Maria Bartiromo out at Fox News after more than a decade; no reason
specified
[September 04, 2026]
Fox News Media has parted ways with politically influential financial
journalist Maria Bartiromo after more than a decade, the company
announced Thursday hours after Fox Business Network aired the final
episode of the show that bears her name. The company did not specify the
reasons for her separation.
“We thank Maria for her work over the last 12½ years,” a Fox statement
read, “and wish her all the best on her next chapter.”
There was no immediate reaction from Bartiromo. Her X account still
showed a banner photo Thursday afternoon encouraging people to “grab
yourself a cup of coffee, and join us every morning for Mornings With
Maria.”
On his Truth Social platform late Thursday, President Donald Trump
wrote: “I can’t believe Maria Bartiromo is no longer going to have her
great show(s) on FoxNews/Business. Three different shows, always number
one. Maria is a total professional, and a true warrior. Her fans, of
which there are many, will not be happy. God bless you, Maria!”
Other high-profile, on-air personalities that have left Fox News Media
in recent years include Tucker Carlson and Bill O’Reilly. Former Fox
personality Pete Hegseth left the network in 2024 after being nominated
as Trump's secretary of defense.
Bartiromo hosted “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business Network, the last
episode of which aired Thursday morning, as well as “Maria Bartiromo's
Wall Street.”
The first show will be renamed “Mornings with Fox Business” and will
feature rotating anchors, the company said in its statement. The second
will be renamed “FBN's Wall Street” and will also use rotating anchors.
Additionally, Bartiromo’s weekly Fox News show “Sunday Morning Futures”
will be hosted by Jason Chaffetz for the time being.
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FOX Business Network's Mornings with Maria show anchor Maria
Bartiromo, speaks during an interview, June 9, 2026, in Washington.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
 Bartiromo has frequently earned
praise from Trump, who has granted her multiple interviews over the
years. He has called her a “great reporter.” Vice President JD
Vance, talking with reporters Thursday afternoon, was asked about
her departure but said he had not talked to her and didn't know the
back story.
“I love Maria. I think she's an amazing person, an amazing talent,"
Vance said. “Whatever she does, she's gonna do great, and I wish her
all the best. She's a very, very dear friend.”
In 2025, a lawsuit against Fox News by voting technology company
Smartmatic alleged that Bartiromo spread false rumors about claims
of election fraud on the air — a notion she had vehemently rejected.
Bartiromo had said before an earlier lawsuit involving Fox and
Dominion Voting Systems that it’s “absurd” to think that she
personally lobbied former Attorney General William Barr to
aggressively investigate Trump’s charges of voter fraud during the
2020 election. Instead, she said she was doing a journalist’s job in
asking follow-up questions. That case was settled in 2023.
Before Fox, Bartiromo worked for CNBC for 20 years as a financial
journalist. Previously to that, she worked for CNN. At CNBC, she
pioneered daily live reporting from the floor of the New York Stock
Exchange and won an Emmy Award for a documentary about Google.
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