About
Bret BaierBret Baier currently serves as FOX News Channel’s (FNC) anchor and executive editor of Special Report with Bret Baier (weeknights at 6-7PM/ET), chief political anchor of the network and co-anchor of the network’s election coverage.
Based in Washington, D.C., Baier joined the network in 1998 as the first reporter in the Atlanta bureau. He was recently described as “the most influential news anchor in America right now” at the 2025 Semafor Trust in News Summit.
Since joining the network, Baier has played a pivotal role in coverage of every major political event. He has traveled to more than 70 countries to interview foreign leaders and cover major historical events.
Baier has conducted numerous interviews with world leaders, sitting presidents, politicians and celebrities throughout his tenure with FNC, including most recently Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, to name a few.
Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, Baier sat down with President Donald Trump and, weeks before the 2024 election, he conducted FNC’s first formal sit-down interview with then-Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris. The interview was the highest rated non-primetime interview in the history of cable news.
Baier is the author of six New York Times bestsellers and will be releasing his latest book To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower in October. Baier is also host of FOX News Audio’s The Bret Baier Podcast which includes “Common Ground” and “The All-Star Panel”.
He was awarded the 2017 Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism. In 2023, Ad Fontes named Special Report as the most reliable news program. In 2024, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans awarded Baier with their signature award for his commitment to higher education, charitable efforts and success despite facing adversities.
Prior to joining FNC, Baier worked for WRAL-TV (CBS 5) in Raleigh, NC, WREX-TV (NBC 13) in Rockford, IL and WJWJ-TV (PBS 2) in Beaufort, SC. Baier is graduate of DePauw University with a B.A. in political science and English.
The Baier Family
Bret and his wife Amy met on a blind date in October of 2002 after mutual friends decided they would be the “perfect match.” Amy flew in from Chicago and they went to a Rolling Stones concert on a double date. Their friends were right—Bret and Amy married two years later. They have two sons, Paul and Daniel.
For more on Paul’s story please watch the video below: