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On March 8th of this year, a judge determined that the Smartmatic lawsuit filed initially in 2021 could move forward, as with the Dominion lawsuit already in progress. This marks the second election company to sue Rupert Murdoch's Fox News in a larger, which is a more expansive lawsuit than the in-progress suit Dominion filed against Fox News. Smartmatic's suit claim amount? $2.7 Billion. This is almost twice that of the Dominion suit, whose claim sits at $1.6 Billion. Punitive damages, however, might result in a much larger award to Dominion should it win its suit against Fox News and owner Rupert Murdoch. The same could happen in Smartmatic's suit.

Photo by(California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control) California's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) recently conducted a statewide crackdown operation called "Shoulder Tap," resulting in over 130 people being cited for selling alcohol to minors. The process was aimed at keeping alcohol out of the hands of youth and increasing public safety for communities.

On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer condemned Fox News and its host Tucker Carlson, along with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, for their handling of footage related to the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The White House and lawmakers from both parties have condemned Fox News host Tucker Carlson for his coverage of the January 6 Capitol riot. Carlson has faced criticism for his depiction of the event as a peaceful protest, despite the violent and deadly nature of the attack.

Jared Kushner had access to President Biden's ads while campaigning for the 2020 elections before they went public, debate strategy and another confidential information privy to Fox.

The above quote comes from News Corp. Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch made the statement during his testimony in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News. The quote was in response to why Murdoch didn’t rein in news anchors who were knowingly spreading false information about the 2020 Presidential election.

Trump has been raging at his one-time ally Rupert Murdoch over new revelations that the Fox News executive admitted in a sworn deposition that his FOX News hosts “endorsed” the Trump camp's bogus election fraud claims about the 2020 election despite having doubts about their credibility.

In a new attack on Fox News this week, former president Trump claimed that the network downplayed a recent poll that showed him leading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by double digits in a prospective 2024 GOP presidential primary contest.

The 2020 US Presidential Election was a historic and tumultuous moment in US history and Fox News was at the center of it all. The conservative media empire, owned by Rupert Murdoch, was a major platform for the false narrative that the election was stolen from former President Donald J. Trump. In a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems, Murdoch acknowledged that several hosts for his networks promoted the false narrative and could have been stopped, but weren’t.

Fox News spends more time instigating culture wars than reporting the news. Is it newsworthy that Fox News is busy fighting the political culture wars in America and inciting outrage in their dedicated viewers instead of reporting the actual news of the day? Probably not, but I think it’s important that we see the nonsense they’re constantly pumping into the brains of the 2.4 million people that watch Fox News on a daily basis.

THE LEAD: Vivek Ramaswamy, a Fox News personality and entrepreneur, has joined the 2024 Republican presidential field, he announced this week on Fox News. THE INFO: Ramaswamy, 37, announced his candidacy on Tuesday night during an appearance on the popular Fox News primetime program “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” He also posted a video to his own social media announcing his run.

THE LEAD: Fox News primetime star Tucker Carlson is accusing President Biden of "race-based hiring" of federal judges, according to reports. THE DETAILS: Speaking on his top-rated Fox News program earlier this month, Carlson accused Biden of not making decisions for judicial appointments based on "merit" and instead "discriminating." Newsweek notes that "Carlson dismissed the suggestion that Biden's picks are an attempt to ensure that the 'people who run the country should look like the country.'"

You may or may not be aware of the content Washington's farewell address to the nation. But before the final product, there were many drafts. Here is the first one. George Washington’s Farewell Address wasn’t actually a speech, but a letter to the citizens of the United States. Why you ask? I believe it was because there were no teleprompters back then. Now, on to the content of the draft.

Is President Biden giving a Super Bowl Sunday interview? After some back-and-forth on Friday between the White House and Fox News, the answer is no. President Biden won't be giving a Super Bowl Day interview after all, the White House spokeswoman says.