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Fetterman teases where his true loyalty lies after surprise appearance at GOP convention

September 9, 2026 10:55pm EDT / Fox News

The Pennsylvania Democrat said he remains a ‘lifelong Democrat’ and would be the 51st vote if the Senate flips

By Alex Miller

Dem Sen Fetterman rejects socialism, praises Republican in surprise GOP convention appearance

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., calls himself a “commonsense Democrat,” rejects socialism and praises Republican Sen. Dave McCormick in a video appearance at the RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas.

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DALLAS — A rogue Senate Democrat toying with the idea of leaving his party drew a hard line in the sand after making a surprise appearance at the GOP’s Trump-centric convention.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has been welcomed with open arms by Republicans to join the party after he floated leaving his own caucus, and spurred further speculation that he would jump ship after dropping a video introducing his colleague, Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention on Wednesday.

But in a statement to Fox News Digital, the progressive-turned centrist said that he wasn’t turning his back on the Democratic Party, even as the knives have come out to cut him loose from the Senate.

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Senator John Fetterman, D-Pa., left, pictured alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

“My remarks introduced Dave McCormick as a great American and friend. We are in different parties, but we are both Team PA,” Fetterman said. “We have delivered hundreds of millions of dollars back to Pennsylvania, fought for improved transportation and affordable housing, and the Steel Way of Life.”

“I’m a lifelong Democrat who votes overwhelmingly with my party — and should the Senate flip in November, I will still be the 51st vote that I ran on,” he continued.

Fetterman started his career in the Senate after besting Dr. Mehmet Oz in a tight race for power in 2022, where he clinched a historically thin Democratic majority in 2022 running on a progressive platform.

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But since then, he has become a thorn in Democrats’ side, and challenged the direction of the party.

Earlier this year, Fetterman warned that if Democrats became more entrenched in anti-Israel policy positions, he would exit the party, and has taken jabs at the party’s direction during this midterm election cycle as far-left progressives, like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, have emerged as standard-bearers.

Fetterman has routinely bucked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his colleagues on a handful of key issues, like President Donald Trump’s war in Iran or voting with Republicans to end the marathon government shutdown last Fall.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a Senate Republicans press conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 2, 2026, flanked by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

His latest edict followed a bombshell report that alleged through leaked texts with his aides that the maverick Democrat would often brush off duties of his office, like meeting with paralyzed veterans or charging that a three-hour funeral service for slain police officers was a “non-starter.”

And Republicans would gladly welcome him into the fold. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said in July that he and others in the Senate GOP have had “had conversations with him in the past … about the challenges he faces in his caucus.”

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“And, you know, there are many of us who I think would welcome the opportunity to have him join the Republican conference,” Thune said.

But for now, Fetterman is staying put even if Democrats flip the Senate in November.

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

Another Anthropic model gained access to the open internet, company says

September 9, 2026 / 8:19 PM EDT / CBS News

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Anthropic disclosed on Wednesday that another one of its Claude models mistakenly gained access to the open internet during a cybersecurity exercise, marking the fourth time its models have done so.

An early version of the Claude Opus 4.6 model connected to the internet, hacked into a third-party system and gained access to someone’s personal information this past January, the company said in its assessment.

As in the previous three incidents, which were disclosed in July, Claude was told it was operating in a simulation without internet access, but due to a misconfiguration, the environment actually left internet access open.

What happened?

Similar to the three previous incidents, Claude was assigned a fictional scenario as part of a cybersecurity challenge known as CTF, “Capture The Flag.” The model was given a target machine and tasked with retrieving a piece of secret information — the flag — from it.

But Claude accidentally made its target unreachable, rendering the task impossible to solve, Anthropic said. Once realizing it couldn’t reach its target, it tried to quit. Despite trying eight separate times, it wasn’t able to quit due to a misconfiguration issue.

Since Claude was unable to opt out of the task, it began exploring other means to achieve it. That’s when the model discovered a machine it could access, which happened to belong to a third party, Anthropic said. Believing that the third party was somehow part of the exercise, the model identified a password and then used it to breach the system. Then, it was able to modify the system’s settings to make it easier to access and read the personal information of someone associated with the third party. The session ended only once the model reached its usage limit and was no longer able to continue.

How does Anthropic explain Claude’s behavior?

Anthropic said it believes Claude’s behavior during these evaluations stems from two forms of misalignment: “biased reasoning, in which models selectively interpret evidence in ways that favor justifying their actions,” and “recklessness, in which models have a propensity to keep trying to solve their task, even when this could lead to harm.”

Anthropic said that while Claude’s actions may have been misaligned, they remained within a “narrow scope” and did not deviate from trying to solve the exercises they were assigned.

The company said it’s less concerned about this incident but still considers it “serious,” and that it has also not yet investigated it as deeply as other incidents since it was identified more recently.

NYU cybersecurity professor and Fulbright Scholar Justin Cappos said in a message to CBS News that the incident describes a situation “where the model is fundamentally confused about what is happening and is using its mistaken worldview while hacking into systems.”

He said the model’s confusion about its environment and guardrails “have a lot of potential to cause harm,” but that the specific issue seems less likely to occur in newer models.

“While the model’s disregard for the possibility that it might be harming real systems or people is concerning, many of the behaviors described here have changed considerably as our training has evolved across model generations,” Anthropic said Wednesday in its post.

What’s next?

Anthropic said it believes these incidents would not have happened had the environments actually been isolated from the internet as intended.

METR, an organization that evaluates frontier AI models to help companies understand AI risks and capabilities, will be conducting an independent investigation into the incidents. Anthropic characterized these incidents as “valuable warning shots.”

“The lessons we learned from this incident span our evaluation, training, and incident response processes,” the company said in its post. “Future AI systems will be increasingly capable, which implies that misalignment will have the potential to cause more extreme harm.”

Over the last few months, several cybersecurity incidents involving leading AI companies have come to light. In July, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI announced that its AI agents hacked into the company Hugging Face, sparking concern among cybersecurity experts as well as consumers. Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” in August that the hack “felt very weird and unprecedented.”

In late August, OpenAI released more details about the hack, painting an even more harrowing picture than what was initially reported. That month, the U.K. government’s AI Security Institute (AISI) reported that it discovered Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol created fake identities and attempted to persuade real people to approve malicious code.

Anthropic said in its post Wednesday that it plans to conduct an alignment assessment of the transcripts reported by AISI. A day after the AISI report, Meta said one of its AI models “exploited a security vulnerability” during testing and hacked into another company.

On Tuesday, Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger said he believes that “AI could kill all humans.”

“I personally think it is >10% within the next decade,” he said in an X post.

His post was in response to Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who had resigned and issued a stark warning on X earlier that day, saying “no other human activity poses this level of danger,” while detailing his decision to leave.

“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” he said in his post. “This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible – but I hear the same people express fear privately.”

Dem incumbent becomes first sitting governor to lose primary since 2018

2026-09-09T20:40:55-04:00 / Fox News

Foulkes, a former CVS executive and current Costco board member, defeated McKee in a rematch

By Alec Schemmel Fox News

Published September 9, 2026 8:40pm EDT | Updated September 9, 2026 8:42pm EDT

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Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee lost his Democratic primary Wednesday to businesswoman Helena Foulkes, becoming the first sitting governor in the country since 2018 to be denied his party’s nomination.

Foulkes, a former CVS executive and current Costco board member, defeated McKee in a rematch of their closely fought 2022 Democratic primary, when McKee edged her by just a few percentage points.

McKee’s defeat Wednesday adds another incumbent to a growing list of officeholders ousted during the 2026 primary season.

McKee first became governor in 2021 after Gov. Gina Raimondo left office to serve as Commerce Secretary in the Biden administration. The former Cumberland mayor and two-term lieutenant governor went on to win his first full term in 2022 after narrowly emerging from a crowded Democratic primary that included Foulkes.

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The last sitting governor to lose his party’s nomination was Kansas Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer. Colyer lost the 2018 GOP primary to then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, backed by Donald Trump at the time, by fewer than 400 votes.

Helena Buonanno Foulkes, a candidate for Rhode Island governor, speaks during a Get Out the Vote event Aug. 30, 2026, in Providence, R.I.(Mark Stockwell/AP Photo)

Foulkes has spent decades in the private sector, including as a senior executive at Rhode Island-based CVS Health, and later served as CEO of Hudson’s Bay Company. She sits on Costco’s board of directors.

