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Bad bosses on Capitol Hill could face reckoning under new anonymous staffer review platform

2026-08-04T09:47:24-04:00 / Fox News

Capitol CNCT’s ‘The Scoop’ verifies employment before publishing reviews for lawmakers to prevent ‘political retribution’

By Hannah Brennan, Katelyn Caralle Fox News

Published August 4, 2026 9:47am EDT | Updated August 4, 2026 9:48am EDT

Former congressional staffer launches platform to let Hill aides grade lawmakers

Former congressional staffer David Tennent explains Capitol CNCT’s “The Scoop,” a new verified online platform he created so Capitol Hill employees can anonymously rate and review the offices they work in and the lawmakers who run them.

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Capitol Hill staffers typically rely on private conversations and faceless social media accounts to identify toxic offices — but a new platform is offering a verified place to anonymously rate and review members of Congress and the workplaces they run.

Capitol CNCT, a program designed to centralize resources for congressional staffers, launched on July 20 a new tool called “The Scoop,” where verified staffers can share anonymous, but verified, reviews of the offices where they’re employed.

Former staffer David Tennent told Fox News Digital he founded Capitol CNCT to modernize the experience for young people working in congressional offices in Washington, D.C. He said the idea of the new ranking system emerged due to growing frustration over the number of “bad bosses” and “toxic offices” in the halls of Congress.

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The west front of the U.S. Capitol is reflected in the reflecting pool at dusk on July 22, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(J. David Ake/Getty Images)

“I wanted to create something that gave a little bit more transparency to the process and help staffers find the best opportunities available,” he said in an interview detailing his inspiration for the new tool.

Just a week after launch, verified reviews are already beginning to paint an early picture of workplace culture across Capitol Hill.

While most offices still have only a handful of ratings, the highest-rated House offices so far are Reps. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, and Robert Garcia, D-Calif.

Among Senate offices, the top five were Sens. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., Todd Young, R-Ind., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.

Across both chambers, the five lowest-rated offices were Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif., Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.

The offices of Davis, Krishnamoorthi, Brownley, Van Hollen and Bennet did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on their rankings.

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There is no centralized human resources department for members’ offices on the Hill — making it tricky for staffers to report toxic or abusive workplaces.

“The Scoop” aims to offer a reliable place where people can leave and review feedback from staff who have gone through a verification process, which ensures anyone leaving a review actually works in the office they are rating.

“We verify the office in which they’ve worked,” Tennent told Fox News Digital. “We sift through all reviews before they go live to our platform to make sure that staffer has actually worked in that office.”

House lawmakers sit in the chamber on Capitol Hill.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Reviews are only published if the user leaving feedback passes Capitol CNCT’s background screening to ensure they have at some point worked for the member of Congress they are commenting on. The process includes verifying House and Senate email addresses attached to the account are legitimate.

“My biggest fear was just creating like a political retribution platform, right?” Tennent explained. “Where you can just go on and destroy people without any evidence or verification that you’ve been a part of that process.”

Tennent revealed that Republican offices are almost twice as likely to be reviewed than Democrats’ offices so far.

The launch last month comes amid heightened scrutiny of workplace culture on Capitol Hill after multiple offices faced misconduct allegations this year.

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Many members of Congress have either resigned or been under fire this year for allegations of inappropriate behavior with members of their staff.

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, both resigned in April after staffers from their offices came forward with accusations of sexual misconduct — including rape accusations against Swalwell.

“We happened to be able to launch it right in this timeframe where this congressional ethics or lack of morality discussion is really hitting its high pitch,” Tennent said.

Rep. Eric Swalwell speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 06, 2022, in Washington, D.C.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Tennent said that while the main purpose of the app is to give staffers, or those considering working on the Hill, verifiable reviews about what it is like working for certain members of Congress, he also hopes it will serve as constructive criticism for members and their offices “to create a better working Congress.”

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“We do want to provide like constructive criticism in this process,” Tennent said

He continued, “Our hope is that if a chief of staff or a member sees that their office is very poorly rated, that over time they’re gonna go, ‘Oh, this is a wake-up call for me. Let me implement some strategies to boost office morale, to change how we communicate with each other.’”

Hannah is a Production Assistant for the Politics team at Fox News Digital.

