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US judge rules that Trump plan to halve FEMA workforce violated law

2026-09-12 15:19:06 / Reuters

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• Summary

• Homeland Security Department can’t order job cuts at FEMA, judge says
• Cuts would interfere with disaster response mission, plaintiffs argue
• Friday’s ruling does not include remedies or penalties

Sept 12 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ruled that the Trump administration broke the ​law by ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its workforce in half.

U.S. District Judge Susan ​Illston in San Francisco in

a decision
issued late Friday, said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully by usurping FEMA’s authority over its own personnel and steering the agency to cut thousands of disaster-response jobs.

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While FEMA is part of DHS, a federal law adopted after Hurricane Katrina in ​2005 says the department “may not substantially or significantly reduce [FEMA’s] authorities, responsibilities, or functions.”

Agreeing with unions that sued, Illston ​said the department violated the law when it moved last year to stop FEMA from renewing ⁠the temporary contracts of thousands of on-call reservists who respond to disasters.

“There is no evidence in the record reflecting reasoned ​decision-making for this about-face or for the subsequent conditions DHS placed on FEMA’s renewal authority,” Illston wrote.

Friday’s ruling did not include ​remedies or penalties. Illston, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, wrote those would be addressed in a separate ruling next month and said the parties may submit briefings on the scope of relief she should provide to the unions.

FEMA, DHS and the American Federation of Government Employees, ​the largest U.S. federal worker union and a plaintiff in the case, did not immediately respond to requests for comment ​on Saturday.

The unions in January amended a lawsuit they had filed last year that more broadly challenged mass layoffs initiated by the Trump administration.

The ‌planned cuts ⁠at the emergency management agency are unlawful, the unions say, because they would undermine its core disaster‑response mission, were not approved by Congress, and were ordered by former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rather than initiated within FEMA itself.

The Trump administration has argued that FEMA has considerable flexibility to decide proper staffing levels. President Donald Trump previously has suggested that FEMA should ​be abolished and that states ​should be responsible for their ⁠emergency preparedness. Trump last year created a council to review the agency’s operations.

Illston in June declined to immediately block the job cuts, finding that FEMA had at least temporarily backed away from ​its plans.

But she wrote on Friday that FEMA appeared to be moving ahead with the ​cuts. FEMA projected ⁠its staffing levels for the upcoming fiscal year at 11,383 employees, or approximately half of prior levels, without any basis for choosing that number, Illston said.

The judge in

a separate decision
also faulted FEMA and DHS officials for using the Signal messaging app on ⁠their personal ​cell phones to communicate about staffing cuts and deleting the messages.

Illston said ​those messages would have been relevant to the lawsuit and that moving forward she would presume “that the lost Signal messages would have been unfavorable to Defendants ​because they would have been further evidence” of unlawful conduct.

Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York; Editing by Sergio Non

Abdul El-Sayed touts ‘whole a–’ medical credentials while defending sex changes for children

El-Sayed pointed to the Right to Try Act to argue Republicans also believe treatment decisions belong with doctors

September 12, 2026 10:43am EDT / Fox News

Abdul El-Sayed touts ‘whole a–’ medical credentials to defend child sex change procedures

The Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate argued that medical decisions should be left to patients, parents and doctors, who went to “whole a–” medical school.

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Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said the government should not restrict sex changes, arguing that “whole a–” doctors like himself should be allowed to make their own determinations for patients’ treatment plans.

The remarks came during El-Sayed’s Friday rally held at Michigan State University, during which the former Detroit Health Department head responded to a student’s question about protecting sex changes. Since launching his campaign, El-Sayed has flaunted that he is a “physician” and, if elected, he would be the first doctor to serve as a Democratic senator in 50 years. However, Fox News Digital previously reported El-Sayed has never held a medical license in Michigan or New York.

