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President Joe Biden timed his announcement of his 2024 reelection campaign with the four-year anniversary of his entry into the 2020 presidential race. Also in the news: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News days after the company settled a defamation suit involving the 2020 presidential election and a Montana state lawmaker has been silenced for her comments involving a ban on gender-affirming care.
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Now, here we go with Tuesday’s news.
President Joe Biden announced his 2024 reelection campaign in a video released Tuesday morning, telling Americans « let’s finish this job » as he seeks a second term in the White House. Biden, making official a campaign that has long been expected, lacks a formidable Democratic challenger for the party’s nomination. Former President Donald Trump has secured frontrunner status in the Republican presidential primary. Although Biden did not mention Trump by name, the video includes images of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and an overt reference to Trump’s hold on the Republican Party. Read more
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Fox News’ Tucker Carlson will no longer host his high-profile talk show. His last show was Friday, the company announced in a news release Monday.
The move comes a week after a nine-figure settlement by the company in a lawsuit related to the 2020 presidential election. Carlson, who did not release a public statement about his departure before press time, had become a leading voice on television spreading far-right viewpoints.
Network spokespersons didn’t respond to a request to elaborate on the reasons for Carlson’s departure, but it quickly followed last week’s $787.5 million payment Fox agreed to make to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems.
Carlson’s revealed text messages were front and center in Dominion’s suit accusing Fox News of recklessly airing false election claims and conspiracy theories following the 2020 presidential election.
Don Lemon was fired from CNN the same day Carlson was out at Fox News.
