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How some Democrats are using scripture to try to reach Christian voters in US midterms

February 17, 2026 11:07 AM UTC / Reuters

By Helen Coster and Joseph Ax

Feb 17 (Reuters) – Sarah Trone Garriott, an Iowa state senator and Lutheran minister, has never shied away from putting faith at the center of her political campaigns.

This year, she is among an unusually high number of Democrats running for Congress who are infusing their campaigns with explicit appeals to religious doctrine, an effort national Democrats hope will peel away some Christian voters from the Republican column in November’s midterm elections.

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Christian voters have long gravitated to the Republican Party, but some experts say President Donald Trump’s second-term policies, particularly his crackdown on illegal immigration, could provide an opening for Democrats.

In some cases, the Democrats are themselves members of the clergy or studying to join it, including Trone Garriott; Alaska congressional candidate Matt Schultz, a Presbyterian pastor; and Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian.

More than a dozen faith leaders are running as Democrats for federal and state offices this year, far more than in previous cycles, according to Doug Pagitt, a pastor who runs Vote Common Good, a progressive Christian political group.

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“It is really important that people of faith speak to issues in the public realm, because faith is about how we live together,” Trone Garriott told Reuters. “So is politics.”

SECULAR BASE

Unlike many previous faith leaders who have run as Democrats, including Georgia U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, this year’s candidates don’t come from the Black church community that has historically been part of the Democratic base.

They are trying to buck a decades-long trend: the last white clergy member to serve as a Democrat in Congress appears to have been U.S. Representative Bob Edgar, who left office four decades ago.

While prominent Democrats in the past have spoken about their faith – former President Joe Biden, a Catholic, often discussed the role of faith in his life – what sets these candidates apart is how explicitly they are connecting their religious beliefs to policy issues, experts said.

“When you say that a candidate is religious, most voters then assume that they’re Republican, that they’re pretty conservative,” said David Campbell, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame. “What you’re seeing now is a small group of Democrats who are using religious language to speak about issues on the left.”

The approach comes with risks. In 2024, Trump won 83% of white evangelical voters, the highest on record, while earning support from the majority of both mainline Protestants and Catholics, according to an analysis by Ryan Burge, a professor at the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University.

Meanwhile, the Democratic base has become increasingly secular. Forty percent of people who prefer the Democratic Party identified as religiously unaffiliated in a 2023-24 large-scale survey by Pew Research Center, more than double the share from 2007.

“If you’re a Democratic candidate, you actually have a pretty tricky road to navigate, because on the one hand, you do have a very secular base, people who are not very comfortable with religion,” Campbell said. “But on the other hand, there are a lot of moderate voters out there who are up for grabs who are very comfortable with religious language.”

Schultz, who is challenging incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Nick Begich in Alaska, said he is not concerned about turning off non-religious voters.

“People have a more sophisticated view of religion than we often give them credit for,” said Schultz.

Mike Marinella, a spokesman for the Republican Party’s national House campaign arm, dismissed the notion that candidates like Trone Garriott and Schultz can threaten Republicans’ popularity with Christian voters.

“Republicans have dominated with faith-based voters cycle after cycle because we’re delivering on common sense while Democrats are ramming through their radical liberal wish lists that are completely out of step with their own faith,” he said.

FAITH AND POLICY

Iowa gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand, the state auditor and a practicing Lutheran, said a big reason he became a Democrat was that “the Christian faith is all about looking out for the little guy.”

“I can’t tell you that I think it’s a winning strategy,” Sand said. “I can tell you that I can’t do this without talking about it.”

Sand is among the candidates – including Trone Garriott, Schultz and Talarico – who are tying their faith to their support for one of the trickiest religious issues for Democrats to navigate: abortion rights.

In some ways, the issue has been transformed from a Republican attack line to a Democratic advantage since the Supreme Court overturned a nationwide right in 2022.

Schultz said Christian scripture does not make it clear precisely when human life begins and argued that Republicans oppose steps that would actually reduce abortions: better healthcare, access to contraceptives and expanded child care.

“I am pro-choice, not despite my Christian faith, but because of it,” he said.

‘LOSS AND GRIEF’

Days after Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, Schultz took the pulpit at his church in Anchorage to call it “murder.”

“These are the fruits of this administration: murder and tears and loss and grief,” he told Reuters.

Trump’s immigration tactics have drawn increasing scrutiny from some faith groups, particularly after federal agents in Minneapolis fatally shot Pretti and another U.S. citizen, Renee Good.

