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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a face of the government’s pandemic response, invoked his Fifth Amendment right to decline to answer questions before the Senate Homeland Security panel and a critical Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on COVID-19’s origins. Ahead of questioning, Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) blasted Paul for “relitigating the past” by holding the hearing. Fauci repeatedly…
Greene, Brian Glenn marry in Vegas
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and conservative commentator Brian Glenn got married on Tuesday in Las Vegas at the legendary Bellagio Hotel. “Last night, surrounded by our families, @brianglenntv and I said ‘I do,’” Greene wrote in a post on X, commemorating the celebratory occasion with photos of her and Glenn. The couple started…
Obama endorses Iowa Democrat Josh Turek for Senate
Former President Obama on Wednesday endorsed Josh Turek, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Iowa. In a roughly two-minute video Turek’s campaign shared on YouTube, the state representative takes on Obama in a game of IOWA — a variation of the basketball shoot-around game HORSE. Turek, who was born with spina bifida and has used…
Senate Democrats press Meta on AI safeguards for ‘at-risk users’
Two Democrats on the Senate Special Committee on Aging sent a letter to tech giant Meta asking what safeguards the company has in place to protect “at-risk users,” while AI scams are on the rise across the United States. In the letter, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) noted cognitive changes for older…
Brazil opens zero-tariff trade with Singapore through Mercosur
Brazil on Saturday will implement the free trade agreement between Mercosur and Singapore, the bloc's first trade pact with a Southeast Asian country.
Giffords group calls on Max Miller to resign over domestic abuse allegations
Giffords, a gun violence prevention advocacy group founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), called for Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) to resign Wednesday over allegations that he had physically abused his ex-wife. Miller, who is running for reelection, has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks amid a contentious legal battle with his ex-wife, Emily…
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