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Barack Obama will be back in the public view next month, in a Netflix-produced documentary series whose trailer was released Thursday, in which the former US president explores the role of work in Americans's lives.

"I'm excited to share the trailer for 'Working,'" Obama tweeted.

Egypt's antiquities ministry insisted on Thursday that Cleopatra had "white skin and Hellenistic characteristics" in an ongoing row over a Netflix drama-documentary depicting the famed beauty of antiquity as black.

"Queen Cleopatra", produced by Jada Pinkett Smith and starring Adele James, is due for release on the streaming platform on May 10.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dismissed ethics concerns on Thursday after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was found to have accepted unreported gifts from a wealthy friend.

"There's a question about the credibility of elected officials, but the credibility of the Supreme Court and our legal system is under some question," CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin noted. "Are you concerned about some of the revelations around Justice Thomas and business transactions with Gorsuch and the like? And do you think that they should answer for these things in a public manner?"

Fox News indicated that it would turn over materials about Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and other company executives to voting machine company Smartmatic.

According to a CNN report, New York Supreme Court Judge David Cohen held a hearing on Wednesday after Smartmatic "raised concerns about whether Fox was complying with its pretrial obligations to turn over relevant evidence."

Fox Corp chair Rupert Murdoch may have decided to fire Tucker Carlson because he was put off by the host's calls for prayer.

Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman first reported that Carlson's speech on Friday to the Heritage Foundation may have led to his downfall.

Kandiss Taylor, a failed far-right candidate for governor, declared that God wanted to "take Georgia back" after she was elected to chair a state GOP's district.

After winning the election over the weekend, Taylor made a Tuesday appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast to celebrate.

A $787.5 million defamation payout and the ouster of its most popular host doesn't mean Fox News is changing direction – instead it's about to get a whole lot nastier, a New Republic columnist wrote Tuesday.

The settlement to Dominion Voting Systems came without an apology. The exit of Tucker Carlson was, as far as is known, due to insubordination rather than the extremism he voiced on-air. And that shows Fox News does not feel remorse for what it's done, wrote Michael Tomasky.

Billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is making "erratic" decisions on the leadership of Fox News amid the network's legal woes, reported Max Tani for Semafor on Monday.

"Last October, Murdoch launched a plan to merge his two public companies, News Corp and Fox Corp," said the report. "In November, Semafor reported that News Corp would oust Matt Murray, the editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal, and replace him with Sunday Times editor Emma Tucker. Later that month, the editor of the Australian, Chris Dore, abruptly resigned. In January, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch announced that they had withdrawn their proposal to potentially re-combine Fox Corp and News Corp amid widespread skepticism from shareholders ... On April 18, Murdoch — who had fought to go to trial with Dominion Voting Systems — abruptly reversed course and green lit a massive $787 million settlement with the voting services company."

Some of the top MAGA figures were quick to assail Fox News over its surprising decision to cut ties with right-wing opinion host Tucker Carlson.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tweeted: “Cable news is about to be taught a powerful lesson after Fox News caved to the woke mob and fired Tucker Carlson.”

Donald Trump Jr. reacted with shock to the firing of Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

"I think it changes things permanently," Trump told conservative podcast host Charlie Kirk on Monday. "You know, the whole thing is it's actually mind-blowing to me, and I guess and to everyone else, given what you've seen happen to Fox's market cap in the last few hours."

Many people within Fox News were reportedly shocked on Monday to learn that firebrand Tucker Carlson, the host of Fox News' most popular show, had left the conservative network.

According to The Washington Post, Carlson’s colleagues at Fox News were “stunned” by the news.

Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch personally made the decision to fire former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, according to reports.

Sources told the Los Angeles Times that Monday's move to part ways with Carlson came directly from Murdoch.