht’s biggest move since taking over CNN — would seem to indicate a show with an emphasis on reporting and interviewing. The “seeing a story from every side” line in Licht’s memo also would further indicate Licht’s desire for CNN to be more down-the-middle, as well as less reliant on punditry and, especially, commentary.
And then there was one
It was only last November that CNN launched its new morning show “CNN This Morning” with co-hosts Kaitlan Collins, Don Lemon and Poppy Harlow. Lemon was fired in April and Collins is now off to do a prime-time show, leaving Harlow as the lone original host left.
Licht said in his memo Wednesday that Collins will transition off the morning show and that Harlow will continue hosting “CNN This Morning” with a rotation of guest anchors.
Licht wrote, “We will have more information and announcements to share in the months ahead but in the meantime CTM is in good hands with Poppy.”
Audio app from The New York Times
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The New York Times introduced a new product for its subscribers. It’s The New York Times Audio , an app that, essentially, curates all of the Times’ audio journalism in one place. The Times describes it as its “audio front page.”
The Times said , “Listeners will find podcasts hosted by our reporters, dispatches from our correspondents around the globe, cooking advice from our recipe authors and much, much more.” That would include shows such as its signature podcast “The Daily,” as well as “The Ezra Klein Show” and others.
In addition, the app will gather:
- “The Headlines,” a new show lasting under 10 minutes, where Times reporters discuss three of the biggest stories of the day.
- Short pieces from culture and lifestyles reporters.
- “Reporter Reads,” where reporters describe how they found their stories and what surprised them during their reporting, then read the stories out loud.
- Sports podcasts from The Athletic, which is owned by the Times.
- An archived collection of the podcast “This American Life.”
- Magazine journalism from top publishers beyond the Times, read by professional narrators.
Vanity Fair’s Charlotte Klein wrote about this in “‘How do we get every second of your day?’ The New York Times goes all in on a new podcast app.”
Klein wrote that it’s a “weird time to get into the podcast app business.”
She added, “I’ve been playing around on the app the past few days, and it does, at risk of sounding too woo-woo, feel like diving into the Times universe. On Tuesday, I hit play on the playlist curated each weekday morning and was taken from the day’s ‘Headlines,’ on bank collapses and the war in Ukraine, to ‘The Daily,’ where Mexico bureau chief Natalie Kitroeff was reporting from the southern border on the day Title 42 ended, to a “reporter reads,” in which publishing reporter Alexandra Alter read a piece she cowrote with Elizabeth Harris about an author who was asked by Scholastic to delete references to racism from her book, to a short by ‘This American Life.’”
Klein concluded, “At the very least, the NYT Audio app felt like a smoother experience than Apple’s much-derided podcast app. It felt, too, like a huge investment incongruous with the state of the audio industry — one perhaps only the Times is in the position to make right now.”
Recode’s Peter Kafka tweeted , “I don’t understand the strategy for this, at all. It’s built for people who love NYT podcasts (check) but who don’t want to listen to podcasts made by anyone else (what?).”
He added, “To be clear: I know why NYT execs would prefer you listen to NYT pods on an NYT platform. I don’t know why NYT pod listeners — who by definition are already listening to NYT pods on another platform — would switch over. Even if you really, really like the NYT platform experience, you will still have to go back to your old platform (Apple or Spotify) to listen to NYT pods. And, again, NYT will keep its pods on other platforms, since they reach a much bigger audience.”
Kafka wrote, “I’m sure there are some NYT audio superfans who will switch over. I can’t imagine there are enough to justify the time and money spent on this.”
We shall see.
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In 2016, Matt Drudge was a strong supporter of Donald Trump; however, in 2018, Drudge began distancing himself from Trump and openly criticized him , primarily for Trump’s broken promises on the border wall and immigration.
Due to this change in position, some strong Trump supporters have labeled The Drudge Report as the progressive left. For example, Conservative/Libertarian Trump supporter Tucker Carlson stated that Matt Drudge is “firmly a man of the progressive left,” with the conservative Fox News host comparing the Drudge Report founder to The Daily Beast or “any other woke propaganda outlet posing as a news company.”
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In review, the Drudge Report typically provides hyperlinks to external news sources, in which Matt Drudge writes the lead in headlines. In the past, almost all news stories favored the right and linked to right-leaning sources. Drudge is also frequently linked to conspiracy sources such as ZeroHedge and Infowars and Questionable sources, with very poor fact-check records, such as Breitbart , WND , and the Gateway Pundit .
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Discover how 'Baby Olivia' could change the future of sex education in schools
Cross-country storm to bring severe weather, heavy mountain snow, high winds next week
Volcano erupts, unleashing huge plume of smoke and ash into sky.
Migrant accused of killing cop files lawsuit, cites not speaking English as 'disability'
Associated Press sued by Oct. 7 survivors, accused of hiring 'known Hamas associates'
Track the us national debt's rapid rise in real time.
Jury reaches verdict in murder trial against father of Harmony Montgomery
Democrats and Republicans criticize Biden as he weighs executive action on border
Watch live: americans dealing with huge phone outage, sc primary and more.
Top senator warns of Chinese cyberattack targeting critical infrastructure
Judge dismisses sexual assault lawsuit against Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler
Miss Peaches: Rescue pup melts Dave Portnoy's heart and takes over social media
Service restored after outage hits AT&T, other carrier customers nationwide
Best US beaches in 2024 — are they in your state?
Lara Trump lashes out at Nikki Haley amid RNC feud, refusal to drop out of GOP race
Here's where rent prices fell, rose in US last month
Hurricane season 2024: Here’s what to look for in the tropics this year
FOX Weather's Max Gorden opens up to Dana Perino about his favorite assignment
On February 22, 1980, US Olympic hockey team shocks Soviets in 'Miracle on Ice'
Nick Saban offers sobering thoughts on the state of college football
Israeli deepfake detection start-up fighting disinformation during Gaza war
Political cartoons of the day
Features & faces.
Alabama's Mohamed Wague Suspended One Game For Cheap Shot On Gators' Alex Condon
Line outside assembly hall to see caitlin clark, iowa face indiana is unbelievable.
Rockets Owner Is Trying To Bring An NHL Team To Houston, A Market It Should've Expanded To Years Ago
The Team Everyone Will Love To Hate Drops Eight Runs In First Inning Of First Game Of Spring Training
Digital Originals
Chinese immigrant running for Congress fears Marxism followed her to US, witnessing youth indoctrination
'everybody's broke': americans reveal their top issues ahead of the 2024 election.
Ben Crump says ending crime in US as easy as changing ‘definition of crime’; Dr Swain says that’s ‘ludicrous’
'Time that maybe he step down': Americans grade Biden after Charlamagne brands him an 'uninspiring candidate'
Teamsters union gave max donation to RNC after meeting with Trump
Nyc spending $53m on migrant prepaid debit cards with 1 in 4 kids living in poverty.
Argentina's budget back in black with $589M budget surplus in January
Dem Senate candidate sticks by call for $50 minimum wage, suggests $100,000 is fair 'living wage' in CA
Fox News Flash
AOC called 'not very smart' by former ICE Director over her latest border remarks
Biden's $1.2b student debt cancellation is about 'buying votes' to win re-election, says gov noem.
San Diego migrant center to close after influx of asylum-seekers drain funds: 'Serious problem'
Dave Portnoy's rescue dog Miss Peaches goes viral: 'From outhouse to penthouse'
Washington legislators push bill making it a felony to threaten election workers
Trump vp auditions: scott, ramaswamy hit trail in south carolina on behalf of former president.
Michigan Republicans sent into disarray by dueling pro-Trump factions
Personal Freedoms
AT&T cell phone outage hits the US: How to use Wi-Fi calling
A ransomware reality check as us is a top target of attacks.
Yale faculty group calls on university to return to its mission, keep education separate from activism
Miss America says Air Force service is life-changing: 'It's all been just wonderful'
Zelenskyy appeals to Trump, Congress to see 'tragedy' of Russia invasion in exclusive Bret Baier interview
Mother of navalny claims russia pressuring her to agree to secret burial after seeing son's body.
US, coalition forces destroy 6 Houthi one-way attack drones
Israeli security experts say Biden’s Palestinian state push is an ’existential threat’
Biden, Democrats are gaming the census with their open border trickery
Diagnosing and treating what ails the cdc.
Here's how Florida is protecting children from harmful and addictive social media
Morning Glory: Biden and his disastrous national security choices
Women get more benefit from exercise than men, study finds: ‘More to gain’
‘covid paralyzed my diaphragm’: marathon runner shares how the infection took his breath away.
