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GOP lawmaker joins Democrat-led effort to limit Trump’s pardon power

Rep Don Bacon signed onto a bill that would establish a congressional review process for pardons

By Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News

Published February 16, 2026 1:11pm EST

A House GOP lawmaker has become the first member of his party to support a Democrat-led effort to limit presidential pardon power.

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., signed on in support of legislation led by Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Md., to establish a congressional review process for presidential pardons.

It comes after President Donald Trump pardoned five ex-NFL players guilty of various charges including perjury, drug trafficking and counterfeiting.

“Across multiple administrations, we’ve seen legitimate questions raised about how this authority has been used at the same time, the ability of Congress to provide oversight has weakened,” Bacon said in a statement. “Frankly, it is clear to me the pardon authority has been abused.”

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And while Bacon did not mention Trump directly, Olszewski made clear that the Republican commander in chief is the main impetus for his push for a new constitutional amendment.

“The announcement follows the Trump Administration’s decision earlier this week to pardon five former NFL players whose charges ranged from perjury to drug trafficking,” said Olszewski’s press release announcing Bacon’s support on Monday.

“The pardons are part of what Olszewski describes as a disturbing pattern of abuses of the presidential pardon power benefiting the wealthy and well-connected.”

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The amendment, if adopted, would give Congress the right to initiate a review process for presidential pardons if called for by 20 House members and five senators.

The review process would end with a vote on whether to nullify the pardon, needing two-thirds’ support in both the House and the Senate to succeed.

The president would then be barred from issuing that same pardon to the same recipient again.

Former President Joe Biden notably took heat from Republicans and even some Democrats when he issued preemptive pardons for his family members and other allies, including son Hunter Biden, shortly before leaving office.

Bacon, a moderate Republican and retired Air Force brigadier general, has already announced he is not seeking re-election in November.

He’s one of several GOP lawmakers in Congress who have been willing to buck Trump on a variety of issues, including the separation of powers.

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For instance, Bacon was one of a handful of House Republicans who voted with Democrats to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration at the northern border, which the president had used to justify imposing tariffs on Canada without congressional approval.

Bacon told Fox News Digital at the time, “It is time for Congress to make its voice heard on tariffs.”

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

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

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Trump slams energy deal between California and Britain, Politico reports

February 16, 2026 5:35 PM UTC / Reuters

Feb 16 – President Donald Trump denounced a clean energy agreement between the United Kingdom and California Governor Gavin Newsom hours after it was signed on Monday, Politico reported.

In an interview with the outlet, Trump said it was “inappropriate” for Britain to be dealing with the Democratic governor. Trump, a Republican, also branded Newsom “a loser,” saying “his state has gone to hell, and his environmental work is a disaster.”

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Newsom is an outspoken Trump critic and has publicly mulled seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028.

The energy agreement Newsom inked with British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband on Monday pledged cooperation on clean energy technologies such as offshore wind, and aims to expand access for British firms to California’s market.

“Donald Trump is on his knees for coal and Big Oil, selling out America’s future to China,” a Newsom spokesperson said in an email. “Governor Newsom will continue to lead in his absence. Foreign leaders are rejecting Trump and choosing California’s vision for the future.”

Trump recently invited the oil and gas industry to nominate areas in Southern and Central California for a potential sale of offshore oil and gas leases as soon as next year, a move Newsom and environmental groups condemned as a threat to the state’s ecosystems.

In January, Newsom was blocked from speaking inside the official U.S. venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a move he blamed on the White House.

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Signal sniffer to detect Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker deployed, law enforcement sources say

Updated on: February 16, 2026 / 1:45 PM EST / CBS News

A device to detect emissions fromNancy Guthrie’s pacemaker is among the tools investigators are using as their search for her continues into its third week, law enforcement sources told CBS News.

The high-tech tracking tool, called a “signal sniffer,” has been mounted on a helicopter and may help detectives pinpoint her location, the sources said. Signal sniffers are often used in missing person cases because they can detect low-power electronic signals, such as those emitted by a pacemaker.

According to the sources, the helicopter carrying the device is flying slowly and at a low altitude over the area where investigators are still hoping to find Guthrie.

The 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie was reported missing when she failed to show up for church on Feb. 1, after vanishing in the middle of the night from her home in Tucson, Arizona, apparently in an abduction.

Her family has issued multiple public pleas for Guthrie’s safe return. The FBI recentlyreleased a description of a male suspect wanted in connection with her disappearance, who federal authorities say is roughly 5 feet 9 inches or 5 feet 10 inches tall with an average build.

In chilling footage from the Nest doorbell at Guthrie’s home, the man was seen wearing a black 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack, the FBI said. Sheriff Chris Nanos, of Pima County, Arizona, told CBS News that the backpack was sold exclusively at Walmart and called it one of the most promising leads in the case so far.

He said investigators were still working to identify each brand of apparel worn by the suspect in that doorbell footage, but they believe his clothing and face mask were purchased at Walmart, too.

A black glove found near Guthrie’s home, which the FBI said “appears to match the gloves the subject in the surveillance video,” has also undergone DNA testing. Federal authorities said they received the preliminary result of those tests on Saturday, and, once confirmed, the findings would be entered into an “unknown male profile” in the FBI’s national database for DNA samples. The database stores DNA profiles for people with criminal histories and can be a valuable tool to match unknown samples to identifiable ones.

Not much else in the way of forensic evidence has led investigators to a suspect, Nanos said, although they have collected other DNA samples from Guthrie’s property.

The FBI doubled its reward last week to $100,000 for tips leading to Guthrie’s location or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance. Authorities said they have received two emails throughout the course of the investigation so far that they are taking seriously, including one that appeared to be a ransom note and demanded payment in bitcoin.

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Could a crowded Democratic field let Republicans sweep California’s nonpartisan primary for Governor? | CNN Politics

Published 1:58 PM EST, Mon February 16, 2026 / CNN

Elex Michaelson joins the Inside Politics panel to talk about what once seemed far-fetched: an all-GOP California Governor’s race. With the top two GOP candidates polling in the mid-teens and eight or more Democrats splitting their party, “the fact that it is even a possibility in a state that has two to one Democrats to Republicans… is kind of wild,” says Michaelson.

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Former Reagan Education Secretary William Bennett is siding with Trump on much of the administration’s agenda, but drawing a firm line on marijuana policy— arguing the White House should not move to federally reschedule cannabis.

“I love Donald Trump,” Bennett said during a phone call to Fox News Digital. “I love almost everything he does, but I don’t love this.”

Bennett spoke to Fox News Digital Friday in reaction to Trump signing an executive order in December 2025 directing the Justice Department to expedite moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. Schedule III essentially would treat marijuana more like a regulated medicine, but would not make cannabis legal nationwide.

“This reclassification order will make it far easier to conduct marijuana-related medical research, allowing us to study benefits, potential dangers, and future treatments,” Trump said in the Oval Office of the executive order. “It’s going to have a tremendously positive impact.”

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Former Reagan Education Secretary William Bennett is siding with President Donald Trump on much of the administration’s agenda, but drawing a firm line on marijuana policy.(Stephanie Kuykendal/Getty Images)

Bennett served as President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988, after leading the National Endowment for the Humanities earlier in the Reagan years.

He later became the first director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy — the role commonly known as the nation’s “drug czar” — under President George H.W. Bush’s administration, where he advocated for a “war on drugs,” including promoting the administration’s national drug control strategy that emphasized drug prevention and enforcement of laws against drug use.

He told Fox News Digital that he is a supporter of the majority of Trump’s policies, but cannot back rescheduling marijuana, citing its effects on students and serving as a “gateway drug” to addiction and crime.

