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Anthony Fauci, M.D., the 79-year old head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has become the #1 point man on the government's role in the coronavirus crisis. Fauci has worked for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) his entire professional life. In the past, for more than two decades starting in the mid-1980s, he was the medical establishment's face of HIV-AIDS — omnipresent on television when AIDS was hot and ever present at international AIDS conferences well into the 21st century. Always, he was an enthusiastic advocate of throwing more federal money at the problem of...

EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden to be a daddy for the FIFTH time! New South African wife of VP's son is seen with a baby bump amid his messy paternity case and concerns over barrage of attacks from Trump loyalists Hunter Biden's new wife Melissa Cohen Biden, 32, is pregnant and in her second trimester, DailyMailTV can reveal The South African beauty stepped out for groceries in LA on Thursday, amid concerns over attacks from Trump supporters A source said: 'Friends are deeply concerned, anyone who knows Melissa knows that she's one of the sweetest people you can meet' They added: 'She's...

The Newsweek reporter who wrote an inaccurate story about President Trump's Thanksgiving Day plans has been fired. The outlet's original story claimed the president only planned on tweeting and golfing during his holiday break, neglecting to mention his trip to Afghanistan. Newsweek’s Jessica Kwong, whose Twitter handle identifies her as a political reporter "covering Trump administration and family," initially published the article Thursday morning, before the president's trip to Afghanistan was announced publicly. The story's initial headline was, “How is Trump spending Thanksgiving? Tweeting, golfing and more.” “Newsweek investigated the failures that led to the publication of the inaccurate report...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly told her caucus leaders Tuesday evening that she wants to see President Donald Trump in prison — but that she does not want to undertake impeachment proceedings against him right now. Politico reported Wednesday evening that “multiple Democratic sources familiar with” a meeting between Pelosi and several party leaders quoted her as telling them: “I don’t want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison.” Pelosi reportedly pushed back against pressure from House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who has pressed the speaker to approve the start of...

Former Vice President Joe Biden cozied up to a 10-year-old girl on Tuesday, despite his promise to control his personal interactions with women and children. “I’ll bet you’re as bright as you are good-looking,” Biden said to a girl who asked him a question at an American Federation of Teachers town hall in Houston, Texas. He exclaimed when the girl told him that she wanted to be a journalist, and led her over to meet the reporters in the room. As he introduced the child to the press, he leaned over and spoke in her ear, before finishing his speech....

Bad sign: Republicans release signed documents from Clinton aides dragged into email scandal pledging to protect 'marked and unmarked' classified information Campaign aide and former state official Jake Sullivan signed document pledging to protect classified info 'including email communications' So did tech aide Brian Pagliano, whose lawyers say he plans to take the Fifth rather than answer questions in a Judicial Watch lawsuit The papers were standard for such federal employees, but Republicans released them Thursday in what looks like a bid to undercut Hillary Clinton on the day of a major foreign policy speech where she blasted Donald Trump...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she does not need to apologize for using a private email account and server while at the State Department because “what I did was allowed.” In an interview with The Associated Press during a Labor Day campaign swing through Iowa, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination also said the lingering questions about her email practices while serving as President Barack Obama’s first secretary of state have not damaged her campaign. “Not at all. It’s a distraction, certainly,” Clinton said. “But it hasn’t in any way affected the plan for our...

Jorge Ramos, the amnesty activist moonlighting as a Univision and Fusion journalist, revealed in June that his daughter is an employee of the Hillary Clinton campaign. Ramos Hillary Credit: Instagram/Jorge Ramos In a statement on the Fusion website, Ramos wrote: As journalists the most important thing we have is our credibility and integrity. We maintain that, in part, through transparency with our audience, our colleagues and our critics. That is why I am disclosing that my daughter, Paola, has accepted a position working with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. As a father, I am very proud that she has decided to...

First Lady Michelle Obama sat down with rapper Wale for a rapid-fire interview last week in which she revealed what she’d choose to do if she wasn’t the president’s wife. “I would be Beyoncé,” Obama told Wale in the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it interview. “I’ve got the hands!” The interview was filmed after last week’s Beating the Odds summit at which the First Lady invited more than 100 college-bound students to celebrate their achievements and hear from a number of guest speakers. Wale spoke at the event. Of course, the Obamas have long admired Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z. Beyoncé performed at Obama’s...

Legendary TV producer Norman Lear stopped by the Television Critics Association’s press tour in Beverly Hills to promote an upcoming PBS documentary covering his career . But what seemed to most impress reporters was the 93-year-old’s opinionated tangents, covering politics, TV, America and mindfullness. On politics “Everybody knows me to be a progressive or a liberal or lefty or whatever. I think of myself as a bleeding-heart conservative. You will not f— with my Bill of Rights, my Constitution, my guarantees of political justice for all. But does my heart bleed for those who need help and aren’t getting the...

