Good evening. This snapshot of stories and roundup is recommended just for you, based on your interests and reading history. | | | | David Schertler, center, an attorney for infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci, right, is removed by Capitol Police from a Senate hearing Wednesday at the Capitol. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post) | | | | | | |  What to know Former government infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci faced Sen. Rand Paul and other Republicans in a hearing about the origins of covid-19. Paul alleges Fauci covered up the possibility that the pandemic began with a lab leak and downplayed National Institutes of Health funding in Wuhan, China, which Fauci denies. Fauci denies these claims, and his allies dismiss them as baseless. Public opinion appears to favor the lab-leak theory, according to a May 2025 poll. Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed. | | | Column Carolyn Hax and Haben Kelati | | | | How was today's newsletter? | | | | | | | | |
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