GOP launches probe into COVID origins with letter to Fauci
1 year, 10 months ago

GOP launches probe into COVID origins with letter to Fauci

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rep. James Comer, R-Tenn., chairman of the oversight committee, added that Republicans will “follow the facts” and "hold U.S. government officials that took part in any sort of cover-up accountable.” The letters to Fauci, National Intelligence Director Avril Haines, Health Secretary Xavier Beccera and others are the latest effort by the new Republican majority to make good on promises made during the 2022 midterms campaign. Republicans on the committee last year issued a staff report arguing that there are “indications” that the virus may have been developed as a bioweapon inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology. That would contradict a U.S. intelligence community assessment released in unclassified form in August 2021 that said analysts do not believe the virus was a bioweapon, though it may have leaked in a lab accident. But Republicans have accused Fauci of lying to Congress when he denied in May that the National Institutes of Health funded “gain of function” research — the practice of enhancing a virus in a lab to study its potential impact in the real world — at a virology lab in Wuhan, China.

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Column: With final report on pandemic, House GOP fully embraces COVID conspiracy-mongering
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Column: With final report on pandemic, House GOP fully embraces COVID conspiracy-mongering

LA Times  

Over the last two years, the Republican-dominated House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic conducted 38 interviews and depositions, held 25 hearings and meetings, and examined more than 1 million pages of documents. A declassified report issued in June 2023 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI — which oversees the entire intelligence community — found …

Democrats blast Republicans for ‘fueling a political agenda’ with Covid report and push back on lab leak claim
1 month ago

Democrats blast Republicans for ‘fueling a political agenda’ with Covid report and push back on lab leak claim

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a 60-page report released on Tuesday, Democrats on the Republican-led House Select Subcommittee …

Fauci’s book is generous to Trump—but you can tell what he really thinks.
55 years ago

Fauci’s book is generous to Trump—but you can tell what he really thinks.

Slate  

In 2009 Anthony Fauci was serving as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases—as he had since 1984 and would do until 2022, under seven presidents—when that fall’s supply of the flu vaccine collapsed. I tried to put myself in their shoes, and it became clear to me that I would have been as vehement as they …

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last

NPR  

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images For much of the past four years, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been the public face of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic — a status that garnered him gratitude from some, and condemnation from others. On working with President …

Opinion: GOP would rather demonize Fauci than help us survive next pandemic
7 months ago

Opinion: GOP would rather demonize Fauci than help us survive next pandemic

LA Times  

A presidential news briefing during the pandemic, with Dr. Anthony Fauci at right. Ostensibly, the grilling, which was billed simply as “A Hearing with Anthony Fauci,” was the culmination of the committee’s 15-month inquiry into the origins of the virus and the public health response. As the committee’s ranking Democratic member, Rep. Raul Ruiz of Indio, put it in a …

Column: Anatomy of a smear — Fauci faces the House GOP’s clown show about COVID
7 months ago

Column: Anatomy of a smear — Fauci faces the House GOP’s clown show about COVID

LA Times  

Here’s what we know about Dr. Anthony S. Fauci: As a staff member at the National Institutes of Health for 54 years and director of its National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 38 years, Fauci was a key figure in the development of therapies for HIV and ensuring that funding was available for the search for a cure. …

Republicans failed to distract from Trump’s conviction with Covid hearing chaos
7 months ago

Republicans failed to distract from Trump’s conviction with Covid hearing chaos

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Instead, it resembled the chaos of Merrick Garland’s contempt of Congress markup last month, …

Fauci COVID-19 hearing: ‘You belong in prison,’ Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene fires back at alleged ‘lies’
7 months ago

Fauci COVID-19 hearing: ‘You belong in prison,’ Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene fires back at alleged ‘lies’

Hindustan Times  

On Monday, June 3, Republicans teamed up to grill Dr. Anthony Fauci in hopes of unravelling his alleged controversial associations with the COVID-19 pandemic and further scrutinising the true origins of the virus that challenged the world. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., holds up a photo as she condemns Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of …

Fauci testifies publicly before House panel on COVID origins, controversies
7 months ago