韩国改革综合房地产税 超高价住宅税负大增

2026年8月4日 21:37 / 联合早报 姜贵瑛 首尔通讯员

韩国从明年起全面改革综合房地产税制度，要提高针对高价值住宅和投资性房产的税收，以遏制房地产市场持续上涨带来的投机行为。 （彭博社）

韩国政府宣布，从明年起全面改革综合房地产税制度，要提高针对高价值住宅和投资性房产的税收，以遏制房价上涨引发的投机行为。

新制度将上调市价32亿韩元（约290万新元）以上住宅的综合房地产税税率，对市价40亿韩元以上超高价住宅实施精准增税，加强对未实际居住“一户一宅”房主的征税。同时，市价20亿至30亿韩元普通自住房税负将有所减轻。

根据方案，2027年起，课税标准6亿至12亿韩元（对应市价约32亿至45亿韩元）的住宅，综合房地产税税率将由现行1.0%上调至1.3%，此后随房价递增，最高税率由2.7%提高至5.0%。

同时，政府将一户一宅综合房地产税起征标准，由公示价12亿韩元提高至14亿韩元（市价约20亿韩元），预计纳税对象将由目前的48.7万户减少至36.3万户。

副总理兼企划财政部长官具润哲说，市价20亿至30亿韩元住宅税负将有所下降，30亿至40亿韩元住宅变化不大，而40亿韩元以上住宅将恢复与资产价值相匹配的税负水平。

政府测算显示，在公示价格不变的情况下，市价30亿韩元以下住宅综合房地产税将有所减少，但市价超过35亿韩元后税负开始增加，40亿韩元以上增幅明显。其中，市价50亿韩元住宅综合房地产税将增至现行约2.2倍，70亿韩元住宅增至约3.5倍。对于未实际居住的一户一宅房主，基本扣除额将由12亿韩元下调至9亿韩元，并取消长期居住抵免，市值70亿韩元住宅综合房地产税最高可增加至现行约4.8倍。

政府还将长期持有特别扣除改为长期居住特别扣除，并为多套房持有者设置“退出通道”，2027年至2028年临时下调调控地区多套房出售时适用的资本利得税加征税率，以鼓励房源流入市场。政府预计，新制度实施后，到2031年累计可增加税收约3.44万亿韩元。

不过，市场对改革效果并不乐观。友利银行房地产研究实验室负责人咸英镇认为，新政虽可能促使部分高价住宅短期内投放市场，但首尔核心地区供给不足的问题难以缓解，难以认为这项政策能压低房价。

韩国建设政策研究院研究委员李恩亨也指出，强化实际居住要求将提高交易门槛，短期房源消化后，市场交易恐出现“断崖式”萎缩。

分析认为，首尔江南、龙山等核心地段住宅具有较强稀缺性，即使税负增加，高净值人群也更可能通过赠与等方式节税，而非出售房产，房源锁定现象反而可能加剧。随着实际居住要求提高，出租房源预计减少，加之新增税负可能转嫁给租户，租赁市场压力恐进一步加大。

专家指出，在房价、全租房（韩国一种以高额押金换取免租期的独特住房租赁模式）和月租价格持续上涨的背景下，无房者或将成为此次税改受影响最大的群体。

10-year-old rescued from rip current by teen lifeguard says he thought he was going to die

August 4, 2026 / 11:57 AM EDT / CBS News

A 10-year-old boy who was saved from a rip current off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, last month said he thought he was going to die before a 16-year-old lifeguard rescued him.

“I’m super thankful for him saving my life,” Nathaniel Rai said about the teen lifeguard, Ryder Williams.

Nathaniel told “CBS Mornings” that “the waves were really big” that day at the beach so he stayed on the shore. But at one point he tripped and got pulled into the water.

Nathaniel’s father, Sumit Rai, said his son was “a second or two away from dying” and he’s “forever grateful” for Williams, who was the first person to respond.

“Ryder knew that if he lets go Nathaniel is going to drown,” Sumit Rai said. At that point, he said, Nathaniel was unconscious and not breathing.

Ryder Williams, 16, helps to rescue 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai from a rip current off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, last month. Scott Vander Dussen

“He just did everything he was supposed to do to save his (Nathaniel’s) life and put himself at risk to do so,” he said.

Sumit Rai also expressed gratitude for the other lifeguard who assisted and the good Samaritans who jumped in to help save his son.

