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Trump’s massive GOP faith bloc raises red flag on Iran deal: Trust him, not his team

Pastor John Hagee called the MOU ‘ill-advised’ while Dr Mike Evans predicted Trump will ultimately bankrupt the regime

June 30, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

By Ashley J. DiMella, Amelie Botbol

Escalating US-Iran tensions in Strait of Hormuz

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Influential evangelical leaders are divided over the Trump administration’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran, as conflict continues across the Middle East and debate grows over whether the framework strengthens U.S. leverage or risks harming Israel.

President Donald Trump recently threatened to re-escalate U.S. military strikes against Iran after Tehran continued attacks in the Strait of Hormuz after the regime launched strikes against Kuwait and Bahrain over the weekend, drawing condemnations from both Gulf neighbors.

The split is emerging at a delicate moment for Trump, who is trying to turn military pressure on Iran into a diplomatic framework without alienating supporters who helped power his political coalition. Supporters of the MOU say Trump has earned trust because he weakened Tehran first, while critics say any deal that gives Iran relief before its threat to Israel is permanently neutralized risks betraying the alliance his base expects him to protect.

Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center in Jerusalem and a close evangelical ally of Trump, told Fox News Digital that many people are underestimating the American president.

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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29, 2025.(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

“The facts are that Donald Trump was key to ending the Gaza war, he was key to getting hostages out of there, and he was key in breaking the back of the Iranian regime, including destroying its navy, air force, missile defense and leadership,” Evans said.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION UNVEILS SWEEPING TERMS OF PROPOSED IRAN AGREEMENT

Vice President JD Vance and Jared Kushner attend an event related to the Iran talks.(Fabrice Coffrini/Reuters)

There are 750 million Bible-believing Christians around the world who identify as Zionists, Evans said, adding that while they may disagree on Israeli political issues, they agree that Israel is the biblical homeland given by God to the Jewish people through Abraham.

While running for president, Trump met with Christian groups, including Evans, and asked whether they would support him, Evans said, adding that they agreed on the condition that he support Christian values in the United States and stands by the State of Israel.

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President Donald Trump pumps his fist after speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s 2026 Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2026.(Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

“He promised to do both and so far he’s exceeded all of our expectations,” Evans said.

“Israel is willing to shed its blood for America in the Middle East. America needs to do everything possible to support the State of Israel. We, as believers, believe that God birthed this nation. We don’t have any fear about Israel’s future,” he added.

U.S. officials worked with the Israel Defense Forces to complete Operation Epic Fury in February, which was a 38-day effort to dismantle the Iranian regime’s military capabilities.

“Following the historic destruction of Iran’s military capabilities through the successful Operation Epic Fury, President Trump and his negotiating team have brokered an excellent, performance-based MOU that advances the interests of the United States by ending the fighting, reopening the Strait of Hormuz to significantly lower energy prices, and forcing Iran to commit to abandon its nuclear ambitions,” White House spokesperson Olivia Wales told Fox News Digital.

“President Trump has a strong relationship with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and Israel has always been a great ally to the United States. There has been no greater friend to Israel and a fighter for peace than President Trump… Americans and our allies around the world are already safer for the United States and Israel’s bold actions to deny the Iranian regime the ability to develop a nuclear weapon,” a White House official added in a comment to Fox News Digital.

Vice President JD Vance stands at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne in Switzerland prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar on June 21, 2026.(Fabrice Coffrini/Keystone)

The Rev. Johnnie Moore, president of The Congress of Christian Leaders, told Fox News Digital that, in 2016, opposition to President Obama’s catastrophic Iran deal was one of the top three reasons evangelicals rallied to Donald Trump, helping forge one of the most consequential, enduring and powerful political coalitions in American history — a coalition that stands with him still and knows its power.

“Evangelicals know, and President Trump knows, that words on paper don’t change terrorists. Accountability does. Action does. This president has been willing to confront the Iranian regime in ways no predecessor would, and the regime has never been weaker,” Moore said.

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“The nuclear threat, at least for now, is gone. What brought Iran to this table was not a memorandum — it was precise and unrelenting military action that shattered their nuclear ambitions and broke their conventional forces,” he continued.

“We also know, as the president knows, that the regime will say and do anything to deceive everyone around him — because they understand they cannot deceive the president himself. Evangelicals trust President Trump entirely. That does not mean that we trust many of those now involved in the negotiation,” he added.

The risk the president must manage, he said, is that Tehran turns this into a stalling game — as it tried and failed to do with his own team at least twice and did successfully with Presidents Biden and Obama.

“In the end, because of the president, America will win this too — negotiation or not. But it is clear where our community stands. The regime only understands one language: strength. American strength,” he said.

ISRAEL FEARS TRUMP WEARY OF ‘HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS’ NETANYAHU AND COULD ‘FLIP’ AMID IRAN DEAL: ANALYST

A U.S. sailor signals the launch of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford while supporting Operation Epic Fury at sea on Feb. 28.(U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

Other leaders expressed concerns over recent comments on Israel from the administration. Laurie Cardoza-Moore, president of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations, told Fox News Digital that evangelical Christians were largely responsible for the election of the current administration and said the agreement with Iran is extremely worrying.

“One of our core issues is the Biblical requirement to stand with Israel and G-d’s chosen people as described in the Books of Genesis and Obadiah. As the Bible teaches, those who stand with Israel will be blessed, and those who curse her will be cursed,” she said.

“There is a strong feeling that Israel is being betrayed and thrown under the bus in favor of the Islamic Republic of Iran. We are particularly concerned about recent harsh and false statements made by Vice President Vance, which could be perceived as cursing Israel,” she added.

The office of the vice president declined to comment when approached by Fox News Digital.

Vance has supported Israel but has also said he is willing to criticize the country when he believes its actions warrant it. He condemned antisemitism in February, telling the Daily Mail, “I think Jew hatred is disgusting.”

“You shouldn’t hate people because they’re White. You shouldn’t hate people because they’re Jewish. You shouldn’t hate people because they’re Black,” he said.

But Vance has also made clear that support for Israel does not mean automatic agreement with Netanyahu’s government.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu, look, he governs a country that has obviously been a very close partner of the United States. But, even when we’ve been close partners, sometimes we have interests that are perfectly aligned, and sometimes we have interests that are misaligned,” Vance said in an interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” June 10.

TRUMP’S IRAN AGREEMENT RAISES A BASIC QUESTION: IS IT ACTUALLY A DEAL?

The U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford conducts flight operations in support of Operation Epic Fury at an undisclosed location on March 9, 2026.(DVIDS/Reuters)

The Trump administration publicly released details of the memorandum outlining plans for immediate waivers on Iranian oil exports, a framework for at least $300 billion in reconstruction and economic development assistance if a final agreement is reached, and a 60-day negotiating period aimed at securing a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear program.

Pastor John Hagee, founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel, told Fox News Digital that, in its current form, the MOU appears ill-advised at best, as the military gains achieved by Washington and Jerusalem have yet to be fully realized.

“I have yet to hear from anyone who was not surprised by such an about-face in signing the MOU. Who would not be concerned with the U.S. effectively agreeing to forever negotiations with a highly militarized radical Islamist regime, flush with cash, in pursuit of nuclear weapons,” Hagee said.

Most evangelical Christians, he added, see what everyone else sees: The U.S. negotiating team appears to have fumbled the ball on the one-yard line. Nevertheless, the U.S.-Israel alliance remains a cornerstone of both countries’ security and a key pillar of global stability.

AMERICANS KNOW IRAN IS OUR ENEMY. IT’S TIME ESTABLISHMENT POLITICIANS AGREED

Trump gestures as he addresses the media alongside United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent during a closing press conference at the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France.(Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

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“From a religious perspective, we have a divine mandate to stand with Israel. From a national security perspective, we have no stronger or wiser ally anywhere in the world. And from the Christian pilgrim’s perspective, our holy sites in the Holy Land have never been more open and yet more secure,” Hagee said.

“The most ‘America-first’ thing one can do is stand with our only true ally in the region,” he continued.

“The Islamic Republic declared war on the West the day it was founded nearly half a century ago. That has not changed. Democracies rarely get to decide who their enemies are. The only conclusion to this conflict is regime change through domestic revolution in Iran,” Hagee added.

MORNING GLORY: PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE US ARE WAGING A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE — AND WINNING

Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center in Jerusalem, meets with former Hamas hostage Edan Alexander.(Shlomi Amsalem)

After the 60-day timeframe, Evans predicted Trump is likely to extend negotiations for another 90 days, carrying them through the end of the year and beyond the midterm elections. President Trump, Evans said, will then break the economic back of the regime, take Kharg Island and completely bankrupt the regime.

“I am not panicking because I know Donald Trump. I am the strongest supporter in the state of Israel of Donald Trump. I am the one that hosted the embassy gala, put up all the billboards and gave him an award. I am not panicking over this,” he added.

Evans said Christians do not believe the battle can be won by bombs alone, and that they view prayer as their most powerful weapon.

“We are hosting the largest prayer in history at the Kotel (Western Wall) with 5 to 10 million Christians on Oct. 7. I now have more than a dozen ambassadors involved and 23 additional ones I am meeting with who want to represent their country,” he said.

Dr. Jürgen Bühler, president of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), said his organization has witnessed up close for decades how the Iranian regime has progressively raised the sword of radical Islam over Israel, as well as over indigenous Christians throughout the Middle East.

“Given the current deal being worked out with Iranian leaders, we share the sense of most Israelis that the war against this intolerable Iranian threat has been stopped short of its needed objective,” he told Fox News Digital.

“Israel is a fellow Western democracy that deserves our full support in its fight to defend our shared freedoms and values, and many Christians in this region look to Israel as a light of hope for securing their own freedoms and futures,” he added.

Ultimately, Bühler said, the best and most just answer to the Iranian threat is genuine regime change in Tehran.

“We have not given up hope that the Iranian people themselves will be able to rise up and overcome their oppressive rulers and steer their nation away from this self-destructive obsession with destroying Israel,” he said.

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Heather Johnston, founder and president of the U.S.-Israel Education Association, said in a statement to Fox News Digital in reaction to the MOU that the U.S.-Israel relationship has advanced American interests for decades and should be strengthened — not strained — by U.S. diplomacy with Iran.

“Iran’s long record of supporting terrorism and threatening Israel gives Americans ample reason to assess this agreement carefully and skeptically. Any diplomacy with Iran should be measured against whether it advances or undermines that progress,” she said.

Ashley J. DiMella reports on politics for Fox News Digital.

日本警方调查一起疑似熊袭击致死事件

2026年6月30日 18:17 / 联合早报

6月17日，在日本栃木县矢板町，一名身穿熊服的男子参加模拟熊入侵的应急演习。 （路透社）

日本警方正在调查一起疑似为熊袭击人的致命事件。一名地方官员星期二（6月30日）说，这类死亡事件的数量仍然异常高。

法新社报道，近年来，日本的熊袭击事件呈上升趋势，科学家认为这与熊的数量激增以及农村地区人口减少有关。

日本北部青森县当局星期一（29日）说，当天在山上发现一名男子的尸体，他可能遭到了熊的袭击。

一名地方官员星期二告诉法新社，警方仍在调查这名男子的死因，但在他的身上发现了熊的咬痕。

政府数据显示，过去三个月，致命的熊袭击事件比去年同期增加了五倍。

环境省的另一项统计数据显示，自今年4月以来，已有五人死于熊袭击。

根据日本政府自然资源保护部自2018年3月结束的财政年度以来的公开数据，今年4月至6月期间，因熊袭击致死的人数首次超过两人。

去年，日本共有13人死于熊袭击，创下历史新高。随着熊结束冬眠，饥饿的它们开始觅食，与之相关的致命事件也激增。

官方数据显示，截至今年3月，全国范围内的熊目击事件超过5万起，是两年前的两倍多。

本月初，在东京以北的宇都宫市，数十名警察、猎人和市政官员被派往现场，抓捕一头在街头游荡四天的熊，这头熊的出现导致当地多所学校停课。

本月，在福岛县，一头熊在两家工厂和一处居民区袭击了四人，之后逃脱了猎人的追捕。

日本警方调查一起疑似熊袭击致死事件

2026年6月30日 18:17 / 联合早报

6月17日，在日本栃木县矢板町，一名身穿熊服的男子参加模拟熊入侵的应急演习。 （路透社）

日本警方正在调查一起疑似为熊袭击人的致命事件。一名地方官员星期二（6月30日）说，这类死亡事件的数量仍然异常高。

法新社报道，近年来，日本的熊袭击事件呈上升趋势，科学家认为这与熊的数量激增以及农村地区人口减少有关。

日本北部青森县当局星期一（29日）说，当天在山上发现一名男子的尸体，他可能遭到了熊的袭击。

一名地方官员星期二告诉法新社，警方仍在调查这名男子的死因，但在他的身上发现了熊的咬痕。

政府数据显示，过去三个月，致命的熊袭击事件比去年同期增加了五倍。

环境省的另一项统计数据显示，自今年4月以来，已有五人死于熊袭击。

根据日本政府自然资源保护部自2018年3月结束的财政年度以来的公开数据，今年4月至6月期间，因熊袭击致死的人数首次超过两人。

去年，日本共有13人死于熊袭击，创下历史新高。随着熊结束冬眠，饥饿的它们开始觅食，与之相关的致命事件也激增。

官方数据显示，截至今年3月，全国范围内的熊目击事件超过5万起，是两年前的两倍多。

本月初，在东京以北的宇都宫市，数十名警察、猎人和市政官员被派往现场，抓捕一头在街头游荡四天的熊，这头熊的出现导致当地多所学校停课。

本月，在福岛县，一头熊在两家工厂和一处居民区袭击了四人，之后逃脱了猎人的追捕。

The next test of the democratic socialist movement and other key races to watch in Colorado’s primaries

2026-06-30T11:00:26.181Z / CNN

Democratic rifts over ideology, generation change and how best to take on President Donald Trump will be on display Tuesday in Colorado, as voters settle primaries for governor and a key House race, weigh ousting two mainstays of the state’s Democratic landscape and more.

