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西藏发生5.0级强震 邻近尼泊尔西藏泥石流灾区

2026年8月28日 07:06 / 联合早报

尼泊尔-中国西藏边境8月26日突发性大规模泥石流，尼泊尔特里苏里一名幸存的老妇人由重型机械转移到安全地带。 （路透社）

路透社报道，德国地球科学研究中心（GFZ）说，中国西藏地区星期四（8月27日）晚间发生5.0级地震，地震震源深度10公里，位于西藏北部。

GFZ说，此次地震的震中位于尼泊尔和中国西藏泥石流受灾地区以北数百英里处。

另据新华社报道，中国地震台网正式测定，27日晚上10时45分在西藏那曲市尼玛县发生4.7级地震。鉴于堰塞湖溃决的风险，中国已针对西藏启动洪水防御四级应急响应。

中国水利部已指示地方当局密切监测堰塞湖水位和降雨情况，并已派专家组前往吉隆县。

彭博社星期五（28日）清晨报道，尼泊尔-中国西藏泥石流的死亡人数已造成至少389人死亡，1200多人失踪，其中包括数百名外国游客。

Judge asks pointed questions of Kennedy Center’s plan to add Trump’s name

2026-08-27T20:32:19.533Z / CNN

A federal judge on Thursday sharply questioned the Kennedy Center’s plans to add President Donald Trump’s name back to its building in coming weeks and expressed frustration that it could happen before he decides whether the move is legal.

During a nearly two hour hearing before Judge Christopher Cooper, who previously concluded that the center’s board broke the law when it voted to rename the historic performing arts venue in honor of Trump, the judge asked pointed questions to a Justice Department attorney defending the board’s decision earlier this month to again add the current president’s name alongside that of the 35th president on the building’s facade and on other areas of the site the building sits on.

The hearing came moments after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the center’s physical future is in doubt if Trump’s name isn’t attached.

Though Cooper, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, did not immediately rule, he repeatedly pushed for DOJ to give him a reason why the center was planning to move ahead with its plans to add Trump’s back to its building as soon as September 8.

Describing that date as arbitrary, the judge said that if the center didn’t quickly change course on its timeline, he may have to issue a temporary order that bars the center from moving ahead with adding the president’s name back to its building while the legal wrangling continues.

The latest resolution from the board would add Trump’s name to the site to acknowledge his “ongoing” contributions to its maintenance, the DOJ is arguing, in an attempt distinguish the proposal from its previous attempt to add Trump’s name to the center writ-large.

The legal challenge from Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty contends that Congress did not authorize such a move, even if the court were to agree with how the DOJ was framing it, and that it violates Cooper’s previous order.

Speaking to reporters outside the courthouse, Lutnick said the center’s demolition will be an “eventuality” if Trump isn’t able to renovate the center — but also dispelled the idea such a move is imminent.

“Bad things happen, but they’re not going to happen on Thursday,” Lutnick said. “No one’s saying it’s happening on Thursday. It’s just an eventuality, but that’s not going to happen.”

“I mean, this is the board classically capturing the greatest fundraiser and greatest builder ever by putting his name on it and saying, “OK, OK, you wanted your name. Here it is. Now go do it,’” Lutnick added. “And that’s the board’s decision.”

Lutnick’s wife is among the Kennedy Center board members and the secretary sat in the courtroom for the duration of Thursday’s hearing.

As Brantley Mayers, the DOJ lawyer, presented his main argument that the new renaming gambit was needed to help ensure private donations continue to pour into the center’s coffers, the judge quickly interjected, asking: “What does that have to do with what Congress intended in the statutes?”

Cooper ruled earlier this year that the center’s decision to rename the venue “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” violated federal law stating that the building could not be named for anyone other than the late president. Trump’s name came off the building in June but a tarp has blocked the facade ever since.

The center’s board voted on August 13 to add an inscription below the Kennedy Center’s sign that says the venue was “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.” Another add to the front referencing Trump could come later if an endowment reaches $100 million, the board has said. The center also plans to rename the physical site the building it sits on in honor of Trump.

The administration is arguing that renaming the center’s plaza for Trump does not run afoul of congressional statutes designating the center as a memorial to Kennedy alone.