“(Jesus) welcomed the stranger, he fed the hungry, he stood up for the vulnerable, he cared for the poor, and that is our calling as Christians,” Trone Garriott said. “And what people are seeing right now in so many ways … is communities being terrorized, people being treated with great cruelty.”

Trump administration officials last week told a U.S. Senate committee that the shootings of Pretti and Good would need to be investigated. That represented a departure from the immediate aftermath, when officials including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem labeled both

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俄乌代表已抵日内瓦 准备参与新一轮谈判

2026年2月17日 16:34 / 联合早报

在美国斡旋下，俄罗斯和乌克兰代表将在星期二（2月17日）和星期三（18日）在瑞士日内瓦举行和平谈判，当地警方已严阵以待。 （路透社）

乌克兰和俄罗斯代表将在日内瓦举行新一轮由美国斡旋的和平谈判，克里姆林宫称谈判很可能聚焦于土地问题，这是双方主要症结所在。

路透社报道，乌克兰和俄罗斯代表将于星期二（2月17日）和星期三（18日）举行和谈。

俄罗斯代表团将由普京总统的顾问梅金斯基率领，但乌克兰谈判代表过去曾指责梅金斯基以历史为借口对乌克兰进行说教，这进一步降低人们对日内瓦会谈取得任何重大突破的预期。

基辅代表团将由乌克兰国家安全与国防委员会秘书乌梅罗夫，以及泽连斯基幕僚长布达诺夫率领。总统高级助理基斯利察和乌克兰军事情报局局长科斯秋科夫也将参加会谈；普京的特使德米特里耶夫则将加入一个专门讨论经济问题的独立工作组。

克里姆林宫发言人佩斯科夫星期一（16日）告诉记者：“这次会谈的目的是讨论更广泛的议题……主要涉及领土问题，也涉及我们提出的其他所有要求。”

乌克兰总统泽连斯基则在社媒发文说，外交努力若能“秉持公正与实力”，将会更加有效。

他也抨击俄罗斯：“即便在日内瓦三方会谈前夕，俄罗斯军队除了继续打击乌克兰之外，没有接到任何其他命令。这充分说明俄罗斯是如何看待伙伴国的外交努力。”

他说：“只有对俄罗斯施加足够的压力，并为乌克兰提供明确的安全保障，这场战争才能真正结束。”

美国总统特朗普正在力推俄乌达成停火协议，美俄乌三方最近在阿布扎比举行了两轮会谈，但没有取得重大突破。

俄罗斯要求乌克兰割让顿涅茨克东部地区剩余的20%领土，莫斯科未能占领这些领土，但基辅拒绝这样做。

除了领土问题，俄罗斯和乌克兰在扎波罗热核电站的控制权，以及西方军队在战后乌克兰可能扮演的角色等问题上也存在巨大分歧。

Partial government shutdown enters 4th day as negotiations over Homeland Security funding remain deadlocked

By Alex Miller
Fox News

Published February 17, 2026 6:00am EST

The Senate inched closer to striking a compromise on a Homeland Security (DHS) funding deal as the partial government shutdown entered its fourth day Tuesday.

Whether Senate Democrats and the White House can reach a deal this week while lawmakers are out of town remains an open question.

Negotiations between the Trump administration and Senate Democrats were seemingly at an impasse through much of Monday after little activity over the weekend. The White House provided a counteroffer to Democrats’ list of demands midway through last week, which they summarily rejected and, in turn, blocked attempts to fund DHS.

[PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON AS DHS FUNDING TALKS STALL]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus have not relented in their position as DHS entered its fourth day of being shut down.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

But that changed when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s, D-N.Y., office announced that Senate Democrats had sent their counterproposal to the White House late Monday night.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., was wary of whether Schumer and his caucus would actually put forth a response, but remained hopeful that negotiations would continue.

“We’ll see if they are at all serious about actually getting a solution to this, or whether they just want to play political games with these really important agencies,” Thune told Fox News Digital.

He also noted that lawmakers went through the same exercise last year when Senate Democrats slow-walked negotiations during the 43-day shutdown.

“It’s wrong, in my view, for Democrats to use these folks as collateral in yet another harmful government shutdown,” Thune said.

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President Donald Trump speaks at a “Champion of Coal” event at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 11, 2026.(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

The administration wants to keep the dialogue going, a White House official told Fox News Digital.