“I appreciate each and every one of them, incredibly so, because, you know, it took that effort to bring him out and keep him alive. I’m just so grateful to have my son with me. I can’t imagine what life would look like had Ryder not been there,” he said.

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In a statement last week, Ryder Williams said he too was grateful. “I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to return the child to his family safely. This is my job and I love what I do. I’m thankful to my fellow lifeguards who perform rescues just like this every day,” he said.

日本收紧外国人永住居留条件 提高收入和日语门槛

2026-08-04 21:55 / 联合早报

日本出入国在留管理厅星期二（8月4日）发出新的指南，将原有的“具备独立维持生计的能力”改为“具备不低于日本家庭平均水平的经济条件”。 （路透社档案照片）

日本公布外国人永久居留许可申请的新指南方案，收紧外国人永住居留条件。

共同社报道，日本出入国在留管理厅星期二（8月4日）发出新的指南，将原有的“具备独立维持生计的能力”改为“具备不低于日本家庭平均水平的经济条件”。

另外，当局也在日语能力方面新增条件，要求具备“能够独立运用日语”的能力。

对于日本国民或永久居留者的配偶，原本申请永久居留许可的条件为“结婚三年、居留一年”，而新指南方案则将提高至“结婚五年、居留三年”。

报道说，新指南方案完成公众咨询后，预计明年4月实施。

美财长：将“不惜一切代价”支持日本稳定汇市

2026年8月4日 22:13 / 联合早报

美国财长贝森特说，日元被严重低估可能引发其他经济问题，或导致其他货币出现竞争性贬值，“这很不健康”。 （路透社档案照片）

美国财政部长贝森特说，美国总统特朗普政府将“不惜一切代价”支持日本稳定汇市。

贝森特星期二（8月4日）接受CNBC采访时说：“我们将竭尽全力支持日本，以利于美国经济和美国纳税人。”

贝森特说，日元被严重低估可能引发其他经济问题，或导致其他货币出现竞争性贬值，“这很不健康”。

他说，欢迎日本政府考虑使用美联储在疫情时期设立的“外国和国际货币当局回购工具”（FIMA机制）。这个机制允许日本央行最多借入600亿美元（约769亿新元），以支持日元汇率。

他说，这个机制是在2020年设立的，而如今债券市场规模已大幅扩大，因此，他认为美联储考虑扩大这一机制的规模是合理的，目的在于“保护美国经济，并将波动控制在海外”。

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谈及美国出售欧元买入日元一事，贝森特指出，他已与欧洲各国央行等伙伴保持密切沟通，并向他们保证这只是储备资产的再配置。“在我看来，欧元汇率已更接近均衡水平了。”

贝森特说：“我不会评论欧元应该或不应该在哪里交易，但真正的问题在于日元目前被严重低估，以及日本政府正在采取的相关政策。”

对于路透社拍到他上周“待办事项”清单上写有“买入50亿至100亿美元日元”的内容，贝森特开玩笑说：“我只是想让那些从我肩后偷看的记者也知道日元的符号是JPY。”

他还打趣说，本来想在清单上写“和（伊朗）最高领袖吃午饭、和（俄罗斯总统）普京打网球”等事项，“不过最后我还是只写了买入50亿到100亿美元日元”。

SpaceX rocket booster is on a 5,400-mph collision course with the moon, expected to leave crater 16 feet deep

2026-08-04 10:54:00-0400 / CBS News

By Miles Doran, Mark Osborne

Updated on: August 4, 2026 / 11:24 AM EDT / CBS News

A wayward 8,800-pound SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster is expected to slam into the moon very early on Wednesday in a rare case of a man-made collision with the lunar surface.

The upper part of the rocket, which boosted two lunar landers into space in January 2025, disengaged as the two spacecraft went on their way. The mission was partly successful, as Firefly’s Blue Ghost-1 made a successful landing, but Japan’s ispace Hakuto-R crash-landed on the surface.

But the rocket, which is about 45 feet long and 12 feet wide, has been in orbit ever since — until about 2:35 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday when it’s expected to crash into the lunar surface at a speed of 5,400 mph.

Julianna Scheiman, SpaceX’s director of NASA Science and Dragon Programs, said in a press conference Monday the company followed “the appropriate rules and regulations” for properly disposing of the Falcon 9 second stage after launching it on Jan. 15, 2025, but “what has happened is essentially a mixture of solar activity and gravity forces have put it on a path towards the moon.”

