Charles Hurt currently serves as co-host of FOX News Channel's (FNC) FOX & Friends Weekend (Saturdays and Sundays 6-10 AM/ET). Hurt joined FOX News Channel as a contributor in 2016.
In this role, Hurt, alongside co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy, helms the weekend version of the top-rated morning show in cable news. The four-hour program features a broad range of guests, including politicians, newsmakers, athletes and experts in lifestyle and entertainment. According to Nielsen Media Research, FOX & Friends Weekend dominates the ratings, consistently ranking number one in cable news with both total viewers and the coveted 25-54 younger demographic.
Over the course of his career, Hurt has covered Washington for a variety of newspapers and has traveled extensively with the then-presidential campaigns of John Kerry, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. On Inauguration Day 2025, Hurt contributed to FNC's from Washington, D.C. commentating on President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance being sworn into office. From 2011-2016, Hurt served as an editor at the Drudge Report and previously, was the DC Bureau Chief for the New York Post, where he covered the White House, traveling with Presidents Bush and Obama while writing a weekly column about national politics. Prior to working for The Post, Hurt was Chief Congressional Correspondent for The Washington Examiner after serving several years as Capitol Hill Bureau Chief for The Washington Times. His first job in Washington was working for the Charlotte Observer, covering then-Sen. John Edwards.
Prior to moving to Washington one week after 9/11, Hurt worked for The Detroit News for seven years covering the city’s fire department, city schools and political corruption.
A resident of Chatham, Virginia, Hurt lives in the same town where he grew up and his entire family still resides.
