也门胡塞武装称本土导弹击落一架沙特F-15战机
2026年9月16日 14:17 / 联合早报
也门胡塞武装称，以本土制造导弹在也门东北部击落一架沙特阿拉伯的F-15战机。
法新社报道，胡塞武装发言人星期三（9月16日）在社媒平台发文说：“感谢真主恩典，也门武装人员以国产的空对空导弹，打下沙特一架F-15战斗机。当时沙特战机正在马里卜省（Marib）空域执行敌对行动，支援敌方的军事集结。”
这名发言人同时指责沙特对也门发动了450次空袭。
也门胡塞武装称本土导弹击落一架沙特F-15战机
2026年9月16日 14:17 / 联合早报
也门胡塞武装称，以本土制造导弹在也门东北部击落一架沙特阿拉伯的F-15战机。
法新社报道，胡塞武装发言人星期三（9月16日）在社媒平台发文说：“感谢真主恩典，也门武装人员以国产的空对空导弹，打下沙特一架F-15战斗机。当时沙特战机正在马里卜省（Marib）空域执行敌对行动，支援敌方的军事集结。”
这名发言人同时指责沙特对也门发动了450次空袭。
2026年9月16日 14:17 / 联合早报
也门胡塞武装称，以本土制造导弹在也门东北部击落一架沙特阿拉伯的F-15战机。
法新社报道，胡塞武装发言人星期三（9月16日）在社媒平台发文说：“感谢真主恩典，也门武装人员以国产的空对空导弹，打下沙特一架F-15战斗机。当时沙特战机正在马里卜省（Marib）空域执行敌对行动，支援敌方的军事集结。”
这名发言人同时指责沙特对也门发动了450次空袭。
也门胡塞武装称本土导弹击落一架沙特F-15战机
2026年9月16日 14:17 / 联合早报
也门胡塞武装称，以本土制造导弹在也门东北部击落一架沙特阿拉伯的F-15战机。
法新社报道，胡塞武装发言人星期三（9月16日）在社媒平台发文说：“感谢真主恩典，也门武装人员以国产的空对空导弹，打下沙特一架F-15战斗机。当时沙特战机正在马里卜省（Marib）空域执行敌对行动，支援敌方的军事集结。”
这名发言人同时指责沙特对也门发动了450次空袭。
2026-09-16 04:08:31 UTC / 路透社
6 名新提名人将于周三出席参议院司法委员会听证会
特朗普自去年重返白宫以来已确认任命 54 名法官
特朗普首任任期内共任命 234 名法官
9 月 16 日 路透社 —— 由于共和党对美国参议院的掌控岌岌可危，总统唐纳德·特朗普的白宫正推动在今年年底前确认一大批新的联邦法官。
特朗普在 8 月为期 9 天的参议院休会期间宣布提名 13 名新法官。其中 6 名提名人将于周三出席参议院司法委员会听证会，另有 5 名提名人已在全院待审，全院将以多数票表决确认法官提名。
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如果民主党在 11 月 3 日的中期选举中从共和党手中夺得参议院控制权——目前共和党以 53 比 47 占据多数席位——那么特朗普确认更多提名人的能力将在明年新议员就职后化为乌有。
“你永远都会带着失去参议院的担忧推进这项工作，”罗伯特·路德说道，他是乔治梅森大学法学教授，曾在特朗普首任任期内于白宫法律顾问办公室负责司法提名事务。
不过，他和其他专家表示，无论共和党是否继续掌控参议院，这一轮司法提名人选可能都是特朗普在联邦法院留下政治印记的最后重大机遇之一，因为空缺职位和预计退休的法官数量一直在减少。
“暂且不说最高法院的空缺，我预计这将是特朗普任内司法提名进展最缓慢的两年，”路德说。
在参议院控制权可能更迭前匆忙推进法官确认程序并非特朗普独有。民主党总统乔·拜登和参议院民主党人在 2022 年中期选举前也曾面临类似压力。
当年共和党未能夺回参议院，使得拜登最终确认了 235 名法官，比特朗普首任任期内确认的人数还多 1 人。
特朗普去年重返白宫后，得以继续重塑联邦司法体系，目前已确认任命另外 54 名法官。他两任任期内的任命总数接近联邦法官席位的三分之一。
这些法官帮助推动司法体系向右转，尤其是特朗普任命的 3 名大法官让美国最高法院形成 6 比 3 的保守派多数。自 2021 年以来，最高法院限制了堕胎权和平权行动，扩大了枪支权利，并支持共和党主导的国会选区重划举措。
不过特朗普任命的法官并非总是站在他这边，本周二他就批评自己任命的最高法院大法官否决了一项限制邮寄选票的美国邮政服务规则。
将于周三出席司法委员会听证会的提名人中包括扎克·韦斯特，他因在俄克拉荷马州总检察长办公室的工作获得保守派法律活动人士的赞扬。在该办公室期间，他为堕胎限制法案辩护，并主张俄克拉荷马州不得禁止宗教学校参与其特许学校项目。
本月将接受审议的另一名提名人是阿肯色州联邦地区法官李·鲁道夫斯基，白宫希望将他提拔至位于圣路易斯的第八巡回上诉法院。四年前，他曾作出一项关键裁决，削弱了一项具有里程碑意义的投票权法律。
如果他的提名获得确认，特朗普任命的法官将在该法院占据多数席位，使其成为美国 13 个联邦上诉法院中首个由特朗普选定法官主导的法院。
鲁道夫斯基、韦斯特和其他提名人未回应置评请求。
自 2025 年 1 月重返白宫以来，特朗普及其盟友频繁批评那些在数百起质疑其行政举措的诉讼中叫停政府政策的法官。
与此同时，白宫重拾了首任任期的核心目标：在全国范围内的联邦初审法院和上诉法院安置保守派律师和特朗普盟友。他任命的许多法官现年三十七八岁或四十出头，可能会在法官席上任职数十年，即使他的总统任期结束后仍会长期影响法律纠纷。
特朗普首任任期内任命的法官，尤其是在得克萨斯州和北达科他州的法官，多次阻止拜登重塑移民政策、减免学生债务和扩大 LGBTQ+ 权利保护的努力。
参议院民主党人表示，特朗普第二任期的提名人选体现了对忠诚度的重视。他们指出，提名人在参议院司法委员会听证会上的回答均未直接表明特朗普输掉了 2020 年总统选举，通常只会回应称拜登被“认证”为获胜者。
白宫表示，其提名人选是基于资历选拔的。
“特朗普总统挑选的都是资质过硬、履历出色的司法提名人，他们通过了白宫严格的审查程序，”白宫发言人劳伦·比斯在一份声明中说道。“只要存在司法职位空缺，特朗普总统都会挑选资质过硬的提名人选，充分尊重我们的宪法和法治，以确保提名得到迅速确认。”
特朗普本届任期内提名的 13 名上诉法院法官中有 3 人曾担任他的私人律师，包括现已任职于费城第三巡回上诉法院的埃米尔·博夫。另外两人也已获得确认。
不过，总统第二任期提名的许多人选背景与他首任任期内任命的法官相似。
其中几人是保守派联邦主义者协会成员，包括韦斯特和另一名将于周三出席听证会的提名人考特尼·科克，她是一名检察官，被提名担任得克萨斯州北部地区美国联邦地区法官，该法院经常成为保守派诉讼当事人挑战民主党政策的热门选择地。
内特·雷蒙德 波士顿报道；大卫·巴里奥与埃德蒙·克拉曼 编辑
Trump faces tight timeline to appoint judges as midterms loom
2026-09-16 04:08:31 UTC / Reuters
Six new nominees appear before Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday
Trump has won confirmation of 54 judges since returning to office last year
Trump appointed 234 in his first term
Sept 16 (Reuters) – With Republican control of the U.S. Senate in doubt, President Donald Trump’s White House is pushing to confirm a raft of new federal judges before the year’s end.
Trump announced he was nominating 13 new judges during a nine-day span in August while the Republican-led Senate was in recess. Six of those nominees will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, joining five others already pending before the full chamber, which confirms judges by majority vote.
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If Democrats during the November 3 midterm elections win control of the Senate from Republicans, who now hold a 53-47 majority, Trump’s ability to confirm additional nominees could evaporate once new lawmakers take office next year.
“You always go into this with the fear of losing the Senate,” said Robert Luther, a George Mason University law professor who worked on judicial nominations in the White House Counsel’s Office during Trump’s first term.
Regardless of whether Republicans keep control of the Senate, however, he and other experts say this round of judicial nominees may be one of Trump’s last big chances to make his mark on the courts, since the pool of vacancies and judges likely to retire has been shrinking.
“Supreme Court vacancy notwithstanding, I expect this to be the slowest two years for judicial nominations under Trump,” Luther said.
The scramble to confirm judges before a possible change in Senate control is not unique to Trump. Democratic President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats faced similar pressure ahead of the 2022 midterms.
Republicans failed to retake the Senate that year, allowing Biden to finish with 235 confirmed judges, one more than Trump was able to confirm in his first term.
NOMINEES DRAW PRAISE FROM CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS
Trump’s return to the White House last year has allowed the Republican president to continue reshaping the federal judiciary, winning confirmation of another 54 judges. His total appointments from both of his terms equate to nearly one-third of the federal bench.
Those judges helped to tilt the judiciary to the right, particularly Trump’s three appointees on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority. Since 2021, the court has curtailed abortion access and affirmative action, expanded gun rights and backed Republican-led congressional redistricting efforts.
Judges appointed by Trump have not always ruled in his favor, though, as evidenced on Tuesday when he criticized his appointees on the Supreme Court for ruling against a U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in ballots.
Among the nominees appearing before the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday is Zach West, who won praise from conservative legal activists for his work in the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, where he defended abortion restrictions and argued that Oklahoma could not bar religious schools from participating in its charter school program.
Another nominee to be considered this month is Arkansas-based U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky, whom the White House wants to elevate to the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after he delivered a key ruling four years ago that weakened a landmark voting rights law.
His confirmation would give Trump appointees a majority on the court, making it the first of the nation’s 13 federal appeals courts to be dominated by his chosen judges.
Rudofsky, West and other nominees did not respond to requests for comment.
TRUMP’S MARK ON THE COURTS
Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump and his allies have frequently criticized judges who blocked administration policies amid hundreds of lawsuits challenging his actions.
At the same time, the White House has resumed a central first-term goal: placing conservative lawyers and Trump allies on federal trial and appellate courts nationwide. Many of his appointees are in their late 30s or early 40s, and could remain on the bench for decades, influencing legal disputes long after his presidency ends.
Judges appointed by Trump during his first term, particularly in Texas and North Dakota, repeatedly blocked Biden’s efforts to reshape immigration policy, forgive student debt and expand LGBTQ+ rights protections.
Senate Democrats have said his second-term nominees have reflected an emphasis on loyalty. They point to nominees’ answers at Senate Judiciary Committee hearings in which they uniformly avoided stating directly that Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, typically responding instead that Biden was “certified” the victor.
The White House said its nominees were selected based on their qualifications.
“President Trump selects highly qualified and credentialed judicial nominees who have passed the White House’s rigorous vetting process,” White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said in a statement. “Wherever there are judicial vacancies, President Trump will select highly qualified nominees with great respect for our Constitution and rule of law to be confirmed expeditiously.”
Three of Trump’s 13 previous appellate nominees this term had served as his personal attorneys, including Emil Bove, now a judge on the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The other two have likewise been confirmed.
Still, many of the president’s second-term picks have backgrounds similar to the judges he appointed during his first administration.
Several are members of the conservative Federalist Society, including West and another nominee appearing Wednesday, Courtney Coker, a prosecutor nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, a venue frequently sought by conservative litigants challenging Democratic policies.
Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by David Bario and Edmund Klamann
2026-09-16T04:01:29.472Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
本周华盛顿最受关注的问题是：为何唐纳德·特朗普总统在一些顶级行业高管发出末日警告后，却如此激烈反对放缓人工智能发展？
答案藏在他用来嘲讽“计算机化智能有朝一日可能试图毁灭人类”的恐慌的一个词里——“骗局”。
每当特朗普搬出这个以“H”开头的词时，通常意味着两件事：他正面临威胁其政治或个人优先级的争议，且他已失去政治主动权。
长期以来，特朗普一直将气候变化称为“骗局”。因此，他在社交媒体上将尽管他予以否认但仍在变暖的地球，与行业领袖呼吁对人工智能进行管控的言论相提并论，这是一个明确信号。
通过篡改现实，特朗普得以摆脱采取行动的义务。在能源政策方面，这意味着“开采吧，宝贝，开采吧”。他的政府大幅削减监管，取悦了石油行业的捐赠者。他对风力发电场的抨击表明，他渴望回到依靠碳能源运转的20世纪经济模式。
在特朗普看来，杰弗里·爱泼斯坦事件是一场“民主党骗局”。这名被控性犯罪者的受害者们的尖锐证词，让这一指控显得荒谬可笑。但特朗普想要平息围绕这位昔日好友的风波，这场风波时不时会给他的政府带来麻烦。
另一个所谓的“骗局”也是如此：针对2021年1月6日国会山骚乱的调查。这场愤怒事件是特朗普希望美国遗忘的另一事件的高潮——他试图推翻2020年大选结果。“骗局”套路奏效了——这帮助他重返白宫，行使广泛的行政权力。
这位总统似乎希望，只要将失控人工智能的恐惧贴上“骗局”的标签，就能让这些担忧烟消云散。
但为什么会这样？
总统的职责之一是安抚心怀恐惧的国民，审视并解释各种威胁，并建议是否需要动员全国力量应对。“我们唯一需要恐惧的就是恐惧本身，”富兰克林·罗斯福在其深陷大萧条的总统任期之初说道。
每位总司令在冷战期间都遵循了这一做法。而在整整25年前的9·11事件后，乔治·W·布什也团结了全国人民。
但特朗普并非如此行事。
即便从政治角度考虑，特朗普也应该认真对待这场人工智能“恐慌”。美国人感到担忧——不一定是担心人类灭绝，而是担心这项新技术会抢走他们的工作。而特朗普拒绝选民对数据中心的担忧，这使他在共和党即将面临艰难的中期选举之际，又一次站在了错误的一方。
不过，总统对人工智能的淡然态度，或许可以追溯到一系列政治、经济和性格特质，这些特质在他的两届总统任期内引发了动荡，并将塑造他的政治遗产。
其中一个原因可能与经济有关。
任何暗示人工智能发展可能放缓的信号，几乎肯定会在市场上引发反应。由于他推行的对伊朗政策导致美国民众承受高油价和创纪录的柴油成本，特朗普承受不起任何会损害401(k)账户并拖累GDP增长的华尔街动荡。
他还表现出对放缓发展的哲学层面反对。他的总统任期一直是为了释放商业活力以赚取利润，而非收紧监管。
前白宫人工智能事务主管戴维·萨克斯上周辩称，行业巨头表达对人工智能潜在破坏性的担忧，是在试图向政客和公众施压，以建立他们“偏好”的监管体系。
特朗普采取了类似的做法。这位总统周一写道：“在商业史上，何时见过行业领袖呼吁实施如果严格执行就会将他们推向毁灭和破产的监管？”
特朗普的执政风格并不适合这个极其复杂的议题。他本周表示自己是人工智能用户，但尚不清楚这是否仅限于发布将自己描绘成各类超级英雄的疯狂表情包。而且他的新闻来源是助手娜塔莉·哈普随身带着的打印机。
与此同时，在第二个特朗普任期混乱不堪的华盛顿，人们常常忽视一种可能性：如果总统逆势而为，是因为他在某些问题上是对的？
这并非首次出现新技术引发末日警告却未成真的情况。一些怀疑论者认为，人工智能巨头的危言耸听并非真心实意，怀疑他们是在为未来几个月的首次公开募股（IPO）间接夸大自身技术的潜力。
特朗普有一个严肃的观点：即便美国放缓人工智能发展，中国可能不会这么做，这将让中国获得超级大国优势。
许多民主党人也持同样看法，包括乔·拜登总统的前国家安全顾问杰克·沙利文，他今年早些时候在《外交事务》杂志上撰文称，华盛顿“必须加紧努力”，在全军范围内整合人工智能，并警告如果美国未能做到这一点，将失去影响力。
但特朗普对自身权力和历史地位的看法，也解释了他的行为。
他周一在社交媒体上发文称，美国会安然无恙，因为它有一位“强大且睿智（高智商！）的总统”。这或许能安抚部分支持者——但即便这是真的，这也绝非可行之策。人工智能将成为一个世代性议题，远超他的任期，而作为现任总统，特朗普有责任尽早设定发展方向。
特朗普的批评者可能会质疑，他的观点是否受到个人因素影响，包括他近期提交的财务申报文件中披露的、持有与人工智能相关的股票。白宫坚称他的账户由第三方机构独立管理。但行政官员监管与其个人财富深度绑定的行业，引发的伦理问题一直笼罩着特朗普的第二任期。
特朗普对令人不快的真相的抗拒也在发挥作用。
他从未将自己的总统任期视为应对遥远威胁或解决复杂问题的工具。他利用总统职位向敌人复仇、嘲讽政治对手、提升自身名气，并影响全球数十亿人的思想。
特朗普绝不会发表其前任总统巴拉克·奥巴马周二发布的那种辩证性声明。这位美国第44任总统表示，十年来他一直在为人工智能的问题苦苦思索，现在是美国高层领导人发起全国性讨论的时候了。
“这项技术是会在医学、能源和教育领域带来惊人突破，还是会引发巨大的经济动荡、加剧不平等和潜在灾难，将取决于我们现在做出的选择——这些选择不应仅由相关公司做出，而应由我们所有人共同决定，”奥巴马写道。
一些美国人可能也曾对特朗普抱有类似期待。但他是一个叛逆者，一个反抗体制的总统。他的反建制资历取决于他作为局外人的身份，而非作为团结者的角色。
而奥巴马的路径最终指向了美国主导的国际联盟。特朗普厌恶多边利他主义。“美国优先”的核心是强化美国权力，而非削弱它。
如果特朗普拒绝牵头，国会会介入吗？
在中期选举前，没时间采取严肃行动。但如果人工智能成为顶级竞选议题，那么无论明年参众两院由哪个政党掌控，这都可能推动立法议程。如果共和党因为特朗普拒绝倾听选民意见而遭遇惨败，他们可能会有动机与总统决裂。
但他们将只能靠自己。
“我是骗局克星，我现在正在揭穿另一个骗局——即人工智能将接管、吞噬并毁灭世界，机器人将开进我们的城市，将我们全部消灭！”特朗普周一在Truth Social平台上写道。
One word that explains Trump’s AI denialism
2026-09-16T04:01:29.472Z / CNN
Washington’s biggest question this week: Why is President Donald Trump so furiously against an AI slowdown in the wake of apocalyptic warnings from some top industry executives?
The clue is in one word — “hoax” — that he’s using to ridicule fears that computerized agents could one day seek to destroy humanity.
When Trump reaches for the H-word, two things are usually happening: He’s facing a controversy threatening his political or personal priorities, and he’s lost control of the politics.
Trump has long dismissed climate change as a “hoax.” So it was a tell that he went on social media to specifically draw an analogy between a planet that is warming despite his denials and the calls for AI controls expressed by leaders in the industry.
By changing reality, Trump frees himself from an obligation to act. In energy policy, that means “drill, baby, drill.” His administration has slashed regulation, pleasing oil industry donors. His rants against wind farms suggest he hankers for a 20th-century economy running on carbon.
The Jeffrey Epstein saga is a “Democratic hoax,” according to Trump. Searing testimonies from the accused sex offender’s victims make this a ridiculous charge. But Trump wants to end the storm over his onetime friend that periodically trips up his administration.
The same is true of another supposed “hoax”: the investigations into the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. The outrage was the culmination of another event Trump wants America to forget: his bid to overturn the 2020 election. The hoax routine worked — it got him back to the White House to wield expansive executive power.
The president seems to hope that by simply branding fears of runaway AI as a hoax, he can make them go away.
But why?
One of a president’s jobs is to counsel a fearful nation, to examine and explain threats, and to advise whether a national effort must be summoned. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” Franklin Roosevelt said at the start of a presidency deep in the Great Depression.
Every commander in chief followed suit in the Cold War. And George W. Bush corralled the country after 9/11, almost exactly 25 years ago.
That’s not Trump’s way.
But even as a political matter, Trump might be advised to take the AI freakout seriously. Americans are worried — not necessarily about extinction, but that the new technology will take their jobs. And by rejecting voter concerns about data centers, the president is leaping onto the wrong side of yet another issue as the GOP braces for tough midterm elections.
But the president’s blasé attitude to AI may be traced to a host of political, economic and personality traits that have unleashed turmoil across his two presidencies and that will shape his legacy.
One reason may be economic.
Any signal that AI development may slow would almost certainly trigger a reaction on the markets. As his Iran war sticks Americans with high gas prices and record diesel costs, Trump can’t afford any Wall Street turbulence that would hurt 401k accounts and check GDP growth.
He’s also showing philosophical objections to a slowdown. His presidency has been about unleashing business to make money, not dialing it back.
Former White House AI czar David Sacks argued over the weekend that by expressing concerns about AI’s destructive potential, industry titans were trying to pressure politicians and the public into creating their own “preferred” regulatory system.
Trump is taking a similar approach. “When, in the History of Business, did anyone see the Leaders of an Industry call for Regulation that, if strongly implemented, will drive them into oblivion and bankruptcy?” the president wrote Monday.
Trump’s governing style isn’t a good fit for this deeply complex issue. He said this week that he’s an AI user, but whether that goes beyond posting wild memes depicting himself as various superheroes is unclear. And he gets his news from the traveling printer of his aide Natalie Harp.
At the same time, there’s a possibility that’s often overlooked in the riotous Washington of the second Trump era: What if the president is going against the tide because he’s right about a few things?
This would not be the first time that a new technology has triggered warnings of doom that don’t play out. And some skeptics doubt alarmist talk from AI chiefs is genuine, suspecting that they are obliquely talking up the potential of their technology ahead of initial public offerings in the coming months.
And Trump has a serious point that even if the US slows AI development, China probably won’t, which would give it a superpower advantage.
Plenty of Democrats feel the same way, including President Joe Biden’s former national security adviser Jake Sullivan, who wrote in Foreign Affairs earlier this year that Washington “must up its game” in integrating AI across the military, warning that the US would lose leverage if it failed.
But Trump’s vision of his own power and place in history also explain his behavior.
He posted on Monday that America would be fine because it had a “STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT.” This might placate some supporters — but even if it’s true, it’s hardly a viable position. AI will be a generational issue long after he’s left office, and Trump, as the incumbent president, has a responsibility to set an early course.
Trump critics might wonder whether his views are shaped by personal considerations, including his ownership of stocks exposed to AI, as disclosed in a recent financial filing. The White House insists his accounts are independently managed by third-party institutions. But ethical questions raised by administration officials regulating industries in which their personal wealth is deeply invested has been a constant shadow over the president’s second term.
Trump’s resistance to unpleasant truths is also at work.
He’s never presented his presidency as a vehicle for confronting far-off threats or to tackle complex problems. He’s used it to enact revenge against his enemies, to troll his political foes, to boost his own fame and to invade the psyches of billions of people across the globe.
Trump would never issue the kind of dialectical statement that his first predecessor, President Barack Obama, released on Tuesday. The 44th president said he’d been agonizing over AI for a decade and that it was time for top US leaders to convene a national conversation.
“Whether this technology results in amazing breakthroughs in medicine, energy and education or unleashes huge economic disruptions, greater inequality, and potential catastrophe will depend on the choices that we make right now – choices that should be made not just by the companies involved, but by all of us,” Obama wrote.
Some Americans might have hoped from similar from Trump. But he’s a rebel and a backlash president. His anti-establishment credentials depend on being an outsider, not a unifier.
And Obama’s path ultimately points to a US-led international coalition. Trump hates multinational altruism. “America First” is about doubling down on US power, not watering it down.
If Trump refuses to lead, will Congress step in?
There’s no time for serious action before the midterms. But if AI explodes as a top campaign theme, it’s likely to drive the legislative agenda of whoever controls the House and Senate next year. And if Republicans suffer a wipeout because of Trump’s refusal to listen to voters, they may have an incentive to break with the president.
But they will be on their own.
“I am the Hoax Buster, and I’m right now breaking another Hoax — That AI is going to take over, consume, and destroy the World, and that Robots will be marching into our Cities, and getting rid of us all!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday.