Two-term Gov. Jared Polis is term-limited, and his decision to reduce the prison sentence of convicted election denier Tina Peters at Trump’s urging has angered many Democrats in the state.

The race to replace him has been shaped largely by voters’ views on how their state’s chief executive should take on the president.

Down-ballot, veteran Democrats are facing challenges from the left as progressive candidates look to build on last week’s victories in New York.

Here are the four races to watch in Colorado’s primary:

The week after progressive challengers ousted two Democratic House members in safe seats in New York’s primary last week, they’ll seek another win Tuesday in Colorado.

Fifteen-term Rep. Diana DeGette is facing off with Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist and lawyer endorsed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, in a 1st District primary that Democratic strategists in the state say is likely to be the toughest race DeGette has faced in years. A third candidate, University of Colorado Regent Wanda James, is also in the race for the Denver seat.

The contest features familiar fault lines. Kiros is a strident critic of the United States’ relationship with Israel. She has also criticized DeGette for accepting corporate political action committee money.

However, Kiros has faced scrutiny for refusing to describe the firebombing of a Boulder group calling for the release of Israeli hostages as antisemitic. Investigators said the perpetrator told police he was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people.”

“I don’t know what was in the heart of the perpetrator,” she told 9News. “All I know is that he went and attacked innocent people because of what they might have believed.”

Kiros hopes to continue to build on the momentum of recent progressive victories. She’s got the backing of Justice Democrats, a group that supports candidates who oppose corporate PAC money, and told CNN she’s spoken with Darializa Avila Chevalier, the democratic socialist who defeated the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in New York last week despite scrutiny over controversial posts.

Avila Chevalier, a fellow Justice Democrat, encouraged Denver residents to back Kiros in the final stretch of the race.

Meanwhile, DeGette is touting her support for progressive positions, including abortion rights, Medicare for All and defunding and dismantling US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“Now is not the time to gamble and send somebody with no experience to Washington,” the 68-year-old congresswoman said in a recent debate.

The race is another marker in the ideological battle over the future of the Democratic Party — with more key primaries ahead this year, including a Senate contest in Michigan, and the 2028 presidential race looming increasingly large.

US Sen. Michael Bennet had long been viewed as the clear frontrunner in Colorado’s governor’s race.

But Trump administration attacks on Colorado — including moving the Space Command headquarters, attempting to disassemble the National Center for Atmospheric Research, denying disaster declaration requests, vetoing funding for a drinking water pipeline and more — left many Democrats eager for confrontation. And state Attorney General Phil Weiser, who has sued Trump’s administration dozens of times, is promising just that.

Weiser’s ads highlight his efforts to stand up to what he calls a “lawless, bullying administration,” while portraying Bennet as supported by corporate honchos.

Bennet argues he has bolder plans to take on climate change and expand health care access, including creating a state-run public health insurance option.

The winner Tuesday will be the clear favorite in November in a state Democrats won by double digits in the last two presidential elections. Republicans are choosing their nominee from a group that includes ministry leader Victor Marx, state Rep. Scott Bottoms and state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer.

Another moderate-versus-progressive Democratic battle is playing out in Colorado’s Senate race, where incumbent Sen. John Hickenlooper faces a challenge from the left in state Sen. Julie Gonzales.

The race also features themes of generational change: A 74-year-old former Denver mayor and governor facing a 43-year-old rival who has branded him a “go-along-to-get-along incrementalist” and lambasted his votes to confirm some members of Trump’s Cabinet.

Hickenlooper fended off a Democratic foe, former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, six years ago on his way to a win against Republican Sen. Cory Gardner. This year, though, he has faced criticism for refusing to debate or participate in joint forums with Gonzales.

Colorado’s 8th District, where first-term Republican Rep. Gabe Evans won by less than a percentage point in 2024, is expected to be among the top Democratic targets this fall.

The Democratic primary in the district, which stretches from Denver’s northern suburbs to Greeley and includes a large share of Latino voters, pits state Rep. Manny Rutinel, 31, against former state Rep. Shannon Bird, 57.

Rutinel is a relative newcomer to Colorado, first arriving in 2020 to work on Hickenlooper’s Senate campaign and permanently moving there two years later after graduating from Yale Law School. In 2023, he was selected to fill a state House vacancy after the former officeholder was appointed to the state Senate.

