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- Fox News Viewers Have No Clue Trump’s Approval Rating Has Cratered
President Donald Trump is currently enduring the most significant and sustained approval rating decline of his presidency, and the most-watched news network in America is virtually ignoring it. The polling numbers are stark: Since the United States launched its war against Iran (a conflict that has sent gas prices past four dollars, rattled global markets, and undercut his core campaign promises on inflation and the economy) every major pollster has documented a president whose political standing is eroding across the board. The University of Massachusetts Amherst put him at 33 percent overall, down from 44 percent a year ago. Quinnipiac, AP-NORC, YouGov, and Reuters all track the same direction. Among his own 2024 voters he’s down six points in five weeks. Among independents he has dropped to 22 percent. Fox News’s own pollsters found 64 percent of Americans disapproving of his Iran handling, 71 percent on inflation, 66 percent on the economy. Polling guru Nate Silver summed it up thusly: “Trump has profound problems.” Yesterday, I wrote about the strategic challenge of how Fox covers a populist president who is suddenly unpopular. I cited a handful of Fox voices who have, in limited but genuinely noteworthy ways, called balls and strikes on the Iran war. Laura Ingraham asking whether Trump was fully briefed. Stuart Varney alarmed about oil near $100 a barrel. Johnny Joey Jones publicly pleading to get out. These were real moments, worth acknowledging. This piece, however, is about something more specific: the polls themselves, which are the most concrete and measurable evidence of Trump’s political standing, and how little attention Fox News has paid to a story its own pollsters are generating. A search of available transcripts over the past month (via the media monitoring service Snapstream) is — by nature — imprecise. Seven days of full network programming across multiple shows cannot be fine-tooth combed with complete confidence. But transcript searches are directionally reliable, and the narrative they reveal here is striking. I could find substantive discussion about Trump’s approval numbers surfaces in essentially three moments. First, there was Bret Baier, who confronted Speaker Mike Johnson with the Fox poll data on March 26, but prefaced it by noting that “the president doesn’t love Fox News polls” — an anchor flagging his own network’s credibility problem before sharing accurate numbers with his audience. It wasn’t hard to understand why. Trump himself had called into The Five… [TheTopNews] Read More.35 mins ago - ‘On Thin Ice for a Long Time’: Fox Justice Correspondent Details How Epstein...
Fox News justice correspondent David Spunt weighed in on the ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday and explained how the Epstein files did her in. “Well, we knew that Pam Bondi, the former attorney general, was on thin ice for a long time with this administration, though she has a personal close relationship with President Trump. She’s known him for years. She was the attorney general in the state of Florida,” Spunt began, adding: He’s a resident of Florida, she was his attorney during his impeachment trial in the Senate during his first term. So President Trump and Pam Bondi have a good personal relationship, but we know administration officials were not happy with the way the Epstein files were handled. This is something that has really hurt the attorney general since she came into office in February of 2025, just some history there. She comes into office February 2025, and then a few weeks later, in an interview with John Roberts — I believe it was during this hour on Fox News, with John and Sandra — she said the Epstein files were on her desk, or the files were on her desk, when she was asked about the Epstein files. She later clarified and said that she meant the JFK files, the RFK files, and Martin Luther King files, as well as the Epstein files. But there were so many more questions just about the overall handling of the Justice Department dealing with the Epstein files. And the Epstein files story really never went away from Attorney General Bondi. Over the summer, DOJ put out a release and they said that there would be nothing further warranted from the Epstein files, no charges would be filed. The case is essentially closed. And then Deputy Attorney General — now, I guess we could call him Interim Attorney General — Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and co-conspirator, convicted co-conspirator. So the story never fully went away. In fact, Bondi was supposed to testify before Congress in a deposition about Epstein on April 14th, in just a couple of weeks. So she clearly will no longer have to do that. The video on the other side of the screen, as I look right there, that was her on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th. That’s after coming out of a closed-door briefing with… [TheTopNews] Read More.39 mins ago - Democrats Probing CEO Linked To Companies Awarded Hundreds of Millions During No...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to press Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in Scottsdale. (AP Photo/Caitlin O’Hara) Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, is demanding answers from a man linked to multiple companies awarded hundreds of millions in government contracts while Kristi Noem led the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new report. NOTUS was first on Thursday to report on a letter from Garcia to William Walters, a former State Department employee linked to five companies awarded DHS contracts. Garcia accused Noem and advisor Corey Lewandowski of awarding government contracts “under opaque contracting conditions.” Since Noem stepped aside as head of DHS, Markwayne Mullin has been confirmed as the new secretary. Noem currently serves as Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas. “Former Secretary Noem and Mr. Lewandowski also awarded lucrative DHS contracts under opaque contracting conditions to other companies for which you are listed as an executive officer, or which share the same addresses as companies founded by you and your associates,” the letter reads. The contracts were all awarded in 2025 to companies that had never received immigration-related contracts. Valkyrie Aviation Holdings Group leased a luxury jet to Noem while other contracts were more focused on immigration and deportation-related activities. According to NOTUS, the letter hones in on Salus Worldwide Solutions, of which Walters is the CEO. Garcia claimed Salus was “allegedly directing subcontractors to funnel taxpayer dollars to consultants affiliated with Mr. Lewandowski.” Garcia is requesting documents related to the work of Salus and subcontracts related to the company by April 16 from Walters. “Mr. Lewandowski has never done business with or been compensated by the companies referred in any way, shape or form,” Lewandowski’s office said in a statement. Noem has found her name grabbing headlines again thanks to a Daily Mail expose on an alleged double life being led by her husband, Bryon Noem, as a crossdresser, which reportedly led to blackmail concerns among officials.The post Democrats Probing CEO Linked To Companies Awarded Hundreds of Millions During Noem DHS Tenure: Report first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Political World Celebrates Pam Bondi’s Firing After ‘Terrible’ Stint at D...
