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Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday he's concerned about a possible fourth surge in COVID-19 cases as numbers tick up in some states and Europe, which the U.S. has traditionally trailed by about four weeks in its COVID trajectory Fauci, the nation's chief disease expert, and other Biden administration officials testified before the Senate's Health committee on Thursday about the COVID response, stressing the U.S. is in a race against virus variants to vaccinate Americans as quickly as possible. Fauci said the situation in the U.S. has improved greatly since the intense spike in cases after the winter holidays, but that...

With popularity comes notoriety. That’s the lesson Ron Paul is learning as the nation observes Martin Luther King Day and the GOP presidential contender bears the burden of disparaging comments, made in a newsletter bearing his name, about the slain civil rights leader and the national holiday that honors him.

Former DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe left a few surprises for incoming DNC chair Howie Dean. Perhaps the biggest was McAuliffe's decision to give to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) full access to the DNC's donor database known as "Demzilla." McAuliffe didn't consult with Dean or any of Dean's advisers in giving the two congressional campaign committees access to the list. For years, the RNC has given its party's House and Senate campaign committees access to its version of the data base, but that's partly because both committees help finance the list and...

For those of you just waiting for Howard Dean to start making gaffes, see the Saturday Washington Post account of his tour through the party's special-interest caucuses. I'm somewhat shocked the Post publicized this little tour. For pure, unadulterated Dean, you get this: "You are among the most persecuted people in the history of mankind," Dean tells his first audience, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus. Let's hope the African-American caucus didn't hear that. (Not to mention anyone who remembers the Holocaust, the Huguenots, throwing Christians to the lions...) As for what Dean said to the black caucus, he...

BACK FROM THE DEADIt was not lost on any senior leaders in the Democratic Party that Florida Democratic Party Chairman Scott Maddox endorsed former Vermont Gov. Howie Dean for DNC chairman on Monday. That it was a Southern state, and one viewed as critical to the Democrats' future, only compounded the fact that the Florida state delegation's support adds a great deal of momentum to a candidacy some thought was dead. Maddox's endorsement, followed by his remarks that he had no problems with Dean's liberalism or lack of Southern roots, set off all kinds of alarm bells in Washington. Maddox's...

Dean uses inaugural to rail against Bush WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is using Thursday's inaugural festivities as another chance to rail against George W. Bush, the Boston Globe said. Dean, who is now running for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is eschewing the bi-partisan unity traditionally in evidence on inauguration day to serve as host of "un-inauguration" house party fundraisers thrown by angry Democrats nationwide. The money collected will be used, the Globe said Tuesday, to oppose Bush's policies. "The Democratic Party will not win elections or build a lasting majority solely by...