But Cooper suggested on Thursday that under DOJ’s theory, the board would be authorized under the law to name the parking garage after former President Barack Obama or the campus after former President George W Bush, and that every single parcel of the complex could be renamed for whomever the board sees fit.

“The whole thing would be for sale, basically — and that would be consistent with Congress’ overall scheme?” Cooper asked. Mayers did not push back against that interpretation of his arguments.

The case was brought by Beatty, an officio member of the center’s board.

Her lawyer, Nathaniel Zelinsky, told the judge that the board’s latest renaming gambit “is part and parcel of everything” he considered earlier this year when he ruled against the center’s first renaming bid.

He urged Cooper to intervene now on a temporary basis because he didn’t trust that the center wouldn’t move ahead with its plans in secrecy and before the judge made a final decision.

“I’m worried that they might do this in the middle of the night,” Zelinsky said at one point.

The board is arguing that the Trump-related name changes are necessary to secure private contributions to the Kennedy Center for what it describes as desperately needed repairs, and it has even suggested that the center could be demolished — if the changes were to be blocked — because of the poor shape that its infrastructure is in.

Seizing on that suggestion Thursday, Zelinsky told Cooper that the threat “is breathtaking.”

“It is a not-so-subtle threat along the lines of, ‘My, what a nice Kennedy Center you have here — a shame if something were to happen to it,’” he told Cooper.

During its vote earlier this month, the center’s board also approved a plan to close its doors for two years to undertake extensive renovations. That decision, too, is likely to face more court challenges.

Speaking on CNN’s “The Arena with Kasie Hunt,” Beatty said Trump and the Kennedy Center board with his allies can’t be trusted.

“I don’t trust (Trump). This is the same president that told us we were going to get a remodeled, renovated ballroom, and he demolished the entire East Wing, the Rose Garden, over budget and unfinished,” Beatty said.

“I can’t predict what this president would do because he has been so unpredictable,” she added. “But what we know we can count on, he will do something that is very unreasonable and that something that doesn’t make sense. And that’s why we continue to fight.”

CNN’s Logan Schiciano contributed to this report.
This story has been updated with additional details.

ICE grants $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of electric shock gloves

August 27, 2026 / 7:32 PM EDT / CBS News

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has granted a $16.7 million no-bid contract for 6,000 gloves that can deliver electric shocks, a new use-of-force tool that the agency claims will help officers control resisting detainees and avoid using more serious or lethal weapons.

Dubbed the G.L.O.V.E., or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, the device operates as a conventional patrol glove until an officer activates its “electrical mode.” Once activated, the device must make direct contact with a person’s skin to deliver a painful shock designed to force compliance.

In contract paperwork released on a federal database Thursday, ICE describes the gloves as “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices,” and says the new technology will offer personnel a lower-impact option during arrests, detainee transports and disturbances surrounding detention facilities. According to the agency’s procurement rationale, the gloves may be used when a person is “actively or passively resisting” and an officer needs to gain control quickly.

Federal records show ICE signed the contract Wednesday with a Kentucky-based company known as Compliant Technologies LLC, but formally posted the award Thursday. The six-month deal includes the gloves, support equipment and services. The gloves themselves cost $2,495 apiece.

The agency argues the devices reduce agency reliance on physical force and, in more dangerous encounters, grant officers an alternative to resorting to a firearm.

“ICE does not currently have an empty hand use of force device to provide to the field amidst unprecedented levels of threats and violence against ICE officers and agents to help ensure they can de-escalate tense situations before they turn violent,” the agency wrote in procurement documents.

ICE said the gloves would be deployed under approved policies, training requirements and accountability standards, though procurement documents do not account for those safeguards in detail.

Compliant Technologies’ instruction manual says users of the gloves should “always give the subject(s) a reasonable opportunity to comply before force is used.” It suggests using them for up to 15 seconds, unless the subject becomes more violent or endangers people. The company also states that the devices should not be used to punish people, and shouldn’t be used on the elderly, pregnant women, small children or “the severely handicapped.”

