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Fauci contempt vote reflects the enduring politics of COVID
NEW YORK | Dr. Anthony Fauci is sitting before Congress, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on TV debating COVID lockdowns and Americans can’t agree on what science to trust. You might think it’s 2020 again. Six years after COVID-19 thrust the world into the fear and uncertainty of a global pandemic, Republicans in power aren’t […]
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions
WASHINGTON | A Senate committee on Thursday 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 focused on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The party-line vote approving the contempt resolution came a […]
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie charted his own way, until toppled by Trump
There aren’t manylawmakerslike Thomas Massieleft in Congress. The renegade Republican who rose to prominence as an idiosyncratic and stubborn outlier in his party, popular in the Kentucky district that repeatedly sent him to the House, lost his primary bid for reelection Tuesday after a vicious and costly attack by President Donald Trump. The stunning outcome […]