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China expert warns Beijing wants Americans — not the CCP — to spread its message

2026-09-15T10:07:01-04:00 / Fox News

Expert witness says Beijing’s strategy makes its messaging appear homegrown rather than directed by the Chinese government

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Published September 15, 2026 10:07am EDT

China expert Matthew Johnson, who is scheduled to testify before Congress on Tuesday, discusses Beijing’s influence strategy, malign foreign influence and why the Chinese government seeks to shape debate inside the United States.

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Congress will examine how foreign adversaries — particularly China— seek to influence American public opinion and policymaking at a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

One of the expert witnesses told Fox News Digital ahead of the hearing that Beijing’s greater advantage lies in shaping debate inside the United States through American organizations rather than direct Chinese propaganda.

Matthew Johnson, a China expert and senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, said Beijing increasingly seeks to influence debates over national security and other strategic issues by working through American institutions and organizations, making its messages appear homegrown rather than directed by the Chinese government.

HOUSE PANEL TO PROBE FOREIGN ‘TROJAN HORSES’ AS SINGHAM SCRUTINY WIDENS

A photo illustration shows a Chinese flag waving in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., ahead of a House hearing examining alleged foreign malign influence operations involving China and other foreign adversaries.(Fox News Digital Photo Illustration)

“The idea is that it’s not the Communist Party talking, it’s actually institutions and individuals in the United States who are talking,” Johnson told Fox News Digital. “That’s actually the best outcome because then it looks organic… it looks like it’s somehow being produced from within our society as opposed to by external actors.”

Johnson said one of Beijing’s current priorities is slowing U.S. advances in artificial intelligence and data-center infrastructure—an area he said Chinese leaders view as central to strategic competition with the United States. He said China’s influence strategy combines grassroots activism with efforts to shape thinking among academics, policy experts and other influential voices.

His testimony comes as Congress continues examining the funding network linked to Shanghai-based Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, whose nonprofits have become the subject of congressional investigations and a federal criminal probe.

Fox News Digital previously reported that Singham directed at least $285 million into six pro-China, pro-communist nonprofit organizations beginning in 2017, including CodePink. Singham and the organizations have denied taking direction from the Chinese government, and neither Singham nor the organizations have been charged with wrongdoing.

David Chung, organizing director at the pro-China The People’s Forum, prepares for an anti-war demonstration in Union Square in New York City, left. Tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham attends The Red Party in New York City on Feb. 14, 2018, right.(Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital; Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images)

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Johnson is scheduled to testify Tuesday before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, which will hold a hearing titled “Trojan Horses: Covert Foreign Malign Influence Operations in America.” Lawmakers are expected to examine how foreign adversaries, including China, Cuba and Iran, may use nonprofits, activist networks and other organizations to shape U.S. public opinion and policy.

“My goal is to raise the curtain to expose these operations and stop them from undermining our national security, capitalism and the American Dream,” committee Chairman Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., told Fox News Digital.

Johnson said the hearing focuses on what lawmakers describe as “malign foreign influence”—efforts by foreign governments to shape American public debate and policymaking by steering conversations toward their own strategic interests rather than those of the United States.

“I try to break down influence in terms of looking at ways in which the framework of very sensitive strategic conversations is being steered in ways that seem to map onto China’s strategic interests, not American strategic interests,” Johnson said.

He said the concept of a “Trojan horse” reflects Beijing’s preference for influencing American debate through domestic institutions and individuals rather than direct government messaging.

“From an American perspective, we want to be sure that it’s Americans who are leading the debate on this issue, not Beijing,” Johnson said.

CHINA’S INFLUENCE MACHINE: FEDERAL RECORDS EXPOSE BEIJING’S PUSH TO SWAY AMERICA

Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects members of the People’s Liberation Army during a military event in Beijing. Congress is set to examine China’s alleged influence operations inside the United States at a House hearing Tuesday.(Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Among the organizations that have received funding from Singham’s network is CodePink, the anti-war activist group co-founded by Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, Singham’s wife. CodePink has spent years organizing disruptive protests inside Congress, campaigning against U.S. policy toward China, Cuba and Israel, and promoting its “China Is Not Our Enemy” campaign, which argues the United States should pursue cooperation with Beijing rather than confrontation. House Ways and Means Committee Republicans have accused the group of promoting narratives aligned with Chinese Communist Party interests, allegations CodePink denies.

Asked why campaigns such as CodePink’s “China Is Not Our Enemy” matter, Johnson said they promote an image of China that serves Beijing’s strategic interests by downplaying the broader geopolitical competition between the two countries.

“The idea that we don’t want war with China, we want peace… these are all noble goals,” Johnson said. “But… its strategic function is that it masks the fact that Beijing actually does seek a world order that is more shaped by Beijing in which the United States plays a lesser role.”

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Johnson said China does not have to convince Americans to support the Chinese Communist Party to advance its interests. Instead, he said, Beijing benefits when public debate shifts away from viewing China as a strategic competitor.

“The real issue is whether there is actually a balance and whether we have enough transparency to allow us to assess whether there’s a balance,” Johnson said.

Fox News’ Asra Q. Nomani contributed to this report.

Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.

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徐芳达吁新中在更多地区扩展合作 共建更宜居和有韧性城市

2026年9月15日 23:58 / 联合早报

新加坡国家发展部长徐芳达（前排右二）星期一（9月14日）傍晚在中国河北省雄安新区了解当地的发展计划。前排右一是国家发展部兼交通部高级政务部长孙雪玲。 （徐芳达脸书）

我国国家发展部长徐芳达呼吁新加坡和中国继续深化交流与合作，打造更宜居、可持续和有韧性的城市，并把合作扩展到中国更多地区。

徐芳达自星期天（9月13日）起对中国进行六天访问。这是他去年接掌国家发展部后第三次访华。国家发展部兼交通部高级政务部长孙雪玲随同出访。

徐芳达星期一（14日）在北京与中国住房和城乡建设部部长倪虹共同主持第三次部长级领导人对话会。他星期二（15日）晚在脸书贴文，形容双方进行了富有成效的对话，探讨如何进一步促进两国企业及其他行业利益相关者之间的知识交流与合作。

他也首次到访河北雄安新区，出席星期二举行的第三届中新绿色发展论坛。雄安正被打造为中国创新枢纽和高质量发展的典范。

徐芳达在论坛上致辞时说，两国合作开发新城区的历史悠久，过去36年通过苏州工业园区、天津生态城、中新（重庆）战略性互联互通示范项目等三个政府间合作项目，双边关系不断巩固深化。其中，天津生态城是新中两国政府以及天津市政府都感到非常自豪的项目。

徐芳达也是新加坡—天津经贸理事会新方联合主席。他指出，各方在将天津生态城打造成绿色发展典范方面取得良好进展，希望能在此基础上进一步深化合作。

天津生态城将于2028年迎来成立20周年。展望未来，徐芳达指出，新中两国城市都面临人口老龄化、气候变化和全球经济动荡的挑战。“这意味着城市发展的下一阶段，不能简单停留在越建越多，我们必须建得更好，打造更宜居、可持续和有韧性的城市。”

徐芳达指出，新中还有很多可以继续相互学习借鉴的地方，一个是住房和社区发展，另一个是可持续发展与创新。他呼吁两国在建筑设计、社区规划，以及如何便捷高效地向民众提供公共服务等领域进行交流，分享最佳实践。

徐芳达还呼吁两国充分利用天津生态城强大的研发和创新生态系统，将有潜能的解决方案从实验室推向市场，支持绿色和低碳产业的发展。

新中合作还必须延伸到生态城以外。徐芳达说：“我们以生态城为合作平台，但合作绝不局限于生态城。我们的合作可以扩展到天津其他地区，乃至中国其他地区。”

徐芳达指出，新中合作“始终是一部顺应形势变化、开拓新领域互学互鉴与互利共赢的故事”。随着新中城市面临新挑战，两国应继续分享经验、测试新思路并开发切实解决方案，改善两国人民的生活。

他说：“我相信新加坡和中国通过密切合作，能为建设更绿色、更宜居和更可持续的城市贡献新思路和新方案，同时不断深化我们的经济合作伙伴关系。”

在星期二的论坛上，新加坡企业发展局、天津生态城管委会与雄安新区管委会签署了谅解备忘录，帮助企业开拓京津冀及东南亚市场。徐芳达指出，这也有助于加强绿色和数字经济以及其他新兴产业的商业交流与合作。

访问雄安之后，徐芳达星期二稍晚续程前往天津，与中共天津市委书记陈敏尔会面。

徐芳达此次率领由80名新加坡企业代表组成的代表团到访天津，参加首届绿色低碳博览会。他还将与天津市长张工共同主持新津经贸理事会会议，探讨如何进一步巩固合作伙伴关系。

欢迎美国提议俄乌暂袭能源设施 俄要求取消“非法”制裁

2026年9月15日 20:21 / 联合早报

克里姆林宫发言人佩斯科夫说，除了暂停袭击能源设施外，美国还需要解除对俄罗斯的制裁。“只有这样，世界才能获得充足的石油产品供应，全球市场才能稳定下来，价格才能下降。” （路透社档案照片）

克里姆林宫说，俄罗斯欢迎美国提出俄乌暂停互相攻击能源基础设施的提议，同时强调保护海上出口和取消对俄罗斯的“非法”制裁也至关重要。

路透社报道，克里姆林宫发言人佩斯科夫星期二（9月15日）告诉记者，美国总统特朗普的建议“非常好”，但仅靠这一措施还不足以降低全球燃油价格。“必须确保包括油轮在内的商业航运和航行安全。基辅政权迄今为止没有表现出任何保障这种安全的意愿。”

他也说：“当然，第二件需要做的事情是解除对俄罗斯的制裁，以及取消这些针对能源供应的非法限制。只有这样，世界才能获得充足的石油产品供应，全球市场才能稳定下来，价格才能下降。”

佩斯科夫说，俄罗斯将就特朗普的提议与美国保持联系。

特朗普星期一（14日）说，乌克兰和俄罗斯已同意不攻击对方的能源目标，但双方都未证实这一协议。俄罗斯星期二袭击基辅的加油站，乌克兰则称袭击一家俄罗斯炼油厂。

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乌克兰总统泽连斯基星期一说，基辅准备支持能源停火，前提是华盛顿能够确保莫斯科真正准备好结束对乌克兰的战争。

乌克兰对俄罗斯能源设施的袭击导致国内夏季燃料短缺，迫使俄罗斯限制出口。这加剧能源市场上汽油、柴油和航空燃油的短缺，并推高价格，加剧全球通货膨胀。

打脸特朗普 俄乌持续互攻能源目标

2026年9月15日 21:19 / 联合早报

乌克兰首都基辅一处加油站周二遭俄罗斯无人机袭击后起火燃烧。 （路透社）

（基辅/莫斯科综合电）乌克兰总统泽连斯基说，如果美方能确保俄罗斯就停止战争作出“真正和长期”的承诺，乌方愿推动局势降温。美国总统特朗普早前宣布，俄乌双方已同意停止攻击能源目标，不过莫斯科和基辅均未证实已达成相关协议。

泽连斯基周一（9月14日）在晚间视频讲话中说，美国强烈建议俄乌停止针对关键基础设施的互袭，如果这可以成为推动局势降温的第一步，乌方愿意予以支持，但他认为目前没有迹象显示俄方真的想要停战。

他指出，俄乌停止互袭的磋商必须涵盖能源、粮食运输通道、关键基础设施等事宜。他还说，乌克兰需要的方案不应仅仅为了迎合美国中期选举，而应立足长远。

克里姆林宫发言人佩斯科夫周二回应时，对特朗普呼吁俄乌停止互袭能源设施表示欢迎，称这是个“好主意、好倡议”。

然而在战场上，俄乌持续互攻。乌官员周二说，俄军夜间出动200架无人机袭击基辅和其他城市，造成两人死亡。俄方攻击目标包括基辅的加油站以及其他地区的能源和港口基础设施。

近几个月来，俄军已袭击大约300座加油站，主要位于乌克兰前线地区或其周边。

乌军连月来也持续攻击俄工业设施，尤其是作为俄经济支柱的石油工业，导致俄多个地区汽油严重短缺。泽连斯基周二称，乌军袭击了俄罗斯萨塞兹兰市一座炼油厂，以及塔甘罗格市和奥廖尔市的无人机生产设施。

