Fox Business&#8217; Edward Lawrence cornered White House Press Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karine-jean-pierre-claims-biden-is-stopping-illegal-aliens-from-crossing-southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> during Thursday&#8217;s briefing, challenging her directly on the record numbers of illegal immigrants who continue to flood the southern border.
Lawrence pressed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-sinema-blasts-karine-jean-pierre-for-claiming-border-is-secure-factually-not-true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jean-Pierre</a> on the issue several times, asking just how many President Joe Biden intended to allow before he pushed his own administration to do anything about it.
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Lawrence: &quot;How many people coming into this country illegally is enough for President Biden then?&quot;
KJP: &quot;Say that last one.&quot;
Lawrence: &quot;How many people come&#8211;how many people illegally coming into the United States is enough… <a href="https://t.co/T6foy4yfhc">pic.twitter.com/T6foy4yfhc</a>
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&#8220;How many people coming into this country illegally is enough for President Biden then?&#8221; Lawrence asked, and Jean-Pierre asked him to repeat the question.
&#8220;How many people come — how many people illegally coming into the United States is enough for President Biden&#8217;s administration?&#8221; Lawrence asked again.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t — what do you —&#8221; Jean-Pierre appeared to struggle with her answer.
&#8220;Well, five —&#8221; Lawrence tried again.
&#8220;— Enough for what?&#8221; Jean-Pierre continued.
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Lawrence tried again: &#8220;— 5.9 million people have been encountered illegally.&#8221;
&#8220;I know the numbers, but enough for what?&#8221; Jean-Pierre asked.
&#8220;Enough — just to stop the flow,&#8221; Lawrence replied.
Jean-Pierre pivoted back to her regular talking points on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that the immigration system had been &#8220;broken&#8221; since long before President Biden took office &#8212; and blaming Republicans for not rolling over and accepting the Biden administration&#8217;s approach to border security.
&#8220;As I mentioned, a problem that&#8217;s been around for some time now — for decades, a broken system. The president has done everything and is going to continue what — to do what he can without the help of some Republicans in Congress to deal with this issue,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Look, we are going to continue to implement a strategy that is humane, that is safe, and that is orderly. &#8230; That is a promise you can see from this president. Again, GOP, the Republicans, put up a continuing resolution that actually reverses the work that [Biden] is trying to do. Makes the situation worse, that&#8217;s what they were trying to push &#8230; [R]ight now, the President is doing it on his own.&#8221;
Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin directly refuted Jean-Pierre&#8217;s claims, saying that those crossing the border illegally &#8220;don&#8217;t have a fear&#8221; of any negative repercussions and absolutely believed that the southern border was &#8220;open.&#8221;
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&#8220;I&#8217;ve made notes on what [KJP] has said at that — at the podium before. She has falsely stated that they &#8216;reduced illegal immigration by 90%.&#8217; She said that &#8216;nobody is walking across the river.&#8217; That is also false,&#8221; Melugin said. &#8220;She said they are &#8216;stopping the flow.&#8217; That is also false. And &#8230; she said President Biden has done more than anybody to secure the border. I&#8217;ll — you know, our viewers can decide the answer, but the numbers have never been higher. Border Patrol agent morale has never been lower.&#8221;

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Three individuals were named on Wednesday as the co-moderators of the second <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican Party</a> presidential primary debate in late September.
The debate will air on Fox Business and Univision from 9-11 p.m. EST on September 27 and will be co-moderated by Stuart Varney, Dana Perino, and Ilia Calderón.
Varney was one of the original anchors at Fox Business when it started back in 2007 and currently hosts &#8220;Varney &amp; Co.&#8221; Perino co-anchors &#8220;America&#8217;s Newsroom&#8221; and co-hosts &#8220;The Five,&#8221; both on Fox News. Calderón anchors Univision&#8217;s &#8220;Noticiero Univision.&#8221;
&#8220;We are very proud to have Stuart Varney and Dana Perino co-moderating the second debate with Univison to provide Americans with a comprehensive view of the qualifying candidates vying for the Republican nomination for president,&#8221; said Jay Wallace, President and Executive Editor of Fox News.
Maria Martinez-Guzman, Executive Vice President of News for Univision Networks, claimed that the left-wing Spanish news organization would be &#8220;fair and balanced&#8221; in its participation during the debate.
&#8220;As in past election cycles, we seek to inform Hispanic voters nationwide about their choices while representing our community’s issues during this election cycle,&#8221; she added.
The number of people who watched the Republican Party&#8217;s first presidential debate last week was roughly 13 million.
A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fivethirtyeight-wapo-poll-desantis-won-debate-haley-gains-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> from FiveThirtyEight/Washington Post/Ipsos asked Republican primary voters who did not watch the debate what they did instead.
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Only 7% said that they watched Trump’s interview with Tucker Carlson, which fell behind several other options, including doing housework at 11%, and watching something else on TV at 29%. A report said that approximately 15 million people actually clicked and watched the 45-minute interview for at least 2 seconds.

