Media Matters looked at Fox appearances by key nominated or confirmed Trump officials during the administration’s first 300 days. Trump's “border czar” Homan remained the most prominent administration official on the networks, appearing at least 133 times in total (he had logged 59 appearances when we assessed the first 100 days). White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller (82 appearances), National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett (75), and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin (74) followed. Trump himself has appeared on Fox News at least 26 times.

Hannity far outpaced all other Fox shows, with at least 158 appearances by key Trump officials. At least 23 unique Trump officials appeared on the show, led by Miller (35 appearances), Homan (21), and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (16).

Prime-time host Sean Hannity consistently served as a loyal booster for both his guests and the Trump White House, dedicating an entire section of his recent interview with Vice President JD Vance to praising the president’s “discernment” and claiming Trump’s energy levels are “beyond.”

After Hannity, The Ingraham Angle had the most appearances (121 appearances), followed by Fox & Friends (111). In total, 436 (45%) of the 959 officials’ appearances on Fox News were on the network's evening programming (shows starting between 6 p.m. ET and 11 p.m. ET). Meanwhile, 587 (61%) of the appearances were on Fox News' opinion shows rather than the network’s supposed “news side.”

On Fox Business, Mornings with Maria Bartiromo (128 appearances), Kudlow (103), and Varney & Co. (76) featured the most appearances by key Trump officials. Fox Business served as a pliant venue for Trump's economic messaging, providing officials with a sympathetic platform to defend the administration's controversial and chaotic economic moves. 

Several of the Trump officials featured on the Fox networks were also former Fox employees: former contributor Homan (133 appearances); former host-turned-Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy (65); former contributor-turned-FDA Commissioner Marty Makary (38); former contributor and White House national security adviser-turned-Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz (28); former contributor-turned-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard (27); and former Fox & Friends Weekend co-host-turned-Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (24). In total, nearly a quarter (23%) of all key Trump official interviews across the two networks came from these 6 former Fox employees.

(Trump has tapped many other former Fox employees to be part of his second administration as well.)

Media Matters searched transcripts in the SnapStream video database for all original programming on Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel for any of the terms “Bessent,” “Bishop,” “Bondi,” “Burgum,” “Carr,” “Collins,” “DeRemer,” “Duffy,” “Gabbard,” “Gorka,” “Greer,” “Habba,” “Hassett,” “Hegseth,” “Homan,” “Kennedy,” “Leavitt,” “Loeffler,” “Lutnick,” “Makary,” “McMahon,” “Miller,” “Navarro,” “Noem,” “Oz,” “Patel,” “Ratcliffe,” “Rollins,” “Rubio,” “Turner,” “Vance,” “Vought,” “Waltz,” “Wright,” and “Zeldin” within close proximity to any of the terms “phone,” “guest,” “spoke,” “interview,” “in studio,” “with us,” “with me,” “bring in,” “to discuss,” “to talk,” “let's welcome,” or “calling in” or any variation of the terms “speak,” “react,” or “join” from January 20, 2025, when Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, through November 15, 2025.

We included guest segments, which we defined as instances when Fox Business or Fox News hosted any key member of the Trump administration (including nominees) on one of their shows. Their appearances could be as solo interviews or as a part of panels.

Media Matters also searched our internal database of all original, weekday programming on Fox News Channel (shows airing from 6 a.m. through midnight) for segments that analysts determined to include any of the key members of the Trump administration.

We included the following key nominated or confirmed administration officials: Scott Bessent, Dan Bishop, Pam Bondi, Doug Burgum, Brendan Carr, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Doug Collins, Sean Duffy, Tulsi Gabbard, Sebastian Gorka, Jamieson Greer, Alina Habba (in her role as counselor to the president), Kevin Hassett, Pete Hegseth, Thomas Homan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Karoline Leavitt, Kelly Loeffler, Howard Lutnick, Marty Makary, Linda McMahon, Stephen Miller, Peter Navarro, Kristi Noem, Mehmet Oz, Kash Patel, John Ratcliffe, Brooke Rollins, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Scott Turner, JD Vance, Russ Vought, Michael Waltz, Chris Wright, and Lee Zeldin. We did not include appearances that occurred after any of the aforementioned individuals left the administration.