A Republican-led Senate committee voted Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the former top U.S. public health official refused to answer questions during a hearing on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, escalating a yearslong political battle over the federal government’s response to the outbreak. …
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Former White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a Senate hearing Wednesday, refusing to answer questions about the origins of COVID-19 and the federal government’s pandemic response amid an escalating confrontation with Sen. Rand Paul. Fauci’s decision stunned the Senate Homeland …
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A Republican-backed effort to advance congressional oversight of U.S. military involvement in Iran collapsed Wednesday night after two key GOP senators reversed their positions following a contentious confrontation with President Donald Trump and a subsequent White House briefing. The Senate voted 47-50-1 against advancing a war powers resolution that would …
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Senate Republicans defended President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs Wednesday, blocking a largely symbolic measure to terminate the president’s import taxes that have shocked the economy. The resolution failed in a tied 49-49 vote Wednesday evening. Vice President J.D. Vance broke the tie on a subsequent procedural vote to stop the measure from …
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A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, according to police and Paul’s office. “This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.,” Paul, R-Ky,. said in …
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House Republicans have introduced legislation to ban federal coronavirus mask mandates on public transportation, arguing it is time to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Rep. Andy Biggs, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, shared his laws first with Fox News. It serves as the House companion bill to Sen. Rand Paul’s mask …
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