Former Fox News anchor and State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Saturday that she has withdrawn from consideration to be the next US ambassador to the United Nations.

Ex-Fox News anchor Heather Nauert ends bid to be next US ambassador to UN

The UN General Assembly will vote Thursday on a US-drafted resolution condemning the Palestinian Hamas movement, in what could mark US Ambassador Nikki Haley's parting gesture at the United Nations.

UN to vote on Haley's last stand: Condemning Hamas

Haley becomes the first woman and minority to join Trump's administration and would replace Samantha Power

Nikki Haley accepts Trump offer to be US ambassador to UN: Reports

Haley becomes the first woman tapped by Trump for a top-level administration post during his transition to the White House

Nikki Haley named US ambassador to United Nations

Haley is the first minority and female governor of South Carolina, a deeply conservative state with a long history of racial strife

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