Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, refusing to answer a single question about the COVID years. Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio was in that room. Then Moreno got to the diaries.
Also in today's episode: the Smithsonian secretary who called DEI integral to excellence in museum practice drew $4.4 million in salary and added benefits from 2020 to 2024, according to a Fox News Digital review of the institution's 990 filings, while federal taxpayers still fund roughly 60 percent of its budget. Spain's socialist government finally deploys the army to Ceuta after police sources put the crossing at a number officials will not confirm. President Trump launches the Freedom Haulers initiative to put veterans in the driver's seat. A US-Saudi consortium plans a $5 billion refinery engineered to never touch the Strait of Hormuz. And Arizona's governor will skip the debate stage for a second straight cycle.
Then Chuck closes with a personal postlude. It is about how his own life began, and it is under two minutes.
Six stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.
