Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci is scheduled to testify Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, placing him in the crosshairs of what will undoubtedly be an aggressive line of questioning by the committee's chairman, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.  The grilling of the 85-year-old physician will likely center around gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, grants to EcoHealth Alliance and Fauci's earlier public statements on the COVID-19 pandemic.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The property developer who allegedly bribed former New York Mayor Eric Adams’ chief-of-staff has served as a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence official and hobnobbed with party bosses for years, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered. Authorities arrested Andy Zhu, founder of New York-based real estate firm East Times Group (ETG), and three others including Adams’ former chief-of-staff, Frank Carone, on charges of fraud and money laundering in June, according to the indictment. Between October 2022 and September 2023, the property mogul allegedly bribed Carone and his brother with $120,000 to successfully pressure the New York City Department of Social Services to award Zhu’s Microtel Inn with a $6,825,000 “emergency shelter contract” in order to convert the Long Island City hotel into housing for “migrant asylum seekers.”

A controversial federal judge keeps ruling against President Donald Trump and then consistently gets overturned by higher courts. James "Jeb" Boasberg, the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, has seen some of his highest-profile decisions stayed, overturned or sent to appellate courts for review.

Republican South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham said Monday she would object to a summer recess so the Senate could vote to pass the Safeguard America Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. Graham said the SAVE America Act was “top priority” and she would remain in Washington, D.C., to see it passed. President Donald Trump and other Republican senators also called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to cancel the upcoming recess.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is set to skip an annual political picnic in his home state while he recovers from a major medical episode at his Washington, D.C., home. McConnell was hospitalized last month after a serious fall. The former Senate leader has attracted considerable scrutiny over his fitness to serve in recent years, with a number of on-air incidents contributing to his decision to step down as Senate GOP leader. He is not seeking reelection.