Bird was viewed as among the more moderate Democrats in the legislature. The former Westminster City Council member and attorney was first elected in 2018 and resigned early this year to run for Congress.

CNN’s Arit John contributed to this report.

GOP Rep. Tom Kean expected to return to Congress today after mysterious illness

June 30, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News

Washington — Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey is expected to return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday after an undisclosed ailment kept him out of public view for months.

Kean, who is running for a third term in a competitive district, last voted on March 5 and has missed more than 140 votes as House GOP leaders try to advance their legislative priorities with little room to spare.

After his extended absence became apparent, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he had spoken with Kean by phone on April 24 and that he was “attending to a personal health matter and expects to be back to 100% very soon.” Johnson told reporters weeks later that Kean “sounded good and optimistic” in the April call. The Louisiana Republican added, “I don’t even know the details” about his condition.

Kean’s first public statement on his absence came in late April, when the congressman said he was addressing a “personal medical issue.”

“My doctors continue to assure me that my recovery will be complete and that I will be back to the job I love very soon,” the April 27 statement said. “I expect to return to a full schedule and be at 100 percent.”

He gave no details about the issue and comments weeks later from his staff and family members only deepened the mystery around his absence.

“There’s no cameras where Tom is,” his chief of staff told the New York Times, declining to elaborate.

Kean’s father, former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean Sr., told NJ.com on May 15 that his son’s illness was “serious” but temporary and that he was under the care of a doctor away from home. He added, “he’ll be out in two or three weeks.”

“It took a real illness to knock him out,” the elder Kean told CNN in another interview on May 15. “This won’t linger. It’s not some kind of disease that’s going to incapacitate him in the future. The consensus is that he will be 100% OK.”

Still, Kean’s social media accounts continued to post in the first person. He also introduced legislation and digitally signed congressional disclosure documents about his stock trades. The electronic signatures were dated March 18, April 13 and May 22.

In a May 21 phone interview with the New Jersey Globe, Kean said his doctors “are confident that I’m on the road to a full recovery” and that he understood “the need for public transparency.”

He issued another statement via his campaign on June 2, the day of his primary in which he ran unopposed.

“Right now I am focused on my recovery and under the advice of healthcare professionals, I will transition from virtual work to in person work within a matter of weeks. At that time I will be completely transparent as to the nature of my medical condition,” Kean said.

When asked how it was acceptable for a member of Congress to be absent for months without giving further explanation, Johnson said “it’s not a scandalous thing at all.”

“I do know what his health issue is but he’s asked me not to disclose that and I’m going to honor that,” Johnson said at a news conference on June 3. “What he’s dealing with is not very common and not a big thing.”

“When he explains it, it will all make sense,” he said.

A week before his return to the Capitol, Kean answered the door at his New Jersey home, wearing a suit and tie, when a New York Times reporter knocked. He declined to give details about his absence.

Caitlin Huey-Burns contributed to this report.

韩国乌克兰就俄乌战争的朝鲜战俘举行会谈

2026年6月30日 18:33 / 联合早报

5月9日，朝鲜军人参加在莫斯科举行的胜利日阅兵式，庆祝苏联在二战中战胜纳粹德国81周年。 （路透社）

韩国与乌克兰星期二举行会谈，讨论了两名在俄罗斯作战时被俘的朝鲜士兵的相关事宜。

法新社报道，韩国外长赵显和乌克兰外长西比加星期二（6月30日）在首尔举行了会谈。这两名士兵去年1月在库尔斯克为俄罗斯作战时，被乌克兰军队俘虏。

朝鲜和俄罗斯要求遣返这两名士兵，但人权组织和专家警告说，如果他们被遣返回平壤，可能会面临严厉的惩罚。

首尔方面寻求乌克兰将他们移交给韩国，理由是他们是韩国宪法所规定的统一大韩民国的公民。

韩国外交部发言人星期二告诉记者，双方部长就朝鲜士兵的未来进行了建设性讨论。他们同意遵循国际法和人道主义原则。

发言人说：“韩国政府将继续通过外交努力推进并解决朝鲜战俘问题。”

西比加在X上发文称，他和赵承熙就此事进行了“详细”讨论。

据报道，朝鲜当局曾指示士兵在为俄罗斯作战时宁愿自杀也不愿被俘。

今年，两名被乌克兰扣押的朝鲜士兵之一告诉韩国MBC电视台：“如果我不被带到韩国，我最终会死。”

