Trump administration live updates: GOP-led Senate committee to vote on holding Anthony Fauci in contempt
Tennessee voters go to the polls today to vote for party nominees for governor and Congress.
President Donald Trump’s administration has refunded more than half of the tariffs it collected before the Supreme Court struck them down earlier this year.<!–> t=3–>Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images<!–>
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- FAUCI CONTEMPT VOTE: Senate Republicans are set to vote on holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he declined to answer lawmakers’ questions during a fiery hearing on the origins of the Covid pandemic last week.
- TENNESSEE PRIMARIES: U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Rep. John Rose and state Rep. Monty Fritts are vying for the GOP nomination for governor in Tennessee’s primary elections today. Memphis voters, meanwhile, will choose their first U.S. House nominees under a new Republican-drawn congressional map that forced longtime Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen into retirement.
- TARIFF REFUNDS: President Donald Trump’s administration has refunded more than half of the tariffs that it collected before the Supreme Court struck down those duties in February, or about $100 billion of the $166 billion in levies, a court filing showed.
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Trump’s administration has refunded about $100 billion from tariffs that it collected before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down those duties, a court filing showed.
The court filing in the U.S. Court of International Trade said that “refunds (duties plus interest) of approximately $100 billion have been completed using the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries Refund component, certified by the agency, and sent to the U.S. Department of Treasury for disbursement.”
The amount as of the end of July was noted in Tuesday’s filing by U.S. customs officials. It represented more than half of $166 billion collected in tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down in February.
What to expect in Tennessee’s state primary<!–>
Tennessee’s senior U.S. senator eyes a job change in a state primary on today while Memphis voters will choose their first U.S. House nominees under a new Republican-drawn congressional map that forced their longtime Democratic representative into retirement.
Republican Gov. Bill Lee is term-limited, and the GOP primary to replace him has attracted U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, four-term U.S. Rep. John Rose and state Rep. Monty Fritts. The outcome of the Republican primary has additional significance in Tennessee, which hasn’t elected a Democratic governor in 20 years.
Blackburn won reelection to a second U.S. Senate term in 2024 and launched her campaign for governor in August 2025. Rose launched his gubernatorial bid in March 2025 and has loaned his campaign about $13 million since mid-June. Aside from candidate loans, Blackburn has outraised Rose in terms of campaign contributions. She also has the support of an outside group that has spent roughly $5.1 million backing her and opposing Rose.
Trump backed Blackburn and Rose in their previous campaigns, but he has not endorsed a candidate in the gubernatorial primary.
Five candidates are running in the Democratic primary for governor, including Memphis City Councilwoman Jerri Green.
Memphis was a prime target among state Republican lawmakers who in May enacted new congressional boundaries that split the heavily Democratic city into three Republican-dominated congressional districts. Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen has represented the current Memphis-based 9th District for 20 years, but he ended his reelection bid shortly after the new map was adopted.
One of the Democrats running to replace him in the new 9th District is state Rep. Justin Pearson, who originally planned to challenge Cohen for the nomination. Pearson was one of two Democratic state lawmakers expelled from office in 2023 over his role in a gun control protest in the chamber. Both won back their seats four months later. Also running are state Sen. London Lamar and former healthcare and nonprofit executive Jim Torino.
Running for the Republican nomination in the new 9th District are state Sen. Brent Taylor, state Rep. Todd Warner, retired Army sergeant and volunteer firefighter Jeremy Thompson and conservative activist Charlotte Bergmann. Taylor has outraised the rest of the combined field and has Trump’s endorsement.
Voters in the new 9th District supported Trump for president in 2024 with about 60% of the vote, compared with the current 9th District, which Democratic then-Vice President Kamala Harris won with about 71% of the vote.
Senators to vote on holding Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress for pleading the Fifth during tense hearing<!–>
Senate Republicans are set to vote on holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he declined to answer lawmakers’ questions during a fiery hearing last week.
Fauci, who has long been a target of the right since he served as a top health official during the Covid pandemic, repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right during the hearing, explaining in his opening remarks that he believed Republicans would have tried to use his testimony to prosecute him.
Now, Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are escalating their push to do just that.
Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health