Overview
- Fox News announced Thursday that it had parted ways with Maria Bartiromo effective immediately and issued a brief statement thanking her for 12½ years of work.
- The network said Bartiromo’s weekday morning program will be renamed and run with rotating anchors starting Friday, her Friday evening show will be rebranded with temporary hosts, and Jason Chaffetz will fill in on her Sunday program while a permanent host is sought.
- Bartiromo had not appeared on Fox programs since early August, with her last on-air date reported as August 9, and she has not commented publicly about the departure.
- Coverage linked the move to the wider legal and reputational backdrop: Bartiromo was named in post‑2020 election defamation cases involving Fox, Dominion settled in 2023 for $787.5 million, and the Smartmatic suit remains pending.
- Observers compared the abrupt exit to prior surprise departures at the network and noted speculation about a possible White House role, which Vice President J.D. Vance publicly downplayed when asked.