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Waltz slams France after stunning social media attack on US after UN vote
France’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva launched a verbal attack against the U.S. following a contentious vote to give U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk another four-year term, accusing Washington of abandoning its role as a global human rights leader.
"The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore," the official French mission account posted on X Saturday. "Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it."
The mission added the hashtag "#AmericaAlone."
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U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz fired back, accusing France of using the attack to distract from its support for Türk.
"It is disappointing — though not surprising — that this is how France deflects on its shameful vote to coddle some of the worst human rights abusers," Waltz wrote on X. "France voted for someone who has been lecturing free, sovereign democracies like the United States, the UK, and Israel, while cozying up to the world’s worst oppressors."
During the vote by Ambassador Jeff Bartos, the U.S. representative for U.N. management and reform, declared that the U.N. human rights system "has been losing credibility for decades."
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"Mr. Türk has guided it to its deathbed," Bartos said. "And if you vote to reappoint
Volker Türk for a four-year term, it will kick the bucket."
Bartos accused Türk of disproportionately condemning democracies while failing to respond adequately to abuses committed by authoritarian governments.
He said Türk had criticized the United States, Britain, France, Australia, Italy and, more than any other country, Israel. Bartos also accused Türk of remaining silent for 12 days after the Iranian government allegedly began a new wave of violence against its citizens, while quickly condemning U.S. military action against Iran.
Bartos further criticized Türk’s office for calling on Washington to lift sanctions on Cuba, maintaining what he called a discriminatory database targeting American companies and enabling the U.N.’s "anti-Israel machinery."
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France’s U.N. Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont offered a sharply different assessment during the General Assembly debate, saying Türk had demonstrated "rigor and impartiality" during a first term marked by growing attacks on multilateral institutions and the universality of human rights.
"He has been a voice of conscience, confronting states with reality and their responsibilities," Bonnafont said.
An official familiar with the U.S. position told Fox News Digital on background that American officials were surprised by France’s "brazen" public attack and rejected the suggestion that opposing one U.N. official’s reappointment amounted to opposing human rights.
The official said Washington and other delegations were also caught off guard by the expedited vote because Türk’s current term does not expire until Oct. 11.
The United States sought to postpone consideration for one week to allow additional consultations, but member states rejected the request. The General Assembly then approved Türk’s reappointment by a vote of 144-10, with 13 abstentions, extending his tenure from Oct. 12, 2026, through Oct. 11, 2030.
The assembly also rejected a Russian proposal to extend Türk’s term only through the end of 2026, which would have allowed the next U.N. secretary-general to participate in selecting the human rights chief.
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France’s post grouped Washington with authoritarian governments that also opposed Türk, but did not address whether those countries voted against his reappointment for the same reasons. The U.S. said its opposition reflected both concerns about Türk’s record and objections to the accelerated process.
UN Watch, a Geneva-based watchdog, published a 2024 analysis of public statements initiated by Türk or his office between Oct. 17, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2024.
The organization concluded that Türk criticized the United States more frequently than China, North Korea, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Qatar combined. It also said it found no self-initiated criticism during that period concerning abuses by Cuba, North Korea, Algeria, Eritrea, Mauritania, Lebanon or Qatar.
UN Watch’s methodology excluded statements required by the Human Rights Council, comments in mandated reports, broad updates to the council and other remarks that were not initiated at Türk’s discretion. Its findings therefore do not encompass every country reference, report or action by Türk’s office.
UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer called the renewal "rushed and unprecedented" and said it was "unseemly" for French President Emmanuel Macron’s government to attack the United States while celebrating Türk’s reappointment.
Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, responded more bluntly.
"Perhaps show some gratitude instead?" Gardiner wrote on X. "The French owe their very existence as a sovereign nation to The United States."
Türk’s supporters argue that his willingness to criticize powerful democracies is part of his responsibility to apply human rights standards universally. France and the European Union maintained that he had performed his duties objectively and that Secretary-General António Guterres acted within the rules allowing a high commissioner to serve a second four-year term.
Türk is set to become the first U.N. human rights chief to serve two complete four-year terms since the position was established in 1993.
Eric Bieniemy son jailed for shooting his mother while Kansas City Chiefs coach is away at training camp
The son of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy has been arrested after allegedly shooting his mother and the coach's wife multiple times in the couple's Virginia home.