Student and teacher share heart surgery scars, plus vaccine risks, plague fears and more
‘Gas station heroin’ is growing threat in New Jersey, health officials warn: ‘Dangerous and addictive’
First-ever Anti-Doping Act conviction nets Texas therapist 3 month prison sentence
Florida mom allegedly told child to beat sibling with belt: 'beat the crap out of the sly devil'.
Johnny Manziel reveals he lost 40 pounds on 'strict diet of blow'
Rapper Kodak Black throws rocks at news crew moments after being released from jail: report
America Together
Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, MLK Jr. and other famous figures to remember during Black History Month
5 things to know about mlk jr. and the legacy of the civil rights icon.
Shop American-made this holiday season starting with these 11 businesses
5 things to be grateful for even when the world is falling apart
Iconic former Polish president message to lawmakers on Ukraine: 'If we don't act now, we will lose'
Whale dies after straying into Osaka Bay, Japanese officials confirm
The first space war is coming. Here are 3 things the US must do to win
Entertainment
Dolly Parton, 78, says only 1 thing could make her retire from country music
Emma Stone says anxiety is 'a very selfish condition'
'top gun' actor barry tubb sues paramount pictures for using his image in sequel.
Ex-NBA player Matt Barnes loses TV analyst gig following incident with high school broadcaster: report
Hall of famer steve mcmichael will be discharged from hospital, walter payton's son says.
Matt Araiza signs with Chiefs after rape accuser drops lawsuit
Texas law enforcement who responded to Uvalde school shooting ordered to testify before a grand jury: reports
Texas girl Audrii Cunningham, 11, died from blunt force trauma
University of Georgia student found dead with 'visible injuries' after going for run on campus
Tragic Florida sand hole death could have been prevented: expert
Best us beaches to visit in 2024, according to tripadvisor reviews: see which sandy spots made the list.
These indoor water parks across US are great to escape the winter cold
John travolta's sister on the moment she knew he'd be a star: 'he was breathtaking'.
Personal Finance
No relief for seniors as big drop forecasted for Social Security COLA
This week's personal loan rates lower for 5-year loans.
Biden cancels $1.2 billion in student loans for borrowers enrolled in SAVE
Today's mortgage rates continue to hold steady for 15- and 30-year terms | February 22, 2024
Never fumble through paper instructions ever again with this killer Apple Vision Pro 3D app
Fox News AI Newsletter: Lizard-like robot could help Navy 'prevent catastrophes'
SAG Awards red carpet fashion moments of the early 2000s
What are the SAG Awards? A look into the awards show exclusively honoring actors
US successfully lands on moon for first time in half-century with private robot spacecraft
Former obama fundraiser tells dems to 'turn the page' on biden, says law was 'weaponized' against trump.
LARRY KUDLOW: President Biden hates rich people
Volkswagen, Audi recall over 261,000 vehicles to fix fuel leak, fire risk
Faith & Values
'nypd blue' star ricky schroder leans on faith in society that tells 'people they are gods’.
Short questions with Dana Perino for Max Gorden of Fox Weather
Armed juveniles flip stolen car onto Seattle police cruiser: video
Atlanta bans right turns on red at some intersections, officials say move will foster 'sense of community'
Austin Cindric has 1-letter response to final-lap crash thwarting Daytona 500 chances
What to know about William Byron, the 2024 Daytona 500 winner
Travel + Outdoors
Migrant charged in deputy's death files civil rights lawsuit, cites 'disability' of not knowing english.
16 killed in Venezuela's worst mining accident in years, officials say
Eagles' manager argues stolen 'Hotel California' lyric pages swiped by author writing about band's breakup
Aerosmith's steven tyler scores win as judge dismisses sexual assault lawsuit.
Marie Osmond stays in shape to 'be the fun grandma' for her 8 grandkids
Ashlee Simpson refused to wear purity ring when she was 12 years old: ‘I won’t be telling you when I have sex’
Food + Drink
5 Valentine's Day recipes for a romantic night in
49ers vs chiefs: 6 easy super bowl snack recipes to serve on game day.
6 Super Bowl LVIII dip recipes to add to your spread
10 lucky New Year's foods from around the world
Fox weather.
Intuitive Machines returns America to Moon’s surface for first time since 1972
Hurricane season 2024 begins in 100 days: here’s what to look for in the tropics this year.
Rain, snow to dampen plans for millions in eastern US through Friday
'Unlikely' that solar flares caused cellphone outage across US, NOAA says
Full Episodes
Outnumbered - Thursday, February 22
The ingraham angle - wednesday, february 21.
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