The G.L.O.V.E., developed by Compliant Technologies LLC, sits on a table after a demonstration at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in Oklahoma City, March 22, 2023. (Brett Dickerson/Oklahoma City Free Press via AP) Brett Dickerson

ICE first announced the planned purchase earlier this month. The plan has drawn opposition from congressional Democrats and civil rights advocates who question how the gloves will be used and whether ICE has adequate safeguards in place to prevent abuse.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and 15 other Democratic senators urged ICE on Thursday to abandon the purchase, warning that a device capable of inflicting an electric shock during civil immigration arrests raises questions about proportionality, medical safety, constitutional rights and oversight.

“A device capable of delivering an electrical shock through direct contact with an individual presents substantial risks if deployed during civil arrests,” the senators wrote, adding that the risks would be heightened without clear limits, adequate training and comprehensive oversight. Lawmakers demanded that ICE disclose its rules for authorized uses, safeguards and procedures for reviewing deployments, moving forward.

The Department of Homeland Security has defended the purchase, accusing critics of trying to deny federal law enforcement officers safety equipment. In a statement to CBS News, a DHS spokesperson called the pushback from Democrats “despicable and a deliberate attempt to undermine and endanger our officers.”

“ICE is constantly assessing the needs of our officers in the field to ensure they have the tools and equipment necessary to safely arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our country. Every decision is made with careful consideration and appropriately reviewed to ensure that any technology ICE utilizes is consistent with all applicable law enforcement policies and standards,” the spokesperson said, adding that personnel are “highly trained in de-escalation tactics.”

CBS News has reached out to Compliant Technologies for comment.

The contract marks a meaningful expansion for the glove technology that up until this point has been used primarily by local police departments and jails. Critics argue the new tactic could make it easier for immigration officers to inflict pain during routine law enforcement encounters, with use of force even less visible to the public.

ICE has drawn scrutiny in recent months for its use-of-force practices, including attempted vehicle stops in Maine and Texas last month that ended with ICE agents fatally shooting two people.

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下周G20财长央行行长会议 美国拟讨论伊朗制裁

2026-08-28 07:07 / 联合早报

美国财政部高官8月27日说，美国政府的目标是推动G20主要经济体就促进增长、减少全球失衡等达成一份联合公报，并敦促他们切断伊朗的经济命脉。 （彭博社）

美国财政部长贝森特下周主持二十国集团财长与央行行长会议，在这场被战争和贸易紧张阴影笼罩的会议上，他将加大力度在经济上孤立伊朗。

综合路透社和法新社报道，二十国集团（G20）财长与央行行长会议8月31日至9月1日，在美国北卡罗来纳州山区城市阿什维尔（Asheville）举办。

此次会议是今年几场关键部长级会议的首场，将为美国总统特朗普12月在佛罗里达州主持的G20领导人峰会奠定基础。

美国财政部一高级官员星期四（8月27日）说，下周一和周二的G20会议将聚焦于经济增长、经济失衡和伊朗制裁问题。

他说，特朗普政府的目标是推动G20主要经济体的财政长官，就促进经济增长、减少全球失衡、应对主权债务挑战的措施达成一致，并敦促他们切断伊朗的经济命脉。

这名官员说，在阿什维尔举行的G20会议上，美国官员将向G20成员国强调遵守美国对伊朗制裁的重要性，因为美国正在加大对德黑兰的施压力度。

他暗示，贝森特将在双边会晤中直接向对口官员提出诉求。但他没有透露贝森特已计划与哪些代表举行会谈，也没有说明会谈对象是否包括中国。

他还说：“我们希望所有G20成员国能就促进增长、减少全球失衡、应对主权债务挑战和提高金融素养，达成一份联合公报。”

G20由19个国家以及欧盟和非洲联盟组成，这个集团在1997-1998年亚洲金融危机后成立的，旨在促进全球经济和金融稳定。

美国作为今年的G20轮值主席国，却将成员国南非排除在外，反而邀请了波兰列席。

特朗普政府去年完全抵制并缺席了由南非主导的G20领导人峰会进程，这一事件标志着G20历史上首次有轮值主席国（美国）在不出席前任主办国峰会的情况下直接接任。

Trump floats renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans after rebranding historic lake

August 27, 2026 3:06pm EDT / Fox News

‘Lake America’ order directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the Board on Geographic Names to update federal maps within 30 days

By Stepheny Price Fox News

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” then joked that the Atlantic and Pacific oceans could be next.

“As you know, we took something called the Gulf of Mexico, we changed it, and now it’s very routinely the Gulf of America,” Trump said.

“So if you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake. Now all we need is an ocean,” he continued. “So maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.”

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Satellite image of the Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. This image was compiled from data acquired by Landsat 5 & 7 satellites.(Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Trump declared the Lake Ontario change “official, effective immediately” while announcing the order.

“And finally, it’s the purpose of this more than anything else is we’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately to Lake America,” Trump said. “That’s going to take place right now as I signed the order.”

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 30, 2025.(Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The president said the administration had “filed all the necessary papers, documents, everything else” and notified the relevant parties.

“So we’ve done everything that you have to do. And this is official, effective immediately,” Trump said.

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The order directs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, working with the Board on Geographic Names, to take steps within 30 days to rename the lake in the federal Geographic Names Information System and remove references to “Lake Ontario.”

It also directs the board to ensure federal maps, contracts, documents and agency communications use the new name.

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The order does not control the name used by Canada, which borders the lake along with New York.

It is not Trump’s first effort to put an American stamp on a major body of water.

On his first day back in office, Trump signed Executive Order 14172, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,” directing the federal government to use “Gulf of America” in place of the Gulf of Mexico.

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President Donald Trump, accompanied by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and his wife Kathryn Burgum, aboard Air Force One after signing a proclamation declaring Gulf of America Day, Feb. 9, 2025.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Trump later signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9, 2025, the first “Gulf of America Day” while aboard Air Force One over the newly renamed gulf en route to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

“Today, I am very honored to recognize February 9, 2025, as the first ever Gulf of America Day,” Trump wrote in the proclamation.

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Trump doubles down on ‘Lake America’ name change

Burgum said at the time that the Interior Department had implemented Trump’s instruction from the executive order.

The Lake America order invokes that same policy, arguing that the United States is the “greatest protector” of the Great Lakes system.

It points to nearly $4 billion in U.S. freshwater ecosystem investment over the last decade, as well as the Coast Guard’s fleet of icebreaking vessels.

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People look out across Lake Ontario and the Toronto skyline from the Toronto Harbour in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.(Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

“The United States has invested nearly $4 billion in protecting the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem in the last decade, while Canada has invested far less in similar initiatives over the same period,” the order states.

The order also cites the lake’s historic role in American trade, settlement, defense, commerce and energy, arguing it remains a major economic and strategic resource for the United States.

“In recognition of this flourishing economic resource and its critical importance to our Nation’s economy and its people, I am directing that the Lake officially be renamed as Lake America,” Trump wrote.

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Trump’s comments about renaming the Atlantic and Pacific appeared to be a joke. He announced no executive action or formal effort targeting either ocean.

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.

Trump renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ amid intensifying US-Canada trade dispute

2026-08-27 1:43pm EDT / Fox News

Trump claimed the shift reflects US territorial control over the lake

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Published August 27, 2026 1:43pm EDT | Updated August 27, 2026 2:45pm EDT

We offered Canada an ‘even better deal’: US trade representative

U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer analyzes the U.S.-Canada trade dispute and argues Canada’s retaliatory strategy will backfire on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’

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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, a move that came amid a trade war with Canada.

“The Lake of America was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, actually. As you know, we took something called the Gulf of Mexico — we changed it — and now it’s very routinely the Gulf of America,” Trump said in the Oval Office.

The president said he has directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the department to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the name change.

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President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America amid a trade war with Canada.(AP)

The order called Lake Ontario a “tremendous asset” to the United States.

“The United States is the greatest protector of the Great Lakes, including the body of water currently known as Lake Ontario,” the order states. “Without the security and investment provided by the United States, this freshwater system would not be open for shipping, recreation, and responsible use to the same extent as it is today.”