据朝中社报道，朝鲜领导人金正恩4月份曾赞扬在乌克兰阵亡的朝鲜士兵，称他们“毫不犹豫地参与了生死搏斗和英勇的自杀式爆炸”。

赵显3月份说，基辅方面向首尔保证，不会违背这两名士兵的意愿将其遣返回朝鲜。

《基辅独立报》本周引述乌克兰军事情报机构的消息称，在库尔斯克战役期间，超过7000名朝鲜士兵在与俄罗斯军队并肩作战时伤亡。

韩国乌克兰就俄乌战争的朝鲜战俘举行会谈

2026年6月30日 18:33 / 联合早报

5月9日，朝鲜军人参加在莫斯科举行的胜利日阅兵式，庆祝苏联在二战中战胜纳粹德国81周年。 （路透社）

韩国与乌克兰星期二举行会谈，讨论了两名在俄罗斯作战时被俘的朝鲜士兵的相关事宜。

法新社报道，韩国外长赵显和乌克兰外长西比加星期二（6月30日）在首尔举行了会谈。这两名士兵去年1月在库尔斯克为俄罗斯作战时，被乌克兰军队俘虏。

朝鲜和俄罗斯要求遣返这两名士兵，但人权组织和专家警告说，如果他们被遣返回平壤，可能会面临严厉的惩罚。

首尔方面寻求乌克兰将他们移交给韩国，理由是他们是韩国宪法所规定的统一大韩民国的公民。

韩国外交部发言人星期二告诉记者，双方部长就朝鲜士兵的未来进行了建设性讨论。他们同意遵循国际法和人道主义原则。

发言人说：“韩国政府将继续通过外交努力推进并解决朝鲜战俘问题。”

西比加在X上发文称，他和赵承熙就此事进行了“详细”讨论。

据报道，朝鲜当局曾指示士兵在为俄罗斯作战时宁愿自杀也不愿被俘。

今年，两名被乌克兰扣押的朝鲜士兵之一告诉韩国MBC电视台：“如果我不被带到韩国，我最终会死。”

据朝中社报道，朝鲜领导人金正恩4月份曾赞扬在乌克兰阵亡的朝鲜士兵，称他们“毫不犹豫地参与了生死搏斗和英勇的自杀式爆炸”。

赵显3月份说，基辅方面向首尔保证，不会违背这两名士兵的意愿将其遣返回朝鲜。

《基辅独立报》本周引述乌克兰军事情报机构的消息称，在库尔斯克战役期间，超过7000名朝鲜士兵在与俄罗斯军队并肩作战时伤亡。

Democratic primaries in Colorado mark latest fight over party’s direction amid push by insurgents

June 30, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News

By Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter
Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.

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Washington — One week after Democratic insurgent victories in New York, the focus is now moving to Colorado, where challenges in a trio of races are threatening candidates backed by the party establishment — Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Rep. Diana DeGette.

Bennet, who’s represented Colorado in the upper chamber since 2009, had long been expected to sail to the nomination after he announced a bid for the governor’s mansion last year. But state Attorney General Phil Weiser has appeared to cut into Bennet’s lead, casting himself as a fighter who’s been willing to take on the Trump administration with dozens of lawsuits.

Bennet, a moderate who also ran for president in 2020, has emphasized affordability issues in his campaign, as well as his achievements in Washington like the expanded Child Tax Credit. When he announced his campaign for governor, he claimed that the “best solutions to our challenges will not come from Washington’s broken politics,” but from within Colorado.

But Weiser has attempted to label Bennet as a Washington insider out of touch with Coloradans, and railed against him for supporting a handful of President Trump’s Cabinet picks.

Then there’s Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, where a 29-year-old lawyer is mounting a serious challenge against 15-term DeGette, proving to be the most formidable primary opponent the incumbent has faced since she was first elected in 1996. Melat Kiros, a democratic socialist whose family immigrated from Ethiopia when she was a baby, outperformed DeGette, a longtime progressive, at the Democratic Party assembly in March to qualify for the primary. DeGette only narrowly cleared the threshold of 30% support of party activists to secure a spot on the ballot.

Kiros has cast DeGette as beholden to corporate donors, saying at a candidate forum earlier this month that “in order for the Democratic Party to actually fulfill its progressive agenda, we need to have members that are unbought and unafraid to stand up to the billionaires and corporations.”

In the same forum, DeGette criticized the political newcomer’s lack of experience.

“Now is not the time to gamble and send somebody with no experience to Washington,” DeGette said.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, said Monday that DeGette is “forcefully making her case” for reelection and “we’ll see what happens.”

“The reality is we have an unsettled electoral environment, which is going to be the case when Donald Trump is president,” he said at a news conference. “It’s not a surprise that there are highly competitive primaries in deep blue parts of the country that are also unfolding this cycle.”