Fauci testifies publicly before House panel on COVID origins, controversies

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, faces heated questioning Monday from Republican lawmakers about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. A U.S. intelligence analysis says there’s insufficient evidence to prove either way and a recent Associated Press investigation found the Chinese government froze critical efforts to trace the source …

Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID origins and controversies
7 months ago

Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID origins and controversies

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, was back before Congress on Monday, calling “simply preposterous” Republican allegations that he’d tried to cover up origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. He later invoked a fictional secret agent, decrying a conspiracy theory that “I was parachuting into the CIA like Jason Bourne …

Covid-19 social distancing was not based on scientific data, Fauci admits
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Covid-19 social distancing was not based on scientific data, Fauci admits

Hindustan Times  

Former White House medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci recently admitted that the Covid-19 pandemic guidelines likely lacked scientific background. The 83-year-old confessed to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday that “six feet” social distancing “sort of just appeared.” According to a statement released today from the committee's Chairman, Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Fauci also acknowledged that the …

Fauci flip flops during Congress grilling: Ex-White House doctor ducks more than 100 questions about Covid and admits he approved risky Wuhan coronavirus research proposal without reading it
1 year ago

Fauci flip flops during Congress grilling: Ex-White House doctor ducks more than 100 questions about Covid and admits he approved risky Wuhan coronavirus research proposal without reading it

Daily Mail  

Dr Anthony Fauci evaded more than 100 questions about Covid, the lab leak theory and his ties to Wuhan during a landmark Congressional hearing Monday. In the past, Dr Fauci has clashed with lawmakers including Sen Rand Paul of Kentucky over his perceived coverup of funding for gain of function research as well as the Covid lab leak theory Republican …

Emails show Dr. Fauci commissioned a February 2020 paper to disprove COVID leaked from a Wuhan lab
1 year, 10 months ago

Emails show Dr. Fauci commissioned a February 2020 paper to disprove COVID leaked from a Wuhan lab

Daily Mail  

Dr Anthony Fauci commissioned and edited the report he cited to disprove the lab leak theory, House Republicans found Dr. Anthony Fauci commissioned a February 2020 paper to disprove the possibility that COVID originated in a lab — before publicizing the study at a White House news conference weeks later. Newly-released emails show that Dr. Anthony Fauci commissioned the report …

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the world since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? “There is just not an intelligence community consensus.” The DOE’s conclusion was first reported over the weekend in the Wall Street Journal, which said the classified report was based …

Animal origins or lab leak? How Covid started remains a mystery after 3 years
1 year, 10 months ago

Animal origins or lab leak? How Covid started remains a mystery after 3 years

India Today  

A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the world since the Covid-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? “There is just not an intelligence community consensus.” The DOE’s conclusion was first reported over the weekend in the Wall Street Journal, which said the classified report was based on new …

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “There is just not an …

COVID-19 pandemic most likely began with a lab leak, U.S. Department of Energy says
1 year, 10 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic most likely began with a lab leak, U.S. Department of Energy says

LA Times  

Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology as members of the World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic visit on Feb. 3, 2021. Now, the U.S. Department of Energy has assessed with “low confidence” that it began with a lab leak, according to a person familiar with the report who wasn’t authorized to …

GOP launches probe into COVID origins with letter to Fauci
1 year, 10 months ago

GOP launches probe into COVID origins with letter to Fauci

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are kicking off an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 by requesting documents and testimony for current and former Biden administration officials. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the oversight committee, said Republicans will “follow the facts” and “hold U.S. government officials that took part in any sort of cover-up accountable.” The letters to Fauci, National …

Loved or hated, Fauci’s parting advice: Stick to the science
2 years ago

Loved or hated, Fauci’s parting advice: Stick to the science

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Long before the bobbleheads and the “Fauci ouchie,” Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases -- and “stick with the science” remains his mantra. In an interview with The Associated Press, Fauci said he leaves excited by the prospect of advances such as next-generation coronavirus vaccines -- but worried that misinformation and outright lies mark a …

Elon Musk, who predicted the Covid pandemic would end in April 2020, suggests Fauci should be prosecuted
2 years ago