2026-09-16 15:24 / 联合早报
SK海力士是全球领先的AI处理器高带宽内存（HBM）供应商。（路透社）
三名知情人士透露，韩国晶片制造商SK海力士正与英特尔磋商一项协议。若谈成，SK海力士将首次在美国生产存储晶片。
路透社报道，知情人士称，其中一个可能方案，是SK海力士租用英特尔在俄亥俄州规划已久的晶片制造厂的一部分设施。其中两名知情人士说，另一个方案是，SK海力士与英特尔及其他有意锁定存储晶片供应的大型云服务公司组成合资企业。
若能达成协议，不仅能缓解英特尔目前面临的困境，对特朗普政府而言也将是一大胜利。特朗普政府一直向晶片制造商施压，要他们在美国设厂，因为人工智能（AI）和数据中心领域的持续投资加剧了存储晶片的严重短缺。
不过消息人士指出，来自首尔方面的潜在反对可能是一个主要障碍。
其中一名消息人士将目前的谈判描述为探索性，并强调尚未有任何决定。他也说，SK海力士还可能考虑其他交易架构方案。
这是SK海力士与英特尔的潜在交易细节首次曝光。不过路透社尚不知道SK海力士可能会在俄亥俄州生产何种类型的晶片。
SK海力士在给路透社的一份声明中说，公司正在评估各种措施，包括增设生产基地以提升存储业务竞争力，但目前尚未做出任何决定。
英特尔拒绝对“传闻”置评，但强调公司正持续对俄亥俄州项目进行投资，以做好厂区前期准备。
针对SK海力士的潜在计划，韩国产业通商资源部表示，这属于企业自主决策，但若涉及“国家核心技术”，必须根据《产业技术保护法》接受审查。
美国商务部未回应置评请求。
SK海力士的产品线包括用于服务器、个人电脑和智能手机的DRAM（动态随机存取内存）晶片，以及用于长期数据存储的NAND闪存晶片。此外，SK海力士也是全球领先的AI处理器高带宽内存（HBM）供应商。
SK海力士传与英特尔洽谈 可能首次在美国生产晶片
2026-09-16 15:24 / 联合早报
SK海力士是全球领先的AI处理器高带宽内存（HBM）供应商。 （路透社）
三名知情人士透露，韩国晶片制造商SK海力士正与英特尔磋商一项协议。若谈成，SK海力士将首次在美国生产存储晶片。
路透社报道，知情人士称，其中一个可能方案，是SK海力士租用英特尔在俄亥俄州规划已久的晶片制造厂的一部分设施。其中两名知情人士说，另一个方案是，SK海力士与英特尔及其他有意锁定存储晶片供应的大型云服务公司组成合资企业。
若能达成协议，不仅能缓解英特尔目前面临的困境，对特朗普政府而言也将是一大胜利。特朗普政府一直向晶片制造商施压，要他们在美国设厂，因为人工智能（AI）和数据中心领域的持续投资加剧了存储晶片的严重短缺。
不过消息人士指出，来自首尔方面的潜在反对可能是一个主要障碍。
其中一名消息人士将目前的谈判描述为探索性，并强调尚未有任何决定。他也说，SK海力士还可能考虑其他交易架构方案。
这是SK海力士与英特尔的潜在交易细节首次曝光。不过路透社尚不知道SK海力士可能会在俄亥俄州生产何种类型的晶片。
SK海力士在给路透社的一份声明中说，公司正在评估各种措施，包括增设生产基地以提升存储业务竞争力，但目前尚未做出任何决定。
英特尔拒绝对“传闻”置评，但强调公司正持续对俄亥俄州项目进行投资，以做好厂区前期准备。
针对SK海力士的潜在计划，韩国产业通商资源部表示，这属于企业自主决策，但若涉及“国家核心技术”，必须根据《产业技术保护法》接受审查。
美国商务部未回应置评请求。
SK海力士的产品线包括用于服务器、个人电脑和智能手机的DRAM（动态随机存取内存）晶片，以及用于长期数据存储的NAND闪存晶片。此外，SK海力士也是全球领先的AI处理器高带宽内存（HBM）供应商。
SK海力士传与英特尔洽谈 可能首次在美国生产晶片
2026-09-16 15:24 / 联合早报
SK海力士是全球领先的AI处理器高带宽内存（HBM）供应商。 （路透社）
三名知情人士透露，韩国晶片制造商SK海力士正与英特尔磋商一项协议。若谈成，SK海力士将首次在美国生产存储晶片。
路透社报道，知情人士称，其中一个可能方案，是SK海力士（SK hynix）租用英特尔（Intel）在俄亥俄州规划已久的晶片制造厂的一部分设施。其中两名知情人士说，另一个方案是，SK海力士与英特尔及其他有意锁定存储晶片供应的大型云服务公司组成合资企业。
若能达成协议，不仅能缓解英特尔目前面临的困境，对特朗普政府而言也将是一大胜利。特朗普政府一直向晶片制造商施压，要他们在美国设厂，因为人工智能（AI）和数据中心领域的持续投资加剧了存储晶片的严重短缺。
不过消息人士指出，来自首尔方面的潜在反对可能是一个主要障碍。
其中一名消息人士将目前的谈判描述为探索性，并强调尚未有任何决定。他也说，SK海力士还可能考虑其他交易架构方案。
这是SK海力士与英特尔的潜在交易细节首次曝光。不过路透社尚不知道SK海力士可能会在俄亥俄州生产何种类型的晶片。
SK海力士在给路透社的一份声明中说，公司正在评估各种措施，包括增设生产基地以提升存储业务竞争力，但目前尚未做出任何决定。
英特尔拒绝对“传闻”置评，但强调公司正持续对俄亥俄州项目进行投资，以做好厂区前期准备。
针对SK海力士的潜在计划，韩国产业通商资源部表示，这属于企业自主决策，但若涉及“国家核心技术”，必须根据《产业技术保护法》接受审查。
美国商务部未回应置评请求。
SK海力士的产品线包括用于服务器、个人电脑和智能手机的DRAM（动态随机存取内存）晶片，以及用于长期数据存储的NAND闪存晶片。此外，SK海力士也是全球领先的AI处理器高带宽内存（HBM）供应商。
SK海力士传与英特尔洽谈 可能首次在美国生产晶片
2026-09-16 15:24 / 联合早报
SK海力士是全球领先的AI处理器高带宽内存（HBM）供应商。 （路透社）
三名知情人士透露，韩国晶片制造商SK海力士正与英特尔磋商一项协议。若谈成，SK海力士将首次在美国生产存储晶片。
路透社报道，知情人士称，其中一个可能方案，是SK海力士（SK hynix）租用英特尔（Intel）在俄亥俄州规划已久的晶片制造厂的一部分设施。其中两名知情人士说，另一个方案是，SK海力士与英特尔及其他有意锁定存储晶片供应的大型云服务公司组成合资企业。
若能达成协议，不仅能缓解英特尔目前面临的困境，对特朗普政府而言也将是一大胜利。特朗普政府一直向晶片制造商施压，要他们在美国设厂，因为人工智能（AI）和数据中心领域的持续投资加剧了存储晶片的严重短缺。
不过消息人士指出，来自首尔方面的潜在反对可能是一个主要障碍。
其中一名消息人士将目前的谈判描述为探索性，并强调尚未有任何决定。他也说，SK海力士还可能考虑其他交易架构方案。
这是SK海力士与英特尔的潜在交易细节首次曝光。不过路透社尚不知道SK海力士可能会在俄亥俄州生产何种类型的晶片。
SK海力士在给路透社的一份声明中说，公司正在评估各种措施，包括增设生产基地以提升存储业务竞争力，但目前尚未做出任何决定。
英特尔拒绝对“传闻”置评，但强调公司正持续对俄亥俄州项目进行投资，以做好厂区前期准备。
针对SK海力士的潜在计划，韩国产业通商资源部表示，这属于企业自主决策，但若涉及“国家核心技术”，必须根据《产业技术保护法》接受审查。
美国商务部未回应置评请求。
SK海力士的产品线包括用于服务器、个人电脑和智能手机的DRAM（动态随机存取内存）晶片，以及用于长期数据存储的NAND闪存晶片。此外，SK海力士也是全球领先的AI处理器高带宽内存（HBM）供应商。
活动人士在听证会上身着亲伊朗和亲古巴T恤，议员们借此调查内维尔·罗伊·辛格汉姆2.78亿美元的网络
2026-09-15T20:50:51-04:00 / 福克斯新闻
作者：阿斯拉·Q·诺曼尼、普雷斯顿·米泽尔、迈克尔·多根 福克斯新闻
发布于 2026年9月15日 美国东部时间晚上8:50
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华盛顿特区——“粉色代码”联合创始人米迪亚·本杰明和两名同伙今日身着适合镜头的T恤，支持伊朗伊斯兰共和国和古巴共产党，进入众议院外交事务委员会2272号听证室，将自己打造成议员们齐聚一堂审查的“特洛伊木马”式外国影响力活动的活样板。
下午2点39分，听证会开始约30分钟后，在本杰明特意拍摄了证人身后电视屏幕上显示的T恤标语后，众议院外交事务委员会南亚和中亚小组委员会的工作人员忍无可忍，国会山警察将本杰明和她的同伙带出了房间，他们因上演标志性的“粉色代码”闹剧而抗议被驱逐。
对议员们来说，“粉色代码”这种讲究镜头的表演凸显了本次听证会的核心观点：抗议闹剧、信息传播和社交媒体内容可能成为外国影响力行动的组成部分。
“这本质上就是作秀，”小组委员会主席、密歇根州共和党议员比尔·惠曾加随后对福克斯新闻数字频道表示，“他们这么做不是为了影响政策，而是为了中饱私囊——他们利用这些内容在社交媒体上造势，煽动其他人，以此获取捐款、招募志愿者，拉拢其他支持者，真正目的是破坏我们的——不仅是我们对政府的观感和政府运作，还有整个社会。”
2026年9月15日，“粉色代码”联合创始人米迪亚·本杰明和她的活动伙伴被带出众议院关于“特洛伊木马”和恶意外国影响力的小组听证会现场。（阿斯拉·Q·诺曼尼 摄）
辛格汉姆网络成为焦点
这场题为“特洛伊木马：美国境内隐蔽的外国恶意影响力行动”的听证会，聚焦于推广外国政府和亲共产主义意识形态者利益的非营利组织、媒体机构和活动团体网络，其中包括居住在上海的美国科技大亨内维尔·罗伊·辛格汉姆，他一直支持中国共产党。据福克斯新闻数字频道的调查，辛格汉姆已向一个极左翼团体网络注入2.78亿美元，这些团体一直在传播反美、亲华宣传，其中“粉色代码”就从辛格汉姆处获得了133万美元资金。
听证会场外，本杰明拒绝回答福克斯新闻数字频道关于辛格汉姆资金的问题，反而和活动伙伴悄悄溜进听证室，坐在证人身后能获得最大电视曝光度的位置。