In the Senate primary, Hickenlooper, who’s represented the state since 2021, after serving as governor and Denver mayor, is facing a challenge from state Sen. Julie Gonzales. Gonzales, once a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has likewise billed herself as a fighter opposing the establishment, while arguing that Coloradans need a new generation of leadership.

The winners of the Democratic primaries are expected to have a significant edge in the general election in November. Colorado hasn’t elected a Republican to the governor’s mansion in more than two decades, and the state hasn’t sent a Republican to the Senate since 2014. In 2024, DeGette won Colorado’s 1st Congressional District with more than 75% of the vote.

The fight in Colorado’s primaries is the latest example of a trend cropping up elsewhere, with progressives and democratic socialists seeking to shake up or fundamentally change the Democratic Party, in a dynamic that could define the cycle.

Already, a number of Democratic candidates backed by national Democrats have fallen to anti-establishment candidates this year, like with Graham Platner’s rise over Gov. Janet Mills in the party’s Maine Senate primary, along with the defeat of Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Dan Goldman in New York.

Espaillat and Goldman lost to challengers backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who also played kingmaker in the open race for retiring Rep. Nydia Velazquez’s seat, endorsing a democratic socialist candidate against one backed by Velazquez.

Mamdani said after the victories last week that it showed “New Yorkers are hungry for a new kind of politics.”

How Trump chose a former Oklahoma state trooper to lead ICE — and handed Markwayne Mullin a win

2026-06-30T10:00:25.309Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/30/politics/lance-schroyer-ice-markwayne-mullin

After an occasionally rocky start in his new post, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin won an internal debate when President Donald Trump announced he was nominating Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, five sources familiar with the dynamic told CNN.

The federal agency, which falls under DHS, is charged with carrying out Trump’s pledge of mass deportations; if confirmed, Schroyer would lead that task as the administration tries to deliver unprecedented results. He’d be charged with increasing immigration arrests and ramping up detention space, even as the administration had to sell or find ways to repurpose some warehouses that received bipartisan pushback.

All three ICE directors in the second Trump administration have served in an acting capacity. One of Mullin’s first tasks after assuming the role of secretary in March was selecting a leader for the agency after then-Acting Director Todd Lyons announced his departure.

Mullin originally proposed a different candidate, Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado, which caused friction with some White House officials, who did not think he was the correct fit, the sources said. (Regalado said publicly he took himself out of consideration.)

When it became clear that Mullin’s first choice was not going to get White House support, Mullin turned to Schroyer, whom he called a “good friend of mine” at a National Sheriffs’ Association event this year. Schroyer currently serves as a senior adviser to Mullin and was part of Mullin’s security detail in the Senate.

But there were internal disagreements over whether he was the right fit, particularly when the administration is under pressure to show results from the president’s immigration crackdown, the sources said.

“Schroyer is Markwayne’s person— but he was ultimately appointed by the president,” one source said, noting that Trump has interviewed Schroyer and liked him.

Longtime immigration official David Venturella is expected to stay as acting ICE director until Schroyer is confirmed, according to a DHS official.

ICE hasn’t had a Senate-confirmed leader since the Obama administration, and lawmakers could take issue with Schroyer’s relative lack of experience if or when his nomination is considered. The agency’s aggressive tactics, which have drawn criticism from Democrats and some Republicans, would also be the subject of debate at a confirmation hearing.

Mullin consulted with Stephen Miller, who is considered the chief architect of Trump’s immigration policy, throughout the candidate selection process, a White House official told CNN, adding that Miller was supportive of the president’s decision to appoint Schroyer.

White House border czar Tom Homan, a close Trump ally and veteran ICE official, has generally pushed for people with immigration enforcement experience to serve as ICE director. But sources said the relationship between Homan and Mullin is solid.

In a statement Saturday, Mullin touted Schroyer’s decades-long career in law enforcement and collaboration with ICE, saying: “President Trump made a great pick, and I’m confident Lance’s strong leadership and firsthand experience will empower the men and women of ICE to deport criminal illegal aliens, secure the homeland, and protect the American people.”

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement: “The President’s entire law and order team is working closely together to execute on the President’s agenda to deport illegal aliens and keep our border secure. Ultimately, the President is the one who makes these decisions and his team moves forward to act on them.”

Schroyer’s selection is the latest example of Mullin making his mark on the department, but disagreements behind the scenes also reveal what some sources described as “growing pains.”

“It is really hard to be an elected official and then become staff. They’ve been master of their own universe, and now they’re not,” one senior White House official said to CNN, adding that at the end of the day everyone in the administration works for Trump, not themselves.

“They think they’re going to be the guy brokering all the deals and it takes several months to get into a groove, but it’s really rocky. And Markwayne has had some of that, but it hasn’t been as rocky as others,” the senior White House official added.