Elijah Zion Bieniemy, 27, was arrested and charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, and discharge of a firearm inside a dwelling, according to a press release by the Loudon County Sheriff's Office.
The release states one adult, presumably Mia Bieniemy, suffered "multiple gunshot wounds."
Eric Bieniemy was with the Chiefs in Missouri at the time.
A source confirmed to Fox News Digital that Mia Bieniemy, 57, was hospitalized overnight.
"The club is aware of the incident involving Eric Bieniemy’s family," the Chiefs said in a statement. "Out of respect for their privacy, we won’t have a comment at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with them."
Loudoun County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Leah Pau said Monday that police arrived at a home located on the 20000 block of Northpark Drive in Ashburn, Virginia, Sunday evening and arrested Bieniemy. He was transported to the Loudon County Adult Detention Center where he is being held without bond.
The police investigation is ongoing.
It is expected Eric Bieniemy will request a temporary leave from the team to attend to his wife and family, an NFL source said.
The Chiefs had coaches, rookies and quarterbacks report to camp at St. Joseph, Missouri, on the campus of Missouri Western State, on Friday. Veteran players report on Tuesday.
Bieniemy, 56, returned to the Chiefs this year as their offensive coordinator after spending time with the Washington Commanders, Chicago Bears and UCLA's football program.
As offensive coordinator in Kansas City from 2018-22, Bieniemy oversaw one of the league's most productive offenses:
And the Chiefs won two Super Bowls.
"Yeah, I'm fired up to have him back," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said of Bieniemy's return at the NFL Combine in February. "When you lose a Matt Nagy, to bring a guy in who can just step in and go — that's not an easy thing to do. He brings great energy.
"Loves doing what he's doing. All he wants to do is win football games and have a great offense. Ultimate team guy."
Trump admin targets woke schools accused of hiding students' gender transitions from parents
The Department of Education is taking enforcement actions on National Parents' Day against two school districts accused of hiding students' gender transitions from parents — a move that could now could cost them federal funding.
The action reinforces President Donald Trump's campaign against radical left-wing gender ideology and the push for more parental rights in the classroom.
"As a mother and a grandmother, it is unconscionable that any school district would hide the most sensitive information about children in their care from their own parents. This is not only an affront to basic moral principles, but also to parents’ rights under federal law," Secretary of Education (ED) Linda McMahon exclusively told Fox News Digital.
"Today, ED and DOJ are putting districts on notice that we will use every tool available to hold them to account for this egregious behavior," McMahon added. "Under the Trump Administration, ED and DOJ are working together to vigorously uphold parents’ federal protections, and we will work to ensure that no parent is ever kept in the dark about important matters relating to their children."
The Education Department is working with the Department of Justice to investigate Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) violations against Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland and Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan. The investigations concern allegations that the districts hid information from parents about their own children's health and wellbeing, and could result in federal funding being withheld from the schools, Fox News Digital has learned.
FERPA is a federal law that gives parents the right to see their child's school records, ask for mistakes to be corrected and generally control who can access that information about their child.
The Trump administration is looking into whether the schools violated FERPA.
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One case the administration is investigating involves a Maryland family who says they were blindsided after discovering school staff presented their daughter as male during the school day without their knowledge or consent. The parents only learned what was happening after receiving an email that referred to their daughter using male pronouns.
According to the Education Department, school administrators refused to provide the parents with additional information, with the assistant principal declining to turn over records related to their child's gender transition.
The department is also looking into a policy at Ann Arbor Public Schools that allows teachers to help students hide their "transgender status" from parents.
The school district has a policy that directs school officials to maintain records related to a "gender identity" in a separate filing system.
Ann Arbor Public Schools must justify their policy to the Education Department by Aug. 11, 2026 or else risk losing its federal funding.
Fox News Digital reached out to the school districts in Maryland and Michigan for comment but did not hear back at time of publication.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs Pittsburgh Pirates betting preview with trade deadline decisions looming
We had just one play on the diamond last night, and it was a no-sweat win, just how we like them. The Phillies trounced the Yankees, and it happened pretty early in the game, so we were able to coast to victory. I am hoping this is the same situation today, but I'm guessing my play for today's game will not come as easily. Let's break down this game between the Diamondbacks and Pirates.
