Vance ‘privately’ blasts Netanyahu as Iran war divides Trump administration and 2028 ambitions loom

Middle East Institute fellow Natan Sachs cites Vance’s ‘low-level hostility’ toward Netanyahu and his efforts to avoid a direct clash with Trump.

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Vance takes aim at Netanyahu over Iran in early 2028 political play, expert says

JD Vance uses clash with Benjamin Netanyahu to distance himself from the Iran war without directly criticizing Trump, Middle East Institute’s Natan Sachs says.

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Vice President JD Vance privately accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being “wrong on everything” about the Iran war, according to reports, as disagreements over the conflict expose tensions within the Trump administration and raise questions about Vance’s potential 2028 presidential ambitions.

The clash, reported by Axios Nov. 4., comes after Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections and Vance publicly blamed the war for the party’s defeat while urging President Donald Trump to pursue a negotiated settlement rather than renewed military strikes.

“The reason we lost is the war,” Vance wrote later on Wednesday on X.

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VANCE’S SCATHING IRAN WAR POSTMORTEM PUTS POTENTIAL 2028 GOP SHOWDOWN IN FOCUS: ‘EVERYONE KNOWS WHY’

“Low-level hostility between Vance and Netanyahu is beneficial for Vance,” Natan Sachs, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, told Fox News Digital.

“It allows him to give some distance from the Trump administration, which has just taken a huge electoral beating, but also to position himself … in a very different position than President Trump himself without attacking Trump.”

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Vice President JD Vance talks on his phone as he walks to the West Wing of the White House March 6, 2026, in Washington.(Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

Vance has also led a faction of senior administration officials urging Trump to negotiate an end to the conflict, warning that the unpopular war could cost Republicans control of Congress, according to reports.

Netanyahu had urged Trump to resume strikes against Iran ahead of the midterms, but Trump held off after endorsing Netanyahu for re-election in Israel.

Sachs said Vance’s main concern appeared to be the prospect of overthrowing Iran’s government after Netanyahu presented Trump with a plan for regime change.

“Many opposition leaders in Israel, nonetheless, are very skeptical of the idea that you can bring about regime change through an air campaign,” Sachs said, adding that such a campaign could have the opposite effect.

“You may strengthen the regime.”

As previously reported by Fox News Digital, Vance had also declined to endorse Netanyahu’s re-election campaign and criticized Israeli government officials who opposed Trump’s efforts to end the Iran war.

The Israeli election further complicated the relationship, Sachs said, leaving Netanyahu’s political future uncertain and raising the possibility that Vance could have to work with a different Israeli leader.

NETANYAHU DEFIES EXIT POLLS AS VOTE SHIFTS IN HIS FAVOR, BUT MAJORITY REMAINS ELUSIVE

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President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago estate Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“If Netanyahu is not the leader of Israel, Vance will find himself with another decision to make. Does he continue with a line that is confrontational with a new Israeli leadership, or does he say, ‘Well, it was all Netanyahu; now we can see a different path forward’?” Sachs said.

“Netanyahu is a very easy target here, both because there are very real differences of opinion, and Netanyahu’s role was important, but also because this way he can criticize the war, criticize Netanyahu, and not say any bad word about Trump.”

Roughly six in 10 voters said U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, according to the AP Voter Poll.

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“I think what’s remarkable here is that it’s coming out now,” Sachs said. “And it’s part of the fact that about midnight Wednesday, the next presidential campaign in the United States began, and JD Vance is trying to position himself.

“He is breaking with the policy of President Trump, although he’s doing so by criticizing Netanyahu, never Trump.”

VANCE REVEALS THE TRUMP DILEMMA THAT COULD COMPLICATE HIS 2028 WHITE HOUSE AMBITIONS

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

Nonetheless, Vance has played a leading role in efforts to end the conflict with Iran, including direct outreach to senior Iranian officials.

Last month, he sent a letter through Qatari intermediaries to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, proposing renewed peace negotiations.

According to Axios, the letter said any negotiations to prevent further U.S. military strikes must address Iran’s nuclear program. A U.S. official said Trump backed the outreach. Rezaei later confirmed receiving the letter but said he had not responded.

“My suspicion is that JD Vance was operating on behalf of Trump on this,” Sachs claimed.

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“Trump, after the war sort of settled after the first few weeks, appointed Vice President Vance to try and negotiate the exit strategy, and Vance has been very keen on that.”

Sachs also cited Vance’s involvement in an earlier memorandum of understanding with Iran as further evidence of his preference for diplomacy.

“He agreed to the MOU, which has become quite notorious in the United States, giving quite a bit to the Iranians, much more than the administration is now considering reasonable.

VANCE TAKES LEAD SELLING TRUMP’S IRAN GAMBLE AS RUBIO, HEGSETH AND RATCLIFFE CEDE SPOTLIGHT ON FRAGILE DEAL

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Vice President JD Vance speaks during a campaign rally at Griffiss International Airport Nov. 2, 2026 in Rome, N.Y.(Tom Brenner/Pool Photo via AP)

“Vance has certainly been on the side that has been trying to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough.”

The White House is now weighing whether to resume major strikes against Iran, maintain economic and naval pressure or pursue a negotiated settlement.

On Thursday, Reuters reported that Tehran submitted a formal nuclear proposal to the United States through Qatari intermediaries, making further negotiations contingent on Washington addressing its seven demands.

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“The real question is whether the Americans and the Iranians can approach some kind of agreement on the fundamentals, starting with freedom of navigation in the Straits of Hormuz and the cessation of hostilities,” Sachs said.

For Vance, the dispute poses a political balancing act of distancing himself from a war he reportedly opposed while serving as vice president in the administration that launched it.

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“He was against the war, so it would seem, but of course, he’s vice president in the administration that went to war,” Sachs said, describing it as a “very difficult balancing act for him electorally.”

Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.

Child molester’s looming prison release reignites sanctuary showdown in wake of Dem election sweep

Immigration expert warns sanctuary cities are ’emboldened’ by Republican bloodbath, claims impeachments are coming

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Published November 5, 2026 7:30pm EST

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A convicted child molester and illegal alien from Venezuela could soon be back on the streets unless authorities in Seattle ditch their sanctuary city policies and cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has sent a detainer request to the liberal Pacific Northwest enclave for Leomar Alexander Lopez Zambrano, asking that he be turned over rather than be released back into the U.S. after his prison sentence concludes.

The clash between DHS and Seattle exacerbates longstanding tensions between President Donald Trump’s immigration officials and leaders in so-called sanctuary cities, which have thrown up roadblocks to law enforcement cooperating with federal enforcement authorities.

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Going a step further, the outcome of Tuesday’s elections are putting even more of a microscope on the agency at the center of much controversy during Trump’s second term and is raising questions about which administration officials could face the wrath of a brand-new blue Congress.

DEMOCRATS SEIZE HOUSE CONTROL IN STUNNING BLUE TSUNAMI, VOW RETRIBUTION AGAINST TRUMP ADMIN

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks during a news conference at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building July 17, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“Sanctuary politicians in Washington are refusing to honor the ICE detainer and hand this disgusting criminal over to us after he finishes his prison sentence,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement.

“This illegal alien has been convicted on TWO counts of child molestation.”

After the 2026 midterms, the matter in Seattle raises new questions of whether sanctuary cities will feel emboldened to double down on their efforts to block Trump’s agenda as Democrats prepare to retake a majority in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

To those like Hans von Spakovsky, an immigration expert with Advancing American Freedom (AAF), the political tide turning in Washington, D.C., might encourage Democrat-run cities to go even further in stonewalling immigration enforcement agencies and making it harder for officials to do their jobs.

“I have no doubt that sanctuary jurisdictions will feel emboldened,” Spakovsky told Fox News Digital in the days after the Republican bloodbath.

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“I also would not put it past [Democrats] to try to impeach Tom Homan for imagined wrongs because he has been the most effective czar of immigration enforcement of any administration in the past 50 years,” he said.

“I don’t think they would be successful, but, again, that will embolden defiance of federal immigration enforcement in sanctuary jurisdictions.”

In many cases, sanctuary cities simply cut off communication with federal law enforcement, and DHS fears that will be the case with Zambrano, the convicted Venezuelan child molester.

Zambrano is now approaching the end of a 15-month sentence, the point at which he would normally face deportation. But Mullin noted DHS would have no way of knowing when he was out of jail without Seattle’s cooperation.

ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL ALIEN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING CHILDREN AFTER FAIRFAX COUNTY RELEASE: DHS

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The U.S. Capitol building and Leomar Alexander Lopez Zambrano, an illegal alien from Venezuela who was convicted on charges of molesting a minor.(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images; Department of Homeland Security)

“Sanctuary politicians care so much about illegal aliens that they’d rather release a convicted child molester than cooperate with federal law enforcement,” Mullin said.

When asked about Seattle’s cooperation with DHS, the agency responded by similarly emphasizing local-federal partnership.

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“The safest way to arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our streets is by lodging arrest detainers. Because some sanctuary jurisdictions refuse to work with ICE law enforcement, criminal illegal aliens are released from jails into American communities to perpetuate more crimes. Seven of the top 10 safest cities in the United States cooperate with ICE,” the agency said in a statement.

In the wake of the election, some Republican onlookers believe similar concerns could emerge in other states, even red states like Texas.

Dan Bongino, a conservative commentator and podcast host, noted that the Lone Star State’s newly elected Democratic governor, Gina Hinojosa, voted against sanctuary city restrictions as a state legislator in 2017.

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“Folks, Texas shares a border with Mexico. Do we need to ChatGPT this for people?” Bongino said in a recent podcast. “The only message [voters] are sending is you want your state to become a sanctuary, sitting on the border with Mexico for illegals who come into the United States.”

Spakovsky believes local resistance to immigration enforcement could coincide with congressional Democrats’ legislative efforts. He believes Democrats will attempt to target immigration enforcement resources through the congressional appropriations process, although he cast doubt on their effectiveness.

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“Democrats will, no doubt, try to stop DHS from immigration enforcement and DOJ from prosecutions in the immigration area by trying to use the appropriations process to defund such enforcement at both agencies,” Spakovsky said.

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“I am not sure they will be successful … especially if they tie such punitive measures with must-pass government funding that the president signs.”

Asked about whether DHS was concerned about an emboldened stance from sanctuary cities as Democrats retake control in the nation’s capital, DHS passed a statement along from Mullin.

“Deportations will continue,” the DHS chief said.

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Officials from Seattle did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital about Zambrano’s status.

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.

马国砂拉越选举：11月28日提名 12月12日投票

发布/2026年11月6日 11:18

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砂拉越首府古晋沿街挂满国旗和邦旗。 （档案照片）

马来西亚选举委员会宣布，砂拉越邦选举提名日定于11月28日，提前投票日为12月8日，正式投票日则落在12月12日，竞选期14天。

据《星洲日报》报道，选委会主席斯里南兰哈伦星期五（11月6日）主持特别会议后召开记者会宣布日期。选委会也正式发出选举令状。

根据选委会公布的选民册，本届砂拉越选举共有205万8781名合格选民，其中203万4373人为普通选民、1万3575人为军人及配偶，另有1万零833人为警员、普通行动部队人员及配偶。

为确保选举顺利进行，选委会已委任82名选举官及305名助理选举官，并将成立82支竞选执法队伍，负责监督竞选期间的活动。

另一方面，砂拉越选举的国内外邮寄选票申请已于10月26日开放。其中，选举工作人员、选举委员会成员及官员、警察、军人及媒体人员的邮寄选票申请截止日期为11月25日。身在海外的马来西亚公民以及符合资格的机构和组织，邮寄选票申请截止日期为11月20日。

这一届砂拉越选举将沿用现有82个议席，新增至99席的计划因尚未完成相关法定程式，暂不会在这一届选举落实。

Trump signs proclamation to prevent changes to Oval Office, other White House rooms

The proclamation aims to prevent future administrations from altering parts of the White House

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President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Thursday designating the Oval Office, the Outer Oval Office and the Cabinet Room as a national monument and federal landmark, a move intended to preserve the spaces and prevent future administrations from altering them.

“It won’t be able to be taken down, destroyed, touched or anything else,” Trump told reporters from the Oval Office. “It’s actually called a national monument. It’s a federal landmark. When completed … it’ll make it impossible for anybody ever to destroy this incredible space. “

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DEMOCRATS SEIZE HOUSE CONTROL IN STUNNING BLUE TSUNAMI, VOW RETRIBUTION AGAINST TRUMP ADMIN

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. On Thursday, Trump signed a proclamation designating the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as a national monument and federal landmark.(Kylie Cooper/Reuters)

The announcement came two days after the midterm elections in which Democrats won enough seats to gain control of Congress.