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Nancy Lazar — the chief global economist of investment bank Piper Sandler — said on Monday that the world is in the first part of a “very significant” recession.
During an interview with <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/world-in-early-stages-of-very-significant-recession-economist-nancy-lazar">Fox Business</a>, Lazar told anchor Maria Bartiromo that &#8220;It’s going to be a global recession pulling down [the] Euro zone in particular” and noted that “it looks like China GDP in the second quarter could also be negative.&#8221;
Lazar added that economic activity in the United States “will feel very, very weak” as growth slows down from last year’s recovery.
&#8220;Now we think the United States could not go into a recession. We have still plus 1% GDP for the U.S. this year, but that’s still a very significant slowdown from roughly 6% last year,&#8221; Lazar explained.
She added that similar fears of a recession occurred in 2015 and 2016.
&#8220;You didn’t get it, in part because the backbone of the United States is pretty healthy, which we still think is the case,&#8221; she told Bartiromo. &#8220;But, nonetheless, outside of the United States, indeed you do get a recession, led by the Euro zone given what’s going on with oil prices and global interest rates.&#8221;
Indeed, economists have been eyeing the broader impacts of high energy prices and the tapering of aggressive monetary policy.
President Joe Biden’s tenure in the White House has been marked by surging gas prices, with costs at the pump further accelerating due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of Monday morning, the average price of regular gas is $4.12, according to <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">AAA</a>. 
“Over the past 15 months, we’ve seen inflation grow higher than any time in the last 40 years. Perhaps the most painful driver of inflation has been the skyrocketing cost of gasoline at the pump,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-not-putin-this-is-joe-biden-senator-ted-cruz-blasts-biden-admin-over-spiking-gas-prices">told</a> the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve recently made its first move to raise interest rates, thereby increasing the cost of borrowing money and making loans more expensive. Earlier this month, The 30-year mortgage rate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mortgage-rates-hit-highest-level-in-over-a-decade">surpassed</a> 5%, rendering homeownership more expensive for American families.
“As Americans contend with historically high inflation, the combination of rising mortgage rates, elevated home prices and tight inventory are making the pursuit of homeownership the most expensive in a generation,” government-backed mortgage company <a href="https://www.freddiemac.com/pmms">Freddie Mac</a> explained.
Lazar said that higher interest rates will help to curb breakneck inflation in the United States.
&#8220;I think we are going to have significant goods deflation,&#8221; she told Bartiromo, pointing to the price of used cars as an example. &#8220;We’ve seen used cars decline 6% just in a few months.”
The end of soaring price levels — despite relief offered to consumers — would be harmful to companies’ margins.
&#8220;On the one hand that’s positive in that you are going to send, obviously, the CPI significantly lower over the next year,” Lazar said, “but on the other hand, it’s not going to be pretty in that it’s going to affect company earnings, through lower earnings via weaker demand for products and also declining prices.”

