Early Friday morning, Infowars.com winked offline — displaying a blank page with the words “Off Air.” The shutdown of Alex Jones’ far-right conspiracy website comes as The Onion is trying to complete its takeover of Infowars.

The state's highest court will now consider a deal that would allow the Onion to license the Infowars brand name and turn the show into a mockery of itself.

That receiver had previously signed a deal with the satirical news site The Onion to take over Infowars’ physical and intellectual property; the emergency ruling puts that plan in jeopardy. The stay was first reported by Ben Mullin,

Austin-based Infowars won't be acquired by The Onion. That is, at least for now. A successful last-minute appeal by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones means his flagship platform won't be turned over to the satirical media outlet until after a hearing next month.

The Onion has some serious things to say in defense of parody. The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed a 23-page Supreme Court brief in support of a man who was arrested and prosecuted for making fun of police on ...

Despite Alex Jones' emergency motion, satirical site turns over control of InfoWars to comedian and new creative director

The Onion has launched its satirical reboot of Infowars with comedian Tim Heidecker impersonating Alex Jones, prompting sharp divisions online. While many praised the performance as spot-on political comedy, right-wing commentators dismissed it as 'trash ...

A Texas appeals court granted a temporary stay ahead of Thursday's meeting, prompting Judge Gamble to set an appeals hearing next month.