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  "id": 223351,
  "title": "US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/us-senate-panel-votes-to-hold-fauci-in-contempt-of-congress",
  "topic": "ai",
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  "published": "2026-08-06T13:43:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3363210/us-senate-panel-votes-hold-fauci-contempt-congress"
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  "summary": "A US Senate committee voted on Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the former top US infectious disease official refused to answer questions about his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a referral pushed by its Republican Chair Rand Paul of Kentucky, a long-time Fauci antagonist, on a party-line vote of…",
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        "published": "2026-08-06T13:24:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/senate-panel-votes-to-hold-fauci-in-contempt",
        "published": "2026-08-06T22:02:22.000Z"
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        "title": "US Senate pushes CLARITY Act vote to September",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/us-senate-pushes-clarity-act-vote-to-september",
        "published": "2026-08-07T02:49:53.000Z"
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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."
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