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Mike Rowe previewed an upcoming episode that he&#8217;s calling an &#8220;unapologetic tribute to law enforcement, &#8221; saying that &#8220;there&#8217;s a line between civilization and anarchy&#8221; that is  &#8220;thin&#8221; and &#8220;blue.&#8221;
The TV host&#8217;s post on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheRealMikeRowe">Facebook</a> talked about the premiere episode of his show on Fox Business Prime — &#8220;How America Works&#8221; — and he explained that the reason they decided to do the show in the first place was because if there were no cops, &#8220;none of the other vital industries we explore this year could exist.&#8221; He also apologized for saying on &#8220;Fox and Friends&#8221; that the episode focused on law enforcement in Wilmington, Delaware, and corrected his statement to say that they had worked with police &#8220;in Wilmington, NORTH CAROLINA!&#8221;
&#8220;In it, you&#8217;ll see an unapologetic tribute to law enforcement, as our cameras follow a few good cops over the course of a few days on the job in Wilmington, NORTH CAROLINA,&#8221; the former host of &#8220;Dirty Jobs&#8221; wrote. &#8220;You’ll also meet an &#8216;explosive specialist&#8217; named Marion — one of the 50,000 four-legged officers who have become indispensable to national law enforcement.&#8221;
&#8220;What I should have said – had I been conscious – was this: There&#8217;s never been a tougher time to be a cop than right now,&#8221; he added. &#8220;After years of lopsided media portrayals and misguided attempts to defund law enforcement, many Americans have formed a wildly inaccurate view of the 800,000 good cops out there who will never wind up in the headlines for disrespecting their uniform or abusing their badge.&#8221;
&#8220;As a result, we&#8217;re not only seeing a devastating rise in crime all over the country, we&#8217;re seeing unprecedented attacks on cops,&#8221; Rowe continued. &#8220;On 60 Minutes, FBI Director Christopher Wray just talked about a literal war on police officers. Last year, a cop was killed in this country every five days – many victims of ambush. In other words, they&#8217;re not just dying in the course of fighting crime, they&#8217;re dying because they&#8217;re being targeted, and that stunning fact has been largely ignored by much of the media.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bravo-mike-rowe-cheers-daily-wires-boreing-offers-to-advertise-for-jeremys-razors">Rowe</a> posted a link to the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fbi-director-christopher-wray-60-minutes-video-2022-04-24/?fbclid=IwAR2nVlLjvUOnYx_2U_LOJokB28Npx2zCYGPmUxri9Kb_v7WIMFlv3Zqribc#x">60 Minutes interview</a> and explained that &#8220;there&#8217;s a line between civilization and anarchy.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s thin, and it&#8217;s blue, and tonight, you see what it looks like in Wilmington, NORTH CAROLINA!&#8221; the host concluded.
In January, Rowe talked about the reboot of his popular show &#8220;Dirty Jobs&#8221; and said following the pandemic there&#8217;s been a huge shortage in skilled trade, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mike-rowe-on-why-bringing-back-dirty-jobs-was-vital-many-of-these-jobs-you-can-make-six-figures">reported</a> by the Daily Wire.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not the jobs that were surprising this time around,&#8221; the Emmy Award-winning host shared at the time. &#8220;It&#8217;s something they all have in common, which is difficulty in recruiting. We just had four and a half million people quit their jobs in this country. We&#8217;ve got 11 million open positions right now.&#8221;
&#8220;The theme that keeps coming back, again and again, is how difficult it is to find people who want to learn a skill that&#8217;s in demand,&#8221; the host added. &#8220;Someone who shows up early, stays late and isn&#8217;t afraid to get their hands dirty. It&#8217;s a real challenge. And that comes through this season in a big way.&#8221;
The second season of &#8220;How America Works on Fox Business Prime&#8221; airs Monday night at 8PM.

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Mike Rowe Says ‘There’s A Line Between Civilization And Anarchy. It’s Thin,’ And ‘Blue’ In Tribute To Law Enforcement

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As Twitter desperately tries to fend off his hostile takeover bid, Elon Musk could be facing another potential battle with the federal government, with both the Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice reportedly poised to launch an investigation targeting him.
News of potential looming federal probes of Musk, who has previously clashed with the SEC over his ownership of carmaker Tesla, came in a Wednesday <a href="https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6303844565001#sp=show-clips">report</a> from Charles Gasparino of Fox Business Network. It was not clear whether the agencies are looking into Musk&#8217;s handling of Tesla, his $41 billion bid to take Twitter private, or both.
