Neil Cavuto, frequent Trump target, exits Fox News after 28 years

Veteran Fox News star Neil Cavuto is exiting after 28 years at the anchor’s desk, the network confirmed on Thursday.

His final day will be today, signing off at the end of “Your World,” the afternoon program he has hosted since Fox News launched in 1996.

“Neil Cavuto’s illustrious career has been a master class in journalism and we’re extremely proud of his incredible 28-year run with Fox News Media,” the network said in a statement. “His programs have defined business news and set the standard for the entire industry. We wish him a heartfelt farewell and all the best on his next chapter.”

Cavuto was a mainstay at the network, hosting three shows across Fox News and sister channel Fox Business Network, totaling 12 hours of programming per week. Beyond anchoring daily programs “Your World” and “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” and weekend show “Cavuto Live,” the 66-year-old served as a senior vice president of Fox Business Network.

With Cavuto goes one of the network’s last remaining on-air stars to publicly clash with Donald Trump — at a time when Fox has dominated the cable news landscape in part because of its appeal to MAGA conservative viewers.

Cavuto was often critical of Trump, fact-checking his claims on everything from Covid-19 treatments to trade tariffs to hurricane-related misinformation.

In return, Trump has made Cavuto a frequent target of his ire. In 2020, after the Fox host ridiculed Trump’s reported use of hydroxychloroquine as a Covid-19 prophylactic, Trump retweeted attacks on Cavuto calling him “stupid” and “foolish.” 

During one campaign rally that same year, Trump reportedly spent 20 minutes railing against a Cavuto segment in which a guest criticized his debate skills. He directly insulted Cavuto, claiming “nobody likes him” and his “loser show.”

Earlier this year, after Cavuto suggested Trump lost his first and only presidential debate against Kamala Harris, the president-elect posted to Truth Social that “Neil Cavuto, Fox’s Lowest Rated Anchor, is one of the WORST on Television. I actually prefer the losers at CNN and MSDNC!” 

A month later, Trump doubled down, writing again that “Neil Cavuto has one of the worst shows on Television—and the worst rated on FoxNews. The people on Fake News CNN are better!”

“I don’t work for you,” Cavuto once responded to a Trump tirade about his coverage. “My job is to cover you, not fawn over you or rip you, just cover you.”