The proclamation is part of a broader series of post-election public appearances highlighting White House construction initiatives.

TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM CONSTRUCTION GETS ANOTHER LIFELINE FROM SCOTUS AMID HEATED LEGAL FIGHT

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President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet with Micheal Martin, Ireland’s prime minister, in the Oval Office.(Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

On Monday, Trump detailed planned updates during remarks in front of the Reflecting Pool. On Wednesday, he held a press briefing at the construction site of a new White House ballroom.

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Since returning to office in 2025, Trump has prioritized several high-profile architectural and cultural projects, including a proposed 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and proposals to rename and restructure the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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中东战事冲击石油需求 中国碳排放创疫情以来最大降幅

发布/2026年11月6日 11:18

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中国今年第三季二氧化碳排放量同比下降3.1%，创2022年冠病疫情封控以来最大季度降幅。图为2021年9月28日，中国上海的吴泾煤电厂。 （法新社档案照片）

受中东战事推高油价、可再生能源发展及煤炭消费下降等因素影响，中国今年第三季二氧化碳排放量同比下降3.1%，创2022年冠病疫情封控以来最大季度降幅。

综合彭博社和法新社报道，能源与清洁空气研究中心（CREA）为气候资讯网站Carbon Brief进行的分析显示，中国今年7月至9月的二氧化碳排放量同比下降3.1%，为2022年冠病疫情封控以来最大降幅。今年首九个月，中国碳排放量累计下降0.5%。

报告指出，中东战事导致霍尔木兹海峡航运严重受阻，冲击中国石油进口，加上国际油价高企，促使运输业加快向电动化转型。

数据显示，中国第三季整体石油消费量同比下降4%，其中交通运输领域石油消费量减少9%。尽管中国持续兴建燃煤发电厂，同期煤炭消费量也下降3%。

彭博社指出，中国近年来大规模发展可再生能源，使电力需求增长不再完全依赖燃煤发电。与此同时，今年夏季天气相对温和，降低了空调用电需求，也有助于减少碳排放。

中国国家能源局上星期公布的数据显示，今年首九个月，煤炭发电占全国总发电量的比重已降至50%以下，低于十年前的近70%。

CREA联合创始人兼首席分析师米尔利维尔塔（Lauri Myllyvirta）指出，“显然，一旦油价回落，石油消费量将出现一定程度的反弹。”

但他认为，中国石油消费量很可能在这轮能源价格冲击前就已见顶，而这轮冲击进一步加速了中国的电动化进程及减少石油依赖的趋势。

中国是全球最大的温室气体排放国，占全球排放量逾30%，并承诺在2060年前实现碳中和。

中国明年春节连休九天 为近年调休天数最少年份

发布/2026年11月6日 11:32

• 中国国务院办公厅公布2027年放假安排，春节自除夕至正月初八连休九天，与2026年同为史上最长春节假期。 – 明年仅春节、劳动节和国庆节需调休，元旦、清明、端午、中秋均不调休，为近年调休天数最少的年份。 – 有专家称，该安排体现能顺连就不挪班等导向，调休不再泛化到所有传统节日；网民对此反应不一。 – 国家发改委官员邢伟指出，集中补班会拉长连续工作周期，全国同步休假易引发交通拥堵等问题。

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中国国务院办公厅星期四（11月5日）公布2027年节假日安排通知。图为今年“十一”假期期间，北京故宫博物院门外人流如潮。 （中新社）

中国官方公布明年的全年放假安排，将再次迎来九天的“史上最长春节假期”，不过需要在假期前后的两个星期天调休补班两天。元旦、清明、端午、中秋均不不调休，使2027年成为中国近年调休天数最少的年份。

中国国务院办公厅星期四（11月5日）公布2027年节假日安排通知。

据央视新闻报道，2027年春节将在2月5日（除夕）至13日（正月初八）放假调休，共九天假期，与2026年同为史上最长的春节假期。“同时，为了避免节后连续上班七天，特意在春节前后的两个周末，各调休一天。”