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) There’s not much that can find bipartisan support these days, but early reactions to the news that Pam Bondi is out as attorney general were positive on both sides of the political aisle. Fox News and other outlets confirmed reports on Thursday, citing White House officials, that Bondi had been fired by President Donald Trump and the search is on for a replacement. Republicans who had been critical of Bondi’s controversial rollout of files related to late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein welcomed news of her leaving her position with open arms. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) expressed optimism over reports that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin could be Trump’s choice to replace Bondi. If the reports that Lee Zeldin will be replacing Pam Bondi as Attorney General are true – I welcome it. Bondi handled the Epstein Files in a terrible manner and made this situation far worse than it had to be for President Trump. I look forward to a new Attorney General… — Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) April 2, 2026 Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who was behind legislation to release the Epstein files, put out his own poll asking whether Trump was right to fire Bondi and received an overwhelming “yes.” I support Trump firing Pam Bondi.Do you? I hope the next AG will release all the Epstein files according to the law and follow up with investigations, prosecutions, and arrests. — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 2, 2026 pic.twitter.com/rxhny8utpE — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 2, 2026 Some of us have been critical of how the DOJ bungled the Epstein stuff and has failed to aggressively prosecute left wing extremists, among other failures. We were shouted down by other influencers on this site who insist that everything is fine and the administration should… https://t.co/nhXA2GHi09 — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) April 2, 2026 https://t.co/iuTALrRBhD — Catturd (@catturd2) April 2, 2026 Democrats also welcomed news of Bondi being removed. Instead of upholding the law, Pam Bondi weaponized the DOJ to avoid accountability, break the law, and go after Trump’s political enemies. She should be fired. But then again, she never should have been hired. Oh, and one more thing: RELEASE.… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Trump Officially Announces ‘Loyal Friend’ Pam Bondi’s Ouster
(AP Photo/John McDonnell) President Donald Trump confirmed on Truth Social Thursday that Pam Bondi would be leaving the Department of Justice for a job in the private sector. “Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year,” Trump wrote. “Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900. We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General.” The news that Bondi was leaving the Department of Justice had broken earlier in the day. Fox News Digital reported, “Bondi met with Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday night ahead of his speech to the nation on the war in Iran where was reportedly informed of her ouster, according to two sources familiar with the meeting. One of those sources said that by the time Trump took his place behind the podium for the address, Bondi had already lost her job and was on her way back to Florida.” Earlier on Thursday morning, Semafor’s Shelby Talcott had tweeted that “the president has informed Pam Bondi that her time as AG is nearing an end” and “all the normal caveats that he could change his mind apply.” Fox News’ Peter Doocy reported on a conversation he had with Trump about Bondi’s ouster on air shortly before Trump himself weighed in. DOOCY: I just got off the phone with President Trump. We have a big scoop. Pam Bondi will soon leave her job as the attorney general, she is going to get a different job within the administration. And in an interim role, she will be replaced by Todd Blanche pic.twitter.com/xQeFtgQm19 — Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2026 Doocy said the president confirmed that there was “no bad blood” about Bondi leaving and that she would be installed in another government role. However, in a post on Truth Social, the president contradicted himself by revealing that Bondi would be moving into the private sector. Todd Blanche, who will fill in for Bondi, wrote on X, “Pam Bondi led this… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Fox News’ Peter Doocy Confirms Bondi Is Out as AG But Says There’s ‘No Bad...Fox News’ Peter Doocy confirmed the news Thursday afternoon that Pam Bondi was out as attorney general, reporting that he had just spoken to President Donald Trump on the phone, adding that there was “no bad blood” about her leaving and she would be put in another government role. In a post on Truth Social, the president himself later contradicted that last claim by revealing she would be moving into the private sector. Rumors had been circulating for weeks that Trump was unhappy with Bondi’s work as AG for multiple reasons, but especially her handling of the Epstein files. Earlier this month, Bondi had back-to-back appearances before congressional committees on the topic of the deceased child sex predator that were widely viewed as a disaster. The chatter about Bondi’s imminent ouster spiked Wednesday evening, and Thursday morning, Fox News reported that she had already been informed she was being fired, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche would step into the role. America Reports anchor Sandra Smith introduced Doocy, asking him what he was hearing about what was “the main frustration of President Trump’s when it came to Pam Bondi,” adding that the president was “obviously making it very clear the relationship was still intact but he no longer wanted her to run the place.” Replied Doocy: Sandra, I can tell you that I phoned President Trump to ask him, once these reports started coming out that the attorney general had been told that her time — it was nearing the end of her time of the Justice Department, and the president said he was preparing some remarks. We think it’s going to be the official announcement about the Attorney General Bondi leaving the Justice Department. She will not be leaving the administration. They are going to find a different job for her. So President Trump thinks she did a good job. President Trump still likes her. But, at this time, he feels like Todd Blanche should be elevated in an interim role. So the plan — at least as of the last couple minutes, and a lot of things are changing — is to name Todd Blanche in an interim role as the country’s top law enforcement officer, running the Justice Department. We are hearing a lot of different things about why this might happen. We think President Trump will elaborate on that more. But when you talk… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
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