Her 2026 campaign marked Foulkes’ second bid for elected office after finishing second to McKee in the 2022 Democratic gubernatorial primary.

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Democratic Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee(AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

The rematch centered in part on the candidates’ competing arguments over their records and leadership.

Foulkes criticized McKee’s management of state government, including his administration’s handling of the Washington Bridge, which was abruptly closed over structural concerns in December 2023 and remains under reconstruction.

McKee defended his administration’s record and repeatedly targeted Foulkes’ tenure at CVS, suggesting she is an out-of-touch corporate executive and going after her leadership role at the company amid its controversial handling of prescription opioids.

The Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence R.I.(Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Foulkes will advance to the November general election as a favorite against the winner of the Republican primary between Aaron Guckian, the GOP’s 2022 nominee for Rhode Island lieutenant governor, and retired business executive Elaine Pelino.

Independent candidates Ken Block, Jasjit “Jay” Gotra and Christopher “CD” Reynolds will also be part of the general election action in November, according to The Rhode Island Current.

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.

Barry Melrose, prominent NHL player, coach and broadcaster, dies at 70

September 9, 2026 10:02 PM EDT / AP

Barry Melrose, a hockey player-turned-coach who led the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before going on to a long career in broadcasting the sport, has died. He was 70.

ESPN announced Melrose’s death Wednesday after his wife informed the network.

“From the flowing locks of his distinctive mullet to the flared lapels of his trademark long suit coats, Barry Melrose cut an unmistakable figure whenever you were fortunate enough to run into him at a rink or catch him on your television screen,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. “You were even more fortunate if you engaged him in conversation or listened to his analysis because he never failed to boost your love of the game of hockey.”

NHL Network analyst Barry Melrose speaks during a show on Dec. 30, 2014, at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images

Melrose stepped away from his analyst role in 2023 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Wayne Gretzky at the time said Melrose was “bigger than any team.”

Melrose had a relatable everyman’s broadcasting style, bringing a sense of humor to his insights, and was easily recognized by his goatee and slicked-back hair.

“For decades, Barry Melrose was one of the most distinctive and trusted voices in hockey,” ESPN said in a statement. “His knowledge of the game was deep, his candor was refreshing and his passion was unmistakable.”

From rural Kelvington, Saskatchewan, Melrose broke into pro hockey with the Cincinnati Stingers of the now-defunct World Hockey Association in 1976. He played three seasons in Cincinnati — the last teaming with a young Mark Messier — and, following the WHA’s demise, made the transition to the NHL with Winnipeg in 1979.

Melrose went on to play for Toronto and Detroit, where he closed his career following the 1985-86 season.

He finished with 10 goals and 33 points and 728 penalty minutes in 300 career NHL regular-season games, and he skated in seven more in the playoffs. His WHA totals were five goals and 32 points and 343 penalty minutes in 178 games with Cincinnati.

Melrose turned to coaching and led the Adirondack Red Wings to win the American Hockey League Calder Cup championship in 1992.

The following year, Melrose was hired by the Kings, where he brought a sense of colorful flare and instant success to Los Angeles. In his rookie season, he coached a Kings team that featured Gretzky to make a memorable playoff run. They reached the final before losing to Montreal in five games.

Melrose finished with a record of 79-101 and 29 ties over two-plus seasons in L.A. before being fired midway through the 1994-95 season.

He was hired by ESPN in 1996 and left broadcasting for what became a brief stint coaching the Tampa Bay Lightning in Steven Stamkos’ rookie season in 2008-09. Melrose was fired 16 games into the season following a 5-7-4 start and returned to broadcasting.

Melrose also was known for his long-ball hitting prowess in fast-pitch softball, joining fellow Kelvington-area NHL players Wendel Clark, Joey Kocur, Kelly Chase and Kevin Kaminski and others in the offseason in Saskatchewan to form what some call “the toughest team there ever was.”

