On Monday, John Kirby, a White House national security spokesperson, said at a press briefing that government would not confirm a report that the Department of Energy determined a lab leak was the reason behind the spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying there is no government consensus yet about what caused the outbreak.

“A Ukrainian flag has become like a COVID mask. It’s a sign to show your virtue,” Ted Cruz said.

The Pentagon declared that the Defense Department’s U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has started investigating the leak crisis of how one of its servers leaked sensitive data for two weeks.

 The crew operating a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, did not receive a critical warning about an overheated axle until just before dozens of cars went off the tracks, federal safety investigators said in a report Thursday as U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made his first visit to the crash site.