传统基金会高级研究员迈克·冈萨雷斯立刻认出了本杰明，在与她紧张的对峙中说道：“我要告诉米迪亚·本杰明，她应该停止为共产主义暴政摇旗呐喊。”
站在听证室的会场里，本杰明为自己辩护称是“反战人士”，并否认受到中国共产党的指示。
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在开幕致辞中，惠曾加直指与美国对手有关联、试图影响美国公众的行为体，包括辛格汉姆、“粉色代码”以及马克思主义影响者哈桑·皮克。
“我们今天齐聚于此，是因为美国的对手——中国、古巴、伊朗和俄罗斯——正在通过谎言和审查开展隐蔽影响力行动，塑造美国民众的思想和社会。这些国家有一个共同目标：削弱美利坚合众国。”惠曾加说。
“这类对手行动的一个典型例子就是内维尔·罗伊·辛格汉姆，他居住在中国，利用自己的财富和与中国共产党的关系，向‘粉色代码’、人民论坛和社会主义解放党等极端团体提供数百万美元资金和人员，以破坏美国社会稳定，推广共产主义意识形态，”他继续说道。
证人警告外国恶意影响力
作为纽约市亲共产主义组织活动的枢纽，人民论坛已从辛格汉姆处获得2244万美元资金。
首位作证的冈萨雷斯表示，极左翼团体与伊斯兰组织结成的“红绿联盟”，会通过中介组织和捐赠基金转移资金，再将资金导向美国国内的抗议组织和政治信息制作团体。
冈萨雷斯将古巴和中国的影响力行动描述为“针对美国的持续颠覆运动”。
他将《突破新闻》描述为一个放大抗议活动、宣传与北京一致叙事的媒体平台，同时称该网络的事业——包括加沙、古巴、委内瑞拉、环境和社会正义——提供了不断变化的集会焦点。据福克斯新闻数字频道的报道，运营《突破新闻》的BreakThrough BT Media已从辛格汉姆处获得109.8万美元资金。
证词还聚焦于辛格汉姆在上海的人脉。冈萨雷斯援引研究称，辛格汉姆与马库文化传播有限公司共享办公场所，该公司是一家宣传中国正面形象的中国通信企业，且辛格汉姆曾在2023年出席中国共产党战略研讨会并被拍到。冈萨雷斯还指出，辛格汉姆资助的组织与中国官方关联的学术和媒体机构之间存在联系。
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辛格汉姆和“粉色代码”均否认该组织接受中国政府的指示。辛格汉姆称自己的行为受自身政治信念指引，而本杰明则称“粉色代码”未从中国共产党获得任何资金。目前尚未就这些指控对辛格汉姆或相关组织提起刑事指控。
随后不久，比特币政策研究所研究主管萨姆·莱曼将该网络描述为三个重叠影响力渠道之一：中国官方媒体和网络宣传、辛格汉姆支持的非营利组织，以及与“粉色代码”、人民论坛和《突破新闻》密切合作的马克思列宁主义组织社会主义解放党。莱曼表示，辛格汉姆资助的团体一直在呼应中国在人工智能、数据中心和美国科技政策上的立场，而社会主义解放党的组织者则协助动员全国范围内反对数据中心项目的活动。
旁听席上，“粉色代码”的本杰明盯着手机，翻阅着信息。
莱曼称，他的研究确定了14个州内与社会主义解放党相关的21场运动，这些运动促成了数据中心暂停令、永久禁令，并否决或取消了多个项目。他估计，社会主义解放党参与的运动已推迟、缩减或阻碍了全国范围内拟议的人工智能基础设施投资。不过他也警告称，对数据中心的反对并非完全是人为策划的，许多美国人确实对电力成本、环境影响和当地发展存在担忧。
最后，共和党证人、智库詹姆斯敦基金会高级研究员马修·约翰逊将辛格汉姆网络描述为一个中介层，将与北京相关的主题——包括反帝国主义、环境破坏、军事化、不平等和反对美国实力——转化为面向美国受众的活动家语言。
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他的证词将人民论坛、《突破新闻》、三大陆研究所、“粉色代码”和共产主义的“全国行动联盟”列为更广泛生态系统的一部分。三大陆有限公司是一家位于马萨诸塞州的智库，由辛格汉姆的朋友维贾伊·普拉沙德领导，他曾在辛格汉姆与埃文斯的婚礼上主持马克思主义未来研讨会。辛格汉姆向三大陆提供了1676万美元资金。
“北京不能直接命令美国的大学、公司、记者、智库或活动人士，”约翰逊说，“它必须获取并培育在塑造舆论、专业知识和决策的机构内部的关系。”
民主党少数党议员传唤了华盛顿道德与公民责任组织主席唐纳德·谢尔曼作为他们的证人。他的开幕致辞与其他证人持不同意见，批评唐纳德·特朗普总统从卡塔尔购买空军一号专机，并抨击特朗普家族与海外国家的商业往来。
“特洛伊木马”一词源自古希腊故事，士兵们藏在作为礼物赠予特洛伊城的木马里。木马被带入城内后，士兵们现身并为入侵军队打开城门。
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在现代外国影响力行动中，议员们用“特洛伊木马”比喻形容看似合法的个人、组织、媒体机构、非营利组织或文化项目，它们可能为外国势力的利益提供隐蔽渠道。人们担忧的是，外国政府、外国情报机构、富裕外国行为体或代理人可能利用这种结构接触美国受众、政治辩论、机构、政策制定或选举。
“粉色代码”成员被驱逐出听证会
最后一位证人作证后，听证会已进行约30分钟，惠曾加短暂暂停程序，美国国会山警察走向本杰明和她的同伙。
“目前还有一些人没有口头扰乱委员会秩序，”惠曾加说，“但根据书记员的判断，这属于抗议行为，原因在于这些T恤以及现场发生的情况。”
证人身后听证会的官方直播画面中仍能看到这些T恤。
听证室内的视频显示，一名国会山警察走到本杰明的座位旁，要求她离开。本杰明照做了，但提出了抗议。
活动人士与国会山警察在门外对峙时，排名成员、加利福尼亚州民主党众议员悉尼·卡姆拉格-多夫反对这次驱逐，称活动人士“通过穿T恤行使言论自由权”，“显然没有造成扰乱”。
2026年9月15日，“粉色代码”联合创始人米迪亚·本杰明在众议院外交事务委员会听证室外摆姿势拍照，脚边放着一个Trader Joe’s购物袋。（阿斯拉·Q·诺曼尼 摄）
场外，本杰明继续表演，特意站在委员会的青铜标牌旁，开始拍摄当天政治闹剧的视频，脚边放着她的Trader Joe’s购物袋。当她看到佛罗里达州共和党众议员兰迪·法恩走出听证室时，突然停止了拍摄。她追上去向法恩抛去一连串问题，她的团队拍摄了追逐过程。法恩是“红绿联盟”反犹主义的强烈反对者，也是以色列的坚定支持者。
法恩进入办公室后，本杰明回到外交事务委员会听证室外的位置，拿出梳子整理头发，继续拍摄她对当天听证会的评论。视频拍摄完成后，本杰明和“粉色代码”的同伙们沿着走廊离开了。
不久后，“粉色代码”发布了他们成员扰乱众议院金融服务委员会、质问财政部长斯科特·贝森特的视频。据福克斯新闻数字频道报道，贝森特领导的财政部一直在调查“粉色代码”和其他组织是否违反了与古巴共产党做生意的限制。
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就在被带出听证室约两小时后，下午4点38分，“粉色代码”团队发布了一段精心剪辑的43秒视频，内容是本杰明站在听证室外追逐法恩，将当天的对峙包装成现成的社交媒体素材。
来自辛格汉姆网络的极左翼活动人士很快转发了“粉色代码”的视频。
福克斯新闻数字频道的杰西·沃森为本报告做出了贡献。
阿斯拉·诺曼尼是福克斯新闻数字频道的高级调查编辑。她曾是《华尔街日报》记者，报道过与金钱、政治和社会相关的新闻。她是《觉醒军队：破坏美国自由的极左翼绿盟》一书的作者。可通过asra.nomani@fox.com联系她，或在X平台关注@asranomani。
Lawmakers throw out ‘Trojan horse’ activists they say are engaged in American subversion
Activists wore pro-Iran and pro-Cuba T-shirts behind witnesses as lawmakers examined Neville Roy Singham’s $278M network
2026-09-15T20:50:51-04:00 / Fox News
By Asra Q. Nomani, Preston Mizell, Michael Dorgan Fox News
Published September 15, 2026 8:50pm EDT
Mike Gonzalez, senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, told CodePink cofounder Medea Benjamin to “stop shilling for a communist tyranny” ahead of a House hearing on malign foreign influence.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and two fellow agitators entered the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing room 2272 today, wearing camera-ready T-shirts supporting the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Communist Party of Cuba, turning themselves into a live demonstration of the “Trojan horses” for foreign influence that lawmakers had gathered to examine.