“I went to a whole a– medical school, everybody I graduated with also went to whole a– medical school,” El-Sayed said. “And then… they went to whole a– residency. Right? And some of them went to whole a– fellowship. They took whole a– exams to provide whole a– healthcare.”

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Abdul El-Sayed answers a question during a press conference at the Michigan Democratic Party State Endorsement Convention in Detroit on April 19, 2026. El-Sayed has never held a medical license in Michigan or New York.(Jose Juarez/AP Photo)

“They are the experts that a patient wants to see when they seek care,” El-Sayed continued. “And the decision about what healthcare is necessary ought to be held between a patient — and or their parents if they’re under the age of 18 — and their doctor. That’s it.”

The remarks come as the Trump administration has made major strides in restricting minors’ access to “sex-rejecting” procedures, which include hormone therapy and surgeries.

Earlier this week, the Justice Department announced that Mount Sinai had joined other hospitals, like Texas Children’s Hospital, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Connecticut Children’s Hospital, to halt sex change procedures for children after reaching an agreement with the Trump administration.

MEDICAID ENDS FUNDING FOR CHILD SEX-CHANGE PROCEDURES AS TRUMP ADMIN SLAMS ‘EXPERIMENTAL’ TREATMENTS

El-Sayed has made the promise of “Medicare-for-all” — government-run healthcare — as the major selling point of his campaign; he said that even though the government will be covering the bill, it needs to stay out of the doctor’s decisions about a patient’s treatment plan.

“I don’t think the government gets to have a say about what healthcare is provided in what circumstances and why,” El-Sayed said. “And to me, that is the standard on which we decide how we make healthcare decisions.”

THE MEDICARE FOR ALL TRADE-OFFS SOCIALISTS AREN’T TALKING ABOUT, ACCORDING TO EXPERTS

A protester holds a sign in support of sex changes for transgender children outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 2025.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Not what the government says you can or can’t do, but what a patient and/or their parent, if they’re under 18, and their provider to decide. That’s the most important thing,” El-Sayed continued. “And there’s a lot of disinformation about us, what we’re talking about, when we talk about reproductive rights and when we’re talking about healthcare for the trans folks. But, in the end, the place where the rubber meets the rope is in that clinical room between a patient and a provider, and that to me is the center we should engage on.”

El-Sayed argued that Republicans agree with his belief that treatment decisions should be between a patient and their doctor, pointing to the Right to Try Act, which allows terminally ill patients to try experimental drug treatments that aren’t yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration after they have exhausted all other treatment options.

“Because conservatives fought for a very long time for this legislation called ‘Right to Try’ legislation, which is the idea that the government couldn’t tell you [that] you couldn’t have a certain medication,” El-Sayed said.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROBE COULD UPEND WIDELY USED TRANSGENDER YOUTH TREATMENT GUIDELINES

A transgender rights supporter takes part in a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in a case on transgender health rights in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2024.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“So they agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between the person and their provider. That’s it. So let’s use that standard, and keep to that standard, and make sure the government doesn’t have the ability to tell you what you can or cannot do with your own life,” El-Sayed said.

However, the research on the efficacy of treating individuals with gender dysphoria by allowing them to change sexes with “cross-sex” hormones and puberty blockers is limited.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, whose guidelines are used by leading medical associations like the American Academy of Peditatrics, is currently facing a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission stemming from allegations that its guidelines misled parents about the “medical consensus and medical necessity, as well as the safety and effectiveness” of sex change procedures.

The FTC has accused WPATH of failing to disclose the side effects associated with some procedures, such as patients experiencing incontinence, erectile pain, mood disturbances, pelvic pain and vaginal pain stemming from “cross-sex” hormones.

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Meanwhile, countries that have socialized medicine have put restrictions in place for minors seeking sex changes. In England, the National Health Service put a pause on “cross-sex” hormones for 16- and 17-year-olds in March after finding research was “really weak” to support it.

The country already had a ban in place restricting children under 16 years old from taking sex-change hormones.

El-Sayed’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment regarding his medical credentials.

Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.

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Smerconish: There is no list

2026-09-12 10:27 AM EDT / CNN Politics

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Anthropic爆黑客滥用AI操纵马国选民影响选举

2026年9月12日 18:43 / 联合早报

• 美国AI公司Anthropic报告揭露，有外国科技公司滥用其模型Claude，导入马国上百万选民资料，企图精准干预选举。 – 报告指土耳其公司BBS公开兜售该系统权限，操作者在社媒平台X管理逾千个虚假账号，并创建虚假新闻网站。 – 报告称目前无迹象显示行动掀起多大波澜，但显示有人处心积虑操弄马国舆情，AI辅助让情况变本加厉。 – 马国多媒体委员会表示严正看待并将查明是否属实；巫统促请当局查明谁在操控、资助行动及背后利益。

美国AI公司Anthropic揭露，有违规操作者将马国真实的人口普查信息、选举资料及数以百万计的选民记录导入Claude模型，针对不同选区与人口群体展开精准分析，建立可左右政治舆论及操纵选民的机制。 （路透社）

（华盛顿／吉隆坡综合讯）美国人工智能（AI）公司Anthropic在最新发布的威胁情报报告中揭露，有外国科技公司滥用旗下AI模型Claude，导入马来西亚上百万名选民资料，企图利用AI及大数据精准干预马国选举。马国政府对此表示严正看待，并已展开调查。

根据Anthropic星期四（9月10日）发布的威胁情报报告，这场由AI驱动的商业化网络操纵行动，涉及极为复杂的政治干预机制。违规操作者将马国真实的人口普查信息、选举资料及数以百万计的选民记录导入Claude模型，针对不同选区与人口群体展开精准分析，借此建立起能操控虚假社交媒体账号、左右政治舆论及操纵选民的机制。

换言之，这并非单纯开设假账号或发布假新闻，而是一套利用AI及大数据，按不同选区和选民展开精准分析和影响的机制。

报告指出，总部设在土耳其伊斯坦布尔的科技公司BBS Bilisim Teknolojileri正在公开兜售这一系统权限，将其包装为付费的“影响力即服务”（influence-as-a-service），甚至标榜它为“军用级、AI驱动的实时政治作战生态系统”。

为了掩人耳目，操作者还在社媒平台X管理超过1000个虚假账号。这些账号设有所谓的“养号”机制，即在正式展开影响行动前，先模拟普通用户的日常互动，让账号看起来更真实。

除了虚假社媒账号，操作者还创建名为Malaysia Pulse的虚假新闻网站，利用AI自动抓取马国正规媒体的新闻报道，多次改写后以虚构的作者身份重新发布，让它看起来像是真实的独立新闻机构。

报告说，尽管目前没有迹象显示这场行动掀起多大波澜，但这显示有人处心积虑操弄马国舆情，而AI的辅助让情况变本加厉。

马国多媒体委员会启动调查

面对这一重磅揭露，马国通讯及多媒体委员会星期五（11日）深夜发声明说，委员会严正看待这份报告，会向有关方面寻求更多信息，以查明是否属实。

声明强调，报告提及的相关活动不属于委员会的职能或权限范围，委员会也没有从事或参与相关活动。

这起事件在马国政界引发震动。团结政府成员巫统促请当局查明谁在操控和资助相关行动，以及背后涉及谁的利益。

巫统宣传主任阿莎丽娜星期六（12日）发声明说，马国需要免受操纵并保持开放的数码空间，同时捍卫国家民主免受任何形式的操控及外来干预。

阿莎丽娜也是负责法律与体制改革的首相署部长。她提醒民众，不能单凭社媒留言数量来判定某一立场就是主流民意。

她说：“留言很多，不代表大多数人都这么想；声量最大、数量最多或一再重复的留言，也未必就是真的。”