俄护卫舰向丹麦军用直升机发射照明弹

北约成员国丹麦说，一艘俄罗斯护卫舰周一在丹麦外海国际水域，朝一架执行例行任务的丹麦军用直升机发射两枚照明弹，其中一枚近距离掠过直升机。

丹麦首相弗雷德里克森谴责俄方行为鲁莽。莫斯科则指责丹麦在护卫舰附近进行“危险机动”，并表示正在调查此事。

此外，波罗的海国家立陶宛通报，执行北约任务的意大利战机周二凌晨在立陶宛上空击落一架无人机。意防长克罗塞托说，无人机“极有可能”属于俄罗斯。

近几个月，乌克兰无人机多次进入波罗的海地区的北约领空。基辅说，无人机是因受到俄电子信号干扰而偏离航向。

Trump admin moves to gut Biden’s signature environmental rules

September 15, 2026 8:11am EDT / Fox News

EPA chief Lee Zeldin says eliminating greenhouse gas standards for power plants could save the industry up to $670B

By Anders Hagstrom Fox News

Energy Sec Chris Wright calls out Biden driving energy ‘into a ditch’

Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright criticized the Biden administration for restricting reliable energy and wasting “trillions” on “The Katie Miller Podcast.”

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President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to gut Biden-era climate regulations that it says could save the industry up to $670 billion in compliance costs.

Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin says the agency is repealing the majority of the Biden administration’s greenhouse gas requirements for U.S. power plants. The EPA projects that alone will save $310 billion in compliance costs, and Zeldin has proposed eliminating all remaining greenhouse gas emission standards, which would save a projected additional $370 billion.

The move, first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, is aimed at boosting coal and natural gas power production. The EPA says coal production for use in the power sector is expected to increase tenfold under the changes.

TRUMP ADMIN AXES ‘GREEN NEW SCAM’ APPLIANCE RULES AS EUROPE BAKES IN BRUTAL HEAT

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin of New York speaks before Congress.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

“For over 15 years, the Obama and Biden administrations implemented a war on coal to destroy reliable and affordable energy. The Trump Administration has come in to protect American energy and to make sure you can afford to keep the lights on,” Zeldin said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.

“Americans will see a decrease in electricity prices, but this is just the beginning. We are working to go even further so that American energy can be fully unleashed. Realizing the full potential of American energy means more jobs, lower prices, and a more prosperous America,” he added.

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Energy plants like this West Virginia-based coal-fired power station, left, designed to generate electricity, are under strain with the growing needs of the U.S. power grid. It’s prompting Congress to work toward permitting reform.(Getty Images)

On the chopping block are former President Joe Biden’s 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards, which Zeldin argues exceeded the EPA’s authority by setting impossible standards for power plants in an effort to force them to close.

“Models continue to show that GHG [Greenhouse Gas] emissions from power plants have no material impact on global climate change. In fact, if all carbon dioxides were eliminated tomorrow, there would be no meaningful climate impact,” the EPA wrote in a statement.

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Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, House Speaker Mike Johnson and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin watch as President Donald Trump signs an executive order directing the military to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants during a “Champion of Coal” event at the White House in Washington, D.C., on February 11, 2026.(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

“Additionally, the targeted emissions are global in nature, and any potential public health harms are too uncertain, conjectural, remote, and convoluted to tie specifically to the U.S. power sector,” it continued.

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Energy Secretary Christ Wright endorsed the EPA’s move as well, saying coal and natural gas provide critical stability for U.S. power infrastructure, “regardless of whether the wind is blowing or the sun is shining.”

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events.

Trump lashes out at US Supreme Court justices after ballot ruling

2026-09-15T13:46:51.715Z / Reuters

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WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump lashed out ​Tuesday at the U.S. Supreme Court justices ‌he appointed after the high court declined to let the U.S. Postal Service enforce a rule targeting ​mail-in ballots before November midterm elections.

The ​Republican president assailed the justices as being ⁠influenced by Democrats in making rulings against ​policies he espoused, including the global tariff regime ​and his attempt to restrict birthright citizenship. The court has a 6-3 conservative majority.

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“This Supreme Court is bullied and ​cajoled by the Radical Left into ​making decisions that have set America back at least ‌a ⁠hundred years,” the Republican president wrote on social media.

“These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme ​Court, they ​are merely ⁠a shell of their original selves,” he continued on Truth Social. “It ​is a Court that will go ​down ⁠as having rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful, and damaging decisions in our Country’s history.”

Trump ⁠said ​the mail-in voting ruling was ​a “big loss” for Republicans.

