By Theodore Bunker | Thursday, 30 July 2026 01:27 PM EDT Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, stated on Thursday that she hopes the Justice Department will pursue a contempt case against Dr. Anthony Fauci following his repeated invocation of the Fifth Amendment 111 times during a Senate hearing on the coronavirus…

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday that she plans to skip next month’s Michigan Democratic Party convention, stating she fears harassment if she attends. Nessel made the remarks during a roundtable discussion with Jewish leaders and community members from across the state. She said she no longer believes she…

It was widely reported last week that Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was on his 40th day of convalescence after a fall at his home on June 14 that led to his being rushed to George Washington University Hospital in the nation’s capital. His office told reporters the onetime Senate Republican…

Hawaii Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke was indicted Friday on multiple felony charges, including bribery and conspiracy, following a state investigation into allegations that she accepted campaign contributions in exchange for helping advance a state COVID-19 testing contract while serving in the Hawaii Legislature. A Hawaii grand jury returned a 12-count…

Senate Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has stated that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will be “very forgetful, completely unrepentant, and arrogant to the extreme” during his testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee this week. Johnson said…