特朗普：乐见爱尔兰统一

2026年9月12日 18:49 / 联合早报

美国总统特朗普（左）9月12日在都柏林与爱尔兰总理马丁（右）会面。 （路透社）

正在爱尔兰进行非正式访问的美国总统特朗普说，他很乐意看到爱尔兰实现统一，并认为这是终将发生的事情。

路透社报道，特朗普星期六（9月12日）在都柏林与爱尔兰总理马丁会面后，在记者会上作出上述表态。

特朗普说：“我不想制造任何麻烦，但我必须说，我很乐意看到两地统一……在我看来，这迟早会发生……我认为这将是一件极好的事。”

爱尔兰岛目前分为爱尔兰共和国，以及由英国管理的北爱尔兰地区。支持爱尔兰统一的人认为，整个爱尔兰岛应该统一为一个独立国家。

特朗普星期六抵达爱尔兰展开为期两天的访问，期间他将同爱尔兰领导人举行会谈，并进行私人行程，观看爱尔兰高尔夫公开赛。

英国首相：民意改变前不会有公投

针对特朗普的发言，英国首相办公室发言人星期六指出，伯纳姆在爱尔兰统一问题上的立场保持不变。

伯纳姆星期三（9日）在国会回答议员关于北爱尔兰可能举行边界公投的提问时说：“我并未看到大多数公众支持再次举行公投。在这一情况改变之前，是不会举行公投的。”

习近平：中国愿同金砖成员一道为实现中东和平发挥作用

2026-09-12 19:03 / 联合早报

• 习近平星期六在新德里出席金砖国家领导人第十八次会晤，发表题为《共担时代责任 勇做先锋力量》的讲话。 – 他指出今年是金砖合作20周年，机制已实现历史性扩员，迈入“大金砖合作”高质量发展新阶段。 – 他提出金砖国家要做促进创新发展、维护和平稳定、推动文明互鉴及改革完善全球治理的先锋。 – 他表示中方愿同金砖成员一道为实现中东海湾地区和平安宁发挥作用，并宣布中国将于2027年接任金砖主席国。

中国国家主席习近平星期六（9月12日）出席在印度新德里举行的金砖会议。 （路透社）

中国国家主席习近平在印度新德里举行的金砖会议上说，中国愿同金砖成员一道为实现中东和平发挥作用。

综合中国央视新闻和新华社客户端报道，习近平在当地时间星期六（9月12日）下午在新德里出席金砖国家领导人第十八次会晤第一阶段会议。

他在会上发表题为《共担时代责任 勇做先锋力量》的讲话时指出，今年是金砖国家合作20周年。金砖合作机制这段时间不断发展壮大，成为当今世界最具影响力的新兴市场和发展中国家合作平台。金砖国家积极探索符合自身国情的发展道路，携手应对国际金融危机、新冠疫情、气候变化等挑战，坚定维护全球南方共同利益，为世界提供稳定性和正能量。金砖国家实现历史性扩员，建立起全方位、多层次合作架构，迈入“大金砖合作”高质量发展新阶段。

习近平强调，当前世界百年变局加速演进，全球南方卓然壮大，世界多极化不可阻挡。与此同时，单边主义、强权政治逆流涌动，多边主义和国际秩序受到冲击，和平赤字、发展赤字、安全赤字、治理赤字有增无减。金砖国家要坚定站在历史正确一边，勇做时代先锋，引领国际秩序朝着更加公正合理的方向发展。

他提出，要做促进创新发展的先锋。加强人工智能合作，鼓励开源开放、合作共享。欢迎金砖各国积极参与世界人工智能合作组织。中方提出金砖国家人工智能赋能新型工业化倡议，愿同各方共同打造更多研发和应用成果，深化产业链供应链合作。

习近平提到，要做维护和平稳定的先锋。秉持共同、综合、合作、可持续的安全观，反对冷战思维和阵营对抗，反对侵犯别国主权、干涉别国内政，建设性参与热点问题解决，为寻求标本兼治之道作出金砖独特贡献。中方愿同金砖成员一道，为实现中东海湾地区和平安宁发挥应有作用。