“Both the DOJ and the SEC are clearly scrutinizing this entire matter,&#8221; Gasparino said. &#8220;Now, we’re getting this from lawyers &#8230; they’re clearly monitoring and scrutinizing this entire issue, whether he filed the right forms, whether there’s a stock manipulation case here, whether he’s making public statements that he probably shouldn’t make. … What we do know is that he’s stirred up a regulatory hornets’ nest. DOJ, SEC, I’m getting this from lawyers who deal with them.”
The veteran business journalist said that the Justice Department faces a high bar for bringing a criminal case against Musk, but the SEC could have an easier time coming down on the world&#8217;s richest man if it can show he manipulated stock in companies in which he held stakes.
Gasparino tweeted on Thursday: “@elonmusk offers to buy the rest of @Twitter a legal source tells @FoxBusiness @SECGov and @TheJusticeDept have launched what he described as a ‘joint investigation’ into a myriad of Musk regulatory issues primarily involving @Tesla.”
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BREAKING: As <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> offers to buy the rest of <a href="https://twitter.com/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Twitter</a> a legal source tells <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxBusiness?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxBusiness</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SECGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SECGov</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a> have launched what he described as a &quot;joint investigation&quot; into a myriad of Musk regulatory issues primarily involving <a href="https://twitter.com/Tesla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Tesla</a> <a href="https://t.co/TDFLED1XuI">https://t.co/TDFLED1XuI</a>
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Musk’s battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission date back to 2018, when the SEC filed a complaint targeting him after he announced he wanted to take Tesla private. Musk tweeted at the time, “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.”
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Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.
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The SEC wrote in the <a href="https://electrek.co/2018/09/27/tesla-tsla-stock-tumbles-sec-sues-elon-musk/">complaint</a>:
<blockquote>Musk made his false and misleading public statements about taking Tesla private using his mobile phone in the middle of the active trading day. He did not discuss the content of the statements with anyone else prior to publishing them to his over 22 million Twitter followers and anyone else with access to the Internet. He also did not inform Nasdaq that he intended to make this public announcement, as Nasdaq rules required.</blockquote>
“This unjustified action by the SEC leaves me deeply saddened and disappointed,&#8221; Musk responded. &#8220;I have always taken action in the best interests of truth, transparency and investors. Integrity is the most important value in my life and the facts will show I never compromised this in any way.”
Ultimately, Tesla and Musk settled with the SEC with Musk agreeing to step down as chairman and Tesla and Musk having to each pay $20 million in penalties. Part of the settlement forced Musk to have his tweets reviewed by Tesla’s legal department if they were strongly related to the company. In February 2022, an attorney for Musk <a href="https://electrek.co/2022/02/17/elon-musk-tesla-argue-sec-harassing-them-strongly-worded-letter/">issued a letter</a> to the SEC stating:
<blockquote>We write to alert the Court to a pattern of conduct by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that has gone beyond the pale. Simply stated, the SEC has failed to comply with its promise to pay Tesla’s shareholders the $40 million it collected as part of the settlement in these cases and that it purports to be holding for them. Instead, it has been devoting its formidable resources to endless, unfounded investigations into Mr. Musk and Tesla. We are respectfully requesting that the Court schedule a conference to address why the SEC has failed to distribute these funds to shareholders but has chosen to spend its energy and resources investigating Mr. Musk’s and Tesla’s compliance with the consent decree by issuing subpoenas unilaterally, without Court approval.</blockquote>
The SEC denied it was harassing Musk and denied the request for a conference. Musk’s attorneys then filed a new motion saying Musk had settled with the SEC so Tesla could survive. Musk himself stated, “Funding was indeed secured. I should say I do not have respect for the SEC in that situation. I don’t mean to blame everyone at the SEC, but certainly the San Francisco office. The SEC knew that funding was secured. They pursued an active public investigation, nonetheless.”
This week, Musk <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-us-sec-bastards-forced-settlement-over-tesla-tweets-2022-04-14/">told the audience</a> at the TED Conference in Vancouver, “So I was forced to concede to the SEC unlawfully. Those bastards,” adding that he was concerned banks would stop offering capital. He snapped, “So that&#8217;s like having a gun to your child&#8217;s head. I was forced to admit that I lied to save Tesla&#8217;s life and that&#8217;s the only reason.”

