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  "id": 28355,
  "title": "WATCH: Fauci invokes 5th Amendment, declining to answer questions in GOP-led hearing on COVID-19",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/watch-fauci-invokes-5th-amendment-declining-to-answer-questions-in",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-07-29T13:46:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour Health",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-fauci-invokes-5th-amendment-declining-to-answer-questions-in-gop-led-hearing-on-covid-19"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dr. Anthony Fauci described Sen. Rand Paul as having an \"unhinged obsession\" with him and said \"any reasonable person\" would come to the same conclusion about refusing to answer the committee's questions.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Your Local Epidemiologist",
        "title": "Covid-19 waking up, Cyclospora marches on, and measles is close to hitting a milestone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/21/covid-19-waking-up-cyclospora-marches-on-and-measles-is-close-to",
        "published": "2026-07-21T10:30:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Science Magazine",
        "title": "Under fire from Republican senators, Fauci takes the Fifth at COVID-19 hearing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/under-fire-from-republican-senators-fauci-takes-the-fifth-at-covid-19",
        "published": "2026-07-29T06:35:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "WATCH: Fauci invokes 5th Amendment in GOP-led hearing about COVID-19 origins",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/watch-fauci-invokes-5th-amendment-in-gop-led-hearing-about-covid-19",
        "published": "2026-07-29T12:38:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}