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Dr. Anthony Fauci has had enough of “misinformed” Republicans. The nation’s top infectious disease expert was caught on a hot mic calling Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) a “moron” during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. “Jesus Christ,” Fauci added. The comments came after a heated exchanged in which Marshall blasted Fauci …

Having canceled his Jan. 6 anniversary press conference, reportedly due in part to pressure from allies who warned it was a very bad idea, Trump released a statement Wednesday encouraging his “MAGA Nation” followers to “rise up” in opposition to vaccine mandates. “Our administration did what they said could not …

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Fox News host Jesse Watters should be “fired on the spot” for telling a crowd that they should “ambush” the nation’s leading infectious disease doctor. But Fauci said it was unlikely Watters would be punished by Fox News. “He’s gonna go, very likely, unaccountable,” he said. …

Amid pressure from a Republican lawmaker threatening to dissolve Tennessee’s Board of Medical Examiners, the panel has voted to remove from its website a policy that threatens to formally discipline doctors who spread Covid misinformation. The board voted 7-3 to take the policy off the site after Republican state Rep. …

Right-wing darling Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen acquitted of murder for killing two people at a racial justice protest, sent the QAnon world into a tailspin when he said in interviews that Lin Wood, a leading QAnon believer and Trump attorney who briefly represented Rittenhouse, was “insane” and had “taken advantage” …

Today, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges after killing two people and wounding another while he was conducting his own armed vigilante patrol of Kenosha, Wisconsin, in response to Black Lives Matter protests. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case about whether people have …

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said that “without a doubt” the recent indictment of Trump ally Steve Bannon will sway others into cooperating with the select committee investigating Jan. 6. “Now witnesses see that if they don’t don’t cooperate, if they don’t fulfill their lawful duty when subpoenaed, that they too …

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Louis Farrakhan don’t exactly see eye-to-eye on some pretty fundamental issues. Greene has described Black Lives Matter a terrorist threat and suggested Muslims don’t belong in government. Farrakahn has led the Nation of Islam for decades and spends a fair amount of time talking about the …

Greenhouse gas levels reached a record high in 2020 despite much of the world spending at least part of the year under lockdown or working from home, a United Nations agency announced Monday. Although fossil-fuel carbon dioxide emissions fell by 5.6 percent due to the pandemic-slowing economic activity, greenhouse gas …

All of the work Rudy Giuliani has done since November 2020 trying to prove that widespread fraud occurred during the election has reportedly been for free. The lawyer and former New York mayor revealed in a court deposition that he has been working for the Trump campaign free of charge …