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Recent Stories
The Fauci diaries: Top five takeaways
The COVID-related, almost-daily musings of the famed doctor, amounting to more than 1,000 pages, were located in 11 separate government servers, where "they had been sequestered and secreted."
HHS adopts limit to 'dangerous' virus research a year after Trump order reining in federal support
The Health and Human Services Department announced a new policy Tuesday banning federal funding for "dangerous" gain-of-function research -- a kind of risky experiment that enhances viruses to try to predict how dangerous they might become.
Chinese military shipped coronavirus vials to U.S. more than a year before pandemic
A Chinese military scientist covertly sent vials of a coronavirus to a Minnesota laboratory in 2018 -- highlighting the People's Liberation Army's work on viruses similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic a year later, according to declassified documents released by a Senate committee.
Fauci fixated on fame as COVID deaths mounted, diary reveals
It was March 22, 2020, and the coronavirus pandemic was seriously biting, with more than 10,000 new cases and more than 125 new deaths -- and Dr. Anthony Fauci was obsessed with how much media attention he was getting.
COVID-inspired House bill would guarantee Americans in the hospital can see their clergy
Rep. Mike Flood is fighting for Americans in a hospital or nursing home to never again be barred from seeing clergy, as happened during COVID-19.
DNI says new documents show intelligence agencies covered up lab origin of COVID
Former government infectious disease leader Anthony Fauci provided millions of American taxpayer dollars to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology where the virus behind COVID-19 pandemic likely began, the Office of Director of National Intelligence said in releasing new documents on the controversy.
CIA suppressed conclusion that COVID came from Chinese lab, says whistleblower
CIA scientists came to believe that the coronavirus that brought the world to its knees was likely leaked from a Chinese lab, but agency higher-ups -- aided by Dr. Anthony Fauci -- suppressed those arguments and then punished the analysts who tried to push back, an agency whistleblower told Congress on Wednesday.
Aide to Democratic Rep. Danny Davis indicted for pandemic fraud
A long-time aide to Democratic Rep. Danny Davis has been indicted on charges of claiming unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic, even though he was working for Congress the whole time.
Feds charge top Fauci aide with conspiracy to hide origins of COVID
The Justice Department announced a groundbreaking criminal case Tuesday against Dr. Anthony Fauci's former top aide at the National Institutes of Health, accusing him of suppressing information about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. health officials nix publication of a study on COVID vaccine effectiveness
U.S. health officials stopped the publication of a study on whether the COVID-19 vaccine was keeping adults from becoming sick enough to have to go to the hospital.
Rights groups push Congress to rebuff COVID overreach
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began to rip through the U.S., spreading death and sparking draconian shutdowns, the country still has not had a full accounting of the dystopian restrictions the government imposed to try to control the virus -- and the public.
Texas sheriff, staffer charged with COVID-era fraud scheme
A Texas sheriff and his assistant chief have been indicted for a scheme to defraud the sheriff's office during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Youngkin declares Virginia 'stronger than ever' in final State of the Commonwealth address
Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivered his final State of the Commonwealth address on Wednesday, closing out a four-year run that steered Virginia out of the COVID-19 lockdowns and attracted substantial business investment and job growth.
FBI wrongly questioned agents' support for Trump, religious beliefs, COVID vaccine status
FBI investigators conducting security clearance reviews wrongly asked agents and other witnesses about political and religious beliefs, the bureau's inspector general said in a new report Wednesday.
Lawmakers urge NIH to stop taxpayer money for 'dangerous' bat virus lab in U.S.
Republican lawmakers have asked the Trump administration to cancel its support for a controversial new lab being built in Colorado to research coronaviruses and other dangerous pathogens, saying it imports the risks of the Wuhan virus lab to the U.S.
Wuhan virus lab sues to silence Sen. Eric Schmitt in COVID origins showdown
The Chinese lab blamed for sparking the coronavirus pandemic has lashed out with a lawsuit against Sen. Eric S. Schmitt, saying he has ruined Wuhan's reputation and needs to pay for it -- to the tune of roughly $50 billion.
Georgia state lawmaker charged with stealing pandemic unemployment money
A state representative in Georgia was arrested Monday on charges of stealing pandemic unemployment benefits from the government and making false statements to cover for it.
Job cuts surpass 1.1M in 2025, highest level since COVID pandemic
Companies have cut more than 1 million jobs so far this year, a consulting firm said Thursday, citing restructuring, artificial intelligence and economic factors such as tariffs as the key drivers of layoffs.
'Too little, too late': Former U.K. government slammed for its initial COVID-19 response
A public inquiry released Thursday slammed the U.K.'s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic in the early months of 2020 as "too little, too late," saying the failure to lock down the country earlier "led to an unacceptable loss of life."
Sen. Ernst says it's time to cancel $65 billion in unspent COVID cash
Five years after the coronavirus pandemic struck -- and two years after the government declared the emergency over -- states are still awash in cash that Congress doled out.