根据官方的放假安排，除春节外，中国明年只有劳动节和国庆节两个假期需要调休，元旦、清明的一天假期与周末自然相连不调休，端午、中秋均为星期三，只放一天不调休。

央视新闻称：“这样算下来，2027年假期，春节九天、国庆七天、劳动节五天，元旦、清明都是三天，假期后最长的工作日也只有六天。”

据《北京日报》报道，此前，不少中国网民已提前排起了2027年春节假期，“2027或是最舒服年”也因此登上热搜。有人欢喜又能春节连休九天，也有人坦言：能不能再舒服点，少点儿调休？

报道引述专家称，中国2027年的放假安排体现出“能顺连就不挪班、逢周三不硬凑小长假、部分节点保留长假通道”的导向，调休不再泛化到所有传统节日。

中国国务院在2024年对《全国年节及纪念日放假办法》作出修订，明确全体公民放假的假日总量增加两天，即农历除夕和5月2日；同时强调“除个别特殊情形外，法定节假日假期前后连续工作一般不超过六天”，并对调休原则作出进一步规范。新规自2025年起施行。

“调休凑长假”每年都会在中国引发议论。有人认为，集中放假让远途旅行、探亲访友的时间更充裕；也有人觉得，“拼假”打乱了正常作息，实际休息体验并不佳。

对此，中国国家发展改革委社会发展研究所社会事业研究室主任邢伟对《北京日报》说，调休安排是中国休假制度体系中一项兼顾民生需求、社会运行与经济发展的公共政策。

不过邢伟也指出，为拼接长假导致的集中补班，会拉长连续工作周期，打破常态化作息节奏，给上班族带来疲惫感，短期降低工作效率，这也是社会舆论集中关切的痛点。同时，中国全国同步集中休假容易形成“潮汐式出行”，诱发交通拥堵、景区过载、服务供给紧张等问题，一定程度上抵消了长假带来的休闲体验。

新马跨境德士服务配额各增至500辆 再有两家召车平台获准营运

发布/2026年11月6日 11:32

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新加坡与马来西亚的交通部星期五（11月6日）发布的联合声明指出，这是新马两国在5月4日宣布多项跨境德士计划优化措施后的进一步进展。 （档案照片）

从11月16日起，新加坡和马来西亚将把跨境德士服务配额从现有的各自300辆增至500辆，两家召车平台康福德高旗下的Zig应用与马来西亚智能出行平台Kumpool Sdn. Bhd.也将在同一天获准在跨境德士计划下营运。乘客与司机将享有更多跨境点到点出行选择。

新加坡与马来西亚的交通部星期五（11月6日）发布的联合声明指出，这是新马两国在5月4日宣布多项跨境德士计划优化措施后的进一步进展。当时的措施包括为召车预订设立新的指定上车点、更灵活的下车点、增加跨境德士配额，以及新增要求以支持执法、打击非法境内点到点载客服务。

陆路交通管理局指出，自优化措施实施以来，使用跨境德士的乘客反映，可在新加坡全境及柔佛新山、依斯干达布蒂里、森林城市、古来和士乃营运范围内享受点到点下车服务；家庭与商务旅客也可选用更大型及优质车辆。新加坡交通部、马来西亚交通部、陆交局及马来西亚陆路公共交通机构（APAD）官员持续紧密合作，进一步改善跨境德士服务。

从11月16日起，陆交局与APAD将把新马两国各自的跨境德士配额从300辆增至500辆，让更多德士加入计划，增加跨境德士供应。CDG Zig与Kumpool也将加入GrabCar Ptd Ltd的行列，成为跨境德士计划下的持牌营运商。

陆交局局长黄南表示，增加配额是加强新马跨境连通性的重要一步，反映两国长期稳固合作；扩大持牌跨境服务供应，将为旅客提供更多选择与更大灵活性。

马来西亚陆路公共交通机构总监阿末拉迪指出，扩大德士配额及新增两家持牌平台营运商是重要里程碑，有助加强新山与新加坡之间的第一及最后一英里衔接，进一步深化两国连通性。

梅拉妮亚白宫促成俄乌罕见同台 特朗普称或很快达“全欧大协议”

