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Diane von Furstenberg on life, love, and a wrap dress

2026-09-13 10:07 EDT / CBS News

Cruise the canals of Venice, amid the grand palazzos and Rialto Bridge, and it’s understandable why this iconic city is now home to one of fashion’s most iconic names: Diane von Furstenberg.

She spends about five months of the year in Venice: “It’s my stage,” she said. “It’s where I think.”

Correspondent Alina Cho and designer Diane von Furstenberg in Venice. CBS News

Now 79, von Furstenberg, or DVF, burst onto the scene in the 1970s. What made her famous? A single item of clothing inspired by the tops ballerinas wear, a little dress that was comfortable, practical and affordable.

Dane von Furstenberg, with a mannequin wearing a DVF wrap dress, c. 1977. © Diane von Furstenberg Archives

Asked if she ever tires of talking about the wrap dress, von Furstenberg replied, “Well, I used to. Because I was doing all kinds of things, and people would say the wrap dress. I’d say, the wrap dress? Enough already. I’ve done so many more.”

The idea for the wrap dress, which debuted in 1974, came to her while watching, of all things, news coverage of Watergate. “Julie Eisenhower, the daughter of Nixon, is making a speech,” von Furstenberg said. “And oh my God, she’s wearing my little wrap top with a skirt in a snake print. And that’s when I thought, Oh, you know what? We should turn it into a dress.”

She would sell a million of them by 1976. (“It’s insane,” she said.)

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And at age 29, she landed on the cover of Newsweek, which crowned her “the most marketable female in fashion since Coco Chanel.”

Diane Simone Michele Halfin was born in Brussels, Belgium, on New Year’s Eve, 1946. Her father was a businessman; her mother, a survivor of the Holocaust, who weighed about 49 pounds when she was freed from the death camp. “But she came back,” von Furstenberg said. “Her mother fed her like a little bird every five minutes. And within six months she was normal. And 13 months later, I was born. And she used to say, ‘God saved me so I could give you life. By giving you life, you gave me mine back.’”

Before DVF became fashion royalty, she became a princess, marrying Ëgon von Furstenberg, a German-Italian prince. They had two children together, but their marriage didn’t last. It did, however, make headlines, most notably for their open relationship.

DVF’s love life, one could argue, is an open book. “Richard Gere was very sweet,” she said. “We had a little fling.”

She also had “other little flings” with Warren Beatty and Ryan O’Neal, on the same weekend. “Well, I once boasted about that, and then it stuck with me forever,” she said.

She has also talked about, when she was very young, falling in love with a boy, and then falling in love with a girl, at a time when sexual fluidity was not part of the conversation. “I mean, anyone who goes to boarding school knows that that happens,” she said. “I mean, yes, I did fall in love with this girl, and we still talk.”

In 2001, she would remarry, this time, to media mogul Barry Diller, another high-profile, headline-making romance – especially last year, after Diller, at age 83, revealed in a memoir he was attracted to men, but that it was not a conflict with his love for Diane.

She said she never saw that as a conflict. “Listen, when I met Barry, he was this hot guy. Magic happened. And it was passion. It was not something that I expected, at all.”

Fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg lounging with media mogul Barry Diller at Studio 54 in New York City c. 1978. Robin Platzer/Getty Images

Asked how she felt about Diller going public in his memoir, von Furstenberg replied, “I didn’t feel anything. I mean, I encouraged him to do the book. It was important that he did the book. But I mean, he had opened to me long ago. So, no, I’m happy. He’s my soulmate. He’s my companion of life. I mean, he’s everything.”

Over the years, her business has had its own challenges, but the brand, through all of its financial ups and downs, survives.

Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. CBS News

“When people are at the top of their success – Oh, she’s so successful – well, maybe things aren’t so good,” von Furstenberg said. “And the same way when people say, Oh, she’s finished, that can’t be, I was already on the way up again.”

Today, DVF remains close to the company that bears her name, while a new generation leads its creative vision.

Instead, she is focused on designing what she’ll leave behind, like her annual DVF Awards, held just last week in Venice. Now in its 17th year, the awards celebrate women changing the world — from actress and activist Jane Fonda, to Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer Lynsey Addario.

On New Year’s Eve, DVF will turn 80 years old, which she says she thinks about a lot. “I honor the year I’m going towards every year,” she said. “I am very sensitive about mortality and always have been.”

For Diane von Furstenberg, it’s a season of reflection. “I think that right now I am starting my last act,” she said. “I hope it won’t be too short of an act, but it’s definitely my last act – the winter of my life.”

Asked how she would want to be remembered, the designer replied, “As somebody who loved life and tried to honor it in every way.”

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苹果折叠机中国预购热 黄牛哄抬价格至近1万9000新元

2026年9月13日 23:42 / 联合早报

美国加利福尼亚州丘珀蒂诺市展出的苹果首款折叠机iPhone Duo，图摄于9月9日。 （新华社）

（北京综合讯）苹果推出首款折叠机iPhone Duo，虽然中国市场预定在10月16日开放预购，但已掀起抢购潮。有“代购黄牛”贷款抢货，这款折叠机价格甚至被哄抬到9万9000元（人民币，下同，约1万8700新元）。

据苹果中国官网资料，iPhone Duo将于10月16日晚上8时接受预购，23日正式发售。256GB基本款建议售价是1万5999元，最高规格的2TB款则建议卖2万6499元。

据第一财经报道，不少商家在闲鱼等二手交易平台上线“首发代抢”服务，iPhone Duo加价空间在1000元至5000元。不少黄牛以“第一天拿到现货”招揽买家，部分消费者预约抢购的定金已炒至800元左右。

界面新闻采访的一名黄牛计划向银行贷款数百万元，认为只要抢到货源，利润远高于银行利息。他还计划招募兼职人员代拍，准备赚一笔。

产能受限带来的稀缺性，让“黄牛”有了加价空间。日经亚洲本月初引述供应链消息称，iPhone Duo截至8月的日产量仅有几百部，主因是折叠结构生产难度大。

手机产业分析师郭明錤预测，iPhone Duo第三季的组装出货量仅有50万至100万部。若消费者等待发货四至六个星期甚至更久，二手市场的溢价可能达到官方售价的50%至100%。

截至星期天（9月13日）晚，电商平台京东的苹果旗舰店，已有80多万人预约iPhone Duo。

Counterpoint Research在9月7日发布报告，预计苹果在进入折叠机市场的第一年，就取得25%出货量份额，超越华为的22%，排在全球第二；三星则以38%继续居首。

金砖国家凝聚力增加 学者：凝聚力加强但内部仍显著缺失

2026年9月13日 23:45 / 联合早报 王纬温

• 金砖峰会首日发表联合声明呼吁中东各方克制，次日领导人聚焦包容性全球增长，探讨务实合作与供应链稳定。 – 习近平呼吁全球南方捍卫国际法治并推动世贸组织改革；莫迪强调方案应具普惠性；俄总统敦促结合各自竞争优势。 – 学者彭念认为联合声明显示凝聚力增强，未来或在地区问题上更积极；但朱锋指出中印战略竞争等内部缺陷仍明显。 – 学者骆明辉研判，海湾国家多从经济和外交角度看待金砖，并不将其视为西方安全体系的替代方案。

印度外交部提供的照片显示，金砖成员国、伙伴国与外围对话国领导人在新德里峰会第二天（9月13日）拍摄大合照。第一排左二起是菲律宾总统小马可斯（外围对话国嘉宾）、哈萨克斯坦总统托卡耶夫（金砖伙伴国领导人）、印度尼西亚总统普拉博沃、埃及总统塞西、俄罗斯总统普京、印度总理莫迪、中国国家主席习近平、南非总统拉马福萨、伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬。普京和莫迪之间、站在第二排的是马来西亚首相安华；习近平身后的是越南总理黎明兴，马来西亚和越南也是金砖伙伴国。 （路透社）

金砖11国在新德里峰会首日罕见地发表联合声明，呼吁各方在中东保持最大程度克制后，中俄印等领导人第二天聚焦探讨包容性全球增长。中国国家主席习近平星期天（9月13日）呼吁“大金砖”筑牢务实合作根基，维护产业链供应链稳定畅通，培育一体化大市场。

受访学者分析，金砖国家凝聚力增加，但组织内部仍有显著缺失。中印等主要成员国的战略竞争仍在持续，而中东国家虽然面临战火，但也主要把金砖组织视为经济外交机遇，而非西方安全体系的替代方案。

金砖国家（BRICS）领导人会晤星期天举行第二阶段会议。习近平在讲话中呼吁全球南方国家共同捍卫国际法治，维护主权平等、不干涉内政、和平解决争端等国际关系基本准则；高举多边主义旗帜，维护联合国权威和作用，推动世界贸易组织改革保持正确方向，提高发展中国家代表性和发言权。

习近平还要求全球南方国家携手推进安全治理，共同应对传统和非传统安全威胁，完善全球气候治理，加快形成具有广泛共识的全球人工智能治理框架。

印度总理莫迪讲话时呼吁，金砖国家制定解决方案的益处不应仅限于金砖国家，而应具备适应性和普惠性，以满足全球南方国家的需求。

俄罗斯总统则形容金砖国家是构建更公正、多极化世界秩序的一股强大推动力，敦促成员国探索如何结合各自经济体的竞争优势。

金砖国家早期由巴西、俄罗斯、印度、中国和南非组成，目前扩大至十来个正式成员与约10个伙伴国，形成“大金砖合作”阵容台。此次受邀与会的还有作为外围对话国的亚细安轮值主席国菲律宾。莫迪星期天指出，金砖占全球人口半数、全球GDP的40%，以及逾25%的全球贸易。

南京大学国际关系学院院长朱锋观察到，与过去两年相比，习近平今年讲话中在两方面明确调整升级基调。“第一个强调金砖国家作为全球南方一个重要的声音和力量，要从包括安全、科技、市场、经济、商业、人文、国际机制和国际秩序的稳定等方面，多视角、全方位发挥金砖组织中各国之间的合作沟通，展示金砖担当的责任。”

朱锋向《联合早报》分析：“第二是强调金砖国家要进一步加大科技、智能、经济合作，加大商业市场和科技的合作，尤其在人工智能领域，加大相关有效规则的磋商和制定。”

此次金砖峰会召开之际，正值海湾地区战火重燃。美伊不仅相互袭击，伊朗支持的胡塞武装也通过袭击沙特阿拉伯，进一步扩大冲突范围。

不过，峰会星期六取得重要外交成果。尽管伊朗和阿联酋对美伊战争问题存在分歧，但金砖仍成功发布获这两名中东成员国支持的联合声明。

香港亚洲研究中心主任彭念受访时指出，金砖联合声明表明组织内部凝聚力增强，未来在地区重要问题可能采取更积极的姿态。这是相对较重大的变化，可能会因此与西方形成阵营对抗，“接下来可能西方对金砖的抨击应该会更激烈一些”。

彭念认为，金砖在中东问题上发表统一声明，加上中国明年担任轮值主席国，都对中小国家具有很大吸引力。“尤其是中东地区或小国，肯定会希望借助这个（金砖）来提供一层保护伞。”

新加坡南洋理工大学公共政策与全球事务副教授骆明辉则研判，目前海湾国家利益不同，对金砖的重视程度也不同。“总体来说，很多海湾国家并不把金砖国家视为一个安全机制，或作为西方安全体系的替代方案。它们更多是从经济和外交的角度来看待金砖组织。”

骆明辉相信，目前中东国家更多希望通过金砖获得市场准入、经济机会、更大的贸易，同时借此扩大外交空间。

朱锋也认为，金砖机制“不可能另起炉灶”，也不可能成为类似七国集团（G7）这种基于共同意识形态和商业利益、具有高度凝聚力的阵营。

他指出，尽管特朗普抛弃美国自由国际主义的外交政策传统 ，但美国单极体系并无实质变化。面对美国后退，中国目前希望与其他国家集体维护现行国际治理机制，推动国际秩序进一步向前稳定发展。

朱锋分析，金砖机制内部目前仍有缺陷，包括印度对中国的不满没有根本改变，“主要成员国之间的地缘战略竞争也很明显”，“整体凝聚力依然还处在多样化，甚至分散化的现实，不能对金砖机制带有任何过分的幻想”。

Uncovering a Holocaust survival story

2026-09-13T09:52:00-0400 / CBS News

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Updated on: September 13, 2026 / 11:39 AM EDT / CBS News

As a young girl taking out a box containing toy soldiers from her dad’s dresser drawer, Elizabeth Connolly was just curious, not trying to unearth a little-known piece of history. “I would go in and I would play with them, and I would set them all up on the floor,” she said.

But tucked in that drawer next to those toy soldiers was an envelope of photos, which Connolly found intriguing: “I always remember thinking, ‘Hmm, they don’t look like any of our relatives. I wonder who they are.’”

Photos kept by World War II Army Sgt. Carrol Walsh told a story of liberation in 1945 Germany. CBS News

They appeared quite removed from her reality in Upstate New York. “There was one that just always drew me: It was a mom holding a little girl’s hand, coming up the hill, and there was another woman standing behind that was very, very thin,” she said.

Holocaust survivors liberated in April 1945 near Magdeburg, Germany. The George Gross Collection/Matt Rozell

She’d asked her dad about them: “He would just say they were people that he came upon in a train, and that was it,” Connolly said.

Her dad, Carrol Walsh, a U.S. Army sergeant in World War II, kept the photos given to him by a friend, a fellow tank commander. “I think a lot of the soldiers during that time, they came home and they held a lot of those stories in,” Connolly said.

That’s partly why her son’s teacher, Matt Rozell, started a class project to collect the oral histories of veterans. While Rozell was interviewing Connelly’s dad in 2001, she interjected to ask him about the train.

“No, I didn’t tell him about the train,” Walsh answered.

Rozell recalls he was just about to shut down his camera when Walsh continued: “And he said, ‘A beautiful April day. We were zooming like crazy through the middle of Germany. We came across this train, and it was full of Holocaust victims.’ He said he looked inside the train cars. He saw the people in a very distressed state.”

Twenty-five-hundred Jewish prisoners from Bergen-Belsen were crammed inside, on their way to another concentration camp. On April 13, 1945, in the final weeks of the war, advancing American soldiers came upon the stopped train near Magdeburg, Germany, and provided care for the survivors.

Rozell did not realize at the time that he was uncovering a relatively unknown piece of history: “I was a young history teacher,” he said. “I was not schooled enough, believe it or not, in the Holocaust.”

Rozell posted that interview online, and eventually heard from dozens of survivors and liberators, inspiring him to write a book, “A Train Near Magdeburg.”

The former Hudson Falls, New York, teacher also organized reunions to bring together American soldiers with those they helped liberate, including Peter Lantos, who became a renowned neuroscientist and author.

In his London home, Lantos told us how he was just five years old when he was put on that train with his mom. “Her thinking was, anywhere can be better than Belsen,” Lantos said. “There were dead bodies lying around unburied, first by dozens, then by hundreds.”

His father died of starvation there. In all, he lost 21 family members in the Holocaust.

Lantos remembers the day they were liberated: “There was kind of a noise, and suddenly it became quiet. And then people started to shout, ‘Americans! Americans!’”

He does not really like talking about what happened, but, he said, “It’s a moral obligation to do it. Because we are the last survivors. I’m 86. In few years’ time, no one can tell you, ‘Yes, it is true because I was there.’”

James Bulgin, the head of public history at the Imperial War Museum, London, said, “The people on board that train are, in every meaningful respect, on the brink of death at the point in time that the Americans intercept them.”

Peter Lantos and Matt Rozell recently joined Bulgin in the Holocaust galleries he curated, which feature the story of the train.

Bulgin said, “You might say, ‘Oh, they’re being saved from Belsen. They’re being sent somewhere else.’ But the reality is of course, as soon as they get along the way and then the Nazis realize they’re not going to be able to get them to where they’re gonna get to, then the plan emerges to kill them.”

The episode reveals the chaos at the end of the war, Bulgin says, and the quirks of fate that lead to remembering this story of liberation and survival.

“Matt Rozell, when he was doing his interviews, didn’t know that he was going to stumble across the history of the train,” Bulgin said. “It tells us so much about the way history actually happens.”

That’s something award-winning filmmaker Mike Edwards knows well. While working on his upcoming documentary, “A Train Near Magdeberg,” his team unearthed a series of photos from that day which he brought to show Bulgin. In one picture, a man wears a photograph of himself showing what he looked like pre-Holocaust.

In this April 1945 photo taken by Clarence J. Benjamin, a refugee is depicted after being liberated from a train headed to Theresienstadt. JFCS Holocaust Center

“I’ve literally never seen anything like that before,” Bulgin said. “It’s compelling, because you know about these things and you’ve seen some of it, but to see new things, every new kind of physical visual trace, gives a new insight.”

Mike Edwards has no direct connection to the train, but he has spent more than a decade on this passion project, which he’s screened for some students. Asked what about the story has struck him, Edwards replied, “I think it’s a story of humanity.”

One question posed to Edwards stays with him: “‘What do you hope people take away from this story?’ I said, ‘You know, each one of you, in your own lives, is going to have a “train near Magdeburg moment.” You’re going to have a choice of whether to care about somebody or not, to treat them as a human being or not. May you remember this story.’”

Now retired from teaching, Matt Rozell says the train story teaches a valuable lesson: “They didn’t have to stop. They didn’t have to help these people. But they did.”

He says there’s also a lesson here for all of us in the value of education: “Here’s a story that very few Americans know anything about, that they should. You know, we all say, ‘Never forget. Never forget.’ And it’s a great mantra. It’s very important. But what if we never learned it to begin with?’”

To watch a trailer for “A Train Near Magdeberg” click on the video player below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70a67_hBNIU

A Train Near Magdeburg: Trailer and Educational Vision, 2026 by MATTHEW ROZELL BOOKS on YouTube

WTT澳门冠军赛：莫雷加德与张本美和称王封后

2026年9月13日 23:50 / 联合早报 王慧 澳门报道

• 瑞典选手莫雷加德星期天以4比1战胜巴西的卡尔德拉诺，首次夺得WTT澳门冠军赛男单冠军。 – 日本选手张本美和以4比3力克中国的陈熠，同样首次在WTT澳门冠军赛女单封后。 – 这是张本美和本赛季继重庆、横滨后的第三冠，成为继孙颖莎后第二位获WTT冠军赛三连冠者。 – 莫雷加德半决赛与张本智和大战七局，在决胜局落后下以16比14逆转，随后仅休息数小时便出战决赛。

克服强敌挑战，莫雷加德（左）及张本美和首次在澳门冠军赛登顶。 （WTT澳门冠军赛组委会提供）

瑞典名将莫雷加德（Moregard）星期天（9月13日）以4比1战胜巴西选手卡尔德拉诺（Hugo Calderano），首次在世界乒乓球职业大联盟（WTT）澳门冠军赛男单称王。日本天才少女张本美和则以4比3力克中国选手陈熠，同样首次在该赛事中封后。

赛后，莫雷加德对自己的表现感到满意。他对《联合早报》说：“瑞典到澳门距离非常遥远，但我在这里度过了非常棒的一周。我觉得这次真的是不虚此行。这次比赛我有很多艰难的时刻，但是越来越相信自己。”

收获本赛季继重庆、横滨两站冠军赛后的第三冠，张本美和由此成为继中国名将孙颖莎之后，历史上第二位斩获WTT冠军赛三连冠的选手。对此，她说：“我一直都知道孙颖莎是一名很出色很厉害的选手，能够成为继她之后第二个夺得三届冠军的选手，我感到非常开心。”

莫雷加德半决赛大战七局后决赛获胜

本届WTT澳门冠军赛星期天迎来收官战，男单决赛在三号种子莫雷加德和五号种子卡尔德拉诺之间打响。在此前的两场半决赛中，卡尔德拉诺用时29分钟就以4比0速胜瑞典选手卡尔伯格（Kallberg）。而莫雷加德则与二号种子日本的张本智和大战七局，在这场双方交手记录2平且技术风格迥异的巅峰对决中，以4比3逆转。

仅休息了几个小时，莫雷加德与卡尔德拉诺相约决赛战场，在此前双方三次交手中，他以2比1占优。其中，两人在巴黎奥运会半决赛的对决令人印象深刻，当时他在首局4比10落后下连得八分逆转，最终以4比2打进决赛。来到澳门，莫雷加德以11比7、11比9、3比11、11比8、11比9收获冠军，卡尔德拉诺则连续两年屈居亚军。

相比决赛，莫雷加德与张本智和的半决赛则堪称经典之战。双方最近一次交手是在去年香港总决赛上，莫雷加德在第五局手握局点下被张本智和逆转，从而拱手让出总决赛冠军。这场失利对瑞典人而言，更多是心理层面的影响。

张本智和把去年总决赛夺冠的火热手感延续到本赛季，战绩突出且心态稳定。比赛开始后，他以13比11抢占先机，但随后五局下来，双方打成3平。

其中在第六局，张本智和上演从1比5落后到11比9逆转好戏。但在决胜局，他又是以6比10落后。尽管没有放弃战成14平，但最终以14比16功亏一篑。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRIbEFuCbw

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对于这场半决赛，莫雷加德说：“这就是一场心理战。对手战术打得不错，我的战术执行也不错。在双方都对战术执行到位时，那么比赛肯定是非常困难，所以我一直在内心找办法去战胜他。”

莫雷加德（图）在半决赛4比3打败张本智和后，在决赛以4比1打败雨果夺冠。（WTT澳门冠军赛组委会提供）

在此前双方四次交手中，莫雷加德拿下第一和第三次胜利，张本智和则赢得第二和第四次对决，没有一个人能连赢两次，而且每一次都比分接近。

莫雷加德赛后笑言：“要是这样说，那下一场我会输了。但我为这周的自己感到高兴。也许下一次与他相遇，我会努力连赢两次，争取来打破这种节奏。”

张本美和领先下落后再逆转

张本美和夺冠后，带着信心出战来临的亚运会。（WTT澳门冠军赛组委会提供）

女单决赛在头号种子张本美和与八号种子中国选手陈熠之间展开。在此前的半决赛中，前者以4比1淘汰五号种子中国选手陈幸同，后者则以4比3险胜决胜局体能透支的四号种子、日本选手早田希娜。

会师女单决赛的张本美和与陈熠彼此熟悉。在今年横滨冠军赛次轮，张本美和在0比2落后下连扳三局逆转，随后瑞典大满贯八强战再以4比0完胜。但令人没想到双方在澳门对决，陈熠几乎将张本美和逼入绝境。

比赛开始后，张本美和没有犯横滨冠军赛的错误，以两个11比7先发制人。

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22岁的陈熠身高1米77，护台面积大，中远台对拉力量和旋转输出在女选手中处于顶尖水平。面对张本美和并非没有机会，但陈熠需要突破的除了技术层面的差距，还有心理壁垒。而半决赛与早田希娜的鏖战，证明自己能够在关键分上保持冷静。

随后三局，陈熠展开反击，11比9、11比8、13比11，以大比分3比2领先。张本美和不愧为头号种子，第六局在以4比8落后时，像哥哥张本智和在半决赛第六局逆转取胜一样，她也没有放弃，以11比9逆转，双方战成3平。

决胜局张本美和占有极强的心理优势，加上前三板速度和反手快撕和更加充分的体能，让她在被陈熠追成10平的情况下，稳住心态以12比10锁定胜利。

无论领先或落后，张本美和都能保持稳定的心态。她说：“我不是心态方面做的最好的选手，但我尽量去进步。以前落后可能会放弃，即使再好好打但也还是没能集中精力。我知道这个问题，尽量去改变，不管比赛输赢都不能有后悔的比赛。为了打出这种球，我会改变自己问题。”

CBS News Battleground Tracker poll finds Trump motivating both sides, Democrats have edge in seats in fight for House

September 13, 2026 / 10:01 AM EDT / CBS News
By Fred Backus, Jennifer De Pinto

Here’s something Republicans and Democrats seem to agree on: They both see the midterms as being about President Trump, albeit for different reasons.