At 2:39 p.m., about 30 minutes into the hearing’s start, after Benjamin carefully photographed their T-shirt slogans appearing on the TV screen behind the witnesses, staffers on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia had had enough, and Capitol Hill police officers escorted Benjamin and her fellow agitators out of the room, as they protested their ejection for staging their trademark CodePink antics.
For lawmakers, CodePink’s camera-conscious performance underscored the central point of the hearing: that protest theater, messaging and social-media content can function as parts of foreign influence operations.
“It’s really about theatrics,” Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., later told Fox News Digital. “They’re using it not to affect policy, but really to enrich themselves because they use that then to go out on social media, to try to whip other people up, to help donations, to help get volunteers, help get some of those other folks, and to really try to go and disrupt our – not just our sense of government and processing government – but society.”
On Sept. 15, 2026, CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and her fellow activists are being escorted out of a House subcommittee hearing on “Trojan horses” and malign foreign influence.(Asra Q. Nomani)
HOUSE PANEL TO PROBE FOREIGN ‘TROJAN HORSES’ AS SINGHAM SCRUTINY WIDENS
Singham network takes center stage
The hearing, “Trojan Horses: Covert Foreign Malign Influence Operations in America,” focused on the network of nonprofits, media outlets and activist groups that are promoting the interests of foreign governments and pro-communist ideologues, like Neville Roy Singham, a U.S. tech tycoon who lives in Shanghai, supporting the Chinese Communist Party. According to a Fox News Digital investigation, Singham has pumped $278 million into a far-left network of groups that have pushed anti-America, pro-China propaganda, including CodePink, which has received $1.33 million from Singham.
Outside the hearing room, Benjamin refused to answer questions from Fox News Digital about the Singham funding, and instead slipped into the hearing room with her fellow activists and positioned themselves behind the witnesses in seats that get maximum TV exposure.
Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, spotted Benjamin immediately and, in a tense back-and-forth with her, said “I’m telling Medea Benjamin that she should try to stop shilling for a communist tyranny.”
Standing on the committee hearing room floor, Benjamin defended herself as “anti-war,” and denied any direction from the Chinese Communist Party.
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During opening remarks, Huizenga took direct aim at actors he said are tied to U.S. adversaries attempting to influence the American public, including Singham, CodePink and Marxist influencer Hasan Piker.
“We are here today because America’s adversaries – China, Cuba, Iran, and Russia – are conducting covert influence campaigns to shape American thought and society through lies and censorship. These countries have one shared goal: to weaken the United States of America,” Huizenga
“A prominent example of these adversary efforts is Neville Roy Singham, who lives in China and uses his wealth and relationships with the CCP to provide millions of dollars and personnel to extremist groups like CodePink, the People’s Forum, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation to destabilize American society and promote communist ideology,” he continued.
Witnesses warn of foreign malign influence
A hub for pro-communist organizing in New York City, People’s Forum has received $22.44 million from Singham.
The first to testify, Gonzalez said a “red-green” alliance of far-left groups working with Islamist organizations channel money through intermediary organizations and donor funds before directing funds toward U.S.-based groups that organize protests and produce political messaging.
Gonzalez pointed to Cuba and China’s influence operations as the basis of a “sustained campaign of subversion against the United States.”
He described BreakThrough News as a media platform that amplifies demonstrations and promotes narratives aligned with Beijing, while arguing that the network’s causes — including Gaza, Cuba, Venezuela, the environment and social justice — provide a constantly changing set of rallying points. BreakThrough BT Media runs BreakThrough News and has received $1.098 million from Singham, according to Fox News Digital’s reporting.
The testimony also focused on Singham’s connections in Shanghai. Gonzalez cited research saying Singham shares premises with Maku Cultural Communication, a Chinese communications firm that promotes a favorable image of China, and was photographed attending a Chinese Communist Party strategic communications workshop in 2023. Gonzalez also pointed to connections between Singham-funded organizations and Chinese state-linked academic and media institutions.
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Singham and CodePink have denied that the organization takes direction from the Chinese government. Singham has said he is guided by his own political beliefs, while Benjamin has said CodePink receives no money from the Chinese Communist Party. No criminal charges have been filed against Singham or the organizations in connection with the allegations.
Soon after, Sam Lyman, head of research at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, presented the network as one of three overlapping channels of influence: Chinese state media and online campaigns, nonprofits supported by Singham, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a Marxist-Leninist organization that works closely with CodePink, People’s Forum and BreakThrough News. Lyman said Singham-funded groups had echoed Chinese messaging on artificial intelligence, data centers and U.S. technology policy, while the Party for Socialism and Liberation organizers helped mobilize opposition to data-center projects across the country.
In the gallery, CodePink’s Benjamin stared at her phone, scrolling through messages.
Lyman said his research identified 21 campaigns linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation in 14 states that contributed to data-center moratoriums, a permanent ban and the rejection or cancellation of several projects. He estimated that campaigns in which the Party for Socialism and Liberation played a role had delayed, reduced or blocked proposed AI infrastructure investment across the country. He cautioned, however, that opposition to data centers isn’t entirely manufactured and that many Americans had genuine concerns about electricity costs, environmental effects and local development.
Finally, among the Republican witnesses, Matthew Johnson, senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, a think tank, described the Singham network as an intermediary layer that translates themes associated with Beijing — including anti-imperialism, environmental harm, militarization, inequality and opposition to U.S. power — into activist language for American audiences.
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HASAN PIKER CALLS HAMAS ‘FAR MORE MODERATE,’ DISMISSES TERROR GROUP’S BRUTAL RULE IN GAZA
His testimony identified the People’s Forum, BreakThrough News, Tricontinental, CodePink and the communist ANSWER Coalition as part of the broader ecosystem. Tricontinental Ltd. is a Massachusetts-based think tank led by a friend of Singham’s, Vijay Prashad, who led a session on the future of Marxism at Singham’s wedding to Evans. Singham provided $16.76 million to Tricontinental.
“Beijing cannot simply command an American university, company, journalist, think tank or activist,” Johnson said. “It must gain access and cultivate relationships within institutions that shape perception, expertise and decision-making.”
Democratic minority lawmakers called Donald Sherman, president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, to the hearing as their witness. His opening remarks offered a dissenting opinion to the other witnesses, criticizing President Donald Trump for accepting a plane for Air Force One from Qatar and taking aim at Trump’s family’s business dealings with nations abroad.
The phrase “Trojan horse” comes from the ancient Greek story in which soldiers concealed themselves inside a wooden horse presented as a gift to the city of Troy. Once the horse was brought inside the city, the soldiers emerged and opened the gates to the invading army.
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In modern foreign influence operations, lawmakers used the “Trojan horse” metaphor to describe seemingly legitimate people, organizations, media outlets, nonprofits or cultural initiatives that can provide hidden access for a foreign power’s interests. The concern is that a foreign government, foreign intelligence service, wealthy foreign actor or proxy may use that structure to gain access to American audiences, political debates, institutions, policymaking or elections.
CodePink members booted from hearing
After the last witness spoke, about 30 minutes into the hearing, Huizenga briefly suspended proceedings while U.S. Capitol Police approached Benjamin and her fellow agitators.
“We do have some folks who have not verbally disrupted the committee as of yet,” Huizenga said. “This has been deemed to be a protest by the clerk because of the nature of the shirts and what is happening.”
The shirts were still visible on the official feed of the hearing behind the witnesses.
Video from inside the hearing room shows a Capitol Police officer approaching Benjamin at her seat and asking her to leave. Benjamin complied but protested.
As the activists huddled outside with Capitol Police officers, ranking member Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., objected to the removal, saying the activists were “exercising their freedom of speech by wearing T-shirts” and “certainly were not being disruptive.”
