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#1 LIVE: Fauci Faces the Senate | Special Coverage with Del Bigtree & Aaron Siri - The HighWire, Tracy Beanz, Deborah, Matthew Brady, Femi, and Sergeant News Network on X
Anthony Fauci returns to Capitol Hill today under subpoena—and this time, Chairman Senator Dr. Rand Paul is armed with thousands of pages from Fauci’s private diary and pandemic records. Will Fauci finally tell the full story under oath? Join Del Bigtree before the hearing for a hard-hitting look at the newly released records, Fauci’s past testimony, and the questions he may finally be forced to answer. Then watch the hearing live and uninterrupted, with Del and attorney Aaron Siri providing commentary during every committee break and a post-hearing wrap-up...
#2 Trump Administration Formally Bans Gain-Of-Function Research - Misty Severi for Just the News, John Solomon, Secretary Kennedy/HHS, Eric Daugherty, Rapid Response 47, and MAHA Action on X
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it has officially banned gain-of-function research, claiming it has the potential to threaten lives and undermine national security if not properly restricted and controlled.] The State and Health and Human Services departments claim that although biomedical research has produced lifesaving vaccines and medical breakthroughs, it must never come at the expense of public safety or national security. The policy change comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order last year that banned federal funding for gain-of-function research in countries like China, which is believed to be at the heart of the COVID-19 lab leak in Wuhan...
#3 Trump, Senate Give Tearful Goodbye to Lindsey Graham - Helen Huiskes and Julia Manchester for The Hill, Donato Yaakov Secchi, WPDE ABC15, Steve McQueen, J Thomas Black, and Kashish Parpiani on X
Former Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) received an emotional send-off Wednesday at two memorial services, where political allies and foes, some of whom had shifted back and forth during the South Carolinian’s long career, bid him tribute. “He was a force of nature, and I will miss him greatly,” President Trump said at the latter service at Washington National Cathedral, where the political crowd was dominated by Trump administration officials and global leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
#4 Kentucky Governor Tells Mitch McConnell: Prove You Can Serve or ‘Resign’ - NBC News, Off The Press, 104.3, the River, The Tennessee Holler/Mother of Hens/Marc Sherman, Woodrow Wilson, and Juan Delano on X
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is giving Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., an ultimatum, demanding that he prove he’s still capable of serving in the U.S. Senate — or resign. “As Governor of the state you serve, I am calling on you to directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign,” Beshear wrote in a letter to McConnell. Failing that, said Beshear, a Democrat, he’ll call on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to “investigate” McConnell’s condition and “begin the process if warranted” of replacing him in the Senate. Beshear wrote a separate letter to Thune outlining the same demand...
#5 Trump’s New Spy Chief Jay Clayton Confirmed by the US Senate - Olivia Ireland for BBC, NBC Montana, DNA, Tom Cotton, Earl Winter, and Steve McElroy on X
Jay Clayton has been confirmed as the next US director of national intelligence (DNI), after President Donald Trump's original choice was rejected by lawmakers. On Tuesday, the US Senate voted 51 to 47 to install Clayton, replacing the acting DNI Bill Pulte. Pulte was Trump's original pick but faced backlash for being a housing official with no national intelligence experience. Clayton had been serving as US attorney for the Southern District of New York, overseeing several prominent cases, including the drug trafficking case against former Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro. "Jay is outstanding in every way, and will do a spectacular job as Director!" Trump posted afterward on Truth Social...
#6 Haitian TPS Holders in South Florida Brace for End of Their Legal Status - Reshma Kirpalani for npr, xalfeed, The Aggregate Journal, New Afrikan/Leyogàn, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and ABIC Action on X
The sun had yet to touch the horizon when Farah Larrieux returned to her South Florida home at 6 a.m. Dark circles smudged the thin skin under her eyes as she pulled large trash and recycling bins to the curb. A headache banged on the left side of her skull. The Haitian immigrant had just finished her last overnight shift at a hotel on that Monday morning. She is among the 300,000 Haitians in the U.S. losing the legal status that has allowed them to live and work in the United States...
#7 Netanyahu Reacts to Mamdani Arrest Threat With One Promise He Says He’ll Keep - Nora Moriarty for Fox News, Jeff York, “Granddad”𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑦 Donaldo Trumpo Nesara Global, Juanita Broaddrick/Laundry "That" Mueller, Radar Africa, and News Orbit on X
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that he has no plans to cancel his attendance at the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani's repeated calls for his arrest if he were to visit the Big Apple. "I'm going to New York," Netanyahu said during an interview with "Hannity" following his White House meeting with President Donald Trump Tuesday. "I'm going to speak the truth in front of this hate-spewing elected official who's pitting one group of New Yorkers against the others. He's turning them against New York Jews."
#8 Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorism and Puts Him on Wanted List - Associated Press, Arlaadi Media, CBS News, Genius Thinking, anubhuv, and dana on X
Russia charged Pavel Durov, the founder, owner, and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism and put him on an international wanted list, the country’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday. The charges against Durov, who was born and began his career in Russia but later moved abroad, came as Russian authorities restrict Telegram, one of the most popular messaging apps in the country. It is part of a long-term effort to bring the internet under the Kremlin’s control that has intensified since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022...
#9 Michigan AG Opens Investigation Into False Buttigieg Child Abuse Report - Jenny Marchi for Click on Detroit, Ruben Garcia, Jacqueline O Moleski, WOOD TV8, and WLNS on X
In a statement to Local 4, a spokesperson for the Michigan Attorney General’s Office said “common sense” should have made it clear that child abuse allegations targeting former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg lacked credibility. In June, Buttigieg said he was forced to spend a night away from his 4-year-old twins after a false report alleged he posed a danger to his children. According to NBC News, he was not allowed to be alone with them until they completed forensic interviews. Buttigieg later called the incident “the ugliest thing that has happened to me since my career in service began.”
#10 Trump Administration to End Medicare Part D Subsidy Program in 2027 - ABC News, KMET1490AM, Laurence (Larry) Boorstein/Fact Post, Reilly Belle Air, Scott D, and Portia Prescott on X
The Trump administration is ending a key health insurance subsidy program that aimed to keep premiums for seniors' prescription drug plans in check, claiming that it benefits corporate insurance companies, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz. Medicare Part D -- the government health insurance program's prescription drug benefit -- is used by tens of millions of older or disabled beneficiaries. The program's subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year, the administration announced Tuesday. That move will likely result in higher prescription costs and increase premiums for about half of recipients, according to an administration official...
