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NASA发现百年一遇月球新陨石坑
2026年9月17日 11:17 / 联合早报
NASA研究员发现的陨石坑宽达730英尺，据推测，它是由一颗三到六层楼高的彗星或小行星在2024年春季撞击月球时形成的。 （法新社）
科学家说，美国国家航空航天局（NASA）的研究人员在月球表面发现了一个巨大的新近形成陨石坑，这种现象极为罕见，“约一个世纪甚至更久才会发生一次”。
这个名为“麦盖钦”（McGetchin）的陨石坑宽达730英尺（约222米），据推测，它是由一颗三到六层楼高的彗星或小行星在2024年春季撞击月球时形成的。
尽管这个陨石坑已存在了两年多，但直到NASA月球勘测轨道飞行器（LRO）的研究员瓦格纳在最新的月球表面扫描图中察觉到异样，它才首次公之于众。
在自2009年起就持续探测月球的LRO镜头下，该陨石坑呈现为一个“被暗晕环绕的巨大明亮斑点”。周三发表在《科学进展》期刊上的一项研究确认，这是太阳系内迄今为止发现的最大新形成的陨石坑。
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NASA发现百年一遇月球新陨石坑
2026年9月17日 11:17 / 联合早报
NASA研究员发现的陨石坑宽达730英尺，据推测，它是由一颗三到六层楼高的彗星或小行星在2024年春季撞击月球时形成的。 （法新社）
科学家说，美国国家航空航天局（NASA）的研究人员在月球表面发现了一个巨大的新近形成陨石坑，这种现象极为罕见，“约一个世纪甚至更久才会发生一次”。
这个名为“麦盖钦”（McGetchin）的陨石坑宽达730英尺（约222米），据推测，它是由一颗三到六层楼高的彗星或小行星在2024年春季撞击月球时形成的。
尽管这个陨石坑已存在了两年多，但直到NASA月球勘测轨道飞行器（LRO）的研究员瓦格纳在最新的月球表面扫描图中察觉到异样，它才首次公之于众。
在自2009年起就持续探测月球的LRO镜头下，该陨石坑呈现为一个“被暗晕环绕的巨大明亮斑点”。周三发表在《科学进展》期刊上的一项研究确认，这是太阳系内迄今为止发现的最大新形成的陨石坑。
2026年9月16日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:16 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：凯特琳·伊莱克 政治记者
凯特琳·伊莱克是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网驻华盛顿特区的政治记者。她曾供职于《华盛顿考察家报》和《国会山报》，并入选2022年美国国家新闻基金会保罗·米勒华盛顿报道奖学金项目。
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华盛顿讯——一项全面的对俄制裁法案周三在众议院击败反对声音得以通过，此前多名民主党人担忧该法案会扩大特朗普总统的关税权限。
众议院在休会至选举日后的最后一个议事日以262票赞成、159票反对的投票结果通过了该法案。约58名民主党议员投下赞成票，另有7名共和党议员投下反对票。
该法案在经过一年多的谈判后，于8月在参议院以压倒性两党支持票数通过，这项谈判由已故南卡罗来纳州参议员林赛·格雷厄姆牵头。法案现已送交特朗普总统签署。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊在法案通过后的一份声明中表示：“这项法案传递了美国团结一致的强烈信号，为政府提供了所有必要工具，助力这场战争以公正方式结束，我们很自豪能将其送交总统办公桌。”
在格雷厄姆于7月突然离世后，针对俄罗斯高层人物和俄罗斯石油最大买家实施惩罚的法案获得了新的推进动力。格雷厄姆结束基辅之行后不久去世，此前他刚宣布已与白宫达成协议，推动该法案的更新版本出台。
这项名为《2026年林赛·O·格雷厄姆制裁俄罗斯与伊朗法案》的法案，允许总统对俄罗斯石油或天然气的前五名采购国征收最高100%的关税。对于天然气进口占比低于15%且正在采取“重大”措施减少进口的国家，该法案设有豁免条款。法案还包括对俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京、其政府内官员、寡头以及俄罗斯银行和金融机构的制裁措施。
根据能源与清洁空气研究中心智库的数据，中国和印度是俄罗斯原油的最大买家。欧洲历来是俄罗斯最大的天然气客户，但近年来欧盟大幅削减了进口，而对华天然气销售则有所增长。
应特朗普总统的要求，法案还延长了对伊朗能源和武器部门的制裁。
法案授予总统豁免制裁的权力，但前提是他必须向国会证明这么做符合美国国家利益。
多名众议院民主党领导层人士反对当前版本的法案。众议院民主党领袖在解释他们投下反对票的联合声明中表示，特朗普“从未展现出对俄罗斯采取强硬态度的意愿”。
众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯、民主党党鞭凯瑟琳·克拉克以及民主党党团主席、来自加利福尼亚州的皮特·阿吉拉尔表示：“不能将征收关税的新权力交给他，这会进一步抬高美国家庭的生活成本。”
另一组民主党议员上周指出，该法案“将大幅扩大总统的关税权限”。
来自纽约州的民主党众议员格雷戈里·米克斯、弗吉尼亚州的唐·贝耶和马萨诸塞州的理查德·尼尔在共和党领导人将该法案列入本周议事日程后的一份周五声明中表示：“这些缺陷会抬高美国民众的生活成本，同时长期削弱对乌克兰的支持。总统已有足够权力扩大对助长俄罗斯战争机器的实体的制裁，包括本法案 targeted 的对象，我们再次呼吁他毫不拖延地采取行动。”
米克斯在投票后表示，他希望特朗普能证明他的担忧是错误的，并按法案初衷予以执行。
“但如果他大概率不会这么做，我将尽我所能确保国会对他进行问责，确保美国民众不会因他的通胀性关税受到进一步打击，同时确保乌克兰获得切实的支持，”他在一份声明中说道。
共和党人在众议院就该法案进行辩论时指出，乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基已对其表示支持。
“正如我们从泽连斯基总统团队听到的那样，俄罗斯多年来一直在规避制裁，但他们无法规避关税，”来自德克萨斯州的共和党众议员迈克尔·麦考尔在众议院议场说道，“关税是放大制裁影响的有力手段，这也是本法案的利刃所在。”
周二的程序性投票险些让该法案遭遇阻碍，当时一小撮保守派议员投下反对票或弃权。两名温和派民主党议员——即将退休的缅因州众议员贾里德·戈尔登和持有竞争激烈席位的华盛顿州众议员玛丽·格卢森坎普·佩雷斯——打破民主党通常的党派投票纪律，投下赞成票，助力法案推进。
“这是我们到11月前的最后一周议事时间。乌克兰面临的风险太高，不能让这项已经在参议院以压倒性两党支持通过的好法案因程序性投票胎死腹中，”戈尔登在谈及自己的倒戈时说道。
格卢森坎普·佩雷斯提到了她选区的乌克兰裔选民群体，表示“我将始终坚守我社区的价值观”。
House passes Russia sanctions bill, overcoming opposition from Democratic leaders
September 16, 2026 / 8:16 PM EDT / CBS News
By Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter
Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.
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Washington — A sweeping Russia sanctions bill overcame opposition in the House on Wednesday, after many Democrats expressed concern that it would expand President Trump’s tariff authorities.
The House passed the bill in a 262 to 159 vote on the final day that the lower chamber is in session before lawmakers leave Washington until after Election Day. Some 58 Democrats voted in favor of the bill, while seven Republicans voted in opposition.
The Senate passed the legislation with overwhelming bipartisan support in August after more than a year of negotiations that were spearheaded by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. It now heads to Mr. Trump’s desk.
“This bill sends a powerful message of American unity and gives the administration every tool in the toolbox to help bring this war to a just end, and we are proud to send it to the president’s desk,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement after its passage.
The effort to penalize top Russian figures and the biggest buyers of Russian oil over the war in Ukraine gained fresh momentum after Graham’s sudden death in July. Graham died shortly after returning from a trip to Kyiv and announcing that a deal had been reached with the White House to move forward on an updated version of the legislation.
The bill, titled The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, allows the president to impose tariffs of up to 100% on the top five purchasers of Russian oil or natural gas. There are exceptions for countries that import less than 15% of their natural gas from Russia and are taking “significant” steps to reduce the imports. It also includes sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, officials within his government, oligarchs and Russian banks and financial institutions.
China and India are the largest buyers of Russian crude oil, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air think tank. Europe has historically been Russia’s largest natural gas customer, though the European Union has cut its imports significantly in recent years, and sales to China have grown.
At the request of Mr. Trump, the bill also extends sanctions on Iran’s energy and weapons sectors.
It gives the president authority to waive the sanctions if he certifies to Congress that it’s in the national interests of the U.S.
Several House Democrats in leadership positions were opposed to the measure in its current form. In a joint statement explaining their “no” votes, House Democratic leaders said Mr. Trump “has shown no willingness to be strong on Russia.”
“He cannot be entrusted with new powers to impose tariffs that will further raise costs for American families,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar of California said.
Another group of Democrats argued last week the bill would “dramatically extend presidential tariff authorities.”
“These flaws would raise Americans’ prices while undermining support for Ukraine in the long term,” Democratic Reps. Gregory Meeks of New York, Don Beyer of Virginia and Richard Neal of Massachusetts said in a statement Friday after GOP leaders added the legislation to this week’s floor schedule. “The President has ample authority to expand sanctions on those fueling Russia’s war machine, including those targeted by this bill, and we renew our call on him to do so without further delay.”
Meeks said after the vote he hopes Mr. Trump proves him wrong and implements the bill as intended.
“But, in the likely event he doesn’t, I will do everything in my power to make sure Congress holds him to account, the American people do not get further crushed by his inflationary tariffs, and that Ukraine receives real support,” he said in a statement.
Republicans noted during floor debate on the measure that it had the support of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“As we’ve heard from President Zelenskyy’s team, you can evade sanctions — which the Russians have done for years — but you cannot evade tariffs,” Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas said on the House floor. “Tariffs are a powerful way to amplify the impact of sanctions. That’s why they are the teeth of this bill.”
The legislation narrowly avoided a potential hurdle Tuesday during a procedural vote to tee the bill and several unrelated measures up for debate as a small group of conservatives voted in opposition or withheld their support. Two moderate Democrats — Reps. Jared Golden of Maine, who is retiring, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, who holds a competitive seat — split with Democrats in what is typically a party-line vote to help propel it forward.
“This is our last week in session until November. The stakes for Ukraine are too high to let this good bill — which already passed the Senate with overwhelming, bipartisan support — die as a result of a procedural vote,” Golden said in a statement about the defection.
Gluesenkamp Perez pointed to her Ukrainian constituency, saying, “I’ll always stand with my community’s values.”
2026年9月17日 11:39 / 联合早报
欧盟9月16日发布的照片显示，在法国东部城市斯特拉斯堡举行的欧洲议会会场，欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩（左）热情迎接到访的加拿大总理卡尼。 （法新社）
美国总统特朗普周三警告，如果欧盟允许加拿大成为“准成员”，可能构成对美国的“敌对行为”，届时美国将通过加征关税，甚至停止部分贸易的方式作出回应。
欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩星期三（9月16日）提议加拿大成为欧盟第一个“准成员国”。正与加拿大打关税战的特朗普对此极为不满，随即向欧盟发出威胁。
特朗普称，美国的态度主要取决于欧盟领导人的意图，“如果是善意的，那就没问题。如果是恶意的，我们将对欧洲征收非常高的关税。”
他还暗示，美国可能在某些领域切断与欧盟的贸易往来。
特朗普宣称，加拿大是一个“糟糕的贸易伙伴”，加拿大加入欧盟的前景是“可笑的”。
加拿大总理卡尼本周早些时候说，加拿大正在寻求与欧盟建立一种“独特的联盟关系”，但并非寻求加入欧盟。
对此，冯德莱恩周三说：“我说过，我们必须紧迫地重新构想我们的伙伴关系。因此，我希望与您共同努力，为加拿大成为欧盟首个准成员国打开大门。”
冯德莱恩称，欧盟和加拿大将在多个领域开展合作，包括制造业、人工智能（AI）、关键矿产和能源等。她强调，“这是一种并非针对任何其他人的伙伴关系”。分析认为，这可能是为了避免激怒特朗普。
欧盟拟接纳加拿大为“准成员” 特朗普威胁削减与欧盟贸易往来
2026年9月17日 11:39 / 联合早报
欧盟9月16日发布的照片显示，在法国东部城市斯特拉斯堡举行的欧洲议会会场，欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩（左）热情迎接到访的加拿大总理卡尼。 （法新社）
美国总统特朗普周三警告，如果欧盟允许加拿大成为“准成员”，可能构成对美国的“敌对行为”，届时美国将通过加征关税，甚至停止部分贸易的方式作出回应。
欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩星期三（9月16日）提议加拿大成为欧盟第一个“准成员国”。正与加拿大打关税战的特朗普对此极为不满，随即向欧盟发出威胁。
特朗普称，美国的态度主要取决于欧盟领导人的意图，“如果是善意的，那就没问题。如果是恶意的，我们将对欧洲征收非常高的关税。”
他还暗示，美国可能在某些领域切断与欧盟的贸易往来。
特朗普宣称，加拿大是一个“糟糕的贸易伙伴”，加拿大加入欧盟的前景是“可笑的”。
加拿大总理卡尼本周早些时候说，加拿大正在寻求与欧盟建立一种“独特的联盟关系”，但并非寻求加入欧盟。
对此，冯德莱恩周三说：“我说过，我们必须紧迫地重新构想我们的伙伴关系。因此，我希望与您共同努力，为加拿大成为欧盟首个准成员国打开大门。”
冯德莱恩称，欧盟和加拿大将在多个领域开展合作，包括制造业、人工智能（AI）、关键矿产和能源等。她强调，“这是一种并非针对任何其他人的伙伴关系”。分析认为，这可能是为了避免激怒特朗普。
2026年9月17日 11:39 / 联合早报
欧盟9月16日发布的照片显示，在法国东部城市斯特拉斯堡举行的欧洲议会会场，欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩（左）热情迎接到访的加拿大总理卡尼。 （法新社）
美国总统特朗普周三警告，如果欧盟允许加拿大成为“准成员”，可能构成对美国的“敌对行为”，届时美国将通过加征关税，甚至停止部分贸易的方式作出回应。
欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩星期三（9月16日）提议加拿大成为欧盟第一个“准成员国”。正与加拿大打关税战的特朗普对此极为不满，随即向欧盟发出威胁。
特朗普称，美国的态度主要取决于欧盟领导人的意图，“如果是善意的，那就没问题。如果是恶意的，我们将对欧洲征收非常高的关税。”
他还暗示，美国可能在某些领域切断与欧盟的贸易往来。
特朗普宣称，加拿大是一个“糟糕的贸易伙伴”，加拿大加入欧盟的前景是“可笑的”。
加拿大总理卡尼本周早些时候说，加拿大正在寻求与欧盟建立一种“独特的联盟关系”，但并非寻求加入欧盟。
对此，冯德莱恩周三说：“我说过，我们必须紧迫地重新构想我们的伙伴关系。因此，我希望与您共同努力，为加拿大成为欧盟首个准成员国打开大门。”
冯德莱恩称，欧盟和加拿大将在多个领域开展合作，包括制造业、人工智能（AI）、关键矿产和能源等。她强调，“这是一种并非针对任何其他人的伙伴关系”。分析认为，这可能是为了避免激怒特朗普。
欧盟拟接纳加拿大为“准成员” 特朗普威胁削减与欧盟贸易往来
2026年9月17日 11:39 / 联合早报
欧盟9月16日发布的照片显示，在法国东部城市斯特拉斯堡举行的欧洲议会会场，欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩（左）热情迎接到访的加拿大总理卡尼。 （法新社）
美国总统特朗普周三警告，如果欧盟允许加拿大成为“准成员”，可能构成对美国的“敌对行为”，届时美国将通过加征关税，甚至停止部分贸易的方式作出回应。
欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩星期三（9月16日）提议加拿大成为欧盟第一个“准成员国”。正与加拿大打关税战的特朗普对此极为不满，随即向欧盟发出威胁。
特朗普称，美国的态度主要取决于欧盟领导人的意图，“如果是善意的，那就没问题。如果是恶意的，我们将对欧洲征收非常高的关税。”
他还暗示，美国可能在某些领域切断与欧盟的贸易往来。
特朗普宣称，加拿大是一个“糟糕的贸易伙伴”，加拿大加入欧盟的前景是“可笑的”。
加拿大总理卡尼本周早些时候说，加拿大正在寻求与欧盟建立一种“独特的联盟关系”，但并非寻求加入欧盟。
对此，冯德莱恩周三说：“我说过，我们必须紧迫地重新构想我们的伙伴关系。因此，我希望与您共同努力，为加拿大成为欧盟首个准成员国打开大门。”
冯德莱恩称，欧盟和加拿大将在多个领域开展合作，包括制造业、人工智能（AI）、关键矿产和能源等。她强调，“这是一种并非针对任何其他人的伙伴关系”。分析认为，这可能是为了避免激怒特朗普。
2026-09-16 20:27:57.898Z / 路透社
2025年9月11日，美国宾夕法尼亚州斯温克斯维尔的斯基帕克药房内的一卷贴纸。路透社/汉娜·拜尔 资料图
9月16日（路透社）——据《华尔街日报》16日报道，援引知情人士消息，美国各州通过联邦免疫项目获取儿童新冠疫苗的流程正面临延误。
报道称，美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）尚未开始接受新冠疫苗订单。
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各州通过“儿童疫苗计划”（Vaccines for Children）为儿童提供免费疫苗，该计划覆盖美国约一半的青少年群体；同时还通过另一项政府项目为无保险或保险不足的成年人提供免费疫苗。
已有商业保险的患者已经可以在CVS（CVS.N）等药房接种疫苗。
报道补充称，政府的新冠疫苗订单通常会在商业保险计划下疫苗可供使用后的两周内下达。
美国卫生与公众服务部发言人表示，新冠病毒并不遵循流感和其他呼吸道病毒那样可预测的季节性模式，不应将武断设定的9月日期视为疫苗采购的公共卫生最后期限。
该发言人补充称，CDC正在敲定“儿童疫苗计划”和第317条项目下的新冠疫苗采购相关决定，更多细节将很快公布。
此次延误正值特朗普政府缩减疫苗指导方针之际。CDC不再建议所有儿童接种新冠疫苗，转而敦促家长咨询医生。该机构此前曾建议6个月及以上的所有人群接种该疫苗。
今年早些时候，一名联邦法官阻止了政府实施更严格的疫苗接种计划。
公开批评新冠疫苗的卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪推动政府大幅放宽疫苗接种建议。
全国范围内的疫苗犹豫情绪正在上升，麻疹疫情正在蔓延，周二早些时候宾夕法尼亚州报告了4例与麻疹相关的死亡病例。
《华尔街日报》援引CDC数据报道称，新冠加强针的需求已经大幅下降，去年6个月至17岁的儿童中接种疫苗的比例不到10%。
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路透社班加罗尔卡马尔·乔杜里报道；塔西姆·扎希德编辑
CDC delay holds up children’s COVID vaccine orders, WSJ reports
2026-09-16 20:27:57.898Z / Reuters
A view shows a sticker roll at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/ File Photo
Sept 16 (Reuters) – U.S. states are facing delays in obtaining COVID-19 vaccines for children through a federal immunization program, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not started accepting orders for COVID-19 shots, according to the report.
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States provide free vaccines to children through the Vaccines for Children program, which covers about half of the country’s youths, and to uninsured or underinsured adults through a separate government program.
Commercially insured patients can already get shots at pharmacies such as CVS (CVS.N).
Government orders for COVID-19 shots are typically placed within two weeks of the vaccines becoming available for commercially insured programs, the report added.
A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said COVID-19 does not follow the same predictable seasonal pattern as influenza and other respiratory viruses, and that an arbitrary September date should not be treated as a public health deadline for vaccine procurement.
The CDC is finalizing decisions on COVID-19 vaccine procurement through the Vaccines for Children and Section 317 programs, and more details will be available soon, the spokesperson added.
The holdup comes as the Trump administration scales back vaccine guidance. The CDC no longer recommends that all children get a COVID shot and is instead urging parents to consult their doctors. The agency had previously recommended that everyone age six months and older receive the vaccine.
A federal judge earlier this year blocked the administration from enacting a narrower vaccine schedule.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has publicly criticized the COVID vaccine, has pushed the administration to broadly step back from vaccine recommendations.
Vaccine hesitancy is rising nationwide, and measles outbreaks are spreading, with four measles-related deaths reported in Pennsylvania earlier on Tuesday.
Demand for COVID booster shots has already fallen sharply, and fewer than 10% of children aged six months to 17 were vaccinated last year, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing CDC data.
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Reporting by Kamal Choudhury in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid
2026-09-16T21:36:16.587Z / 路透社
华盛顿9月16日电（路透社）——人工智能霸权之争势必笼罩下周美国总统唐纳德·特朗普与中国国家主席习近平在华盛顿举行的会晤。
华盛顿与北京均将人工智能技术进步视为本国经济与军事竞争力的关键，但双方在先进芯片获取、技术抄袭指控以及人工智能行业监管等问题上仍存在分歧。
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美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特表示，他将于本周末与中国副总理何立峰会面，讨论人工智能相关议题，随后将举行两国领导人峰会。以下是双方的主要谈判议题与争端点。
一套干扰核指挥网络或发起军事网络行动的人工智能系统，可能会让双方政府仅余数分钟时间来判断对方是否发动了攻击。
美中两国安全专家均敦促两国政府为这类场景做好准备。他们提议围绕核系统、对重大网络攻击的人类控制权，以及涉及自主人工智能的事件设立热线等红线。
目前仍存在诸多悬而未决的问题：如何避免将事故误判为攻击，机器永远不应做出哪些军事决策，以及拥有核武器的竞争对手在技术出现意外状况时应如何沟通。
通过一种被称为“蒸馏”的技术抄袭美国技术，已成为人工智能模型开发竞争中的一个导火索。
蒸馏是指利用更大、成本更高的模型输出结果来训练更小的人工智能模型，从而降低训练新人工智能工具的成本。
美国政府于9月指控六家中国公司利用蒸馏技术恶意抄袭美国人工智能产品，执法官员在一份声明中表示，这些公司“很可能是在中国政府知情的情况下”实施了这一行为。
今年4月特朗普访华前夕，美国也曾提出类似指控。中国驻美大使馆称这些指控“毫无根据”。
中国获取支撑人工智能产业发展的关键美国技术，是两国之间的一大摩擦点。
自2022年以来，美国已对向中国出口先进芯片和芯片制造设备实施了全面限制。
有证据显示先进人工智能芯片被偷运进入中国，但规模尚不明确。
美国一直在考虑限制中国企业远程访问其他国家的数据中心，以防止这些企业从英伟达的先进芯片中获益。
这一举措存在一些例外情况。去年年底，特朗普决定允许英伟达H200人工智能芯片的销售。H200并非市面上最先进的芯片，但该销售决定引发了华盛顿对华鹰派的担忧，他们认为这些芯片可能会增强中国的人工智能能力。
两国领导人在政府应如何介入人工智能行业这一问题上存在根本性分歧。
特朗普对出台新的联邦人工智能监管规则的呼吁置之不理，他在周一表示，美国只需要一位强有力的总统，而该国“目前就有这样的总统”。他还称，人工智能行业高管呼吁对该技术进行监管是一场“骗局”。
中国政府制定了针对人工智能算法以及用于训练算法的数据的监管规则，其中包括要求人工智能生成的内容必须明确标注。
美国官员通常的评估是，中国的人工智能模型仅比美国同行落后几个月，不过业界领袖越来越多地认为双方已不相上下。
2025年，时任白宫人工智能顾问的戴维·萨克斯表示，中国在人工智能开发方面可能比美国落后三到六个月。今年早些时候，美国商务部指出，深度求索V4 Pro
大约落后前沿模型八个月
。
业内许多人士表示，差距正在迅速缩小。上个月，开源人工智能平台Hugging Face首席执行官克莱门特·德朗格表示，就开源权重模型而言，中国正处于竞赛领先地位——而且在前沿模型方面可能也相差无几。前沿模型是最先进的人工智能工具，而开源权重模型的核心元素可公开获取，供用户下载、查看和修改。
“按照目前的进展速度，如果他们在今年年底或明年开始在前沿模型领域占据主导地位，我不会感到惊讶，”德朗格在8月3日接受美国全国广播公司财经频道采访时表示。
由考特尼·罗森与拉斐尔·萨特在华盛顿、凯伦·弗赖菲尔德在纽约、爱德华多·巴普蒂斯塔在北京报道；罗德·尼克尔编辑
AI rivalry hangs over Trump-Xi talks
2026-09-16T21:36:16.587Z / Reuters
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – The race for AI supremacy is set to hang over next week’s meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington.
Washington and Beijing view advances in AI as critical to their economic and military competitiveness, but they remain at odds over access to advanced chips, allegations of technology copying and regulation of the AI industry.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he will meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng this weekend to discuss AI-related issues before the leaders’ summit. Here are some of the key talking points and disputes.
An AI system that interfered with a nuclear command network or launched a military cyber operation could leave either government with minutes to decide whether the other government had attacked.
U.S. and Chinese security experts are urging both governments to prepare for such scenarios. They have proposed red lines around nuclear systems, human control over consequential cyberattacks, and a hotline for incidents involving autonomous AI.
Open questions include how to stop an accident from being mistaken for an attack, which military decisions machines should never make and how nuclear-armed rivals communicate when technology behaves unexpectedly.
Copying U.S. technology through a technique known as “distillation” has become a flashpoint in the battle over AI model development.
Distillation is the process of training smaller AI models using output from larger, more expensive ones to lower the costs of training a new AI tool.
The U.S. government accused six Chinese companies in September of maliciously copying American AI products using distillation, with law enforcement officials saying in a statement that the firms did so “likely with Chinese government awareness.”
The U.S. made a similar accusation in April ahead of Trump’s visit to Beijing. The Chinese embassy in Washington called the allegations “baseless.” CHIP EXPORTS TO CHINA
Chinese access to key U.S. technologies underpinning the artificial intelligence boom is a point of friction between the two countries.
Since 2022, the U.S. has imposed sweeping restrictions on shipments of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to China.
There is evidence of advanced AI chips being smuggled into the country, though the scale is unknown.
The U.S. has been considering restrictions on the ability of Chinese companies to remotely access data centers in other countries to prevent those firms from benefiting from Nvidia’s advanced chips.
There have been some exceptions to this effort. Late last year, Trump decided to allow sales of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips. H200s are not the most sophisticated chips available, but their sale prompted concerns from China hawks in Washington who argued the chips could bolster China’s AI capabilities. REGULATION
The two leaders have fundamentally different perspectives on how involved they should be in the AI sector.
Trump has brushed aside calls for new federal AI rules, saying on Monday that the U.S. only needs a strong president, which the country has “in spades.” He said calls from AI executives for regulation of the technology are a “hoax.”
The Chinese government has rules governing AI algorithms and the data used to train them, including requiring content generated by AI to be clearly labeled.
The estimates U.S. officials typically give put Chinese AI models just a few months behind their American counterparts, although industry leaders increasingly describe them as neck and neck.
In 2025, then-White House AI adviser David Sacks said China was likely three to six months behind the United States on AI development. Earlier this year, the U.S. Commerce Department put DeepSeek V4 Pro
about eight months behind frontier models
.
Many in the industry say the gap is shrinking quickly. Last month, Hugging Face Chief Executive Clement Delangue said China was winning the race as far as open-weight models were concerned — and likely was not far off in terms of frontier models either. Frontier models are the most advanced AI tools and open-weight models have publicly accessible core elements that can be downloaded, inspected and modified.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if they start dominating at the frontier either by the end of this year or next year at the rate of progress,” Delangue told broadcaster CNBC on August 3.
Reporting by Courtney Rozen and Raphael Satter in Washington, Karen Freifeld in New York, Eduardo Baptista in Beijing; Editing by Rod Nickel
2026年9月16日 晚上10:37 UTC / 路透社
这张2022年2月27日的示意图中，美俄两国国旗旁展示着“制裁”字样。路透社/达多·鲁维奇/示意图/资料图
华盛顿9月16日电（路透社）——美国众议院周三通过一项全面的制裁与关税法案，旨在因俄罗斯2022年入侵乌克兰而加大对其经济施压。该法案由南卡罗来纳州联邦参议员、共和党人林赛·格雷厄姆与数十名其他议员在2022年提出，距今已近一年半。
共和党掌控的众议院以262票赞成、159票反对通过了该法案。
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我们的准则：汤森路透信托原则。
US House passes sanctions, tariff bill to raise economic pressure on Russia
September 16, 2026 10:37 PM UTC / Reuters
Word “Sanctions” is displayed on U.S. and Russian flags in this illustration taken, February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ File Photo
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Wednesday a sweeping sanctions and tariff bill intended to increase economic pressure on Russia over its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, nearly 1-1/2 years after the late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, introduced it with dozens of other senators.
The Republican-majority House voted 262 to 159 in favor of the bill.
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Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
2026-09-16 21:50 UTC / 路透社
作者：安德鲁·海
2026年9月16日 世界协调时21:50 更新于2小时前
2026年4月24日，已故金融家、已定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的照片被投射在美国华盛顿特区的华盛顿希尔顿酒店外。路透社/亚伦·施瓦茨/档案照片
9月16日（路透社）——两名女性周三提起集体诉讼，要求已故性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的遗产对其数千张儿童色情图片和视频藏品中的受害者作出赔偿，她们童年时的照片就出现在从爱泼婆斯坦处查获的色情物品中。
曼哈顿联邦地区法院提交的文件显示，这场诉讼代表40余名受害者寻求至少600万美元赔偿，其中部分受害者出现在爱泼斯坦所谓的“模特相册”中——这是联邦调查人员2019年从他纽约住所查获的儿童性化图像合集。
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诉讼文件显示，另有受害者出现在从这位已故金融家住所查获的超过1万份下载的儿童色情材料和其他色情图片与视频中。
爱泼斯坦2008年因引诱未成年人发生性行为被定罪，2019年被指控贩运未成年人。但他从未因制作、获取和传播供自己及他人使用的儿童色情材料遭到起诉。
这场诉讼的被告是爱泼斯坦的前律师达伦·因迪克和前会计师理查德·卡恩，二人是爱泼斯坦遗产的共同执行人。代表因迪克的律师丹尼尔·韦纳拒绝置评。卡恩的律师未立即回应置评请求。
其中一名原告以化名“珍妮·多伊”提起诉讼，称爱泼斯坦盗取了她12岁时拍摄的半裸照片。另一名原告使用化名“艾米”，称自己出现在2019年从爱泼斯坦住所查获的儿童色情材料中，这些材料目前仍在被传播。
诉讼请求法院启动程序，通知所有出现在爱泼斯坦藏品中的受害者，并责令其遗产向集体诉讼成员每人支付15万美元，同时支付其他经济罚款。
安德鲁·海在新墨西哥州报道；唐娜·布赖森与乔纳森·斯派瑟编辑
我们的准则：汤姆森路透社信任原则。
Epstein survivors sue his estate over child pornography collection
2026-09-16 21:50 UTC / Reuters
By Andrew Hay
September 16, 2026 9:50 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
Photos of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are projected onto the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 24, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz/File Photo
Summary
Lawsuit seeks at least $6 mln for more than 40 people, court filing shows
Plaintiffs ask court to order estate pay class members $150,000 each
The late Epstein was never prosecuted over child sexual abuse material
Sept 16 (Reuters) – Two women whose images as girls were found in pornography seized from Jeffrey Epstein filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday seeking damages from the late sex offender’s estate for individuals featured in his collection of thousands of pictures and videos of child sexual abuse material.
The lawsuit seeks at least $6 million on behalf of more than 40 people, some of whom were in Epstein’s so-called “modeling book,” a collection of sexualized images of children seized by federal investigators in 2019 from his New York home, according to the filing in Manhattan federal district court.
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Others were shown in over ten thousand downloaded videos and images of child sexual abuse material and other pornography taken from the late financier’s properties, according to the action.
Epstein was convicted of soliciting sex from a minor in 2008 and charged with sex trafficking of minors in 2019. He was never prosecuted for creating, obtaining and distributing child sexual abuse material for himself and others.
The lawsuit was filed against Epstein’s former attorney Darren Indyke and his former accountant Richard Kahn, the co-executors of the Epstein estate. Daniel Weiner, a lawyer representing Indyke, declined to comment. An attorney for Kahn did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
One of the plaintiffs, identified as Jane Doe, alleges Epstein stole partially nude photographs of her taken when she was 12. The other, using the pseudonym “Amy,” says she is featured in child sexual abuse material seized from Epstein’s properties in 2019 that is still being traded.
The lawsuit asks the court to create a program to notify people pictured in Epstein’s collection and order his estate to pay class action members $150,000 each, as well as other financial penalties.
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钱包压力与普遍悲观情绪造就了对现状不满的中期选举选民群体
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福克斯新闻分析师卡特·廷普夫讨论了为何年轻选民越来越被社会主义吸引，她认为生活成本上涨让许多年轻人感觉被挡在美国梦之外。
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周三发布的福克斯新闻民调显示，过去一年约四分之三的选民对经济状况评价负面，认为自己财务状况下滑的人数是认为自己财务状况改善的三倍多。
在生活成本和经济成为选民最担忧的问题之际，绝大多数选民认为民主党更能妥善应对通胀。
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日常商品成本成为选民的负担：61%的人认为汽油价格是重大问题，较两年前的48%有所上升；52%的人认为医疗保健成本是重大问题，较2024年的44%有所上升。多数选民还认为住房成本（54%，较60%有所下降）和食品杂货价格（62%，较66%有所下降）是重大问题。
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自去年夏天以来，民众对关税的看法愈发负面，高达64%的人认为关税损害美国经济，较2025年的57%有所上升。大多数民主党人和独立选民认为关税有害，而共和党人的看法存在分歧（41%认为有助，36%认为有害，21%认为无影响）。
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总体而言，近三分之二的选民（63%）认为特朗普政府让经济变得更糟，其中包括四分之一的共和党人。
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所有这些都加剧了人们对未来的悲观情绪。认为下一代生活将更糟糕的比例从两年前的53%升至去年的62%，如今达到68%，仅比2022年的峰值70%低两个百分点。
仅有8%的人对政府的运作方式感到热情高涨，另有23%的人表示满意。68%的多数选民表示不满，其中高达33%的人“愤怒”——这一情绪在民主党人中占比56%，独立选民中占36%，而共和党人中仅占9%。
尽管面临这些经济逆风，距离选举日还有48天，对共和党人来说或许算是好消息的是，民主党在国会选票上的优势仍维持在个位数。如果今天举行选举，51%的人表示会支持本选区的民主党候选人，44%的人支持共和党候选人。民主党7个百分点的领先优势刚好超出本次调查的抽样误差范围。自1月以来，民主党一直以5至7个百分点的优势领先。
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女性、35岁以下群体、西班牙裔选民和拥有大学学位的白人是民主党人的优势群体，而白人男性和无大学学历的白人则是共和党的强项。
政党忠诚度略微有利于民主党，支持本党候选人的民主党人比例（97%）高于共和党人（92%）。独立选民以53%比31%青睐民主党候选人，14%的人尚未决定。
更高的投票积极性助力民主党：64%的人表示对选举“极其感兴趣”，而共和党人中这一比例为53%（民主党领先11个百分点）。民主党人中71%的人将自己的投票可能性在10分制中评为10分，即他们确信自己会投票，而共和党人中这一比例为65%（民主党领先6个百分点）。
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在肯定会投票的选民中，民主党在通用选票上的领先优势扩大到11个百分点（54%比43%）。
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这一领先优势在“摇摆县”同样存在——2024年总统选举中特朗普与前副总统哈里斯的得票差距在10个百分点以内的县，民主党候选人以52%比43%领先9个百分点。
“当专家和分析师谈论基本盘有利于民主党参加本次中期选举时，他们主要指的是经济因素，”共和党民调专家达伦·肖说道，他与民主党民调专家克里斯·安德森共同负责福克斯新闻民调。“本届政府及其支持者要说服选民情况正在好转，时间已经不多了。”
对两党都持负面看法的选民（“双厌恶者”）以26个百分点的优势支持本选区的民主党候选人。
民调显示，选民在多数议题上更信任民主党：通胀（领先15个百分点）、大型AI数据中心（领先14个百分点）、腐败（领先11个百分点）和外交政策（领先10个百分点）。两党在移民问题上的支持率不相上下（共和党领先1个百分点）。
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今年夏天之前，共和党在移民问题上拥有四年的优势，直到今年1月之前，他们在外交政策上也一直领先。四年前，共和党在通胀问题上的支持率领先9个百分点。
仅自7月以来，民主党在通胀问题上的支持率就上升了5个百分点。
认为民主党更值得信任的选民中，更多人将此归因于共和党的失败（51%），而非相信民主党的政策可能会降低物价（47%）。
这些看法导致特朗普的支持率仅为39%（61%的人不认可）。自4月支持率达到42%以来，他的支持率就再未超过39%。他当前的支持率落后于2022年同期前总统拜登的43%，与2014年中期选举前前总统奥巴马的38%持平。特朗普在移民问题上的支持率为43%，外交政策上为37%（比其历史最低值高1个百分点），通胀问题上仅为24%（与此前的最低值持平）。
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特朗普的支持率处境让他今年难以帮助共和党候选人。他的受欢迎程度落后于本党，净支持率为负24个百分点（38%支持，62%反对），自7月以来未发生变化。
60%的选民认为美国对伊朗采取军事行动是错误的决定，其中77%的人支持本选区的民主党候选人。
四年前，更多选民表示特朗普的背书会让他们更不愿意支持某位候选人，差距为15个百分点。如今这一差距扩大到26个百分点（25%的人更有可能支持，51%的人更不愿意支持）。
尽管如此，特朗普的支持率在共和党内部仍有意义：52%的共和党人和75%的“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）共和党人表示，这会增加他们的支持率。
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此外，53%的人认为特朗普政府比历届政府更腐败，而26%的人认为其腐败程度更低。
两大政党都被负面看待：民主党支持率为负11个百分点（44%支持，55%反对），共和党为负17个百分点（41%支持，58%反对）。
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近三分之二的选民支持对富人增税以扩大政府项目（65%）和重新分配财富（63%）。不过，52%的人反对对富人增税以确保“没有人变得过于富有”。
与此同时，对资本主义的不满情绪有所上升。57%的人认为如今美国的资本主义运作方式没有给人们公平的机会，较2019年的42%有所上升。这一转变跨越了政治立场，民主党人（上升17个百分点）、共和党人（上升13个百分点）和独立选民（上升22个百分点）的不满情绪均有所增加。
民调杂谈
当被问及在未列出选项的情况下国家面临的最重要议题时，34%的选民表示是生活成本，14%的人表示是经济/就业。紧随其后的是移民（8%）和共和党/特朗普/MAGA（7%）。仅有极少数人提到伊朗战争（4%）、腐败（4%）、医疗保健（4%）或AI/数据中心（1%）。
与美国民主社会主义者（DSA）相比，MAGA的支持率领先5个百分点（35%比30%），尽管15%的人无法对DSA做出评价。近三成的民主党人对DSA持负面看法，三成的共和党人对MAGA持负面看法。
总体而言，59%的人对工会持正面看法，其中包括48%的共和党人和73%的民主党人。
81%的选民支持禁止国会议员及其直系亲属和工作人员买卖股票（较1月的75%有所上升），包括八成的民主党人、共和党人和独立选民。
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本次福克斯新闻民调于2026年9月11日至14日进行，由灯塔研究公司（民主党）和肖与公司研究公司（共和党）指导，共采访了1211名从全国选民档案中随机抽取的登记选民。受访者通过固定电话（96人）、手机（821人）或收到短信后在线完成调查（294人）。
基于全部样本的结果抽样误差为±3个百分点。子群体结果的抽样误差更高。除抽样误差外，问题措辞和顺序也会影响调查结果。通常会对年龄、种族、教育程度和地区变量进行加权，以确保人口统计数据符合登记选民群体的代表性。加权目标的制定依据包括最新的美国社区调查、福克斯新闻选民分析和选民档案数据。
福克斯新闻的维多利亚·巴拉拉为本报告撰稿。
作为民意调查部门负责人，达娜·布兰顿负责福克斯新闻民调，并监督福克斯新闻选民分析选举调查。
Fox News Poll: Squeezed by costs, frustrated voters turn to the Democrats
September 16, 2026 6:00pm EDT / Fox News
Pocketbook stress and broad pessimism create a midterm electorate unhappy with the status quo
By Dana Blanton, Fox News
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Roughly three-quarters of voters have rated economic conditions negatively for the past year, and more than three times as many say they are falling behind financially as getting ahead, according to a Fox News survey released Wednesday.
And by a wide margin, the Democrats are considered the party that would better handle inflation at a time when the cost of living and the economy are voters’ top concerns.
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Costs of everyday items are a hardship for voters: 61% say gas prices are a major problem, up from 48% two years ago, while 52% say the same for healthcare costs, up from 44%. Majorities also view housing costs (54%, down from 60%) and grocery prices (62%, down from 66%) as major problems.
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Views on tariffs have grown more negative since last summer, with a high of 64% saying tariffs hurt the U.S. economy, up from 57%. Most Democrats and independents say tariffs hurt, while views among Republicans are mixed (41% help, 36% hurt, 21% no difference).
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Overall, nearly two-thirds of voters (63%) say the Trump administration has made the economy worse, including a quarter of Republicans.
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All of this contributes to greater pessimism about the future. The portion saying life will be worse for the next generation has risen from 53% two years ago to 62% last year and 68% today, just two points below the high of 70% in 2022.
Only 8% are enthusiastic about how the government is working, with another 23% satisfied. A 68% majority is unhappy, including a high of 33% who are “angry” — driven by 56% of Democrats and 36% of independents vs. just 9% of Republicans.
Despite these economic headwinds and with 48 days until Election Day, maybe the good news for the Republicans is that the Democrats’ advantage on the congressional ballot has stayed in the single digits. If the election were today, 51% say they would back the Democratic candidate in their House district and 44% the Republican. The Democrats’ 7-point edge is just outside the survey’s margin of sampling error. Since January, the Democrats have been preferred by 5-7 points.
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Women, those under age 35, Hispanic voters and Whites with a college degree give Democrats their edge, while White men and non-college Whites are strengths for the GOP.
Party loyalty slightly favors the Democrats, as more of them (97%) than Republicans (92%) support their party’s candidate.Independents favor the Democratic candidate 53-31%, with 14% undecided.
Higher engagement boosts Democrats: 64% are extremely interested in the election compared to 53% of Republicans (+11 D margin). And more Democrats (71%) than Republicans (65%) rate their likelihood of voting as a 10 on a 10-point scale, meaning they feel certain they will vote (+6 D margin).
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Among those certain to vote, the Democrats’ lead in the generic ballot grew to 11 points (54-43%).
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The edge holds among those in “close” counties, where the 2024 presidential vote between President Trump and former Vice President Harris was within 10 points; the Democratic candidate is favored by 9 points, 52-43%.
“When pundits and analysts talk about the fundamentals favoring the Democrats in this midterm, they are mostly referring to the economy,” says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Poll with Democratic pollster Chris Anderson. “Time is running out for the administration and its supporters to convince voters that things are improving.”
Those with a negative view of both the Democratic and the Republican Party (“double haters”) favor the Democratic candidate in their district by a 26-point margin.
Voters trust Democrats on most issues in the survey: inflation (by 15 points), large AI data centers (+14), corruption (+11), and foreign policy (+10). The parties are about evenly rated on immigration (R +1).
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Prior to this summer, the Republicans held a four-year advantage on immigration, and they led on foreign policy until January of this year. Four years ago, Republicans were preferred by 9 points on inflation.
Democrats have improved their ratings on inflation by 5 points just since July.
Voters trusting Democrats on inflation are more likely to attribute this to Republican failures (51%) than confidence that Democratic policies are likely to reduce prices (47%).
Those views contribute to Trump’s 39% job approval (61% disapprove). His approval has not exceeded 39% since April, when it stood at 42%. His current rating trails former President Biden’s 43% at this point in 2022 and aligns with former President Obama’s 38% before the 2014 midterms. Trump received 43% approval on immigration, 37% on foreign policy (one point above his record low), and 24% on inflation (matching a previous low).
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Trump’s standing puts him in a difficult spot to help GOP candidates this year. He lags his party in popularity, holding a 24-point net negative favorability rating (38-62%), unchanged since July.
Sixty percent of voters think the U.S. made the wrong decision in taking military action against Iran, and 77% of that group favor the Democratic candidate in their district.
Four years ago, more voters said a Trump endorsement made them less likely to support a candidate by a 15-point margin. Today, that’s a 26-point gap (25% more likely, 51% less likely).
Still, Trump’s approval matters within the GOP: 52% of Republicans and 75% of MAGA Republicans say it increases their support.
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In addition, 53% say the Trump administration is more corrupt than previous administrations compared to 26% who say it is less corrupt.
Both major parties are viewed negatively: the Democratic Party is underwater by 11 points (44% favorable, 55% unfavorable) and the Republican Party by 17 (41-58%).
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Nearly two-thirds support raising taxes on the wealthy to expand government programs (65%) and redistribute wealth (63%). However, 52% disagree with increasing taxes on the wealthy so that “nobody gets too rich.”
Still, dissatisfaction with capitalism has grown. Fifty-seven percent say the way capitalism works in the U.S. these days doesn’t give people a fair shot, up from 42% in 2019. That shift spans political views, increasing among Democrats (by 17 points), Republicans (+13), and independents (+22).
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When asked what the most important issue is facing the country unprompted by a list, 34% of voters say the cost of living and 14% say the economy/jobs. The next closest are immigration (8%) and Republicans/Trump/MAGA (7%). Only a handful mention issues like the war with Iran (4%), corruption (4%), healthcare (4%), or AI/data centers (1%).
MAGA holds a 5-point favorability edge compared with the Democratic Socialists of America (35% vs. 30%), although 15% are unable to rate the DSA. Nearly 3 in 10 Democrats view the DSA negatively, and 3 in 10 Republicans view MAGA negatively.
Overall, 59% view labor unions favorably, including 48% of Republicans and 73% of Democrats.
Eighty-one percent of voters favor banning Congress members and their immediate family and staff from trading stocks (up from 75% in January), including 8 in 10 Democrats, Republicans, and independents.
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Conducted September 11-14, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,211 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (96) and cellphones (821) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (294).
Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.
Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.
As head of the polling unit, Dana Blanton runs the Fox News Poll and oversees the Fox News Voter Analysis election survey.