深圳放宽核心区限购政策 提高贷款额度

2026年4月29日 19:26 / 联合早报

深圳放宽核心区限购政策 提高贷款额度

深圳放宽福田、南山、宝安等核心区的限购。图为2024年拍摄的深圳前海。 （林煇智摄）

深圳发布优化房地产新政，放宽福田、南山、宝安等核心区的限购，并提高公积金贷款额度。

深圳市住房和建设局星期三（4月29日）印发《关于进一步优化调整本市房地产相关政策的通知》，自2026年4月30日起施行。

《通知》明确，深圳市户籍居民家庭、自购房之日前在深圳连续缴纳社会保险或个人所得税满一年及以上的非本市户籍居民家庭，在执行现有住房限购政策基础上，可在福田区、南山区和宝安区新安街道范围内增购一套商品住房。

持有有效深圳经济特区居住证的非深圳户籍居民家庭，可在福田区、南山区和宝安区新安街道范围内购买一套商品住房，无需提供缴纳社会保险或个人所得税证明。

《通知》同步提高住房公积金贷款额度，以个人申请的，贷款额度从60万元（人民币，下同，11万2100新元）提高至70万元，缴存职工家庭申请的，贷款额度从110万元提高至130万元。

在深圳住房公积金贷款原本最高可贷额度的基础上，提高额度上浮比例。购买首套住房的，上浮比例从40%提高至60%；新增初婚初育居民家庭购买深圳住房上浮情形，上浮比例为50%，有两个及以上子女的居民家庭购买本市住房的，上浮比例从50%提高至70%。

今年以来深圳楼市出现回暖迹象，但同比跌幅仍未完全修复。

上海易居房地产研究院副院长严跃进点评，深圳在“五一”假期前夕出台新政，旨在响应4月28日中央政治局“努力稳定房地产市场”的总体要求，支持居民刚性和改善性住房需求，推动今年二季度及后续楼市积极向好。

严跃进表示，本次政策调整聚焦于核心区域限购的精细化松绑与住房公积金贷款额度的显著提升，体现出对不同购房群体的差异化支持。特别是对改善型购房需求、职住平衡购房需求、多子女家庭、初婚初育家庭等居民家庭相关群体，给予了较大力度的政策倾斜。

他说，政策力度和精准度超出市场预期，有望激活核心区的改善型需求，并降低特定群体的购房成本。

King Charles to visit New York to commemorate 9/11 victims

2026-04-29 10:03:41 UTC / Reuters

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April 29, 2026 10:03 AM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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• Charles to visit Harlem community project, Camilla to host Winnie the Pooh event
• King’s speech to Congress emphasized UK-US ties and NATO’s importance
• Charles met Trump and tech leaders in Washington amid UK-US tensions over Iran war

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla arrive in New York on Wednesday to commemorate victims of ‌the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the city, part of a four-day state visit to the U.S.

The king and queen’s scheduled arrival in New York follows a packed day in Washington on Tuesday, when Charles delivered a speech to the U.S. Congress, held private meetings with President Donald Trump amid tensions ​between the U.S. and UK over the Iran war, and sat down with leaders of the U.S. tech industry.

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At a White ​House state dinner on Tuesday night, Trump suggested Charles told the president he supported an end ⁠to Iran’s nuclear program. The king is not a spokesman for the UK government and it could not be confirmed that Charles ​made the statement to Trump. Downing Street and Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Charles and Camilla will begin ​their day in New York with a ceremony at the 9/11 memorial in lower Manhattan, where the twin towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed by al-Qaeda suicide bombers on September 11, 2001, an attack that killed nearly 2,800 people.

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Charles is expected to meet with New York City’s mayor, Zohran ​Mamdani, at the ceremony.

The king will then head to Harlem to visit a grassroots community organization that created a sustainable after-school ​urban farming initiative in an effort to combat food insecurity, according to local media. Such projects have been a passion of the king’s for decades.

Meanwhile, ‌Camilla ⁠will celebrate the 100th birthday of A.A. Milne’s fictional character Winnie the Pooh on behalf of her charity, The Queen’s Reading Room, which Buckingham Palace is calling a “literary engagement” event.

Charles and Camilla’s visit to New York comes on the third day of their state visit to the U.S. during a tense time in relations between the U.S. and the UK, after Trump has repeatedly criticized UK Prime ​Minister Sir Keir Starmer for what ​Trump says is his lack ⁠of help in prosecuting the Iran war.

In his speech to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Charles stressed the historical military and cultural ties between the UK and U.S., in a visit which officially ​is to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s declaration of independence from British rule.

Yet the king ​also stressed the ⁠importance of NATO, at a time when Trump has been critical of the Western military alliance’s reluctance to provide military help to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, and warned against American isolationism.

“I pray with all my heart that our lands will continue to defend our shared ⁠values with ​our partners in Europe and the Commonwealth, and across the world, and that ​we ignore the clarion calls to become ever more inward-looking,” Charles told the joint meeting of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.

Reporting by Tim Reid, Jonathan ​Allen and Maria Tsvetkova. Writing by Tim Reid. Additonal reporting by Michael Holden and William James in London; Editing by Lincoln Feast.

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NBA季后赛：马刺淘汰拓荒者晋级 76人掀翻绿衫军“续命”

2026年4月29日 19:29 / 联合早报

马刺球星文班亚马（右）在克服脑震荡伤病复出后，连续两场贡献两双，助球队闯入季后赛次轮。 （法新社）

（圣安东尼奥综合电）美国职业篮球赛（NBA）季后赛星期三（4月29日）决出又一支晋级队伍。圣安东尼奥马刺（San Antonio Spurs）主场以114比95轻取波特兰拓荒者（Portland Trail Blazers），大比分4比1闯入次轮。

上场比赛，马刺在一度落后19分的情况下逆转取胜，本场比赛则开局强势，以65比45结束上半场。拓荒者第四节打出一波11比0的进攻潮，将分差缩小至九分，但马刺迅速稳住局势，最终全程保持领先，轻松晋级。

马刺当家球星文班亚马（Wembanyama）在因脑震荡缺席系列赛第三场后，上场比赛一复出就豪砍27分和12个篮板的两双，此役再贡献17分、14个篮板和多达6次封盖，帮助马刺自2017年以来首次闯入季后赛第二轮。

谈到一度被缩小分差，马刺主帅约翰逊（Johnson）说：“我们确实有点放松警惕。NBA比赛很漫长，但这不是借口，我们必须做得更好。不过，整场比赛没有出现领先更替，这一点很关键……我们还有很多需要提升的地方，但我们已经准备好迎接挑战。”

作为西岸二号种子，马刺正冲击队史第六座总冠军奖杯，也是自2014年以来的首冠。他们将在西岸半决赛对阵丹佛金块（Denver Nuggets）或明尼苏达灰狼（Minnesota Timberwolves），后者目前以大比分3比2领先。

76人客场爆冷胜凯尔特人

同日，东岸七号种子、费城76人客场以113比97爆冷击败东岸二号种子、“绿衫军”波士顿凯尔特人（Boston Celtics），将大比分追至2比3。

在4月9日才接受阑尾切除手术的76人中锋恩比德（Embiid），在复出的第二战闪耀全场，砍下33分和8记助攻。他说：“我在复出前只进行了一次简单的往返跑训练。通过这场和上一场比赛，我在逐渐找回状态。”

恩比德在下半场贡献18分，并在末节两队陷入纠缠时，与队友马克西（Maxey）联手得分，最终拉开分差，锁定胜局。马克西全场得到25分和10个篮板的两双数据。系列赛第六场将在星期五（5月1日）回到费城进行。

凯尔特人方面，当家球星塔图姆（Tatum）拿下24分和16个篮板，布朗（Brown）空砍22分。绿衫军在末节仅得11分，写下本赛季单节最低得分。

作为18届NBA总冠军，凯尔特人已经连续五年晋级季后赛次轮，目前正在冲击三年内的第二冠。而76人自2023年横扫布鲁克林网队（Brooklyn Nets）以来，尚未赢得一轮季后赛系列赛。

其他场次，纽约尼克斯（New York Knicks）主场以126比97大胜亚特兰大鹰（Atlanta Hawks），系列赛以3比2领先。尼克斯主将布伦森（Brunson）在第四节独得17分并送出8次助攻，最终砍下全场最高的39分，中锋唐斯（Towns）贡献16分和14个篮板。

工教院启用安保训练新设施 学员在逼真环境实战受训

2026年4月29日 19:45 / 联合早报

主管回教事务代部长兼内政部高级政务部长费绍尔副教授（右一）出席开幕仪式时，在安保行动训练指挥中心“检查”车辆内是否有可疑物品。 （谢智扬摄）

工艺教育学院启用新安保训练设施，通过逼真的情境设计，模拟多种安保运作场景，让近300名修读保安运作工读专业文凭的学员在逼真环境中学习和受训。

工教院星期三（4月29日）宣布为全新的“安保行动训练指挥中心”（Security Operations Training Facility）揭幕。指挥中心占地约353平方米，与行业合作伙伴共同打造，设有多个还原真实运作环境和工作流程的训练区域。

其中就包括同移民与关卡局合作打造的“关卡”，配备了自动通关闸机、X光扫描机、车辆检查区，以及违禁和受控物品展示区。

学员也可通过实时信息仪表板、警报监控系统、智能建筑系统、GPS追踪和虚拟巡逻等功能，模拟在压力环境中作判断。设施也会设置不同的突发情境，让学员练习判断风险、分工合作和应对问题。

此外，中心设有混合现实和人工智能区域，可模拟复杂和高压的安保情况。中心内也设置问询室，供学员进行角色扮演，学习如何在碰到棘手情况时有效沟通。

主管回教事务代部长兼内政部高级政务部长费绍尔副教授出席推介仪式时说，安全环境如今更为多变和更具挑战。在人力持续短缺的情况下，安全需求却在不断增长，我国必须确保有源源不断的安保专业人才。

“自2023年以来，移民与关卡局已通过工读专业文凭招募了200多名官员 。监狱署也加入了这一行列，首批学员已于2026年4月入学 。内政团队中，工读文凭课程已成为吸引和培养工教院毕业生的重要途径。”

幼教转行前线人员 边学边参与前线工作

周诗瑶（21岁）早前完成了幼教专业高级国家工艺教育局证书（Higher Nitec），但之后决定转向执法行业发展。她目前修读保安运作工读专业文凭，同时也是移民局的风险评估与调查员。

周诗瑶在往返关卡时对移民与关卡局人员的工作逐渐产生兴趣，常和母亲提起自己有意从事相关工作。（谢智扬摄）

周诗瑶说，自己从小看电视节目《绳之以法》长大，对执法工作产生了向往，也在往返关卡时，对移民局的岗位产生了兴趣。

课程期间，她一边在安保行动训练指挥中心接受训练，一边在关卡前线工作，把课堂所学应用到实际工作中。

“守护国家边境让我感到很有使命感，也让我更加确定，这就是我一直想从事的工作。”

Johnson scrambles as Trump, Senate Republicans pressure House to fund DHS

April 29, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

Senate Majority Leader Thune voiced frustration after month of House inaction on DHS bill

By Alex Miller , Adam Pack Fox News

DHS secretary Mullin says his department will run out of money by the end of the month with emergency funds depleted

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Congressional Republicans entered the record-breaking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown united — 75 days later, and they are increasingly at odds over how to end it.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is now floating a change to the Senate’s DHS bill funding most of the department after declining to put the measure on the floor for more than a month.

The new demand comes as the department’s vital security role was spotlighted on Saturday when the Secret Service stopped a gunman from storming the ballroom where he allegedly planned to assassinate President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet.

The Secret Service is among several agencies under the DHS umbrella that are currently operating without full-year funding. The assassination scare notably spurred Trump to demand that DHS funding, and the forthcoming budget reconciliation process, be wrapped up soon.

