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Failed Arizona candidate Kari Lake said she would promote President-elect Donald Trump's next administration as a "golden era" after he picked her as the next director of Voice of America, an international news broadcaster funded by the U.S. government.

"Can you imagine if what's about to happen, the incredible resurgence in this new golden era is covered in the same way with the fake news that we're seeing on a national scale over on Voice of America?" Lake told right-wing host Steve Bannon on Thursday. "What a shame that would be. And we're going to make sure that doesn't happen."

A CNN conservative faced pushback for arguing that that FBI director Christopher Wray might as well have resigned since Donald Trump intended to fire him once he took office.

The Trump-appointed Wray announced Wednesday that he would step down at the end of President Joe Biden's administration, and panelists on "CNN This Morning" debated whether he made the right decision in the face of his likely termination, since Trump has already nominated MAGA loyalist Kash Patel to replace him.

FBI Director Christopher Wray announced his intention to resign ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Fox News correspondent David Spunt confirmed that Wray was informing FBI staff of his decision on Wednesday.

Right-wing influencer Steve Bannon asserted that Republicans in control of Congress would push "massive tax cuts for the wealthy for the billionaires."

During a Tuesday interview with Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), Bannon argued that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should pursue a significant restructuring of government spending instead of tax cuts for the wealthy.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, lashed out at President-elect Donald Trump's former Department of Justice for obtaining records of lawmakers, staffers and journalists during an investigation of leaks.

In a report released Tuesday, the Justice Department's inspector general said the DOJ targeted two lawmakers and 43 staffers in an effort to unearth leaks to journalists. Records of Trump's pick to be the next FBI director, Kash Patel, were obtained as a part of the investigation. Patel was serving as a House staffer at the time.

Incoming White House adviser Alina Habba falsely claimed that President-elect Donald Trump did not separate migrant families during his first term.

On Tuesday, Fox News host Bill Hemmer asked Habba about future border czar Tom Homan's admission that family separations "may happen" under the new administration.

Fox News hosts Sandra Smith and Jeanine Pirro criticized Republican state Delegate Nino Mangione of Maryland after his cousin, Luigi Mangione, was arrested for the murder of CEO executive Brian Thompson.

"Another twist in this story, this just into our newsroom, the suspect's cousin is a Maryland State Delegate," Smith reported Monday. "So this is now being confirmed, the suspect's cousin is a Maryland State Delegate, Antonio D. Mangione, goes by Nino."

Fox News host Bill Hemmer argued that the Constitution's 14th Amendment guaranteeing citizenship to people born in the United States was a "loophole."

While speaking to Hemmer on Monday, Fox News contributor Kayleigh McEnany doubted President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to end birthright citizenship on "day one" of his presidency.

Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, suggested that his boss could bypass the U.S. Constitution to end birthright citizenship.

During a Monday interview on Newsmax, host Jon Glasgow asked Lewandowski about Trump's promise to end birthright citizenship on "day one" of his presidency — despite the 14th Amendment of the Constitution declaring that "all persons born" in the United States are citizens.

Donald Trump's surprising strength among Hispanic voters in the 2024 presidential election can be traced to son-in-law Jared Kushner's relationship with two media executives from Mexico who used their pull to get him a coveted interview on Univision that left insiders at the network shocked, according to a report.

The Wall Street Journal's Santiago Pérez and José de Córdoba reported tycoons Alfonso de Angoitia and Bernardo Gómez, known for their "longstanding influence of Grupo Televisa, a company that gained fame for taking soap operas, called telenovelas," have ties to Kushner dating back to the first Trump administration and helped set in motion the interview with Univision's Enrique Acevedo that boosted Trump's election prospects with Hispanic viewers.

Fox News Senior Medical Analyst Dr. Mark Siegel urged viewers not to drink raw milk despite a push by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of health and human services.

Siegel made the remarks Sunday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered testing of the nation's milk supply over concerns about bird flu contamination.

Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Lara Trump said over the weekend she was concerned President Joe Biden would set a "bad precedent" by issuing preemptive pardons to people who might be unfairly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration.

Appearing Sunday on Fox News, Lara Trump responded to reports that the Biden administration was considering pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 riots.