他也表明，要做推动文明互鉴的先锋。弘扬全人类共同价值，倡导文明交流互鉴、和合共生。办好金砖国家人文交流论坛，分享治国理政经验，为国与国关系稳定发展汇聚正能量。深化文化、旅游、教育等合作，加强青年交流，促进民众常来常往、相知相亲。

习近平并称，要做改革完善全球治理的先锋。顺应国际关系民主化大势，推动构建更加公正合理的全球治理体系，维护联合国权威。支持以世界贸易组织为核心的多边贸易体制，抵制一切形式的保护主义措施。引领网络、外空、深海等新疆域全球治理，提升全球南方国家话语权。

此外，习近平也在会上宣布，中国将于2027年接任金砖主席国，主办金砖国家领导人第十九次会晤。

日本访华代表团增加 但中日关系仍难升温

2026年9月12日 19:55 / 联合早报

• 日本跨党派议联年轻成员9月13日起访华，前外长岩屋毅也计划月底率贸易团体赴北京寻求与中国领导层会面。 – 上月底访华的日本议员团称中方立场强硬；学者吴仁焕认为中日结构性僵局未变，关系改善未取得明显突破。 – 尽管政经接触增加，8月有18条中日航线整月停飞，中国也宣布自9月14日起提高日本公民赴华签证费用。 – 陆慷此前告诉访华日方代表，中日关系症结在于历史、台湾等重大原则问题，呼吁日方按一个中国原则处理。

日本访华代表团增加，但分析认为中日关系因台湾、安全和历史问题带来的矛盾，仍难以升温。图为中日国旗合成图，摄于2022年7月。 （路透社档案照）

（北京／东京综合讯）继上月底日本跨党派议员团访华后，日本又一跨党派团体“日中友好议员联盟”年轻成员星期天（9月13日）起访问北京。日本前外长岩屋毅本月底也计划率贸易团体访华。

据日本共同社报道，日中友好议员联盟（议联）会长森山裕星期五（11日）披露，议联年轻成员将于9月13日至15日访问北京，团长为自民党众议员高村正大。森山裕曾担任日本执政党自民党干事长。

这是去年11月日本首相高市早苗发表“台湾有事”论导致中日关系急剧降温以来，议联首次派团访华。报道称，议联正协调下星期一（14日）与中国人民对外友好协会干部会面事宜。

在此之前，以日本在野党“中道改革联合”宣传委员长、众议员伊佐进一为团长的日本国会议员代表团上月底访问北京，并与中共中央对外联络部副部长陆慷会谈。日方代表会后称，中方立场强硬，双方进行多次激烈交锋。

此外，日本前外长岩屋毅率领的日本国际贸易促进协会（贸促会）代表团计划本月27日至30日造访北京，已进入最后协调阶段。相关人士称，岩屋毅等人正寻求与中国领导层会面。

贸促会是日本对华贸易和经济交流的重要窗口，代表团通常每年访华并与中国领导层会面。代表团去年6月访华时，曾与中国总理李强会面。今年来中日政经交流陷入停滞，外界关注此次访华能否为恢复双方经贸沟通打开更多空间。

共同社星期六（12日）还引述日本经济产业部政务官越智俊之说法称，他本周在北京出席亚太经合组织（APEC）能源部长会议期间，与中国国家能源局局长王宏志短暂站立交谈，主要就能源形势交换了意见。

尽管中日政经层面接触增加，但两国实际人员往来仍处低。8月有18条中日航线整月停飞，当月中国大陆赴日本航班取消率达30.1%。

日本7月起大幅上调外国人赴日签证手续费后，中国星期五宣布按照“签证费对等安排”，自9月14日起提高日本公民赴华签证费用，最高涨幅达六倍。

另一方面，日本潮流品牌WEGO本周四（10日）公布，与动漫IP《我的英雄学院》联名商品定于9月18日推出，因当天正值日本侵华“九一八事变”纪念日，消息随即引发中国网民反弹。