发布/2026年11月6日 08:39

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白宫星期四（11月5日）举行俄控乌克兰奥列什基市停火纪念活动，美国第一夫人梅拉尼娅（右一）将致乌克兰总统泽连斯基和俄罗斯总统普京的信件，分别交给乌克兰人民公仆党领袖阿拉哈米亚（右二）和俄罗斯总统特使德米特列耶夫。 （法新社）

美国总统特朗普星期四（11月5日）声称，美国即将与俄罗斯就乌克兰问题乃至“整个欧洲”达成一项重大协议。

美国第一夫人梅拉妮亚此前在白宫主持一场史无前例的会议，促成俄罗斯与乌克兰两国官员面对面会谈。特朗普随后更透露，自己在白宫临时闭门会见了俄罗斯总统普京的特使德米特列耶夫（Kirill Dmitriev），但并未会见同在白宫的乌克兰代表。

特朗普此番言论与举动，立即加剧了基辅与欧洲盟友对华盛顿可能向克里姆林宫妥协、削减在欧洲驻军并扩大俄罗斯地缘影响力的深层忧虑。

据法新社报道，特朗普在白宫椭圆办公室接受媒体采访时说：“我不能告诉你们我们讨论了什么，但我告诉你们，这将会是一项协议，一项重大协议。它将非常庞大，涉及的不仅是乌克兰，我甚至可以说可能涵盖整个欧洲。这将是一份庞大而美妙的协议，每个人都会感到非常振奋。”

这一出人意料的表态，恰逢美俄乌三方定于下周在阿布扎比重启谈判的关键节点。自今年2月谈判中断以来，三方对战事的政治解决谈判已停滞数月。

梅拉妮亚白宫促成俄乌罕见同台 特朗普称或很快达“全欧大协议”

发布/2026年11月6日 08:39

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白宫星期四（11月5日）举行俄控乌克兰奥列什基市停火纪念活动，美国第一夫人梅拉尼娅（右一）将致乌克兰总统泽连斯基和俄罗斯总统普京的信件，分别交给乌克兰人民公仆党领袖阿拉哈米亚（右二）和俄罗斯总统特使德米特列耶夫。 （法新社）

美国总统特朗普星期四（11月5日）声称，美国即将与俄罗斯就乌克兰问题乃至“整个欧洲”达成一项重大协议。

美国第一夫人梅拉妮亚此前在白宫主持一场史无前例的会议，促成俄罗斯与乌克兰两国官员面对面会谈。特朗普随后更透露，自己在白宫临时闭门会见了俄罗斯总统普京的特使德米特列耶夫（Kirill Dmitriev），但并未会见同在白宫的乌克兰代表。

特朗普此番言论与举动，立即加剧了基辅与欧洲盟友对华盛顿可能向克里姆林宫妥协、削减在欧洲驻军并扩大俄罗斯地缘影响力的深层忧虑。

据法新社报道，特朗普在白宫椭圆办公室接受媒体采访时说：“我不能告诉你们我们讨论了什么，但我告诉你们，这将会是一项协议，一项重大协议。它将非常庞大，涉及的不仅是乌克兰，我甚至可以说可能涵盖整个欧洲。这将是一份庞大而美妙的协议，每个人都会感到非常振奋。”

这一出人意料的表态，恰逢美俄乌三方定于下周在阿布扎比重启谈判的关键节点。自今年2月谈判中断以来，三方对战事的政治解决谈判已停滞数月。

What Trump’s final 2 years in office will look like with Democrats in charge

2026-11-05T19:23:37-0500

Washington— President Trump seems to be reconsidering his approach to Democrats after Tuesday’s massive Republican election losses and has so far made contradictory comments about how he plans to deal with them as they take control of the Senate and the House in January.

“We’re going to work with the Democrats,” the president told Politico as GOP defeats were beginning to stack up Tuesday night, though in a phone call with CBS News’ Robert Costa before polls closed, he had said, “I have the ultimate power — it’s called ‘veto.’”

By Wednesday afternoon, he had merged the two approaches.

“I’ll get along, probably, with the Democrats, unless they want to be destructive, but I have the power of the veto,” the president told reporters at the White House ballroom construction site Wednesday. On Thursday, a red hat that said “VETO” sat on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.

