Isabella Simonetti

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Isabella Simonetti

April 25, 2025 9:00 am ETBret Baier’s office on the fifth floor of Fox News’s Washington, D.C., bureau is peppered with memorabilia and keepsakes. Among his prized items are framed messages from two famous politicians—one Republican and one Democrat—commending the Fox anchor on his work. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Corinne Ramey |Isabella Simonetti

April 22, 2025 3:52 pm ETA federal jury on Tuesday rejected former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s claims that the New York Times defamed her in an editorial about gun violence. The verdict of not liable was the same conclusion a previous jury had reached in 2022 during the first trial in the case. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year ordered a new trial, finding that the judge acted improperly when he said, during jury deliberations, that he planned to dismiss the case.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Corinne Ramey |Isabella Simonetti

Media outlets are navigating heightened distrust and a slew of legal challenges as a retrial kicks off MondayTrust in mainstream news outlets has eroded in the years since Palin filed her lawsuit in 2017, and major media organizations, including Disney’s ABC News and Warner Bros. Discovery’s CNN, have faced high-profile defamation claims. Some settled. Others take their chance at trial, arguing the stakes for press freedom are too high to back down. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Isabella Simonetti

“He said Jamie made some good points,” Bartiromo said in an interview, referencing her phone call. Big CEOs had struggled to find a way to get through to Trump during a week in which markets convulsed and businesses scrambled to recalibrate their supply chains, pricing and margins in the face of surprisingly high tariffs. Dimon’s appearance on Bartiromo’s show—in which he warned of a likely economic pullback—registered with the president.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Isabella Simonetti

A Delaware judge ruled Wednesday that Newsmax NMAX -26.82%decrease; red down pointing triangle made false and defamatory statements against Dominion Voting Systems with on-air claims that the voting-machine company helped rig the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis said Newsmax’s statements about Dominion “suggest that Dominion engaged in criminal activity by aiding in election fraud,” and that the statements attacked the integrity of Dominion’s business.