The order said the U.S. Coast Guard supplies nine of the 11 ice-breaking vessels on the Great Lakes, securing commercial shipping lanes free of charge. The U.S. has also invested nearly $4 billion in protecting the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem in the last decade, while Canada “has invested far less in similar initiatives over the same period.”

The move to rename the lake, which sits on the U.S.-Canada border, came amid a breakdown in trade between both nations, with Trump accusing Ottawa of unfair trade practices.

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People look out across Lake Ontario and the Toronto Skyline from the Toronto Harbour in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.(AP)

Trump floated renaming Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes, hours before Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports.

The U.S. imposed new 50% tariffs on Canadian goods such as wine, furniture and dairy products, while Carney said U.S. trade demands proved Washington wanted to “destroy our major industries,” including autos, steel and aluminum, FOX Business previously reported.

“Canada has been ripping us off for a long time on trade,” Trump said Thursday. “Very sadly, even the military, you know, we defend Canada for nothing. We don’t get anything. They don’t pay us to defend Canada.”

The White House released an image of “Lake America” shortly after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the body of water, formerly Lake Ontario. (White House)

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He said that Canada wants to “be treated like a state” and “we just can’t do that anymore.” Trump angered Canadian officials last year when he advocated for Canada to become the 51st U.S. state.

Trump even jokingly floated renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

“So, if you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake,” he said. “Now, all we need is an ocean. So maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.”

Trump previously used geographic names to make political statements, ordering the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.

Trump keeps winning Republican primaries. His losses may be more revealing.

2026-08-27T15:07:29-04:00 / Fox News

Trump’s endorsed candidates have won all 24 GOP Senate primaries, but gubernatorial races reveal cracks in his record

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Published August 27, 2026 3:07pm EDT

Trump-endorsed candidates see success in South Carolina, Oklahoma

Fox News correspondent Mark Meredith reports on Darline Graham’s victory in the South Carolina GOP U.S. Senate runoff and criticism over President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Graham on ‘Special Report.’

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President Donald Trump took to social media ahead of the latest round of Republican primary elections to emphasize, “My Endorsements are stronger than ever….There has never been anything close!”

The numbers back up the president’s assertions that despite some setbacks, he remains the ultimate kingmaker in GOP nomination showdowns.

According to a Fox News Trump Primary Endorsement Tracker, the president is batting a thousand in Senate primaries so far this cycle, with all 24 of his endorsed candidates winning their contests.

In House races, Trump has a nearly perfect record, with 214 of the 218 candidates he endorsed winning their primaries.

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In gubernatorial showdowns, Trump-backed candidates have suffered a handful of high-profile defeats, but overall, 16 of the 21 contenders for governor the president has endorsed have captured the party’s nomination.

This week, Trump-backed candidates scored statewide victories in two very competitive contests.

Trump-endorsed Sen. Darline Graham of South Carolina, who was recently appointed to fill the remaining months of her late brother Sen. Lindsey Graham’s current term, edged conservative Rep. Ralph Norman in a runoff to win the GOP Senate nomination for November’s election. Graham will face the Democratic nominee in November in the race for the final months of her late brother’s Senate term.

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President Donald Trump leaves the stage after speaking at a campaign rally in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Trump traveled to South Carolina to join the Republican Senate candidate for a rally ahead of Tuesday’s runoff election against Ralph Norman.(Getty Images)

In Oklahoma, former state budget secretary and former state Sen. Mike Mazzei captured the GOP gubernatorial nomination by just 2,000 votes over rival Gentner Drummond, the state attorney general.

“I supported and ENDORSED two so-called ‘underdogs’ yesterday, one from South Carolina, and the other from Oklahoma, and they BOTH WON,” the president posted on social media Wednesday, following Tuesday’s primaries.

The president pulled out all the stops to help push Graham, whose stumble over international affairs during a debate last week grabbed national attention, over the finish line.

Trump headlined a rally for Graham on Friday in Myrtle Beach, where he pledged federal funding for a long proposed new interstate highway in South Carolina. He also held a tele rally for her on the eve of the primary. And MAGA Inc, the top Trump-aligned super PAC, dished out nearly $900,000 to support Graham’s campaign.

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President Donald Trump listens to U.S. Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) during a campaign rally on August 21, 2026 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. President Trump traveled to South Carolina to join Republican Senate candidate Darline Graham for a campaign rally ahead of Tuesday’s runoff election against Ralph Norman. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)(Win McNamee/Getty Images)

But the Trump endorsement hasn’t proven to be a sure bet this cycle in South Carolina.

Trump backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette for the GOP gubernatorial nomination — in the race to succeed the term-limited McMaster — ahead of the state’s early June primary.

Evette was the top vote-getter in the primary but lost the ensuing runoff election against South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson in a landslide. And Trump, ever hungry for a victory, endorsed Wilson in addition to Evette days before the runoff.

It’s undeniable that Trump has dramatically reshaped the GOP since his first White House victory a decade ago, with the populist MAGA and America First wings gaining prominence over more traditional fiscal and social conservatives.

And the president’s grip over party politics remains extremely firm.

But he has had some setbacks, with five of his gubernatorial picks in Republican primaries this year going down to defeat. Besides South Carolina’s Evette, that list includes Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa, who lost nominating contests this spring. And two weeks ago, Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder and Minnesota businessman and “My Pillow” founder and former CEO Mike Lindell fell short.

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Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, fell short in his bid this year for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the Hawkeye State.(Cody Scanlan/The Register/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Meanwhile, two House incumbents endorsed by the president also lost their bids for renomination this month: Reps. Andy Ogles of Tennessee and Cory Mills of Florida, who was facing multiple controversies.

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“The Republican Party is Trump’s party, and there’s no question that an endorsement from the president provides a tremendous boost in a Republican primary. But it doesn’t necessarily mean the candidate’s going to win,” veteran GOP strategist and communicator Ryan Williams told Fox News Digital.

Williams said that “the president still has a firm grip on the party, even in places where a candidate he backed loses a nomination.” But he noted that “if there are underlying issues with a candidacy, those can pose problems that even an endorsement can’t overcome.”

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DHS fires 3 more FEMA workers after IG report finds crew skipped homes with pro-Trump signs

2026-08-27T13:35:14-04:00 / Fox News

An inspector general report found crews avoided pro-Trump households during disaster relief in Florida

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Published August 27, 2026 1:35pm EDT

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The Department of Homeland Security fired three more FEMA workers on Thursday after an inspector general report found that FEMA crews skipped servicing homes with pro-Trump signs following Hurricane Milton.

DHS says the three firings were in addition to other firings carried out after the IG report released last week. An investigation by FEMA’s Office of Professional Responsibility found that the three employees had “failed to meet FEMA’s standards of conduct.”

“Our job is to protect the American people, regardless of their political beliefs. This is especially important when it comes to disaster relief, where every second counts and lives are on the line,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “We’ve made sure that everyone responsible for this incident has been punished, and we’ll make sure that nothing like this ever happens again.”

DEM GOV LASHES OUT AS TRUMP HUD SCRUTINIZES NEARLY $2B IN DISASTER FUNDS OVER FRAUD CONCERNS

Residents are rescued from their second story apartment complex in Clearwater that was flooded from an overflowing creek due to Hurricane Milton on October 10, 2024, in Florida. At least four people were confirmed killed as a result of two tornadoes triggered by Hurricane Milton on the east coast of the US state of Florida, local authorities said Thursday.(Bryan R. SMITH / AFP via Getty Images)

“Thanks to President Trump, FEMA has been empowered to hold accountable those who are responsible and has changed how it conducts survivor outreach to ensure Americans are treated fairly and assistance is driven by need,” said FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton.

“Under my watch, all parties involved in this situation have been held accountable. Political bias has no room in public service,” he added.

The firings come after FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington was fired for instructing personnel to avoid homes with Trump signage in Lake Placid, Florida, in 2024.

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the initial impacts of Hurricane Milton in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. More than 3 million people are without power as of Thursday morning, after Hurricane Milton made landfall and crossed the state of Florida.(Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Washington maintains she did nothing wrong, arguing in statements to the Washington Post that she was looking to protect workers in a highly politicized environment.