The former Reagan official told Fox News Digital that marijuana use among young adults overwhelmingly has gone unchecked, as the current culture promotes and accepts the use of cannabis to the detriment of youth health.

“Marijuana clouds focus and attention, which you obviously should have if you’re going to school,” he said. “So it clouds that, it interferes with that, it inhibits that. It is also the gateway drug. It leads to the use of other drugs. Almost anybody who uses a so-called ‘more dangerous’ drug than marijuana has entered through the portal called marijuana.”

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President Ronald with Reagan, center, announcing choice of Lauro F. Cavazos, right, to replace William J. Bennett, left, as secretary of education.(Dirck Halstead/Getty Images)

He added that “you can concede the fact that marijuana can have some positive effects, and at the same time understand that it’s, on the whole, a negative,” arguing that cannabis can ease pain for some while being “massively destructive of attention and focus among young people.”

Bennett said the prevalence of marijuana use among young adults has compounded dropout rates and absenteeism in schools in recent years.

In the post-pandemic education landscape, U.S. schools continue to battle absenteeism, with the nationwide rate of students missing 10% or more of schooling sitting at about 28% in the 2022–2023 school year, which is a decrease from the pandemic high of 31% in the 2021–2022, according to Department of Education data.

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“If you combine the dropout rate, the fact that attendance is down at schools and the use of marijuana among young people … it’s just another bad thing to happen to children,” Bennett told Fox News Digital.

When asked about the pushback to the effort to reschedule, White House spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News Digital that it’s part of the president’s “pledge to expand medical research into applications of marijuana and cannabidiols by rescheduling marijuana.”

“The President’s historic action paved the way for the development of promising new treatments for American patients, especially veterans — and the presence of several leaders from law enforcement and veterans groups at the Oval Office signing is indicative of how [President Trump] continues to push the envelope to support our nation’s heroes,” Desai said.

The culture surrounding marijuana has changed in recent years, in part due to marijuana lobbyists and the fast-growing cannabis helping launch pot into the “mainstream,” according to Bennett, pushing public opinion from narrow support for medical use into a broader culture that treats the drug as “generally okay.”

Fox News Digital also spoke with Elayne Bennett, the former education secretary’s wife, who is the founder and president of a nonprofit focused on promoting “self-respect through self-control” for school students, called the Best Friends Foundation.

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Elayne Bennett works directly within schools, including in Washington, D.C., and said that the culture has shifted to the point that students are unaware of the effects marijuana and other drugs have.

She pointed to an interview that the Best Friends Foundation held with one of its students, a 14-year-old boy who relayed he was never told habitual marijuana use before the age of 18 can shave off eight IQ points from a person as an adult, as research has found.

“That just hit me like a ton of bricks,” she said. “I mean, are you kidding me? That’s insane. Nobody is saying, ‘Hey, stop it, don’t.’”

Elayne Bennett worked with former first lady Nancy Reagan to promote abstinence from drugs, and called on the Trump administration to “Reinvigorate the ‘just say no’” campaign famous in the 1980s and ’90s.

“Nancy Reagan, just say no. Reinvigorate that drugs hurt you. Drugs kill,” she said.

President Ronald W. Reagan with wife Nancy beside him, speaking in front of Cabinet Members, including Donald T. Regan, William J. Bennett, Richard E. Lyng, Elizabeth Dole, John S. Herrington, Samuel R. Pierce Jr., William E. Simon, Donald P. Hodel, Malcolm Baldrige and George P. Shultz.(Cynthia Johnson/Getty Images)

The former secretary of education noted that Trump himself is a teetotaler of drugs and alcohol, while advocating he apply that mentality more broadly.

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“America’s always been a self-correcting society. We do a lot of dumb things and bad things, but then we correct, and we can correct on this one,” he said.

Hopes that the FBI would share evidence in Alex Pretti’s killing with state investigators have shattered

Published Time: 2026-02-16T18:54:18.619Z / Source: CNN Politics

By Holmes Lybrand

34 min ago

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2026, 1:54 PM ET

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Hopes that the FBI would share information gathered in the investigation into Alex Pretti’s killing with state investigators in Minnesota have shattered.

