A congressional committee investigating Anthony Fauci has obtained the contents of his cellphone, a congressional aide confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
A subcommittee of Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) confirmed that Fauci's phone contents are in possession of Republican senators eager to answer key questions about the COVID-19 pandemic.
A spokesperson for HSGAC Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations Chair Ron Johnson — a Wisconsin Republican — has confirmed that his subcommittee received the iPhone Fauci used during his time as the nation's top public health official.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the news Thursday.
Paul has been investigating Fauci since he became the committee's top Republican in 2023. Paul's HSGAC voted 8 to 7 along party lines to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress earlier Thursday morning, just over a week after the public health official pleaded the Fifth 111 times at the committee's hearing.
🚨BREAKING: The Senate Homeland Security Committee just
If this guy doesn't get a job in the near future, I'll be SHOCKED.
The Philadelphia Phillies hosted an auction that resulted in one fan getting to call an inning Wednesday night, during a 94WIP radio broadcast. And holy moly, just wait until you hear this guy; he was absolutely incredible. (RELATED: If You Thought NBA Players Were Bougie Before, You're Really Going To Think That After Seeing LaMelo Ball's Penthouse)
Meet Lewis Kalb, the fan who joined broadcasters Scott Franzke and Larry Andersen to call an inning, particularly the top of the third. The Phillies were squaring off against the Washington Nationals. In the aftermath, Kalb was praised on social media, not just for his good calling but also for throwing some humorous banter into the mix.
If you didn't know that Kalb was a fan, you would've easily thought he had years of experience.
WATCH:
A Phillies fan won an auction & got to call an inning on the Phillies radio network
Someone give this man a job
The progressive legal establishment for years treated religious freedom exemptions as obstacles to be dismantled, threatening the livelihoods, consciences, and institutions of Christian business owners, healthcare workers, and even nuns.
Now, the left is embracing the very religious-liberty arguments it spent years working to defeat.
Religious exemptions have typically rested on one of two legal foundations: the First Amendment's protection of religious exercise or the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which requires the government to justify substantial burdens on religious practice under the strictest level of judicial scrutiny.
This shift on the left is not merely rhetorical. Hoosier Jews for Choice has sued for religious exemptions from Indiana's abortion ban, arguing that the law conflicts with Jewish teachings about when life begins. The Latino Christian National Network and other Christian and Jewish organizations have invoked religious freedom in challenges to ICE enforcement near houses of worship and in efforts to protect faith groups that shelter illegal immigrants.
Safehouse, a Philadelphia nonprofit, is likewise pressing a religious-liberty claim for permission to operate a supervised drug-consumption site. The organization argues that its Judeo-Christian obligation to preserve life and care for the sick entitles it to an exemption from
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that he and the attorneys general of two other states issued a subpoena to Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday to determine whether the doctor who informed the White House's COVID-19 policy had received financial and other benefits for his work.
The subpoena calls for information regarding awards Fauci had received or was considered for, grants he had been awarded, professional opportunities offered to him, financial incentives he had considered for himself, and communications with the media and businesses he may have made, an announcement from Uthmeier's office said. (RELATED: Senate Committee Votes To Hold Fauci In Contempt)
The office clarified the scope of the subpoena as part of a civil inquiry, saying it is seeking information between Jan. 3, 2020, and the end of August 2026 that is related to COVID-19 and his activities within the state of Florida.
The subpoena also requests documents on topics including the efficacy of vaccines and boosters, natural immunity, potential adverse effects, messaging strategies, and communications with vaccine manufacturers, the statement said.
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Sydney Sweeney and boyfriend Scooter Braun volunteered in Washington state amid the raging Spokane area wildfires.
🚨 Mike Ellis via IG
— Sweeney NEWS (@sweeneyarchives) August 5, 2026
“Sydney Sweeney is at the Women and Children’s Free Restaurant and Community Kitchen, handing out free meals to those impacted by the Spokane Area Complex fires” pic.twitter.com/hTZT4GqjmX
The "Euphoria" star grew up in Spokane and said her family has been personally affected by the tragedy.
AWESOME! Sydney Sweeney has been spotted in Spokane, Washington, handing out free meals to residents who lost EVERYTHING in the wildfires.
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 6, 2026
She didn’t announce she was coming. She just showed up.
Good on you, @sydney_sweeney 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/4rBgnyjmM7
Rather than simply donating money, Sweeney and Braun quietly swooped in to lend a hand, volunteering alongside Second Harvest Food Bank and World Central Kitchen and personally distributing food and providing relief to community members affected by the wildfires.
