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The White House has embraced the lab-leak theory as the "true" origin of the pandemic, launching a website to replace Covid.gov. The claim — which some U.S. intelligence agencies dispute — appears to rest entirely on a House GOP report that no Democrats signed. w @laurenweberhp.bsky.social
Apr 18, 2025, 6:50 PM
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