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Rand Paul threatens to hold Fauci in contempt after he declines to answer questions Pandemic

Rand Paul threatens to hold Fauci in contempt after he declines to answer questions

Democracy Dies in Darkness The former official invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to all questions at a hearing after alleging the GOP senator was seeking to wrongly trap him with perjury charges. July 29, 2026 David Schertler, center, an attorney for infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci, right, is removed…
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July 30, 2026
Cisco ‘retires’ its Azure Local offering rather than catch up to Microsoft’s changed hardware requirements Pre-Crime

Cisco ‘retires’ its Azure Local offering rather than catch up to Microsoft’s changed hardware requirements

ON-PREM Redmond now allows only locked-down rigs with joint software and hardware support for its on-prem hyperconverged cloud and Switchzilla won't go there Cisco has decided to “retire” its Azure Local offering due to changes Microsoft made to the hardware and partnerships it supports for the on-prem hyperconverged cloud stack.…
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July 30, 2026
Live updates: Fauci invokes Fifth at Senate COVID hearing; Blanche nomination at stand-still Pandemic

Live updates: Fauci invokes Fifth at Senate COVID hearing; Blanche nomination at stand-still

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a face of the government's pandemic response, invoked his Fifth Amendment right to decline to answer questions before the Senate Homeland Security panel and a critical Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on COVID-19's origins. Fauci repeatedly took the Fifth under questioning on queries related to COVID and not...Read…
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July 30, 2026
Can You Gatekeep Basketry? Twinfluencer

Can You Gatekeep Basketry?

Can You Gatekeep Basketry? Photo: Vulture; Photos: Gilbert Flores/Patrick Pleul/Getty Images Not since the festival release of Wicker has basketweaving been this hot a topic. Influencers are beefing with Nantucket’s Four Winds Craft Guild because it hung a “No Influencers” sign in its establishment then posted said sign on Instagram.…
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July 30, 2026
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for National Reconnaissance Office SpaceX

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for National Reconnaissance Office

A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from liftoff through landing at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the NROL-95 mission on July 30, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update July 30, 10:27 a.m. EDT (1427 UTC): The NRO confirms its payload was deployed. A classified payload for the…
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July 30, 2026
Senators ready to send stricter ethics rules on Trump’s crypto ventures to White House, sources say NATO

Senators ready to send stricter ethics rules on Trump’s crypto ventures to White House, sources say

Insiders say that the bipartisan Senate duo revamping the bill's Trump-approved ethics section have come up with something they hope wins sufficient yes votes. Updated Jul 29, 2026, 10:04 p.m. EDT Published Jul 29, 2026, 7:12 p.m. EDT U.S. Senator Thom Tillis has been trying to work out a Clarity…
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July 30, 2026