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President Trump has a busy schedule on Tuesday. To start the day, he’s set to meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky then Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House. Trump’s relationship with Zelensky has warmed in recent weeks. Over the weekend, the Ukrainian leader noted his military attacked a Russian ship in the Caspian Sea…

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Trump spreads false claims about Justice Amy Coney Barrett

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Trump spreads false claims about Justice Amy Coney Barrett

President Donald Trump shared a post from conservative podcaster Tim Pool on Truth Social suggesting Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is "clearly terrified of the left." Pool's post referenced a viral claim alleging Barrett's voting alignment with other conservative justices dropped from 81% to between 50-60% following the Dobbs v. Jackson decision.The underlying claim originated from an anonymous right-wing account and cited Barrett's shifting voting patterns as evidence of ideological wavering. However, X's community notes fact-checking service flagged the claim as inaccurate and cited publicly available Supreme Court data showing Barrett voted with conservative justices at higher rates than the viral post suggested.Trump's endorsement reflects his growing public criticism of the Supreme Court, despite the institution delivering numerous judicial victories to his administration alongside some notable defeats on his agenda.Justice Amy Coney Barrett was nominated by Trump in 2020.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

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Opinion | Dr. Fauci Takes the Fifth, Alas

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Opinion | Dr. Fauci Takes the Fifth, Alas

The pandemic oracle is getting the scrutiny he dodged during Covid.

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Acting CDC director says Fauci "abused the place of power" during pandemic

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Acting CDC director says Fauci "abused the place of power" during pandemic

The acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of an abuse of power during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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GOP Resistance Stiffens to Trump Attorney General Pick

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GOP Resistance Stiffens to Trump Attorney General Pick

Holdouts want “anti-weaponization fund” formally killed and changes to no-audits language before they will vote for Todd Blanche.

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Extended Interview: NIH director Jay Bhattacharya on Fauci hearing, COVID-19 origins, more

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Extended Interview: NIH director Jay Bhattacharya on Fauci hearing, COVID-19 origins, more

Rob Gutman speaks with Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health and acting director of the CDC, about Dr. Anthony Fauci's actions during the pandemic, the possible origins of COVID-19, vaccines and more.

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Fox News host caught 'mugging' at Fauci hearing forced to eat her own words

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Fox News host caught 'mugging' at Fauci hearing forced to eat her own words

"The Daily Show" delivered a hysterical response to Fox News host Laura Ingraham's expressions during the Senate hearing for Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday.Ingraham was sitting behind Fauci as Republicans unleashed attacks on the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing. "The Daily Show" zoomed in on Ingraham, pairing her reactions with a montage of her own words."Watching Laura Ingraham make faces at Fauci's hearing while listening to Laura Ingraham complain about other people making faces," "The Daily Show" wrote on X.In the video, Fauci responds to lawmakers and invokes the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, while Ingraham appears to mock him."The smirking for the camera... the smirk she had on her face... shaking her... shaking her head...and she just kind of rolled her eyes, mugging for the cameras, and at certain points it almost seems like a competition for the camera," the audio played, showing footage of Ingraham shaking her head and rolling her eyes."Her little charade for the cameras isn't just an example of conduct that is boorish and rude, arrogant and rude, always performing for the cameras," the video continued. "Taking a selfie like a junior high school girl" — then the video showed a shot of Ingraham taking a selfie during the hearing.Ingraham was part of a group of people seated behind Fauci who Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) referred to as "shamed" and asked to stand up if they believe they have faced backlash or negative impacts over the COVID-19 pandemic. Watching Laura Ingraham make faces at Fauci's hearing while listening to Laura Ingraham complain about other people making faces pic.twitter.com/TyMdCNiPom— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 29, 2026

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'My goodness': Jaws drop as Trump nominee's law firm joins attack on E. Jean Carroll

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'My goodness': Jaws drop as Trump nominee's law firm joins attack on E. Jean Carroll

Lawyers are reacting with shock after a white-shoe law firm officially joined the fight against an $83.3 million verdict writer E. Jean Carroll won against President Donald Trump.Sullivan & Cromwell — whose partner Jamie McDonald was sworn in Wednesday as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the country's most prestigious federal prosecutor's office — filed a petition Tuesday asking the Supreme Court to overturn the verdict, Bloomberg Law reported.McDonald had served as a personal lawyer to Trump at Sullivan & Cromwell before the president nominated him to his current post, Politico reported."This is shocking," New York criminal defense attorney Scott Greenfield wrote on X, reacting to the firm's move."My goodness. There it is. The once-venerated white-shoe New York law firm of @sullcrom is representing an adjudicated rapist in a case brought by the victim," attorney and Democratic congressional candidate George Conway wrote on X."I never thought I would live to see something like this. Wow," Conway added.Carroll, a former magazine advice columnist, alleged Trump sexually assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s. She sued after Trump denied the allegation while serving as president in 2019.A jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation in 2023, awarding Carroll $5 million, CNBC reported.A second jury awarded her $83.3 million for defamation in January 2024. Both verdicts were upheld on appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's challenge to the $5 million award last month, CNBC reported."I practiced law for 40 years. The most valuable thing I ever had was my credibility & good reputation with the court and fellow counsel," New York attorney Catherine Cullen wrote on Bluesky. "Sullivan & Cromwell just tossed theirs in the trash."When Sullivan & Cromwell took Trump on as a client last year, firm co-chair Robert Giuffra promised partners it would stay out of the Carroll cases, the Wall Street Journal reported.Giuffra reversed course after Trump's personal lawyer Boris Epshteyn pushed the firm to take on the Carroll matter, prompting a revolt among some partners, the Journal reported.Sullivan & Cromwell has become a direct pipeline to top Justice Department posts, Politico reported. McDonald's predecessor at the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, was also a Sullivan & Cromwell alum.The petition asks the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that Trump's White House statements denying Carroll's allegations were official presidential acts shielded by immunity — and to wipe out the $83.3 million judgment."What's most astonishing about this is S&C doesn't need the fees, and Trump usually stiffs his lawyers," Conway wrote on X in a follow-up post.The petition was filed the day before McDonald was sworn in as U.S. Attorney.

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John Thune slams Trump's 'different form of math' as election battle heats up

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John Thune slams Trump's 'different form of math' as election battle heats up

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has lost patience with President Donald Trump's strong-arm tactics to pass a bill that can't be passed.The president has grown increasingly obsessed in recent months with passing the SAVE America Act, a package of new voting restrictions so draconian that even the vast majority of state driver's licenses wouldn't be eligible as voter ID without also providing a birth certificate. Senate Republicans do not have the votes either to overcome a Democratic filibuster, or to change Senate rules to make passage easier.Thune has been very blunt that the votes aren't there. But on Wednesday, Trump insisted he didn't know what he was talking about, saying Thune did in fact have the votes and just wasn't letting it get to a vote.In response to reporters telling him Thune said there was no path to passage, he simply said, "That's too bad for him and too bad for the Republican Party."Later in the afternoon, Thune lashed out at Trump's flippant denials of reality.“That must be a different form of math,” said Thune in response to Trump's claim that the votes were there to pass the bill.Trump's other allies are beginning to come to grips with the fact that the legislation won't happen. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who recently signed into law his own state-level version of the SAVE America Act, posted to X, "I think the chance the Senate actually passes a real SAVE Act before the August break is basically zero. Happy to be wrong about this, but I don't think I am."

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Live updates: Trump confers with Zelensky, Netanyahu ahead of Lindsey Graham funeral

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