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Former Miss America Carlson named new chairperson

Washington - Emiratesvoice

Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson has been named the new chairperson of the Miss America beauty pageant, becoming the first former winner to lead the organization following a scandal over lewd and sexist emails. Her appointment, announced in a statement Monday, came just over a week after the resignation of the pageant's under-fire CEO Sam Haskell, who had written some of the emailsRead more

Strange was appointed to the US Senate earlier this year

Washington - AFP

US President Donald Trump's pick to be the next senator from Alabama crashed to defeat Tuesday against a populist former judge in a runoff election likely to send shock waves through establishment Washington. With just over half of precincts reporting, Fox News, CNN and other news outlets called the race for former Alabama state chief justice Roy Moore, who wasRead more

Justin Trudeau Forces FOX News to Delete Incorrect Quebec

Toronto - Arab Today

FOX News got on the wrong side of Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, this week. They had refused to delete a tweet they had posted on Sunday, claiming a Moroccan-born man was the Quebec City shooter. According to the National Post, the famously right wing American television network found itself on the wrong side of Trudeau when it refused toRead more

'I don't like tweeting'

Washington - Arab Today

Donald Trump, whose early-morning rants and policy pronouncements on Twitter have left the world hanging on his every typed word, said he doesn't like using the social media platform in comments to air Wednesday. "I don't like tweeting," Trump told Fox News's "Fox & Friends" program. "I have other things I could be doing. But I get very dishonest media,Read more

Anti-Trump camp seeks electoral college revolt

Washington - Arab Today

Even though their chances of success are slim, many Democrats are looking at the Electoral College vote Monday as the last barrier to keep Republican Donald Trump out of the White House. When US voters cast their ballots on November 8, they did not directly elect the next president but rather 538 "electors" charged with translating their wishes into reality. Read more

Post-Ailes Fox News to have 2 presidents

Washington - AFP

Following last month's abrupt departure of Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, the network on Friday announced that senior executives Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy would serve as network co-presidents. Shine, a senior executive vice president and former Ailes deputy, and Abernethy, CEO of Fox Television Stations, have assumed their new roles with immediate effect, the network said in a statement.Read more