The House Oversight Committee is expanding its investigation into an alleged cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline and possible unauthorized executive actions, and nine former senior White House officials will testify in the coming weeks.
An Oversight Committee aide familiar with the interview schedule told Fox News Digital five more former senior White House staff members have agreed to appear voluntarily for transcribed interviews.
Ronald Klain, former chief of staff under Biden; Steve Ricchetti, former counselor to the president; Mike Donilon, former senior advisor to the president; Bruce Reed, former deputy chief of staff for policy; and Anita Dunn, former senior advisor to the president for communications, will appear for transcribed interviews July 24 through Aug. 7.
According to the aide, two other former high-ranking Biden White House officials, Ashley Williams, former special assistant to the president, and Annie Tomasini, former deputy director of Oval Office operations, former assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff, are voluntarily appearing for transcribed interviews on July 11 and July 18, respectively.
Not all former Biden officials, however, have agreed to testify voluntarily.
Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., has issued subpoenas compelling Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician, and Anthony Bernal, a former assistant to the president and senior advisor to the first lady, to appear for depositions.
The aide said O’Connor’s deposition is scheduled for July 9, while Bernal’s is schedule for July 16.
These interviews are part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into the alleged attempted cover-up of Biden’s decline and the potentially unauthorized issuance of sweeping pardons and other executive actions by senior White House officials usurping Biden’s presidential authority.
Comer has been on the hunt for who was making decisions in Biden’s inner circle during the president’s apparent mental decline.
Last Friday, he sent letters to former Biden White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, former White House chief of staff Jeff Zients, former senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates and former special assistant to the president Ian Sams, demanding they present themselves for transcribed interviews with the oversight committee.
In his letters, Comer says the committee believes that the four top Biden staffers have "critical" information on "who made key decisions and exercised the powers of the executive branch during the previous administration, possibly without former President Biden’s consent."
He said that "if White House staff carried out a strategy lasting months or even years to hide the chief executive’s condition — or to perform his duties — Congress may need to consider a legislative response."
Comer set interview dates for late August and early September and gave the four senior officials until July 4 to confirm they would comply with the demands voluntarily or if they will "require a subpoena to compel your attendance for a deposition."
In a statement to Fox News Digital last week, Comer said that "as part of our aggressive investigation into the cover-up of his cognitive decline and potentially unauthorized executive actions, we must hear from those who aided and abetted this farce."
The University of Pennsylvania agreed to a resolution with President Donald Trump's administration to keep males out of women's sports and apologize to every woman swimmer who was affected by the presence of trans athlete Lia Thomas in the 2021-22 season.
However, a lawsuit against the university by three former women's swimmers over their experience in sharing a team with Thomas is still active.
Former UPenn swimmers Grace Estabrook, Margot Kaczorowski and Ellen Holmquist filed their lawsuit against the university, Harvard University, the NCAA and the Ivy League back on Feb. 5. The suit alleges university officials led them to feel their concerns over being teammates with Thomas were rooted in a "psychological problem," and that by allowing Thomas to compete, the institutions "injured them and violated federal law."
The activist group funding the lawsuit, the Independent Council on Women's Sports (ICONS), released a statement on Tuesday addressing UPenn's resolution.
"In less than three weeks, lawyers for the University of Pennsylvania will appear in federal district court in Boston, Massachusetts. They have informed the court that they will argue the university did not violate Title IX by allowing Lia Thomas to compete on the women’s swim team," the statement claimed.
"Will UPenn now admit to the federal judge—just as they did to the Trump Administration today—that they violated Title IX? Or will they continue fighting against accountability and against UPenn’s female swimmers in court?"
Meanwhile, Former UPenn swimmer Paula Scanlan, who is not part of the lawsuit but was one of the first of Thomas' teammates to speak out against the situation, shared the email she received from the university apologizing.
ICONS added in its statement that Tuesday's announcement should serve as a warning to other institutions.
"We, along with the female athletes we represent, are grateful to the Trump Administration and the Department of Education for their commitment to restoring justice in women’s sports. Today’s announcement, concerning one of the most notorious violations of Title IX, sends a clear message to all educational institutions: denying women equal opportunities and the right to privacy is unequivocally wrong," the statement continued.
"ICONS remains dedicated to holding organizations like the NCAA, the Ivy League, and the University of Pennsylvania accountable, ensuring that legal precedents are set so such violations can never happen again."
Fox News Digital has reached out to UPenn for a response to the ICONS statement.
Thomas, a biological male, previously competed for the UPenn men's swimming team from 2017-20 under the name Will Thomas. According to the lawsuit, Thomas was introduced by women's swimming head coach Mike Schnur to the women's swimmers during a team meeting in Fall 2019 as their incoming teammate.
Each of the three plaintiffs claims the experience left them "repeatedly emotionally traumatized."
The plaintiffs allege that the university administrators pushed pro-trans ideology onto them throughout the process of accepting Thomas on the team and in their locker room. The former swimmers say that they were led to feel their concerns over being teammates with Thomas were rooted in a "psychological problem."
"The UPenn administrators told the women that if anyone was struggling with accepting Thomas’s participation on the UPenn Women’s team, they should seek counseling and support from CAPS and the LBGTQ center," the lawsuit alleges.
"The administrators also invited the women to a talk titled, ‘Trans 101.’ Thus, the women were led to understand that UPenn’s position was that if a woman on the team had any problem with a trans-identifying male being on her team that woman had a psychological problem and needed counseling."
The plaintiffs also allege that the administrators warned them against speaking out against the situation publicly.
"The UPenn administrators went on to tell the women that if the women spoke publicly about their concerns about Thomas’ participation on the Women’s Team, the reputation of those complaining about Thomas being on the team would be tainted with transphobia for the rest of their lives and they would probably never be able to get a job,’" the lawsuit alleges.
The three female swimmers allege that they were made to believe they would be removed from the team if they tried to protest Thomas' participation ahead of the 2022 Ivy League championships.
"UPenn swim team members were told by Coach Schnur and UPenn administrators that UPenn administrators coordinated closely with the NCAA and the Ivy League to ensure that Thomas would be eligible for the 2021-2022 women’s swimming season," the suit alleged.
"These statements about close coordination between UPenn, the Ivy League and the NCAA regarding Thomas’ eligibility led the UPenn Women’s Team members to understand the resisting or protesting the participation of Thomas on the team or his presence in the locker room would be futile and could result in the women being removed from the team or from UPenn."
The lawsuit alleges that coaches and UPenn administrators told the women's swimmers not to talk about Thomas' situation. Schnur allegedly told the women's swimmers that Thomas wouldn't be sharing a locker room with them when they asked after the initial introduction.
But that allegedly changed later.
Thomas officially began to practice and compete with the women's swimmers in Fall 2021.
And that was when the female swimmers say they discovered that Schnur's alleged claim Thomas wouldn't share a locker room was not true.
"When UPenn’s women’s swimmers returned to school in the fall of 2021 they were shocked to discover that Thomas was being allowed to use the women’s locker room at UPenn and would be allowed to use the women’s locker room at swim meets," the lawsuit alleges.
"Margot [Kaczorowski] only learned that Thomas had been authorized by UPenn to use the women’s locker room when [Kaczorowski] walked in the women’s locker room to find Thomas in front of her changing his clothing."
Per the suit, Kaczorowski confronted Schnur in tears about her shock of discovering Thomas would now share a locker room with her. She alleges the coach responded by saying, "I know it’s wrong, but there’s nothing I can do."
"Coach Schnur told the Plaintiffs he would be fired by UPenn if he did not allow Thomas to use the women’s locker room and compete on the women’s swim team," the lawsuit alleges.
In December 2021, another team meeting was held to discuss Thomas' presence on the team and the media attention it garnered, per the court documents. The female swimmers allege they were told that Thomas would continue to be on their team and that "Lia swimming is a non-negotiable."
UPenn addressed the resolution with Trump's administration in a statement on Tuesday.
"The Department of Education OCR investigated the participation of one transgender athlete on the women’s swimming team three years ago, during the 2021 – 2022 swim season. At that time, Penn was in compliance with NCAA eligibility rules and Title IX as then interpreted," the statement read.
"Penn has always followed – and continues to follow – Title IX and the applicable policy of the NCAA regarding transgender athletes. NCAA eligibility rules changed in February 2025 with Executive Orders 14168 and 14201 and Penn will continue to adhere to these new rules.
"Penn has never maintained a policy of its own regarding the participation of transgender athletes in intercollegiate sports. Nor do we maintain our own policies related to other NCAA rules. We adhere to NCAA and Ivy League rules that are designed to ensure fair and transparent athletic competitions for all schools and participants."
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“I’m struggling out there Day 2,” Kelce said Tuesday, July 1, on the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast. “I am leaking Bud Lights. I am just trying to figure out how I am going to explain a route concept. I pull up absolutely s***-faced from the night before.”
Upon arrival, Kelce was immediately reminded that he had work to do thanks to former Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen, who created Tight End U with Kelce and San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle.
“Greg comes up to me and he’s like, ‘Alright, Travis. You’ve got 30 minutes.,’” Kelce said.
The Kansas City Chiefs star remembered thinking, “Thirty minutes of what?”
Luckily, Kelce made it through his on-field mentoring session in one piece and lived to tell some encouraging tales from the Tight End U’s fifth annual gathering.
“A lot of the tight ends are like, ‘Whatever you need, I’m here for the good time. I’m one of the hardest workers, but at the same time, I’m here to have some f***ing fun,’” Kelce said on the podcast. “I feel like naturally that’s where the tight end world is. So you get those guys from every single team, when you bring them together, it’s just a big kick it.”
While Kelce acknowledged the weekend has become “less and less about football,” he said it’s “just cool to see 80 tight ends in the NFL come together for a weekend. It blows my f***in’ mind.”
“Sure enough, when you’re getting starting tight ends from all over the place, it feels like it’s an all-star atmosphere,” he explained. “Like an all-star weekend atmosphere, a Pro Bowl weekend atmosphere. It’s really taken off into one of my favorite three days before the season even starts. S***’s fun.”
Kelce said the relaxed, celebratory vibe of Tight End U helps remind him — and all of the other participants — why they love football so much in the first place.
“It’s reassuring,” he said. “Because the s*** in the building can get so tedious and focused and so serious.”
Kelce added, “You see that everybody has these ups and downs, but you can still have fun doing this s***.”
Travis Kelce recalled feeling out of place on the Grotesquerie set not just because it was his first major acting role — but because of how some of the other actors looked at him.
“[It was] not necessarily that it wasn’t for me. I was part of a really good cast. I think I got a lot of help and a lot of pointers from them,” he noted. “So they helped make me feel comfortable in the moment.”
Kelce admitted “preparation” was his biggest issue, adding, “I’m so prepared for an NFL game. I get an entire week to figure out a scheme of how I’m going to attack somebody and how I’m going to, like, handle certain specific situations. When you go into acting, I just don’t feel as prepared.”
“I don’t know that professionalism before the cameras are on. I just hadn’t found that yet. I’m just going over the lines and I thought I could work something out,” he continued. “How many times am I going to read this same line and think that. You know what I mean? I gotta find the professional [in me].”
Kelce was introduced early in the season, which premiered in October 2024, as an orderly named Ed who worked at the same hospital where Lois’ (Niecy Nash-Betts) husband, Marshall (Courtney B. Vance), was being treated after falling into a coma. Ed and Lois developed a flirtation but didn’t act on their feelings. He subsequently fell in love with Lois and Marshall’s daughter, Merritt (Raven Goodwin) before viewers learned none of it was real.
Grotesquerie shocked Us more than halfway through the season with the reveal that Lois was the one in the coma. As a result, everything shown before episode 7 was a sequence of dreams she was having while unconscious in the hospital, and Kelce embodied a second character.
“Every single director that I met on set, I was just telling them, ‘Coach me up. I’m here to be coached. If I suck, tell me I suck and tell me how I can be better. I’ll take all the criticism. I don’t give a f***,’” Kelce recalled on Tuesday. “I was big on if a scene would happen and the directors were watching the scene over to see if they like it or not or see what we could do different, I would hurry up and go over there to watch some film real quick.”
Kelce went on to say that he didn’t feel like he “grasped the acting world yet.” Teasing Kelce for being “out of place,” the cohosts asked whether other actors questioned his presence on the show’s set.
“I felt those eyes,” Kelce admitted. “I felt those eyes a little bit.”
The athlete didn’t get specific, but Nash-Betts, 55, previously praised his work on the show. “The blessing about this particular show for an actor is that most of the characters play a duality,” she joked during an exclusive interview with Us Weekly in October 2024. “Travis went from being a charming person who worked at the hospital to being down and out on his luck guy who has a mullet.”
“I just wanted to make sure I was very, very present for him in this new space. [He was] coming into the acting world and was just getting baptized in [the acting world] real quick,” she added. “[Grotesquerie] is going to come with some things that maybe other shows don’t present so I just wanted to make sure he felt covered. I wanted to make sure we had time to rehearse.”
Nash-Betts also opened up about building an onscreen chemistry with Kelce, quipping, “I was born to flirt, so that part is easy.”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Layla Taylor broke her silence about concern over her weight — and opened up about her past mental health struggles that led to self-harm and attempts to take her own life.
During the Hulu special, which started streaming on Tuesday, July 1, host Nick Viall revealed that Layla, 24, spoke out about her issues that never aired on the show. A never-before-scene clip showed Layla addressing comments about her body.
“I’ve been skinny my whole life though. I feel like everyone’s concerned right now but I’ve been skinny my whole entire life,” Layla told Demi Engemann before confirming she still has issues with body dysmorphia. “It’s like when you guys tell me, “Oh, you used to look like a healthy weight.’ When you have an eating disorder, the word ‘healthy’ triggers me.”
Layla said being told she looks “tiny” encourages her eating disorder, adding, “For some reason, in my twisted brain I think I am going down the right track. That gives me an endorphin rush. Also just living in Utah, the need to chase perfection — when it’s not attainable — is such a bad thing here.”
While opening up to Demi, 30, Layla showed her scars on her wrists from past self-harm attempts.
“They’re kind of visible but they’re not too bad. I feel like I’m more insecure about those and it’s just an image thing here,” she continued. “Because someone looks at them and they don’t recognize what I’ve struggled with. They look at me and they judge.”
Layla started to cry at the reunion while elaborating on her mental health journey.
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“It is a hard thing for me to talk about. I’ve dealt with really bad depression and anxiety my whole entire life. I have attempted to take my life multiple times and thought that I’d be better off dead than living the life that I do,” she told her costars, who were visibly emotional. “It just goes back to just never feeling like I’m enough. I was told that a lot growing up. That’s why I self-harm too.”
After Nick, 44, asked how Layla is doing now, she confirmed that she has been “better” in recent months.
“I haven’t self-harmed in a long time, which is good. I got my scars removed and I’m trying to move past that. One of the reasons why I wanted to get my scars removed is because my boys noticed it too,” Layla, who shares two sons with ex-husband Clayton Wessel, recalled. “I was like, ‘That’s not me just falling. That was me doing something to myself.’”
She continued: “My kids noticed it and it could affect them. So that’s what snapped me out of it and got me to stop. I don’t want to give my kids traumas because I’m dealing with it and I need to be strong for them.”
Mayci Neeley’s husband, Jacob Neeley, was noticeably affected by what Layla shared. When asked by Nick why he was crying, Jacob said he was thinking about his and Mayci’s children.
“I’m just a girl dad,” Jacob, who shares son Hudson, daughter Harlow, and is currently expecting a third baby with Mayci, 29, said.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives reunion is currently streaming on Hulu.
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. If you or someone you know struggles with an eating disorder, visit the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders (ANAD) website or call their hotline at (888)-375-7767 to get help.
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Savannah Guthrie stood her ground about what personal matters she wanted to write about in her book — and her divorce was off the table.
“I don’t want to talk about getting divorced,” the journalist, 53, told host Monica Lewinsky on the Tuesday, July 1, episode of her “Reclaiming” podcast. “It was horrible, sad and it broke my heart. It took me years to recover. I’m not blaming anyone, but I really don’t want to get into it.”
Guthrie was previously married to Mark Orchard from 2005 to 2009 before she found The One with Michael Feldman. Feldman and the Today host wed in 2014 and share two children, Vale, 10, and Charley, 8.
Last year, Guthrie published Mostly What God Does, which included a series of personal essays broaching the subjects of faith, love, presence, grace, hope, gratitude and more. The spiritual book also included a disclaimer that let readers know that Gurthie wasn’t going to touch on some personal matters.
“The disclaimer was basically like, ‘Look, if you think you’re going to write about faith and try to — certainly not answer — but discuss some of these hardest questions. Despite the fact the picture I’ve just drawn … I’m not writing a whitewash,’” she reflected. “I tried to at least talk about some of the hardest subjects there are about loss and about injustice. I try to take on all those things and just examine them and reflect on them — certainly not solve them.”
Guthrie acknowledged that she’s nowhere near being a “theologian” and occasionally attended “vacation bible school.”
“I’m just a lay person, so take it with a grain,” she said. “But also you might be wondering, it seems like you, right now, have it all kind of going for you. You’re married, you’ve got these two kids, you got this great job, like what problems do you have? So I wanted to say I have experienced adversity, but I don’t really want to tell you about the depths of that. Because some of that was just too personal and too embarrassing.”
While Guthrie set a boundary on what she would and wouldn’t share, she did include some “embarrassing” journal entries and notes. She also noted that she doesn’t believe in a “hierarchy of pain” as all people have their struggles.
“I’m not gonna say who had it worse,” she said. “If we did, I wouldn’t be in the top … but I have had my moments and I have had my sadnesses.”
In her disclaimer, Guthrie advised readers not to drive themselves “crazy” trying to pinpoint what she was talking about.
“Look, some things happened and when I’m writing about them, this isn’t in a vacuum, but I don’t want to go there … I don’t want to give you the gory details, but I do want to share with you,” she explained. “I understand you might have these questions, and maybe this won’t be enough for you, but I just felt like I had to.”
Guthrie added that when she was in the writing process, she never got any “pushback” on including the disclaimer.
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