Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the right-wing personality who hosted the network's highly rated 8pm hour, have severed ties, the network says in a stunning announcement.

The announcement came on Monday (Early Tuesday AEST) one week after Fox News settled a monster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $US787.5 million ($1.1 billion) over the network's dissemination of election lies.

Fox News said that Carlson's last show was Friday, April 21.

READ MORE: Inside the historic settlement talks between Fox News and Dominion

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