Mr. Trump is so much on voters’ minds that if this view holds at these levels through Election Day, it would surpass his own 2018 mark for a president being a factor in midterm elections.

This is also an election set against a wide backdrop of uncertainty on many fronts: The economy, inflation, conflict overseas, and even AI’s impact.

So, prices and inflation are driving voter sentiment in 2026 against the party in power, just as they did two years ago.

This is not because voters necessarily think they’ll be better off — most don’t think either party can help their finances. It’s more just out of opposition.

Related to this, most voters would prefer a candidate who opposes new tariffs and opposes the Iran conflict, which is seen as connected to higher prices.

CBS News’ House model helps translate general preference for Congress, where Democrats have a lead, into seats — which is, of course, how the House is elected and decided.

It currently puts the Democrats at 228 seats, a majority, though not an historically large one, over the 218 of 435 seats needed. The model estimate ranges into the high 230s if more breaks their way in the coming weeks, but at the lower bounds, it drops to 215, which means Republicans do have a bid to hold on to their current, narrow House majority from here.

That’s partly because a lot of MAGA and 2024 Trump voters are staying with the GOP, at least out of opposition to the Democrats.

Most straightforwardly, Democrats are getting the votes of people who say higher prices have been difficult or worse.

More of the Democrats’ backing is based on voters trying to stop Trump’s policies, rather than on trying to help the Democrats get theirs.

Most voters also do not believe the One Big Beautiful Bill has helped them financially.

Turnout

Whatever their motivation, more Democrats say they’re very enthusiastic about voting than Republicans are.

On the GOP side, Mr. Trump has a turnout effect, too, with MAGA Republicans responding as he and party leaders have urged them to show up.

Most MAGA Republicans say they’re just as interested now as they were in 2024, even though Mr. Trump is not on the ballot.

Yet there’s uncertainty about whether that will apply to all Republicans, since non-MAGA Republicans are comparably less likely to say they’ll definitely vote.

For most Republicans, Mr. Trump’s endorsement makes them more likely to back a candidate. Republicans — especially MAGA — continue to approve of him in big numbers, particularly on immigration, and they prefer a candidate who supports his approach to ICE operations, tariffs and the conflict with Iran.

Ultimately, the congressional seat range will depend on some key groups and dynamics to watch, including whether either party can make an affirmative case that they’ll make people better off.

Neither one has a majority on that. Democrats have a relative edge.

But for Democrats, the democratic socialist endorsement does not play well beyond the Democratic base — and even there, it is only mixed.

The Democrats see growth relative to the 2024 vote among Hispanic voters, most of whom say they prefer a candidate who opposes the administration’s approach to ICE.

Impact of inflation and views of the parties

Mr. Trump won in 2024 partially because people thought he could help the economy and prices.

The bulk of his 2024 voters now are staying with the GOP, even if they see prices as a difficulty.

That’s largely because they still hold unfavorable views of Democrats.

They see a Democratic-controlled Congress as a threat to their culture and way of life.

Gas prices spur some differences within the Republican Party. Most MAGA Republicans say Americans should be willing to pay more during the Iran conflict. Other Republicans don’t.

Democrats and Republicans each tend to think AI will decrease rather than increase the number of jobs, with Democrats even more apt to believe so.

On balance, voters would prefer a candidate opposed to new data centers in their area to one who would support building them.

David Van Riper contributed to this report.

This CBS News/YouGov survey was conducted with a nationally representative sample of 2,460 U.S. adults interviewed between September 8-11, 2026. The sample was weighted to be representative of adults nationwide according to gender, age, race, and education, based on the U.S. Census American Community Survey and Current Population Survey, as well as 2024 presidential vote. The margin of error is ±2.3 points.

The estimated numbers of Republican and Democratic seats come from a statistical model developed by CBS News and YouGov which includes data from this poll, past vote and other district-level characteristics, demographics and historical patterns. These estimates are subject to statistical error. We simulate many elections, with the error calibrated to include historical polling accuracy, to obtain a range of seat estimates. We report 95% confidence intervals from the simulations. These estimates describe which party is ahead today and may change as additional data are collected closer to the election.