因侵占政治献金被追加起诉 民进党立委林岱桦否认涉案

2026年9月10日 11:21 / 联合早报

民进党立委林岱桦涉诈领助理费案仍在高雄法院审理，当地检方如今再以侵占政治献金对她等三人追加起诉。 （台湾《自由时报》档案照）

民进党立委林岱桦涉诈领助理费案仍在高雄法院审理，当地检方如今再以侵占政治献金对她等三人追加起诉。 （台湾《自由时报》档案照）

台湾执政的民进党立委林岱桦涉诈领助理费案仍在高雄地方法院审理，当地检方如今再以侵占政治献金对她等三人追加起诉。

据台媒早前报道，林岱桦涉嫌诈领助理费逾1400万元新台币（56万新元），高雄地检署今年6月结束侦办此案后，以贪污罪起诉林岱桦。此案目前仍在高雄地院审理。

综合台湾《中国时报》《自由时报》报道，高雄检方如今查出，她与弟弟林岱融等三人，涉嫌透过实质掌控公司开立虚伪发票，申报政治献金支出，公益侵占金额达1379万余元新台币，高雄地检署星期三（9月9日）依公益侵占等罪，向上述三人提出追加起诉。

检方调查发现，林岱桦在2020年和2024年参选立委时，政治献金专户共募得上亿元新台币。林岱桦与担任佳安税务记帐士事务所、茂盛公司及融威公司实际负责人的弟弟林岱融，涉嫌以茂盛公司账户开立大量不实发票，指示员工向监察院申报政治献金支出，两次选举合计不实申报647万余元新台币。

检方比对金流发现，这些被侵占的政治献金除由林岱融提领现金外，还被拿去缴纳与政治献金毫无关系的佳安事务所客户税款及三个社团的营所税。

此外，林岱桦与林岱融的林姓大学同学另以融威公司作为洗钱管道，自2021年10月起，由林岱融以发票金额5%为代价，指示林姓同学采每月定额申报的模式，由融威公司开立不实发票，不实申报两届政治献金达731万余元新台币。

检方侦查时，林岱桦否认涉案，称政治献金申报全交由弟弟处理，林岱融也否认犯行。

检方认为，政治献金依法仅得用于人事、宣传等法定支出，林岱桦等三人利用两家公司开立假发票，持续侵占政治献金达1379万余元新台币，并与已在审理的林岱桦涉贪案有关联，因此依法向高雄地院提起追加起诉。

林岱桦星期三在声明中指出，她毕生奉献政治、心系台湾未来及民众福祉，迄今身无恒产、不贪不取，实无任何侵占政治献金的动机，检方追加起诉与事实不符，待收到正式起诉书，会与律师研究后提出答辩，以争取应有的清白，“相信司法终将还给岱桦公道”。

特朗普：若共和党胜选 每个美国成年人将获5000美元

2026年9月10日 11:31 / 联合早报

特朗普星期三（9月9日）在达拉斯的共和党大会上承诺派发“特朗普红利”，并呼吁支持者假装他的名字出现在选票上，为共和党投票。 （路透社）

美国总统特朗普承诺，如果共和党11月中期选举保住国会控制权，就向每个美国成年人发放5000美元（约6322新元）。

法新社报道，特朗普星期三（9月9日）在达拉斯举行的共和党中期选举全国大会上说：“如果共和党获胜，你们也随之获胜，并将获得5000美元。这就是‘特朗普红利’。”

特朗普并未说明这笔资金会从何处筹集。理论上，这笔“特朗普红利”开支可能超过1万亿美元。他只是表明，“我们的国家正在赚取巨额财富”。

达拉斯大会是共和党首次为迎战中期选举举办全国大会，特朗普则加倍押注自己能帮助共和党逆转民调劣势。

他告诉现场的支持者：“我请求你们假装我的名字就在选票上。我就在选票上，就在选票上，就这一次。”

随着伊朗战争再次推高国际油价，特朗普任内发动的这场战事愈发招致美国民众不满。他本人却颇为乐观，在启程前往达拉斯时告诉记者，伊朗战争会在中期选举完成后立即结束；一旦美国赢得战争，油价也会应声下跌。

他也附和大会上其他共和党人的言论，渲染“共产主义威胁”。“如果他们获胜，这里就会变成一个共产主义国家。”