Don’t expect to see anything though — the impact will be very quick and impossible to see with the naked eye. Even observers with very large telescopes may not see anything, according to a study about the upcoming collision released by almost two dozen scientists.

The full moon is seen over Sydney, Australia, on July 29, 2026. Izhar Khan/Getty Images

Before and after photos will be taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter — a small satellite that orbits the moon — but it will likely take a week or two before they are seen, NASA confirmed.

“As a scientist, I also am very excited to see the observation,” Scheiman told reporters.

It will be challenging or impossible to detect the impact flash because the impact is happening on the lit side of the moon, according to the study. To date, no natural or artificial impact flash has ever been observed on the lit side of the moon, researchers say.

The moon is regularly pelted by objects, but they are usually natural occurrences, like meteoroids. The number of artificial impacts is relatively few.

The object is significantly more massive than most natural lunar impactors, but is also moving much more slowly, the study said. Still, the impact will be the equivalent of 2.8 tons of TNT, according to the study, and leave a crater of 65 to 100 feet in diameter that is about 16 feet deep.

The first man-made object to hit the moon was an intentional collision launched by the Soviet Union in 1959. A couple of U.S.-built spacecraft parts hit the moon during the Apollo missions from 1969 to 1972. A Japanese robotic probe hit the moon in 1993 and a European Space Agency satellite collided with the lunar surface in 2006.

In 2009, NASA intentionally crashed the upper stage of a rocket into a permanently shadowed crater at the moon’s south pole to determine if water ice existed there. The impact exposed a plume of material that might not have seen direct sunlight for billions of years. The mission confirmed the presence of water ice at the lunar south pole, one of the major reasons why countries like the United States and China want to build moon bases there.

Like that collision in 2009, in the minutes following the impact of the SpaceX rocket, a cloud of lunar dust and possibly gas/vapor is expected to be lofted above the surface.

Carl Schmidt, a planetary scientist at Boston University’s Center for Space Physics, told CBS News he hopes by analyzing that data he could determine how much water ice was hidden below the surface on that part of the moon.

“Just about everyone who can point a telescope at this object is going to,” Schmidt said.

美财长：将“不惜一切代价”支持日本稳定汇市

2026年8月4日 22:13 / 联合早报

美国财长贝森特说，日元被严重低估可能引发其他经济问题，或导致其他货币出现竞争性贬值，“这很不健康”。 （路透社档案照片）

美国财政部长贝森特说，美国总统特朗普政府将“不惜一切代价”支持日本稳定汇市。

贝森特星期二（8月4日）接受CNBC采访时说：“我们将竭尽全力支持日本，以利于美国经济和美国纳税人。”

贝森特说，日元被严重低估可能引发其他经济问题，或导致其他货币出现竞争性贬值，“这很不健康”。

他说，欢迎日本政府考虑使用美联储在疫情时期设立的“外国和国际货币当局回购工具”（FIMA机制）。这个机制允许日本央行最多借入600亿美元（约769亿新元），以支持日元汇率。

他说，这个机制是在2020年设立的，而如今债券市场规模已大幅扩大，因此，他认为美联储考虑扩大这一机制的规模是合理的，目的在于“保护美国经济，并将波动控制在海外”。

谈及美国出售欧元买入日元一事，贝森特指出，他已与欧洲各国央行等伙伴保持密切沟通，并向他们保证这只是储备资产的再配置。“在我看来，欧元汇率已更接近均衡水平了。”

贝森特说：“我不会评论欧元应该或不应该在哪里交易，但真正的问题在于日元目前被严重低估，以及日本政府正在采取的相关政策。”

对于路透社拍到他上周“待办事项”清单上写有“买入50亿至100亿美元日元”的内容，贝森特开玩笑说：“我只是想让那些从我肩后偷看的记者也知道日元的符号是JPY。”

他还打趣说，本来想在清单上写“和（伊朗）最高领袖吃午饭、和（俄罗斯总统）普京打网球”等事项，“不过最后我还是只写了买入50亿到100亿美元日元”。

白宫警告“遭斩首前最后机会” 伊朗冷对“空头威胁”

2026年8月4日 22:37 / 联合早报

美国总统特朗普星期一（8月3日）在白宫签署行政命令后回答媒体提问时再次声称美伊谈判正在进行，并警告伊朗已濒临“遭斩首前签署协议的最后机会”。 （路透社）

（华盛顿/迪拜综合电）美国总统特朗普再三声称，美国正与伊朗进行谈判，还警告德黑兰已濒临“遭斩首前签署协议的最后机会”。伊朗则坚持双方并未举行谈判，也未安排任何会面。双方围绕霍尔木兹海峡和核问题的外交僵局进一步加深。

特朗普星期一（8月3日）在白宫告诉记者，他应沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋和卡塔尔等国要求，同意继续推动与伊朗谈判。

特朗普说：“这是他们签署一份良好协议的最后机会。我希望在他们遭到斩首前，给他们最后一次机会。”他也称，双方正讨论重开霍尔木兹海峡，以及伊朗去核化问题。

美国财政部长贝森特隔天进一步称，美方可能在星期三（5日）前与伊朗达成重开霍尔木兹海峡的协议，并指有关安排应保障船只自由通行，而非允许伊朗收费。

不过，伊朗外交部再否认正在与华盛顿谈判。伊朗高层消息人士也告诉路透社，美伊目前并没有会谈计划，外长阿拉格齐至少到本周末前都无法参与任何会面。

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自3月以来，特朗普至少六次扬言要提升对伊军事行动，却又在最后关头收手。最近一次是上星期六（1日），他称美军已准备发动“二战以来规模最大的打击行动”，随后又以双方有望迅速达成协议为由取消行动。

美国战略与国际问题研究中心中东项目主任雅各比安（Mona Yacoubian）认为，特朗普多次发出强硬威胁，却未有实际行动，只会让伊朗认定美国软弱，并相信德黑兰在这场冲突中占据上风。

雅各比安指出，美国最近暂缓打击，或因海湾盟友担心一旦冲突升级，伊朗会毫不犹豫地袭击区域基础设施和能源目标。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）分析指出，特朗普迄今至少避免犯下一个更危险的错误，即把战争大幅升级到美国难以掌控的程度。

分析指特朗普如今面临三个选项：第一、继续目前成效有限的空袭、脆弱停火和海上封锁，让战争长期拖延；第二、放宽目前对打伊军事行动范围的限制，把打击对象从军事目标扩大至民用基础设施，甚至投入地面部队；第三、在主要战争目标尚未实现时，止损退出。

然而，随着外交努力持续受挫，这三个选项的代价都会越来越高昂。

对伊施压陷困局 美军广征新思路

与此同时，美军也在重新评估对伊朗施压所能采取的手段。

据报，美军中央司令部情报部门官员上周向军事分析人员广发信息，征集进一步向伊朗施压的“有创意、非传统”方法。另有消息说，中央司令部正在研究所有选项，并承认有必要重新评估现有战略。

军方“集思广益”广征意见并不常见，也反映出特朗普要迫使伊朗按华盛顿条件达成协议，手中可用、政治上也能接受的方案，其实已十分有限。

美国情报机构评估认为，现阶段单靠空袭难以迫使德黑兰改变谈判立场，因为部分核设施深埋地底，即使出动威力最强的常规武器也未必摧毁得了。但是倘若投入地面部队，风险必将大幅上升。

与此同时，扩大对桥梁、发电设施等民用和基础设施目标的袭击，只会造成大量平民伤亡，也可能招致伊朗向海湾国家进行报复。美军还担心，持续扩大行动将进一步消耗已经趋紧的防空拦截弹库存。

白宫警告“遭斩首前最后机会” 伊朗冷对“空头威胁”

2026年8月4日 22:37 / 联合早报

美国总统特朗普星期一（8月3日）在白宫签署行政命令后回答媒体提问时再次声称美伊谈判正在进行，并警告伊朗已濒临“遭斩首前签署协议的最后机会”。 （路透社）

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（华盛顿/迪拜综合电）美国总统特朗普再三声称，美国正与伊朗进行谈判，还警告德黑兰已濒临“遭斩首前签署协议的最后机会”。伊朗则坚持双方并未举行谈判，也未安排任何会面。双方围绕霍尔木兹海峡和核问题的外交僵局进一步加深。

特朗普星期一（8月3日）在白宫告诉记者，他应沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋和卡塔尔等国要求，同意继续推动与伊朗谈判。