Despite initial statements in the wake of meeting with White House border czar Tom Homan, Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a statement Monday the FBI informed it last week that it would not share information.

The BCA said it received notice from the bureau on Friday.

“While this lack of cooperation is concerning and unprecedented,” state investigators said in their statement, “the BCA is committed to thorough, independent and transparent investigations of these incidents, even if hampered by a lack of access to key information and evidence.”

CNN has reached out to the FBI for comment.

State investigators said they “will continue to pursue all legal avenues to gain access to relevant information and evidence.” County officials and the BCA filed a lawsuit the day Pretti was fatally shot by immigration agents, suing the federal government for access to investigative material in the case.

The FBI’s refusal — which breaks precedent in such investigations — is in line with the administration’s poor and often confused handling of the recent killings by Department of Homeland Security officers and agents.

Previously, federal officials refused to share any evidence with the BCA and declined to open a civil rights investigation that would focus on the Border Patrol officers who shot and killed Pretti. Days later, amid continued backlash, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche softly reversed course, saying a civil rights investigation into Pretti’s death would be opened, but that it would simply follow the course of a normal federal investigation.

“We’re looking at everything that would shed light on that day,” Blanche said last month when announcing the investigation.

“I don’t want to overstate what is happening,” he added. “I don’t want the takeaway to be there is some massive civil rights investigation. I would describe it as a standard investigation by the FBI.”

Homeland Security’s investigative agency was leading the probe with the FBI acting in a supporting role in the days after Pretti’s killing. When the BCA tried to access the scene after Pretti was killed in January, it was blocked by federal officials.

Days after Pretti’s death, the FBI took over the case but still declined to share information with the BCA.

“Minnesota needs impartial investigations into the shootings of American citizens on our streets,” Gov. Tim Walz said Monday on X. “Trump’s left hand cannot investigate his right hand. The families of the deceased deserve better.”

The lack of cooperation between federal and state local investigators extends to the killing of Renee Good and the case of Julio Sosa-Celis, who was shot in the leg by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, BCA said in its statement.

When an ICE officer shot and killed Good, the FBI quickly cut out the local Minnesota investigators, essentially ending their investigation. The FBI then shifted the focus of its probe to whether Good and those around her committed a crime against the officer, as opposed to his conduct in the shooting.

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‘Don’t hold your breath’: Scott Galloway warns against leaving ethical AI regulation to tech CEOs | CNN Politics

By Dana Ba, CNN

Published 1:37 PM EST, Mon February 16, 2026

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement involving the U.S. and Hungary on Monday.

During remarks at the signing ceremony, Rubio indicated that the U.S.-Hungary relationship, and the relationship between President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, is very close.

The American diplomat described the relationship between the two nations as being “as close as I can possibly imagine it being.”

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto after signing the U.S.-Hungary Intergovernmental Agreement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation in Budapest, Hungary, on Feb. 16, 2026.(Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Rubio, during remarks delivered alongside Orbán, asserted, “Your success is our success.”

He noted that if Hungary ever faces financial problems, impediments to growth or threats to national stability, he knows “President Trump will be very interested” in “finding ways” to help.

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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after a joint press conference following talks during a visit on Feb. 16, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary.(Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

Trump has praised Orbán and backed him for re-election.

“Highly Respected Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, is a truly strong and powerful Leader, with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results. He fights tirelessly for, and loves, his Great Country and People, just like I do for the United States of America. Viktor works hard to Protect Hungary, Grow the Economy, Create Jobs, Promote Trade, Stop Illegal Immigration, and Ensure LAW AND ORDER!” Trump declared on Truth Social this month.

