Aiming for Friday announcement, Trump narrows his VP list

Donald Trump has reached the final phase of his search for a running mate, narrowing his list to three leading contenders and directing his staff to prepare for a Friday announcement. "It's a little bit like 'The Apprentice,'" former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, one of Trump's finalists, said in a Tuesday interview with Fox News Channel.

Report: Employees At Fox “Knew About” Sexist Actions Against Former Host Gretchen Carlson

Politico reported that Fox employees "were aware of some of the things" that former Fox host Gretchen Carlson alleged in her lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, and that staff of the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends "knew about or saw" host Steve Doocy make inappropriate comments. Carlson's lawsuit alleges that Ailes "terminat[ed] her employment," because she would not have a "sexual relationship with him," and accuses host Steve Doocy of "creat[ing] a hostile work environment by regularly treating her in a sexist and condescending way."

Here’s The Sexism Gretchen Carlson Experienced On Fox & Friends

After Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit claiming Fox News CEO Roger Ailes "retaliated against Carlson" because she would not have "a sexual relationship with him," and that her former Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy regularly treated her "in a sexist and condescending way," Bloomberg Politics produced a supercut of sexist things said to Carlson on Fox & Friends : We've changed our commenting system to Disqus. Instructions for signing up and claiming your comment history are located here .

Trump rejects criticism, vents at news media in campaign speech

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., July 5, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected criticism of his campaign tactics, in a wide-ranging speech defending his team's use of a Jewish star and his own praise of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Fox News Host Sues Roger Ailes Over Sexual Harassment

Gretchen Carlson, a longtime Fox News host, has filed a lawsuit against Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes alleging that he made unwanted sexual advances and then sabotaged her career when she refused. The lawsuit claims she was "a conscientious, hard-working, and successful" journalist over her 11 years at the network and that her recent solo show ranked number one for cable news programs in her time slot.

Hillary Clinton boasts double-digit lead over Trump

US presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is holding a 12-point lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump as support for the latter tumbled in the past month, found a poll released Sunday. Clinton enjoys 51 percent of support among Americans, up by seven points from May, compared to Trump's support at 39 percent, which is down by seven points, according to the Washington Post-ABC News poll.

BC-OH-Ohio News Digest 1:30 pm, OH

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Trump Suggests Mass Deportations, Muslim Ban Negotiable

Donald Trump says his proposals to ban Muslims from entering the United States and deport all illegal immigrants are negotiable. In an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier that aired Saturday night, Trump conceded that some of the provocative policy proposals he has emphasized on the campaign trail could be altered in a deal with Congress.

O’Reilly speaks out, anti-Fox News activist efforts continue

During an interview Friday with Glenn Beck, another former Fox News Channel personality who was the subject of an advertiser boycott, Bill O'Reilly complained of a liberal "hit job" that did him in. "In the weeks to come we're going to be able to explain all of it," O'Reilly said in his first interview since he was fired on April 19. "It has to do with destroying voices that the far left and the organized left-wing cabal doesn't like."