“The Trump administration remains interested in having good-faith conversations with Democrats,” the White House official said.

The official noted that Senate Democrats’ refusal to extend DHS funding is affecting several key functions under the agency’s umbrella, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Secret Service.

“President Trump has been clear — he wants the government open,” the official said.

The partial government shutdown, which went into effect over the weekend, stems from Schumer and Senate Democrats’ demands for reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Observers film while federal agents conduct immigration enforcement operations on Feb. 5, 2026, in Minneapolis.(Ryan Murphy/AP Photo)

ICE operations are unlikely to be significantly affected by the lapse in DHS funding, as legislation backed by President Donald Trump allocates billions of dollars to immigration enforcement.

Both sides remain at odds over how far those changes should go. Senate Republicans have signaled willingness to cede some ground but have drawn a red line on certain demands, such as requiring ICE agents to obtain judicial warrants or prohibiting them from wearing face coverings during enforcement actions.

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Senate Democrats, however, describe their 10 demands as straightforward reforms designed to ensure federal immigration agents adhere to standards similar to those governing local and state police.

“There’s not much we need to figure out,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told Fox News Digital. “Either you think ICE agents are special, and they get to own our streets with no accountability, or that ICE agents should follow the same rules as everyone else — that’s all Democrats are asking for.”

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

社媒平台X出现故障 上万名用户无法使用平台

发布/2026年2月17日 17:07

网络状况监测站Downdetector的数据显示，社媒平台X星期一（2月16日）出现故障，无法显示新帖子，有时甚至完全无法加载。 （路透社档案照片）

社媒平台X出现故障，上万名用户无法访问该平台。

彭博社报道，网络状况监测站Downdetector的数据显示，社媒平台X星期一（2月16日）出现故障，无法显示新帖子，有时甚至完全无法加载。

截至伦敦时间下午1时50分左右（新加坡时间星期二凌晨5时50分），全球已有超过1万1000名用户通报称无法访问该服务。

自全球首富马斯克于2022年收购该平台以来，X已发生过多次重大服务中断。马斯克将去年3月的一系列服务中断归咎于一次“大规模网络攻击”。亲巴勒斯坦的“黑客行动主义”组织“黑暗风暴”（Dark Storm）通过即时通讯应用Telegram和彭博新闻社声称对这次攻击负责。

去年5月，该服务也曾因俄勒冈州一家数据中心发生火灾而离线数小时。同年11月，网络安全公司Cloudflare Inc.遭遇重大网络故障，导致X的多项服务受到影响。此外，偶尔也会有小规模服务中断的报道。

英国去年第四季就业市场走软 失业率近五年最高位

2026年2月17日 18:28 / 联合早报

2025年第四季度英国16岁以上人口失业率为5.2%，较上一季度上升0.2个百分点，为2021年1月以来的最高水平。 （彭博社）

由于经济增长乏力，英国2025年第四季度就业市场继续走软，失业率升至近5年来的最高位。

新华社报道，英国国家统计局星期二（2月17日）发布报告显示，2025年第四季度英国16岁以上人口失业率为5.2%，较上一季度上升0.2个百分点，为2021年1月以来的最高水平。

同期，英国失业总人数增至约188万3000人，同比增加28万1000人；就业率为75.0%，同比下降0.3个百分点。

报告指出，随着劳动力市场需求减弱，企业在填补职位空缺和扩大招聘方面更加审慎，就业市场整体呈现降温趋势。

数据显示，2026年1月，英国登记在册就业人数同比减少12万1000人。

英国央行在最新发布的货币政策报告中说，英国劳动力市场已出现“趋于宽松”的迹象，如果劳动力需求进一步减弱，失业率还可能继续上升。

受美国关税政策及英国国内财政政策不确定性等因素影响，2025年英国经济增长呈“前高后低”态势，全年增长率为1.3%。

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US nuclear testing debate reignites after State Dept alleges China nuclear test

Under Secretary Thomas DiNanno said China conducted yield-producing test at Lop Nur site June 22, 2020

By Morgan Phillips | Fox News

Published February 17, 2026 6:00am EST

The State Department’s allegation that China conducted a yield-producing nuclear test in 2020 is reigniting debate in Washington over whether the United States can continue its decades-long moratorium on nuclear weapons testing.

U.S. officials warned that Beijing may be preparing tests in the “hundreds of tons” range — a scale that underscores China’s accelerating nuclear modernization and complicates efforts to draw Beijing into arms control talks.

