In his successful 2020 White House bid, candidate Joe Biden campaigned as a unifier trying to save the soul of America. Last night, in his first State of the Union address, the 46th President of the United States doubled down on that unity theme.
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Wilson Chapman editorJim Angle, one of the first reporters to work for Fox News Channel, died Feb. 9 in Arlington, Va., the network reported on Friday. He was 75.“Jim was a Fox News original and a top Washington correspondent whose talent and fearless reporting was unmatched,” Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement.
“He was a central figure to establishing our Washington bureau in 1996 and was beloved across the entire network for his down-to-earth easygoing demeanor, his kindness and a smile that was ever present. He will be greatly missed, and we extend our heartfelt condolences to his entire family.”Born and raised in Texas in 1946, Angle attended Texas Tech University, where he received a bachelor of arts in political science, as well as the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his master of arts in Latin American studies. After college, he was drafted into the U.S.
Army. During his time in the army, he did tours in Germany and Vietnam. In Germany, he served as a member of the Berlin Brigade, a special garrison that occupied West Berlin during the Cold War.
Angle started his journalism career at National Public Radio, where he served as the organization’s White House correspondent for seven years, covering the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. In addition, from 1990 to 1993, he spent three years anchoring the NPR “Marketplace” radio show, which covers economic and business news.
In his successful 2020 White House bid, candidate Joe Biden campaigned as a unifier trying to save the soul of America. Last night, in his first State of the Union address, the 46th President of the United States doubled down on that unity theme.
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UPDATED: A lawyer representing Fox Sports and the new United States Football League has responded to a lawsuit filed yesterday by an organization of owners and executives from the original, 1980s-era USFL.
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Bob Beckel was a TV news pundit best known as the former co-host and liberal voice of the Fox News panel talk show “The Five.”Bob Beckel was a TV news pundit and liberal political analyst who hosted the Fox News talk show “The Five” from 2011 until 2015 and briefly again in 2017. He was a co-host of the show with Greg Gutfeld and Dana Perino until he was fired for making an insensitive remark to an African American employee. He previously left the show in 2015 after having back surgery.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Group has announced the launch of Def Jam India, a new label division within India and South Asia dedicated to representing the best hip-hop and rap talent from the region. According to the announcement, Def Jam India “will follow the blueprint of the Def Jam Recordings label.” The first flagship artist signings to join Def Jam India are rappers Dino James and Fotty Seven, who will release singles this month titled “Lost” and “Banjo,” respectively.
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Jim Angle, one of Fox News Channel’s original reporting line-up in 1996 and its chief national correspondent when he retired in 2014, died Wednesday at his home in Arlington, Virginia. He was 75.