Fox News Media Cuts Ties With Maria Bartiromo After 12 Years On Air

Maria Bartiromo is done at Fox News Media, effective Thursday, September 3, 2026.

The company confirmed it in a one-line statement: "We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter," according to a release from Fox News Media distributed through PR Newswire. No reason was given. None of the outlets covering this got Fox to elaborate.

What's Changing On Air

Bartiromo's weekday Fox Business Network show, "Mornings with Maria," aired its final episode Thursday morning. Starting Friday, the 6-9 a.m. ET slot becomes "Mornings with Fox Business," run by a rotating cast of anchors, according to Fox News Media's own release.

Her Friday-night program, "Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street," is being renamed "FBN's Wall Street." Cheryl Casone hosts this week, with rotating anchors after that, per the company statement.

On the Fox News Channel side, "Sunday Morning Futures" loses its host too. Jason Chaffetz fills in this Sunday at 10 a.m. ET, and Fox says a permanent replacement will be named later. Fox Business says a new weekday lineup is coming "in the coming weeks."

Resigned Or Pushed Out?

Nobody outside Fox seems to actually know why this happened. The Daily Mail put it plainly: "It is unclear if Bartiromo resigned or if she was pushed out of her role," and noted Bartiromo gave no on-air hint that Thursday's show was her last.

Deadline's Dominic Patten reported that sources told him the departure "does not have to do with" Bartiromo moving to another network or landing a White House job. That cuts directly against the speculation running through several other outlets.

Axios framed the exit as "prompting questions about whether she would join the Trump administration," pointing to her decade-long rapport with President Trump. Deadline separately noted the timing lines up with the first White House press briefing since Karoline Leavitt left the post, with Vice President JD Vance handling Thursday's briefing, and floated that Bartiromo could be a fit for the press secretary job. None of these outlets, including Deadline, cite an on-record confirmation that Bartiromo is joining the administration. It remains speculation until someone in the West Wing or Bartiromo herself says otherwise.

One detail is worth a flag: Deadline reported Bartiromo "was last on Fox Business back on August 9" and "last seen on Fox News on August 9," which conflicts with the PR Newswire release, TVLine, TheWrap, and the New York Post, all of which state her final "Mornings with Maria" episode aired Thursday morning, September 3. That's a factual discrepancy between Deadline and every other outlet covering the story.

Who She Was At Fox

Bartiromo joined Fox in 2014 after roughly two decades at CNBC, where she anchored "Closing Bell" and became, according to NBC News, the first person to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. That live-from-the-floor role earned her the nickname "Money Honey," a tag Daily Mail says stuck for the rest of her career.

At Fox, she carried the title of FOX Business Network's global markets editor, per NBC News, while becoming one of the network's most visible pro-Trump voices. Deadline described her as "very open in recent years about her MAGA leanings" and someone who "always provided a welcome platform" for Trump both in and out of office. Axios called her "one of the most influential figures in conservative media."

What's Unresolved

Fox has not said whether Bartiromo quit or was let go, and has not given a reason for ending a 12-and-a-half-year run with one of its most recognizable business anchors. Bartiromo has not issued a public statement of her own in any of the reporting reviewed here.

The open questions now: does Bartiromo turn up in the Trump administration, as Axios and Deadline both raise as a possibility without confirming, and who gets named as the permanent host of "Sunday Morning Futures" once Fox makes that call. Fox says that announcement is coming, but hasn't said when.