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Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Thomas DiNanno said recently that the United States has evidence China conducted an explosive nuclear test at its Lop Nur site.

“I can reveal that the U.S. government is aware that China has conducted nuclear explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated yields in the hundreds of tons,” DiNanno said during remarks at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament.

He added that “China conducted one such yield-producing nuclear test on June 22 of 2020.”

DiNanno also accused Beijing of using “decoupling” — detonating devices in ways that dampen seismic signals — to “hide its activities from the world.”

China’s foreign ministry has denied the allegations, accusing Washington of politicizing nuclear issues and reiterating that Beijing maintains a voluntary moratorium on nuclear testing.

But the accusation has sharpened questions about verification, deterrence and whether the U.S. stockpile stewardship program — which relies on advanced simulations rather than live detonations — remains sufficient in an era of renewed great-power nuclear competition.

Why small nuclear tests are hard to detect

Detecting small underground nuclear tests has long been one of the thorniest problems in arms control.

Unlike the massive atmospheric detonations of the Cold War, modern nuclear tests are conducted deep underground. If a country uses so-called “decoupling” techniques — detonating a device inside a large underground cavity to muffle the seismic shock — the resulting signal can be significantly reduced, making it harder to distinguish from natural seismic activity.

That vulnerability has been debated for decades in discussions over the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which China signed but never ratified. Even a relatively small underground detonation can provide valuable weapons data while remaining difficult to detect.

“If you detonate a device inside a large underground cavity, you can significantly attenuate the seismic signature,” said Chuck DeVore, chief national initiatives officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a former Pentagon official. “That makes it much harder to detect with confidence.”

Are simulations enough?

China signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996 but has not ratified it, and the treaty has never entered into force. It has maintained a voluntary testing moratorium — a commitment that a yield-producing detonation would contradict.

As China expands its nuclear arsenal and major arms control frameworks falter, the Cold War principle of “trust but verify” is under growing strain.

“The arms control community should feel thoroughly discredited at this point,” DeVore said, arguing that policymakers should not assume Western restraint will be reciprocated by Beijing.

For decades, the U.S. has relied on the Stockpile Stewardship Program — advanced computer modeling and simulations — to ensure its weapons remain reliable without explosive testing. DeVore warned that this approach may no longer be sufficient if competitors are conducting live detonations.

“The question presupposes that we only live in a technical world,” he told Fox News, arguing that relying solely on simulations while rivals “cheat at every treaty they’ve ever signed” risks leaving the United States behind.

DeVore also pointed to what he described as a growing institutional challenge.

“Virtually everyone who had direct experience with live testing is now retired,” he said. “Rebuilding that expertise would take years.”

But not all nuclear experts agree that resuming testing is the answer.

Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, cautioned that a return to live detonations would be far more complex and costly than critics of the current system suggest.

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“Yield testing isn’t a magic switch,” Sokolski said. “If you want meaningful reliability data, you don’t do one test — you do many.”

He noted that the United States conducted more than 1,000 nuclear tests during the Cold War, building a deep database that now underpins the program. Restarting that process, he argued, would likely require years of preparation and significant funding before yielding strategic benefits.

“The debate isn’t pro-nuclear weapon versus anti-nuclear weapon,” Sokolski said. “It’s about what’s technically necessary and what’s economical.”

A debate inside the weapons complex

Sokolski said the disagreement extends even within the U.S. nuclear weapons complex.

“Certainly at one of our major labs that likes using calculations — that’s Livermore — they would say you’re home,” he said, referring to confidence in advanced simulations and hydrodynamic modeling.

Others place greater weight on empirical validation and preserving the option of live testing.

The dispute, he said, is not ideological but technical — centered on confidence levels, cost and long-term strategic planning.

Allies and the credibility question

The implications extend beyond Washington and Beijing.

Sokolski warned that the credibility of “extended deterrence” — the U.S. commitment to defend allies under its nuclear umbrella — could come under strain if doubts grow about American resolve or capability.

“Do they think you’re going to come to their defense?” Sokolski said. “If they don’t, it doesn’t matter how reliable your weapons are, extended deterrence isn’t going to work very well.”

Allies such as Japan and South Korea long have relied on U.S. nuclear guarantees rather than pursuing independent arsenals. Any perception that the balance is shifting could complicate regional stability and long-standing nonproliferation efforts.