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诺奖得主瑞萨：AI若不受监管 人类将失去自主权

2026年9月15日 21:49 / 联合早报

• 诺贝尔和平奖得主瑞萨警告，若不立法限制人工智能，人类最终将失去自主决定的能力，并呼吁民众推动监管。 – 瑞萨指出AI已历经三波冲击：社交媒体导致社会分化、聊天机器人入侵生理机制，以及具自主行动能力的AI代理出现。 – 针对以中美竞争为由反对监管的观点，瑞萨驳斥其为舆论炒作，并称中国为本国公民设立的安全保障多于硅谷。 – 瑞萨主张让科技公司为造成的损害负责，并呼吁建立由公共利益团体主导、不受大型科技公司控制的通信平台。

获得2021年诺贝尔和平奖的瑞萨（Maria Ressa）呼吁，民众必须推动AI监管，并向政治人物施压，促使他们制定相关法律。 （路透社）

诺贝尔和平奖得主瑞萨说，人工智能利用社交媒体劫持人类的注意力，并通过操纵人类对亲密关系的渴望来影响人类的生理机制；如果现在不立法限制人工智能，人类最终将失去自主决定的能力。

路透社报道，拥有菲律宾和美国双重国籍的记者瑞萨（Maria Ressa）因记录大型科技公司的权力运作，与另一名得主共同获得2021年诺贝尔和平奖。她是新闻网站Rappler的联合创办人兼首席执行官，目前担任联合国人工智能（AI）国际科学小组的联合主席，负责评估AI如何改变全球民众的生活。

她在挪威奥斯陆出席一场有关民主受到威胁的会议期间接受采访时，呼吁民众必须推动AI监管，并向政治人物施压，促使他们制定相关法律。“要求监管并不是言论自由问题，而是公共安全问题。”

她说：“我认为，我们已经到了一个关键阶段，如果这种情况不改变，我们就会越过临界点……如果现在不介入，局势将超出我们的控制。”

瑞萨说：“人工智能既不‘人工’，也不‘智能’。它已经存在约70年，而目前已经有三波冲击民众生活的浪潮。”

她将第一阶段描述为社交媒体平台攫取注意力，导致社会两极分化，并将个体孤立起来；第二阶段是利用亲密关系来‘入侵’我们的生理机制，即聊天机器人的出现；最后一个阶段则涉及自主权本身，这通过具有自主行动能力的AI代理和多智能体AI来实现。“这些前沿模型创造出的机器不仅能模仿人类，还能代表我们采取行动。”

美国总统特朗普等批评人士反对监管AI，担心这会导致在AI竞赛中输给中国。不过，瑞萨驳斥这种观点，称这是一种“巧妙的舆论炒作”。

她说：“实际上，中国为当地公民设立的安全保障措施，比硅谷为世界其他地区提供的保障措施还要多。以TikTok为例，中国国内的版本设有年龄限制。”

瑞萨认为，要推动改变，第一步就是让科技公司承担责任。“首要一步是让这些公司为它们造成的损害负责。”

她对美国的诉讼行动表示欢迎，这些诉讼促使Meta同意在未来10年内支付高达180亿美元（约229亿新元），并严格限制青少年使用脸书和Instagram。

她也对欧盟及以澳大利亚为代表的国家采取的社交媒体年龄限制措施表示欢迎，但她指出这些措施并未解决一个“根本性缺陷”，即社媒同样会让成年人上瘾。

“我们知道这有害，因此应该移除那些令人上瘾的功能。不仅要针对青少​​年，更要针对我们所有人……在世界各国，遭受政治操纵的不仅仅是年轻人。”

她说，应当建立由公共利益团体主导、不受大型科技公司控制的通信平台，就像建设绿地公园等公共设施那样。她属下的Rappler在2023年推出的“Rappler Communities”正是这种尝试。

瑞萨介绍说，Rappler Communities是一款基于开源、安全且去中心化协议构建的应用程序，它使Rappler新闻编辑部能够与读者建立联系，也让读者之间能够互动，从而进行“真正的对话”。

Rappler后来邀请其他菲律宾媒体加入，目前正将这一模式推广至东南亚的其他媒体机构。“这是一个人们在数码领域可以感到安全的地方；在这里，人们可以相互交谈，更重要的是，能够倾听彼此，让民主真正发挥作用。”

