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Scalise says GOP memo on closed-door Birx testimony confirms world was 'misled' on COVID ... The memo ... provides "key takeaways" from Birx’s recent committee testimony to Congress on Oct. 12/13 and gives fresh insight into the origins of the virus as well as the U.S. government’s pandemic response. "President Biden and Democrats have politicized Covid from the start and refused to acknowledge its origins from China," Scalise told Fox News in a statement. "Republicans have been sounding the alarm on these issues for well over year, and Dr. Birx’s closed-door testimony confirms that the world was misled." "Perhaps most...

Dr. Deborah Birx announced Tuesday that she will retire just days after she was accused of bending her own rules with a Thanksgiving weekend gathering at a beach house. The White House coronavirus task force leader said she would stay in her role until President-elect Joe Biden takes office before stepping down. ... “I will have to say that this experience has been a bit overwhelming,” Birx said. “It’s been very difficult on my family.” Birx visited the beach home over the holiday weekend with members of more than one household in apparent violation of Centers for Disease Control restrictions,...