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Trump to promote tax cuts in Nevada visit as Republicans battle for House seats

August 5, 2026 10:05 AM UTC / Reuters

By Bo Erickson

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• Trump to highlight no-tax provisions on tips, overtime and Social Security income for many Americans
• Republican Marty O’Donnell is challenging Democratic Representative Susie Lee in battleground district
• Recent Reuters/Ipsos poll finds only one in ​three Americans support military campaign

LAS VEGAS, Aug 5 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will visit ‌Las Vegas on Wednesday to tout his administration’s tax cut policies and sharpen contrasts with Democrats, as Republicans look to defend their congressional majorities in the November midterm election.

The trip is part of a more aggressive political push ​by the White House as Republicans confront voter concerns about the economy and the Iran war, ​which entered its sixth month this week. Trump has increasingly mixed official events with ⁠campaign-style appearances, using recent stops in Michigan and Georgia to praise Republican candidates and attack Democrats.

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Trump is expected ​to appear with Republican congressional candidate Marty O’Donnell in the Las Vegas-area district represented by Democratic Representative ​Susie Lee, one of the closely watched House battlegrounds.

White House officials said Trump would focus on tax provisions in last year’s Republican spending package, including measures eliminating taxes on tips, overtime pay and Social Security income for many Americans.

“By ​passing no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, and no tax on overtime, President Trump ​and Republicans guaranteed Americans receive bigger paychecks and keep more of their hard-earned money,” White House spokeswoman Liz Huston ‌said ⁠in a statement.

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Trump has frequently credited Las Vegas’ service industry workers, a critical voting bloc in Nevada, with inspiring the legislation’s temporary “no tax on tips” provision.

O’Donnell, a music composer who produced the Mr. Clean jingle and the Halo video game music, has criticized his opponent for voting against Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

“Nevadans ​see you for who ​you are — someone so ⁠blinded by Trump Derangement Syndrome that you voted against putting more money in their pockets,” the Republican wrote in a social media post on Monday.

Democrats ​unanimously opposed the legislation, which they said was a giveaway to wealthy Americans ​at the ⁠expense of social safety net programs such as Medicaid and food assistance.

People are “working harder and their dollar is going less far,” Lee, a four-term congresswoman, said in a recent video criticizing the legislation.

Democrats have sought to ⁠make ​the Iran war and rising prices central issues in the ​midterms. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found only one in three Americans support the military campaign, underscoring the challenge Republicans face as cost-of-living concerns ​remain voters’ top issue.

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Reporting by Bo Erickson in Las Vegas; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Lincoln Feast.

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White House declassifies info on secret FBI probe into whether Trump fired Comey at Russia’s behest, official says

2026-08-05T06:00:00-0400 / CBS News

By Kristin Brown

Updated on: August 5, 2026 / 7:40 AM EDT / CBS News

The White House on Wednesday declassified information claiming the FBI opened an investigation into whether President Trump was acting as an asset for Russia when he fired FBI Director James Comey, a theory an administration official said was not backed up by evidence.

The official said the investigation, known as Oxferd Comma, was a subcomponent of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI probe into potential collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Russian government — an investigation that has long drawn Mr. Trump’s ire. The predicate of Oxferd Comma was the newly elected president’s decision to fire Comey in 2017.

The case was marked sensitive, which is generally done to keep a case off the books from other agents, the official said. The agents who opened the case said they believe it was going to be the least intrusive method to address a serious national security risk.

Oxferd Comma was eventually rolled into Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s larger probe into Mr. Trump, the official said, and was later found not to have any merit when the rest of the Mueller investigation was closed down.

“I was unaware that the predicate for the obstruction included a claim that Donald Trump was somehow acting on behalf of Vladimir Putin,” the official said. “The short of it is, almost everything in the FBI’s possession at that point had debunked or ruled out that Trump or his campaign was colluding with Russia at that time.”

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Mr. Trump fired Comey in May 2017, just months into his first term as president. The White House initially cited Comey’s handling of the investigation into Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails as the reason for his dismissal, though Mueller’s report claimed Mr. Trump was frustrated with Comey for refusing to publicly state that the president was not personally under investigation for potential ties to Russia.

Comey’s firing ended up as the catalyst that set a larger investigation into Mr. Trump in motion. After Comey’s dismissal, then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller as a special counsel to investigate claims of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and any potential ties to the Trump campaign.

Mueller ultimately did not find evidence that members of the Trump campaign “conspired or coordinated” with Russia, though he did describe some contacts between the campaign and Russian government-linked individuals.

Mr. Trump has frequently accused the FBI and other intelligence agencies of conducting unethical investigations into his campaigns and presidency, and has vowed to launch probes of his own. He has long criticized Comey, calling him a “dirty cop,” while Comey has lashed out at Mr. Trump, calling him “morally unfit” to be president.

Earlier this year, Comey was charged with threatening Mr. Trump’s life by posting photos of seashells arranged to form the numbers “86 47.” Comey has alleged he is being vindictively and selectively prosecuted, which the Justice Department has denied. Last year, he was separately charged with making false statements to Congress, though the indictment was dismissed.

五角大楼撤25年武器测试报告 防敌手借AI分析弱点

2026年8月5日 19:15 / 联合早报

美国国防部以防外国对手借助人工智能分析武器弱点为由，撤下过去25年的非机密武器测试报告，引发透明度争议。 （路透社）

美国国防部已从公开网站撤下过去25年的非机密武器测试报告，理由是外国对手可能利用人工智能（AI）整合公开资料，分析美国武器系统、关键基础设施和国防能力的弱点。

彭博社报道，五角大楼说，这些报告已转移至须验证身份的安全网络，今后仅限持军方“通用访问卡”的获授权人员查阅。

相关年度报告过去经常披露主要武器系统在效能、可靠性和维修方面的问题，也是公众了解F-35等重大军备项目的重要资料来源。

此举引发透明度和合法性争议。

美国战争部长赫格塞思曾承诺打造“美国史上最透明的国防部”，但国防部近期大幅削减武器测试办公室人手，并缩小监督范围。今年较早时，国防部也首次限制公开一份评估F-35项目表现的政府问责局年度报告。

民主党参议员沃伦警告，隐瞒武器故障可能危及军人安全，并浪费巨额公帑。

监督组织则指出，美国法律明确要求相关非机密年度报告向公众公开，五角大楼若要改变做法，理应由国会参与。

五角大楼强调，报告并未完全封存，国防伙伴和获授权人员仍可在安全网站查阅。

五角大楼撤25年武器测试报告 防敌手借AI分析弱点

2026年8月5日 19:15 / 联合早报

美国国防部以防外国对手借助人工智能分析武器弱点为由，撤下过去25年的非机密武器测试报告，引发透明度争议。 （路透社）

美国国防部已从公开网站撤下过去25年的非机密武器测试报告，理由是外国对手可能利用人工智能（AI）整合公开资料，分析美国武器系统、关键基础设施和国防能力的弱点。

彭博社报道，五角大楼说，这些报告已转移至须验证身份的安全网络，今后仅限持军方“通用访问卡”的获授权人员查阅。

相关年度报告过去经常披露主要武器系统在效能、可靠性和维修方面的问题，也是公众了解F-35等重大军备项目的重要资料来源。

此举引发透明度和合法性争议。

美国战争部长赫格塞思曾承诺打造“美国史上最透明的国防部”，但国防部近期大幅削减武器测试办公室人手，并缩小监督范围。今年较早时，国防部也首次限制公开一份评估F-35项目表现的政府问责局年度报告。

民主党参议员沃伦警告，隐瞒武器故障可能危及军人安全，并浪费巨额公帑。

监督组织则指出，美国法律明确要求相关非机密年度报告向公众公开，五角大楼若要改变做法，理应由国会参与。

五角大楼强调，报告并未完全封存，国防伙伴和获授权人员仍可在安全网站查阅。

《人民日报》指美扩大科技限制将冲击中美经贸 或坚决反制

2026年8月5日 17:11 / 联合早报

中美科技竞争持续升温之际，中共中央机关报《人民日报》警告，美国不断扩大针对中国企业的科技限制，将冲击中美经贸合作和全球供应链。 （路透社档案照片）

中美科技竞争持续升温之际，中共中央机关报《人民日报》警告，美国不断扩大针对中国企业的科技限制，将冲击中美经贸合作和全球供应链；若美国一意孤行，中国将坚决反制。

《人民日报》星期三（8月5日）发表署名“钟声”、题为《中美经贸需要“合作清单”，而非“管制清单”》的评论文章，批评美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）收紧对部分外国制造机器人和电力逆变器的限制，是典型的单边霸凌行径，“是对市场经济规则和公平竞争原则的公然扭曲”。

文章还列举FCC此前针对中国电信设备、视频监控设备、无人机和路由器采取的限制措施，称这些行动旨在打压中国科技、遏制中国工业发展。

彭博社星期二（4日）引述知情人士报道，FCC正在起草命令，拟禁止进口中国制造的数据中心零部件。路透社此前也报道称，FCC正考虑禁止进口新型号的中国光模块。

《人民日报》的文章没有提及上述报道，但指FCC一再泛化国家安全概念，持续升级限制措施，不仅损害中国正当贸易权益，也严重冲击中美经贸合作根基，更严重扰乱全球产业链供应链稳定。

文章称，美国此举与当前中美关系企稳向好的势头背道而驰，“大国之间存在竞争不足为奇，但不能以竞争来定义全部中美关系”。

文章认为，中美之间即便有竞争，也应是相互借鉴的良性竞争，你追我赶的积极竞争，遵守规则的公平竞争；双方应当拉长的是互利共赢的“合作清单”，而不是人为设限的“覆盖清单”。

文章也批评，美国人为割裂市场、设置技术壁垒，不仅推高全球产业链运行成本，冲击全球产业合作与科技创新生态，更会“灼伤”全球绿色转型与智能产业发展进程，损害世界各国共同利益。

文章最后敦促美国撤销相关限制措施，并警告如果美国一意孤行，中国将坚决予以反制。

中国商务部同日连发多项公告，对美国祭出反制措施，包括加强无人机相关两用物项对美国出口管制，对应用DNA科学公司等六家涉疆美国实体采取反制措施，对美国合规性测试公司采取反制措施，并对进口打印复印办公设备发起对外贸易国家安全调查。

内坦亚胡：未接受美国推动的加沙和平方案

2026年8月5日 19:24 / 联合早报

虽获以军只有在哈马斯完成解除武装后才会撤离加沙的保证，以色列总理内坦亚胡星期二重申，以色列并未接受美国推动的加沙和平方案。 （路透社）

尽管美方保证以军将在哈马斯完成解除武装后才撤离加沙，以色列总理内坦亚胡星期二重申，以色列并未接受美国推动的加沙和平方案。

法新社报道，内坦亚胡星期二（8月4日）在社交媒体发布视频说，美国总统特朗普团队认为有能力促成哈马斯解除武装及加沙非军事化，并收到了来自美国的相关草案。

但他强调说：“我们并未同意这份草案，这不是我们起草的版本。我们已提交了我们的意见。”

内坦亚胡星期一（3日）曾与美国支持的“和平委员会”（Board of Peace）代表会晤，并获美方保证以军将在哈马斯解除武装后才开始撤军。

不过，这项方案持续遭执政联盟右翼阵营反对，两名极右翼部长要求重新表决方案，称公开版本与内阁原先讨论内容不符。

以色列安全内阁此前已批准有关方案，内容包括在加沙部署国际维和部队。原定星期二召开的安全内阁会议已延至星期四举行。

以色列智库莫拉德（Molad）的研究员埃洛维茨认为，以财长斯莫特里奇和定居点事务部长斯特鲁克要求重新投票的请求，更多是向内坦亚胡施压的“竞选手段”。但鉴于以色列在国际社会日益孤立，推翻这项美国主导方案的空间有限。

内坦亚胡：未接受美国推动的加沙和平方案

2026年8月5日 19:24 / 联合早报

虽获以军只有在哈马斯完成解除武装后才会撤离加沙的保证，以色列总理内坦亚胡星期二重申，以色列并未接受美国推动的加沙和平方案。 （路透社）

尽管美方保证以军将在哈马斯完成解除武装后才撤离加沙，以色列总理内坦亚胡星期二重申，以色列并未接受美国推动的加沙和平方案。

法新社报道，内坦亚胡星期二（8月4日）在社交媒体发布视频说，美国总统特朗普团队认为有能力促成哈马斯解除武装及加沙非军事化，并收到了来自美国的相关草案。

但他强调说：“我们并未同意这份草案，这不是我们起草的版本。我们已提交了我们的意见。”

内坦亚胡星期一（3日）曾与美国支持的“和平委员会”（Board of Peace）代表会晤，并获美方保证以军将在哈马斯解除武装后才开始撤军。

不过，这项方案持续遭执政联盟右翼阵营反对，两名极右翼部长要求重新表决方案，称公开版本与内阁原先讨论内容不符。

以色列安全内阁此前已批准有关方案，内容包括在加沙部署国际维和部队。原定星期二召开的安全内阁会议已延至星期四举行。

以色列智库莫拉德（Molad）的研究员埃洛维茨认为，以财长斯莫特里奇和定居点事务部长斯特鲁克要求重新投票的请求，更多是向内坦亚胡施压的“竞选手段”。但鉴于以色列在国际社会日益孤立，推翻这项美国主导方案的空间有限。

House Democrats targeting 12 new GOP-held districts, including Lauren Boebert and NRCC Chair Richard Hudson’s seats

August 5, 2026 / 6:45 AM EDT / CBS News

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With 90 days until the midterm elections, House Democrats are expanding the map of Republican-held congressional districts they believe they can potentially flip this fall.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, House Democrats’ political arm, announced the addition of 12 new Republican-held districts to its “Districts in Play” list Wednesday, bringing the total number of GOP-held seats the party is targeting to 58. The list could offer clues for which races Democrats plan to spend heavily on as they aim to gain control of the House.

Democrats’ new targets include the Colorado seats held by Rep. Lauren Boebert, who won by just over 11 points in 2024, and Rep. Jeff Hurd, who won by five points. North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson, who chairs the National Republican Congressional Committee, also appears on the list, after he won by more than 18 points two years ago.

Other targets: Reps. French Hill of Arkansas, the influential chair of the House Financial Services Committee who won by just under 18 points in 2024, and Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana, who won her last race by almost 19 points.

The DCCC said its latest expansion reflects what it views as a favorable political environment for Democrats, pointing to recent polling and voter enthusiasm.

“House Democrats are expanding the battlefield deep into Trump terrain because we have a winning message focused on fighting for an Affordable America,” DCCC Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene said in a statement. “At the same time, MAGA Republicans who historically have considered themselves ‘safe’ have let down the people they were elected to represent.”

House Democrats’ target list now spans more than two dozen states and ranges from battleground suburban seats to districts President Trump carried comfortably in 2024. It also includes four open seats that were held by Republicans.

Meanwhile, the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting 36 districts, after adding seven to its roster two weeks ago. Those include perennially close districts in Washington, Texas, Virginia and Ohio, as well as several recently redistricted seats. Several of the Democratic House seats on the NRCC’s target list were won by Mr. Trump in 2024.

“Vulnerable House Democrats are stuck defending a wildly unpopular record and a radical socialist agenda,” Hudson said in a statement last month.

Republicans are defending a razor-thin House majority, and can afford to lose just two seats without ceding control of the lower chamber to Democrats. Both parties are expected to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into a relatively short list of races over the next three months.

Many Democrats believe the national environment could offer them tailwinds. Historically, the incumbent president’s party almost always loses ground in the midterm elections, and polls show mounting voter dissatisfaction with the Trump administration, including its handling of cost-of-living issues and the war with Iran.

A CBS News poll released last week found 47% of U.S. adults want Democrats to control Congress next year, compared to 40% who want Republicans to hold onto control.

Republicans, however, point to the fact that many voters are also skeptical of the Democratic Party’s economic and immigration policies, and former President Joe Biden left office last year with low approval ratings. The GOP is also seeking to capitalize on often-bitter divides between moderates and progressives within the Democratic coalition.

This year’s House races were also shaken up by a mid-decade redistricting push that kicked off with Texas Republicans redrawing Texas’ House districts at Mr. Trump’s behest last summer, moving five Democratic districts to the right. California reacted by moving five of its GOP-held districts rightward, but several other red states redrew their maps to edge out Democrats.

Several of the NRCC’s targets are newly redrawn districts in Texas, Missouri, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. But Democrats have argued the redistricting scramble could create opportunities for them to pick up seats by making some GOP-held districts less red.

GOP governor endorses candidate challenging Trump-backed congressman in Republican US House primary

‘Charlie Hatcher and I have been friends for 25 years,’ Tennessee Gov Bill Lee noted

August 5, 2026 6:03am EDT / Fox News

By Alex Nitzberg

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee endorsed former state Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher, the candidate running against President Donald Trump-backed U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles in a Republican U.S. House primary.

“Charlie Hatcher and I have been friends for 25 years,” Lee said in a video, noting that “for seven years, he served as my commissioner of agriculture. I know Charlie. I know his conservative values and how much he loves our country.”

Lee asserted that Hatcher “has stood with President Trump since day one.”

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Bill Lee, governor of Tennessee, during the 2026 Reagan National Economic Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Friday, May 29, 2026.(Caroline Brehman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The governor’s last-minute endorsement on Tuesday came just ahead of the August 6 primary but after early voting in the contest had already ended.

“Join me in voting for Charlie Hatcher this Thursday, August 6,” Lee said in the video.

In part of a Facebook post that featured the governor’s video, Hatcher noted, “I am deeply honored to receive the endorsement of my longtime friend, Governor Bill Lee. Bill and I have known each other for decades, and I have tremendous respect for his faith, his leadership, and his commitment to serving the people of Tennessee.

TRUMP ALLIES NOTCH REDISTRICTING WIN AS JUDGES FIND NO ‘SMOKING GUN’ TO SCRAP RED STATE MAP

U.S. Congressional candidate Charlie Hatcher speaks during a campaign event at Southall Angus on Monday, July 13, 2026.(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

“I especially appreciate the faith he placed in me when he appointed me to serve as Tennessee’s Commissioner of Agriculture. It was an honor to serve in his administration and work on behalf of Tennessee’s farmers, families, and rural communities,” he noted in the post.

Ogles has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since early 2023.

HOUSE REPUBLICAN SAYS STAFFER ‘REPRIMANDED’ OVER ‘HURTFUL’ POST SLAMMING HOMOSEXUALITY DURING PRIDE MONTH

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., walks through the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

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基辅：俄罗斯已部署朝鲜导弹部队 参与打击乌克兰

2026年8月5日 19:30 / 联合早报

乌克兰军事情报部门官员称，一支装备了120枚弹道导弹的朝鲜部队，已开始在俄罗斯西部部署，参与打击乌克兰。图为一枚2024年1月使用、相信是朝鲜制造的弹道导弹残骸。 （路透社）

（伦敦/基辅综合电）在乌克兰缺乏防空导弹、防卫薄弱之际，基辅情报部门称，一支携带约120枚弹道导弹及六部发射装置的朝鲜导弹部队，已开始部署到俄罗斯西部，参与打击乌克兰。

乌克兰国防部情报总局官员切尔尼亚科（Andrii Cherniak）告诉路透社，俄罗斯计划将这支由约90名朝鲜人员组成的部队，部署到俄罗斯西部的沃罗涅日（Voronezh）地区，编入俄军第112导弹旅。

俄罗斯从2023年底就开始使用朝鲜弹道导弹攻击乌克兰，朝鲜早前再向俄罗斯运送40枚KN-23和KN-24型弹道导弹，但派出导弹部队显示两国军事合作变得更加密切。

相比俄罗斯导弹，朝鲜制造的导弹体积更大、射程更远，但打击精度却差很多，容易造成更大的平民伤亡。

俄罗斯在7月29日对乌克兰的空袭中，相信是时隔近一年再次使用朝鲜导弹，造成克里维里赫市（Kryvyi Rih）附近至少五名平民死亡。

乌克兰总统泽连斯基此前坦言，已没有能够拦截这类导弹的“爱国者”系统拦截弹，并多次呼吁美国和西方国家尽快提供防空武器。

俄罗斯星期三（8月5日）午夜后对基辅和周边地区展开空袭，至少七处地点遇袭，造成至少17人死亡，几十人受伤，全市防空警报持续超过一小时。（法新社）

俄罗斯星期三（8月5日）午夜后对基辅和周边地区展开空袭，造成至少17人死亡，另有几十人受伤，大量设施被毁。

乌克兰空军称，成功击落115架无人机中的大部分，但未能拦截24枚弹道导弹及四枚“锆石”导弹。

泽连斯基说：“如果当时有弹道导弹拦截器，今天遇难者的生命本可以得以挽救。”

美国智库外交政策研究所研究员罗伯李（Rob Lee）指出，乌克兰最大的弱点在于弹道导弹防御不足，因此，任何弹道导弹数量增加，都会让基辅面临更大威胁。

他也警告，乌克兰今年冬天应特别关注防空系统状况，因为俄罗斯可能会再次对电网发起猛烈袭击。

另据法新社和新华社报道，两艘与土耳其相关的商船星期二（4日）在黑海遭到俄罗斯无人机袭击，造成多名船员受伤。

土耳其外交部对此表示严重关切，也对俄乌冲突进一步蔓延并波及民用船只深感担忧，敦促俄乌采取切实措施保障海上航行安全。