A Secret Service agent holds a weapon in the lobby of the Washington Hilton after shots were heard during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026.(Alex Wroblewski/AFP)

DEMOCRAT WHO BROKE WITH PARTY SAYS HIS DHS FUNDING VOTE A ‘MISTAKE’ AFTER 2ND MINNEAPOLIS ICE SHOOTING

Now, Johnson’s new tactic is to modify the Senate bill, which he claims “has some problematic language because it was haphazardly drafted.”

“We have a modified version that I think is going to be much better for both chambers,” Johnson told reporters on Monday.

“It makes sure that we’re not going to orphan two of the primary agencies of DHS,” he added. “We have to make sure that immigration law is enforced and that the border is safe and secure. Democrats don’t want to have any part of that, so unfortunately, we have to do that on our own.”

But the White House, in a memo to House Republicans obtained by Fox News Digital, demanded that Johnson pass the Senate’s bill as is, and warned that unless the House took action, the remaining DHS funding would soon dry up.

“It is imperative that Congress immediately fund DHS and its critical operations to protect the homeland,” the memo stated.

The Senate bill and a separate budget reconciliation bill funding immigration enforcement are part of a two-track approach that congressional Republicans are pursuing to end the funding lapse.

Johnson has long reflected the view of many in the GOP by voicing objections to the Senate bill because it zeroes out funding for ICE and CBP.

But Senate Republicans are frustrated with their House colleagues who continue to sit on the bill that would reopen most of DHS while teasing forthcoming modifications. Any substantial alteration to the bill outside a minor technical correction would kick the bill back to the Senate for reconciliation.

Trump has not weighed in on the Senate’s partial DHS bill, but has urged the House to quickly approve the Senate-passed budget blueprint funding immigration enforcement.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., are clashing over how to resolve the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. President Donald Trump is largely staying out of it.(Getty Images)

GOP INFIGHTING REPLACES CLASH WITH DEMS, DERAILS PATH TO END HISTORIC DHS SHUTDOWN

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., noted that it had been nearly 30 days since he and the speaker put out a joint statement supporting the Senate’s funding bill.

“I guess my question is, what was the alternative? And that’s what I said to them at the time, and you tell me, give me a better option, ’cause I’m open to ideas,” Thune said Tuesday. “But I don’t think anybody had one, and we had a bunch of agencies that weren’t being funded.”

Congressional Democrats have ripped Johnson for holding up the Senate bill, though Republicans note that Congress would not be in the funding stalemate if Democrats had agreed to a full-year spending bill for the department.

“Johnson can just take up the bill that was passed unanimously in the Senate and we’d be funding all of DHS except for ICE and CBP, and then we could work on that,” Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., told Fox News on Tuesday.

“The fact that he has failed to do so is outrageous and it’s on him that we are not paying the rest of DHS,” she added.

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., and the members of House Democratic leadership have blamed House Republicans for the prolonged DHS shutdown.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Senate Democrats, who voted unanimously alongside Republicans twice on the funding deal, are scratching their heads about what exactly Johnson is trying to do.

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Democrats have also signaled a possible return of the funding standoff that dominated the upper chamber for over a month.

“They’re just stuck so they come up with — we need some technical changes,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said. “Hold up national security for technical changes? It’s absurd.”

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

Tourist dies after being bitten at snake-charming show while on family vacation in Egypt

April 29, 2026 / 6:38 AM EDT / CBS/AFP

A German tourist has died after a snake crawled into his pants and bit him as he watched a show in Egypt on a family vacation, German police said Monday.

The 57-year-old man was watching the snake-charming show at a hotel in Hurghada, a popular beach holiday destination on the Red Sea, in early April.

The two reptiles involved, reported to be cobras, were draped over the necks of audience members, police in southern Bavaria state said.

“The ‘snake charmer’ then let one of the snakes crawl into the trousers” of the German man and it bit him in the leg, they said in a statement.

The victim showed “clear signs of poisoning” and had to be resuscitated before being taken to hospital, but he later died, it said.

The man — who was not named in the statement — came from the Unterallgaeu district in Bavaria and was on holiday with two relatives.

German police and prosecutors are investigating his death and are awaiting the results of a toxicology test.

When contacted by AFP, Egyptian authorities said they were not aware of the incident.