宣布提升与委内瑞拉外交关系 英国将派遣大使

2026年9月15日 21:53 / 联合早报

英国宣布向委内瑞拉派遣大使，并称这将加强英国在支持委国向民主过渡方面发挥作用的能力。 （档案照片）

英国宣布将提升与委内瑞拉的外交关系，并向委内瑞拉派遣大使。

路透社报道，英国政府星期二（9月15日）在提交给议会的书面声明中说：“这个决定是更广泛的国际接触重启工作的一部分。”

声明说，此举并不代表英国改变对近期选举进程的评估，包括2024年举行的选举，也不意味着英国支持任何一方。“英国一贯的立场是承认国家，而非承认政府。”

英国指出，此举将加强英国在支持委内瑞拉向民主过渡方面发挥作用的能力。

委内瑞拉对英国的决定表示欢迎。委内瑞拉负责欧洲和北美事务的副外长布兰科（Oliver Blanco）在社交平台发文称，加拉加斯方面重视英国提升外交关系级别的举措。

布兰科说：“我们重申，愿深化基于相互尊重与建设性的对话，推动两国在共同利益领域的合作，并致力于追讨本应属于委内瑞拉人民的资产。”

欢迎美国提议俄乌暂袭能源设施 俄要求取消“非法”制裁

2026年9月15日 20:21 / 联合早报

克里姆林宫发言人佩斯科夫说，除了暂停袭击能源设施外，美国还需要解除对俄罗斯的制裁。“只有这样，世界才能获得充足的石油产品供应，全球市场才能稳定下来，价格才能下降。” （路透社档案照片）

克里姆林宫说，俄罗斯欢迎美国提出俄乌暂停互相攻击能源基础设施的提议，同时强调保护海上出口和取消对俄罗斯的“非法”制裁也至关重要。

路透社报道，克里姆林宫发言人佩斯科夫星期二（9月15日）告诉记者，美国总统特朗普的建议“非常好”，但仅靠这一措施还不足以降低全球燃油价格。“必须确保包括油轮在内的商业航运和航行安全。基辅政权迄今为止没有表现出任何保障这种安全的意愿。”

他也说：“当然，第二件需要做的事情是解除对俄罗斯的制裁，以及取消这些针对能源供应的非法限制。只有这样，世界才能获得充足的石油产品供应，全球市场才能稳定下来，价格才能下降。”

佩斯科夫说，俄罗斯将就特朗普的提议与美国保持联系。

特朗普星期一（14日）说，乌克兰和俄罗斯已同意不攻击对方的能源目标，但双方都未证实这一协议。俄罗斯星期二袭击基辅的加油站，乌克兰则称袭击一家俄罗斯炼油厂。

乌克兰总统泽连斯基星期一说，基辅准备支持能源停火，前提是华盛顿能够确保莫斯科真正准备好结束对乌克兰的战争。

乌克兰对俄罗斯能源设施的袭击导致国内夏季燃料短缺，迫使俄罗斯限制出口。这加剧能源市场上汽油、柴油和航空燃油的短缺，并推高价格，加剧全球通货膨胀。

Smithsonian move reignites ‘woke,’ ‘Marxist’ criticism as Latino museum avoids congressional approval

September 15, 2026 11:16am EDT / Fox News

Mike Gonzalez’s report argues the museum’s inaugural exhibition reflected anti-Western ideology and Marxist messaging

By Charles Creitz

As the Smithsonian locks in a permanent home for the museum, critics are revisiting exhibits featuring immigration, gender identity, U.S. intervention and figures tied to the political left.

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The Smithsonian designated its Arts and Industries Building as the permanent home of the controversial National Museum of the American Latino, a move critics say will allow the institution to move forward without another congressional fight over a museum they argue should not exist.

The decision comes as the Smithsonian faces intensifying scrutiny over its historical exhibits. Mike Gonzalez, a former Bush State Department official and longtime critic of the Latino museum, argued its inaugural exhibition promoted a far-left worldview and said selecting the Arts and Industries Building was an effort to avoid a contentious Capitol Hill battle.

“We need to fire the Smithsonian leadership,” Gonzalez said. “We need to get rid of the Latino museum. It needs to be de-authorized. It should not exist.”