The policy crossroads

For now, U.S. lab directors continue to certify that the American arsenal remains safe, secure and reliable without explosive testing. But Heather Williams, director of the Project on Nuclear Issues at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said sustained testing by competitors — particularly absent transparency — could alter that calculus.

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“If Russia and China continue their nuclear testing activities without providing some sort of transparency, then the technical community might make a different assessment,” she said.

The debate confronting U.S. policymakers is not simply whether to test, but under what conditions testing would meaningfully strengthen deterrence rather than accelerate competition.

Trump previously has suggested the U.S. should ensure testing “on an equal basis” with competitors, though his administration has not formally announced a policy shift.

Trump in October 2025 suggested the U.S. should consider resuming nuclear weapons testing “on an equal basis” with other powers, and at one point said that if others were testing, “I guess we have to test.”

The president did not clarify whether he meant full nuclear explosive detonations, which the U.S. has not conducted since 1992, or other forms of testing such as delivery system evaluations that do not involve nuclear explosions. Any return to explosive testing would represent a significant shift in U.S. policy.

The White House did not immediately return a request for comment.

意大利发生火灾波及著名剧院 多人吸入浓烟送院

2026年2月17日 18:55 / 联合早报

意大利南部城市那不勒斯市中心基亚亚区发生火灾，火势波及当地著名的萨纳扎罗剧院，导致剧院穹顶被完全烧毁，多名居民因吸入浓烟送院接受治疗。

新华社引述意大利《晚邮报》报道，这起火灾发生于星期二清晨时分，由于剧院主体结构多为木质材料，火势迅速蔓延，很快烧毁穹顶。

初步消息称，火灾或由电线短路引发，具体原因仍待确认。

萨纳扎罗剧院是那不勒斯最具代表性的剧院之一，主体建筑于1847年完工。

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for president, dies at age 84

February 17, 2026 / 5:54 AM EST / CBS News

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died, his family says. He was 84.

He died peacefully on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family, they said in a statement.

Jackson was hospitalized for observation in November, and doctors said he’d been diagnosed with a degenerative condition called progressive supranuclear palsy. He revealed in 2017 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, which affects the nervous system and slowly restricts movement and daily activities. Jackson called it a “physical challenge,” but he refused to let it prevent him from continuing his civil rights advocacy. His father, Noah Lewis Robinson Sr., also had Parkinson’s and died of the disease in 1997 at the age of 88.

Long known for his activism and political influence, Jackson spent his life dedicated to pursuing civil rights for disenfranchised groups both in the United States and abroad.

Jackson’s “unwavering commitment to justice, equality, and human rights helped shape a global movement for freedom and dignity. A tireless change agent, he elevated the voices of the voiceless … leaving an indelible mark on history,” his family said.

“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the family said. “We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family. His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by.”

As a young man, he became a member of King’s circle and was with King when he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968.

That same year, Jackson was ordained by the Rev. Clay Evans, though he had dropped out of Chicago Theological Seminary three credits shy of a degree in order to work in the civil rights movement with King. He was later awarded a Master of Divinity degree in 2000 from the seminary, based on his life’s work and experience.

Over the years, he received over 40 honorary doctorate degrees from top universities across the country, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based organization he led for decades.

Jackson was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on Oct. 8, 1941. His mother, Helen Burns Struggs, was 16 and unmarried and gave him the name Jesse Burns. In his teenage years, his mother married Charles Jackson, and Jackson took his new stepfather’s surname.

In high school, Jackson was an honors student, according to Stanford’s King Institute, which helped him win a football scholarship to the University of Illinois. He studied there before transferring to the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina, where he graduated in 1964.

As the civil rights movement grew, Jackson became involved in local activism. In 1960, a push to desegregate a local public library led Jackson down the road to become a leader in student-led sit-ins. After his graduation, he left his studies at the Chicago Theological Seminary to join King in Selma. There, he asked for a position with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a group of religious leaders led by King that focused on nonviolent protests and demonstrations, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

“This conference is called because we have no moral choice, before God, but to delve deeper into the struggle — and to do so with greater reliance on non-violence and with greater unity, coordination, sharing and Christian understanding,” King wrote about SCLC in 1957.

Jackson, with the support and trust of King, helped lead SCLC’s Chicago chapter and spearheaded Operation Breadbasket, a community empowerment campaign. His age and ambition led to numerous fights with leadership, including several arguments with King himself, according to Stanford’s King Institute. King and Jackson reconciled in 1968 in Memphis as they gathered for another civil rights protest.

