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May 24, 2021

NY Magazine writer calls out 'liberal media' for dismissing COVID lab-leak theory, 'smearing' its backers

New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait blasted the “liberal media” for being dismissive of the long-running theory that the coronavirus originated from a leak from a Wuhan lab in China amid recent developments.

May 24, 2021

Pompeo says it's 'outrageous' US officials, including Fauci, dismissed lab leak theory

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said that it is "outrageous" top government epidemiologist Anthony Fauci and others early in the pandemic dismissed the possibility that COVID-19 could have escaped from a the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a lab located in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak began. 

May 24, 2021

White House insists COVID-19 origins requires 'transparent' international investigation

The White House is continuing to call for a "transparent" international investigation into the origins of COVID-19, while maintaining that the Biden administration does not yet have enough data to draw a conclusion on the matter.

May 24, 2021

Sen. Rick Scott: New Cold War – China threat is clear. Here's how US, allies must respond to defend freedom

The United States must now recognize that a new Cold War is upon us and, with our allies, confront this threat and defeat the spread of tyranny using every diplomatic and military option at our disposal.

May 24, 2021

Ex-NYT science editor calls out media for ignoring 'sustained Chinese propaganda' blocking COVID origin facts

Retired New York Times science editor Nicholas Wade joined "Life, Liberty & Levin" to discuss the origins of the coronavirus and what to think of grants given by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Disease (NIAID) – the latter headed by Anthony S. Fauci for many years – to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

May 24, 2021

US learned several Wuhan lab researchers sickened before COVID-19 outbreak: former State Department official

About a month before COVID-19 was first reported in Wuhan, there were reports through foreign government contacts that several workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology-- which had been working on COVID research-- fell ill in mid-November 2019, according to a former State Department official.

May 24, 2021

GOP pivots to blast tax-and-spend Biden in bid to 'reclaim the mantle of fiscal responsibility'

As President Biden pushes Congress to enact his agenda that could total upward of $6 trillion, an unprecedented government spending binge, congressional Republicans are saying they plan to "reclaim the mantle of fiscal responsibility" as the national debt soars above $28 trillion.

May 23, 2021

Chinese ultramarathon results in 21 deaths after unexpected, extreme cold weather

Cold weather struck an ultramarathon in northwestern China, killing twenty-one people and sparking outrage at the lack of planning, according to reports. 

May 22, 2021

China's Mars rover touches ground on red planet

China’s first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China's space administration said Saturday.

May 21, 2021

Tucker Carlson: Coronavirus was enhanced during 'reckless, ghoulish, very dangerous experiments'

'Tucker Carlson Tonight' host examines coronavirus origins and highlights how mainstream media has changed their tune when it comes to the pandemic.