I've been reading a lot right now about the trade deadline and what could potentially happen. Most of it never comes to fruition, but it is still fun to explore what analysts think will happen. One of the teams that is on the bubble of being a buyer and a seller is the Arizona Diamondbacks. There has been a rumor for about a year about them trading Ketel Marte, but this team is also 55-51 for the year. They could add a bat and make a splash for their offense, much like they did a couple of years ago.
Last year they were sellers, and they traded away one of their mainstays in the rotation, Merrill Kelly. He toes the rubber tonight for the Diamondbacks. For the year, Kelly is 8-8 with a 5.12 ERA and a 1.48 WHIP, not exactly numbers that will lead to a major return should they try to flip him again. He has been slightly better on the road with a 4.28 ERA. He also has been solid in July, putting together his best month of the season. He has thrown 22 innings and allowed just six earned runs. Most of his problem has been the home run ball because he has allowed one in each start this month. Overall, the Pirates are just 5-for-25 against Kelly.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are another fairly interesting team for this year's deadline. They are unlikely to be heavily involved in the trade market. I doubt they will be sellers, and they may not have the means to be major buyers. They are slightly above .500 with a 52-50 record, so trading away players when they have a shot at the postseason seems unlikely. They've been one of the better-hitting teams in the sport, so I don't know that it helps to trade for another bat, but maybe the pitching staff can get an upgrade.
Perhaps they can get today's starter, Mitch Keller, to improve his performance. For the season, Keller is 6-7 with a 4.90 ERA and a 1.31 WHIP. He has been very bad in Pittsburgh this season, with a 5.68 ERA at home. He also has allowed 26 earned runs in his last 40 innings. He has allowed at least three earned runs in each of his past six starts at home. He is coming off one of his best starts of the year, a road outing, going five scoreless innings and allowing just three hits. Diamondback hitters are batting .202 against Keller.
The numbers don't really scream any true success for either of these lineups against the opposing starter. There are some guys who have performed well, but no one that makes me think this will be a super high-scoring game. I also don't think I can advocate for the under given how these pitchers have performed this season.
I'm going to take the Diamondbacks in this one. Keller has been bad at home this season, and Kelly hasn't been great, but has at least been better on the road. There is some sharp action coming in on Arizona as well, with the line moving in their favor. I'm going to back the Diamondbacks on the moneyline, but just know this might be a bit sweaty.
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Hamptons crash fatally strikes rising real estate broker, 29, during morning jog: report
A promising young real estate broker was killed during a morning jog in Southampton, New York.
The New York Post reported Stefanie Rock, 29, was jogging in Water Mill just after 9 a.m. Friday, when she was hit by a car and killed.
Rock graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2019 with bachelor of science in human and organizational development.
She was most recently was employed as a brokerage associate for Jones Lang LaSalle, more commonly known as JLL, according to her LinkedIn.
The driver allegedly involved in the deadly crash was in a Toyota, and did cooperate with police; authorities have not identified this person behind the wheel.
Fox News Digital has reached out to JLL for comment.
Pest control experts swear by these products to keep bugs and mice away
Summer brings more than sunshine — it also brings ants, mice and other unwanted pests. To find out the best ways to get rid of them, we asked pest control experts which products they use to protect homes and yards. Their recommendations include liquid ant bait, classic wooden mouse traps and preventative products that help stop infestations before they start.
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Many of the experts we talked to mentioned Terro's liquid ant bait as one of the best options for ant control.
"For ants, avoid using sprays," said Jeff Schumacher, owner of All-Safe Pest & Termite in Texas. "That will only kill the ants you can see but won't do anything to eliminate the colony. Slow-acting bait products like Terro work because ants think it's food and will carry it back to the colony."
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Combat Max kills cockroaches using bait in containers that helped prevent odors on your end.
"Products like Combat Max gel work better long term compared to sprays," Schumacher said. "Similar to the ant bait, roaches will share this 'food' with the colony and it will effectively eliminate dozens of roaches at once rather than killing one at a time with spray."
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This 12-count of gel bait goes a long way. It’s a "professional-grade" product according to Kyle Turner, Pro Active Pest Control founder, president and CEO.
