WEDNESDAY, JULY 29

FAUCI FACES SENATE GRILLING AS PRIVATE JOURNALS REVIVE LAB-LEAK SCANDAL Dr. Anthony Fauci is scheduled to testify before Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s committee today after Paul released more than 1,100 pages of the COVID policy architect's journals. Paul says the entries show contradictions between Fauci’s private knowledge and public statements on the lab leak, dangerous research, and the government response. READ

CATHOLICVOTE PRESIDENT: RISING SOCIALISTS AIM TO DISMANTLE AMERICA CatholicVote President and CEO Kelsey Reinhardt warned that an Ivy-educated class of Democratic Socialist candidates has “turned the ladder it climbed into a weapon against the country that provided it.” She is urging voters to defeat them at the polls and rebuild the culture in schools, parishes, and homes. READ

BIDEN TAPES: ‘I JUST FOUND ALL THE CLASSIFIED STUFF DOWNSTAIRS’ Newly released recordings capture former President Joe Biden warning his ghostwriter that notes “may be classified” and later saying he had found “all the classified stuff downstairs.” Special Counsel Robert Hur’s 2024 report found evidence Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified material after leaving office but declined to charge him. READ

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TRUMP EULOGIZES GRAHAM: ‘HE NEVER SAW A WAR THAT HE DIDN’T LIKE’ President Donald Trump remembered Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham at his funeral yesterday as a “true American original” and unapologetic hawk, saying he “never saw a war that he didn’t like.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended, and Sean Hannity argued Graham’s controversial foreign-policy record was the path to peace. READ

TRUMP PLANS WHITE HOUSE HONOR FOR TEEN WHO SAVED BOY FROM 10-FOOT WAVES President Trump says a 16-year-old lifeguard will be invited to the White House and receive a “High Civilian Honor” after fighting through towering surf to save a 10-year-old boy at Seabright Beach. Viral video shows the young lifeguard locking the child in a protective hold as wave after wave battered them until a second guard helped bring both ashore. READ

MAMDANI PUBLISHES 960,000 NAMES AND ADDRESSES FOR NEW TAX Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration released a searchable database naming owners and addresses of more than 960,000 properties that could face a new tax — far beyond the roughly 31,000 homes originally expected. Critics call the move reckless government doxxing. READ

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DOJ PAYS 7-FIGURE SETTLEMENT TO PRO-LIFE FATHER TARGETED BY BIDEN The Justice Department reached an unspecified seven-figure settlement with Paul Vaughn, a Christian father of 11 subjected to a predawn FBI raid and federal prosecution over peaceful prayer and hymn-singing outside a Tennessee abortion facility. Pardoned by Trump, Vaughn said the agreement closes a “traumatic ordeal” and thanked officials willing to confront the prior administration’s abuse. READ

FULTON SHEEN FOUNDATION UNVEILS BEATIFICATION PRE-MASS LINEUP Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Sr. Josephine Garrett, Msgr. Roger Landry, Katie Prejean McGrady, and musician Matt Maher will lead a 10 a.m. pre-Mass program before Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s Sept. 24 beatification in St. Louis. The broadcast and livestreamed celebration will precede the 2 p.m. Mass at The Dome at America’s Center. READ

EVEN PONTIFFS NEED A HOLIDAY Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican after three weeks of prayer, reading, rest, and sport at Castel Gandolfo, reviving the centuries-old papal summer tradition his predecessor set aside. The Holy Father still prayed the Sunday Angelus with crowds during the retreat, and his general audiences resume Aug. 5. READ

CATHOLIC 101 Here's what Catholic viewers can look out for in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster retelling of Homer’s Odyssey, courtesy of Erika Ahern, hostess of Zeale’s "The Deep." READ

SAINT OF THE DAY Today the Church honors Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, the siblings of Bethany whom Jesus loved and visited as friends. Martha confessed Him as the Christ, Mary listened at His feet, and Lazarus was called from the tomb. READ

DAILY PSALM "God is my refuge on the day of distress.” (Psalm 59) READ

DAILY READINGS Today's Mass readings. READ

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