Veteran financial journalist Maria Bartiromo has departed Fox News Media after more than a decade, with the company confirming her exit without specifying a reason. Her shows, ‘Mornings with Maria’ and ‘Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street,’ will be rebranded and feature rotating anchors. Bartiromo, known for her political interviews and past legal challenges related to election fraud claims, previously worked at CNBC and CNN.
Fox News Media has announced the departure of influential financial journalist Maria Bartiromo, bringing an end to her more than a decade-long tenure with the company. The news broke Thursday, shortly after Fox Business Network aired the final episode of her signature show, 'Mornings With Maria.' The company has remained silent regarding the specific reasons for her separation, stating only, "We thank Maria for her work over the last 12½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter."
As of Thursday afternoon, Bartiromo had not publicly commented on her exit, with her X (formerly Twitter) account still featuring a promotional banner for 'Mornings With Maria.'
Bartiromo's departure follows a string of other high-profile exits from Fox News Media in recent years, including prominent on-air personalities like Tucker Carlson and Bill O'Reilly. More recently, Pete Hegseth left the network in 2024 following his nomination as President Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense.
During her time at Fox, Bartiromo anchored 'Mornings with Maria' on Fox Business Network and 'Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street.' Her weekly Fox News show, 'Sunday Morning Futures,' will now be temporarily hosted by Jason Chaffetz.
In the wake of her exit, 'Mornings with Maria' will be rebranded as 'Mornings with Fox Business' and will feature rotating anchors. Similarly, 'Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street' will become 'FBN's Wall Street,' also with a rotating host lineup.
Bartiromo has been a frequent recipient of praise from Donald Trump, who often granted her interviews and lauded her as a "great reporter." Vice President JD Vance, when questioned about her departure on Thursday, expressed his admiration: "I love Maria. I think she's an amazing person, an amazing talent. Whatever she does, she's gonna do great, and I wish her all the best. She's a very, very dear friend."
Her tenure at Fox also saw her involved in legal challenges. In 2025, voting technology company Smartmatic filed a lawsuit against Fox News, alleging that Bartiromo propagated false rumors about election fraud claims on air, an accusation she has consistently denied. Bartiromo had also previously dismissed as "absurd" the notion that she personally lobbied former Attorney General William Barr to aggressively investigate Trump's 2020 voter fraud charges, asserting she was merely performing her journalistic duty by asking follow-up questions. That specific case, involving Dominion Voting Systems, was settled in 2023.
Before joining Fox, Bartiromo spent two decades as a financial journalist at CNBC, where she pioneered live reporting from the New York Stock Exchange floor and earned an Emmy for a documentary on Google. Prior to CNBC, she worked for CNN.
