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  "id": 197834,
  "title": "WATCH LIVE: Sen. Paul holds contempt vote after Fauci invokes 5th Amendment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/watch-live-sen-paul-holds-contempt-vote-after-fauci-invokes-5th",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-05T23:45:23.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-sen-paul-holds-contempt-vote-after-fauci-invokes-5th-amendment"
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  "summary": "A contempt finding could open the door to an investigation into whether Dr. Anthony Fauci had a valid constitutional right against self-incrimination when he refused to answer dozens of questions from lawmakers at a committee hearing last week focused on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Senate panel obtains Fauci’s COVID-era iPhone records as contempt vote approaches - report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/senate-panel-obtains-faucis-covid-era-iphone-records-as-contempt-vote",
        "published": "2026-08-06T11:30:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt over COVID hearing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/us-senate-panel-votes-to-hold-fauci-in-contempt-over-covid-hearing",
        "published": "2026-08-06T13:40:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "US Senate panel votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over Covid hearing testimony",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/us-senate-panel-votes-to-hold-anthony-fauci-in-contempt-of-congress",
        "published": "2026-08-06T13:52:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after bombastic COVID hearing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/senate-committee-votes-to-hold-fauci-in-contempt-of-congress-after",
        "published": "2026-08-06T14:14:34.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}