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本田圭佑新超首秀推迟 裕廊队4比0大胜幼狮

2026年9月13日 23:57 / 新明日报

• 新超联赛重燃战火，裕廊队星期天客场以4比0大胜幼狮，取得新赛季开门红，并以净胜球优势升上榜首。 – 40岁日本前国脚本田圭佑未进比赛名单，因季前备战后期才加入球队，尚未达到上阵的竞技状态。 – 裕廊队主帅贾斯温德尔表示，本田圭佑目前还没有上阵时间表，但乐见他在场边与队友分享经验。 – 末永透瑛上半场梅开二度，欧阳锐与小野俊辅下半场各入一球，助裕廊队锁定四球大胜。

替补登场的欧阳锐（白衣）在幼狮后卫的包夹中，为裕廊队再下一城。 （关俊威摄）

2026-2027赛季新加坡超级联赛在本周重燃战火，裕廊队（FC Jurong）星期天（9月13日）晚上火力全开，在客场以4比0大胜幼狮（Young Lions），用一场酣畅淋漓的胜利取得新赛季开门红的同时，成功以净胜球优势升当领头羊。

本场比赛在惹兰勿刹体育场进行，但备受瞩目的裕廊队新援、曾参加过三届世界杯并都有进球的40岁日本前国脚本田圭佑却没有进入首发和候补名单，反倒是频频在场边的替补席指导队友。

裕廊队新援本田圭佑（中间面向镜头者）还不具备上阵的条件，只好在场边与队友分享经验。（关俊威摄）

这也是“雄狮”新加坡国家男子足球队前国门哈桑（Hassan），以及现门将伊兹万（Izwan Mahbud）之间的对决，但笑到最后的显然是经验更丰富的哈桑。两队赛前列队向已逝的前雄狮主帅巴里·惠特布雷德（Barry Whitbread）默哀一分钟。

开场第14分钟，裕廊队的第一次进攻被破坏，但末永透瑛跟进补射破门，帮助球队以1比0先声夺人。第45分钟，裕廊队在前场逼抢后成功抢断，末永透瑛在禁区带球晃过防守球员后，面对伊兹万冷静推射入网，梅开二度助队以2比0领先。

末永透瑛（右）两度攻破幼狮门将伊兹万的十指关，为裕廊队上半场建立两球优势。（关俊威摄）

易边第66分钟，幼狮门将伊兹万因伤无法坚持被换下。裕廊队第80分钟抓住机会再下一城，由禁区无人盯防的欧阳锐近距离捅射破门，将比分改写为3比0。仅六分钟后，裕廊队的小野俊辅利用角球头球破门，助队以4比0锁定胜局。

在星期五（11日）的揭幕战中，淡滨尼流浪（Tampines Rovers）主场以2比0战胜马里士他卡沙（Balestier Khalsa）。上届冠军狮城水手（Lion City Sailors）星期六（12日）则在客场以2比2战平后港联（Hougang United）。

裕廊队主帅：乐见本田圭佑分享经验

询及本田圭佑没上场的理由，裕廊队主帅贾斯温德尔（Jaswinder Singh）解释：“本田直到季前备战后期才加入我们，所以现在的重点是在赛季开始前帮他把状态调整到位，这主要是因为他的备战节奏和其他人不太一样。赛季开始时，他还在进行相关的体能与状态恢复工作，因此还没达到能够上场比赛的竞技状态。”

裕廊队主帅贾斯温德尔（右）乐见本田圭佑向球员分享经验。（关俊威摄）

对于本田圭佑“抢占”主帅功能在场边向球员发号指令，他说：“本田圭佑拥有极其丰富的经验和履历，曾在许多顶级联赛中征战，因此他可以与我们以及一线队分享这些经验。只要他愿意分享相关信息，我认为这完全没问题。”

他也透露，本田圭佑目前还没有上阵的时间表。“还没那么快。下周我们还有一场比赛，时间确实有点紧，但我们每天都在努力，确保他的身体状况达标，为这场比赛做好准备。”

哈桑：并非发挥最好的一场比赛

虽然拿到赛季首胜，但裕廊队门将哈桑对球队表现并不满意。他说：“我们还有很大的提升空间，因为花了一些时间才适应这块场地。不过，我们最终还是找到突破对手防线的方法。这场胜利是全队共同努力的成果，大家虽然对赢球感到高兴，但这并非我们发挥最好的一场比赛。”

他也说：“这是一个艰难的夜晚，能保持零封相当不容易。如果一直这样踢下去，这个赛季对我来说会很漫长，毕竟考虑到我的年龄（42岁），这并不轻松，所以我只能尽我所能。今天我非常渴望零封对手，即便在比赛尾声，我仍在督促队友，确保球队防守稳固。”

雄狮主帅李斯平今晚也在看台上观看比赛，对于自己是否有希望再次入选国家队，他淡然说道：“从个人角度来看，我衷心祝愿国家队一切顺利。我无权决定自己是否应该入选国家队，这也不是我能说了算的。我现在的任务就是做好裕廊队球员的本职工作。”