On Sept. 15, 2026, CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin poses outside the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing room, a Trader’s Joe bag beside her feet.(Asra Q. Nomani)
CHINA EXPERT WARNS BEIJING WANTS AMERICANS — NOT THE CCP — TO SPREAD ITS MESSAGE
Outside, Benjamin kept the performance going, strategically positioning herself beside the bronze committee placard and started filming a video about the political spectacle just staged, her Trader Joe bag beside her feet. Suddenly, she cut filming when she spotted Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., exiting the hearing room. Chasing after Fine, a strong opponent of the anti-semitism of the “red-green alliance” and a strong supporter of Israel, Benjamin hurled questions at her, her team filming the chase.
After Fine entered an office, Benjamin returned to her spot outside the Foreign Affairs Committee hearing room, pulled out a comb to straighten her hair and returned to filming her remarks about the day’s hearing. The video complete, Benjamin disappeared down the hall with her fellow CodePink agitators.
Soon after, CodePink published videos of their members disrupting a House Financial Services Committee to heckle Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. As Fox News Digital has reported, Bessent’s Treasury Department has been investigating CodePink and other organizations for possibly violating restrictions on doing business with the Communist Party of Cuba.
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Then, just about two hours after being escorted out of the hearing room, at 4:38 p.m., the CodePink team posted a carefully edited 43-second video of Benjamin standing outside the hearing room and chasing Fine, packaging the day’s confrontation into a ready-made social-media clip.
Far-left activists from the Singham network quickly shared the CodePink video.
Fox News Digital’s Jesse Watson contributed to this report.
Asra Nomani is senior editor of investigations at Fox News Digital. She is a former reporter at the Wall Street Journal, where she covered stories related to money, politics and society. She is the author of “Woke Army: The Left-Green Alliance That Is Undermining America’s Freedom.”_ She can be reached at asra.nomani@fox.com and on X at @asranomani.
2026-09-15T20:32:33-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
迈克·卡茨将力争在这个数十年未选出共和党籍参议员的州，击败现任民主党议员
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前民主党州议员迈克·卡茨周二在特拉华州共和党参议员初选中胜出，该州共和党推举的候选人将在11月的选举中对阵民主党提名的候选人，而共和党已有三十多年未能拿下该州的参议院席位。
卡茨在两党制共和党初选中击败了退役陆军上校约翰·舒利，将在11月3日的大选中对阵连任三届的民主党参议员克里斯·库恩斯。
卡茨是一名儿科麻醉师兼企业主，曾以民主党身份在特拉华州参议院任职，2008年当选该州参议员，代表特拉华州第四参议院选区，直至2012年连任竞选失利。
（2025年1月27日，美国华盛顿特区）美国参议员克里斯·库恩斯（D-DE）27日在华盛顿特区国会大厦的参议院地铁通道内行走。当日参议院以68票赞成、29票反对的投票结果确认斯科特·贝森特为财政部长。（图片来源：安娜·莫尼迈尔/盖蒂图片社）
这位麻醉师在其政治生涯中曾跨越党派界限。卡茨2024年以独立党候选人身份竞选美国参议员，最终以约4%的得票率位列第三，落后于民主党候选人丽莎·布朗特·罗切斯特和共和党候选人埃里克·汉森。
根据联邦选举委员会的记录，他后来以共和党身份注册了2026年的参议院竞选。
特拉华州联邦参议院共和党候选人迈克·卡茨医生（图片来源：迈克·卡茨为特拉华州竞选团队）
卡茨在周二的竞选中是特拉华州共和党官方背书的候选人。根据其竞选网站信息，他的竞选纲领聚焦于降低生活成本、改革医疗保健、保护特拉华州的就业岗位以及削减联邦开支。
卡茨将其转向共和党一事描述为与长期秉持的信念一致，而非政治观点的转变。他告诉福克斯29频道，重新注册为共和党人“并非原则上的改变”，而是与他数十年来一直坚持的原则相契合。
“我们的竞选活动正在组建一个联盟，由共和党人、无党派人士和民主党选民组成，赢得11月的选举，击败克里斯·库恩斯，”卡茨在周二初选前的一则广告中对支持者说道。
特拉华湾（图片来源：盖蒂图片社）
卡茨将试图打破共和党在特拉华州参议院选举中长达数十年的连败纪录。自共和党参议员威廉·罗斯1994年成功连任以来，共和党再也没有在该州赢得过联邦参议院选举。
亚历克·舍梅尔是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，原籍北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市，现居住在华盛顿特区-巴尔的摩都会区。
Ex-Dem lawmaker receives GOP nod in uphill race to challenge top Senate Democrat
2026-09-15T20:32:33-04:00 / Fox News
Mike Katz will seek to upset the Dem incumbent in a state that hasn’t seen a Republican senator in decades
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Published September 15, 2026 8:32pm EDT | Updated September 15, 2026 8:50pm EDT
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Former Democratic state lawmaker Mike Katz won Delaware’s Republican Senate primary Tuesday, sending the state’s GOP-backed candidate into a November fight against the Democratic nominee for a seat Republicans have not won in more than three decades.
Katz defeated retired Army colonel John Shulli in the two-way Republican primary and will face three-term Democratic Sen. Chris Coons in the Nov. 3 general election.
Katz, a pediatric anesthesiologist and business owner, previously served in the Delaware state Senate as a Democrat after winning election to the chamber in 2008. He represented the state’s 4th Senate District until losing his re-election bid in 2012.
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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 27: U.S. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) walks through the Senate Subway in the U.S. Capitol on January 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary in a 68-29 vote.(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The anesthesiologist has crossed party lines during his political career. Katz ran for U.S. Senate in 2024 as the Independent Party candidate, finishing third behind Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester and Republican Eric Hansen with about 4% of the vote.
He later registered his 2026 Senate candidacy as a Republican, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Delaware Dr. Mike Katz.(Dr. Mike Katz for Delaware)
Katz entered Tuesday’s contest as the Delaware Republican Party’s endorsed candidate. His campaign has focused on lowering the cost of living, reforming health care, protecting jobs in Delaware, and reducing federal spending, according to his campaign website.
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Katz characterized his move to the Republican Party as an alignment with long-held beliefs rather than a shift in his political views, telling FOX 29 that re-registering as a Republican “was not a change in principle” but an alignment with principles he had held for decades.
“Our campaign is building a coalition. A coalition of Republicans, Independents and Democratic voters to win this race in November to defeat Chris Coons,” Katz told supporters in an ad ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
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Katz will attempt to snap a decades-long losing streak for the party in Delaware Senate races. The GOP has not won a U.S. Senate election in the state since Republican Sen. William Roth won re-election in 1994.
Alec Schemmel is a Politics Reporter for Fox News Digital who is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but now resides in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore Metro Area.
2026-09-15 20:11 EDT / 福克斯新闻
美国国务院将针对其所称的针对阿非利卡人和少数族裔的政策责任人实施制裁
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福克斯新闻资深外交政策记者吉利安·特纳在《特别报道》节目中详细介绍了国务院创纪录地撤销超过15万张美国签证，其中大部分是因犯罪活动被撤销的。
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特朗普政府周二宣布新的签证限制措施，针对其所称的在南非参与基于种族的歧视、无偿没收土地或煽动针对少数族裔群体 imminent暴力的外国公民。
美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥根据联邦移民法的一项条款宣布了这项政策，该条款允许他在外国公民入境美国可能带来潜在严重不利外交政策后果时，将其列为不可入境人员。
此次限制措施将针对那些负责或参与制定或实施美国国务院所称的、助长无偿没收土地、基于种族的歧视或煽动针对南非少数族裔群体 imminent暴力的法律或政策的外国公民。
2025年5月21日，华盛顿特区白宫椭圆形办公室，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普与南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨会面。（埃文·武奇/美联社照片，资料图）
鲁比奥周二在X平台上发布帖子宣布这项限制措施时，强化了美国政府对南非政府的批评。
“正如@POTUS明确指出的那样，南非人民正被一个政府辜负，该政府出于对阿非利卡少数族裔的偏执种族怨恨，正在摧毁本国经济，”鲁比奥写道。
鲁比奥指责南非政府未能妥善解决农村犯罪问题，他称这是“暴力且非人性化的言论”，以及针对阿非利卡人和其他少数群体的歧视性政策。
“这些制造不公的人没有资格进入美国，”鲁比奥写道。
据美国国务院透露，相关人员的家属也可能受到此次限制措施的影响。
此次公告标志着特朗普政府与南非政府在后者对待阿非利卡人和其他少数群体问题上的争端进一步升级。
美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥在华盛顿特区白宫内阁会议上发言。（奇普·索莫德维罗/盖蒂图片社，资料图）
2025年2月，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普签署一项行政命令，指示联邦机构在法律允许范围内暂停对南非的援助，并指示国务院和国土安全部优先向美国政府所称的种族歧视受害者阿非利卡人提供人道主义救济。
该命令专门提及了南非的《征收法》，指责该国政府纵容无偿没收阿非利卡人的农业财产，并推行其他歧视性政策。
2025年5月，白宫椭圆形办公室会议期间，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普展示新闻剪报。（埃文·武奇/美联社照片，资料图）
鲁比奥周二表示，美国政府认为南非尚未妥善解决其关切的问题。
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据美国国务院透露，此次新的限制措施是根据《移民和国籍法》第212(a)(3)(C)条实施的。
白宫和国务院未立即回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。
贾斯敏·贝尔是福克斯新闻数字频道的突发新闻撰稿人，报道领域涵盖政治、军事、围绕生命与家庭政策的法律辩论以及信仰与文化议题。
Trump admin imposes new visa restrictions over alleged racial discrimination, land seizures in South Africa
2026-09-15 20:11 EDT / Fox News
The State Department will target foreign nationals it says are responsible for policies against Afrikaners and minorities
By Jasmine Baehr Fox News
Published September 15, 2026 8:11pm EDT | Updated September 15, 2026 8:15pm EDT
Fox News senior foreign policy correspondent Gillian Turner details the State Department’s record-setting revocation of more than 150,000 U.S. visas, a majority being revoked over criminal activity, on ‘Special Report.’