Elon Musk, who predicted the Covid pandemic would end in April 2020, suggests Fauci should be prosecuted

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He also wrongfully believed the pandemic would be over within weeks, called public safety …

Anthony Fauci announces he’ll step down in December
2 years, 4 months ago

Anthony Fauci announces he’ll step down in December

LA Times  

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical advisor and the nation’s top infectious disease expert, announces he will step down in December. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more …

Fauci says there is 'no reason' for GOP to investigate him but tells Sen. Rand Paul to 'go ahead'
2 years, 5 months ago

Fauci says there is 'no reason' for GOP to investigate him but tells Sen. Rand Paul to 'go ahead'

Daily Mail  

Anthony Fauci said he isn't worried about Senator Rand Paul's threats to investigate him should Republicans retake a majority in Congress next year. 'My records are an open book,' Dr. Fauci told CNN's New Day on Tuesday morning. Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday morning that he isn't worried about an investigation from Senator Rand Paul, saying 'go ahead' to the …

Fauci tests positive for virus, has mild COVID-19 symptoms
2 years, 6 months ago

Fauci tests positive for virus, has mild COVID-19 symptoms

Associated Press  

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America’s pandemic response through two White House administrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 81-year-old Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, was experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms, according to a statement Wednesday from the National Institutes of Health. Earlier this week, U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for …

Dr. Anthony Fauci tests positive for coronavirus, has mild COVID-19 symptoms
2 years, 6 months ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci tests positive for coronavirus, has mild COVID-19 symptoms

LA Times  

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America’s pandemic response through two White House administrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 81-year-old Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, was experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms, according to a statement Wednesday from the National Institutes of Health. He was a leading member of the White House coronavirus task …

Dr Fauci, renowned pandemic adviser, tests positive for COVID
2 years, 6 months ago

Dr Fauci, renowned pandemic adviser, tests positive for COVID

Al Jazeera  

Dr Anthony Fauci became a household name for his reassuring and professional presence early in the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Fauci, 81, who serves as chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, tested positive during a rapid antigen test. Fauci, who became the most recognisable public figure working to contain the virus in the early days of the pandemic, and was …

The gain-of-function Fauci COVID conspiracy theory: The full story of an ominous idea that has gripped Republicans.
55 years ago

The gain-of-function Fauci COVID conspiracy theory: The full story of an ominous idea that has gripped Republicans.

Slate  

In early February, J.D. Vance, the Hillbilly Elegy author who is now running for Senate from Ohio, tweeted out his support for something called the “Public Health Protection Pledge.” Styled to look like an official certificate of completion, the pledge asserts that whoever signs it promises to “subpoena Dr. Anthony Fauci in order to investigate any corrupt activities to which …

Rand Paul vows Fauci investigation if GOP wins the Senate
2 years, 11 months ago

Rand Paul vows Fauci investigation if GOP wins the Senate

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul has said he plans to …

Fauci fires back at Cruz over COVID claims about Chinese lab
3 years, 1 month ago

Fauci fires back at Cruz over COVID claims about Chinese lab

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious diseases expert, blasted Sen. Ted Cruz for suggesting that Fauci be investigated for statements he made about COVID-19 and said the criticism by the Texas Republican was an attack on science. What happened on Jan. 6, senator?” Fauci, who is President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, said in an interview that …

Did US help fund research at Chinese lab likely behind COVID-19 outbreak? Anthony Fauci, Senator Paul argue
3 years, 5 months ago

Did US help fund research at Chinese lab likely behind COVID-19 outbreak? Anthony Fauci, Senator Paul argue

India TV News  

Having a debate on Covid virus origin, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United State's top infectious disease expert, angrily confronted Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday in testimony on Capitol Hill, rejecting Paul’s insinuation that 'America helped fund research at a Chinese lab' that could have sparked the 'COVID-19 outbreak'. Paul suggested that Fauci had lied before Congress when in …

Fauci and Rand Paul have terse exchange: ‘You do not know what you are talking about’
3 years, 5 months ago

