Weiss dispute erupted after Shapiro used a speech at AmericaFest to condemn prominent conservatives he said had failed to call out Candace Owens.

The CBS News editor said a report on El Salvador’s mega-prison failed to meet editorial standards. The correspondent behind it called the decision political.

Monday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Tom Bevan, Andrew Walworth, and White House reporter Phil Wegmann discuss Vice President Vance's attempt to consolidate the fracturing MAGA movement at Turning Point USA's convention this weekend,

In October, billionaire David Ellison’s Skydance—backed by his father, Oracle founder and Trump ally Larry Ellison—acquired The Free Press for $150 million. Since then, Weiss has canceled a series of shows and fired dozens of staffers.

A key goal of Donald Trump’s second term has been to use government power to place important media properties in the hands of loyalists who will bend coverage to the president’s will. Yesterday, the Trump-approved management at CBS duly held back a 60 Minutes report about the administration’s treatment of migrant detainees deported to El Salvador.