特朗普说：“这是他们签署一份良好协议的最后机会。我希望在他们遭到斩首前，给他们最后一次机会。”他也称，双方正讨论重开霍尔木兹海峡，以及伊朗去核化问题。

美国财政部长贝森特隔天进一步称，美方可能在星期三（5日）前与伊朗达成重开霍尔木兹海峡的协议，并指有关安排应保障船只自由通行，而非允许伊朗收费。

不过，伊朗外交部再否认正在与华盛顿谈判。伊朗高层消息人士也告诉路透社，美伊目前并没有会谈计划，外长阿拉格齐至少到本周末前都无法参与任何会面。

多次虚张声势又临时收手 美向伊暴露软弱一面

自3月以来，特朗普至少六次扬言要提升对伊军事行动，却又在最后关头收手。最近一次是上星期六（1日），他称美军已准备发动“二战以来规模最大的打击行动”，随后又以双方有望迅速达成协议为由取消行动。

美国战略与国际问题研究中心中东项目主任雅各比安（Mona Yacoubian）认为，特朗普多次发出强硬威胁，却未有实际行动，只会让伊朗认定美国软弱，并相信德黑兰在这场冲突中占据上风。

雅各比安指出，美国最近暂缓打击，或因海湾盟友担心一旦冲突升级，伊朗会毫不犹豫地袭击区域基础设施和能源目标。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）分析指出，特朗普迄今至少避免犯下一个更危险的错误，即把战争大幅升级到美国难以掌控的程度。

分析指特朗普如今面临三个选项：第一、继续目前成效有限的空袭、脆弱停火和海上封锁，让战争长期拖延；第二、放宽目前对打伊军事行动范围的限制，把打击对象从军事目标扩大至民用基础设施，甚至投入地面部队；第三、在主要战争目标尚未实现时，止损退出。

然而，随着外交努力持续受挫，这三个选项的代价都会越来越高昂。

对伊施压陷困局 美军广征新思路

与此同时，美军也在重新评估对伊朗施压所能采取的手段。

据报，美军中央司令部情报部门官员上周向军事分析人员广发信息，征集进一步向伊朗施压的“有创意、非传统”方法。另有消息说，中央司令部正在研究所有选项，并承认有必要重新评估现有战略。

军方“集思广益”广征意见并不常见，也反映出特朗普要迫使伊朗按华盛顿条件达成协议，手中可用、政治上也能接受的方案，其实已十分有限。

美国情报机构评估认为，现阶段单靠空袭难以迫使德黑兰改变谈判立场，因为部分核设施深埋地底，即使出动威力最强的常规武器也未必摧毁得了。但是倘若投入地面部队，风险必将大幅上升。

与此同时，扩大对桥梁、发电设施等民用和基础设施目标的袭击，只会造成大量平民伤亡，也可能招致伊朗向海湾国家进行报复。美军还担心，持续扩大行动将进一步消耗已经趋紧的防空拦截弹库存。

英吉利海峡移民船起火 法英救起157人

2026年8月4日 22:57 / 联合早报

一艘移民船在试图穿越英吉利海峡时起火，法国和英国展开救援。图为多名获救移民被送到在法国北部滨海布洛涅港。 （法新社）

一艘移民船在试图穿越英吉利海峡时起火，法国和英国合力救起船上157名移民。

路透社报道，法国加来海峡省省长办公室星期二（8月4日）说，“一艘小船在法英海域交界处起火，船上人员被迫跳海。”，目前没有人伤亡。

法国海事部门称，这些移民于星期一（3日）从诺曼底沿海村庄沃勒莱罗斯出发。

法国目击者称，最近几周，一些长约12米的橡皮艇横渡航道，比一般8米至10米的橡皮艇更大。

法国海事部门告诉法新社，这些小艇上的平均载客量从2021年的26人增至今年初的65人。

长期以来，法国一直是移民穿越英吉利海峡前往英国的出发点。人们通常支付给走私者数千美元，登上超载的橡皮艇，踏上横渡全球最繁忙航道之一的危险旅程，强劲水流导致不少试图偷渡英国的移民丧生。

去年，超过4万1000名移民登陆英国南部海岸，这是自2018年以来第二高的年度数字。

法新社根据法国和英国官方数据进行统计，今年已有14人在横渡英吉利海峡时丧生。