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President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two holdout Republicans, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.
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Fauci to face Republican questions over Covid pandemic origins – US politics live
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…
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Trump Says He May Drop Blanche’s Attorney General Nomination, for Now
President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two holdout Republicans, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.
Guardian
Blanche’s attorney-general nomination stalls over Trump’s IRS lawsuit – US politics live
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…
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US Senate delays vote on Todd Blanche''s attorney general nomination demanding clarity on Trump's IRS lawsuit
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.
NPR
U.S. and Iran resume attacks. And, Fauci to face Senate questions on COVID pandemic
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.
Guardian
Anthony Fauci to face grilling from Senate Republicans on Covid 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…