"A small dot placed in cracks, under appliances and along the back of cabinets will outperform most sprays," Turner said. "Sprays push roaches around, bait eliminates the population."
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If you have a mouse problem, old-fashioned snap traps are still the way to go, according to the experts.
"Where you put them is what matters most," Schumacher said. "Put them where mice will naturally run — along walls and baseboards."
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Catching mice is only part of the task. You also need to find where they're getting in and block those spots. To seal gaps, Nicole Carpenter, President of Black Pest Prevention out of Charlotte, N.C., recommends two products: "First is steel wool or copper mesh, and second is exterior-grade caulk. You can’t just use caulk or foam because some pests, especially mice and rats, can chew through anything besides metal, and the two-layer method is just a standard."
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Another way to protect your home's perimeter is with an insect killer. Ortho works for up to 12 months, so you can apply just once per year.
"Ortho Home Defense applied along the foundation, around windows and entry points creates a barrier that holds up reasonably well between treatments," Turner said.
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"I have personally used this product in my garden to target aphids and ants, as one of its functions is to repel," said Ralph Masferrer, Aruza Pest Control director of technical and training.
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Another product that Masferrer uses personally is diatomaceous earth. It treats for ants, roaches, fleas and other bugs. This food-grade option is safe to use on fruits, veggies and herbs.
"It is a fine powder that is sharp for insects," Masferrer said. "As a result, it damages the insect's cuticle (waxy outer layer), dehydrates [it] and causes death."
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'You're So Vain' singer Carly Simon says Parkinson's and cancer diagnoses kept her from public eye
Carly Simon has Parkinson's disease and underwent surgery for basal cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer.
The "You're So Vain" singer told People magazine in a statement published July 27 why she had recently stayed out of the spotlight.
"It has taken me some time to understand the diagnosis, to adjust to it, and to decide how much I wanted to say about it publicly," the 83-year-old told the outlet. "Parkinson's is different for everyone, and it can be unpredictable. Some days I'm so tired I can't get the day moving at all. On others, it gives me a little more room to move, think, work and feel like myself."
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"The problems began with arthritis in both knees and one hip," the star shared. "I eventually had all three joints replaced, out with the old and in with delicate bouquets of metal and plastic. After three replacement surgeries, I assumed my difficulty walking was simply an unfortunate and rather ironic part of the recovery process."
According to Simon, her mobility continued to worsen. She struggled to stand from "low chairs and deep couches" without someone offering help. "Overstuffed furniture became my enemy," she recalled. There were periods when she couldn't walk "without considerable help."
Simon knew something was wrong.
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It wasn't until she underwent an extensive evaluation at the Mayo Clinic that Simon was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. She soon began treatment to help manage stiffness and other symptoms.
"Parkinson's is usually associated with movement, tremors and balance, but it can affect much more than the body," Simon explained.
"It can bring anxiety, depression, exhaustion and apathy. The apathy is particularly strange. You can find yourself lying there like a starfish drying in the sun, arms pointing in all directions, while nothing inside is telling you to get up, read, watch, write, sing, call someone or do much of anything at all. ... It is not simply sadness or laziness. It is as though the part of the brain that sends out invitations to participate in life has temporarily misplaced the guest list."
During this period, Simon was treated for basal cell carcinoma on her face. While surgeons removed the skin cancer, the procedure left her self-conscious about her appearance and reluctant to be seen in public.
"I have always been more critical of my appearance than anyone else could possibly imagine (check out the irony of having written 'You're So Vain'), and this gave my inner critic quite a lot of new material," Simon wrote.
"Between my mobility issues, the Parkinson's diagnosis, the surgery and the emotional effects of it all, withdrawing from public view was the most palatable reaction," Simon said. "If a person is allowed to hibernate during both winter and summer, then I have become an all-season bear."
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Despite her personal struggles, Simon stressed that she has "not stopped living, and I have not stopped working." She quietly worked on a new album, "Comes in Waves," noting that music "has rescued me more times than I can count."
"Working on the music gave shape to days that did not always have much shape," Simon said. "... It reminded me that illness can change your life without becoming the whole of your life."
"I do not consider Parkinson's a gift or a blessing," she said. "It is neither. It is difficult, frustrating and sometimes frightening. I am still learning how to live with it and now how to accept it without feeling that I have surrendered something essential. I am still writing, singing, imagining, laughing, worrying, remembering and occasionally getting trapped in an overstuffed chair."
