President Donald Trump's administration is intensifying its attacks against American medical professionals and scientists, particularly those associated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

With each prosecution, the White House advances the lab-leak theory, or the claim the Coronavirus Pandemic originated in a Chinese laboratory, argues The Atlantic's senior editor Daniel Engber.

Recent actions include FBI arrests of a flu expert and the indictment of a coronavirus researcher in Detroit.

Engber warned that "repercussions may yet extend to other scientists" and raised concerns that "research policy is being handled by the Department of Justice" rather than through proper administrative channels."

The report also included a warning for Andrew Fauci, who headed NIAID for nearly for decades.

"In effect, research policy is being handled by the Department of Justice," he said. "America’s doctor may soon be dragged out to testify once more: The science that he championed appears to be unfettered; the scientists he funded are at risk of ending up in chains."

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A GOP megadonor revealed at a private conference on Wednesday that he intends to back Secretary of State Marco Rubio over Vice President JD Vance should the two men decide to run for president in 2028, according to a new report.

Axios reported that Ken Griffin, CEO of Citadel LLC, said during an interview at the Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, that he would be "predisposed" to backing Rubio because he previously backed his failed 2016 presidential bid. Griffin, who Axios reported gave more than $100 million to Republicans in 2024, is one of the party's largest donors and has previously called for it to "move on" from Trump.

"Griffin's comments reflected the emerging split in the GOP between establishment-minded figures like Griffin, who want Rubio to run, and anti-establishment types who prefer Vance — in part because of the VP's reluctance to involve the U.S. in foreign conflicts," the report reads in part.

Griffin's comments came at a time when Republicans have expressed concerns about how the 2026 midterm elections are shaping up. Democrats appear poised to retake the House of Representatives, according to public polling, despite recent redistricting efforts in several states. Some political analysts have suggested the Democrats have a path to retake the Senate as well, although the party's odds appear longer.

President Donald Trump demanded that the Supreme Court reverse its own birthright citizenship ruling, something the justices have done exactly once in their 236-year history.

In Trump v. Barbara, the justices voted 6-3 to uphold the 14th Amendment's guarantee of automatic citizenship for virtually every child born on U.S. soil.

A rehearing would require the same justices to reconsider a case they've already decided and take a new vote.

"Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority. The ruling upheld birthright citizenship for children of immigrants here illegally or on temporary visas.

"Signs and Billboards are being put up all over our Southern Border, and Mexico, advertising BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, with 'Deliveries starting at $4000,'" Trump ranted Wednesday on Truth Social. "AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE! In fact, that is a crime, and therefore, the Supreme Court's ruling is wrong."

"I will be asking for a Rehearing by the United States Supreme Court, IMMEDIATELY. This miscarriage of justice will destroy America if they don't change their absolutely insane decision."

Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck has called getting the Supreme Court to reverse itself on rehearing "a virtual dead-letter."

The Court hasn't agreed to rehear a decided case since 1965. And it has only reversed itself once after rehearing a case — in 1957.

For a rehearing to move forward, one of the six justices who voted against Trump would have to push for it. None of the six has.

"I am not sure that today's opinion will stand the test of time," Justice Clarence Thomas argued in his 91-page dissent. But the justice has never called for a rehearing.

Trump has until July 25 — just 17 days — to formally file his rehearing request with the Court.