Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News
Fox News said Monday it is parting ways with firebrand anchor Tucker Carlson, the network's most popular prime-time host and a leading voice in the modern conservative movement known for his conspiratorial rhetoric and culture-warrior provocations. The network announced the stunning news days after it agreed to pay nearly $800 million to Dominion Voting Systems to avert a high-stakes defamation trial that had cast a shadow over the future of the network. "FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways," the company said in a short news release. "Mr. Carlson's last program was Friday April 21st." Carlson's most recent broadcast did not feature any indication that he was preparing to leave the network. "We'll be back on Monday," he said cheerfully at the end of Friday's episode. Fox News did not specify why Carlson is leaving , and a spokeswoman did not immediately respond to an email from NBC News requesting more information ...