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Trump says Dr Fauci should be prosecuted. What happens now?

Dr Anthony Fauci claimed in the hearing that Senator Rand Paul has an ‘obsession’ with calling for his prosecution

The Independent UK · Aug 6

Fauci contempt vote clears key Senate committee in COVID probe; why is he being questioned now?

A Senate committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. This action stems from his refusal to answer questions during a hearing. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right over one hundred times during the proceedings. Republicans are scrutinizing the government's pandemic response and virus origins. Democrats opposed…

The Economic Times · Aug 6

The Latest: Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt over refusal to answer questions

A Senate committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK · Aug 6

New kind of flu shot is on the way as the FDA approves Moderna's mRNA-based vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new flu vaccine for older people, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK · Aug 6

Fauci could face criminal contempt charge following panel vote

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on Thursday to hold former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci in criminal contempt of Congress for declining to answer questions about the COVID-19 pandemic during a highly charged hearing last week. The Thursday morning…

Roll Call · Aug 6

Why making Anthony Fauci the enemy will harm US public health for years

Republicans are trying to scapegoat the infectious disease expert, even as they have gutted healthcare amid outbreaks of measles, cyclosporiasis and Ebola

The Guardian - US · Aug 6

ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Aug 6

Fortune maker AWL piles up edible oil stocks as Middle East, Ukraine wars rattle supply chains: CEO Shrikant Kanhere

AWL Agri Business is increasing edible oil inventories to counter supply chain disruptions. The company has boosted its stock cover to forty-five days from thirty-five days. This strategy mirrors actions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure supply. Global shipping disruptions are prompting businesses to reassess their sourcing and logistics.…

The Economic Times · Aug 6

Abdul El-Sayed's COVID Radicalism Is a Callback to a More United Party

The pandemic provided a glue that held the Democratic Party together. Without it, they don't know what they believe.

Reason · Aug 5

Stop-Talking-to-Me Order Against Ex-Landlord Who Kept Texting Ex-Tenant About COVID Vaccines

From Gonda v. Duering, decided Friday by the Hawaii intermediate appellate court (Justices Katherine G. Leonard, Keith K. Hiraoka, and… The post Stop-Talking-to-Me Order Against Ex-Landlord Who Kept Texting Ex-Tenant About COVID Vaccines appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 5