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As Elon Musk Battles Twitter, Biden’s DOJ And SEC Reportedly Launching Probes Targeting Him

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Fox News and Fox Business viewers have noticed in recent weeks that &#8220;Your World&#8221; and &#8220;Coast to Coast&#8221; anchor Neil Cavuto has been missing from his shows since mid-January — but until Monday, the network had not offered any explanation for his absence.
During Monday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;Cavuto: Coast to Coast,&#8221; the anchor detailed a recent battle with COVID-19 that landed him in the Intensive Care Unit — and touted the vaccine that he said had most likely saved his life.
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&#8220;So here goes … I did get COVID again, but a far, far more serious strand — what doctors call COVID pneumonia. It landed me in intensive care for quite awhile and it really was touch-and-go. Some of you who’ve wanted to put me out of my misery darn near got what you wished for! So, sorry to disappoint you,&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-fox-news-cavuto-rips-cnn-paybacks-b-frank-camp/">Cavuto</a> began.
Cavuto went on to explain that because of his immunocompromised status — he has had cancer in the past and is currently battling the autoimmune disease Multiple Sclerosis — he was not only at greater risk for <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/next-covid-variant-could-be-more-dangerous-than-omicron-scientists-say/">complications of COVID-19</a>, but he was also part of the very small segment of the population for whom vaccines were not quite as effective.
&#8220;But let me be clear, doctors say had I not been vaccinated at all, I wouldn’t be here,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It provided some defense, but that is still better than no defense. Maybe not great comfort for some of you. And frankly, not great comfort for me either!&#8221;
&#8220;This was scary. How scary? I’m talking Ponderosa suddenly out of the prime rib in the middle of the buffet line scary! That’s how scary,&#8221; Cavuto added with a smile. He concluded by saying that he didn&#8217;t intend to start a debate on vaccines, but that he felt he owed viewers an explanation for his lengthy absence from his shows.
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After being off air for over a month, Fox&#39;s Neil Cavuto returned today to reveal he had been in the ICU with &quot;covid pneumonia&quot; and that it was really &quot;touch-and-go&quot; and &quot;scary&quot; for a while.
He once again credits vaccines for saving his life due to his immunocompromised status. <a href="https://t.co/aP4esWc4rF">pic.twitter.com/aP4esWc4rF</a>
&mdash; Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1495812809019568131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Cavuto has been off the air since January 11, and in his absence, a number of Fox News and Fox Business hosts have stepped up to fill the gap — among them &#8220;America Reports&#8221; anchor Sandra Smith, &#8220;Making Money&#8221; host Charles Payne, and &#8220;Bulls &amp; Bears&#8221; host David Asman.
Cavuto had previously missed several days back in October after contracting COVID-19 for the first time, returning to the air with an impassioned plea to viewers to get vaccinated. He noted Monday that the network&#8217;s decision to make no announcement when he contracted the virus for a second time was his idea.
&#8220;I asked them not to say anything. They were honoring my wishes out of respect for my privacy, even though they were getting a lot of heat trying to protect my privacy. I wasn’t really hiding anything. I just felt I wasn’t the story,&#8221; he said.
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Democratic strategist Laura Fink was visibly taken aback when Fox Business host Charles Payne made a direct comparison between her comments about inflation and comments made by Chinese President Xi Jinping on the same subject just two months earlier.
Fink joined <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-charles-payne-tells-dave-portnoy-youre-being-a-little-b-on-live-tv/">Payne</a>, who was guest-hosting &#8220;Your World&#8221; on Fox News for regular host Neil Cavuto, to discuss the economy and how President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration has been handling <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/psakis-no-economist-assertion-draws-some-inflation-dissenters/">inflation</a> leading up to his planned remarks Tuesday on the issue.
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Payne began the segment by asking Fink directly whether she thought it was time for the Biden administration to tackle the inflation issue head-on.
&#8220;I think it’s been a concern for some time. We know that inflation is up. We also know that profit margins are up, with the biggest U.S. companies raking in the biggest profit margins since 2019,&#8221; Fink replied, pivoting almost immediately to suggest that profiteering and price-gouging could be at the root of some of the inflated prices Americans were paying.
&#8220;So the Biden administration you will see focused on where there are those — the lack of competition in the marketplace. Things like meat processing. That’s why the prices of poultry and beef and pork are up. It’s because there’s a bottleneck and a lack of competition with those processors,&#8221; Fink continued. &#8220;So really addressing that and making the American public aware that often it’s the companies that are raking in that dollar and they’re making money significantly above and beyond.&#8221;
&#8220;Is it pandemic profiteering? That’s the question the Biden administration will be asking corporate America and Americans,&#8221; Fink concluded.
&#8220;It sounds like a speech that the communist leader of China just gave two months ago against corporations over there,&#8221; Payne quipped as he moved to bring another panelist into the conversation, but Fink balked.
&#8220;Excuse me?&#8221; she exclaimed.
&#8220;Should we go to war with American businesses in this period? Should we be blaming them?&#8221; Payne asked, but Fink continued to object.
&#8220;Should we profiteer? Should we have competition?&#8221; she asked, but Payne pushed back. &#8220;I&#8217;m asking Nick,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;You just called me a communist!&#8221; Fink shot back, adding, &#8221; I thought I would defend myself.&#8221;
Payne said that it had not been his intent to call Fink a communist, but repeated his statement that the Chinese president had given a similar assessment some two months earlier.
&#8220;But competition — Charles, I think we agree that competition’s important,” Fink concluded.
The <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-18/biden-s-remedy-for-high-gasoline-prices-blame-oil-companies">Biden administration</a> has responded to criticisms regarding inflation and skyrocketing gas prices by promising to look into whether or not major companies are engaging in price gouging. The president himself sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission alleging that the administration had seen &#8220;mounting evidence of anti-consumer behavior by oil and gas companies.&#8221;
&#8220;I do not accept hard-working Americans paying more for gas because of anti-competitive or otherwise potentially illegal conduct,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/politics/biden-high-gas-prices-ftc-letter/index.html">Biden</a> wrote.
Biden is set to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-22/biden-to-speak-on-economy-on-tuesday-with-fed-decision-looming">address the nation</a> on Tuesday and will reportedly speak on inflation just days ahead of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-inflation-farm-bureau-says-thanksgiving-dinner-will-cost-14-more-this-year/">Thanksgiving</a> holiday — which is predicted to cost gathering families noticeably more than in years past.

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‘Excuse Me?’: Fox News Guest Balks When Charles Payne Compares Her Comments To Chinese President

