Laura Anne Ingraham (born June 19, 1963) is an American

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television host.

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since October 2017, and is the editor-in-chief of LifeZette. She formerly hosted the

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radio show '' The Laura Ingraham Show''. Ingraham worked as a speechwriter in the

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in the late 1980s. Afterwards, she earned a

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and then went on to work as a

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in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York and then for

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Justice Clarence Thomas. She also worked for the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City. Ingraham began her media career in the mid-1990s. Ingraham is known for her support for

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, and acted as an informal advisor during his presidency.

Early life and education

Ingraham grew up in

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, where she was born to Anne Caroline (née Kozak) and James Frederick Ingraham III. Her maternal grandparents were Polish immigrants and her father was of Irish and English ancestry. She graduated from Glastonbury High School in 1981. In 1985, Ingraham earned a B.A. from

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. She then attended the

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, where she was a notes editor for the ''

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''. She graduated with a

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in 1991.

Career

In the late 1980s, Ingraham worked as a speechwriter in the Reagan administration for the Domestic Policy Advisor. She also briefly served as editor of ''The Prospect'', the magazine issued by

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. After

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, in 1991, she served as a

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for Judge Ralph K. Winter Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York and subsequently clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice

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. She then worked as an attorney at the New York-based law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. In 1995, she appeared on the cover of ''

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'' in connection with a story about young conservatives. In 1996, she and Jay P. Lefkowitz organized the first Dark Ages Weekend in response to

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Television host

Ingraham has had three stints as a cable television host. She first became a host on

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in 1996. In the late 1990s, she became a CBS commentator and hosted the MSNBC program ''Watch It!''. Several years later, on her radio program, Ingraham began campaigning for another cable television show. In 2008, Fox News Channel gave her a three-week trial run for a new show entitled ''

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''. In October 2017, she became the host of a new Fox News Channel program, '' The Ingraham Angle''.

Radio host

Ingraham launched ''The Laura Ingraham Show'' in April 2001. The show was heard on 306 stations and on

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. It was originally syndicated by

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, but moved to Talk Radio Network in 2004. In 2012, Ingraham was rated as the No. 5 radio show in America by ''

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''. In November 2012, she announced her departure from Talk Radio Network, declining to renew her contract with TRN after nearly a decade of being associated with the network. She was the second major host from TRN's lineup to leave the network that year: TRN's other major program, '' The Savage Nation'', left TRN two months earlier. Her new program, syndicated by Courtside Entertainment Group, began airing on January 2, 2013, and went off the air in December 2018. Ingraham continues to produce podcast material for Courtside's

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division.

LifeZette

LifeZette is a conservative American website founded in 2015 by Ingraham and businessman Peter Anthony. In January 2018, Ingraham confirmed that she had sold the majority stake in LifeZette to The Katz Group, owned by Canadian billionaire Daryl Katz.

Books

* ''The Hillary Trap: Looking for Power in All the Wrong Places'', first published June 2000 and updated in 2005, accuses

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of being a faux feminist whose " liberal feminism has created a culture that rewards dependency, encourages fragmentation, undermines families, and celebrates victimhood". * '' Shut Up & Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America'', published October 25, 2003, decries liberal elites in politics, the media, academia, arts and entertainment, business, and international organizations, and praises Middle Americans as "the kind of people who are the lifeblood of healthy democratic societies". * '' Power to the People'', a ''

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'' number one best seller, published September 11, 2007, focuses on what Ingraham calls the "pornification" of America and stresses the importance of popular participation in culture, promoting conservative values in family life, education and patriotism. * ''

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'', a ''New York Times'' number one best seller, published July 13