When I attended a much different public school in suburban Maryland, there was a public service announcement on TV that asked: "It's 10 o'cloc…
Lawrence, Mass., Mayor Brian DePena, right, leaves federal court in Boston on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, after making an initial appearance on charges that he fraudulently obtained a pandemic loan and using the money to fund election campaign, pay off high-interest mortgages and back taxes. (AP Photos/Michael Casey)
Lawrence, Mass., Mayor Brian DePena waves as he leaves federal court in Boston on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, after making an initial appearance on charges that he fraudulently obtained a pandemic loan and using the money to fund election campaign, pay off high-interest mortgages and back taxes. (AP Photos/Michael Casey)
“We are the United States of America and there is nothing we can’t do if we do it together.”- President Joe Biden
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It has become a truism that people who are embracing socialism have never had to live under it and its ideological twin, communism. Young peop…
A Senate committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times at the hearing. Also, Iran said Wednesday it’s in the “final stage” of drafting an agreement with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump has said a deal could be announced this week. The agreement is likely to be contingent on the U.S. lifting its blockade on Iran’s ports.
Six years after the world was thrust into a global pandemic, Republicans in power aren’t leaving it in the past. Instead, they're bringing COVID-19 politics to center stage for new scrutiny and demanding accountability. A Republican-led Senate committee's contempt vote against Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday represented their efforts to steer how America remembers the pandemic and who is held responsible for it. Political scientists and historians said the focus on COVID grievances demonstrates how some of the wounds it opened have never been closed. Democrats have slammed the federal government’s blaming of Fauci as a performative distraction that’s not based in facts.
We are born with an ego — from a baby’s first cry to our death. Most can control their ego, protecting themselves and others from harm. Some g…
Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky subpoenaed Fauci to appear before a Senate committee Wednesday. It’s part of Paul’s yearslong accusations that the now-retired infectious disease expert had lied about the pandemic, something Fauci has called “preposterous.” Paul closed the hearing by saying lawmakers will vote next week on whether to hold the now-retired infectious-disease expert in contempt for refusing to testify.