According to TMZ, Sweeney was seen around town purchasing groceries and working with local restaurants to help secure food and
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When I first started writing my column for the Daily Caller, I saw an Axios piece about how many women were in the workforce. Of course, Axios was treating the closing gender gap in the workplace as a celebration of how far women's equality has come in the last several decades. The author even gleefully pointed out that the female line of the workforce graph was going up while the male line was going down.
Hidden in the data was the fact that seven million prime-aged men were already sitting out of the labor market. This was in 2023, and the demoralization of men has only gotten worse.
Somehow, as a woman, I was supposed to see
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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Thursday granted President Trump's emergency motion for a stay, temporarily blocking the BBC from accessing his financial records in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the company.
The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust sought the emergency stay after U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett ordered July 27 that the BBC be given access to certain financial records. Without the stay, the trust would have been required to produce tax returns, financial statements and ownership records for about 400 corporate entities by Thursday, according to the order and CNBC.
Trump's lawyers argued that the BBC's request was "shockingly broad" and could cause damage if the company had access to confidential information and the order was later overturned, CNBC reported.
Trump wins last-minute reprieve temporarily blocking BBC access to his business records https://t.co/ueoXxQ4w9C
— CNBC (@CNBC) August 6, 2026
The BBC sought access to Trump's financial records after he claimed a documentary about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol damaged the reputation and value
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is warning that massive amounts of hidden debt buried deep inside global financial markets could trigger sudden, painful market crashes, with the rampant borrowing itself hiding this systemic danger — at least for the moment.
Dimon said a danger of hedge funds and elite traders borrowing off-the-books debt, often through special purpose vehicles (SPVs) or other securitizations. These instruments are used to inflate market bets, seen in near-record numbers, and allow serious structural issues in the economy to hide behind what appears to be a strong banking system — with the overall risk to investors also remaining obscured.
The JPMorgan chief emphasized that the economy may be just one bad trade away from a tidal wave of panic selling, according to CNBC. (RELATED: Debtor Nation: More Americans Going Into Debt Just To Buy Food)
"Margin debt is the highest it has ever been," Dimon said. "There's a lot of margin debt you don't see because it's not called margin debt. It's called other things. It's that kind of leverage, some hidden, some
Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he plans to return to the Senate after over 50 days of hospitalization.
McConnell's latest hospitalization was due to a fall in his Washington home, where he was briefly left unconscious June 14. McConnell later developed pneumonia while he was being rehabilitated and has since been absent from the Senate.
New — Mitch McConnell says he was discharged from hospital and will recover from home
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) August 6, 2026
Says in statement:
“Earlier today, I was discharged from the rehabilitation center to continue my recovery at home. Elaine and I are grateful for the many well wishes and support from…
The retiring senator also vowed to return to his role in the Senate, despite repeated and prolonged hospitalizations, saying he will continue to receive medical attention from home.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has sustained its forecast for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, predicting that it will be below-average, according to the announcement Thursday from the agency in its final outlook for the 2026 hurricane season.
A very strong El Niño climate pattern is expected by government forecasters, and it's anticipated that it will maintain through the fall. As a result, this will generate conditions in the atmosphere that will cause tropical development to be suppressed in the Atlantic Ocean. (RELATED: El Niño, Likely To Achieve 'Super' Status By End Of 2026, Continues To Strengthen Towards Record-Breaking Territory)
NOAA anticipates 7-13 named storms and 2-6 hurricanes, which includes 0-2 major hurricanes. Major hurricanes are stronger storms scaled at Category 3 or higher. The numbers from NOAA include Tropical Storm Arthur and Tropical Storm Bertha, with those systems developing earlier this summer in the Gulf of America.
The numbers are slightly reduced when compared to the original forecast from NOAA that was released in late May. Then, the agency was calling for a below-average
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal the national TV ownership limit on Thursday, sparking anger and pushback, as plans are being made to take the decision straight to court.
The decision, made in a 2-1 vote along party lines, repealed the 22-year-old rule that limited a company to owning stations that could reach no more than 39 percent of the U.S. television audience, instead allowing it to be handled on a case-by-case basis, according to NBC News. (RELATED: Senate Committee Votes To Hold Fauci In Contempt)
FCC Votes to Repeal National TV Ownership Limit
— FCC (@FCC) August 6, 2026
“Repealing the national cap will provide essential relief for local broadcasters by restoring a healthy counterbalance to the growing leverage of national programmers.” - Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC https://t.co/S0wRAxu1VL
However, those against the change have already announced that they will challenge the decision in court, suggesting that ending the cap is not only a big win for media companies aligned with Republicans, but also that only Congress could make such a change,
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