An estimated 5.4 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes each year and up to 138,000 people die globally from the bites, according to the World Health Organization. The majority of fatal snake bites occur in India.

At least three people have died from snake bites in Southern California in just the past two months, CBS Los Angeles reported.

Earlier this month, a woman died after being bitten by a rattlesnake while picking flowers in Palos Veres Estates. In March, a 25-year-old man died after he was bitten by a rattlesnake while biking in Irvine, and a 46-year-old woman died after she was bitten while hiking in Thousand Oaks.

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监狱署新视频庭审设施正式启用 视讯隔间增至87个

2026年4月29日 19:53 / 联合早报

律政部兼交通部高级政务部长穆仁理（左二）参观全新的视频庭审设施，了解当局如何安排囚犯在隔间内远程上庭。 （梁麒麟摄）

新加坡监狱署和不同机构合作在樟宜监狱打造全新的视频庭审设施，将远程上庭隔间从现有的23个增至87个，进一步减少囚犯外出的风险，并确保在遇上疫情等突发情况时，庭审能继续进行。

新加坡监狱署自1996年便开始通过视讯，让还押监狱的被告和囚犯远程上庭。过去几年，在科技的辅助下，视讯庭审日趋普及，涵盖的范围也从最初的面控、申请保释，逐步扩展到供证、认罪和聆听判决等。

为了进一步提升远程上庭的功能，并为未来做好准备，监狱署与多方合作，在樟宜监狱B2狱所设立了全新的视频庭审设施（Video Court Facility）。设施由监狱署、内政科技局、内政部和司法体系（Judiciary）合作设立，共有81个隔间，外加八个等候室让囚犯等候上庭。另外六个隔间则设在女子监狱A4狱所。

律政部兼交通部高级政务部长穆仁理于星期三（4月29日）为新设施主持开幕时说，监狱署自2019年便着手提升视频庭审的能力，并在2020年和2021年疫情期间增设13个隔间，确保法庭能继续审理案件。

“在2020年至2025年间，监狱署一共安排了约10万4000人次通过视讯上庭，占上庭总人数的九成以上。”

隔间内有屏幕和摄像头，囚犯可站在里头参与自身案件审理。（梁麒麟摄）

疫情让当局意识到为未来挑战做好充分准备的重要性，因此，我国司法体系、监狱署和内政部决定扩大视频庭审计划，并建造全新的设施。

穆仁理说，新设施在设计上考虑到不同囚犯的需求，例如，其中13个隔间可供坐轮椅的囚犯使用。当局还需确保系统能够兼容现代视频会议应用等平台，从而保障远程庭审的质量。

“如果囚犯在庭审后被释放或出狱，这样的安排能加快手续过程，囚犯无需回到监狱。”

他也说，法庭会因此更具灵活性，因健康或其他原因无法上庭的囚犯，仍能通过远程方式参与庭审。“除此之外，律师在远程庭审中如果需要与当事人交谈，法庭还能暂停审讯，设立独立的虚拟空间，供两者私下交流。”

穆仁理透露，当局目前正在试行新计划，让律师通过设施与当事人远程对谈，无须亲自前往监狱。穆仁理没有透露更多相关细节，但指出目前参与这项计划的律师的反馈都很积极正面。

平均每天安排80到90人视讯上庭

新加坡监狱署行动处判决处理组高级助理处长（接待事务）韩国轩指出，因大多数庭审可在设施内完成，大幅降低了囚犯外出的风险。（梁麒麟摄）

在监狱署的安排下，《联合早报》记者参观了新设施。据当局介绍，目前平均每天会有80至90人通过视讯方式上庭。

被安排视讯上庭的囚犯，在进入设施后会被搜身，然后进入等待室等待上庭。等待室里的显示屏会显示囚犯的编号，以及前往指定的隔间。

监狱署人员能在设施里的控制中心协助操控隔间里的视频庭审，隔间也设有对讲机，方便囚犯在有疑问时联系监狱官。法庭方面也能实时查看系统，确保囚犯参与相应的庭审，并在有必要时直接联系监狱署。