批评美国人权致大使履新受阻 法国驻联合国代表团致歉

2026年9月13日 23:43 / 联合早报

法国常驻日内瓦联合国代表团说，对此前在社交媒体上批评美国人权状况一事感到“遗憾”。这条帖子引发了外交纠纷，导致法国驻华盛顿新任大使的履新进程受阻。

路透社报道，7月下旬，法国代表团曾在社媒X上发文，批评美国与俄罗斯、朝鲜等国一道，投票反对延长联合国人权事务高级专员图尔克的任期。

这一言论激怒了美方，美方随后在法国代表发言时退出了联合国安理会会议。据消息人士透露，美方当时还考虑阻挠法国提名的新任驻华盛顿大使人选。

法国常驻日内瓦联合国代表团说：“代表团对7月25日在X平台上发布的那条质疑美国人权承诺的帖子感到遗憾。”

代表团在英文声明中指出，双方的分歧“仅涉及一次投票，而非关于捍卫人权本身”。

法国外交部拒绝作出进一步评论。

针对路透社的置评请求，美国国务院一位官员回应称：“我们注意到并赞赏法国的声明，期待双方携手合作，进一步推进共同的价值观与利益。”

这一表态或能推进法国提名的驻美大使人选奥雷利安·勒舍瓦利耶（Aurelien Lechevallier）获得美方批准。

勒舍瓦利耶曾任爱丽舍宫幕僚，目前担任外交部长巴罗的幕僚长。据消息人士透露，巴黎方面原计划让他于9月上任。

Trump gives Smithsonian days to replace ‘strange modernist sculpture’ with Founding Father

September 13, 2026 10:05am EDT / Fox News

Trump claims the modernist artwork outside National Museum of American History ‘says nothing about America’

By Stephen Sorace Fox News

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President Donald Trump is calling on the Smithsonian to replace a decades-old modernist sculpture outside the National Museum of American History with a towering, 30-foot statue of George Washington.

In social media posts late Friday, Trump said the “Infinity” sculpture that has stood outside the museum since 1967 “says nothing about America,” while Washington, he argued, “more than anyone else, says everything about America.”

Trump also called for the museum to open a five-year exhibition honoring Washington that would run through Feb. 22, 2032, the 300th anniversary of the first president’s birth.

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People walking past the “Infinity” sculpture outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump also wants the Smithsonian to install an 11-foot statue of Washington in the museum’s Flag Hall by Constitution Day on Sept. 17. The statue was featured at the recent Freedom 250 Grand Prix race.

“Immediately design and display a five-year exhibition worthy of the Life, Sacrifice, and Contributions of George Washington,” Trump wrote.

“Then, as soon as it is ready, install a 30-foot Washington Colossus where ‘Infinity’ stands today,” he added.

“Infinity,” created by New York artist José de Rivera, was commissioned by the federal government and installed outside the museum in 1967.

President Donald Trump has argued the Smithsonian should place greater emphasis on America’s founding principles, national achievements and patriotic history.(Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

It is unclear whether Trump can order the Smithsonian to make the changes. The institution is outside the executive branch and is overseen by a Board of Regents that includes Vice President JD Vance, Chief Justice John Roberts, lawmakers from both parties and citizen members.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Smithsonian for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Trump has repeatedly criticized how the Smithsonian presents American history, particularly as the country celebrates its 250th anniversary.

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In his posts Friday, he accused the National Museum of American History of giving too little attention to Washington and other Founding Fathers.

Trump singled out Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776 and the American victory at Trenton, saying the museum does not give those events the attention they deserve.

This painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware (by Emanuel Leutze, American, 1816 – 1868), 1851, shows George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25-26, 1776, as part of a surprise sneak attack on the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.(GraphicaArtis via Getty Images)

“He is easily America’s Greatest Hero,” Trump wrote of Washington. “Without him, our Country and our Freedoms wouldn’t exist.”

Trump also criticized the Smithsonian’s recently ended Center for Restorative History, an initiative created to spotlight stories that have been excluded from the national historical narrative.

Trump said the museum should instead create a “Center for American Heroes.”

“Tell the stories of Americans who faced great challenges, overcame them, built great things, defended our Country, made America better, and helped our Nation more fully live up to our Founding Ideals,” he wrote.

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Those criticisms have also led to action by the White House.

In March 2025, Trump signed an executive order aimed at eliminating what the White House called “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology” at the Smithsonian.

The White House followed this year with a report criticizing the Smithsonian, including what it said was a lack of attention to Washington and other Founding Fathers.

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025.(Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In July, Trump ordered his administration to place signs outside the National Museum of American History telling visitors that some exhibits are inaccurate.

In a statement last year, the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents said it was committed to keeping the institution nonpartisan and its scholarship free from political or partisan influence.

The board also acknowledged that the Smithsonian “can and must do more” and directed its leadership to ensure museum content is unbiased.

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Smithsonian secretary Lonnie Bunch announced last week that he will step down at the end of the year.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.