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This is an interesting panel discussion with Elon Musk and Seven of his deputies, discussing the DOGE process and touching on some of the more blatant government waste they've discovered.

Washington -- President-elect Donald Trump wants to travel to China after he takes office as part of his effort to deepen relations with Beijing, and also has talked to advisors about visit to India, a media report said Saturday. Trump, who arrived at the Dulles International Airport aboard a special plane along with First Lady Melania and son Barron, had during his election campaign threatened to impose additional tariffs on China. “President-elect Donald Trump has told advisors he wants to travel to China after he takes office, according to people familiar with the discussions, seeking to deepen a relationship with...

After weeks of dodging real interviews and refusing a debate on Fox News, Kamala Harris sat for an interview with Bret Baier. Her handlers saw that she was sinking in the polls with her basement dwelling strategy, and she is now in a mad scramble for interviews anywhere. It didn't go well. It started with her arriving 15 minutes late for an agreed upon 30-minute interview beginning at 5 pm. Her handlers then insisted on truncating the interview time to 20 minutes, almost certainly because of their fear of a train wreck. Which happened anyway. Harris was combative - the...

Kamala Harris sat for an interview by Bret Baier for Special Report on Fox News yesterday. I have posted the video below. Baier was, well, loaded for bear. I thought he did an excellent job within the time allowed. I have just a few thoughts and observations. This was Harris’s first interview on Fox News. I take it that her appearance in this venue is a sign that her campaign is not going altogether swimmingly. The interview was something of a calculated risk. Harris’s handlers have heretofore kept her from close encounters of the Fox News kind. They know she...

I could tell within 30 seconds that the Harris-Walz campaign was going to regret having Kamala do an interview on Fox News. Frankly, based on what we know now, they were clearly regretting the decision before the interview started. As we reported last night, Bret Baier revealed that the Harris campaign conspicuously showed up late for the interview and then desperately tried to end it early. Naturally, Harris allies in the media have been trying hard to spin the interview as a positive for her, but the real reason you can tell that Kamala's supporters know the interview was a...

On the menu today: We didn’t get a second debate between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, but perhaps last night gave us something even better — Harris forced to face tough questions about the Biden administration’s record from a questioner who cared about the details and wasn’t going to let her filibuster. Meanwhile, speaking before a union in Philadelphia, President Biden boasts that he can’t wait to see Donald Trump get sentenced for his felony convictions. For a long stretch, Americans have hungered for real leadership. We’ve yearned for a figure who was sharp, well-versed on all the...

The contentious high-drama interview between Fox News anchor Bret Baier and Vice President Kamala Harris drew immediate attention and reactions online after it aired on Wednesday night. Meanwhile she tore into Donald Trump for being totally 'unfit to serve' as president for a second term because he's 'dangerous.' It was a contentious 30 minutes as the current VP worked to distance herself from Biden, saying her presidency would not 'be a continuation' while defending the administration's policies. The first testy moment started after a brawl over the Biden-Harris administration immigration policies. 'Kamala Harris just ran into a Bret Baier buzzsaw...

Kamala Harris will sit down with Fox News‘ Bret Baier for her first formal sit-down interview with the network ever.The interview will be conducted in Pennsylvania and will air on Special Report with Bret Baier at 6 p.m. ET. Baier is the network’s chief political anchor and executive editor of the newscast.Harris has upped her media appearances, having sat down with Stephen Colbert, 60 Minutes‘ Bill Whitaker and Howard Stern, among other personalities. But she’s also been urged to make an appearance on Fox News.Earlier in the day, Fox News will air a town hall with Donald Trump, moderated by...

Former Trump senior advisor Christian Whiton has weighed in on why US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are at odds over their first head-to-head debate. The Harris campaign is pushing for a debate to take place on ABC News but Trump says the ABC debate has been “terminated”. Instead, the former US president is pushing for a Fox News debate with Ms Harris on September 4. “I don't know why Harris is concerned,” Mr Whiton said. “The two debate moderators who are proposed are considered very fair and frankly would throw some hard balls at Donald Trump. “So...