路透：习近平访印有助外交关系回暖 经贸关系仍受猜疑制约

2026年9月10日 11:40 / 联合早报

路透社报道，中国国家主席习近平预计本周访印出席金砖峰会，但北京尚未证实行程，也未确认是否会与印度总理莫迪会晤。
分析人士指出，中印外交关系近年有所改善，但两国企业仍面临投资监管掣肘、签证审批延误及工业设备受限等经贸障碍。
复旦大学学者林民旺认为两国关系不太可能取得重大突破；印度智库人士潘特则指出双方仍存在严重的信任赤字。
消息人士透露，印度放宽部分对华投资限制仍不足以吸引中国龙头企业重返；中国企业赴印投资也面临中方更严格审查。

中国国家主席习近平与印度总理莫迪2024年10月23日在俄罗斯喀山出席金砖国家领导人会晤期间会面。 （《中国日报》／路透社）

中国国家主席习近平预计本周访问印度，这将是他七年来首次访印。此访有望进一步推动中印外交关系回暖，但目前鲜有迹象显示，两国经贸关系将随之改善。

据路透社报道，分析人士称，两国企业仍面临诸多障碍，包括投资项目受监管规定掣肘、签证审批延误，以及工业设备受到限制等，凸显中印外交关系改善与经贸关系发展之间的落差。

尽管外界普遍预计习近平将于本周末赴新德里出席金砖国家年度峰会，但北京方面尚未证实这一行程。目前也没有消息显示，他是否会与印度总理莫迪举行会晤。

中国外交部星期二（9月8日）举行例行记者会。法新社记者问及中方将由谁出席本周末举行的金砖峰会，以及对峰会有何期待。

中国外交部发言人毛宁当时回应：“中国重视金砖合作，支持印度成功举办今年的领导人会晤，但是你的具体问题我目前没有可以提供的消息。”

2020年，一场边境冲突造成20名印度士兵和四名中国士兵死亡，令两国关系进一步恶化。不过，近年来中印关系有所改善，尤其是在莫迪去年访华之后，而两国与美国的关系也都面临波动。

路透社引述上海复旦大学南亚研究中心副主任、曾任中国驻印度大使馆外交官的林民旺说：“中国当然希望改善关系，但我们还要看印度究竟在多大程度上愿意改善关系。”他认为，两国关系不太可能取得重大突破。

新德里智库观察家研究基金会副总裁潘特（Harsh Pant）则指出，两国之间仍存在严重的“信任赤字”。

他说：“中国拥有强大的经济实力，现在是发挥这一优势、成为可靠合作伙伴的良机，尤其是在两国都受到美国贸易政策影响的情况下。”

印度3月放宽了2020年边境冲突后实施的部分对华投资限制，主要涉及电子产品、生产设备和太阳能电池等领域。此外，印度也在考虑加快审批部分行业的中印企业合资项目。

不过，一名印度政府消息人士透露，这些措施仍不足以吸引比亚迪、长城汽车等中国龙头企业重新赴印投资。此前，这些企业因印度政府加强审查而搁置在当地的投资计划。

上述消息人士和另一名知情者说，中国企业赴印投资计划也面临中国政府更严格的审查，包括涉及先进制造和高端技术的领域。

也有印度消息人士透露，中国有关部门已要求企业不要向印度出售关键技术和基础设施，包括港口设备、太阳能电池板和手机制造设备。

去年，中印两国恢复直航，印度也放宽了中国商务人士的签证申请程序。

不过，一名消息人士和一名行业高管透露，近期一些在中国有业务的印度商界人士在申请签证时遇到困难。中国外交部说，将依法依规向“有正当来华需求的印度公民”颁发签证。

与此同时，一名行业高管和两名印度消息人士说，今年，印度太阳能、电子产品和基础设施建设等关键领域所需的中国制造设备和零部件，在中国海关通关受阻。

印度消息人士和一名印度政府官员称，一批用于印度重点基础设施项目的中国大型掘进机已被滞留超过一年。

总部位于新德里的智库“全球贸易研究倡议”创始人、前印度贸易谈判代表斯里瓦斯塔瓦（Ajay Srivastava）说，签证和设备受阻“反映的问题不只是行政层面的摩擦”，更显示出中国有意将印度在贸易和技术上对华的依赖作为筹码。

不过，如果习近平和莫迪的会晤进展顺利，或有助于消除部分障碍。

Coroner releases details on 2 infant deaths in Pennsylvania measles outbreak

2026-09-09T20:57:00-0400 / CBS/AP

The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday.