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“I had never seen people so passionate during that political season, and what we were experiencing was not just conspiracy theories. People were physically charging at us with aggressive postures and accusations,” Washington told the Post.

A drone view shows destroyed beach houses after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Manasota Key, Florida, U.S., October 11, 2024.(REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo)

“People calling people on the phone saying FEMA was here. They would beat us to the fence and yell: ‘Don’t come here, you are part of Biden; we know what Biden is doing. You are taking our money and giving it to immigrants.’ ‘Drain the swamp’ was a common term,” she said.

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Washington claimed that her teams only avoided homes that showed both a Trump sign and further signs of so-called hostility, such as signs referencing guns.

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

FAA moves to fire two controllers who left work before fatal LaGuardia collision, source says

2026-08-27 6:27 PM UTC / Reuters

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WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration is moving ​to fire two air ‌traffic controllers at New York LaGuardia airport who are ​believed to have ​left early before the March ⁠22 collision of an ​Air Canada airplane with ​a fire truck that killed both pilots, a source told ​Reuters.

The National Air Traffic ​Controllers Association said it is actively ‌discussing ⁠these allegations with FAA leadership, declining to comment further. The FAA said ​it “is ​committed ⁠to holding employees accountable, and we ​will not compromise the ​safety ⁠or efficiency of the National Airspace System.”

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Trump administration designates three far-left groups as violent terrorist networks under new sanctions

August 27, 2026 1:50pm EDT / Fox News

OFAC designated the three groups across Italy, the UK and Spain as part of a crackdown on far-left extremism

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Terror expert warns activist groups are ‘driving pro-terror agendas’ under cover of nonprofit legitimacy

George Washington University terrorism expert Lara Burns warned that extremist networks are using the cover of activism, advocacy and charity to normalize political violence and build support for rogue groups.

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The Treasury Department announced sanctions against three far-left international networks as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on politically motivated violence.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control took action against Autistici Inventati, an Italy-based nonprofit; Palestine Action, a U.K.-based organization which it designated a terrorist group; and Masar Badil, a Spain-based group that allegedly operates as a front for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, already sanctioned by the U.S.

“Far-left extremists, their fronts and their enablers should be on notice: We will bring the full weight of our economic tools to bear,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. “Political terrorism has no place in our society, and we will continue to cut the financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated.”

Pro-Palestinian activists gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the occasion of a hearing granted to Huda Ammori, the co-founder of Palestine Action, to consider whether there should be a temporary block of the decision to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 on July 4, 2025, in London.(Mark Kerrison/Getty Images)

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Over the past year, Treasury Department officials have leveraged the powerful Office of Foreign Assets Control to investigate far-left nonprofits and activists, including Marxist influencer Hasan Piker and CodePink co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions against Cuba. Piker, Benjamin and Evans have denied any wrongdoing, and they haven’t been charged with any crimes.

The latest move comes amid wider coordinated interagency efforts against far-left groups. Yesterday, the State Department issued a report saying that Autistici Inventati provided services to overseas terrorist groups and violent far-left agitators, causing chaos in American cities, according to a memo obtained by Fox News Digital.

The memo also revealed Portland-based Rose City Antifa, known for participating in riots and property destruction, is one of the U.S. groups that relied on Autistici Inventati tools and services.

Multiple groups, including Rose City Antifa and the Proud Boys, protest in downtown Portland, Ore., June 29, 2019.(Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Earlier this summer, Spanish authorities arrested wealthy far-left financier Fergie Cox, the estranged heir of the Cox cable TV empire, for extradition to the U.S. as part of a Justice Department investigation into his alleged funding of organizations, including Palestine Action. Cox has denied any wrongdoing and is fighting extradition.

The Treasury Department also sanctioned two officials of Masar Badil.

The sanctions block the groups’ access to any property or property interests located in the U.S. or controlled by U.S. citizens.

The sanctions also freeze any bank accounts these organizations might have in the U.S. and prevent American citizens from conducting financial transactions with the groups.

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Last year, the U.K. government sanctioned Palestine Action, criminalizing any U.K. involvement or support for the group.

