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Fox News host Bret Baier on Tuesday suggested that Democrats should push for a new independent commission to investigate why over half a million Americans have died of COVID-19 -- but the result could be problematic for former President Donald Trump.

During a Fox News segment on the origins of COVID-19, host John Roberts asked Baier if the White House would push for Congress to investigate the deaths of thousands of Americans.

Real America's Voice host David Brody defended himself this week after he allowed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to compare a mask mandate to the Holocaust.

Greene made the remarks while appearing on Brody's program last week where she talked about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision not to lift a mask mandate for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Fox News contributor Kayleigh McEnany on Monday accused CNN of targeting conservative employees after the network severed ties with former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) over his comments about Native Americans.

McEnany recalled that she "got insulted" when she appeared on CNN.

Jewish activist Dov Hikind, a former New York state assemblyman, this week accused Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) of setting up Jews to "go to the gas chamber."

During a Monday interview on Newsmax, Hikind lashed out at Sanders for condemning both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in the same tweet.

OAN, a conservative news channel, spent the weekend trying to convince its viewers that conservative competitor Newsmax is a "left-leaning organization."

In a report that was aired over the weekend, OAN's Pearson Sharp suggested that Newsmax and Fox News could no longer be considered "reliable" news sources because the outlets had recognized President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) over the weekend declined to say if he is "putting country above party" by opposing a commission to study the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

In a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Chris Wallace asked Blunt why he is trying to prevent a new investigation into the events of Jan. 6.

On Saturday, the Huffington Post reported (https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_60a92fa6e4b0313547978140?6pa) that Rick Santorum has been fired by CNN as a commentator following racist remarks about Native Americans.

"Santorum, a former Republican senator and two-time failed GOP presidential candidate, sparked outrage last month after claiming there was "nothing" in America before white colonizers arrived and that Native people haven't contributed much to American culture, anyway," reported Jennifer Bendery.

In an interview with the far-right One America News Network on Thursday, former President Donald Trump took time to rage against his one-staunch ally Fox News, calling them a failure and ranting about their ratings.

"Americans are tuning out and turning off the vast majority of news channels that are out there now, and the latest data showing their numbers are plummeting," said OAN's Chanel Rion.

Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt called out House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Wednesday for using "poisonous nonsense" to cover up the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Earlier this week, McCarthy expressed his opposition to a new commission to study Jan. 6. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that he also opposed the commission on Wednesday.

Liberal Fox News pundit Jessica Tarlov on Wednesday pushed back against her network colleagues who equated a joke told by President Joe Biden to former President Donald Trump's hatred for the press.

During a panel segment, Fox News host Harris Faulkner suggested that members of the media were hypocrites because Biden had not been condemned for "teasing" a reporter who asked him a question on Tuesday.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Monday spoke out in opposition to creating a commission to study the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

In a speech on the House floor, Greene argued that Black Lives Matter protests are also an "insurrection."

A Republican caller suggested to C-SPAN on Monday that women who have abortions should be punished by having their uteruses removed.

The woman named Linda called in from Geneva, New York on Washington Journal's Republican line.

A new poll from Morning Consult shows that Republicans' trust in Fox News has plunged over the last year after the network accurately reported that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.

In fact, the poll shows that Republicans' confidence in Fox News fell by eight percentage points over the last year, which Morning Consult directly links to the network's 2020 election coverage.