Reporter’s Notebook: Why Fauci’s 111 Fifth Amendment pleas could end up before the courts

GOP calls for Fauci contempt charges after wild COVID hearing Dr. Anthony Fauci faces potential contempt charges and criminal referral from Senate Republicans after his contentious testimony. He invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during questioning about the COVID-19 pandemic response. Senators Rand Paul and James Lankford, along with legal expert Jonathan Turley, discuss … Read more

Reporter’s Notebook: Rand Paul’s contempt vote crusade could be doomed despite Fauci pleading Fifth 111 times

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., will schedule a committee vote next week to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after invoking the 5th Amendment 111 times today. The committee could vote to hold Fauci in contempt. But it doesn’t stop … Read more

DOJ to withdraw subpoenas for New York Times reporters in leak investigation over new Air Force 1 jet

The Justice Department told a judge it will withdraw its subpoenas for grand jury testimony and phone record records from New York Times reporters during a heated court hearing Thursday. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian grilled federal prosecutors working for the Justice Department on why it had issued subpoenas before taking further investigative steps, and … Read more

Reporter’s Notebook: House’s final sprint puts SAVE America Act and Iran funding in play

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Late Sen. John Warner, R-Va., said to me once that “we don’t do a lot in Congress. But when we do it, we do it all at once.” That is kind of where we find the House of Representatives today. Today is the penultimate day in the … Read more

New York Times moves to quash subpoenas for phone records of reporters and family members

The Justice Department, in trying to uncover confidential sources who spoke to the New York Times for its reporting on the security systems on the Qatar-donated Air Force One plane, attempted to gain access to phone records of several Times reporters and their family members. The Times said earlier this month that several journalists at the … Read more

Reporter’s Notebook: The Republican-led vote that revealed Democrats’ new divide on Israel

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Things sometimes evolve slowly in politics. There’s a perception, axiom or maxim which is agreed upon in politics. But over time, it changes. Sometimes the change is subterranean. The tectonic political plates move. But no one is quite aware of what’s happening until one event crystallizes the … Read more

Appeals court keeps in place Pentagon’s escort policy for reporters

Washington — A divided federal appeals court said Thursday that the Pentagon can continue enforcing a policy that requires journalists to be escorted while on its grounds. A panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit split 2-1 in siding with the Trump administration and agreed to … Read more

Subpoenas issued to reporters seen as ‘unprecedented’ threat to press freedom

Dangerous. Brazen. Unprecedented. Uncharted territory. Reaction in the media world has been swift and severe to the issue of subpoenas to five New York Times journalists who reported on security questions involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One — a legal maneuver seen as a troubling escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to control and … Read more

Multiple New York Times reporters issued subpoenas over Air Force One reporting

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration issued subpoenas on Friday to several New York Times journalists after its report this week on security concerns involving the new Air Force One, according to the paper. The new jet, which President Donald Trump received as a gift from Qatar, just entered service last week. The subpoenas seek to … Read more

Reporter’s Notebook: Lawmakers wrestle over whether AI can make the grade in America’s classrooms

AI in the classroom: How AI will impact education moving forward A recent Fox News poll highlights changing perceptions as 52% of voters now consider Big Tech a greater threat to the U.S. future compared to Big Government’s 47%. A Senate panel also discusses the rise of artificial intelligence in classrooms, debating its impact on … Read more