Sources said that Mullin has expressed frustration with working under the close watch of the White House.

“Mullin has had to learn the ropes—including checking everything through the White House from policy to personnel—and it’s been a learning curve,” another official said.

At times, one of the sources said, Mullin has bumped up against having to keep Miller in the loop on everything the department is doing. (One White House official pushed back on that.) The sources said that while Miller and Mullin have a “positive” working relationship, Mullin has occasionally disagreed openly on both immigration messaging and policy.

“All policy has to run through Stephen as an extension of the White House,” one source said, noting again that this is not a familiar dynamic to those coming into the White House from outside positions. As deputy chief of staff for policy, Miller is across policy making decisions throughout the administration, including immigration, a White House official told CNN.

Mullin has also sometimes butted heads with Homan on policy implementation because he has less experience in immigration enforcement, one source told CNN.

It’s not unusual for secretaries to select agency leadership familiar to them. Former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem brought onMadison Sheahan, who previously worked as her political director, to serve as ICE deputy director.

Mullin has repeatedly made clear that he prefers a more “quiet” approach compared to former Noem’s flashiness. But the goal remains the same: driving up the number of arrests of undocumented immigrants.

美高院裁决赋予总统更大权力 解雇独立委员会要员

2026年6月30日 18:38 / 联合早报

美国总统特朗普星期一（6月29日）在社媒发文形容，这是攸关总统权力最重要的一项裁决，“极大地增强了总统权力，而这正是当下最需要的！”。他随后在白宫告诉记者，最高法院虽赋予他更多解雇权力，但他未必会行使这一权力。 （法新社）

（华盛顿综合电）美国最高法院周一（6月29日）以6比3的表决结果，赋予总统特朗普更广泛权力，让他有权解雇负责监管市场、保护消费者以及执行职场规定等独立机构的负责人。

特朗普过后在社交媒体发文欢迎这项裁决，称它在当前这个最重要的时刻扩大了总统的权力。

特朗普形容，这是攸关总统权力最重要的一项裁决。“一项沿用了90年的先例，被彻底且明确地推翻了。这极大地增强了总统权力，而这正是当下最需要的！”

他同天在白宫告诉记者，虽然最高法院的裁决赋予了他更多解雇独立委员会要职人员的权力，但这个权力他未必会行使。

特朗普在2025年3月解雇联邦贸易委员会（Federal Trade Commission）民主党委员斯劳特（Rebecca Kelly Slaughter）和贝多亚（Alvaro Bedoya），后者随后提起诉讼，并要求恢复职位。最高法院周一裁决，特朗普有权解除这个职务。

反对派：裁决推翻三权分立原则 使独立委员会沦为行政机构

投下反对票的自由派大法官索托马约尔指出，这项裁决推翻了过去近百年来行之有效的三权分立原则；全美数十个独立委员会今后恐沦为纯粹的行政机构，把广泛影响美国人民生活的权力集中到总统手中。

多年来，美国国会力求使许多机构，尤其是那些制定了规则、执法及有裁决权的机构，免受总统政治的影响。这种安排让这些机构可在人事部署上相对稳定，无论上台执政的是民主党或共和党，都始终如一地坚守职责、执行各项法规。

首席大法官罗伯茨（John Roberts）在裁决当天代表六人多数派阐明表决理由。他说：“行使总统权力的下属，可由总统免职。只有这样，这些人才能对总统负责，而总统也才能对人民负责”。

高院也裁定总统不得罢免美联储理事 不限制邮寄选票送达期限

不过，最高法院同天也划定界限，阻止特朗普解除美联储理事库克（Lisa Cook）的职务，以维护美联储的独立性。法院维护了《联邦储备法》中的一项条款，条款列明：除非有正当理由，否则总统不得罢免美联储理事。

除此之外，美国最高法院也裁定，允许邮寄选票在选举日之后送达，这意味全美30个州和首都华盛顿实施的邮寄选票宽限期制度，将得以保留。

民主党选民向来要比与共和党选民更倾向邮寄选票，特朗普也反对邮寄投票，称这种方式会导致大规模舞弊。因此如今法院裁决不限制邮寄选票送达期限，让民主党在保守派占多数的最高法院取得一次罕见的胜利。

另外，最高法院同天也驳回了特朗普的上诉，不推翻女作家卡罗尔性侵与诽谤案的判决。

卡罗尔2019年控告时任总统特朗普曾在1990年代性侵她，特朗普始终矢口否认。2023年5月纽约南区联邦法院法官判定，特朗普对卡罗尔性侵和诽谤罪成，须赔偿500万美元（约647万新元）。

特朗普对此提起上诉，指纽约南区联邦法院在多个有关证据的判决中犯错，要求重新审理。