"I am deeply grateful to my children, my family, my friends, my caregivers and the medical professionals who have helped me through this," Simon said. "Their love and patience have carried me through days when my own reserves were not enough. I wanted to share this now because so many people have reached out with genuine concern. I am touched by that concern, even when I have not known how to respond."
"These days I move more slowly, I lean on others more than I once did, and I have learned to accept that every day will look a little different. But I am still very much here."
People reported that "Comes in Waves" is Simon's first full-length album since 2008.
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Simon, who lives on Martha's Vineyard, made one of her last public appearances in 2019 when she visited SiriusXM Studios in New York City to promote her memoir, "Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie," which chronicles her once-close bond with former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
People reported that Simon's last public performance was in March 2018 at the 31st Annual Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert & Gala at Carnegie Hall.
Although Simon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November 2022, she did not attend the ceremony in Los Angeles. The event came weeks after her sisters, Joanna and Lucy Simon, died of cancer one day apart. People noted that Simon survived breast cancer after being diagnosed in 1997.
According to the Mayo Clinic, Parkinson's disease is a nervous system disorder that affects movement. Symptoms can include tremors, balance problems, stiffness, slowed movement and slurred speech. Although there is no cure for Parkinson's disease, medications and, in some cases, surgery can help manage symptoms.
Michael J. Fox, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991, was one of the first high-profile figures to raise public awareness of the disease. The "Back to the Future" star later founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
Simon rose to fame with her 1971 self-titled debut album. The Grammy winner is best known for the 1972 hit "You're So Vain" and the James Bond theme "Nobody Does It Better," recorded for the 1977 film "The Spy Who Loved Me," starring Roger Moore as 007.
Another crisis for Bill Belichick: UNC places GM Michael Lombardi on administrative leave amid investigation
The second season for Bill Belichick at North Carolina is off to a disastrous start, as the team prepares to start practice this week, with general manager Michael Lombardi being placed on administrative leave by the school.
In the initial release, no details were provided as to why Lombardi had been placed on the sidelines, but it should be noted that it was the school who made the decision and not the athletic department.
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"The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has placed Michael Lombardi, general manager for the Carolina football program, on paid administrative leave, effective immediately," the school announced.
"As is standard procedure with personnel matters, leadership, staff, and student-athletes are prohibited from addressing this topic further, and has no reflection on its merits."
OutKick-FOX News Digital has confirmed this investigation stems from a complaint filed by a former staffer to the human resources department at UNC.
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The former long time NFL executive was part of a package deal at North Carolina when the school hired Bill Belichick to lead the football program. Lombardi took the general manager position, where he is being paid $1.5 million to handle the building of Belichick's football team.
As for what has transpired since the hiring of the legendary Super Bowl winning head coach, it has been nothing short of a disaster. The fact that Belichick had zero experience as a college football head coach did not deter members of the North Carolina board of trustees from going after what they perceived to be a 'splash hire' following the 2024 season in Chapel Hill.
Since then, the football program has been garnering headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Whether that was Belichick's girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, essentially acting as though she was part of the decision-making process for everything related to her boyfriend, the disastrous interviews that transpired (CBS Sunday Morning) or UNC ending the 2025 season with a 4-8 record, the expectations have been drastically tempered since the day he was fired.
Now, with the season just one month away, the football program is dealing with another controversy that relates to a staffer. But, not only has Michael Lombardi been a lightning-rod for attention, the way in which they've put together a football team has led to many questions around college football.
Lombardi dubbed North Carolina as the NFL's '33rd team', which backfired in spectacular fashion with the results we saw on the field last season.
And, with another round of transfers being brought in this past off-season out of the portal, there are no guarantees that the 2026 season will be a success.
There have been questions about the trajectory for North Carolina football the moment the school fired Mack Brown, to then hire Belichick. Bringing Michael Lombardi with him, along with putting together a staff that is still struggling to find cohesiveness in Chapel Hill, hasn’t been the success story that UNC fans had hoped for.
It's the drama that has come with the hire that has drawn attention, not the on-field product. I don't imagine North Carolina fans were expecting the head coach's girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, to garner more self-inflicted headlines than Belichick.