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The Trump administration announced new visa restrictions Tuesday targeting foreign nationals in South Africa who it says are responsible for race-based discrimination, uncompensated land seizures or inciting imminent violence against racial and ethnic minorities.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the policy under a provision of federal immigration law allowing him to deem foreign nationals inadmissible when their entry into the U.S. could have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences.
The restrictions will target foreign nationals who are responsible for, or complicit in, enacting or implementing laws or policies that the State Department says enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination or the incitement of imminent violence against minority ethnic or racial groups in South Africa.
RUBIO UNVEILS VISA RESTRICTIONS TARGETING CYBERCRIME NETWORKS
President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, May 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Evan Vucci/AP Photo, File)
Rubio sharpened the administration’s criticism of the South African government in a post on X announcing the restrictions Tuesday.
“As @POTUS has made clear, the South African people are being failed by a government that is destroying its economy through an obsessive pursuit of racial grievance against the Afrikaner minority,” Rubio wrote.
Rubio accused South Africa’s government of failing to adequately address rural crime, what he described as “violent and dehumanizing rhetoric,” and discriminatory policies targeting Afrikaners and other minority groups.
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“Those responsible for these injustices have no place in the United States,” Rubio wrote.
Family members may also be subject to the restrictions, according to the State Department.
The announcement marks the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s dispute with the South African government over its treatment of Afrikaners and other minority populations.
‘NARCO-TERRORIST’ FAMILY MEMBERS TARGETED IN RUBIO’S LATEST VISA CRACKDOWN
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, File)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February 2025 directing federal agencies to halt aid to South Africa to the extent permitted by law and directing the State and Homeland Security departments to prioritize humanitarian relief for Afrikaners who the administration says are victims of racial discrimination.
The order specifically cited South Africa’s Expropriation Act and accused the government of enabling the seizure of Afrikaner agricultural property without compensation, along with pursuing other discriminatory policies.
President Donald Trump shows press clippings during an Oval Office meeting at the White House in May 2025.(Evan Vucci/AP Photo, File)
Rubio said Tuesday that the administration does not believe South Africa has adequately addressed its concerns.
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The new restrictions are being imposed under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, according to the State Department.
The White House and State Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
Jasmine Baehr is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, legal debates surrounding life and family policy, as well as faith and culture.
2026年9月15日 美国东部时间晚上8:19 / 福克斯新闻
特拉华州民主党参议员克里斯·孔斯在《福克斯新闻周日》节目中，就特朗普政府在伊朗冲突中的举措发表看法，并对吉尔·拜登在2024年总统辩论相关言论引发的后续影响作出回应。
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一名民主党资深人士周二在特拉华州轻松赢得党内初选胜利，击败了一位名字带有反特朗普色彩的对手。
特拉华州民主党参议员克里斯·孔斯轻松击败一众初选对手，成功拿下参议院民主党提名，有望在11月的选举中赢得第三个任期。他此次击败了一位名字格外特别的对手：E·“不特朗普”·汉森。
汉森曾名为埃里克·汉森，曾是企业高管，其竞选纲领主张限制总统权力。针对唐纳德·特朗普总统的“最恶劣行径”，他提出的解决方案是通过立法限制总统权力，“以恢复真正的制衡，铲除腐败和利益输送”。
2026年1月17日，特拉华州民主党参议员克里斯·孔斯与由参众议员组成的美国代表团在丹麦哥本哈根举行新闻发布会。（艾达·玛丽·奥加德/丽姿奥扫描社 via 美联社）
“E·（埃里克）·不特朗普·汉森这个名字并非噱头——这代表着他对积极变革的坚定承诺，”他的竞选官网写道。
汉森在接受当地媒体WHYY采访时表示，他改名是为了体现自己对特朗普的反对立场。
“特朗普曾扬言会动用一切手段对付批评者，”汉森说，“他会针对我，但我还是愿意承担这个风险——因为另一种选择就是让特拉华州民众的处境变得更糟。”
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美国联邦选举委员会（FEC）提交的参选声明显示，汉森于7月正式以新名字开启竞选活动。此前，汉森曾在2024年以共和党人身份参选，并赢得了共和党提名。
他最终在选举中输给了特拉华州民主党参议员丽莎·布朗特-罗切斯特。
与此同时，孔斯击败汉森、杰夫·阿佩尔汉斯和玛丽·卢夫，赢得初选，将在11月与迈克·卡茨或约翰·沙利展开角逐。
前总统乔·拜登在讲台前发表讲话。（曼努埃尔·塞内塔/美联社照片）
作为参议院国防拨款小组委员会最高级别民主党议员，孔斯拥有历史优势。这位议员首次进入国会是接替时任参议员乔·拜登——后者被前总统巴拉克·奥巴马选为竞选搭档。
他在2014年赢得首个完整任期，并自此一直牢牢占据这一职位。特拉华州自1966年起就再未选出过共和党籍联邦参议员，当时前参议员J·迦勒·博格斯在连任竞选中落败。
博格斯被29岁的拜登击败，自此奠定了特拉华州数十年来的深蓝大本营地位。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责美国参议院报道的撰稿人。
Dem senator defeats challenger named ‘No-Trump’ in Delaware primary
September 15, 2026 8:19pm EDT / Fox News
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., discusses the Trump administration’s efforts in the Iran conflict and responds to fallout surrounding Jill Biden’s comments on the 2024 presidential debate on ‘Fox News Sunday.’
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A Democratic stalwart cruised to a primary victory in Delaware on Tuesday, including fending off an opponent with an anti-Trump name.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., easily held on against a small field of primary challengers and clinched the Democratic nomination for Senate in a race for a third term that he’s expected to win in November, and he did it while besting an opponent with an unusual name: E. No-Trump Hansen.
Hansen, formerly known as Eric Hansen, a former business executive, ran on a platform of curbing presidential power. His solution to President Donald Trump’s “worst impulses” was to pass legislation that would limit presidential power to “restore real checks and balances, and root out corruption and self-dealing.”
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Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speaks during a press conference with the American delegation, consisting of senators and members of the House of Representatives, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 17, 2026.(Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
“The name E. (Eric) No-Trump Hansen isn’t a gimmick — it’s his complete commitment to positive change,” his campaign website said.
Hansen told local outlet WHYY that he changed his name to reflect his opposition to Trump.
“Trump has said he’ll go after his critics by any means available,” Hansen said. “He will go after me, but I’m willing to bear that risk anyway — because the alternative is letting things get worse for Delawareans.”
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A statement of candidacy filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) showed that Hansen officially began campaigning under his new moniker in July. Previously, Hansen ran as a Republican in 2024 and scored the GOP nomination.
He ultimately lost to Sen. Lisa Blunt-Rochester, D-Del.
Meanwhile, Coons’ victory over Hansen, Jeff Appelhans and Mary Louve tees up a November challenge against either Mike Katz or John Shulli.
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Former President Joe Biden addresses from a podium.(Manuel Ceneta/AP Photo)
And Coons, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, has history on his side. The lawmaker first entered Congress to replace then-Sen. Joe Biden, who was tapped by former President Barack Obama to be his running mate.
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He won his first full term in 2014 and has maintained his grip on the position ever since. The First State hasn’t sent a Republican to the upper chamber since 1966, when former Sen. J. Caleb Boggs lost re-election.
Boggs was ousted by a 29-year-old Biden, cementing Delaware as a deep-blue stronghold for decades to come.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.