Fauci and Rand Paul have terse exchange: ‘You do not know what you are talking about’

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN — Dr. Anthony Fauci and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky erupted in a contentious debate over the origins of the coronavirus during a hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill, prompting the nation’s top infectious disease expert to once again rebuke Paul. And I want to say that officially,” Fauci told Paul who has repeatedly, without evidence, suggested …

‘Absolute insanity’: Fauci and GOP lawmaker condemn Covid conspiracy theories as CPAC crowd cheers low vaccine rates
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Absolute insanity’: Fauci and GOP lawmaker condemn Covid conspiracy theories as CPAC crowd cheers low vaccine rates

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On the second day of the conference on 10 July, a writer who has …

GOP aims to revive Fauci attacks after email trove released
3 years, 7 months ago

GOP aims to revive Fauci attacks after email trove released

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci has been a political lightning rod since the early days of the pandemic, lionized by the left and villainized by the right. “Given what we know now, I don’t know how anyone can have confidence that he should remain in a position of public trust and authority,” said Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, a …

'Fauci's Emails Has A Lot of Useful Information': Chinese Virologist Who Claimed Covid Leaked from Wuhan Lab
3 years, 7 months ago

'Fauci's Emails Has A Lot of Useful Information': Chinese Virologist Who Claimed Covid Leaked from Wuhan Lab

News 18  

Dr Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist who was among the first to claim that coronavirus had leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan city, said US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci’s emails prove that she was right all along. Speaking to an American news and opinion website Newsmax, she said Fauci’s emails has “a lot of useful information” which suggested …

Fauci an 'Undeniable Asset': White House Over Covid Lab Leak Emails
3 years, 7 months ago

Fauci an 'Undeniable Asset': White House Over Covid Lab Leak Emails

News 18  

The US’ top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci, who has over the last week been embroiled in criticism of his emails, is an “undeniable asset”, said the White House defending the President’s top coronavirus adviser, media reports said on Friday. “The President and the administration feel that Dr Fauci has played an incredible role in getting the pandemic under …

Dr. Anthony Fauci says publicly released email about lab leak is being misconstrued
3 years, 7 months ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci says publicly released email about lab leak is being misconstrued

CNN  

CNN — In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that an email he received last year from an executive at the US-based EcoHealth Alliance has been misconstrued and offered a hint of regret about a February 2020 email downplaying the need to wear a mask. In one email sent to Fauci last April, an executive at …

Emails show Fauci was WARNED at the start of pandemic that COVID may have been 'engineered'
3 years, 7 months ago

Emails show Fauci was WARNED at the start of pandemic that COVID may have been 'engineered'

Daily Mail  

Anthony Fauci was warned that the coronavirus was possibly 'engineered' in a lab before the pandemic started, newly released emails show Leading virus experts were warning Dr Anthony Fauci COVID-19 may have been created in a lab while he publicly played such claims down, newly-released emails show. The emails show Fauci received 'a flurry of correspondence about the theory that …

After Dismissing Lab Leak Theory Earlier, Dr Fauci Says 'Not Convinced' of Covid Natural Origins
3 years, 7 months ago

After Dismissing Lab Leak Theory Earlier, Dr Fauci Says 'Not Convinced' of Covid Natural Origins

News 18  

America’s top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci said he is “not convinced” COVID-19 developed naturally, and called for an open investigation into the virus’ origins. I am not convinced about that, I think we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we continue to find out to the best of our ability what happened.” A report …

Why is Anthony Fauci hedging on the origins of the coronavirus?
3 years, 7 months ago

Why is Anthony Fauci hedging on the origins of the coronavirus?

