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Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos, third from right, leaves with members of his legal team, including Davida Brook, left, Justin Nelson, third from left and Stephen Shackelford, right, from the Leonard Williams Justice Center in Wilmington, Del., shortly after Dominion reached a $787.5 million settlement with Fox News.

Politics & Government

Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems

5:55pm April 18, 2023

Fox News has struck a deal averting a trial in the blockbuster defamation suit filed by the election-tech company Dominion Voting Systems over spurious claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

Politics & Government

GOP governor says he's urged Fox News to break out of its 'echo chamber'

8:37pm April 17, 2023

by David Folkenflik

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he speaks with Fox leadership "all the time." He questioned panels whether Fox is doing enough to "grow the team." Sununu was addressing GOP donors in Nashville.

A person walks past the Fox News Headquarters in New York on April 12.

Politics & Government

The $1.6 billion Dominion v. Fox News trial starts Tuesday. Catch up here

9:03pm April 16, 2023

by Mary Yang

Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News and its parent company Fox Corp. for knowingly airing false claims that its machines rigged the 2020 election against ex-President Donald Trump.

$A Dominion Voting logo appears on a voting machine as it is tested while Clark County Election Department workers set up a polling place in Las Vegas last year.$

Politics & Government

The math behind Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News

12:25pm April 14, 2023

by Bente Birkeland

If Dominion prevails in its massive defamation suit against Fox News, a big challenge for the voting tech company will be to demonstrate that it deserves more than $1 billion in damages.

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The Fox News studios and headquarters in New York on March 21.

Politics & Government

Judge rebukes Fox attorneys ahead of defamation trial: 'Omission is a lie'

6:07pm April 12, 2023

by Karl Baker

Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis says he will appoint an outside attorney to investigate whether Fox News attorneys withheld key evidence in weeks leading up to defamation trial.

Attorneys for Fox argued on Tuesday that chairman Rupert Murdoch should not have to travel to Delaware to testify in a $1.6 billion defamation case against the network. The judge noted that Murdoch was planning to travel between four cities with his wife-to-be.

Politics & Government

Judge to Fox News: Don't make me 'look like an idiot' over Rupert Murdoch testifying

12:09pm March 29, 2023

by Karl Baker

The judge in a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox seemed doubtful of the network's argument that Murdoch should not travel to testify. The newly engaged chairman plans to travel widely with his bride.

Communications between Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox Corp. head Lachlan Murdoch following the 2020 presidential election are being scrutinized in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. Murdoch praised Scott's performance in an appearance on Thursday.

Politics & Government

Fox Corp CEO praises Fox News leader as network faces $1.6 billion lawsuit

5:01am March 10, 2023

by Mary Yang

Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch says the brand is strong. Fox News faces a blockbuster defamation lawsuit over its repeated broadcasting of baseless election-fraud claims in 2020.

Fox News host Laura Ingraham said the head of the network's political Decision Desk "always made my skin crawl," in messages to stars Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity following the 2020 election.

Politics & Government

How a civil war erupted at Fox News after the 2020 election

11:35am March 08, 2023

by David Folkenflik

After Fox News projected Joe Biden would beat Donald Trump in the key state of Arizona, network stars turned on their own journalists, documents made public in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit show.

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The logos for Fox programs are displayed on the News Corp. building on Jan. 25, 2023 in New York City.

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Q: Who's unsurprised by shocking Fox News revelations? A: Ex-Fox journalists

8:29am March 07, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Evidence in Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News has cast the network, its stars and its executives in a harsh light. Ex-Fox journalists say they're not surprised.

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Posters bearing the images of Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity, from left, adorn the front of Fox Corp.'s headquarters in New York City. The stars' panic as viewers fled after the 2020 elections has become a core element of a $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox.

Politics & Government

Fox News stands in legal peril. It says defamation loss would harm all media

12:03pm March 06, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Could Fox News lose a $1.6 billion lawsuit? Outside media lawyers say the network is in real legal jeopardy if the case goes to trial next month. Fox argues a loss would hurt other news outlets too.