In a now-famous photograph from that fateful time, Jackson stands to the right of King and fellow leaders Hosea Williams and Ralph Abernathy on the balcony of Memphis’ Lorraine Motel. The next day, at almost the exact same spot, King was assassinated by a gunman.

Following King’s death, Jackson was unable to reconcile with the SCLC. Instead, he founded PUSH, a Chicago organization whose name stands for People United to Save Humanity. In 1984, he also founded The Rainbow Coalition, which focused on social justice through voter engagement and representation. The two organizations merged in 1996.

The same ambition that chafed SCLC leaders also led Jackson to make a run for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 1984 and 1988.

Jackson received 18% of the primary vote in 1984, placing third overall and winning several states. But his campaign was marred by controversy over an antisemitic remark he made about New York’s Jewish community in a Washington Post story. Former Vice President Walter Mondale ultimately went on to win the nomination and lose to Republican incumbent President Ronald Reagan.

Yet even without holding office, Jackson continued to stand as a major political figure, championing the release of foreign nationals held in Kuwait in the lead-up to the Gulf War, becoming a “shadow senator” to lobby for statehood for Washington, D.C., and working as a special envoy under President Bill Clinton.

In 2000, Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

On election night in 2008, when Barack Obama was projected to win the presidential election, Jackson was captured on camera with tears in his eyes. He told CBS News that the moment America elected its first Black president brought him back to the struggles of the civil rights movement.

“To get here, we’ve gone through some bloody trails of terror to get here. Some good people — I think about the two Jews and the Black kids just wiped out,” Jackson said, referring to young civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964. “Medgar Evers, Dr. King at 39. We paid a price to get here.”

Jackson is survived by five children with his wife of more than 60 years, Jacqueline, another daughter, and countless figures who were inspired by his leadership.

Public observances will be held in Chicago, according to his family. Final arrangements for celebration of life services, including all public events, will be announced by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, they say.

消息：高市早苗施政方针料推食品饮料消费税免征 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月17日 19:52 | 联合早报

日本共同社报引述相关人士报道，高市早苗将于星期五（2月20日）发表施政方针演说，原案内容已明朗。 （法新社档案照片）

日本政府相关人士透露，首相高市早苗将在施政方针演说中，表明将加快研究食品饮料消费税两年免征的方案，跨党派的“国民会议”也将在夏季前进行中期汇总，并争取尽快提交税制改革相关法案。

日本共同社报引述相关人士报道，高市早苗将于星期五（2月20日）发表施政方针演说，原案内容已明朗。

高市在众院选举发布公告前出演民营电视台节目时曾说，争取在2026年度内实现食品饮料消费税免除。

在施政方针演说中，高市也将再次表明要设立由首相担任议长的“国家情报会议”，同时着眼于制定反间谍法，强化情报功能，并提出为防止“来自外国的不当干涉”而采取的对策。

在外交方面，高市将倡议深化“自由开放的印度-太平洋”战略，并推动关键物资供应链的强化。为减少对特定国家的依赖，高市也将与志同道合的国家加强合作。

另外，她将推动实现“负责任的积极财政”，并计划于3月公布明确投资对象等内容的“官民投资路线图”。

消息：高市早苗施政方针料推食品饮料消费税免征

发布时间：2026-02-17T11:52:32.000Z / 来源：联合早报

日本政府相关人士透露，首相高市早苗将在施政方针演说中，表明将加快研究食品饮料消费税两年免征的方案，跨党派的“国民会议”也将在夏季前进行中期汇总，并争取尽快提交税制改革相关法案。

日本共同社报引述相关人士报道，高市早苗将于星期五（2月20日）发表施政方针演说，原案内容已明朗。

高市在众院选举发布公告前出演民营电视台节目时曾说，争取在2026年度内实现食品饮料消费税免除。

在施政方针演说中，高市也将再次表明要设立由首相担任议长的“国家情报会议”，同时着眼于制定反间谍法，强化情报功能，并提出为防止“来自外国的不当干涉”而采取的对策。

在外交方面，高市将倡议深化“自由开放的印度-太平洋”战略，并推动关键物资供应链的强化。为减少对特定国家的依赖，高市也将与志同道合的国家加强合作。

另外，她将推动实现“负责任的积极财政”，并计划于3月公布明确投资对象等内容的“官民投资路线图”。