新加坡监狱署行动处判决处理组高级助理处长（接待事务）韩国轩受访时说，新设施今年3月已经投入运作。由于大多数庭审可在设施内完成，大幅降低了囚犯外出的风险，既提升了囚犯的安全性，也为当局节省了成本。

“囚犯的反馈也很好，如今整个过程都可在监狱内完成，无需往返于法庭和监狱，省了时间，又避免了不必要的风险。”

韩国轩说，囚犯有没有必要人到法庭，一般由法庭发出指示。“我们一直与法庭紧密合作，希望更多囚犯能通过视频方式远程上庭。”

Supreme Court examines Trump’s move against Haitian and Syrian immigrants

April 29, 2026 10:11 AM UTC / Reuters

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• Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Syrians at issue
• Ending TPS among Trump’s actions restricting immigration
• ‘Racial animus’ claim in Haiti case also before court
• Lower courts ruled against Trump administration

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court examines on Wednesday moves by President Donald Trump’s administration to strip humanitarian protections from hundreds of thousands of Haitian ​and Syrian immigrants, part of his signature immigration crackdown.

The justices will hear arguments in the administration’s appeals of rulings by federal judges ‌in New York and Washington, D.C., halting its actions to terminate Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, previously provided by the U.S. government to more than 350,000 people from Haiti and 6,100 from Syria.

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The State Department currently warns against traveling to either Haiti or Syria, citing widespread violence, crime, terrorism and kidnapping.

The legal dispute presents a test of Trump’s executive power and the Supreme Court’s ​traditional deference to presidents on matters of immigration, national security and foreign policy. The court last year let the administration end TPS for hundreds ​of thousands of Venezuelans.

Revoking TPS and other humanitarian protections is part of Trump’s broader rollback of legal and illegal immigration since ⁠he returned to office in January 2025. In defending its actions on TPS, the administration has said such protections were always meant to be temporary. The ​United States first provided these protections to Haitians after a major earthquake in 2010 and to Syrians after their country descended into civil war in 2012.

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Under U.S. ​law, TPS is a designation that allows migrants from countries stricken by war, natural disaster or other catastrophes to live and work in the United States while it is unsafe for them to return to their home countries.

The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has granted the Republican president’s requests to immediately implement various hardline immigration policies while legal challenges ​continue to play out in courts. For instance, it let Trump deport immigrants to countries where they have no ties and let federal agents target people for ​deportation based in part on their race or language.

The legal dispute could have wide implications, affecting 1.3 million immigrants from all 17 countries currently designated for TPS, according to the plaintiffs. ‌Trump’s administration ⁠has sought to rescind the protections for 13 of those countries so far.

Lower courts ruled against the TPS terminations, finding that administration officials failed to follow mandatory protocols to assess conditions in a country before revoking its designation.

The administration has said it followed proper procedures, and has made the broader argument that courts cannot second-guess its TPS decisions in the first place, an assertion that if accepted by the court could doom challenges going forward.

At issue are actions taken last year by ​Kristi Noem, Trump’s former Department of Homeland ​Security secretary, to revoke the TPS ⁠designations for Syria and Haiti, stating that providing this status to them was contrary to U.S. national interests. Noem’s TPS decisions were not at issue when Trump fired her in March.

Groups of Syrian and Haitian TPS holders filed class-action lawsuits separately challenging ​the administration’s moves. They said Noem’s actions and the pattern of ending humanitarian designations for various countries show that ​the decisions were a ⁠preordained effort to eliminate the TPS program.

Also at issue in the Haitian case is a finding by Washington-based U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes that the administration’s action likely was motivated in part by “racial animus,” violating the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment promise of equal protection under the law. Reyes said it was likely that Noem preordained her termination ⁠decision “because of ​hostility to nonwhite immigrants.”

Trump has long sought to rescind TPS protections, and while running for reelection ​in 2024 vowed to revoke TPS for Haitian immigrants after making false and derogatory claims that they were eating household pets in Ohio.

Reporting by Andrew Chung; Editing by Will Dunham

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GOP rising star demands abortion advocate name ‘favorite’ method in hearing clash

April 29, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

Waters declined to answer the Texas Republican, telling Gill she wanted to discuss the FACE Act instead of procedures

By Leo Briceno, Fox News

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A judiciary hearing in the House of Representatives grew tense on Tuesday when Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, pressed an American University scholar in graphic detail on which abortion procedure she would list as her favorite.

