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Live updates: Rand Paul sets up Senate panel’s contempt vote on Fauci
LIVE UPDATES Administration Live updates: Rand Paul sets up Senate panel’s contempt vote on Fauci Comments: by The Hill Staff - 08/06/26 8:23 AM ET Comments: Link copied by The Hill Staff - 08/06/26 8:23 AM ET Comments: Link copied

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is set to vote Thursday on a resolution to hold former top health official Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, a week after he pleaded the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions during a committee hearing. 

Here’s what to know about it. The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. EDT.

Senate Republicans are barreling toward an August recess at odds with one another over a third budget reconciliation bill. And the inclusion in the continuing resolution of a measure that delays the implementation of a ban on hemp-derived THC has kicked a hornet’s nest.

President Trump is back in Washington, after Wednesday remarks in Las Vegas about his economic agenda, including his “no tax on tips” policy. He has a morning intelligence briefing, policy meetings and an event in the Rose Garden at 7 p.m.

On the Iran front, a deal may come together between Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s what that could mean.

Tennessee holds its primary election today. Here’s what to know.

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