Tucker Carlson's Losing Battle

GOP Relief Rampage • Cuomo's Fall • Piers Morgan's Solo Feud [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair]( Tucker Carlson’s Losing Battle Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Apparently, the U.S. government doesn’t have to be in lockstep with Fox News. After four years of a president glued to the network, Caleb Ecarma [finds](senior military and Biden administration officials shredding Tucker Carlson’s female-troops rant. “What we absolutely won’t do is take personnel advice from a talk show host,” says Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby. Even though the historic pandemic relief bill Joe Biden signed yesterday is widely popular and disproportionately benefits red states, Republicans are “hoping to convince people the legislation is the worst thing to happen to America since the bombing of Pearl Harbor,” [writes]( Bess Levin, as Donald Trump “[is pissed]( over supposedly not getting enough credit for the COVID vaccines.” Thanks for reading! [House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) holds his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol June 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. ]( [Republicans Hope to Convince People Relief Bill Cutting Child Poverty in Half Is the Devil’s Work]( By [Bess Levin]( [The GOP believes it will win back control of Congress by highlighting its complete and total opposition to a bill that will bring significant relief to millions of families—and disproportionately benefit their constituents.]( [Image]( [Get This: Biden’s Military Isn’t Taking Advice From Tucker Carlson]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [The Fox host’s fears of a ”more feminine” military were dismissed by actual service members, as the Pentagon declared it does not ”take personnel advice from a talk show host.” The umbilical cord between Fox and the White House has officially been cut.]( [Read More]( [Donald Trump Demands Americans Picture His Face While COVID Vaccine Enters Their Bodies]( By [Bess Levin]( [The ex-president threw a colossal hissy fit over not getting enough credit for the vaccine.]( [Read More]( [Andrew Cuomo Got His Coronavirus-Celebrity Wish]( By [Dan Adler]( [In the early days of the pandemic, the governor made his own personality a focal point of his response to the crisis. He garnered rave reviews—and then, a year later, calls for his resignation.]( [Read More]( [Piers Morgan Meghan Markle]( [A Brief History of Piers Morgan’s One-Sided TV Feud With Meghan Markle]( By [Erin Vanderhoof]( [Though British viewers complained about the former Good Morning Britain presenter’s antics, a letter from Meghan may mean the end of more than two years of relentless negative commentary that went unanswered.]( [Read More]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [(image) Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2021 Condé Nast