But, that's what happens when you start creating FOIA requests seeking information on who is discussing your name within the athletic department.
The school will continue conducting its investigation into the UNC general manager, as the football program prepares to hit the field this week for practice.
In reality, this is just another problem for the North Carolina football program to navigate, with all eyes on whether Bill Belichick can find success with the Tar Heels.
For now, an investigation will overshadow what is transpiring on the practice field, and I wouldn’t expect the Tar Heels head coach to say much of anything related to his general manager.
Or, as we like to call it, just another week in Chapel Hill.
Exposed Fauci diary shows he estimated COVID-19 death rate to be much lower than what he told Congress
Entries from early 2020 in a now-exposed personal diary kept by Dr. Anthony Fauci during the COVID-19 pandemic show that he privately estimated the death rate from the illness was significantly lower than what he told Congress under oath only weeks later.
Fauci, 85, has come under intense scrutiny for years regarding his approach leading the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, and his alleged links to the Chinese lab where the virus originated. He will return to Capitol Hill on Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to speak about his newly publicized personal records.
"The stated mortality over all of this when you look at all the data including China is about three percent. It first started off as two and three," Fauci said in testimony before the House Oversight Committee on March 11, 2020, according to a transcript of the hearing.
During the hearing just weeks into the virus reaching the U.S., he was asked by Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, to compare the mortality from COVID-19 to the mortality of the seasonal flu.
"I think if you count all the cases of minimally symptomatic or asymptomatic infection, that probably brings the mortality rate down to somewhere around one percent, which means it is 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu," Fauci continued. "I think that is something that people can get their arms around and understand."
But on Feb. 8, 2020, about a month before that congressional testimony, Fauci expressed privately that he believed the virus's mortality rate was much lower than what he later told lawmakers.
"[Former CDC Director] Tom Frieden called me this AM and we discussed various aspects of the outbreak," Fauci wrote. "He and I are on the same page in thinking tht [sic] this is acting like a bad influenza in its transmissibility and that the denominator is much greater than 34,867 (above) making the case fatality rate (CFR) more like 0.2-0.3 % rather than 2.0%."
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At that time, Fauci had counted 34,687 cases of the virus and 724 fatalities, according to his diary, which equals just over 0.2%.
Fauci was the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) during the pandemic, and first became the face of combatting COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic during President Donald Trump's first term, and remained in the role under President Joe Biden until retiring in 2022.
The very influential position wasn't lost on Fauci. His diary entries tracked his rising influence and press appearances, and he meticulously kept track of how he was portrayed.
"Big front page article abut me appeared in the Washington Post. Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable," he wrote in a diary entry on May 21, 2020.
"It is not hyoperbole [sic] to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable peson in the world," he continued.
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Fauci noted that he was developing a "very unique and interesting relationship" with Trump.
His diary is adorned with screenshots of headlines that mentioned him, including a New York Times story from March 2020 titled, "Not His First Pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci Sticks to the Facts."
He referenced another Washington Post article in his diary on Aug. 8, 2020, titled, "As Fauci battles the pandemic and politics, his grateful neighbors celebrate him as a hero."
Fox News Digital reached out to Georgetown University and the Georgetown University Department of Public Health, where Fauci serves as a distinguished professor at the university's school of medicine, seeking comment on the journal entries versus public statements.
Fox News Digital also reached out to Paul's office but did not hear back by time of publication.
Jackson Koivun arrives in style, Lucas Glover takes off his shoes, and the greatest golf dad moment
We are so back. For those wondering why Par Talk disappeared over the last month, the best weekly golf column on the Internet took a sabbatical as I went on paternity leave. In late June, I went from being just a boy dad to now a member of the girl dad gang and a father of two under four. Life is busy, but oh so good.
Some things happened in the golf world while we were on our brief hiatus. Ryan Fox won The Open, Bryson DeChambeau stomped on some grass, Scottie Scheffler continues to be the best player on Earth but can't buy a victory, and we'd be remiss to not mention Chris Gotterup winning the John Deere Classic and suddenly becoming the No. 7 player in the world.
As for this past weekend's 3M Open, everyone was expecting a hangover of epic proportions as the event following The Open and final major championship of the year, but the golf gods smiled upon us with Jackson Koivun finding the winner's circle in what was just his third start as a professional.