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But Democrats may not be the only source of friction ahead. After two years of working in lockstep with Mr. Trump, some Republicans may prove more willing to defy the term-limited president to try to salvage their political careers.

Here’s what the newly empowered congressional Democrats may have in store for Mr. Trump in 2027 for the last two years of his presidency.

Oversight and investigations

The committee chair’s gavel comes with subpoena power, and Democrats plan to wield it.

“Lawyer up,” warned Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the incoming chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He has been mapping out the panel’s investigative agenda for months.

New probes will focus on the Trump family’s business dealings, corporate corruption, Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Garcia said.

Garcia wants to know more about Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding festivities that were partially paid for by a Russian oligarch, a $2 billion investment that Jared Kushner’s private equity fund received from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Trump family’s crypto ventures, companies linked to the president’s sons that have received Pentagon contracts, allegations of a pay-to-play scheme and other kickbacks related to DHS contracts and White House ballroom donations.

“Folks that need to be concerned first are administration officials that have caused real harm. We’re going to investigate the abuses,” Garcia said at a news conference in California on Wednesday.

He singled out White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, former DHS official Corey Lewandowski and former DHS secretary Kristi Noem, as well as Trump family members, as possible targets.

“There’s a lot of folks that need to understand that we are going to ask them to testify in front of the U.S. Congress,” Garcia said.

He acknowledged that the Trump Justice Department is unlikely to take any enforcement action against those who don’t cooperate. But he said that in the majority, Democrats will have the power to sue on behalf of the House.

“We have the power of contempt charges. And contempt charges not only go to the DOJ; there’s also a civil contempt process that goes to the courts,” he said.

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who will lead the House Judiciary Committee, has his own lengthy list of investigative targets, some of which overlap with the oversight committee, like the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein probe and Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a low-security prison.

Raskin also plans to scrutinize what Democrats have characterized as “slush funds” — an international initiative called the “Board of Peace;” the “anti-weaponization” fund created from a settlement of a Trump lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department and White House ballroom funding.

“There are private entities that we can subpoena to come in,” Raskin told Punchbowl News, regarding other avenues to gather information from outside of the Trump administration.

Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said he plans to conduct “vigorous oversight” of the Defense Department.

The “illegal war against Iran is top of mind for me and the American people,” Smith said in a statement Wednesday. He said he also plans to look at “sweetheart deals” and waste, fraud and abuse in government contracts.

Smith also wants to investigate the “unauthorized military strikes in the Caribbean and Latin America, the deployment of the military to U.S. cities, and the blatant and corrosive politicization of our Armed Forces and purging of the ranks based on loyalty and ideology.”

Douglas Kriner, a professor in Cornell University’s Government Department, said “there’s always been greater investigatory activity in divided governments than when the president’s party controls Congress.” He said the House has always been more aggressive in its investigations than the Senate.

A White House official said that if Democrats want to “abuse their power and politicize the process of investigations, subpoenas and destroying lives, they should be reminded that we still control the federal government and all of its powers.”

“As the president has said, he’s willing to work with anyone to continue delivering victories for hardworking Americans,” said White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis. “If Democrats choose to pursue sham investigations and radical left policies, they are choosing to work against the American people.”

Not inclined to impeach Trump at this point

During the campaign, Mr. Trump often predicted he’d be impeached if Democrats took control of Congress, but for now, they’ve shown no sign that this is on their agenda. On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters, “I haven’t had a single member of the House Democratic Caucus talk to me about impeachment.”

Mr. Trump was impeached twice during his first term when Democrats controlled the House. Both efforts ended without a conviction in the Senate, which requires a two-thirds majority vote.

Even those on the far left, like Rep.-elect Melat Kiros of Colorado, who is among the contingent of democratic socialists joining Congress next year, told CBS News in a recent interview that the party should focus on legislation that could make a material difference in the lives of working-class people.

“I’m not convinced that there is a path forward for impeaching the president that would lead to removal,” she said.

Asked whether he would support impeaching the president, Rep.-elect Chris Rabb of Pennsylvania, another democratic socialist, told CBS News that the question was “too broad” for him to answer.

