U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams dismissed Fox News on Wednesday as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Jennifer Eckhart, a former producer. Her suit against former star anchor Ed Henry, alleging he sexually assaulted and harassed her, can go forward, the judge ruled.
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Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus speaks onstage during a panel at the New Yorker Festival in 2018. Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New Yorker hide caption
Kari Lake, U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to lead Voice of America, is shown speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on Feb. 21, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, center, shown at the inauguration ceremony of President Trump at the U.S. Capitol in January. Pool/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos attends a luncheon following the inauguration of President Trump in January. Bezos says the newspaper's editorial section will publish only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets." Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
NPR Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced his retirement on Wednesday. He has been at NPR since 2010. Allison Shelley/NPR hide caption
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Feb. 25, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Trump administration has blocked the Associated Press from covering several of the president's events because it continues to refer to the body of water between Mexico and Florida as the Gulf of Mexico. Under President Trump's direction, the U.S. has renamed it the Gulf of America. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dan Bongino, pictured in 2021, has been chosen for the role as FBI deputy director in the second Trump administration. Calla Kessler/for The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
In an MSNBC segment about Dr. Mahendra Amin's work at an immigration detention facility, Correspondent Jacob Soboroff asked a whistleblower, "You're quoting in the complaint as saying, 'That's his specialty, he's the uterus collector'."
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A poster with a map captioned "Gulf of America" with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2025. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
Former CBS News correspondent Lara Logan, who has increasingly embraced unfounded conspiracy theories in recent years, is one of several fringe media figures who have surfaced at Trump administration events. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks to the press before signing a proclamation renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America aboard Air Force One en route to New Orleans, Louisiana, on Feb. 9, 2025. Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a document as she reads off line items of government spending during a news conference Wednesday in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
A GMC pickup truck is displayed for sale on a lot at a General Motors dealership in Austin, Texas. Last year, General Motors told investors in its annual report that "we are committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion." But in its latest report, published last week, GM doesn't mention diversity once. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
CBS News appears likely to settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump in a case that legal observers say it should win. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire medical inventor, says it's "cynical" to believe his support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or his decision to kill a planned endorsement of then-Vice President Kamala Harris stem from ulterior motives. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says NPR and PBS may be "broadcasting underwriting announcements that cross the line into prohibited commercial advertisements." The networks say their broadcasts comply with federal regulations and law. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump says he wants L. Brent Bozell III, Founder and President of the Media Research Center, to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, or USAGM. In this 2016 photo, Bozell speaks during a "Climate Hustle" panel discussion at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. Kris Connor/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrive for the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Prince Harry pursued a legal case against Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids for years, saying he wanted to hold them accountable for invasions of privacy. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
Prince Harry said his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids was about holding the media accountable, during the New York Times DealBook summit in December. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, and his wife Jennifer Rauchet depart after inauguration ceremonies in the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025. The couple met while working for Fox News. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption