Newly released diary entries reveal that as COVID-19 deaths mounted around the world, former White House COVID advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci became increasingly fixated on his newfound celebrity.

Released by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., the journals chronicle Fauci’s day-to-day role during the COVID-19 crisis through conversations with President Donald Trump, governors and world leaders, media appearances, and his personal observations as the pandemic unfolded.

Paul, a longtime Fauci critic who frequently clashed with Fauci over the federal response and the origins of the virus, made the diaries public as part of the committee’s ongoing oversight investigation. The release comes days before Fauci is scheduled to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after being subpoenaed by Paul.

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A surprising recurring theme throughout the diaries is Fauci’s growing awareness of his own public profile during the most intense months of the pandemic, which ultimately claimed more than 7 million officially reported lives worldwide, including roughly 1.2 million in the United States.

On April 7, 2020, after recording the latest pandemic developments, Fauci wrote: «Press still hot and heavy about me. Multiple stories per day directly or indirectly involving me.»

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, became a central figure in the federal government’s response to COVID-19. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

By May 21, after recording the latest pandemic figures — nearly 98,000 global deaths and more than 27,000 U.S. deaths — and documenting the day’s White House coronavirus task force meetings, Fauci wrote that his «national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable» and that it was «not hyperbole» to say he was «the most famous and talked about person in the country.»

He added that Trump «seems to be enamored of me even though I am taking the spotlight away from him,» writing that the two were developing «a very unique and interesting relationship.» Fauci also noted that Secret Service agents had become so familiar with him they often waved him through White House security without checking his identification.

As the attention continued to grow, the diary increasingly documented how Fauci’s prominence had expanded beyond public health. A month later, as the United States recorded what Fauci described as a record 40,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, he wrote that he had been invited to appear on «Dancing with the Stars.»

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Dr. Anthony Fauci emerged as a leading public face of the U.S. pandemic response, though his relationship with President Donald Trump grew increasingly strained as the pandemic wore on. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

The diaries also document Fauci’s growing frustration with the Trump White House. On July 2, 2020, after warning that the country could be entering an «exponential» increase in COVID-19 cases heading into the Fourth of July weekend, Fauci wrote, «POTUS and his people have essentially dropped out and do not even recognize that an outbreak is ongoing.»

He also complained that the White House was denying requests for him to appear on major television programs. Across multiple entries, Fauci criticized White House communications officials for restricting his television appearances, questioned the administration’s public messaging and expressed frustration that media coverage increasingly portrayed him as being at odds with Trump.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game between the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on July 23, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

Fauci also repeatedly defended himself against what he described as the «countless» profiles written about him. He wrote that White House officials were upset because the coverage made it appear he was becoming «a star that outshines» the president.

He also insisted several of the profiles had been written without interviewing him and wrote that he had «no desire to conflict with, embarrass or show up the POTUS,» later deciding to stop participating in profile interviews altogether.

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Taken together, the entries offer an unusually personal account of Fauci’s role during one of the most consequential public health crises in modern U.S. history, capturing not only the government’s internal deliberations but also his private concerns about the pandemic, his increasingly complicated relationship with the Trump White House and the extraordinary public attention that followed.

Los indicadores sobre la confianza del consumidor y la percepción del futuro de Panamá deben tomarse con seriedad, aunque una cifra negativa no define el destino del país, toda vez que esto “debe ayudarnos a identificar prioridades, corregir y avanzar”.

El planteamiento lo hace la Cámara de Comercio, Industrias y Agricultura de Panamá, al referirse al Índice de Confianza del Consumidor Panameño (ICCP), que a junio alcanzó 75 puntos, un resultado que refleja una disminución de 17 puntos en comparación con enero de 2026, cuando el índice se situó en 92 puntos.

Esta medición refleja un deterioro en las expectativas de los panameños, influenciado principalmente por el impacto del aumento en el precio de los combustibles y por la incertidumbre que generan tanto los factores externos como los internos sobre la economía, dijo en su momento María Alejandra Cuéllar, CEO y gerente general de The Marketing Group.

Este contexto ha incidido en una mayor cautela de los consumidores respecto a su situación financiera, sus posibilidades de ahorro y las perspectivas económicas del país.

Para el gremio empresarial, “ver el vaso medio lleno no significa desconocer los problemas. Significa asumirlos y trabajar en soluciones. La confianza se fortalece cuando las palabras se traducen en empleo, inversión, educación, reglas claras y resultados”.

Aduce que Panamá necesita que instituciones, empresas, trabajadores, academia y ciudadanos aporten, desde sus responsabilidades, en una misma dirección.