“What’s your favorite type of abortion?” Gill asked Jessica Waters, a senior scholar at the American University School of Public Affairs.

Waters, whose research focuses on “reproductive rights law,” “abortion regulation” and “state control of reproductive decision-making,” refused to answer.

“I’m an advocate for patients having access to the full realm of reproductive healthcare,” Waters said.

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Rep. Brandon Gill pressed an American University scholar on which abortion procedure she would list as her favorite.(Getty Images)

The moment — and the attention it immediately sparked online —highlights the continued priority of the abortion issue among Republican lawmakers and conservatives, and came during a hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government.

Gill leaned into the gruesome picture often left behind by some of the procedures.

“The first kind is called a ‘suction abortion,’” Gill said.

“This is when the cervix is dilated and a strong suction, 29 times the power of a household vacuum cleaner, tears the baby’s body apart and sucks it through the hose into a container. Do you prefer that method?”

“I stand by my former testimony,” Waters said.

Viewers on social media praised Gill, pointing out his resolve to hold Waters’ feet to the fire despite the terse exchange.

TEXAS LAWMAKERS CONSIDER BIPARTISAN BILL AIMED AT CLARIFYING EXCEPTIONS TO STATE’S ABORTION RESTRICTIONS

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, leaves the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the Capitol on May 6, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

“This is the conversation Democrats refuse to have. It’s uncomfortable, it’s ugly, but it has to be said,” Nick Craig, a political commentator from North Carolina, said in a post to X.

Derrick Evans, a former member of the West Virginia House of Representatives, highlighted the moment in a post of his own.

“Watch her squirm as he starts describing some of the abortion methods,” Evans wrote.

“If you think congressional testimony is useless, just watch this masterclass,” TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet said on X.

“Brilliantly done,” conservative podcast host Matt Walsh wrote on X.

Despite Waters declining to answer his question, Gill continued to list additional abortion procedures.

“What about this one?” This one is called dilation and curettage. A sharp knife is inserted into the uterus, the baby’s body is cut into pieces and extracted often by suction. Do you prefer that method?” Gill asked.

Waters tried to divert the question.

“What I believe we are here to talk about today is the FACE Act,” Waters said, referring to a piece of legislation making its way through committee.

“No, you’re a pro-abortion advocate — I’m asking you if you prefer the dilation and curettage method,” Gill interjected.

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Rep. Brandon Gill looks on during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2025.(Brandon Gill/Getty Images)

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“I am an access to reproductive healthcare advocate. I would prefer to talk about the reason the committee called the hearing,” Waters said.

“Is it because it’s uncomfortable? To talk about? It should be uncomfortable,” Gill said. “I wouldn’t want to talk about this either if I were you.”

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

Man takes sister’s exhumed body to bank in bid to get to her money, bank says

April 29, 2026 / 5:43 AM EDT / AFP

New Delhi— An Indian man dug up his sister’s body and carried it to a bank branch to prove she was dead after being refused access to her account without a death certificate, the lender says.

Jitu Munda, from a constitutionally recognized tribal community in the eastern state of Odisha, went to an Indian Overseas Bank branch on Monday to withdraw money from his deceased sister’s account.

But bank staff told him “withdrawals by a third party are not permitted without proper authorization,” the lender said Tuesday.

Angered by being turned away because he didn’t have her death certificate, Munda returned to the branch carrying the “human remains” of his sister, who had been buried days earlier, the bank said.

Television networks broadcast footage of Munda carrying what appeared to be a corpse partially wrapped in plastic, with skeletal legs visible and slung over his shoulder.

“This created a highly distressing situation at the premises,” the bank said.

It added that the incident stemmed from a “lack of awareness” and the individual’s unwillingness to follow procedures.

“The claim will be settled on (with) priority, once the death certificate is submitted,” it added.

Registration of births and deaths is mandatory in India. But gaps in documentation persist, particularly in rural areas, leaving many families without formal certificates.