Could Virginia Become the Next Florida?

Murdoch’s Stunning Move • Michael Wolff’s Take • GOP House Chaos [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Could Virginia Become the Next Florida? So much of our focus at the Hive is on 2024, given the pivotal presidential election and fierce fights across the country for control of the House and Senate. But early voting is already underway for this November’s elections in Virginia, which, as Chris Smith [reports](, could determine when Glenn Youngkin and his GOP allies can take the state even further right, à la Ron DeSantis’s Florida. Of course, the blockbuster media news this week was Rupert Murdoch’s decision [to step down]( at News Corp. and Fox Corp. (Perhaps the only 92-year-old on the planet whose retirement is considered [shocking](!) There’s none better than Brian Stelter and Gabriel Sherman to make sense of Murdoch’s move and the future of Fox News, so we dropped a [special episode]( of Inside the Hive after the news broke. For even more perspective on the media titan, Joe Pompeo [chatted]( with Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff about his especially well-timed book, The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty. Elsewhere, Abigail Tracy [caught up]( with Senator Sherrod Brown, who is trying to prove, once again, that a Democrat can win a statewide race in Ohio; she also stopped by our regularly scheduled episode of Inside the Hive, [speaking to]( Stelter and guest John Harwood about Kevin McCarthy and the GOP House chaos that has the country barreling toward a government shutdown. Thanks for reading and we’ll see you Monday. —Michael Calderone, editor [Could Virginia Become the Next Florida? It May Come Down to 20 Legislative Races]( By [Chris Smith]( [This November’s races in Virginia are shaping up to be the wildest—complete with a streaming sex scandal—and most consequential in ages, as Glenn Youngkin and his GOP allies might get the power to push further right on everything from abortion to education.]( [Read more button](   [With Rupert Murdoch Stepping Down, Is a Fox Sale Possible?]( By [Brian Stelter]( [Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman discusses the media mogul’s sudden move and the future of his empire.]( [Read more button](   [Murdoch Chronicler Michael Wolff Foresees the Fall of Fox News: “It Will Cease to Exist in Its Present Form”]( By [Joe Pompeo]( [In a wide-ranging interview on the eve of publication of his new book, the author talks about his methods, predictions, and the criticism that his reporting is not to be trusted. (Plus, Tucker Carlson and Roger Ailes.) “At a certain level of power, it’s a leaky sieve,” he says, “and I’m there to catch the water.”]( [Read more button](   [Ohio’s Sherrod Brown Isn’t Sweating Out His Reelection Bid: “I Feel Good”]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [The Buckeye State might be getting redder. But with the support of the working class, whom he stood with in the UAW picket line last week, the Democrat may keep his seat. “When he talks about the dignity of work, it’s not just a slogan,” a union leader tells VF. “He actually practices that.”]( [Read more button](   [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Electrical Device, Microphone, Human, Person, Suit, Coat, and Clothing]( [The Exquisite Agony of Being Kevin McCarthy]( By [Brian Stelter]( [Abigail Tracy and John Harwood break down the House GOP chaos as a government shutdown nears.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [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]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast