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Trump may need to allow Chinese minerals as US industry struggles to meet 2027 deadline

2026-07-27T10:03:07.156Z / Reuters

July 27 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to end Washington’s reliance on Chinese critical minerals by January is colliding with a stark reality: American miners and processors aren’t ready.

Trump has made U.S. mining and processing of critical minerals a national security priority since returning to office, pouring tens of billions of dollars into nearly 150 minerals companies to loosen China’s grip on supply chains for weapons and other strategic products.

The defense industry and other manufacturers are now just over five months away from a January 1, 2027, deadline under federal regulations to stop purchasing rare earths, magnets, tungsten, molybdenum and tantalum from China, Russia, Iran or North Korea.

Washington has been trying to limit such imports for years but has routinely granted companies waivers because the U.S. supply can’t meet the demand.

Trump railed against such waivers in a May 10 post on his Truth Social platform, saying: “ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES MUST BUY AMERICAN — NO EXCUSES!” Last Monday, he signed an executive order making it even harder for defense contractors to obtain waivers.

But the reality is that U.S. minerals companies are nowhere close to meeting domestic needs, according to interviews with 16 industry executives, investors, analysts and policymakers.

In 2025, U.S. demand for the most-common type of rare earth magnet, for example, was roughly 48,000 metric tons while domestic sources supplied 300 metric tons, according to data from the Arthur D. Little consultancy. U.S. firms are on track to have the capacity to produce 5,000 metric tons by year-end.

Rare earths, which are among the 60 minerals considered critical by Washington, must be processed before they are turned into magnets used to make weapons, automobiles, computers and other products.

U.S. firms haven’t produced tungsten since 2015 and tantalum since 1959. Guardian Metal Resources

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is working to open a U.S. tungsten mine by 2028, while Lion Rock Resources

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is developing a tantalum mine in South Dakota, with no timeline for opening.

Chris Berry, a minerals industry analyst and consultant, said the U.S. industry has little chance of producing enough minerals to end waivers by January.

“It’s going to take many more years to get the needed infrastructure in the ground to compete,” said Berry.

The United States has reserves of most critical minerals; what it lacks is the capacity to mine and process many of them. China grew to dominate the minerals-refining industry in the late 20th century and controls more than 80% of the sector today. The International Energy Agency warned this month that $6.5 trillion of global manufacturing is at risk if Beijing imposes export restrictions on rare earths, as it has periodically in recent years.

Asked for comment, the White House referred to Trump’s executive order, which says waivers can only be issued if a contractor shows an “exhaustive effort” to avoid Chinese material and has a timeline for weaning itself off such supply.

The Pentagon did not respond to requests for comment.

U.S. rare earths investment has been hindered by persistently low prices for many minerals, which Washington blames on China subsidizing its producers and flooding the market with cheap products, thus making American projects unprofitable.

China has repeatedly said it abides by World Trade Organization rules on global trade and works to ensure stable markets. A representative for the Chinese embassy in Washington had no further comment.

Ucore Rare Metals

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, a minerals refining startup backed by the Pentagon, has developed a processing technology known as RapidSX that it believes is similar to but faster, cleaner and cheaper than the industry standard solvent extraction.

Ucore had planned to start refining by 2025 but has reworked its plans due to what it says are changing demands from the Pentagon. It now won’t begin some production until 2027 at the earliest, company CEO Pat Ryan told Reuters.

“Can the entire supply chain be propped up by 2027? Boy, I tell you, that’s a battle,” Ryan said.

TRUMP MOVES TO STOCKPILE IMPORTED MINERALS

The Trump administration in February launched Project Vault, a $12 billion effort to stockpile critical minerals for American manufacturers. Officials acknowledged in April that they will need to initially buy minerals from “anywhere in the world,” including China.

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has given a list of minerals to the Department of Defense it would like stockpiled, CEO Jim Taiclet said at a conference earlier this month.

That push for stockpiling irks U.S. minerals companies who say they need defense contractors to place orders with them.

“Defense contractors have just assumed they can keep buying Chinese products,” said Nick Myers, CEO of Massachusetts-based Phoenix Tailings, a minerals startup that last month received a $500 million Pentagon loan to build a processing facility. “The defense industry is never going to stop if you keep giving waivers.”

Defense contractors Boeing

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, General Dynamics

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, Huntington Ingalls Industries

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, Northrop Grumman

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and RTX

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did not respond to requests for comment. L3Harris Technologies

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declined to comment.

DELAYS, UNCERTAINTIES FOR US MINERALS REFINING PROJECTS

The complexity of refining minerals has slowed down U.S. projects.

Partnerships with South Korea, Japan and other allies may offer a bridge for manufacturers until U.S. suppliers can ramp up operations, said Samantha Carl-Yoder of the law and lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.

Among the biggest U.S. companies in the field, MP Materials

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, which is financially supported by the Pentagon, spent years calibrating its solvent extraction processing equipment, part of what CEO Jim Litinsky described as a “painstaking” process.

MP has built a magnet facility in Texas and said it expects to have some magnets approved for use by its first customer, General Motors

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, by the end of the year. A separate magnet facility that MP is building for the Pentagon is slated to open in 2028.

In Marion, Indiana, ReElement Technologies plans to process minerals using a technology common in the pharmaceutical industry. Known as chromatography, the technology has never been used to process large volumes of minerals.

ReElement said it aims this year to build the capacity to process 10,000 metric tons of germanium or other minerals. In a statement, ReElement CEO Mark Jensen said the company’s germanium production is “profitable at any volume.” ReElement received a $25 million Pentagon investment earlier this month.

Another company, USA Rare Earth

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, spent more than five years studying chromatography before pivoting to solvent extraction, a source with direct knowledge of the company’s strategy said. USA Rare Earth, which is building a South Carolina magnet facility, declined to comment on its processing research.

Elsewhere, Energy Fuels

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, which last month received a $725 million Pentagon loan, plans to be processing small amounts of rare earths by the end of the year and 6,000 metric tons annually by 2029. It is buying an existing U.S. magnet producer.

Ucore, Energy Fuels and ReElement have each agreed to supply rare earths to magnet maker Vulcan Elements, which is building a North Carolina manufacturing plant, slated to open by 2030.

AI未抢走人类饭碗 美国大企业恢复招聘

2026年7月27日 17:36 / 联合早报

美国人力资源业者说，至今人工智能对劳动市场的影响没有预期严重。图为7月18日，北京星动纪元科技有限公司在上海举行的世界人工智能大会上，展示能处理包裹的人形机器人。 （法新社）

（纽约讯）美国多家大型企业正计划增加人手，一改多月来因经济前景不明朗，或认为人工智能（AI）可以承担更多工作，而把招聘视为最后选项的态度。

《华尔街日报》报道，从铁路巨头CSX到谷歌母公司Alphabet等大公司近日都告诉投资者，它们计划增聘人手，以实现增长目标，或抓住新兴技术带来的机遇。

一些企业高管说，人工智能的高成本与局限性，使他们有必要增加人手。其他一些公司则寻求填补此前裁员产生的人力缺口。

人力资源平台Lattice首席执行官富兰克林（Sarah Franklin）说，许多雇主此前停止招聘初级员工，并以AI代理取而代之，但过后却意识到，AI仍须与人类协同工作。她说：“拥有编码代理，并不意味着你不需要雇用工程师。”

Lattice的许多客户已恢复各类岗位的招聘，尤其是初级职位。富兰克林说：“企业如今意识到，它们需要具备AI原生技能的人。它们需要这种入门级的劳动力，这些人富有创新精神，而不会思想僵化。由于进入职场不久，他们的薪资也较低。”

人力资源公司Robert Half首席执行官瓦德尔（M. Keith Waddell）也说，招聘需求正在上升，显示AI对就业市场的影响比一些人担心的温和。

过去18个月，美国大企业因认为减少人手有利于增长，而纷纷缩减白领岗位，但这种情况已开始逆转。美国联邦政府数据显示，最近一周申请失业救济的人数，已降至1969年以来的新低。

招聘回暖的趋势不仅体现在白领职位。工具制造商Snap-on就计划增加人手，以拓展业务规模。CSX也计划在未来几个月适度增加列车和引擎服务部门的人手，以应对更高的市场需求。

不过，多数雇主并不打算大规模招聘，招聘活动也限于特定类型的员工。Alphabet首席财务官阿什肯纳齐说，公司将继续为AI和云计算等关键投资领域招聘人手。软件公司ServiceNow则希望招聘更多一线销售人员，以抓住网络安全领域的增长机遇。

专家指出，随着AI技术继续演变，它最终将给劳动力市场带来怎样的影响仍有待观察。麻省理工学院荣休教授奥斯特曼（Paul Osterman）说：“我们会需要更多人力？还是更少人力？我们不知道。没有人知道。”

AI未抢走人类饭碗 美国大企业恢复招聘

2026年7月27日 17:36 / 联合早报

美国人力资源业者说，至今人工智能对劳动市场的影响没有预期严重。图为7月18日，北京星动纪元科技有限公司在上海举行的世界人工智能大会上，展示能处理包裹的人形机器人。 （法新社）

（纽约讯）美国多家大型企业正计划增加人手，一改多月来因经济前景不明朗，或认为人工智能（AI）可以承担更多工作，而把招聘视为最后选项的态度。

《华尔街日报》报道，从铁路巨头CSX到谷歌母公司Alphabet等大公司近日都告诉投资者，它们计划增聘人手，以实现增长目标，或抓住新兴技术带来的机遇。

一些企业高管说，人工智能的高成本与局限性，使他们有必要增加人手。其他一些公司则寻求填补此前裁员产生的人力缺口。

人力资源平台Lattice首席执行官富兰克林（Sarah Franklin）说，许多雇主此前停止招聘初级员工，并以AI代理取而代之，但过后却意识到，AI仍须与人类协同工作。她说：“拥有编码代理，并不意味着你不需要雇用工程师。”

Lattice的许多客户已恢复各类岗位的招聘，尤其是初级职位。富兰克林说：“企业如今意识到，它们需要具备AI原生技能的人。它们需要这种入门级的劳动力，这些人富有创新精神，而不会思想僵化。由于进入职场不久，他们的薪资也较低。”

人力资源公司Robert Half首席执行官瓦德尔（M. Keith Waddell）也说，招聘需求正在上升，显示AI对就业市场的影响比一些人担心的温和。

过去18个月，美国大企业因认为减少人手有利于增长，而纷纷缩减白领岗位，但这种情况已开始逆转。美国联邦政府数据显示，最近一周申请失业救济的人数，已降至1969年以来的新低。

招聘回暖的趋势不仅体现在白领职位。工具制造商Snap-on就计划增加人手，以拓展业务规模。CSX也计划在未来几个月适度增加列车和引擎服务部门的人手，以应对更高的市场需求。

不过，多数雇主并不打算大规模招聘，招聘活动也限于特定类型的员工。Alphabet首席财务官阿什肯纳齐说，公司将继续为AI和云计算等关键投资领域招聘人手。软件公司ServiceNow则希望招聘更多一线销售人员，以抓住网络安全领域的增长机遇。

专家指出，随着AI技术继续演变，它最终将给劳动力市场带来怎样的影响仍有待观察。麻省理工学院荣休教授奥斯特曼（Paul Osterman）说：“我们会需要更多人力？还是更少人力？我们不知道。没有人知道。”

印度青年要求释放被拘留的“蟑螂运动”抗议者

2026年7月27日 18:47 / 联合早报

7月26日，孟买的“蟑螂运动”抗议者挥舞印度国旗，庆祝政府接受了他们的主要诉求，其中包括教育部长普拉丹辞职。 （彭博社）

印度“蟑螂运动”星期一（7月27日）敦促当局释放所有在抗议活动中被拘留的示威者。

法新社报道，组织抗议活动的“蟑螂人民党”说，他们获悉，一些学生仍被拘留，尤其是在阿萨姆邦、西孟加拉邦和比哈尔邦。

蟑螂人民党在一份声明中说：“如果不释放被拘留者或撤销针对他们的刑事指控，就等同于辜负公众的信任。”声明还说，如果要求未获满足，他们将采取“进一步必要措施”。

就在两天前，印度教育部长普拉丹因竞争性考试屡次出现问题而辞职。这些问题引发了数百万印度年轻人的愤怒，并导致抗议活动爆发。

蟑螂人民党指责政府出尔反尔。他们说，此前当局曾保证，不会对参与抗议活动的人采取惩罚性措施。

延伸阅读

印度政府接受诉求 “蟑螂运动”结束抗议
印度医考泄题引政治风暴 莫迪誓严惩考试舞弊

上周，蟑螂运动的数万名抗议者在新德里和其他城市举行集会，要求普拉丹辞职，并进行更广泛的考试制度改革。

7月20日，新德里的示威活动演变为暴力冲突，当时示威者正从简塔·曼塔天文台游行至议会大厦。

警方发射催泪瓦斯并使用警棍驱散抗议人群，引发冲突，导致大批抗议者被拘留。

这一事件星期一在印度议会持续发酵。反对党议员多次阻挠议会运作，要求政府就警方镇压抗议活动一事作出回应。

尽管议会受到多次干扰，政府仍在下议院提出一项法案，旨在加大对考试试题泄露行为的处罚力度。

印度青年要求释放被拘留的“蟑螂运动”抗议者

2026年7月27日 18:47 / 联合早报

7月26日，孟买的“蟑螂运动”抗议者挥舞印度国旗，庆祝政府接受了他们的主要诉求，其中包括教育部长普拉丹辞职。 （彭博社）

印度“蟑螂运动”星期一（7月27日）敦促当局释放所有在抗议活动中被拘留的示威者。

法新社报道，组织抗议活动的“蟑螂人民党”说，他们获悉，一些学生仍被拘留，尤其是在阿萨姆邦、西孟加拉邦和比哈尔邦。

蟑螂人民党在一份声明中说：“如果不释放被拘留者或撤销针对他们的刑事指控，就等同于辜负公众的信任。”声明还说，如果要求未获满足，他们将采取“进一步必要措施”。

就在两天前，印度教育部长普拉丹因竞争性考试屡次出现问题而辞职。这些问题引发了数百万印度年轻人的愤怒，并导致抗议活动爆发。

蟑螂人民党指责政府出尔反尔。他们说，此前当局曾保证，不会对参与抗议活动的人采取惩罚性措施。

延伸阅读

印度政府接受诉求 “蟑螂运动”结束抗议
印度医考泄题引政治风暴 莫迪誓严惩考试舞弊

上周，蟑螂运动的数万名抗议者在新德里和其他城市举行集会，要求普拉丹辞职，并进行更广泛的考试制度改革。

7月20日，新德里的示威活动演变为暴力冲突，当时示威者正从简塔·曼塔天文台游行至议会大厦。

警方发射催泪瓦斯并使用警棍驱散抗议人群，引发冲突，导致大批抗议者被拘留。

这一事件星期一在印度议会持续发酵。反对党议员多次阻挠议会运作，要求政府就警方镇压抗议活动一事作出回应。

尽管议会受到多次干扰，政府仍在下议院提出一项法案，旨在加大对考试试题泄露行为的处罚力度。

6 looming questions about the Iran war

2026-07-27T09:00:26.310Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/politics/iran-war-trump-questions

The Iran war could be reaching another pivot point.

Following the demise of a three-month-long ceasefire, the two sides returned to fighting this month, but with little sign that either is really gaining a strategic advantage.

With the war in a bit of a quagmire, the main movement seemingly happening right now is wavering support among the conflict’s few US supporters. And although US operations are “on a hold,” a Defense Department source told CNN over the weekend, after nearly two consecutive weeks of nightly strikes, the Trump administration has routinely flirted with escalation.

So what happens next? Here are some of the critical questions.

Even those who didn’t initially criticize the war are starting to publicly question how long it can go on.

Fox News host Laura Ingraham said last Monday night that “the clock is ticking for President Trump to get out of this war before voters head to the polls. It’s making a lot of Republicans nervous. … Republicans cannot let this become an endless distraction, especially if they want to win in November.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday espoused the importance of the war before adding: “Now we’ve got to wrap it up.”

Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, meanwhile, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that “in my mind, the president’s had the opportunity to achieve the initial goals, which I agreed with, to wrap it up. It’s not happened at this point.”

But there doesn’t seem to be a great way for Trump to wrap it up right now. Iran didn’t seem interested in even a pretty favorable peace agreement (the memorandum of understanding) and Trump’s renewed strikes and threats don’t seem to have cowed the country either.

Are those Republicans prepared to push Trump to get out if there’s no nuclear deal? What if Iran continues to control the Strait of Hormuz? The latter, especially, would be a major loss that would be difficult to sell as anything else. So if prominent Republicans suggest it’s time to just get out regardless of a deal, or with the issue of the strait unsettled, it quite simply means they’re terrified of the politics of this.

Trump, for his part, insisted again on Tuesday that the midterms “won’t have any impact on me.”

Trump has made it abundantly clear that he’s worried that the first US troop deaths in the war since March — there have been four since regular strikes resumed — could further damage public support.

For one, he keeps favorably comparing the number of deaths (currently 18 US service members) to past wars with much higher death tolls. And for another, he keeps claiming — without evidence — that the fallen troops and their families supported the war effort. (At least one family member has said something different.)

The evidence suggests there’s good reason for the president’s apparent anxiety.

A Reuters-Ipsos poll back in March showed 42% of Republicans and 53% of independents said US troops being killed or injured in the Middle East would make them more likely to oppose the war.

The Pentagon over the weekend quietly updated its casualty database, recording more than 140 additionally wounded and bringing the total to more than 600.

And even a lower death toll than previous wars could have an outsized impact. That’s because Americans have largely turned against this war even during months in which there were no deaths. After all, the rising gas prices seemed compelling enough.

And given Americans largely don’t seem to see the point of the war or expect it to do any good, seeing service members die as part of it could be even more difficult to countenance.

Trump has steadfastly resisted escalation so far. But given the growing impasse, it’s possible he and those around him decide it’s the only alternative to a potentially embarrassing retreat.

There are credible reasons for his hesitation, of course.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike Iranian infrastructure, for example, including over the past week. But that could constitute war crimes.

Another option is to try to control strategically important territory, like Kharg Island or the area around the Strait of Hormuz — all critical oil hubs that contribute to Iran’s struggling economy. But that would very likely require ground troops, which a CNN poll in March showed Americans opposed 68%-11%, and comes with the risk of a lot more US casualties and a longer war.

Trump told Axios on Thursday that he is currently “considering a massive attack,” which he called “bigger than ever before.”

But he’s made similar comments many times before, and he has regularly backed off despite not getting what he wanted from Iran.

At some point, it seems he and those around him would decide that threats aren’t really working.

Trump paused strikes this weekend, with US Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz saying Trump was “giving the talks some space.”

But CNN and others reported that part of the reason the administration might hold off on going big is that Vice President JD Vance and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine have raised concerns about escalation, and Caine has pointed to concern over the size of the US munitions stockpile.

One of the most troubling developments last week was that the Houthis, Iran’s proxies in Yemen, announced a blockade of Bab al-Mandeb strait and started targeting Saudi ships in the Red Sea.

That’s acted as a major bypass of the Strait of Hormuz, so hindering passage is bad for an already struggling global oil market.

By Thursday, oil topped $100 a barrel for the first time since May. That’s after gas already went back above an average of $4 per gallon in the United States.

And on some level, Trump’s leverage can be directly traced to the latter number. To the extent gas prices rise significantly beyond $4 per gallon, it’s going to be difficult for him to make a case for the war that’s going to be acceptable to not just the American public, but also his allies.

One of Trump’s biggest problems right now is that he promised people the moon. He said he would only accept “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” from Iran and that he aimed to prevent it from building a nuclear weapon in perpetuity. He even talked about the Iranian people rising up to oust their leaders.

He’s already significantly scaled back those goals, judging by the terms of the now shattered memorandum of understanding. Now the question is whether he might settle for even less just to extract himself from the war.

For example, would Trump accept a simple reopening of the Strait of Hormuz without a nuclear deal? He’s previously suggested that Iran is already effectively denuclearized and that it can simply be monitored from space.

(Of course, Trump also said Iran’s nuclear program was “obliterated” a year ago, and he still went to war.)

Trump has also occasionally suggested that the Strait of Hormuz isn’t really the United States’ problem — or at least that it’s a bigger problem for other countries. Might he reason that he can just pull out and force others with more at stake to deal with it?

That would be horrible for US relations with other countries, but making nice with allies doesn’t generally rank high on Trump’s list of concerns.

It still seems like the Republican-controlled Congress, which has been more outwardly anxious about the midterms, is a long way from asserting its constitutional authority over the war. But there have been some developments.

One way Congress could do this is by declining or delaying funding for the war. The House passed a bill that included funding last week, but the bill’s fate in the Senate looks murky at best.

The second path is continuing to hold votes to limit Trump’s authority via war powers resolutions. The House voted to do so for the second time on Thursday, and the GOP-controlled Senate has voted that way once, too.

Republicans in Congress have given Trump a wide berth on the war generally, but the administration is clearly flouting the 60-to-90-day limits of the War Powers Act — engaging in a drawn-out conflict and claiming it has actually been two conflicts because of the ceasefire in between. And some GOP lawmakers are signaling they’re growing tired of the illogical explanations.

“Just because you stop a war and then restart it a few days later doesn’t really mean anything to the Constitution,” Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina told CNN’s Manu Raju last week.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska made similar comments at a hearing last week.

Cassidy, who recently switched from voting to limit Trump’s war powers to allowing Trump more time, added Sunday that Congress might “soon” need to act.

Trump to talk up economy in Michigan visit amid voter concerns ahead of congressional races

2026-07-27T10:05:28.384Z / Reuters

July 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will travel to a General Motors

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test site in Michigan on Monday to tout his trade and industrial policies, seeking to refocus attention on the economy even as an escalating ​conflict with Iran clouds the political outlook and stokes inflation concerns.

With less than 100 days before the U.S. midterm elections, Trump hopes to change ‌the political conversation after months dominated by the conflict with Iran.

While the White House plans to highlight what it says is a manufacturing revival marked by new factory investment and job creation, the broader economic picture remains mixed, with higher gasoline prices, stubborn inflation and growing public unease over the Middle East crisis threatening to erode voter support.

Michigan voters have become more skeptical about Trump’s handling of ​the economy and trade, according to Bernie Porn, president and pollster at Epic MRA. Trump’s job approval rating in the state has fallen to 33%, with ​61% disapproving, while most voters say consumers — not foreign countries — are bearing the cost of tariffs.

“He’s got a serious problem going ⁠into the midterms because people don’t believe him and they don’t think he’s telling the truth,” Porn said of Trump’s problems in Michigan, where Epic MRA is based.

White ​House spokeswoman Liz Huston said the president’s “America First” agenda has driven automakers to invest, hire and expand, calling it a pace of growth “not seen in decades.”

She added Trump is “delivering ​on his promise to bring manufacturing back to America and rebuild the auto industry.”

Trump and Republicans hold a sizable fundraising advantage, powered by strong donor support and campaign infrastructure, but polls show Democrats with an edge in voter enthusiasm and motivation. The gap could prove significant in midterm elections, where turnout often determines the outcome.

Trump defeated former Vice President Kamala Harris by roughly 1.4 percentage points ​in Michigan in 2024, flipping it back to Republicans after Joe Biden won the state in 2020.

Michigan will be a critical battleground in the fight for control of ​Congress, with an open Senate seat drawing national attention. The state’s Republican and Democratic voters will choose their nominees in an August primary.

The Senate race will test whether Trump’s strength among working-class ‌voters can ⁠translate into broader political gains. Republicans are rallying behind former Congressman Mike Rogers, while Democrats are holding a competitive primary featuring Representative Haley Stevens and two state senators, Mallory McMorrow and Abdul El-Sayed.

AUTO MANUFACTURING

During his Michigan trip, Trump is expected to visit GM’s Milford Proving Ground, the company’s vehicle testing facility. Located about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Detroit, the site covers thousands of acres and includes test tracks, laboratories and specialized facilities for simulating real-world driving conditions.

GM CEO Mary Barra is expected to attend the event, the ​company confirmed.

Trump has used tariffs to push U.S. ​manufacturers to move production to the ⁠U.S., including on GM, which plans to move production of the Chevrolet Blazer from Mexico, while adding Equinox production in the U.S. to supplement existing capacity.

Automakers and their suppliers have been navigating tariffs and shifting policy changes, particularly around emissions rules, forcing companies ​to adjust their long-term strategies.

With encouragement from the Obama and Biden administrations, GM invested heavily in an electric vehicle future. But ​EV sales in the ⁠U.S. have weakened since the expiration of a consumer tax credit last fall, and automakers have taken billions of dollars in write-downs as they scale back EV plans, including $10.9 billion in charges by GM to restructure its electric vehicle business.

Yet the U.S. market looks robust for GM. The company last week raised its 2026 profit forecast for the second time this year, ⁠citing in ​part continued American demand for pricey pickup trucks and SUVs.

Trump’s trip comes soon after the opening of ​the Gordie Howe International Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, a major trade corridor that highlights the economic ties between the two countries despite strained relations.

Canada marked the opening of the bridge in a celebration without U.S. ​officials on Friday amid disputes with the Trump administration over new U.S. tariffs and disagreements over bridge toll revenue.

Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw; Editing by Sergio Non and Chris Reese

美拟调查制裁中国AI企业 中国回应称是人工智能霸权主义行径

2026年7月27日 19:15 / 联合早报

美国官员表示将审查中国AI模型是否窃取知识产权，中国商务部表示，这些做法缺乏事实依据，没有法理支撑。 （路透社）

针对有美国官员表示将调查中国人工智能企业“蒸馏”美前沿模型，并可能以“窃取美国知识产权”等为由制裁中国企业，中国商务部表示，这些做法缺乏事实依据，没有法理支撑，在实践上搞双重标准，属于典型的人工智能霸权主义行径。

中国商务部星期一（7月27日）以答记者问形式表示，中方一贯反对美方将科技经贸问题政治化、工具化，以各种莫须有的理由污名化中国企业并实施制裁。

中国商务部新闻发言人表示，美方罔顾有关中国企业人工智能模型与美前沿模型发布时间非常接近、中国部分模型能力已处于领先地位等事实，给中国企业扣上所谓依靠“蒸馏”“窃取美国知识产权”等帽子，还威胁进行打压制裁。“这些做法缺乏事实依据，没有法理支撑，在实践上搞双重标准，属于典型的人工智能霸权主义行径”。

发言人也称，创新不是任何一方的专利。中国人工智能企业长期深耕基础研究，坚持科技自立自强与开放合作并重，秉持共商、共建、共享理念，推动人工智能技术快速发展，在前端代码能力等越来越多的领域取得喜人成就。“据了解，很多美国人工智能企业在研发和训练中蒸馏了中国的模型”。

发言人还指出，美业界众多企业公开反对美国威胁制裁中国人工智能企业。近200家美国初创企业敦促美国政府不要切断对中国开源模型的访问，认为这将削弱美国企业竞争力。一些美国大型跨国企业表示，模型蒸馏是一种行业广泛应用的技术，应允许美国企业使用中国开源人工智能模型。

发言人表示，中方敦促美方倾听中美两国业界客观、理性声音，纠正霸权思维，停止对中国企业的抹黑和制裁威胁。对于任何实质性损害中方利益的行为，中方将采取一切必要措施，坚定维护自身正当合法权益。希望美方切实落实两国元首共识，同中方相向而行，加强人工智能对话、沟通，共同推动人工智能向上向善，通过推进并完善人工智能治理造福两国和世界。

美国财政部长贝森特上星期二（7月21日）接受福克斯商业频道采访时说，美国将审查中国AI模型是否窃取知识产权，并称美国或会制裁任何被发现窃取美国知识产权的外国模型，暗示可能会对使用中国AI的公司施加压力，“你不能使用假冒产品。”

美国贸易代表格里尔同一天也对美国消费者新闻与商业频道（CNBC）说，特朗普政府将审查中国是否通过“不公平手段”在全球AI竞争中扩大优势，以确保美国企业能够在公平环境中参与竞争。

伊朗外交部：未恢复与美国的和平谈判

2026年7月27日 19:22 / 联合早报

7月27日，伊朗德黑兰街头一座建筑上印有美国总统特朗普的照片，写着“复仇是必然的”。 （路透社）

伊朗外交部星期一（7月27日）说，尽管伊朗和美国近期已停火，但伊朗目前并未与美国进行任何谈判。

法新社报道，伊朗外交部发言人巴卡伊在每周例行记者会上说：“调解人可能会向我们传达美方关于地区局势的最新信息。但目前，我们没有与美国进行任何谈判。”

“所谓伊朗要求谈判的说法是对方时常散布的捏造信息。”

本月初，由于霍尔木兹海峡问题陷入僵局，伊朗和美国之间再次爆发冲突。双方交火13天后，自7月23日凌晨以来，战斗已经暂停。

巴卡伊批评美国，称其近年来的行为“如同一个不遵守任何规则或法律的黑帮”。

“只要美国继续这种行为，我们就无法对合理的谈判进程抱有希望。”

伊朗坚持保留对霍尔木兹海峡的管理权，包括收取服务费，同时要求阿曼作为沿海国参与其中。

近日，伊朗革命卫队驱离了多艘试图绕过伊朗指定航线通过霍尔木兹海峡的船只，其中包括星期一被驱离的六艘船只。

巴卡伊重申，近期伊朗和阿曼就霍尔木兹海峡管理权举行的会谈，与美国没有任何关系。

“这些会谈与美国无关。这是伊朗和阿曼之间的双边事务，而且会谈仍在继续。”巴卡伊补充说，霍尔木兹海峡“仍然关闭”。

Rep Thomas Massie says the Iran war has ‘significantly weakened’ America ‘all for Israel’

The lawmaker, who lost a GOP primary to a Trump-backed opponent earlier this year, has suggested Trump is a ‘neocon’

July 27, 2026 6:11am EDT / Fox News

By Alex Nitzberg , Christina Shaw

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky argued Sunday that the war with Iran has “weakened” the United States.

“The U.S. has been significantly weakened by the war with Iran,” the congressman wrote in a Sunday post on X.

“This administration depleted our missile defenses, drained our oil reserves, sacrificed our men & women, inflated the price of consumer goods, increased our debt, and neglected our domestic needs…” he continued, adding, “all for Israel.”

Some parts of Massie’s criticism align with publicly reported effects of the conflict. The Energy Department authorized the release of 172 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, while news reports and congressional spending measures have pointed to heavy demand for U.S. missile-defense systems and billions of dollars in additional defense funding. His broader assertion that the United States has been “significantly weakened” is a political judgment.

HOUSE REPUBLICAN THOMAS MASSIE SUGGESTS OBAMACARE COULD NOW BE LABELED ‘TRUMPCARE’

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, June 25, 2026.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House early on Monday morning to request a comment.

Massie, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than 13 years, lost the May Republican primary in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District to President Donald Trump-backed challenger, retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.

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In a Friday post on X, Massie accused Trump of shifting toward a neoconservative foreign policy, writing, “Why did he flip to neocon?”

Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, who quit earlier this year due to his opposition to the Iran war, has been calling for President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the region.

EX-COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIAL JOE KENT CONTINUES CALLING FOR US MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM MIDDLE EAST

U.S. President Donald Trump motions to reporters after getting off Air Force One on July 22, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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“The Israelis know they can’t fight this war without the U.S., so their goal is to get us on board with more strikes, ground troops, etc., in the hopes that American causalities will sway public opinion enough to escalate into a chaotic, drawn-out war,” Kent wrote in part of a Sunday post on X. “Our only viable option is to leave now—President Trump should use this pause in fighting to get our troops out & use quiet economic diplomacy to reopen the SOH & BAM.”

The Trump administration has defended the military campaign as necessary to destroy Iran’s missile capabilities, cripple its navy, sever its support for terrorist proxies and prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The White House has also credited what it called “decisive American strength” with producing an agreement intended to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

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