REVEALED: Marine murderer lost his job as nuclear engineer in Ohi after TEN DAYS for failing the background security check Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez worked for FirstEnergy Corp in Ohio in 2013, but failed security checks It meant he was let go after just 10 days of training, where he had very basic access to the facilities The 24-year old was born in Kuwait with Jordanian citizenship but became a U.S. citizen in 1996 He was a popular teen, described as an 'All-American kid' and started for the Red Bank High School wrestling team He then went to the University of...

A car bomb exploded outside the Italian Consulate in downtown Cairo early Saturday morning, killing one and wounding 9 people. The explosion occurred at 6:20AM and was heard throughout Cairo. The consulate was closed and there were no civilian staff members amongst the injured, reported AP. This was the first attack on a foreign mission in Egypt since the Muslim Brotherhood and other terrorist organizations launched a violent campaign against security forces 2 years ago. ISIS claimed responsibility for the large car bomb, saying in the statement that the car contained 450 kilogram (990 pounds) of explosives, reported Fox 10...

Kathleen Willey, the former White House aide who claims President Bill Clinton sexually assaulted her in 1993 during his first term, now suspects the former president suffers from dementia, and calls Hillary Clinton a “money-hungry” hypocrite who looks “awfully haggard” and is the “worst role model for a wife and a mother and a politician.” Willey, author of the book “Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton,” made her scathing comments in an interview Sunday night on Aaron Klein Investigative Radio, broadcast on New York’s AM 970 and Philadelphia 990 AM, as well as online. She is...

IN THE CLEAR: Officer Darren Wilson WON'T face federal civil rights charges after FBI completes probe of Ferguson shooting Wilson isn't expected to face civil rights charges over the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., last August Justice Department has yet to make official announcement, but an F.B.I. investigation found no evidence to support charges say sources To mount a federal prosecution, the Justice Department would needed to show that Wilson willfully deprived Brown of his civil rights Wilson was cleared in November by a state grand jury in a decision that touched off protests in...

Obama fears his own daughters will suffer from racism: President tells of concern for Sasha and Malia in full interview addressing anti-police protests 'I want them to be judged based on....their behavior and their talents and their gifts,' Obama told BET's Jeff Johnson Obama said he doesn't want his future grandson 'to be subjected to the kind of constant bias that makes them feel as if this is not their home' He also said he believes the Eric Garner video 'troubled' Americans of all walks of life, including some police officers The president hit back at critics who say he's...

Reverend Al Sharpton owes $4.5million in taxes: Report reveals civil rights activist continued to fly first class and accept lofty salary when his non-profit was $1m in debt Reverend Al Sharpton owes $4.5million in taxes: Report reveals civil rights activist continued to fly first class and accept lofty salary when his non-profit was $1m in debt The prominent civil rights activist owes $3million in personal federal tax liens and $777,657 in state tax liens His companies Reval Entertainment and Raw Talent owe an additional $717,329 in state and federal tax liens Sharpton says he is up to date with payment...

Blow by blow, Ferguson cop's FULL version of why he shot Michael Brown: 'Incredibly strong' teen pressed gun to cop's hip, the gun was jammed by a finger - and kill shot was fired as Brown 'charged' Officer Darren Wilson's full grand jury testimony leaked to media Wilson, 28, first encountered Michael Brown in middle of street Ordered the 18-year-old back to the sidewalk but received abuse The officer then claims he tried to exit his car but was attacked Wilson alleges he was punched by Brown through squad car window Alleges that Brown struck him repeatedly and tried to...

Over the past six years, Chicago has become a top potential target for international terrorists, a top security expert said Friday, making the posting of a veiled threat by Islamic radicals on Twitter a higher cause for concern. “Many terror organizations refer to Chicago as Obama Town,” said CBS 2 security expert Ross Rice, a former FBI agent in Chicago. Under President Obama, the U.S. took out Osama bin Laden, and used repeated drone strikes to weaken terror networks. In the meantime, the U.S. government on Friday issued a security bulletin to all U.S. law enforcement in light of the...

The Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI) has uncovered a tweet containing a photo of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl standing and smiling with a Taliban commander. Bergdahl became the center of intense media scrutiny when stories of his desertion and sympathy for the Taliban dominated news that Obama had traded five Gitmo prisoners for his release on May 31. According to Fox News, the photo MEMRI found is "an undated photo" showing "an apparently happy Bergdahl posing with Taliban Commander Badruddin Haqqani."

Author Ed Klein has published hundreds of pages of attacks on President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton. On Monday, as Klein's latest "exposé" of the former first family topped Hillary's memoir on the best-seller list, a source close to the Clintons fired back with a scathing, lengthy email to Business Insider blasting Klein as a pathological liar. "This might sound hyperbolic, but there is no bigger liar in the entire world," the source said of Klein. "Lying isn't even the word for it. It's some kind of sickness where every single thing you write is fabricated. Every. Single....