Lancaster County’s coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, said he told the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of his conclusions. CDC officials, however, have not said whether they will count either death as measles-associated, and the agency’s website still carries a disclaimer about them.

Ivan Miller died on Aug. 14 shortly after his birth of a ruptured spleen, Diamantoni said.

Mary Stoltzfus was 6 weeks old when she died Aug. 18 at her home. She was born with a genetic birth defect that left her highly vulnerable to an infection. A measles infection killed her, Diamantoni told The Associated Press.

He said he was releasing the information in response to a state right-to-know law request by WPMT-TV, Fox 43.

The causes of death differed

Diamantoni’s office didn’t perform an autopsy on the girl. The cause of death was determined by the doctors caring for her, he said.

She had been born with a condition called Amish lethal microcephaly that causes an unusually small head and underdeveloped brain. Children with the condition typically live 6 months or less.

His office did an autopsy on the boy and determined he died from a ruptured spleen. Exactly how and when that happened is still under investigation, Diamantoni said.

The boy was infected with measles, which is listed on the death certificate as a contributing factor. But Diamantoni said measles did not contribute to what happened to the spleen, and that measles is noted only because it was considered “a significant condition” that the boy had at the time of death.

Neither was old enough to be vaccinated. The first dose is typically given at around 1 year of age.

The deaths have received outsized attention

Details of the deaths have come under unusual national scrutiny and became the focus of a furious political battle between Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, and officials in President Trump’s administration.

Pennsylvania officials announced the deaths last month, with Shapiro stressing that vaccinations could have averted the deaths.

Soon after, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Trump administration appointee with a history of raising alarms about established vaccines, attacked Shapiro and suggested the deaths “may even have been altogether fabricated.”

Kennedy’s statements echoed ones he made last year, when three measles-related deaths were recorded. Kennedy questioned whether one of the children who died was killed by measles.

In an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” in July, former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry, one of four senior CDC officials who resigned in protest last summer, said Kennedy and his allies sought backward-looking data on measles cases and were pushing out information “not based on science or reality, but trying to answer an agenda that was already in place.”

The health secretary oversees the CDC, and some public health experts have voiced concern about whether the CDC can still be counted on to post public health data that clashes with Kennedy’s worldview.

“Frankly, the CDC is not to be trusted in sharing information,” Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, told The Associated Press last week. “People are questioning their motives.”

CDC website still doesn’t show the deaths

That worry was fueled by some unusual edits to the CDC’s measles webpage. At one point, the webpage noted two measles-associated deaths but then was changed to say that the CDC was not counting the two deaths until it reviewed additional information.

The page, which was last updated Friday, now says, “CDC will update its reporting as additional information becomes available and relevant reviews are completed.” There are three measles deaths listed for 2025, but none for 2026. It still doesn’t reflect either Pennsylvania death.

In a social media post last week, Kennedy acknowledged Diamantoni’s conclusion that one of the deaths was due to measles.

Meanwhile, Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak continues to expand, with at least 624 cases across 37 counties this year, state officials said Wednesday.

“I’ve been practicing in Pennsylvania for 26 years,” Dr. Jennifer Janco, chair of St. Luke Pediatrics, told CBS News Philadelphia last month. “This is the worst it’s ever been. I have a front row seat to a show I don’t want.”

The U.S. eliminated the domestic spread of measles in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates, but they have fallen in recent years to below the 95% coverage needed to prevent outbreaks. Meanwhile, measles infections have been surging in recent years.

Health experts have pointed to a decline in vaccination rates as the main reason for increases in preventable infectious diseases like measles. The vast majority of cases have been in people who were unvaccinated, and outbreaks have spread in communities with lower vaccination rates.

In November, international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles-free status.

