President Joe Biden timed his announcement of his 2024 reelection campaign with the four-year anniversary of his entry into the 2020 presidential race. Also in the news: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News days after the company settled a defamation suit involving the 2020 presidential election and a Montana state lawmaker has been silenced for her comments involving a ban on gender-affirming care. |
Now, here we go with Tuesday's news. |
President Biden officially launches 2024 campaign with video |
President Joe Biden announced his 2024 reelection campaign in a video released Tuesday morning, telling Americans "let's finish this job" as he seeks a second term in the White House. Biden, making official a campaign that has long been expected, lacks a formidable Democratic challenger for the party's nomination. Former President Donald Trump has secured frontrunner status in the Republican presidential primary. Although Biden did not mention Trump by name, the video includes images of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and an overt reference to Trump's hold on the Republican Party. Read more | President Joe Biden is scheduled to formally kick off his 2024 campaign on April 25, 2023. Carolyn Kaster/AP |
Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News in wake of Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit |
Fox News' Tucker Carlson will no longer host his high-profile talk show. His last show was Friday, the company announced in a news release Monday. |
The move comes a week after a nine-figure settlement by the company in a lawsuit related to the 2020 presidential election. Carlson, who did not release a public statement about his departure before press time, had become a leading voice on television spreading far-right viewpoints. |
| • | Network spokespersons didn't respond to a request to elaborate on the reasons for Carlson's departure, but it quickly followed last week's $787.5 million payment Fox agreed to make to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems. | | • | Carlson's revealed text messages were front and center in Dominion's suit accusing Fox News of recklessly airing false election claims and conspiracy theories following the 2020 presidential election. | | • | Don Lemon was fired from CNN the same day Carlson was out at Fox News. These are seismic moves made almost at the same time in an industry that is typically slow to act unless forced to. | | Tucker Carlson hosts a highly rated conservative opinion show on Fox News. Richard Drew/AP |
Tenuous start to new 3-day truce in Sudan |
Warring generals in Sudan extended a fragile ceasefire by three days before it expired Monday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the deal late Monday. But as rescue operations waged by the United States and European nations use the gap to bring diplomats and others to safety, the Sudanese are bracing for more intense fighting. Once diplomats and others are evacuated, the "warring parties will not heed any calls for a truce or a cease-fire," one analyst said. The poor who can't afford to make it out "will suffer greatly as they will have no access to aid or food." Read more | Evacuees were airlifted into Nairobi, Kenya, on April 24, 2023, as a growing number of countries continue to evacuate foreign nationals and diplomats following a week long conflict in Khartoum. TONY KARUMBA, AFP via Getty Images |
Jury selection set to start in rape lawsuit against Trump |
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in a trial over former advice columnist's E. Jean Carroll's claim that Trump raped her nearly three decades ago in a department store dressing room. He denies it. The trial is in a federal civil court, meaning that no matter the outcome, Trump isn't in danger of going to jail. He isn't required to be in court, either, and his lawyers have indicated he most likely won't testify. But the trial, which comes as Trump is again running for president, still has the potential to be politically damaging for the Republican. Read more |
Montana lawmaker silenced over ban on gender-affirming care |
Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr hasn't officially been censured yet. But Montana House Speaker Matt Regier is expected to continue not allowing Zephyr to speak on the chamber's floor unless she apologizes. Zephyr, the first openly transgender woman elected to Montana's legislature, says she is standing by comments she made last week as the state's House debated a bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors. Zephyr criticized the bill and its supporters, referencing the group's opening prayer: "I hope the next time there's an invocation, when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands." Republican lawmakers called for her censure in response. Read more | Rep. Zoey Zephyr, D-Missoula, waves to supporters during a rally on the steps of the Montana State Capitol, in Helena, Mont., Monday, April 24, 2023. Thom Bridge, AP |
Photo of the day: Aurora borealis light up skies across several states |
The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, were on full display across much of the United States Sunday night and into early Monday morning. Photos and video taken in parts of North Dakota, Wyoming, Iowa, Kansas and Wisconsin captured the phenomenon. Click here to see more photos. | The northern lights appear above Big Creek State Park, on Sunday, April 23, 2023, outside Polk City, in central Iowa. Kelsey Kremer/The Register |
Associated Press contributed reporting. | | | |
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