CNN  

CNN — Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, admitted earlier this month that he is no longer convinced that the Covid-19 pandemic originated naturally. Here’s Fauci in an interview with National Geographic last May: “If you look at the evolution of the virus in bats and what’s out there now, is very, very …

Anthony Fauci on what the US can learn from Australia's COVID-19 response — and vice versa
3 years, 8 months ago

Anthony Fauci on what the US can learn from Australia's COVID-19 response — and vice versa

ABC  

While the United States likes to describe itself as the leader of the free world, the coronavirus pandemic has hit it just as hard, if not worse, than many developing nations. Dr Fauci contrasted the "inconsistent response" of the United States with that of Australia's tough border and lockdown policy, which has kept the virus largely at bay here. "What …

Ex-Trump aide calls Fauci ‘father’ of Covid and suggests he helped China genetically engineer virus
3 years, 9 months ago

Ex-Trump aide calls Fauci ‘father’ of Covid and suggests he helped China genetically engineer virus

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former aide of Donald Trump has blamed Dr Anthony …

Donald Trump criticized after boasting he ‘didn’t do’ what Dr Anthony Fauci advised
3 years, 9 months ago

Donald Trump criticized after boasting he ‘didn’t do’ what Dr Anthony Fauci advised

The Independent  

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Fauci hopes Trump will encourage supporters to get COVID jabs
3 years, 9 months ago

Fauci hopes Trump will encourage supporters to get COVID jabs

Al Jazeera  

US infectious disease expert’s comments come as recent polls show high percentage of Republicans wary of vaccination. The top infectious disease expert in the United States has urged former US President Donald Trump to encourage his supporters to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as recent polls show high levels of hesitancy among Republicans. Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday “it would …

Dr. Fauci Feared Catching COVID-19 In Trump's 'Super-Spreader' White House
3 years, 10 months ago

Dr. Fauci Feared Catching COVID-19 In Trump's 'Super-Spreader' White House

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Dr. Anthony Fauci is apparently breathing easier now that Joe Biden is president. The 80-year-old Fauci, who serves as chief medical adviser to the president, told Axios.com that he occasionally feared contracting COVID-19 when he visited the White House when Donald Trump was president. “I mean, particularly when I was going to the White House every day …

Fauci: US taking hard look at variant of coronavirus
4 years ago

Fauci: US taking hard look at variant of coronavirus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials believe the coronavirus mutation that set off alarms in parts of Britain is no more apt to cause serious illness or be resistant to vaccines than the strain afflicting people in the United States but it still must be taken “very seriously,” the government’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday. Dr. Anthony Fauci endorsed the …

Joe Biden asks Dr Fauci to be part of his Covid response team
4 years, 1 month ago

Joe Biden asks Dr Fauci to be part of his Covid response team

The Independent  

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Trump threatens to fire Fauci in widening COVID-19 rift
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump threatens to fire Fauci in widening COVID-19 rift

Al Jazeera  

Amid rising cases of COVID-19, Dr Anthony Fauci has said the president has ignored his advice for containing the virus. The latest flare-up follows Fauci’s sharpest criticism yet of the White House’s response to the coronavirus and Trump’s public assertion that the country is “rounding the turn”. Fauci added that he believed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden “is taking it …

Trump Hints He Might Fire Fauci After Election As Coronavirus Cases Rise
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump Hints He Might Fire Fauci After Election As Coronavirus Cases Rise

NPR  

Trump Hints He Might Fire Fauci After Election As Coronavirus Cases Rise Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/AP Kevin Dietsch/AP Updated at 10:15 a.m. ET As the U.S. grapples with a major spike in new coronavirus cases ahead of Election Day, President Trump is suggesting that he might fire the country's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Sponsor …

Opinion: How Trump could undermine Fauci and remake the US government
4 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: How Trump could undermine Fauci and remake the US government

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Laurie Garrett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and policy analyst, and the author of “The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance.” The views expressed in this commentary belong to the author. Laurie Garrett Under the order, which undermines the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act — a law that came into effect in 1883 …

Senate Republicans try to ignore Trump’s attacks on Fauci
4 years, 2 months ago

Senate Republicans try to ignore Trump’s attacks on Fauci

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pre-election broadsides against Dr. Anthony Fauci drew mild rebuke and little buy-in Tuesday from Capitol Hill, as Senate Republicans tried to avoid linking themselves too closely to the president’s name-calling and the White House’s overall COVID-19 response. With the coronavirus surging nationwide, in record-setting new caseloads and a worrisome rising death toll, the president’s allies …

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