WEGO中国分公司星期五发布道歉声明，称此次联名面向日本市场策划发布，就未能慎重确认相关内容致歉，并强调已终止相关联名合作。

学者认为，中日虽有新的接触，但台湾、安全和历史问题带来的矛盾并未松动。韩国东亚研究所高级研究员吴仁焕9月5日撰文指出，8月底日本议员团访华并未改变中日间的结构性僵局。中方仍将日本调整台湾立场作为改变对日政策的前提，双方关系改善未取得明显突破。

吴仁焕认为，北京对日关切已从高市早苗的涉台言论，扩大至日本整体安全政策路线；在台湾、安全政策和稀土供应链等因素交织下，当前矛盾应被视为持续多年的结构性风险，而非短期事件。

陆慷此前也告诉访华日本议员团，中日关系陷入严重困难，症结在于历史、台湾等重大原则问题，并呼吁日方切实按照“一个中国”原则处理台湾问题。

油箱存在脱落隐患 福特在美召回逾22万辆车

2026年9月12日 16:05 / 新明日报

图为部分车型受到召回影响的福特F-150皮卡。 （路透社档案图）

由于油箱存在漏油以及未妥善固定、可能在行驶中脱落的风险，福特汽车将在美国召回超过22万辆车。

美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）星期六（9月12日）宣布了召回决定，共涉及22万3472辆车。

公路交通安全管理局指出，车辆油箱一旦在行驶中脱落，将造成道路险情并增加车祸风险；而油箱漏油则可能导致车辆引擎熄火或引发火灾。

福特经销商将免费为受影响的车辆进行检查，并在必要时更换油箱固定带。

这次受影响而被召回的车型，包括部分2023至2027年款的F-150皮卡。

油箱存在脱落隐患 福特在美召回逾22万辆车

2026年9月12日 16:05 / 联合早报

图为部分车型受到召回影响的福特F-150皮卡。 （路透社档案图）

由于油箱存在漏油以及未妥善固定、可能在行驶中脱落的风险，福特汽车将在美国召回超过22万辆车。

美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）星期六（9月12日）宣布了召回决定，共涉及22万3472辆车。

公路交通安全管理局指出，车辆油箱一旦在行驶中脱落，将造成道路险情并增加车祸风险；而油箱漏油则可能导致车辆引擎熄火或引发火灾。

福特经销商将免费为受影响的车辆进行检查，并在必要时更换油箱固定带。

这次受影响而被召回的车型，包括部分2023至2027年款的F-150皮卡。

法国西北部火车脱轨致44伤 警方怀疑蓄意破坏

2026年9月12日 16:44 / 联合早报

法国西北部发生一起火车脱轨事故，造成44人受伤，警方调查人员怀疑，这起事故是蓄意破坏所致。

法新社报道，一辆载有186名乘客、行驶于诺曼底地区的鲁昂（Rouen）与卡昂（Caen）之间的列车，在当地时间星期五（9月11日）晚上约7时45分（新加坡时间约12日凌晨1时45分）发生脱轨。

鲁昂检察官加洛斯（Sebastien Gallois）说，事故共造成44人受伤，其中包括一名18岁女子，她已被送往医院，目前“情况危急”。

警方消息人士星期六（12日）透露，由于在轨道上发现了一段铁轨碎片，调查人员目前已将“恶意破坏行为”列为主要调查方向。与此同时，列车司机的毒品和酒精检测结果均呈阴性。

事发后，当局立即启动了大规模伤亡应对预案，调派130名消防员、五个医疗小组和80辆救援车辆赶赴现场。

负责管理法国铁路网的法国国铁网公司（SNCF Réseau）表示，事发路段的铁路交通已全面暂停，轨道供电也已切断，配合救援人员展开工作。