Fox News anchor Bret Baier worked hard to convince former President Trump to participate in a town hall in Iowa, slated to take place Wednesday and compete directly with the fifth Republican primary debate on CNN. “It’s not easy,” Baier told the New York Times this week about his efforts to encourage the former president to sit for “tough but fair” questions in a live setting. “This is getting to the playoffs,” Baier said. “This is a time when voters need to see him live, in person, when it happens.”

MILWAUKEE, WI — Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis is in hot water today after cameras clearly caught the candidate copying his Indian classmate's homework. "My eyes just happened to drift over there!" said a defiant DeSantis. "I wasn't cheating, I promise!" Despite DeSantis' protest, Brett Baier confirmed that DeSantis came up with the exact same answer as his Indian classmate. "There's no use denying it," said Mr. Baier. "Look, I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed. You're such a smart guy, Ron! Don't go down this road!" Caught red-handed, Mr. DeSantis finally confessed to copying the Indian kid's homework. "He just seems...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sat down with "Special Report" on Monday for a wide-ranging interview, offering insight into whether former President Donald Trump can win in a general election. DeSantis said he doesn’t believe Trump can win in 2024 because there are "too many voters who just aren't going to vote for him going forward." "I saw it in Florida in my re-election. You know, I won the first time by less than a percent, second time by ‘20. Why did people vote against me in ‘18 but then voted for me in ‘22? The number one reason they gave...

Brett Baier interviewed Ron DeSantis Monday, July 31, 2023. Covered all of the anticipated topics including Trump's demand for fealty, abortion, campaign reset, Ukraine, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hITqG4vetRg

Fox News retracted a hit piece against former President Donald Trump and admitted they “inaccurately attributed” an anti-Trump quote to former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. Fox News’s story had the following headline: “Former Trump Cabinet member tells him to ‘kiss’ his ‘butt.” The since-retracted, purportedly exclusive story read, in part: EXCLUSIVE: Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price told Fox News Digital there’s “no way” he will support former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid. When asked whether he will endorse Trump, Price said, “After he fired me? No way.” “The only thing that guy has...

Earlier this evening, President Trump sat down for an extensive interview with Fox’s human cabbage patch doll, Brett Baier. {Direct Rumble Link} Many people were apprehensive about President Trump talking to DC gatekeeper Mr. Baier given that Fox News would like to support the prosecution effort against Trump.President Trump appears with Baier because President Trump has done nothing wrong. The legal arguments against him, and more succinctly against the power of the office of the president, are nonsensical. There is no person, agency, bureaucracy or process that exists above the executive office of the president.The President has every right to...

Fox News has tapped anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum to co-moderate the first Republican presidential primary debate this summer. The debate, set for Aug. 23, will be held in prime-time at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, with the network providing special coverage before and after the event. Baier and MacCallum have been staples of Fox’s political coverage during the last several election cycles and major political events, most recently co-anchoring special programming for President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address. The Republican National Committee earlier this month released criteria that will be used for candidates to qualify for the...

Fox News’ interview with former President Donald Trump on Monday became tense after host Bret Baier told Trump, “But you lost the 2020 election.” After Trump was asked how would win back the independent, suburban women voters who were a “hard no” in supporting him despite disapproving of President Joe Biden, Trump said, “First of all, I won in 2020 by a lot, ok? Let’s get that straight. I won in 2020.” “That’s not what the votes show,” Baier shot back. Trump insisted, “You take a look at Truth the Vote, where they have people stuffing the ballot boxes on...

I just turned on Fox News. Brett Baier and Brit Hume, I think, did not cover the Arizona election controversy. Please correct me if I am wrong. Brett Baier is the sleazy Fox Reporter who ambushed Kari Lake in a very unfair hit piece interview. Brit Hume is a establishment guy.

At 9:33 p.m., anchor Bret Baier declared, “We are now ready to make one of the biggest calls of the night. The Fox News Decision Desk can now project the Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years.” “A lot of listeners out there, their heads are exploding, but this is going to be a very different Washington,” his colleague Chris Wallace said. At a time when it seemed the night could be turning away from Democrats, the Fox News call of the House was the first by any media outlet. And...

Bret Baier wanted to rescind Fox News' decision to call Arizona for Biden in 2020 and wrote in an email, 'The Trump campaign was really pissed,' book says