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Shortly after the interview, his wish partially came true when the Smithsonian’s top official, Secretary Lonnie Bunch III, announced his retirement after four decades with the institution.

Gonzalez examined the Latino museum’s inaugural 2022 exhibition, “¡Presente!,” in a Heritage Foundation report shared with Fox News Digital. He also testified alongside National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig during congressional hearings in July.

The Smithsonian declined comment on Gonzalez’s report or his comments to Fox News Digital.

Gonzalez argues the location decision matters because the Smithsonian already controls A&I, unlike the National Park Service sites previously under consideration.

“They want to use this as kind of a ruse,” Gonzalez said, arguing that the institution can avoid another congressional fight by placing the museum on property it already controls.

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Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch listens during an event at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on February 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Trump donated her second inaugural dress to the museum, which was designed by fashion designer Herve Pierre, who also designed her first inauguration dress.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Gonzalez examined “¡Presente!,” and argued that a series of panels reflected what he described as an anti-Western, anti-American worldview. He pointed to its use of the idea “we didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us” as historically inaccurate and said it is a favorite mantra of those on the left who criticize immigration law enforcement.

He said the language casts U.S. westward expansion primarily through the lens of displacement while obscuring the history of Mexicans who remained in territory acquired by the United States and later became American citizens.

“I guess your guest today would count as one of them,” he said of himself. “Even though I don’t… run around calling myself a Hispanic. I’m a proud American of Cuban heritage.”

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An exhibit on the Latin American experience speaks about the “border cross[ing] us,” and commentary from expert Mike Gonzalez at top left.(Credit: Mike Gonzalez/Heritage Foundation)

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His report also highlights exhibits dealing with gender identity, immigration and the veneration of Marxist luminaries and political figures. Speaking to Fox News Digital from Israel, he said such attacks on national identity would never “fly.”

One exhibit featured in Gonzalez’ report was titled “Jose Julio Sarria: Drag and Politics” and described Sarria as a “legendary drag performer [and] the first openly gay person to run for public office in the U.S.” Another panel featured a Cuban transgender HIV/AIDS activist who fled the country during the Mariel Boatlift.

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“They create[d] a hothouse, an incubator of grievances among these 70 million [Americans of Hispanic descent],” he said, adding that Sarria and another featured figure prove that point.

That example involves Orlando Letelier, a foreign minister under former Marxist Chilean President Salvador Allende.

An exhibit discusses Jose Julio Sarria.(Credit: Mike Gonzalez/Heritage Foundation)

A photograph from the exhibition shows a 1976 quote from Letelier discussing his imprisonment under the Pinochet dictatorship and his later “liberation” in the name of restoring human rights.

“Orlando Letelier has nothing to do with America, other than the fact that he died in a car explosion in Washington D.C., in 1976, but I’m old enough to remember that he was a cause-celebre of the left [then],” he said.

“This is not an American story. The only reason he’s there is because the curators who worked in this exhibit betrayed who they are… They’re Marxists.”

An exhibit features left-wing Chilean official Orlando Letelier.(Credit: Mike Gonzalez)

Gonzalez, who said his father was imprisoned by Cuba’s former “tin-pot dictator” Fulgencio Batista before the leader was overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1959, said the Latino museum also does a rank disservice to the true history of Marxist-Leninist rule in Havana.

“Havana perhaps has not been at war since the British invasion of 1763 and yet it looks like it’s been carpet-bombed: It’s been carpet-bombed by socialism.”

The exhibit on Batista omits the oppressive reign of the Castro brothers and also features a cartoon mocking the U.S. for the Reagan-era Iran-Contra affair, the report said. Gonzalez noted the latter aged poorly because the Daniel Ortega regime the U.S. opposed in Nicaragua is back in power decades later and has recently eliminated elections.

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People walk on the National Mall near the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2021. President Donald Trump has ordered signs installed outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History directing visitors to a White House report criticizing the museum’s portrayal of American history.(MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., a Smithsonian Regent and someone who also fled Cuban socialism, said the institution is a “crown jewel” of the United States and should be held to that standard.

“The Congressman believes that the Smithsonian should be fair and balanced, aim for truth, and present both sides of the equation,” Gimenez spokesman Rey Anthony told Fox News Digital.

Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, worked in both the New York and Washington bureaus for Fox News since 2013.