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EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

A judge ripped apart the Trump administration’s argument against her ruling this week by quoting their top goon’s own words directly from a Fox News interview. U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis said she was stunned to see Donald Trump’s most notorious immigration enforcer boast about how he was looking forward to nightly check-ins in her courtroom—hours before government lawyers argued that the very same check-ins would be “extraordinarily disruptive.

According to AdWeek, citing Nielsen’s live+same-day big data plus program ratings, CBS Evening News recorded double-digit growth among total viewers for the week of October 20. The show, hosted by John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, averaged 4.090 million total viewers, up 12 per cent from the week prior.

In a statement to USA TODAY, CBS News said Gayle King is "a truly valued part of CBS and we look forward to engaging with her about the future."