Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination on Wednesday and refused to answer questions before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The hearing, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, followed the release of more than a thousand pages of Fauci’s private diary entries that documented early private doubts about a natural origin of COVID-19 and frustration over gain-of-function funding questions — notes that conflicted with his

Sen. Rand Paul has released more than a thousand pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s personal diary entries spanning December 2019 through December 2022. The documents, obtained through official Senate oversight and posted in the committee’s public “Reading Room,” reveal a consistent gap between what Fauci recorded privately and what he told Congress and the American people about the origins of COVID-19. Senator Rand Paul releases Fauci's personal diaries - Photo credit: spextrumnew

An online MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) Town Hall held Monday, April 20, 2026, brought together four candidates seeking to lead California out of its chronic disease crisis. Hosted by Jeff Dornick on the Pickax platform, the nearly 2-hr. event featured leading Republican contenders Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, along with underdog candidates Leo Zacky (R) and Lewis Herms (No Party Pref.). All four candidates expressed strong agreement on core MAHA