金正恩感谢参与“海外军事行动”朝鲜士兵

2026年9月10日 08:12 / 联合早报

朝鲜星期三（9月9日）庆祝建国78周年，首都平壤举行盛大集会，参与者挥舞着国旗。 （法新社）

朝鲜领导人金正恩在朝鲜建国78周年庆祝活动上发表讲话，赞扬参与“海外军事行动”的朝军士兵。

朝鲜官媒朝中社报道，金正恩星期三（9月9日）在平壤的集会上发表讲话，感谢工人和士兵为国家作出的贡献，并向“参与海外军事行动”的指挥官和士兵表达“特别谢意与敬意”。

路透社引述上述报道时指，金正恩所说的很可能是被派往俄罗斯参与乌克兰战争的朝鲜部队。

据西方和韩国官员估计，自2024年底以来，朝鲜已向俄罗斯派遣约1万4000至1万5000名士兵，与俄军并肩作战。

韩国国家情报院曾在今年2月估计，约有6000名朝鲜士兵伤亡。

韩国情报部门评估称，作为派遣部队和提供弹药的回报，平壤获得了俄罗斯提供的经济和军事技术援助。

根据韩国国防部8月下旬的消息，平壤方面仍在筹备向俄罗斯增派部队，但目前尚无迹象表明此类部署即将进行。

俄罗斯总统普京早前向金正恩致贺电，祝贺朝鲜建国78周年。他表明，他将同金正恩一道努力，继续推动最紧密的共同事业，进一步巩固俄朝两国全面战略伙伴关系。

港媒：董建华灵柩料有中国国旗覆盖

2026年9月10日 11:49 / 联合早报 新明日报

香港首任特首董建华星期二（9月8日）逝世，享年89岁。图为董建华2015年4月在一场新闻发布会上发言。 （路透社档案照片）

香港首任特首董建华逝世，生前曾是中国全国政协副主席，属于副国级领导人，董建华的治丧会否以国葬规格举行成为关注点。

香港媒体报道，作为副国级领导人，相信董建华的丧礼将参照另外两位全国政协前副主席安子介、霍英东离世时的规格，由中央成立治丧委员会，并委派全国政协的领导人赴港出席公祭并发表悼词，中国国家主席习近平等中共政治局七常委也将致送花圈，表达对董建华的哀悼。

香港《星岛日报》报道，安子介2000年6月3日在港逝世，享年87岁，同年6月12日在港举行公祭。受中央委托，安子介治丧委员会主任、当时全国政协排名第一的副主席叶选平，专程赴港吊唁并发表悼词，是香港史上首次国家级别葬礼。

另一位获得国家级葬礼待遇的是霍英东，他在2006年10月28日于北京逝世，享年84岁。灵柩其后由专机送返香港，并于同年11月7日在香港举行悼念和公祭仪式。受中央委托，时任全国政协副主席王忠禹担任治丧委员会主任，并专程赴港出席公祭及发表悼词，这是香港史上第二次举行国家级别葬礼。

此外，来自澳门的全国政协副主席马万祺2014年去世，享年95岁，当时同样在澳门举行国家级葬礼，时任中共中央书记处书记、全国政协副主席杜青林赴澳门出席公祭仪式。

报道称，按此惯例，董建华的公祭仪式将是香港第三次举行国家级别葬礼，“灵柩将覆盖着国旗，习近平等最高领导层将致送花圈”。

报道指出，安子介、霍英东、马万祺的治丧委员会主任均由全国政协第一副主席担任，并称按此规格，现任排名第一的全国政协副主席石泰峰或出任治丧委员会主任，并赴港出席公祭。如果是这样的安排，由于石泰峰身兼中共政治局委员，级别又比以往高一些。

不过，报道也引述消息人士称，相关安排仍在协调中。目前特区政府、中央驻港机构已启动前期工作，有序对接丧礼时间、场地、礼仪流程及安保安排。

董建华星期二（9月8日）逝世，享年89岁。消息传出后，北京、港府和建制派纷纷发表声明，对董建华的去世表示哀悼，并且高度评价他过去近八年的施政。

新华社在报道中，形容董建华为“‘一国两制’杰出贡献者，著名的爱国人士，杰出的社会活动家，中国共产党的亲密朋友”。