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“Relations between Hungary and the United States have reached new heights of cooperation and spectacular achievement under my Administration, thanks largely to Prime Minister Orbán. I look forward to continuing working closely with him so that both of our Countries can further advance this tremendous path to SUCCESS and cooperation. I was proud to ENDORSE Viktor for Re-Election in 2022, and am honored to do so again. Viktor Orbán is a true friend, fighter, and WINNER, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election as Prime Minister of Hungary — HE WILL NEVER LET THE GREAT PEOPLE OF HUNGARY DOWN!” Trump added.

Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

66串鞭炮齐燃放 赤马奔腾“驾到”牛车水

2026年2月16日 22:52 / 联合早报

摊主用扬声器叫卖，推出诱人促销，希望在蛇年最后几小时，清掉剩余的货品。公众也在年夜饭之后，趁着雨后放晴，纷纷到场感染气氛，等待鞭炮燃放。 （郑一鸣摄）

66串鞭炮齐燃放，赤马奔腾同“驾到”，新的一年兴旺发。

星期二（2月17日）大年初一零时零分，牛车水新春倒数派对的气氛在鞭炮燃放的瞬间推到最高点，众人相互祝贺“新年快乐，万事如意”。

也是惹兰勿刹集选区议员的数码发展及新闻部长杨莉明连同选区内的其他议员潘丽萍、罗守恩和文礼佳博士，以及波东巴西区议员杨陞才，在除夕夜与公众齐聚牛车水广场，告别蛇年，喜迎丙午马年。

杨莉明上台致辞时，祝愿居民身体健康，心想事成，家庭幸福。“我也祝新加坡国泰民安，风调雨顺，马年里所有好事都一马当先，万马奔腾。”

文礼佳用华语祝愿新年快乐，万事如意，身体健康，恭喜发财，马到功成后，赢得全场热烈掌声。

牛车水节庆筹委会联合主席白清富说，六字象征顺利吉祥，有六六大顺的美好寓意。因此，筹委会决定燃放66串鞭炮，寓意新的一年顺顺利利，繁荣昌盛。

2026年牛车水新春年庆祝活动以 “万马奔腾，喜迎新春”为主题，透过缤纷亮丽和别具心裁的灯饰，展现马年充满活力的节庆氛围。今年整个新春庆祝活动，预计吸引了约150万人次到访牛车水。

街上人头攒动 摊主叫卖声响彻街头巷尾

除夕夜的牛车水，街上人头攒动，摊主叫卖声响彻街头巷尾，充满年味。晚上10时起，摊主更是降价甩卖——年饼每罐只卖1元；年柑两箱5元；果冻糖果100克1元等。

售卖新年装饰的摊主陆娜（42岁）说，今年生意整体比去年好至少40％。“一来是今年雨下得少，二来是今年是马年，这个生肖的装饰比蛇更讨喜，更受欢迎，进而带动了生意。”

售卖海苔脆片的郑姓销售员（40岁）也指出，今年雨水少，生意比去年多了30％。摊位上下都在努力清货，希望提早卖完回家好过年。

黄雍智（46岁，小贩）一家六口在家里享用年夜饭后，举家到牛车水逛年货市场。他说：“我们每年都来，希望让孩子感受新年的气氛。我们也顺利买了些年饼和花生，还不错。”

81岁的退休者王国兴今年首次到牛车水年货市场感染气氛。他说：“往年都没有这个兴致到牛车水过年，今天吃过年夜饭后，心血来潮，就一个人从麦波申搭车来牛车水感染气氛，希望马年鸿运当头。”

他也指出，能生活在新加坡是个福气，这里没有天灾人祸，希望马年国泰民安，风调雨顺。

另一名公众幸俊衡（8岁，学生）说：“牛车水很好玩，我也买到喜欢吃的麻薯和向日葵子！”

新春灯饰将展示到3月18日。筹委会将在3月11日至18日推出“灯笼认领计划”。公众若有意认领马年灯饰，可查询“Chinatown Festivals”脸书和社媒账号，了解详情。

