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  • 特朗普到访威斯康星州,试图安抚受成本飙升挤压的农场主


    2026-06-05T23:03:25.012Z / 《华盛顿邮报》

    除了化肥和燃油价格上涨之外,总统还长篇谈论了华盛顿的喷泉以及他的边境政策。

    美国东部夏令时2026年6月5日晚7:03 | 27分钟前

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    特朗普周五到访威斯康星州奇普瓦福尔斯的卡斯特农场。(内森·霍华德/路透社)

    作者:艾萨克·恩斯多夫与凯特·扎尔泽夫斯基

    威斯康星州奇普瓦福尔斯讯——今年化肥价格上涨逾25%,柴油价格接近历史高位,农场主们仍在为去年贸易战造成的数十亿美元作物损失苦苦挣扎。周五,当唐纳德·特朗普总统在当地一家挤满人的玉米大豆农场谷仓内发表讲话时,他承认农产品价格已经飙升,同时承诺价格很快就会回落。

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/05/trump-visits-wisconsin-bid-reassure-farmers/

    Trump visits Wisconsin in bid to reassure farmers squeezed by surging costs

    2026-06-05T23:03:25.012Z / The Washington Post

    Besides higher fertilizer and fuel prices, the president also talked at length about D.C.’s fountains and his border policies.

    June 5, 2026 at 7:03 p.m. EDT 27 minutes ago

    President Donald Trump visits Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on Friday. (Nathan Howard/Reuters)

    By Isaac Arnsdorf and Cat Zakrzewski

    CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisconsin — Fertilizer is up more than 25 percent this year, diesel is close to a record high, and farmers are still reeling from billions in crop losses from last year’s trade war. And as President Donald Trump spoke inside a packed barn on a corn and soybean farm here Friday, he acknowledged that prices have soared even as he promised they would come down soon.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/05/trump-visits-wisconsin-bid-reassure-farmers/

  • 特朗普在农业州之行中夸赞华盛顿的“精美喷泉”


    2026年6月5日 晚上7:20 美东时间 / 美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)
    作者:杰夫·泽莱尼
    10分钟前发布
    发布于2026年6月5日 晚上7:20 美东时间

    唐纳德·特朗普 农业

    周五,唐纳德·特朗普总统在威斯康星州奇普瓦瀑布的卡斯特农场参加“美国农业”圆桌会议时,从拖拉机旁走过。
    索尔·勒布/法新社/盖蒂图片社

    内容摘要

    • 唐纳德·特朗普总统在威斯康星州农业州的访问中,花费大量时间谈论华盛顿的喷泉翻新工程。
    • 特朗普告诉农民们,他们的生活比他的要好,还称伊朗战争导致的化肥价格上涨只是暂时的。
    • 此次访问之际,共和党众议员德里克·范·奥尔登在其选区正面临激烈的中期选举竞争,而特朗普的贸易政策已在该选区引发经济不安。

    AI生成的摘要已由CNN编辑审核。

    威斯康星州奇普瓦 Falls讯——
    周五,唐纳德·特朗普总统就座参加农业圆桌会议,背景是一块印有巨大标语“为美国农民而战”的绿色标牌,但他很快就转向了自己心中的其他话题。

    “我们为华盛顿感到无比自豪,”特朗普说道,“此前有22座喷泉无法运转——华盛顿的喷泉没有一座能正常工作,现在它们都被清理干净,变得精美漂亮了。”

    从威斯康星州奇普瓦瀑布的卡斯特农场到白宫,距离约1025英里。现场听众相对安静,这似乎表明他的支持者或许并未像他一样对这些项目抱有同样热情,或者至少不认同他将这些项目置于优先地位。

    他展示了倒影池以及他在首都推进的其他项目的图片。但那张纸片太小了,人群几乎无法看清。他似乎注意到了这一点,于是笑着说:“我太抠门了,不肯花钱装投影仪。”

    对特朗普来说,这是他罕见地重返竞选活动——这是他2024年赢得威斯康星州以来首次重返该州。他踏入了中期选举最大的战场之一,共和党众议员德里克·范·奥尔登在此正陷入全美竞争最激烈的竞选之一,而共和党正努力保住众议院多数席位。

    毫无疑问,特朗普的支持者很高兴再次见到他——他们等候了数小时,炎炎烈日转为倾盆大雨,但并不清楚特朗普本人有多渴望此次到访。

    “我不需要这场活动,”特朗普笑着说,“我已经当选了。”

    周五,唐纳德·特朗普总统在威斯康星州奇普瓦瀑布的卡斯特农场参加农业圆桌会议期间,现场全景。
    塞缪尔·科勒姆/彭博社/盖蒂图片社

    支持者们周五在威斯康星州奇普瓦瀑布的卡斯特农场聆听唐纳德·特朗普总统的农业圆桌会议讲话。
    塞缪尔·科勒姆/彭博社/盖蒂图片社

    他将自己生活的压力与农民面临的压力进行对比,称农民的生活比这位自由世界领袖的要轻松得多。
    “你们的生活比我的好太多了,”特朗普说,“你们过着安稳又美好的生活。”

    这几乎算不上一次“感同身受”的时刻——也没有展现出多位总统在谈及美国民众面临的经济困境时会流露的那种共情。

    相关报道 2025年11月19日周三,美国俄克拉荷马州科恩附近的农场,一名农民正在操作棉花摘收机进行棉花采收。尼克·牛津/彭博社/盖蒂图片社 特朗普宣布120亿美元农民援助计划 阅读时长2分钟

    总统的贸易政策以及关税政策带来的冲击,已在全美农业带引发了严重的经济不安。因伊朗战争导致的柴油和化肥价格飙升,进一步加剧了寻求连任、努力保住执政地位的共和党人的政治顾虑。

    “我们会解决化肥问题的,”特朗普说道,坚称伊朗战争引发的价格上涨只是暂时的。他暗示可能会向农民提供更多政府援助,这一提议在现场引发了沉默。
    “这里出现的情况是能源和化肥领域的人为问题,”他说,“所以我们正在想办法。”

    当特朗普转述一位农民曾告诉他,公平贸易远比政府补贴重要时,现场数百名观众爆发出最响亮的掌声之一。当他提到农民仍在接受补贴时,现场陷入了沉默。
    “我们宁愿拥有公平贸易,也不要补贴,”圆桌会议参与者、农场主布拉德·彼得森后来说道。

    代表威斯康星州西部这片乳制品产区的范·奥尔登是众议院农业委员会成员,他承认农民面临着经济困境。他呼吁大家保持耐心,但强烈为总统的政策辩护。

    美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在圆桌会议上发表讲话。
    索尔·勒布/法新社/盖蒂图片社

    “如果有人——任何人——对你说唐纳德·特朗普和本届政府不关心农民,”范·奥尔登说,“你可以直视他们的眼睛,告诉他们那简直是一派胡言。”

    民主党国会候选人丽贝卡·库克是民主党推举的挑战范·奥尔登的候选人,她在特朗普到访的农场几英里外的一处农场长大。她表示,威斯康星州西部的选民“感到被他背叛了”。
    “他算是闯入了虎穴,”库克告诉CNN,“农民们只想要稳定的市场,以便能够向世界供应粮食,他们并不想要政府救济。”

    她补充道:“我觉得他来这里谈论所有这些沿海精英们通过的、实际上对家庭农场造成了极大损害的政策,简直是一种侮辱。”

    CNN的基特·马赫尔为本报道贡献了内容。

    In a visit to farm country, Trump extols ‘beautiful fountains’ back in Washington

    2026-06-05 7:20 PM ET / CNN

    By Jeff Zeleny

    10 min ago

    PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2026, 7:20 PM ET

    Donald Trump Agriculture

    President Donald Trump walks past tractors as he arrives to participate in a roundtable on “American Agriculture” at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on Friday.

    Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

    Summary

    • President Donald Trump spent much of his visit to Wisconsin farm country discussing Washington fountain renovations.
    • Trump told farmers their lives are better than his and said rising fertilizer costs from the Iran war are temporary.
    • The visit comes as Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden faces a competitive midterm race in a district where Trump’s trade policies have created economic unease.

    AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.

    Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin—

    As President Donald Trump took his seat Friday for a roundtable conversation on agriculture, speaking beneath a green sign with a giant slogan, “Fighting for American Farmers,” he quickly moved on to other matters on his mind.

    “We’re very proud of Washington,” Trump said. “We had 22 fountains that didn’t work – all of the fountains, not one fountain in Washington worked – and now they’re clean and beautiful.”

    It’s about 1,025 miles from Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin to the White House. The relative silence of the audience seemed to suggest that his supporters may not have shared the same enthusiasm over his projects, or at least the priority that he has placed upon them.

    He held up images of the reflecting pool and other projects he’s been shepherding around the nation’s capital. Yet the piece of paper was so small, it could barely be seen in the crowd. He seemed to notice, so he said with a smile: “I’m too cheap to put up a projector.”

    For Trump, it was a rare return to the campaign trail – his first visit back to Wisconsin since winning the state in 2024. And he was stepping into one of the biggest battlegrounds of the midterm elections, where Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden is locked in one of the most competitive races in the country in the GOP’s effort to hold the House majority.

    There was little doubt Trump’s supporters were happy to see him again – they waited for hours, as a baking sun turned into a driving rainstorm – but it was less clear how eager Trump was to be there.

    “I don’t need this,” Trump said with a laugh. “I got elected.”

    A general view of Custer Farms during a roundtable on agriculture with President Donald Trump on Friday in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

    Samuel Corum/Getty Images

    Supporters listen during a roundtable on agriculture with President Donald Trump at Custer Farms on Friday in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

    Samuel Corum/Getty Images

    He juxtaposed the burdens of his life to those facing farmers, saying they have it far easier than the leader of the free world.

    “Your life is much better than my life,” Trump said. “You have a nice, safe beautiful life.”

    It was hardly an I-feel-your-pain-moment — nor did it display the kind of empathy that many presidents try to express as they acknowledge economic hardships facing the American people.

    Related article A farmer operates a cotton stripper during a cotton harvest on a farm near Corn, Oklahoma, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Nick Oxford/Bloomberg/Getty Images Trump announces $12 billion farmer aid package 2 min read

    The president’s trade policies – and tariff whiplash – have created deep economic unease across the nation’s farm belt. Soaring diesel and fertilizer prices, attributed to the Iran war, have added another layer of political concern for Republicans seeking reelection and trying to stay in power.

    “We’ll take care of fertilizer,” Trump said, insisting that rising costs from the Iran war would only be temporary. He teased the possibility of sending more government aid to farmers, a proposition which was met with silence in the room.

    “What happened here is artificial with the energy and the fertilizer,” he said, “so we’re looking at something.”

    One of the loudest bursts of applause from hundreds of people in the audience came when Trump relayed a story about how a farmer once told him that fair trade was far more important than government subsidies. The room fell silent when he noted that farmers still take the aid.

    “We’d rather have fair trade than the subsidies,” Brad Peterson, a farm owner and of the roundtable participants, later said.

    Van Orden, who represents this swath of western Wisconsin’s dairy country and serves on the House Agriculture Committee, acknowledged the economic pain facing farmers. He urged patience, but fiercely defended the president’s policies.

    US President Donald Trump speaks during the roundtable.

    Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

    “If anybody – anybody – you hear says that Donald Trump and this administration doesn’t care about the farmers,” Van Orden said, “you can look them straight in the eye and tell them that’s a pile of manure.”

    Democratic congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke, who is the party’s preferred candidate to challenge Van Orden, grew up on a farm a few miles away from the one Trump visited. She said the voters of western Wisconsin “feel betrayed by him.”

    “He’s sort of coming into the lion’s den,” Cooke told CNN. “Farmers just want stable marketplaces to be able to feed the world, they’re not looking for government handouts.”

    She added: “I feel like it’s sort of a slap in the face to come here to talk about all the things that these coastal elites have passed that have actually been really a detriment to family farmers.”

    CNN’s Kit Maher contributed to this report.

  • 哥伦比亚即将卸任总统古斯塔沃·佩特罗指责特朗普干预本国大选


    2026年6月5日 / 美国东部时间晚上7:27 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻

    再过不到两周,哥伦比亚民众将前往投票站参加决选,在两位候选人中选出新任总统:一位是获得特朗普总统背书的极右翼局外人,另一位是承诺深化现任总统古斯塔沃·佩特罗政策与政治遗产的极左翼参议员。

    极右翼候选人阿瓦莱尔多·德拉埃斯普列利亚在周日的首轮投票中以43.7%的得票率位居第一,左翼候选人伊万·塞佩达以40.9%紧随其后。此后数日,佩特罗接受了哥伦比亚广播公司新闻专访,畅谈他在禁毒战争中的另类思路。

    佩特罗为自己在古柯种植方面的政绩进行了辩护。古柯是可卡因的原料。他称特朗普对其对手的背书是干预行为,并指责华盛顿因意识形态原因放弃了反毒合作。佩特罗警告,如果右翼上台,哥伦比亚将出现一波政治暴力浪潮。

    人权组织发现,在佩特罗政府执政期间,有组织犯罪集团的成员规模、领土控制范围和暴力势力都有所扩张。

    佩特罗谴责特朗普的政治“干预”

    特朗普在德拉埃斯普列利亚赢得首轮投票后就哥伦比亚大选发表了看法。他在社交媒体帖子中对德拉埃斯普列利亚给出“完全且绝对的背书”,并警告称“此次选举结果对哥伦比亚的未来及其与美国的关系至关重要”。

    “我们的共和国建立在自由与主权原则之上,”佩特罗说道,他声称美国政府站在贩毒准军事主义一边,并强调特朗普曾支持洪都拉斯前总统胡安·奥兰多·埃尔南德斯——此人因贩毒在美国被定罪,近期刚获得特朗普赦免。

    佩特罗表示,他的政府与白宫之间的摩擦“源于我们是进步主义者,源于我们站在左翼立场,也源于我们在加沙等问题上存在分歧”。

    他认为美国选择与他的政府作对,并支持他认定参与毒品贸易的势力。

    尽管如此,佩特罗仍希望与特朗普政府保持友好关系——后者曾对佩特罗本人实施制裁、撤销其美国签证,并暗示将启动刑事调查。据一名与佩特罗合作的哥伦比亚官员透露,佩特罗原本计划在去年访美期间会见纽约市长佐赫兰·曼达尼,但现在不会再安排这场会面。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系市长办公室,但尚未收到回复。

    美国国务卿马可·卢比奥近几周表示,当前的哥伦比亚政府“存在问题”,同时称该地区大多数国家“都是美国的盟友”。他还表示,美国将“以强有力行动确保哥伦比亚举行自由公正的选举”。

    “在哥伦比亚,仇恨会立刻导致死亡”

    当被问及暴力问题以及谁应为此负责时,佩特罗进行了辩解。他坚称,本国的总体凶杀率在其执政期间保持相对稳定,并称数据显示每10万居民的凶杀案约为25至26起。

    他说,变化的是暴力的构成。他表示,“ sicariato ”即雇佣杀人案有所增加,而他所谓的“社会犯罪”或“源于社会本身的犯罪”有所减少。他并未否认在其任内犯罪集团实力有所增强。

    当被问及是否要为哥伦比亚因与恐怖组织和谈失败导致暴力增加而出现的右倾趋势负责时,他指出哥伦比亚长期存在政治两极分化,并称全球有操纵运动让民众将政治对手视为敌人。

    “在哥伦比亚,仇恨会立刻导致死亡,”他说,“如今宣扬‘消灭进步主义者’这类仇恨言论,是在煽动可能在这个国家变得无法遏制的暴力。”

    古柯种植扩散问题

    在佩特罗执政期间,强制性古柯铲除行动彻底终止。伊万·杜克总统任期最后一年即2022年的年度数据显示,哥伦比亚当局铲除了13万公顷古柯。而在佩特罗执政期间,这一数字降至约9000公顷,降幅超过90%,佩特罗并未对此数据提出异议。

    “我不支持强制性铲除,因为这毫无效果,”他告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻,并称“资金会被挪用”。

    相反,他的思路是与农村社区对话,推行自愿性作物替代计划。

    “我不再针对当地的农民,”佩特罗说,“我不再轰炸、烧毁他们的房屋、强迫他们流离失所或将他们监禁。相反,我开始与他们对话,利用他们信任我这一点——因为我是进步主义者。我取得了什么成果?我稳定了局势。”

    佩特罗向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻展示了相关图表,显示自2024年以来古柯总种植面积呈小幅下降趋势,但安第斯大学教授丹尼尔·梅希亚——曾为多届哥伦比亚政府提供禁毒政策咨询——对这些数据提出了质疑。

    梅希亚表示,这是27年来首个将联合国古柯作物普查数据推迟一年多发布的政府。已披露的数据显示,2024年哥伦比亚的古柯种植面积至少增加了9000公顷,达到约26.2万公顷。此后年份的数据均来自政府内部。佩特罗回应称,他的政府使用的方法与联合国一致。

    这一答复并未让梅希亚满意,佩特罗关于作物替代计划在强制性铲除失败的地方奏效的总体论调也未能说服他。梅希亚表示,政府从未为该计划提供资金。

    “他们有不同的思路,这没问题。但请落实这个思路,”梅希亚说。

    据梅希亚透露,在佩特罗政府执政的前三个完整财年里,哥伦比亚作物替代和替代发展项目的预算执行率从未超过拨款的15%,部分年份甚至低至8%。梅希亚解释称,佩特罗放弃了强硬手段,却几乎未动用怀柔政策。

    接下来会发生什么?

    获得160万张选票、位居第三的主流保守派候选人帕洛玛·巴伦西亚的支持者现在成为关键摇摆票。巴伦西亚已表态支持德拉埃斯普列利亚,不过她的竞选搭档、中左翼政治家胡安·丹尼尔·奥维耶多尚未做出表态。

    德拉埃斯普列利亚在首轮投票中表现超出民调预期,获得43.3%的选票,而塞佩达的得票率为40.5%。他在决选中略微被看好。

    如果他获胜,他承诺将恢复大范围的古柯田空中熏蒸作业——这一做法自2015年起在哥伦比亚被禁止。他还推动对疑似毒贩实施海上打击,并计划为哥伦比亚引入类似于萨尔瓦多总统纳伊布·布克尔的安全政策。

    佩特罗认为,美国支持右翼势力是在“失去本可以在打击毒品贩运方面成为强大伙伴的盟友”。相反,他觉得特朗普政府因他的进步主义政治立场而处处针对他。

    佩特罗谈特朗普与哥伦比亚大选

    https://www.cbsnews.com/video/colombias-petro-says-without-a-doubt-trump-is-interfering-with-his-countrys-election/

    Colombia’s outgoing president Gustavo Petro accuses Trump of intervening in his country’s election

    June 5, 2026 / 7:27 PM EDT / CBS News

    In less than two weeks, Colombians will head to the polls in a runoff election to choose between a far-right outsider endorsed by President Trump, and a far-left senator who promises to deepen current President Gustavo Petro’s policies and legacy.

    Days after far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella finished first in Sunday’s vote with 43.7% of the vote, followed by leftist Iván Cepeda with 40.9%, Petro sat down with CBS News to discuss his alternative approach to the war on drugs.

    Petro defended his record on the cultivation of coca, the base material for cocaine. He called Mr. Trump’s endorsement of his opponent an act of interference and accused Washington of abandoning anti-drug mission cooperation for ideological reasons. Petro warned that if the right comes to power, Colombia will see a wave of political violence.

    Human rights groups have found that under the Petro Administration, the membership, territorial control and violent power of organized crime groups have flourished.

    Petro calls out Trump on political “intervention”

    Mr. Trump weighed in on Colombia’s election after De la Espriella won the first round. In a social media post, he gave de la Espriella his “Complete and Total Endorsement,” and warned that “The results of this Election are very important to the future of Colombia and its relationship to the United States.”

    “Our republics were founded on the principles of freedom and sovereignty,” Petro said, claiming the U.S. government is siding with narco-paramilitarism, underscoring Mr. Trump’s support of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in the U.S. of trafficking and recently pardoned by Mr. Trump.

    Petro said friction between his administration and the White House has come “because we are progressives, because we are on the left, and because we disagree on issues like Gaza.”

    He argued the U.S. has chosen to align against his government and back forces he identifies as complicit in the drug trade.

    Still, Petro hopes to maintain amicable terms with the Trump administration, which has sanctioned Petro personally, withdrawn his U.S. visa and signaled criminal probes. According to a Colombian official working with Petro, he will no longer meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, as he had initially planned during his visit to the United Nations last year. CBS News reached out to the mayor’s office, but has not heard back.

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in recent weeks that the current Colombian government has been “problematic,” while calling most of the region “filled with American allies.” He also said the U.S. would be “very forceful in guaranteeing that there is a free and fair election in Colombia.”

    “In Colombia, hatred immediately produces deaths”

    On the question of violence and who is responsible for it, Petro was defensive. He insisted that the overall homicide rate in Colombia has remained relatively stable during his government, citing figures hovering around 25 to 26 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.

    What has changed, he said, is the composition of that violence. “Sicariato” or contract killings, have increased, he said, while what he calls “social crime” or crime that “comes from society itself,” has decreased. He did not deny that criminal groups have grown stronger on his watch.

    When asked whether he takes responsibility for a rightward shift in Colombia stemming from an increase in violence, due to failed peace negotiations with terrorist groups, he pointed to Colombia’s long history of polarization and to global manipulation campaigns that he says are making populations see political opponents as enemies.

    “In Colombia, hatred immediately produces deaths,” he said. “Promoting a discourse of hatred, as is happening these days, ‘gut the progressives…’ is inciting a violence that could become unstoppable in this country.”

    The coca proliferation problem

    Under Petro, forced coca eradication collapsed. Annual data for the last year of President Iván Duque in 2022 shows Colombian authorities eradicated 130,000 hectares of coca. Under Petro, that number fell to roughly 9,000, a reduction of more than 90%, which Petro does not dispute.

    “I do not want forced eradication because it doesn’t work,” he told CBS News, arguing that “the money gets stolen.”

    His approach, instead, involved talking to rural communities and pursuing voluntary crop substitution.

    “I stopped targeting peasant farmers in the territories,” Petro said. “I stopped bombing, burning down their homes, forcibly displacing them and imprisoning them. Instead, I started talking to them, taking advantage of the fact that they trusted me because I am a progressive. What did I achieve? I stabilized it.”

    Petro walked CBS News through graphics that show a slight downward trend in total coca cultivation since 2024, but Daniel Mejía, a professor at Universidad de los Andes who has advised multiple Colombian governments on counternarcotics policy, questions the numbers.

    Mejía said this is the first government in 27 years to delay publication of the United Nations coca crop census figures by more than a year. The data that has surfaced shows coca cultivation in Colombia rose by at least 9,000 hectares in 2024, reaching roughly 262,000 hectares. The data provided for the years since comes from within the government. Petro’s response was that his government uses the same methodology as the U.N.

    That answer does not satisfy Mejía, and neither does Petro’s broader argument that crop substitution is working where forced eradication failed. The government never funded it, he said.

    “They have a different approach; that’s fine. But do that approach,” Mejía said.

    According to Mejía, budget execution for Colombia’s crop substitution and alternative development programs never exceeded 15% of allocated funds in any of the first three full years of Petro’s government. In some years, it was as low as 8%. Mejía explains Petro abandoned the stick and barely used the carrot.

    What happens next?

    The 1.6 million votes cast for Paloma Valencia, the mainstream conservative who finished third, are now in play. Valencia endorsed de la Espriella, though her running mate, a center-left politician Juan Daniel Oviedo, still has not.

    De la Espriella outperformed his polls to capture 43.3% in the first round against Cepeda’s 40.5%. He is slightly favored heading into the runoff.

    If he wins, he has promised to resume widespread aerial fumigation of coca fields, a practice that has been banned in Colombia since 2015. He promotes pursuing boat strikes against suspected drug traffickers and bringing a security doctrine to Colombia similar to that of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele.

    Petro argues that by supporting the right wing, the U.S. is “losing allies who could be powerful partners in the fight against drug trafficking.” Instead, he feels undermined by the Trump administration because of his progressive politics.

    Petro on Trump, Colombia’s election

    https://www.cbsnews.com/video/colombias-petro-says-without-a-doubt-trump-is-interfering-with-his-countrys-election/

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    俄方排雷人员遇袭受伤 IAEA呼吁遵守局部停火

    2026年6月6日 07:41 / 联合早报

    位于乌克兰南部的扎波罗热核电站是欧洲最大核电站之一,2022年2月俄乌战争爆发后被俄方控制。 (法新社)

    国际原子能机构(IAEA)星期五(6月5日)说,俄罗斯与乌克兰在扎波罗热核电站附近实施局部停火后,有俄方人员在排雷作业期间受伤。IAEA总干事格罗西呼吁各方保持最大限度军事克制。

    路透社报道,IAEA在X平台发文说,俄方人员受伤事件正在调查中,而乌克兰方面表示会遵守停火协议。

    IAEA说,这一严重事件发生在局部停火协议的排雷作业阶段。格罗西呼吁各方全面遵守停火协议,以确保扎波罗热核电站输电线路在几天内修复,这对于避免核事故至关重要。

    俄罗斯国家原子能公司(Rosatom)5日说,局部停火生效后,一架乌克兰无人机蓄意袭击了正在扎波罗热核电站附近区域进行排雷作业的工程师,造成至少三人受伤。

    俄罗斯国家原子能公司首席执行官利哈乔夫说,有两名工程师伤势严重。俄罗斯国家原子能公司在另一份声明中则称,共有五人受伤。

    另据新华社报道,当天早些时候,IAEA宣布,在其斡旋之下,扎波罗热核电站附近战线局部停火协议已生效,技术人员将先排雷,再修复一条750千伏主输电线路。格罗西强调,这条线路已中断超过两个月,修复“紧迫且必要”。

    乌克兰扎波罗热核电站是欧洲最大核电站之一,2022年2月俄乌战争爆发后被俄方控制。此后,这座核电站多次遭炮击和无人机攻击,引发国际社会对其安全的担忧。

  • 弗吉尼亚州男子因与保姆婚外情策划双重谋杀被判终身监禁


    2026-06-05 13:07:18 EDT / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社

    一名与雇主家巴西籍保姆有染的弗吉尼亚州男子周五被判终身监禁且不得假释,罪名是谋杀其妻子及一名被诱骗至其家中当作替罪羊的男子。

    前美国国税局执法人员布伦丹·班菲尔德声称,2023年2月24日清晨,他撞见约瑟夫·瑞安袭击妻子,随后开枪射杀了瑞安。但检方指出,布伦丹·班菲尔德与保姆朱利安娜·佩雷斯·马加良斯策划了这起阴谋,目的是除掉身为儿科重症监护护士的妻子克里斯汀·班菲尔德。

    彭尼·阿斯卡拉特法官称班菲尔德的行为邪恶且经过精心算计。
    “你竟然无视自己本该深爱的妻子的生命,这几乎令人无法想象,”她在宣布判决时说道。根据弗吉尼亚州法律,严重谋杀罪的判决是强制性的。

    阿斯卡拉特表示,这起阴谋涉及“将一名完全无辜的男子诱入你的致命陷阱;谋杀后毫无悔意地继续生活;从未——一次都没有——考虑过自己的行为对班菲尔德夫妇4岁女儿造成的影响”。布伦丹·班菲尔德“从她手中夺走了一切”。

    除谋杀罪外,陪审团于2月认定班菲尔德两项罪名成立:一是危害儿童罪,因为案发时夫妇俩的女儿就在家中;二是枪支犯罪。阿斯卡拉特就此额外判处班菲尔德5年监禁,另因枪支罪名追加3年刑期。

    在 sentencing 庭审现场,班菲尔德仍坚称自己无罪,称自己不可能实施谋杀。他重申,警方内部对他和马加良斯冒用克里斯汀·班菲尔德身份在一个恋物癖网站上诱骗瑞安上门的说法存在分歧。

    班菲尔德称自己深爱妻子,尽管有婚外情,但从未想过要离开她。

    阿斯卡拉特不为所动,指出班菲尔德毫无悔意是她毫不犹豫判处其终身监禁的原因之一。

    在班菲尔德的庭审中,马加良斯作证称,他曾告诉她自己想娶她并和她生孩子,但首先需要“除掉”妻子。他不想离婚,因为“她的财产会比他多”,而且他想要获得女儿的抚养权。马加良斯2021年开始为班菲尔德家工作时年仅21岁。

    马加良斯告诉陪审团,她和布伦丹·班菲尔德冒用克里斯汀·班菲尔德的身份在一个恋物癖网站上活动。他们利用该网站诱骗瑞安前往弗吉尼亚州赫恩登的家中,进行一场涉及刀具的性约会,并伪造现场,使其看起来像是遭遇暴力入侵者开枪袭击。

    马加良斯作证称,案发当天,她带着班菲尔德夫妇的孩子在屋外的车里等候。瑞安抵达后,她给在附近麦当劳等候的布伦丹·班菲尔德打了电话。二人带着孩子来到地下室,随后前往卧室,与瑞安碰面。布伦丹·班菲尔德开枪射杀了瑞安,随后用瑞安带来的刀刺向克里斯汀·班菲尔德。当马加良斯看到瑞安仍在动时,她又开了第二枪,彻底将其击毙。

    一些媒体将这起案件称为“保姆婚外情案”。马加良斯在同意指证布伦丹·班菲尔德后承认了过失杀人罪。在班菲尔德庭审结束后,马加良斯被判处10年监禁。

    在马加良斯的 sentencing 听证会上,阿斯卡拉特表示:“你的行为是蓄意的、自私自利的,表现出对人类生命的极度漠视。”据哥伦比亚广播公司下属电视台WUSA报道,她还说道:“所以我们开门见山——你只配被监禁,用余生反思你对这个家庭的受害者所做的一切。愿这件事沉重地压在你的灵魂上。”

    Virginia man sentenced to life in prison for double murder scheme in affair with au pair

    2026-06-05 13:07:18 EDT / CBS/AP

    A Virginia man who was having an affair with the family’s Brazilian au pair was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for the murder of his wife and a man who was lured to the couple’s home as a fall guy.

    Brendan Banfield, a former IRS law enforcement officer, claimed he shot Joseph Ryan after he came across Ryan attacking his wife on the morning of Feb. 24, 2023. But prosecutors said Brendan Banfield and au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães set Ryan up in a scheme to get rid of Christine Banfield, a pediatric intensive care nurse.

    Judge Penney Azcarate called Banfield’s actions evil and calculated.

    “The disregard of the life of your wife, someone you supposedly loved, is almost unfathomable,” she said in handing down the sentence, which is mandatory in Virginia for an aggravated murder conviction.

    The scheme involved “luring a completely innocent man into your deadly trap; continuing on after the murders without a care; and not once — not once — thinking of the impact” on the Banfields’ 4-year-old daughter. Brendan Banfield “took everything from her,” Azcarate said.

    In addition to murder, jurors in February convicted Banfield of child endangerment because the couple’s daughter was home during the killings. Azcarate sentenced Banfield to an additional five years on that charge and three more years on a firearms charge.

    Speaking at his sentencing, Banfield continued to proclaim his innocence, saying it would have been impossible for him to have committed the murders. He reiterated there was dissent within the police department over the theory Banfield and Magalhães had impersonated Christine Banfield on a website for sexual fetishes in order to lure Ryan to the home.

    Banfield said he loved his wife and, although he had affairs, he never intended to leave her.

    Azcarate was unmoved, citing his lack of remorse as one of the reasons she felt no hesitation in ordering him to remain behind bars for life.

    During Banfield’s trial, Magalhães testified he had told her he wanted to marry her and have children with her, but he needed to “get rid of” his wife first. He didn’t want a divorce because “she would have more money than he would” and because he wanted custody of the couple’s daughter, said Magalhães, who was 21 when she started working for the Banfields in 2021.

    Magalhães told jurors she and Brendan Banfield had impersonated Christine Banfield on a website for sexual fetishes. They used the site to lure Ryan to the house in Herndon, Virginia, for a sexual encounter involving a knife and staged the scene to look as if they had shot a violent intruder.

    Magalhães testified that on the day of the killings, she waited in a car outside the house with the Banfields’ child. When Ryan arrived, she called Brendan Banfield, who was waiting at a nearby McDonald’s. The pair took the child to the basement and then went to the bedroom, where they encountered Ryan. Brendan Banfield shot Ryan and then stabbed Christine Banfield with the knife Ryan had brought. When Magalhães saw Ryan moving, she fired a second shot that killed him.

    Some media have dubbed the case the “au pair affair.” Magalhães pleaded guilty to manslaughter after agreeing to testify against Brendan Banfield. Magalhães was sentenced to 10 years in prison after Banfield’s trial.

    At Magalhães’ sentencing hearing, Azcarate said, “Your actions were deliberate, self-serving, and demonstrated a profound disregard for human life,” according to CBS affiliate WUSA. “So let’s get straight — you do not deserve anything other than incarceration and a life of reflection on what you have done to the victim in this family. May it weigh heavily on your soul.”

  • 将“母亲”和“父亲”替换为中性称谓的法案在纽约州获通过,将提交霍楚尔签署


    2026-06-05T13:53:25-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道

    根据该提案,“母亲”将改为“生育父母”,“父亲”将改为“非生育父母”

    作者:亚历山德拉·科赫 福克斯新闻
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    纽约州民主党议员近期通过一项法案,将删除州法律中“母亲”和“父亲”的表述,该法案已提交至州长凯西·霍楚尔办公桌等待最终签署。

    这项针对州儿童监护权和父母相关法律的新法案将把“母亲”改为“生育父母”,“父亲”改为“非生育父母”,“父权”改为“父母身份”。

    该法案本周在州参议院获得通过,此前已于3月在州议会获得审议通过。


    威斯康星州州长推动删除州法律中性别化语言引发争议

    2026年3月5日,纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔在纽约市WIN NYC家庭收容所的新闻发布会上发言。(亚当·格雷/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社)

    据纽约福克斯5台报道,起草该法案的民主党人称,措辞调整将促进“包容性”,而批评人士则称此举毫无必要,且州议会年度会期已于周四结束。

    霍楚尔在一场新闻发布会上表示,她尚未了解该提案,但承诺会进行审议。

    “我有到年底的时间来审议这些法案并做出决定,因此我不会就待审议法案发表评论,”霍楚尔说道。


    伊利诺伊州州长JB·普里茨克与纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔同框合影。该法案已提交至霍楚尔办公桌等待最终签署。(艾莉森·罗伯茨/盖蒂图片社)

    80%的美国人反对“性别狂热”,但左翼仍执迷不悟

    共和党州长候选人布鲁斯·布莱克曼周五在社交媒体上分享了多条回应该法案的帖文。

    “在凯西·霍楚尔治下的纽约,‘妈妈’现在被定义为‘生育父母’,”布莱克曼写道。“如果我当选州长,绝不会允许这种情况发生!我将挺身而出,反对这种荒唐行径,捍卫父母的身份。”


    2026年2月11日,拿骚县行政长官布鲁斯·布莱克曼在纽约花园城举行的纽约州共和党委员会提名 convention 上被正式提名为纽约州州长共和党候选人。(霍华德·施纳普/《新闻日报》RM via 盖蒂图片社)


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    “这项法案是霍楚尔向家庭宣战的延续,在我们夺回纽约之前,我绝不会停止战斗,”他补充道。

    纽约州联邦众议员克劳迪娅·特尼(共和党籍)周四在X平台上对该法案做出回应,称:“连‘女性’都无法定义的政党,如今正在改写纽约州法律,抹去‘母亲’和‘父亲’的概念。只有在奥尔巴尼,‘妈妈’和‘爸爸’才会变得如此具有争议性。”

    亚历山德拉·科赫是福克斯新闻数字频道记者,负责报道突发新闻,聚焦影响全国舆论的重大事件。

    她曾报道过多起重大全国性危机,包括洛杉矶山火、波托马克河与哈德逊河航空事故、博尔德恐怖袭击以及德克萨斯州丘陵地区洪灾。

    Bill replacing ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with gender-neutral terms passes in New York, heads to Hochul’s desk

    2026-06-05T13:53:25-04:00 / Fox News

    ‘Mother’ becomes ‘gestating parent’ and ‘father’ becomes ‘non-gestating parent’ under the proposal

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    New York Democrats recently passed a bill that would remove the words “mother” and “father” from parts of state law, sending the legislation to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk for final approval.

    Under the new bill, targeting state child custody and parental laws, “mother” becomes “gestating parent,” “father” becomes “non-gestating parent,” and “paternity” becomes “parentage.”

    It passed in the state Senate this week after progressing through the Assembly in March.

    WISCONSIN GOVERNOR’S PUSH TO ERASE GENDERED LANGUAGE FROM STATE LAW IGNITES DEBATE

    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke during a news conference at the WIN NYC family shelter on March 5, 2026, in New York City.(Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

    Democrats who drafted the legislation claimed the wording shift would promote “inclusivity,” while critics claim the change is unnecessary, with the legislative session having ended for the year on Thursday, FOX 5 New York reported.

    Hochul said during a news conference that she isn’t familiar with the proposal, but promised to review it.

    “I have until the end of the year to review them and make a decision, so I won’t be commenting on pending legislation,” Hochul said.

    Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sit together in a photo. The bill has been sent to Hochul’s desk for final approval.(Allison Robbert/Getty Images)

    80% OF AMERICANS OPPOSE GENDER CRAZINESS BUT THE LEFT STILL CLING TO IT

    Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman shared multiple posts responding to the bill on social media Friday.

    “In Kathy Hochul’s New York, ‘mom’ is now defined as ‘gestating parent,’” Blakeman wrote. “Not when I’m Governor! I’ll stand up for moms and dads against this insanity.”

    Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is formally named the GOP candidate for New York governor at the New York Republican State Committee nominating convention in Garden City, N.Y., on Feb. 11, 2026.(Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

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    “This bill is a continuation of Hochul’s war on families, and I won’t stop fighting until we take New York back,” he added.

    Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., reacted to the bill on X Thursday, saying, “The party that can’t define a woman is now rewriting New York law to erase mothers and fathers. Only in Albany could ‘mom’ and ‘dad’ become too controversial.”

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    She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.

  • 舒默抨击参议院共和党人在深夜投票中通过数十亿美元移民与海关执法局及边境巡逻局拨款法案


    2026年6月5日 美国东部时间12:58 / 福克斯新闻频道

    这份700亿美元的移民与海关执法局、边境巡逻局拨款法案仍需在众议院获得通过,之后才能送交特朗普签署

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    参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默在大部分共和党人投票通过一项为美国移民与海关执法局(ICE)和美国海关与边境保护局(CBP)批准数十亿美元拨款的法案后,严厉抨击了参议院共和党人。

    该法案以52票赞成、47票反对的结果通过,基本沿党派路线投票,不过阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基与民主党人一同投了反对票。

    “今晚,参议院共和党人通过了一项糟糕的法案,他们的优先事项昭然若揭:为唐纳德·特朗普提供更多资金,为唐纳德·特朗普赋予更多权力,却丝毫没有为工薪家庭降低生活成本。共和党人拒绝永久废除特朗普的20亿美元‘黑金基金’,让纳税人只能依靠唐纳德·特朗普私人说客的一纸承诺。这不是问责,这是一张许可状,”舒默在一份声明中说道。


    特朗普在参议院通过700亿美元移民与海关执法局及边境巡逻局拨款法案后斩获胜利,尽管共和党内部分歧加剧

    2026年6月2日,在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦举行的参议院民主党每周政策午餐会后,参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默在新闻发布会上发言。(安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社摄)

    “他们又向特朗普的私人执法队伍投入了700亿美元,为特朗普的腐败‘私人会所’辩护,还保护他用于雇佣暴力执法人员的黑金基金——与此同时,他们投票反对参议院民主党人降低住房、医疗保健、汽油和儿童护理成本的努力,”舒默继续说道。“共和党人的议程现在白纸黑字地摆在面前:为特朗普设立黑金基金、为特朗普提供避税手段、为特朗普打造私人会所、为特朗普组建私人民兵。对于辛勤工作的美国人呢?一无所有。民主党人正努力把钱还给美国民众。共和党人却在努力把更多权力、更多资金和更多武器交到唐纳德·特朗普手中。”

    美国司法部上月在一份声明中表示,“作为唐纳德·J·特朗普诉美国国税局一案和解协议的一部分,司法部长设立了‘反武器化基金’,以建立一套系统程序,听取并纠正那些遭受武器化政治打压和滥诉的人士的诉求。”

    司法部解释称,“该基金将获得17.76亿美元资金,来自判决基金,这是一项永久性拨款,允许司法部结案并支付相关款项。”


    十余名共和党反叛者未能永久废除特朗普备受争议的20亿美元基金

    2026年6月2日,在华盛顿特区雷伯恩众议院办公大楼举行的众议院拨款委员会商务、司法、科学及相关机构小组委员会听证会上,代理美国司法部长托德·布兰奇到场。(安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社摄)

    在周二的国会听证会上,代理司法部长托德·布兰奇表示,司法部永远不会推进反武器化基金的计划,他称该基金尚未“设立”,并指出尚未任命任何专员,也尚未收到任何诉求。


    代理司法部长布兰奇在众议院议员施压下披露特朗普“反武器化基金”的命运

    “经过今晚的投票,美国民众清楚地看到,共和党人拒绝废除唐纳德·特朗普的20亿美元黑金基金,”舒默在参议院民主党发布的另一份声明中说道。“现在全国人民都看清了真相:共和党人拼尽全力保护唐纳德·特朗普和他的黑金基金,却对帮助工薪家庭降低生活成本袖手旁观。”

    2026年6月3日,在华盛顿特区白宫椭圆形办公室,唐纳德·特朗普总统向媒体发表讲话。(曼德尔·恩甘/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社摄)

    “参议院共和党人试图在深夜掩埋他们的激进议程,但民主党人迫使他们为此负责——一项修正案接一项修正案,一次投票接一次投票。共和党人投票反对建造700万套新经济适用房,反对降低汽油价格,反对打击拒绝为美国人提供保险的健康保险公司,反对降低儿童护理成本,还有诸多其他举措。共和党人一次又一次选择了特朗普。当普通家庭都在为改善生活而挣扎时,参议院共和党人刚刚投票决定帮助特朗普榨干他们的血汗钱,”舒默补充道。

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    该法案仍需在众议院获得通过,之后才能送交唐纳德·特朗普总统。

    亚历克斯·尼茨伯格是福克斯新闻数字频道的撰稿人。

    Schumer rips Senate Republicans for passing billions in ICE and Border Patrol funding in late-night vote

    June 5, 2026 12:58pm EDT / Fox News

    The $70B ICE, Border Patrol funding package still needs to clear the House before heading to Trump’s desk

    By Alex Nitzberg Fox News

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    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., slammed Senate Republicans after most of them voted to pass a bill to greenlight billions of dollars in funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

    The measure passed 52-47, mostly along party lines, though one Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined Democrats in voting against passage.

    “Tonight, Senate Republicans passed a rotten bill that makes their priorities painfully clear: more money for Donald Trump, more power for Donald Trump, and nothing to lower costs for working families. Republicans refused to permanently outlaw Trump’s $2 billion slush fund, leaving taxpayers to rely on nothing more than a promise from Donald Trump’s personal fixer. That is not accountability. That is a permission slip,” Schumer said in a statement.

    TRUMP SCORES VICTORY DESPITE GROWING GOP DIVIDE AFTER SENATE PASSES $70B ICE, BORDER PATROL FUNDING PACKAGE

    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference following a weekly policy luncheon with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on June 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

    “They pumped another $70 billion into Trump’s personal police force, defended Trump’s corrupt ballroom, and protected his slush fund for cop-beaters— all while voting against Senate Democrats’ efforts to lower the cost of housing, health care, gas, and childcare,” Schumer continued. “The Republican agenda is now written in black and white: a slush fund for Trump, tax dodges for Trump, a ballroom for Trump, and a private militia for Trump. For hard-working Americans? Nothing. Democrats are fighting to put money back in Americans’ pockets. Republicans are fighting to put more power, more money, and more weapons in Donald Trump’s hands.”

    The Justice Department said in a statement last month “that as a part of the settlement agreement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service,the Attorney General established ‘The Anti-Weaponization Fund’ to provide a systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization and lawfare.”

    The DOJ explained, “The Fund will receive $1.776 billion and will come from the judgment fund, which is a perpetual appropriation allowing DOJ to settle and pay cases.”

    DOZEN GOP REBELS FAIL TO PERMANENTLY KILL TRUMP’S CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND

    Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives to a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

    During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the DOJ will never move forward with the plan for the anti-weaponization fund, which he said had not been “set up yet,” noting that no commissioners had been named and no claims had been made yet.

    ACTING AG BLANCHE REVEALS FATE OF TRUMP’S ‘ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND’ UNDER PRESSURE FROM HOUSE LAWMAKERS

    “After tonight’s vote, it’s clear to Americans that Republicans refused to outlaw Donald Trump’s $2 billion slush fund,” Schumer said in another statement released by Senate Democrats. “Now the whole country can see the truth: Republicans fought like hell to protect Donald Trump and his slush fund but didn’t lift a finger to help working Americans lower their costs.”

    President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2026.(Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

    “Senate Republicans tried to bury their radical agenda in the dead of night, but Democrats forced them to answer for it — amendment after amendment, vote after vote. Republicans voted against building 7 million new affordable homes, against lowering gas prices, against cracking down on health insurance companies that deny Americans coverage, against making childcare more affordable, and so much more. Again and again, Republicans chose Trump instead. While families are struggling to get ahead, Senate Republicans just voted to help Trump bleed them dry,” Schumer added.

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    The package would still need to clear the House of Representatives before heading to President Donald Trump.

    Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

  • 奥本大学学生在日本失踪,其母称两人曾因ChatGPT发生争执


    2026年6月5日 美国东部时间12:47 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻

    这位在日本失踪的美国大学生的母亲告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻,在他失踪前,两人曾在度假期间因她使用ChatGPT发生过争执。

    詹姆斯·“韦斯顿”·希金博瑟姆是一名20岁的奥本大学工程系学生,自5月29日以来一直失踪。

    南希·希金博瑟姆称使用ChatGPT是她和儿子之间的“敏感话题”。

    “我当时用ChatGPT的频率有点太高了。日本这个国家我很难适应,”她说。“韦斯顿非常反对人工智能,因为你们也知道,他从事可持续工程研究,而人工智能会消耗大量水资源。”

    5月29日午饭后,韦斯顿的父母和兄弟打算去附近的京都寺庙参观,韦斯顿决定留在原地。当天晚上,他的父母在家庭追踪应用上看到他的位置发生了移动,便给他发了短信,但没有收到回复。

    人们最后一次看到他是在京都山科火车站离开。他的父母认为,身为资深徒步爱好者的韦斯顿当时正打算前往附近的一条徒步路线。

    “我担心他受伤了,被困在了哪里,”南希·希金博瑟姆说道。“我担心他没有足够的食物——不过那里水资源很充足——还担心他迷路了。那些山区和森林绵延很长,而且……极其茂密。”

    James

    搜救工作

    南希·希金博瑟姆表示,警方已经暂停了搜救行动。

    “他们说已经完成了既定区域的搜索,他们动用了100名警员、警犬和直升机,进行了为期三天的全面搜查,但没有找到他,”她说。

    该家庭正计划在日本雇佣一支专业搜救队,预计费用将超过10万美元。他们表示,不找到儿子就不会离开日本。

    “我们完全有信心能找到他,”韦斯顿的父亲基思·希金博瑟姆说道。

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    Mom of Auburn college student missing in Japan says they argued over ChatGPT before he disappeared

    June 5, 2026 12:47 PM EDT / CBS News

    The mom of the American college student missing in Japan told CBS News the two had an argument over her use of ChatGPT on their vacation before he disappeared.

    James “Weston” Higginbotham, a 20-year-old Auburn University engineering student, has been missing since May 29.

    Nancy Higginbotham called the use of ChatGPT “a sore subject” between her and her son.

    “I was using a little bit too much ChatGPT. Japan is a country that I’ve had a hard time navigating,” she said. “Weston is very anti-AI because you know he’s into sustainability engineering and AI uses a lot of water and is depleting a lot of water resources.”

    Weston had decided to stay back while his parents and brother visited a nearby temple in Kyoto after lunch on May 29. That evening his parents saw his location move on a family tracking app and texted him, but didn’t receive an answer.

    He was last seen leaving the Yamashina train station in Kyoto. His parents believe Weston, an avid hiker, was going to a nearby trail.

    “My fear is that he, that he got hurt and that he’s stuck,” Nancy Higginbotham said. “My fear is that he doesn’t have enough food because there is plenty of water, and that he’s lost. Those mountains, that forest goes for a very long time and … it’s extremely dense.”

    A family photo of James “Weston” Higginbotham of Alabama, who went missing near Kyoto, Japan, on May 29, 2026. Nancy Higginbotham/Facebook

    Search efforts

    Nancy Higginbotham said police are suspending their search.

    “They said they’ve concluded their search of the area that they committed to and they conducted a very thorough search over three days to include 100 police officers, K9 dogs, the helicopters, and they did not find him,” she said.

    The family is hiring a professional search and rescue crew in Japan, which is expected to cost over $100,000. They said they are not leaving Japan without their son.

    “We have complete confidence that we are going to find him,” Weston’s dad, Keith Higginbotham, said.

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  • 普京称与泽连斯基会晤以结束战争“毫无意义”


    2026年6月5日 / 美国东部时间下午2:49 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社

    俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京表示,他认为为结束俄乌战争而与乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基会晤“毫无意义”。

    周四,泽连斯基致信普京,这是自2022年2月俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来他首次向俄罗斯领导人发出公开信息。信中他批评了普京26年的执政生涯,并称“年龄开始显现影响”。

    在圣彼得堡国际经济论坛上,普京将泽连斯基提出会晤的公开信称为“粗野无礼”。

    “这到底是为个人会晤和谈判创造条件,还是营造出任何个人会晤都不可能进行的环境?”普京在年度圣彼得堡国际经济论坛的问答环节中说道,“我认为是后者。”

    普京补充说,上月一名身份未公开的俄罗斯商人前往基辅会见了泽连斯基,听取了他提出的个人会晤提议。

    然而,普京表示,他目前认为此类会晤“毫无意义”,尤其是在5月22日乌克兰无人机袭击俄控卢甘斯克地区的一所大学宿舍之后。莫斯科方面称袭击造成21人死亡、数十人受伤。


    乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基2026年6月3日在乌克兰基辅与北约秘书长马克·吕特(未在画面中)举行的联合新闻发布会上发言。维克多·科瓦尔丘克/乌克兰环球图片社通过盖蒂图片社提供

    针对泽连斯基对他的年龄和长期执政的抨击,73岁的普京点名了其他几位年龄更大的全球领导人,并补充道:“关键不在于年龄;关键在于工作能力。”

    他还嘲讽了泽连斯基2025年在白宫椭圆办公室糟糕的会晤经历,并感谢美国总统特朗普“在全世界眼皮底下‘教育’了泽连斯基”,教会了他得体的着装礼仪。

    “还有很多工作要做。”他说。

    泽连斯基承认美国的优先级有所转变,称如果美国仍将主要精力放在伊朗战争上,却一味等待特朗普政府重新关注结束乌克兰战事,这是错误的。

    在华盛顿,特朗普周四表示,普京和泽连斯基会晤“会很棒”。

    特朗普周五表示,他不介意两位领导人在美国介入之前举行会晤,正如他过去提议的那样。

    “是我让他们走到了这一步,”特朗普在空军一号上对记者说道,“我认为此事终将得到解决……我们希望看到和平达成。”

    普京此前曾邀请泽连斯基前往莫斯科进行谈判,这一提议遭到了乌克兰领导人的明确拒绝。普京上月表示,他不排除在第三国举行会晤,但前提是已经达成可签署的协议。

    周四,普京再次拒绝了泽连斯基提出的立即停火的要求,辩称莫斯科希望的是全面解决方案,而非临时休战。

    普京表示,俄罗斯愿意根据去年他与特朗普在阿拉斯加安克雷奇会晤期间达成的共识,在乌克兰问题上做出妥协,并补充说乌克兰需要接受这些条件才能达成结束冲突的协议。

    “毋庸置疑,乌克兰方面希望我们暂停俄军的推进,”他说,“但最好还是通过达成安克雷奇会晤中讨论过的妥协方案来结束战争。”

    当被问及伊朗问题时,普京表示希望最终能达成协议以实现持久和平。他对有关莫斯科向伊朗提供卫星图像的说法不予理会,称德黑兰可以使用随处可得的商业卫星图像。

    “至于武器,伊朗没有向我们索要,我们也没有向伊朗提供任何武器,”他补充道,俄罗斯已经准备好为潜在的和平协议储存浓缩铀,并且莫斯科一直在与伊朗、美国和以色列保持联系。

    全球动荡

    周五早些时候在论坛上的演讲中,普京表示发展中国家在全球经济中的地位日益重要,而西方国家的产出份额有所收缩。

    他指责西方国家通过单边制裁破坏全球经济和金融秩序。他说,西方国家通过制裁冻结俄罗斯在海外的资产,削弱了人们对其本国货币的信任。

    “制裁和冻结俄罗斯的主权储备,已经不可逆转地影响了国际货币美元和欧元的地位,”他说,“就像俄罗斯一样,任何其他国家都可能失去使用美元或欧元的合法资产,以及西方金融和支付系统的通道。”


    在这张由俄罗斯国家通讯社俄新社分发的泳池照片中,俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京与中华人民共和国副主席韩正在2026年6月5日圣彼得堡国际经济论坛期间举行会晤。瓦列里·沙里福林/泳池照片/法新社通过盖蒂图片社提供

    他声称高企的国家债务削弱了全球对西方机构的信任。

    “当前全球动荡的根源在于,从一个服务于少数国家利益的垂直层级模式,转向更为复杂、分散和多极的模式,”普京说,“俄罗斯不仅将全球变化视为威胁,也视为巨大的机遇。为了抓住这些机遇,我们旨在采取迅速而务实的行动。”

    这位俄罗斯领导人表示,世界需要“一个现代、灵活且负责任的金融架构——摆脱风险、禁令和壁垒”。

    普京强调俄罗斯宏观经济稳定

    普京淡化了俄罗斯的经济放缓,着重强调其宏观经济稳定性。他指出,俄罗斯的国家债务仅为西方国家的一小部分,与西方相比,其预算赤字也要小得多。

    此次论坛举办之际,俄乌冲突导致俄罗斯的经济前景蒙上阴影。为控制预算赤字,俄罗斯政府提高了税收并增加了国内借贷。

    周四,普京在论坛间隙对国际媒体负责人表示,称俄罗斯经济陷入困境是言过其实的。他指出,本国政府已采取审慎措施为经济降温,以控制通胀。

    普京将圣彼得堡论坛比作瑞士达沃斯世界经济论坛,旨在展示本国的经济发展成果并吸引外国投资。自2022年普京出兵乌克兰以来,西方官员和商界领袖一直缺席该论坛,但俄罗斯一直在邀请其他国家的嘉宾,以突出其宣扬的“多极世界”目标。

    今年沙特阿拉伯派出了大型代表团,乌兹别克斯坦、坦桑尼亚总统以及中国副主席也在周五发表了演讲。美国美术委员会主席罗德尼·米姆斯·库克 Jr. 等美国官员多年来首次出席了论坛。

    在普京演讲后的问答环节中,库克被观众点名。他称赞圣彼得堡的美景,普京对此表示感谢,并请他转达对特朗普的问候。

    周三论坛开幕数小时前,乌克兰无人机袭击引发圣彼得堡一处油库起火,还袭击了附近的一处海军基地。

    普京宣称俄罗斯正“冷静而坚定地”朝着在乌克兰的目标前进。他承认乌克兰无人机袭击对俄罗斯纵深地区造成的破坏,并誓言加强防御。

    “它们确实造成了一定损失,”他说,“对我们来说,这只意味着一件事:我们需要加强安全保障,加强防空力量,我们会做到这一点。”

    Putin sees “no point” in meeting with Zelenskyy to discuss ending war

    June 5, 2026 / 2:49 PM EDT / CBS/AP

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said he sees “no point” in meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an effort to end the war with Ukraine.

    On Thursday, Zelenskyy wrote a letter to Putin, the first public message he has sent to the Russian leader since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, in which he criticized Putin’s 26 years of rule and said “age is beginning to take its toll.”

    Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin described Zelenskyy’s open letter proposing the meeting as “boorish.”

    “Is it a way to create conditions for personal meetings and talks, or create an environment which makes any personal meetings impossible?” Putin said at a question-and-answer session at his annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “I think it’s the second.”

    Putin added that a Russian businessman whom he didn’t identify traveled to Kyiv last month and met with Zelenskyy to hear his offer of a personal meeting.

    However, Putin said he currently sees “no point” in such a meeting, especially after a May 22 drone attack by Ukraine on a college dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region that Moscow said killed 21 and wounded scores of others.

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (not pictured) on June 3, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

    In response to Zelenskyy’s barbs about his age and long stay in power, the 73-year-old Putin pointed at other global leaders who are older, adding that “the main thing isn’t age; the main thing is the ability to work.”

    He also mocked Zelenskyy’s rocky Oval Office meeting in 2025 and thanked U.S. President Trump for “educating” Zelenskyy “before the eyes of the whole world” and teaching him a proper dress code.

    “There is still a lot to be done,” he said.

    Zelenskyy acknowledged shifting U.S. priorities, saying it would be wrong to simply wait for the Trump administration to return its attention to ending the fighting in Ukraine while it remains heavily focused on the Iran war.

    In Washington, Mr. Trump said Thursday it “would be great” if Putin and Zelenskyy meet.

    Mr. Trump said Friday he didn’t mind if the two leaders met before the U.S. got involved, as he proposed in the past.

    “I’m the one that got them to this point,” Mr. Trump said while speaking to reporters on Air Force One. “And I think that’s going to get worked out. … We want to see it done.”

    Putin has previously offered for Zelenskyy to come to Moscow for talks, an offer that the Ukrainian leader pointedly rejected. Putin said last month he doesn’t exclude a meeting in a third country, but only when there is a deal to sign.

    On Thursday, Putin again rejected Zelenskyy’s push for an immediate ceasefire, arguing that Moscow wants a comprehensive settlement, not a temporary truce.

    Putin said Russia is open for a compromise on Ukraine in line with understandings reached at his last year’s summit with Mr. Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, adding that Ukraine needs to accept them to make a deal to end the conflict.

    “Naturally, the Ukrainian side would like us to suspend the advances made by Russian troops,” he said. “But it would be better to end the war by agreeing to the compromises that were discussed in Anchorage.”

    Asked about Iran, Putin voiced hope for an eventual deal to secure lasting peace. He shrugged off claims that Moscow provided Iran with satellite images, saying that Tehran could use widely available commercial ones.

    “As for weapons, Iran hasn’t asked us for them and we haven’t supplied any weapons to Iran,” he said, adding that Russia stands ready to take enriched uranium for storage as part of a potential peace deal, and that Moscow has stayed in contact with Iran, the U.S. and Israel.

    Global turbulence

    In a speech earlier Friday at the forum, Putin said developing countries have gained an increasingly important role in the global economy, while the share of output by Western countries has shrunk.

    He accused the West of undermining the global economy and finances with unilateral sanctions. By freezing Russian assets abroad through sanctions, Western nations eroded trust in their own currencies, he said.

    “The sanctions and blocking of Russia’s sovereign reserves have irreversibly impacted the standing of international currencies, the dollar and the euro,” he said. “Just like Russia, any other country could lose access to their legitimate assets in dollars or euros, as well as Western financial and payment systems.”

    In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Vice President of the People’s Republic of China Han Zheng hold a meeting at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 5, 2026. Valery Sharifulin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

    He alleged that high state debt had helped undermine global trust in Western institutions.

    “The roots of the current global turbulence lie in the transition from a vertical, hierarchical model, which served the interests of a small number of states, to a more complex, distributed and multipolar one,” Putin said. “Russia views global changes not only as a threat but also as immense opportunities. And to capitalize on them, we aim to act swiftly and pragmatically.”

    The Russian leader said the world needed a “modern, flexible and responsible financial architecture — free from risks, bans and barriers.”

    Putin stresses Russia’s macroeconomic stability

    Putin played down Russia’s economic slowdown and sought to emphasize its macroeconomic stability. He noted that Russia’s state debt is a fraction of that in Western countries and its budget deficit is considerably smaller, compared with the West.

    The forum comes at a time when Russia’s economic outlook has clouded amid the conflict in Ukraine. The government raised taxes and increased domestic borrowing to keep its budget deficit under control.

    On Thursday, Putin told heads of international media on the forum’s sidelines that it was an exaggeration to say Russia’s economy was struggling. He noted that his government had taken deliberate steps to cool the economy to keep inflation under control.

    Putin has used the St. Petersburg forum, likened to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to showcase his country’s economic advances and encourage foreign investment. While Western officials and business leaders have stayed away after Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, Russia has sought guests from elsewhere to underline its declared goal of promoting a “multipolar world.”

    Saudi Arabia sent a large delegation this year, and the presidents of Uzbekistan and Tanzania and vice president of China also gave speeches Friday. A U.S. official, Rodney Mims Cook Jr., head of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, is attending for the first time in years.

    Cook was singled out in the audience during a question-and-answer session following Putin’s speech. Cook praised the beauty of St. Petersburg and Putin thanked him for the remarks about his hometown and asked to convey his greetings to Mr. Trump.

    Hours before the forum opened Wednesday, a Ukrainian drone attack set ablaze an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and also hit a nearby naval base.

    Putin declared that Russia was “calmly and resolutely” moving to reach its goals in Ukraine. He acknowledged the damage from Ukrainian drone attacks deep inside Russia and vowed to build up defenses.

    “They do inflict a certain damage,” he said. “For us, it means only one thing: we need to strengthen our security, strengthen air defenses, and we will do that.”

  • 德克萨斯州牧场主因犊牛检出螺旋体寄生虫而人心惶惶


    2026-06-05 17:10:59 UTC / 路透社

    作者:希瑟·施利茨

    2026年6月5日 世界标准时间下午5:10 更新于29分钟前

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    • 摘要
    • 美国农业部已启动防控措施,包括设置捕蝇器和释放绝育蝇
    • 牧场主批评美国农业部的应对措施
    • 螺旋体疫情威胁德克萨斯州南部的牲畜和野生动物种群

    美国得克萨斯州拉普赖尔,6月5日(路透社)——美国数十年来首例螺旋体寄生虫病例在当地被检出,这座安静的德克萨斯州肉牛小镇拉普赖尔已成为抗击螺旋体的主战场,当地随即实施牲畜检疫令,牧场主和宠物主人都人心惶惶。

    当地一座牧场的一头犊牛周三被检出携带这种食肉寄生虫,其脐带周围出现了巨大的创口。

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    一年多来,随着螺旋体蝇从哥伦比亚经中美洲逐步逼近美国边境,德克萨斯州南部的牧场主们一直在为螺旋体的到来做准备。这种寄生虫可能会摧毁牛群和当地野生动物。

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    美国农业部部长布鲁克·罗林斯表示,目前仅确认一例病例,该机构正尽全力阻止疫情扩散,这一威胁到了得克萨斯州价值数十亿美元的肉牛产业。

    美国农业部工作人员牵头开展防控工作 周五,28名美国农业部工作人员在与墨西哥科阿韦拉州接壤的扎瓦拉县展开行动,设置捕蝇器、释放绝育蝇以阻止其繁殖,并与牧场主沟通。美国农业部动植物卫生检验局副局长迈克尔·施莫耶尔海军少将表示,另有四名工作人员即将抵达。拉普赖尔通往外界的主要道路已设置闪烁的橙色警示牌,要求运载牲畜的车辆驶入由警长和州政府人员值守的检查站,对动物是否携带螺旋体进行检查。

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    退休教师、得克萨斯州A&M大学推广专员马塞尔·巴尔德斯回忆起上一次螺旋体在南得克萨斯州出现的情景,那是在20世纪60年代,当时他还是个孩子。

    他坐在卡车尾挡板上,看着流浪猫吃他投放的食物,回忆起受螺旋体感染的犊牛如何踢打、舔舐敞开的伤口,数百条幼虫啃食活畜时散发出的腐肉臭味,以及他用来治疗的黑色焦油状药剂的刺鼻气味。

    [1/3]2026年6月4日,美国得克萨斯州拉普赖尔,在美国农业部确认在当地一头犊牛体内检出新大陆螺旋体一天后,牛群躺在牧场上。路透社/凯莉·格林利 购买授权链接,将在新标签页打开

    如今,他最担心的是没有处理过这种害虫经验的年轻牧场主、可能成为传播媒介的大量野生动物,以及正在生产的绝育蝇数量有限。

    “螺旋体繁殖速度极快,疫情可能会在极短时间内失控,”他说。

    得克萨斯州宣布进入灾难状态 共和党籍得克萨斯州州长格雷格·雅培周五宣布进入灾难状态,请求联邦政府加快一座绝育蝇生产设施的建设进度。该工厂于今年4月动工,原定于2027年11月投入运营。雅培提出由得克萨斯州承担额外费用以加快建设。“我们需要尽快获得大批量的绝育蝇,”雅培在新闻发布会上表示,“目前在得克萨斯州在建的新工厂必须以更快的速度完工,这至关重要。”

    绝育雄蝇会与野生雌螺旋体蝇交配,产下无法孵化的卵。雅培表示,该工厂必须在2027年夏季前完工,因为夏季比冬季更易发生疫情扩散。“我们撑不过第二个夏天,”他说。其他牧场主和一些得克萨斯州政客,包括唐纳德·特朗普总统所在共和党中的部分人士,都抨击了美国农业部的防控工作。

    “美国农业部有充足的时间为此做准备,但他们失败了,”毗邻扎瓦拉县的金尼县律师布伦特·史密斯在X平台上写道。

    罗林斯周四表示,螺旋体原本预计在去年就会传入美国,特朗普政府的努力延缓了疫情的传入,为美国农业部争取了时间部署快速响应措施。

    周五,对进一步感染的担忧继续搅动市场,美国牛肉期货的涨势得以延续。

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    Texas ranchers on edge after screwworm parasite detected in calf

    2026-06-05 17:10:59 UTC / Reuters

    By Heather Schlitz

    June 5, 2026 5:10 PM UTC Updated 29 mins ago

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    • Summary
    • USDA deploys containment measures, including fly traps and sterile fly releases
    • Ranchers criticize USDA response
    • Screwworm outbreak threatens livestock and wildlife populations in South Texas

    LA PRYOR, Texas, June 5 (Reuters) – The quiet Texas cattle town ​of La Pryor has become ground zero in the fight against screwworm after the first U.S. case in decades was detected there, ‌prompting a livestock quarantine and putting ranchers and pet owners on edge.

    A calf at a ranch tested positive on Wednesday for the flesh-eating parasite, which left a gaping hole around its umbilical cord.

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    Ranchers in South Texas have been bracing for the arrival of screwworm for more than a year, as the flies progressed from Colombia through Central America, inching closer to the ​U.S. border. The parasite could decimate cattle herds and local wildlife.

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    U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has said only one case has ​been confirmed, and that the agency was doing all it could to stop a spread that threatened Texas’ multi-billion-dollar cattle industry.

    USDA ⁠WORKERS LEAD CONTAINMENT EFFORTS On Friday, 28 USDA workers fanned out across Zavala County, which borders Mexico’s Coahuila state, setting fly traps, releasing sterile flies to halt ​their reproduction and talking to ranchers. Four more workers were scheduled to arrive soon, said Rear Admiral Michael Schmoyer, associate administrator for USDA’s Animal and Plant Health ​Inspection Service. Major roads out of La Pryor were marked with blinking orange signs urging vehicles carrying livestock to pull into a checkpoint staffed with sheriffs and state personnel to inspect the animals for signs of screwworm.

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    Marcel Valdez, a retired teacher and Texas A&M University extension agent, recalled the last time screwworm appeared in South Texas, when he was a boy in ​the 1960s.

    As he sat on his truck’s tailgate watching stray cats eat food he put out, he recalled how screwworm-infested calves kicked and licked at their ​open wounds, the smell of rotting flesh as hundreds of larvae ate the animals alive, and the sharp smell of the black, tar-like medicine he used to treat them.

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    Now he ‌worries most ⁠about younger cattle ranchers who have no experience treating the pest, the abundance of wild animals that could become vectors for spreading it and the limited number of sterile flies being produced.

    “The screwworm multiplies so fast, it can get out of hand very, very quickly,” he said.

    TEXAS DECLARES STATE OF DISASTER Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, declared a state of disaster on Friday, asking the federal government to speed up completion of a sterile fly production facility. The plant, which broke ​ground in April, was set to ​be operating by November 2027. Abbott ⁠offered to have Texas shoulder additional costs to accelerate construction. “We need the high volume of sterile flies as quickly as possible,” Abbott said at a press conference. “It’s critical the new facility that is being constructed in Texas right now be ​completed even faster.”

    The sterile male flies mate with wild female screwworms to produce infertile eggs. The facility must be completed ​before summer 2027 because ⁠the pest is more likely to spread during summer than winter, Abbott said. “We cannot make it through a second summer,” he said. Other ranchers and some Texas politicians, including those in President Donald Trump’s Republican Party, lambasted the USDA’s efforts.

    “The USDA has had plenty of time to prepare for this and they are failing,” Brent Smith, the attorney ⁠for Kinney ​County, adjacent to Zavala County, wrote on X.

    Rollins said on Thursday that screwworm had been projected ​to cross into the U.S. by last year, and that the Trump administration’s efforts staved it off, giving the USDA time to deploy a rapid response.

    Fears of further infestations continued to rattle markets ​on Friday, extending a rally on U.S. cattle futures.

    Reporting by Heather Schlitz; Additional reporting contributed by Tom Polansek in Chicago; Editing by Emily Schmall and Rod Nickel

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