{
  "id": 229329,
  "title": "Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/senate-panel-votes-to-hold-fauci-in-contempt-of-congress",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T17:08:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/fauci-contempt-of-congress.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A US Senate committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. The vote was made after Dr. Fauci refused to answer questions during testimony before the committee last week.\n\nAccording to The New York Times, Dr. Fauci had invoked the Fifth Amendment, while Republicans argued he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.\n\nThe Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the referral on a party-line vote, with Republican Chair Rand Paul of Kentucky pushing the move, as reported by the South China Morning Post.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Watch live: Senate panel votes on holding Fauci in contempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/watch-live-senate-panel-votes-on-holding-fauci-in-contempt",
        "published": "2026-08-06T11:54:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "U.S. lawmakers vote to hold Biden's former medical advisor Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/u-s-lawmakers-vote-to-hold-bidens-former-medical-advisor-anthony",
        "published": "2026-08-06T13:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}