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Bill O’Reilly reveals he is haunted by the warning he gave Trump before launching Iran war

Conservative commentator says he cautioned President Donald Trump that attacking Tehran was ‘biggest gamble’ of his tenure

The Independent UK · Aug 5

Self-described ‘centrist’ cable channel NewsNation taps another Fox News personality to host own show

NewsNation will now have two of its primetime shows hosted by former Fox News personalities

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025

‘Putin clearly won’: Pundits say meeting was ‘bad for Americans’ after Trump’s ‘no deal’ Alaska summit

‘Putin achieved most of what he wanted and Trump achieved very little,’ the U.S. president’s former national security adviser John Bolton said

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2025

NewsNation accuses Fox News of stealing their slogan for its Super Bowl ad

‘Sound familiar?’ Chris Cuomo snarks in the promo. ‘Of course it does. They took it from NewsNation!’

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025

Bill O’Reilly slams Trump for ‘making a lot of errors’ by picking fights on the campaign trail

Former Fox News host says Trump is handing race to Harris by making ‘unforced errors’

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024

Epstein’s brother claims dead sex trafficker was ‘just having a good time’

Mark Epstein said he refused to speculate on his brother’s behaviour ‘because I wasn’t there’

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024

Crying mother of transgender child confronts Pence over anti-LGBT policies

‘To hear somebody tell me that it’s not okay for young children to make decisions about their gender identity and to ask their school officials for support, protection, and help is appalling,’ Melissa McCollister says

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Mike Pence awkwardly dodges question about eating dinner alone with a female vice president

Former VP says his decision not to dine alone with women was a ‘promise that my wife and I made to one another’

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Defamation suit produced trove of Tucker Carlson messages

Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox News didn't go to trial, but still revealed plenty of what Fox personalities, including Tucker Carlson, had been saying about false 2020 election claims

The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023

Records in Fox defamation case show pressures on reporters

Documents from a defamation lawsuit against Fox News illustrate the pressures its journalists faced in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2023