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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
Film financier Jason Cloth indicted in alleged $100M Ponzi scheme tied to movie funding Joker

Film financier Jason Cloth indicted in alleged $100M Ponzi scheme tied to movie funding

Film producer Jason Cloth, who financed “Joker,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and dozens of other movies, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on wire fraud charges in connection with what prosecutors say was a $100 million Ponzi scheme. The indictment against Cloth, 60, was unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court…
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July 30, 2026
‘It’s going to do things that currently are impossible’: The Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s next great observatory, is ready to launch Aug. 30 SpaceX

‘It’s going to do things that currently are impossible’: The Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s next great observatory, is ready to launch Aug. 30

A visualization of the Roman Space Telescope in space. (Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio) A major space observatory is just one month away from leaving this planet. NASA scientists got together Wednesday (July 29) to share a status update on the Nancy Grace Roman Space…
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July 30, 2026
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment as Republicans go on attack at U.S. Senate COVID hearing Joe Biden

Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment as Republicans go on attack at U.S. Senate COVID hearing

Anthony Fauci, former director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2026. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Article content Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not…
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July 30, 2026
Stardew Valley “3DVR” mod looks like a whole different game, is “fully playable” and compatible with all of your existing mods VR

Stardew Valley “3DVR” mod looks like a whole different game, is “fully playable” and compatible with all of your existing mods

(Image credit: ConcernedApe) Stardew Valley's wonderfully active modding scene has brought PC players many, many unofficial delights over the years, like the addition of a bear mount or, bless it, a mod that lets you see where all of your neighbors are on the map at any given moment. The…
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July 30, 2026