Indica que al Gobierno le corresponde facilitar las condiciones para el desarrollo, mientras que el papel del sector privado es invertir, innovar, generar empleo y actuar con ética e integridad.

La Cámara de Comercio, Industrias y Agricultura de Panamá hace hincapié en que “trabajar en equipo exige diálogo, coordinación y enfoque en resultados. No se trata de señalar responsabilidades ajenas, sino de asumir las propias. Del diagnóstico a la acción. De la acción a los resultados”.

Argumenta que el sector privado está haciendo su parte, refiriéndose específicamente al Bootcamp del IV Congreso de Emprendimiento, evento a realizarse el 5 de agosto, donde se “acompañará a quienes buscan pasar de la idea al negocio mediante formación, inteligencia artificial, sostenibilidad, formalización y Networking. Una buena idea puede convertirse en empresa, innovación y empleo”.

De igual manera, sostiene que promueven oportunidades de pasantía conforme a la nueva Ley de Pasantías, mediante lo que llaman Pupilo Hubs, donde las empresas publican sus vacantes y recibe candidatos ya validados una vez el algoritmo cruza habilidades técnicas, blandas, categoría profesional y arquetipo de personalidad, por lo que cada candidato llega con un score de afinidad real.

En su afán de contribuir al desarrollo del país, los empresarios adelantaron que en septiembre apoyarán un taller del Ministerio de Educación orientado a cómo iniciar la vida laboral, dirigido a estudiantes graduandos. Además, agregan, impulsarán el programa Padrinos de Bachillerato.

El sector privado impulsa exposiciones comerciales a realizar en abril de 2027, y posteriormente en octubre el World of Coffee Panamá, eventos que puntualizan generan economía real.

“Atraen compradores, inversión y visitantes; activan hoteles, transporte, restaurantes, logística, tecnología y servicios; y fortalecen a Panamá como hub regional de exposiciones y eventos”, manifiesta el sector privado.

En un texto firmado por su presidente, Aurelio Barría Pino, la Cámara hace un recuento de sus periplos, que en los últimos meses los llevaron, de la mano del Gobierno, a misiones en Grecia Y Marruecos “para identificar inversión extranjera y ampliar los vínculos comerciales del país.

De igual manera, en su recuento manifiestan que han tenido contactos con delegaciones empresariales de Miami y Emiratos Árabes Unidos, con el propósito de para conectar empresarios y explorar oportunidades de inversión y negocios.

A suspect with alleged ties to Germany’s «Islamist scene» is on the run after allegedly plowing a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival and attacking others with a machete in what officials believe was an Islamic terror attack that left one person dead and at least 29 others injured.

German authorities on Sunday launched an intensive manhunt for Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots whom officials say may be armed and dangerous.

«Everything we see here points to us dealing with an Islamic terror attack,» German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said.

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The minister said the suspect had previously come to the attention of authorities for multiple crimes, as well as his «radicalization and belonging to the Islamist scene.»

Dobrindt said Ballout was born in Germany and that his mother became a naturalized German citizen in 2002, three years before he was born. He said the suspect previously received a suspended prison sentence of one year and 10 months but did not disclose what he had been convicted of.

Police officers stand near a vehicle crashed into a tree after driving into a crowd near Berlin’s annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Police said a white van drove into a crowd in Berlin’s Tiergarten park around 10 p.m. on Saturday before crashing into a tree. Authorities say the suspect then attacked several people with a machete before fleeing.

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A woman was killed, while three people suffered life-threatening injuries and eight others were seriously hurt, according to Berlin’s fire service. Dobrindt said at least 29 people were injured.

Emergency personnel and police gather in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The attack happened a few hundred yards from Berlin’s annual Christopher Street Day Pride celebration — one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ events — but not on the parade route or at the festival’s closing event near the Brandenburg Gate. Investigators said the victims appeared to include both Pride attendees and other people who were in the park.

Organizers stopped the celebration shortly after the attack, cutting off a live performance and urging people to leave the area.

People stand on 17 June Street following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day in Berlin on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Fabian Sommer/DPA via AP)

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Berlin police said Ballout has been identified as the suspect but had not been arrested as of Sunday. Police spokesman Florian Nath earlier said the suspect was known to investigators because of his alleged ties to Islamic groups in Berlin.

«The suspect is known to police. He is known to us as a member of Islamic circles here in Berlin, and our search for this person is proceeding at full speed,» Nath said, according to The Associated Press. «We still have no information whatsoever regarding his specific motives, the exact sequence of events, or his role in the crime itself.»

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt speaks to the media near the scene where a car rammed into a crowd at the Pride March in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Police searched several locations across Berlin overnight and into Sunday, including an apartment in the Schöneberg district, but did not find the suspect.

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The manhunt is ongoing.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.