Founded in 2020, Palestine Action is known for aggressive campaigns against defense companies it believes is supporting Israel. Palestine Action has reportedly broken into facilities, occupied factories and destroyed equipment. U.K. government officials said the group caused more than $1.3 million in damages to an Elbit Systems facility.

Police detain Palestine Action activists at the entrance of APCO Worldwide offices in London, on Sept. 3, 2024.(Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu)

Huda Ammori, Palestine Action co-founder, denounced the sanctions in a message on the X social media platform.

“As a Palestinian and Iraqi, the fact the country which destroyed both my homelands is calling me a terrorist, is beyond hypocritical,” she said. “Trump is the antithesis to everything Palestine Action stands for.”

As for Masar Badil, the Treasury Department said the organization serves as a front for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, which the U.S. and Canada sanctioned in 2024 after Treasury said it serves as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.

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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine was designated a foreign terrorist organization after decades of international terrorist attacks, including airline hijackings in the 1960s and 1970s that killed more than 20 Americans.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine received its foreign terrorist organization designation alongside Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in 1997.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine received its foreign terrorist organization designation in 1997.(Majdi Fathi/TPS)

“Organizations like Samidoun masquerade as charitable actors that claim to provide humanitarian support to those in need, yet in reality divert funds for much-needed assistance to support terrorist groups,” Bradley Smith, then-Treasury acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in an October 2024 statement. “The United States, together with Canada and our like-minded partners, will continue to disrupt those who seek to finance the PFLP, Hamas and other terrorist organizations.”

Samidoun’s internal coordinator, Charlotte Kates, rushed to X to defend Palestine Action and Masar Badil shortly after Treasury announced the sanctions.

“The U.S.’ latest sanctions and designations are targeting Palestine Action and the @MasarBadil, attempting once again to bring the upsurge for Palestine to an end through criminalization and state terror,” Kates posted. “The fact is: designations can’t stop a resistance or a revolution.”

Masar Badil executive committee member Khaled Barakat told Fox News Digital in a statement that U.S. sanctions are part of Washington’s broader campaign against Palestinians, accusing the U.S. of working with Israel to suppress pro-Palestinian activism and criminalize those who organize or speak out in support of the Palestinian cause.

“The Trump administration is the primary perpetrator of terror in the world, along with its closest friend and co-conspirator, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Zionist regime,” Barakat said. “Rest assured, these sanctions will not quiet the voice of the Palestinian people, and our work and our movement will not be suppressed by state terror. The world knows it to be true: no sanctions will succeed in shoring up a declining empire. Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea.”

In a new report, “Building a Transnational Movement Around Armed Resistance Advocacy,” published Wednesday by researchers at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, the authors said Masar Badil was directly involved in unrest on some campuses following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, and has repeatedly made efforts to physically mobilize to protest Israel and U.S. involvement.

Police intervene and arrest more than 100 students at New York University who were demonstrating on campus in solidarity with the students at Columbia University and to oppose Israel’s attacks on Gaza, in New York, on April 22, 2024. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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In addition to Palestine Action and Masar Badil, the Treasury Department sanctioned Autistici Inventati, saying the group provides services such as website hosting on foreign servers, encrypted email accounts and digital infrastructure to violent left-wing extremist groups, including sanctioned terrorist organizations such as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which was also designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 1997.

Lara Burns, a former FBI special agent who is now the head of terrorism research at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, detailed why the organizations sanctioned by the Treasury Department pose a dangerous threat.

“These networks are driving concepts that terror activities — that murder — are acts of legitimate resistance that are somehow justified, and that is a scary concept,” Burns told Fox News Digital. “The broader this message is and the farther this message reaches, the more normalized it becomes. And so, as these groups have been allowed to operate both here in the United States and abroad, the message has become louder.”

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Organizations will operate under the cover of charity or activism to mask their true and potentially violent intentions, Burns said.

She noted that if nonprofit organizations “are driving pro-terror agendas under that cover, then the federal government needs to take action against them.” The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Burns said, has stealthily shifted from full-blown terrorist attacks to influence operations under the guise of activism, prisoner campaigns and transnational support networks.

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Fox News Digital reached out to Palestine Action and Autistici Inventati, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Kates and Ammori, but didn’t receive responses.

Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.