JACKSON KOIVUN HOLDS OFF SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER TO WIN FIRST PGA TOUR EVENT JUST 24 DAYS INTO PRO CAREER
All Koivun did for his maiden victory on Tour was fire a bogey-free 66 to win by three shots over the No. 1 player in the world, who was very much in hunting mode with his own final-round 63. Not bad for a 21-year-old who was playing college golf at Auburn a few months ago. We'll dive into Koivun's masterful week and other moments worth mentioning below. It's great to be back.
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Well, that escalated quickly.
You can name just about anything involving collegiate golf, and Jackson Koivun accomplished it during his three-year career at Auburn. The California kid won every award, won countless events, and became the No. 1 amateur in the world. He has carried the title of 'the next big thing' for years, but unlike many who have earned that expectation, he essentially immediately met it.
Despite earning his PGA Tour card through the Tour's University program in 2025, he returned to Auburn and kept his amateur status all the way through the 2026 U.S. Open, where he finished T-23. He turned professional immediately after, and surprisingly missed the cut at the John Deere Classic in his professional debut.
Fast-forward just three weeks and two starts later, and Koivun is now a winner on the PGA Tour, and made things look way easier than they actually were. He missed just 11 greens and 12 fairways for the entire week, made all of three bogeys across 72 holes, and picked up over nine shots on the field with his approach play alone. Those aren't supposed to be achievable numbers for a guy making his third start as a professional.
As for Sunday's final round, well, it was about as good as they come given the situation. While Koivun did start the day with a three-shot lead, three-shot leads can vanish in a hurry when you're a rookie and see the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Hideki Matsuyama, and Brian Harman surging up the leaderboard. Koivun didn't blink, however, and the fact that he went bogey-free on that stage – one he'd never stepped foot on – is as impressive as it gets.
On the topic of expectations, they only increase for Koivun moving forward. Earning a spot in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, making the Presidents Cup team, and picking up more victories before the calendar flips to 2027 are all now, fairly or unfairly, very much on the table.
Outside of Koivun earning his first win on Tour and Scheffler firing a final-round 63, the best moment from Sunday's final round at the 3M involved former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover taking off his shoes after making a putt in the middle of his round.
Glover made a 10-footer for birdie on the 10th hole, and instead of walking to the hole and picking up his ball, he walked to the fringe and slid off his golf shoes.
While everyone assumed that Glover's actions were a protest of the AimPoint method that many players on Tour use these days to read putts, it turns out that he was being mindful of his spike marks on the greens, something he was reportedly told to do by an official during the round.
It would have been way, way cooler if he was protesting AimPoint, which not only adds time to rounds, but also foot traffic around the hole. Glover is an outspoken critic of AimPoint, so maybe his tossing off his shoes was a mixture of being mindful of his spikes and also a protest. That's the way we're going to choose to look at it, at least.
Paternity leave the second time around as a father looks much different than the first. During my time off, it's been the three-and-a-half-year-old and me most of the time while momma is with baby girl. Luckily for me, my son is obsessed with golf, and we got to spend a ton of time on the course together during the break, but our twilight nine holes on Sunday evening stand above them all.
It was approximately 173 degrees where we live on Sunday, but the toddler was determined to hit the course. Aside from looking like we had both jumped into a pool by the second tee, it was our typical great time out there, and then we made it to the ninth green.
After hitting his first tee shot into a greenside bunker, the toddler wanted to re-tee. He found the green with ball No. 2, and while he was putting out and I was sweating gallons while raking the bunker after retrieving his golf ball, I turned around to see him grab his ball from the cup.
His next move was removing his hat and his sunglasses. I thought nothing of it and just assumed he was cooling off, knowing we were done with our round. He stood there for a few seconds just looking at me, almost expecting me to do something.
I didn't know what that something was, so I asked him what was wrong. He responded by asking me if he could give me a hug.
I said of course, and as he latched onto my leg, both of us soaked in sweat, he said "That's what players do."
I admittedly haven't gotten into the etiquette rules of golf with him at this point – after all, he's only three – but he picked up that players give hugs and handshakes after they're done playing by watching golf on TV with me.
I am one proud, blessed dad.