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Black Rifle Coffee, a veteran-owned coffee company, announced on Tuesday that it is going public in a deal with the special acquisition company SPAC SilverBox Engaged Merger Corp. I.
The deal is valued at about $1.7 billion, the companies said, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/veteran-focused-black-rifle-coffee-going-public-through-1-7-billion-spac-deal-11635847721">The Wall Street Journal</a>. Former Green Beret Evan Hafer launched Black Rifle Coffee in 2014 as a veteran-centered business committed to shedding light on veterans’ issues and aiding the veteran community.
Hafer announced the deal on <a href="https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6279936303001#sp=show-clips">Fox Business</a> on Tuesday morning in an interview with host Maria Bartiromo. Hafer said that the merger, expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022, is about furthering the veteran-focused mission of the company.
“Timing was really important in being able to take the company public, or at least position the company to go public. Silver Box was the right partner,” Hafer said. “What we wanted to do was curate a relationship with somebody that had the same mission and intent and the commitment to the veteran community, so they’ve been able to come to the table and commit shares as part of the deal to the Black Rifle Coffee fund, which is our nonprofit section of the business.”
“I think being able to partner with somebody right now with the timing of this, as far as being able to capture market inertia and seize the opportunity to grow the company and maintain our commitment to hiring 10,000 veterans because we set up with that goal four years ago, I said it on your show. I’ve never strayed from that mission or that focus and this is just part of completing our promise to the American public and that’s our commitment,” he added.
In 2017, Hafer pledged to hire 10,000 veterans. Hafer’s pledge was in part a reaction to Starbucks, which promised to hire 10,000 refugees after then-President Donald Trump froze immigration from a group of predominantly Muslim countries over concerns of the U.S. vetting process for immigrants and refugees.
Hafer’s company is made up of about 600 employees, with roughly half of those military veterans. Bartiromo asked him on Tuesday what veterans bring to businesses that other employees generally cannot. Hafer responded:
<blockquote>Veterans are, especially the post 9-11, the younger generation of veterans right now that are underemployed at a much higher rate throughout the United States, they bring a complex problem-solving and split-decision making matrix that, I think, most of the civilian population might not understand. They’ve been put in some of the most dynamic, complex, and dangerous problems in the world. They’ve been able to solve those at a very high level. They’ve got a lot to offer the professional workplace and the American professional workplace.
My job is to not only inspire and entertain people through media, it’s also to lead the rest of corporate America to say, we can do a better job of hiring veterans. We can do a better job of putting the spotlight on veteran unemployment. We can do a better job of taking care of the people who have continued to serve and sacrifice overseas to include not only the veterans, but veteran families. So this is a really important step for me to be able to go out and use the podium and the platform of Black Rifle Coffee to shed the light on veterans’ issues, hire veterans, and create a culture that is truly authentic to the veteran way of life.</blockquote>

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Black Rifle Coffee Going Public In $1.7 Billion Deal

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Country music star John Rich and Fox Business announced the launch of a new show on the channel’s “FBN Prime” lineup last week, “The Pursuit! with John Rich.”
Rich, who sat for an interview with <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/fbn-prime-the-pursuit-with-john-rich">Fox News</a> on Wednesday to preview the show, said it seeks to inspire and unite Americans around the rights articulated in the Declaration of Independence, especially the “pursuit of happiness.”
“I interview people of a wide-ranging background. I mean, it&#8217;s all different kinds of people, different perspectives, different opinions. A lot of the people are very opposite of me and what they think about things, but the thing we have in common is work ethic, entrepreneurial attitude, and a real respect and love for the right to pursue happiness,” Rich told Fox News.
“We’re the only country in the world that&#8217;s ever given its citizens the right to pursue happiness, not the right to be happy, but the right to pursue it,” he continued. “I ask every guest on the show, ‘How has the right to pursue happiness changed your life?’ That’s the final question. And everybody has their version.”
The show first appeared on Fox’s online streaming service, Fox Nation. It will air all-new episodes on Fox Business at 9 p.m. EST on Wednesdays. Guests on the show have included former NASCAR driver Richard Petty, radio host Dave Ramsey, and country music icon Charlie Daniels before he died on July 6, 2020.
“I really think the viewers are going to be inspired by what they hear, because everybody out there in this country, they all have some grand idea in their mind of a thing they would like to accomplish, something they&#8217;d like to see themselves do some day or have some day,” Rich said.
“They don’t necessarily know how to get there and it’s tough. It’s tough on everybody. Anybody that tries to chase down something big, it’s going to be a tough road,” Rich continued. “But when they see these stories and hear these experiences that the people I’m interviewing lay out on television, I hope it inspires them to get up the next morning and go after whatever their American dream is.”
Rich, an outspoken conservative, has publicly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-rich-blasts-other-country-music-stars-for-their-silence-as-leftist-ideologies-aim-to-erase-what-they-care-about">criticized</a> the decline in conservative values in country music.
“There are many conservative country music singers that just won’t say anything to push back against the ideologies that aim to erase what they care about. Why? You know why. I hope soon we see them start to speak up. The country music industry is out of touch with the audience,” Rich tweeted on June 10.
On May 21, Rich targeted the “soy and wokeness” that has infected the United States. “If the Greatest Generation would’ve had the same attitude as today’s ‘leaders’ we’d all be speaking German or living under the flag of Japan. Patton/MacArthur weren’t fueled by soy and wokeness. It was fierce patriotism and the willingness to die for America that saved the world,” he tweeted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/country-music-star-john-rich-reveals-rush-limbaughs-secret-act-of-charity-i-never-said-a-word-until-now">Country Music Star John Rich Reveals Rush Limbaugh’s Secret Act Of Charity: ‘I Never Said A Word Until Now’</a>

