Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Rand Paul gets into an elevator after a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. A Republican-led US Senate committee on Thursday voted to hold the country's former top infectious diseases official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, in an escalation of efforts to blame him for potential Covid-19 pandemic missteps. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senator Bernie Moreno, Republican of Ohio arrives ahead of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. The committee is scheduled to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in contempt of Congress. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senator Bernie Moreno (C), Republican of Ohio speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. The committee is scheduled to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in contempt of Congress. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

CORRECTION / Tourists sit at the terrasse of a freshly-reopened restaurant after authorities allowed people back on the Cap Ferret peninsula in the wake of the wildfire which engulfed the Gironde region in Lege-Cap-Ferret, along the Arcachon bay, southwestern France on August 4, 2026. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP via Getty Images) / "The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [August 4, 2026] instead of [August 4, 2006]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require."

CORRECTION / Tourists enjoy the beach after authorities allowed people back on the Cap Ferret peninsula in the wake of the wildfire which engulfed the Gironde region in Lege-Cap-Ferret, along the Arcachon bay, southwestern France on August 4, 2026. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP via Getty Images) / "The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [August 4, 2026] instead of [August 4, 2006]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require."

CORRECTION / A tourist sits at the terrasse of a freshly-reopened restaurant after authorities allowed people back on the Cap Ferret peninsula in the wake of the wildfire which engulfed the Gironde region in Lege-Cap-Ferret, along the Arcachon bay, southwestern France on August 4, 2026. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP via Getty Images) / "The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [August 4, 2026] instead of [August 4, 2006]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require."

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) looks on during a business meeting with the Senate Homeland Security And Government Affairs Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on August 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to vote on several measures including a contempt resolution against former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, who invoked the Fifth Amendment numerous times during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: Ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) speaks during a business meeting with the Senate Homeland Security And Government Affairs Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on August 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to vote on several measures including a contempt resolution against former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, who invoked the Fifth Amendment numerous times during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)