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May 25, 2021

Senate advances measure barring taxpayer funds for China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology

The Senate on Tuesday advanced bipartisan legislation that would ban federal funding of state-run labs in China, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

May 25, 2021

Nikki Haley calls for Beijing Olympics boycott, urges Biden diplomats to create COVID probe alliance

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday called on the United States to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics set to take place next February in Beijing.

May 25, 2021

Lawmakers call for Fauci resignation or firing 'immediately' amid COVID flip-flops

Amid the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) updated mask guidance and new information coming to light about the origins of COVID-19, experts and Americans alike are questioning the credibility of those calling the shots throughout the pandemic – including the high-profile Dr. Anthony Fauci.

May 25, 2021

Fauci defends 'modest' collaboration with Wuhan scientists, says NIH didn't fund 'gain of function' research

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci on Tuesday defended "modest" collaboration with scientists in Wuhan, China on studying bat coronaviruses while asserting that the agency did not allocate the money to do "gain of function" research.

May 25, 2021

Ron Johnson: Fauci, media 'finally being honest' about Wuhan lab leak theory

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., criticized the media and Dr. Fauci on Tuesday for ridiculing the Wuhan lab leak theory throughout 2020 and for ignoring evidence that he claimed was 'hidden in plain sight.'

May 25, 2021

Tom Cotton slams 'reporters and activists in white lab coats' for dismissing lab-leak theory

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., criticized “reporters [and] activists in white lab coats” for dismissing a theory linking the origins of COVID-19 to a Wuhan, China-based virology lab.

May 25, 2021

John Cena issues apology to China in Mandarin after calling Taiwan its own country in 'F9' interview

John Cena apologized to the people of China after mistakenly referring to Taiwan as a country.

May 25, 2021

Blackburn presses Biden on WHO probe into COVID origins, amid renewed scrutiny of Wuhan lab

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., has written to President Biden to press him about ongoing concerns with the World Health Organization's investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak -- amid renewed scrutiny of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where some believe the pandemic may have originated.

May 25, 2021

Becerra tells WHO it 'must' launch more 'transparent' investigation into COVID origin

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday told the World Health Organization (WHO) that it "must" launch a more "transparent" investigation into the origins of the coronavirus amid mounting evidence that the virus may have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab in China.

May 25, 2021

Sen. Josh Hawley: The China threat is real and big business is a sellout. Here's what Congress must do now

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) represents an existential threat to the United States. There is broad, bipartisan agreement on this challenge.