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Country Music Star John Rich Launches New Fox Business Show, ‘The Pursuit! With John Rich’

For the second time in one week, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy trended on Twitter after Fox Business’ Charles Payne called Portnoy “a little b****” on live television.
“You’re being a little b****,” said Payne, after which Portnoy broke out laughing.
“THE LITTE B**** SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD,” Portnoy tweeted.
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THE LITTE BITCH SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD <a href="https://twitter.com/cvpayne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cvpayne</a> <a href="https://t.co/BpsdbPmjqJ">pic.twitter.com/BpsdbPmjqJ</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1408136792738603010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, Barstool Sports tweeted, “Charles Payne just called David paper hands Portnoy ‘a little b****’ on live TV.”
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Charles Payne just called David paper hands Portnoy “a little bitch” on live TV <a href="https://t.co/LODm2U5vhD">pic.twitter.com/LODm2U5vhD</a>
&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1408146077891575818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Portnoy trended on Twitter last Friday evening after it appeared that Portnoy’s account was suspended by the Big Tech giant. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-dave-portnoy-suspended-on-twitter-barstool-sports-founder-posts-freeportnoy-to-instagram-story">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time, “Users who tried to access Portnoy’s Twitter profile, which is followed by over 2.5 million people, were presented with the recognizable ‘Account suspended’ banner, followed only by the words, ‘Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules.’”
The verified account titled, “BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards” — the Twitter account for the weekly podcast presented by Barstool Sports — tweeted a screenshot of Portnoy’s apparently suspended account, alongside the hashtag, “#FREEPORTNOY.”
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FREEPORTNOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FREEPORTNOY</a> <a href="https://t.co/MYY4l9vh9C">pic.twitter.com/MYY4l9vh9C</a>
&mdash; BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards (@BFFsPod) <a href="https://twitter.com/BFFsPod/status/1406037138282631171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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“Twitter’s purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment, and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely,” the social media platform states in their “<a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules">Twitter Rules</a>.”
Twitter then restored Portnoy’s account on Friday evening following a widespread backlash. 
“Portnoy’s handle @stoolpresidente, which had 2.5 million Twitter followers, was shut down with an ‘Account suspended’ message,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-dave-portnoy-suspension">reported</a>. “#FreeDavePortnoy began dominating social media as it was unclear what led to his suspension.”
Speaking with Fox, Portnoy said, “The will of the people will be heard. #freeportnoy.” He also celebrated his return to Twitter with “I’m back. #freeportnoy.”
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I’m back. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/freeportnoy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#freeportnoy</a> <a href="https://t.co/EeY0hnelrO">pic.twitter.com/EeY0hnelrO</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1406056468571471872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The Barstool Sports founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoy-talks-sports-politics-and-why-he-fights-back">spoke</a> with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on “The Ben Shapiro Show: Sunday Special” in April and explained why he doesn’t refrain from engaging in social media altercations.
Portnoy told Shapiro during an interview that aired on Sunday, April 25, that he’s willing to debate with anyone — even in front of a crowd — but that he’s not willing to just stand around and take it when critics come at him first.
“There is an audience that appreciates, and it’s not even Left or Right, it’s kind of both, like, ‘I like how these guys aren’t backing down.’ And our audience allows us to do that, so people have always asked, ‘Why do you fight back’ or ‘Why do you push back’ or ‘Why don’t you just shut up when someone takes a shot at you that you feel is unfair.’ It’s like, I’m not going to do that. I will never throw the first punch, but if you throw a shot at me on Twitter — out of the clouds — it’s not my responsibility to protect you,” said Portnoy.
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Fox News has canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” with Friday night being host Lou Dobbs’ final broadcast, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Lou Dobbs, who was the highest-rated host on the Fox Business Network, “remains under contract at Fox News but he will in all likelihood not appear on the company&#8217;s networks again.”
His show, “Lou Dobbs Tonight” aired daily at 5 p.m. ET, and re-aired at 7 p.m. on Fox Business, which became the top-rated “news program on business television,” featuring a “breakdown of the day’s top stories and how they impact the economy,” according to the Fox Business website.
“Prior to joining FBN, Dobbs served as a chief economic correspondent, managing editor and executive vice president for CNN, hosting various programs, including ‘Moneyline,’ which premiered in 1980 and was later renamed Lou Dobbs Tonight,” his profile shows.
Dobbs, 75, joined Fox Business Network in November of 2010. According to the Los Angeles Times, “Lou Dobbs Tonight” will “be called ‘Fox Business Tonight,’ with rotating substitute hosts Jackie DeAngelis and David Asman,” starting next week.
This announcement comes one day after Smartmatic — a voting software company — filed a <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-04/voting-software-smartmatic-sues-fox-news-anchors-27-billion-election">$2.7 billion defamation suit</a> against Fox News and three of its hosts, one of whom was Lou Dobbs. According to the Los Angeles Times report, however, “people familiar with discussions say the decision to end Dobbs’ program was under consideration before the legal issues with Smartmatic arose.”
“As we said in October, Fox News Media regularly considers programming changes and plans have been in place to launch new formats as appropriate post-election, including on Fox Business,” a Fox News representative said. “This is part of those planned changes. A new 5 p.m. program will be announced in the near future.”
On the subject of the suit, a Fox News Media Spokesperson added, “FOX News Media is committed to providing the full context of every story with in-depth reporting and clear opinion. We are proud of our 2020 election coverage and will vigorously defend this meritless lawsuit in court.”
This news comes after a series of other announcements regarding Fox News and Fox Business Network programming, including a number of program and host changes, as well as a shake-up of the Fox News daytime lineup. This also comes during a turbulent time for the conservative network, as Fox News’ ratings fell below that of CNN and MSNBC for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-news-ratings-crash-trailing-cnn-and-msnbc-for-the-first-time-since-2000">first time since 2000</a>.
Lou Dobbs “graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics,” and “worked in government and banking prior to working in journalism.” He was named “TV’s Premier Business News Anchorman” by The Wall Street Journal and was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award.
Editor’s Note: This article has been expanded after publication to include additional information.