新柔地铁工程新年期间不停工 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月16日 23:27

新柔地铁列车段场内的列车正在进行调试工作。 （新华社）

新春将至，连接马来西亚柔佛州与新加坡的跨国轨道交通项目新柔地铁（RTS）建设现场依然灯火通明。在柔佛州首府新山的列车段场内，调试工作有序推进；柔佛海峡对岸的新加坡，项目团队轮流值守，为后续联调联试做好准备。

这条由中企参与建设的新柔地铁连接新山武吉查卡站和新加坡兀兰北站，预计今年底建成。随着八列列车去年底全部运抵，项目已由建造铺轨阶段转入车辆调试阶段。

据新华社报道，春节期间，中马技术团队依然加紧推进静态与动态测试，为按期通车和后续安全运营争分夺秒。

“每一个系统都要单独验证，也要相互配合测试，确保精准。”中国中车株洲电力机车有限公司调试工程师李林忠介绍，目前，调试工作围绕牵引、网络控制、车门及空调等关键系统展开，所有数据都需反复校验，确保在高温高湿环境下依然稳定运行。

“春节这段时间正处在项目关键阶段，任务排得很满。”李林忠说，这是他在海外度过的又一个春节。“大家都没歇着，照样在现场盯着各项试验，就为了把进度往前赶，给正式运营打好基础。”

李林忠派驻马来西亚多年，参与过马来西亚多项轨道交通项目建设。“在海外过年，肯定会想家。但现在视频很方便，和家里聊几句也就不觉得那么远了。如今和来自不同国家的同事一起坚守岗位，这种跨文化协作的经历，也让我感到这份工作更有意义。”

中国中车株洲电力机车有限公司调试工程师李林忠派驻马来西亚多年，参与过马来西亚多项轨道交通项目建设。（新华社）

与李林忠并肩工作的，还有不少马来西亚本地青年技术人员。今年春节与回教徒斋戒月时间相近，在马来西亚形成“双节相逢”的特殊节点。来自柔佛的25岁工程师莫哈末西亚菲克同样选择坚守一线。“为了确保关键节点完成，我们需要在节日期间继续工作。可能会牺牲一些个人时间，但团队的凝聚力反而更强了。”

在莫哈末西亚菲克看来，节假日赶工，是为了更早迎来列车通车那一天。“RTS不仅是一项交通工程，更是驱动两地经济社会融合的‘大动脉’。跨海车程只需几分钟，再加上更高效的通关模式，这种‘同城生活圈’的感觉，会让两边的人流真正转起来。”

跨越柔佛海峡另一端，新加坡兀兰北工地同样没有因春节而放缓节奏。中国交建海外工程分公司副总经理、中国交建新加坡分公司总经理陈伟浩说，RTS不仅是一条地铁线，更是新马两国筹划十年才落地的民生工程，也是全球首个跨国轻轨项目。

“现在有时候可能有十几万人堵在长堤上，高峰堵个几小时是家常便饭。RTS一通车，每小时单向一万人的运力，能分流长堤一半客流，将使新柔两地的通勤更加便利和安全。”

他也说，春节期间坚守岗位、加紧推进工程，是对项目进度负责，也是希望早日把便利带给两地民众。

在兀兰北工地现场，这样的坚守并非个例。中国交建新加坡分公司RTS高架及隧道项目经理陈超自2021年项目开工以来，已连续五个春节留守一线。他回忆说，有一次春节期间的施工间隙，一位外籍班组长对他说：“桥没修完，大家不走，我也不走。”

那一刻，他意识到，这座桥不只是工程任务，还承载着许多家庭的期待。“春节坚守，就是把事情一件件做好。”

从新山列车基地到兀兰北工地，这份春节的坚守在柔佛海峡两侧延续。“等列车正式运营那一天，我一定会去体验。”西亚菲克笑着说：“站在最前端，看着海面和两岸城市，我会觉得这段努力是值得的。”