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Fox News suggested on Tuesday that it would defend itself against defamation claims by showing a jury partial episodes of "The Simpsons."

On the first day of trial in Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox News, the defendant informed the court that its list of evidence included clips from episodes of The Simpsons, a cartoon aired on the Fox broadcast network since 1989.

CNBC host Sara Eisen challenged House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday after he demanded spending cuts in return for raising the nation's debt limit.

During an interview in New York, McCarthy told Eisen that the country was like a child with a credit card.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell warned that the world could face biblical "End Times" if artificial intelligence is allowed in voting systems.

During an appearance on the War Room podcast, host Steve Bannon asked Lindell about the future of artificial intelligence in voting.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Monday lashed out at the federal government for the prosecution of alleged leaker Jack Teixeira.

While appearing on the War Room broadcast with host Steve Bannon, Greene suggested that Teixeira had been caught up in a conspiracy to leak military secrets.

Fox News host Eric Shawn fact-checked Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) live after the lawmaker suggested liberal billionaire George Soros was directly funding New York County District Attorney General Alvin Bragg.

Van Drew told Shawn that he disagreed with Bragg, the prosecutor of former President Donald Trump's felony criminal case.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) asked Democratic strategist Donna Brazile to "calm down" after she became angry about a proposed abortion pill ban.

On Sunday, Christie told an ABC panel that Republicans could get elected while opposing abortion rights.

Fox News host Howard Kurtz admitted that his network had a "rough week" in court after a judge sanctioned its legal team for likely withholding evidence in a defamation case brought by Dominion Voting Systems.

During his Media Buzz program on Sunday, Kurtz reported that Delaware superior court judge Eric Davis was considering appointing a special master in the case due to deception on the part of Fox News' attorneys.

First Amendment lawyer Lee Levine told CBS that Fox News host Maria Bartiromo is in trouble because she can't use an "insanity defense" after Fox News was sued for defamation.

CBS broadcast Levine's remarks during an extensive report on Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News. The lawsuit claims Fox News defamed the voting machine company by repeatedly broadcasting claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

NBC host Chuck Todd revealed that Republicans have told him the debate over the abortion medication mifepristone has been a "total debacle for the GOP."

While teasing Sunday's Meet the Press program, NBC host Willie Geist told Todd that he had talked to Republicans who are worried about a partial ban on mifepristone that was temporarily blocked by the Supreme Court.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) disagreed with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after she defended a man who allegedly leaked sensitive military secrets.

During an interview on ABC, host Jonathan Karl noted that Greene and others had spoken in defense of suspected leaker Jack Teixeira.

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy suggested on Sunday that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is not mentally fit to hold office.

Duffy's remarks came during a Fox News segment about Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) health.

Unless there is a surprise settlement in the works, lawyers for Fox News will have their work cut out for them when they enter a courtroom on Monday to do battle with attorneys representing Dominion Voting Systems who are seeking $1.6 billion in damages as part of what could become a landmark defamation trial, according to new analysis by CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy.

Buffeted by revelations that Fox News execs and on-air personalities acknowledged that they knew were spreading false claims about the 2020 presidential election results, Fox lawyers will be hard-pressed to win their case before a judge who is already not happy with them.

This Monday, April 17, the trial in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News is scheduled to begin. Defamation, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan back in 1964, is extremely difficult to prove. And attorneys for Dominion have to show that Fox News acted with "actual malice" when, in late 2020 and early 2021, it promoted the bogus, repeatedly debunked conspiracy theory that Dominion's voting equipment was used to help now-President Joe Biden steal the election from then-President Donald Trump.

The very nature of defamation lawsuits, thanks to the late Chief Justice Earl Warren and his colleagues, gives Dominion an uphill climb. But Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple, in an April 13 column, lays out some reasons why he believes that pre-trial hearings in the case are an ominous sign for Fox News.