Some Democratic leaders like Raskin agree there are more important issues to address than pursuing impeachment, even though they believe that Mr. Trump has committed impeachable offenses. Raskin was the lead House manager for Mr. Trump’s second impeachment.

The president also perceives that there’s currently little appetite for a third try.

“Not even a little bit,” Mr. Trump responded when asked if he was worried about being impeached again. “I think it would destroy the Democrat Party if they did that. ‘Cause impeachment for no reason — what, for having a successful country? Our country is more successful now than at any time in its history.”

Taking back power of the purse

Democrats will also be taking back Congress’ power of the purse from Mr. Trump, who often bypassed the Senate and the House, and Republicans in the Capitol, who usually went along with the president’s budget priorities. But their much slimmer House majority often slowed down the process.

Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, who’s expected to lead the House Appropriations Committee, said she plans to use “what tools are available” to rein in the Trump administration.

In a recent interview, DeLauro said she wants to address cost-of-living issues but also said, “I will fight Donald Trump and the Cabinet secretaries as well.”

“I’m going to hold the Trump administration accountable for the corruption,” she said. “I’m going to rein in corruption at the highest level of government. I would do that through appropriations.”

“We will build in guardrails in the appropriation bills,” DeLauro added.

Asked whether she would consider zeroing out funding to enforce accountability, DeLauro said all options “will be reviewed.”

Although congressional Democrats plan to ratchet up the pressure on the Trump administration, they know they’ll need to work with Republicans on major legislation, like funding the government because of the Senate filibuster. The majority of measures need to reach a 60-vote threshold of support in the Senate to overcome a filibuster.

With a few exceptions like the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, “most of what Congress has done in the first two years of the Trump administration has required bipartisan support because it’s had to overcome the filibuster,” said Molly Reynolds, vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution. “So, in that sense, we would still be looking at bipartisan legislating.”

Kriner suggested Democrats may try to use the appropriations process, limitation riders and other tools at their disposal to influence what Mr. Trump’s agencies can and can’t do. And more than once, the White House Office of Management and Budget has unilaterally made spending decisions about funds that were already appropriated by Congress. The OMB has tried to make the case, Kriner said, that presidents have exclusive powers under Article II to decide how money is spent.

“That’s been the central front of an institutional battle over the first two years of the Trump administration, and it has really big, lasting implications for what the balance of power across the branches is going to look like,” Kriner said.

In contrast with the White House’s pugnacious tone, Mr. Trump has been more conciliatory and said he may work with Democrats.

“My message is congratulations to the Democrats, and I look forward to working with you for the good of our country,” the president told CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang on Tuesday night.

What will happen to Trump nominees?

Democratic control of the Senate will make it difficult for the president to get his nominees confirmed.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly said he doesn’t plan to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. But he also told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl on Wednesday that it would be easier to confirm a new defense secretary before the new Congress is seated in January.

The president will likely have to rely on acting officials for roles that need to be filled, unless he nominates candidates who can win bipartisan support.

Power of the pen

The president has relied on executive authority for much of his second-term agenda, even under the unified control of government he enjoyed during his first two years in office.

Brandon Rottinghaus, political science professor at the University of Houston, said, “That’s been his M.O. He likes it as a streamlined way to pursue his objectives in a way that aren’t checked typically by Congress.”

Rottinghaus noted that President Barack Obama increasingly relied on executive actions after Republicans won back the House in 2010, especially on his immigration priorities, many of which were challenged in court and rolled back by the Trump administration.

“Legislative constraints will encourage presidential unilateralism, but the courts will definitely limit those kinds of actions,” Rottinghaus said.

The president picked up his pen Thursday to sign an executive order designating the Oval Office and Cabinet Room national landmarks, saying future presidents won’t be able to make major changes. But a future president could also sign a new executive order to undo it.

Trump’s relationship with Republicans

Before the elections, most Republicans in Congress supported, defended and voted for Mr. Trump’s priorities. Now, Mr. Trump is looking at what Rottinghaus called a “ticking clock.”

“The last two years are going to be the hardest of his political career,” Rottinghaus said. “His leverage over members of Congress, especially Republicans, will diminish as lawmakers think about their own political futures rather than the president’s.”

“Republicans are going to have to figure out a way forward,” he continued. “You know, they’re going to have to figure out a way forward around Donald Trump.”