President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two holdout Republicans, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.
NYTimes – US Veteran medical adviser likely to face questions over disputed ‘lab leak’ theory in investigation seen by scientists as ‘vilification and harassment’ of 85-year-old Sign up for US Breaking News email Diary entries released by a Republican senator in an attempt to damage Anthony Fauci also show the former top US government science adviser’s growing disillusionment with Donald Trump in the first year of the Covid-19 p…
Veteran medical adviser likely to face questions over disputed ‘lab leak’ theory in investigation seen by scientists as ‘vilification and harassment’ of 85-year-old Sign up for US Breaking News email Diary entries released by a Republican senator in an attempt to damage Anthony Fauci also show the former top US government science adviser’s growing disillusionment with Donald Trump in the first year of the Covid-19 p…
NYTimes – US Lawmakers scrap planned committee vote and seek further assurances that president’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’ is dead Sign up for the US Breaking News email Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting and president Donald Trump’s approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The results are a stark repudiation of Trump’s approach to the conflict, wh…
The US Department of Justice said in a statement after the vote was postponed that it remains ready to work productively with senators Cornyn and Tillis to advance Blanche’s confirmation.
The U.S. and Iran have resumed fighting after Iran attacked U.S. forces in the Middle East yesterday. And, a Senate committee will question Anthony Fauci about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hearing is part of a longtime Republican investigation into pandemic’s origins, led by Senator Rand Paul Anthony Fauci, the former veteran director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Niaid) who served as a key adviser to Donald Trump and Joe Biden on the Covid-19 pandemic, is due to testify on Wednesday at a high-profile US Senate hearing. Senators are expected to question Fauci about whet…
BBC News – World A major fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta killed four service members and injured dozens, Prime Minister Mark Carney said. The blaze began Saturday and spread beyond the base into surrounding rural areas amid fierce winds. Carney called it one of the worst peacetime tragedies for Canada's armed forces on Canadian soil.
BBC News – World Eight suspects have been arrested in connection with recent violence in the West Bank including attacks on an American photojournalist and European diplomats, Israeli police have said.
NYTimes – World Pope Leo XIV made his first major public appearance since lung cancer surgery, addressing thousands in St Peter's Square at the Vatican and pledging to gradually resume his duties. He was discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital a day earlier, four days after the lower lobe of his right lung was removed. The Pope thanked the faithful for their prayers and said the delicate phase was behind him.
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