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Fox News Suddenly Cancels ‘Lou Dobbs Tonight,’ Fox Business’ Highest Rated Show

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Fox Business has parted ways with host Trish Regan, the network confirmed Friday.
Regan hasn&#8217;t appeared on the network since March 13, four days after a monologue concerning the alleged politicization of the coronavirus picked up steam in the press, criticized heavily in the media as supposed virus denial.
“We thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors,” Fox said in a statement, according to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-business-anchor-trish-regan-on-hiatus-after-calling-coronavirus-an-impeachment-scam">The Daily Beast</a>. “We will continue our reduced live primetime schedule for the foreseeable future in an effort to allocate staff resources to continuous breaking news coverage on the Coronavirus crisis.”
Regan responded to the departure in a statement as well, saying that she&#8217;ll take time to focus on her family and looks forward to the &#8220;next chapter&#8221; in her career.
“I have enjoyed my time at FOX and now intend to focus on my family during these troubled times,” the statement said. “I am grateful to my incredible team at FOX Business and for the many opportunities the network has provided me. I’m looking forward to this next chapter in my career.”
In the media-criticized monologue, Regan blasted elected Democrats and their allies in the liberal media for allegedly using the coronavirus to harm President Donald Trump and hurting millions of Americans in the process.
“The chorus of hate being leveled at the president is nearing a crescendo as Democrats blame him, and only him, for a virus that originated halfway around the world,” Regan opened the segment.
“This is yet another attempt to impeach the president,” she accused. “And sadly, it seems they care very little for any of the destruction they are leaving in their wake, losses in the stock market; all this, unfortunately, just part of the political casualties for them.”
“You know, this is the time to be united, not to be pointing fingers, not to be encouraging hate, and yet what do we see? We see the absolute opposite from the Left tonight!” said Regan, adding, “The heat is boiling over many in the liberal media, using and I mean using coronavirus in an attempt to demonize and destroy the president.&#8221;
The host then said the Left was indifferent about “who they hurt, whether it be their need to create mass hysteria to encourage a market sell-off unlike anything we’ve seen recently, or whether it be to create mass hysteria in order to stop our economy dead in its tracks.”
“Don’t kid yourself,” Regan said, “they told us how much they crave a recession to get rid of Donald Trump.”
“Of course, these are people’s jobs that the Left does not mind seeing them lose, these are people’s 401ks that are being decimated. And that’s okay with them? That’s okay with the Left?” the monologue continued. “In some ways, they seem to almost be cheering it on,” she said. “This is impeachment all over again.”
In a tweet pushing the monologue via her social media, Regan captioned the video: &#8220;We’ve reached a tipping point. The chorus of hate being leveled at [President Trump] is nearing a crescendo as [Democrats] blame him—and only him—for [Coronavirus] – a [virus] that originated halfway around the world! This is yet another attempt to [impeach] THE PRESIDENT.&#8221;
As noted by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/trish-regan-fox-business-coronavirus.html">The New York Times</a>, Regan last appeared on Fox airwaves March 13, informing her viewers &#8220;that her program would no longer be appearing for the foreseeable future.&#8221;
“I will see you all soon,” the host signed off what would be her last show. “Stay healthy, and stay safe.”
To view the monologue, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-business-host-unloads-on-the-left-for-politicizing-coronavirus-hurting-americans-another-attempt-to-impeach-the-president">click here</a>.

Fox Business Host Trish Regan

Trish Regan Out At Fox Weeks After Criticized Coronavirus Monologue; Network And Regan Issue Statements

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