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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., questions witnesses during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update on the ongoing Federal response to COVID-19, Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) The Senate Health Committee held a hearing regarding the ongoing federal response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Doctor Anthony Fauci appeared before the panel virtually Thursday, shortly after he tested positive for the virus himself. This didn’t stop the 81-year-old from sharing a heated exchange with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R).  “Can you tell me if anybody on the vaccine approval committees ever received any money from the people who make the vaccines?” Paul demanded. This comes after the FDA green lit Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for kids under the age of five. Paul asked Fauci if he was aware of any studies that show reduction in hospitalization or death for children who take a booster. Fauci said there “hasn’t been

Retired Gen. John Allen, (photo credit: RETIRED GEN. JOHN ALLEN) Allen is credited with building the framework for a security plan if Israel and Palestinian groups were to come to a peace agreement. Retired US four-star general John R. Allen – who was tasked with forming a security plan to supplement a potential Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by President Obama in 2014 – is under investigation for alleged ties to the  government of Qatar , according to court documents published by the New York Times.  After a long career in public service culminating with his election as President of the prestigious Brookings Institute think tank in 2017, Allen resigned from his position in shame on Sunday – just days after  his alleged lobbying of the Trump administration on behalf of the Qatari government came to light . Allen, who served in the military for 37 years and held numerous prominent positions, such as State Department envoy to combat ISIL, is credited with building the template for a secu

AN F-35 seen during an aerial display at an IAF pilots’ graduation ceremony at Hatzerim air base in the Negev. Stealth fighter aircraft of this type were involved in the downing of the Iranian UAVs. (photo credit: AHARON KROHN/FLASH90) Reports have shown that Israel has coordinated with the US before some of the strikes it's conducted in Syria in recent years,  For while  Israel and Russia  coordinate on Israel's operations in Syria through a deconfliction mechanism,  the US has largely kept quiet about any coordination with Israel in Syria. According to reports, for several years many of Israel's operations in Syria have been reviewed in advance for approval by senior officials at US Central Command (CENTCOM) and at the Pentagon. Avoiding interruption of US-led operations The secret  coordination with the US is conducted in order to ensure that Israeli airstrikes don't interrupt operations by the US-led coalition against ISIS. Advertisement Current and former US offici

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has revealed how frustration led him to choosing the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. He gave the reasons in his remarks at the unveiling of Okowa as his running mate at the PDP National Headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Abuja, on Thursday. Okowa and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, were the two governors speculated to be considered for the slot after the intention to use Peter Obi or Ngozi Okonjo-Iwala failed. Recall that Okowa recently vowed that, "Only God can prevent me from becoming Atiku's running mate," after he had sabotaged his South-southerner brother, Wike, in the election primaries. READ ATIKU’S FULL REMARKS Let me begin by, once more, commending our great Party for organizing and concluding, arguably, the best and rancour-free Convention, which produced me as our flag-bearer for the next year’s Presidential Electio