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Rep. Mike Lawler defends $10,000 campaign donation from colleague Max Miller’s PAC, who’s accused of abuse

2026-08-13T17:29:39.645Z / CNN Politics

By Dana Bash, CNN

Published 1:29 PM EDT, Thu August 13, 2026

Rep. Mike Lawler defends $10,000 campaign donation from colleague Max Miller’s PAC, who’s accused of abuse

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Dana Bash asks Republican Rep. Mike Lawler about campaign donations coming from his colleague Rep. Max Miller’s political action committee. Miller has been accused of domestic abuse and denies the allegations. Lawler tells Bash, “It is tragic, and obviously I don’t condone any level of abuse. But ultimately, there’s been nothing that has been corroborated here.”

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Warren’s ancestry saga roars back after Dem ally touts Native Senate first: ‘Arrows fired’

2026-08-13 12:17pm EDT / Fox News

Peggy Flanagan, an Ojibwe member of the White Earth Nation, made the claim in a fundraising email for her campaign

By Robert Schmad, Fox News

Published August 13, 2026 12:17pm EDT

Elizabeth Warren makes Election Day push for Peggy Flanagan

Warren is urging Minnesota voters to back Peggy Flanagan for U.S. Senate, calling her “the fighter we need in Washington.” (Credit: @ewarren via X)

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Minnesota Democratic Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan is pitching donors on the prospect of becoming the first Native American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate — drawing attention to one of her prominent endorsers, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whose past claims of Native American identity became a yearslong political controversy.

“In almost 250 years, there’s never been a Native woman serving in the US Senate. It’s time to change that,” the email reads. “I am Ojibwe and a proud member of the White Earth Nation. My family is the Wolf Clan. The mission of my clan is to never leave anyone behind — and that’s been my guiding principle … Right now, there are no Native voices in the US Senate. If I win this race, we can change that.”

Throughout her career, Warren identified herself as a Native American, writing “American Indian” on her Texas bar-registration card and describing herself as a minority in the Association of American Law Schools directory. Since 2019, Warren has walked back her indigenous identity, clarifying that she is not a person of color nor a citizen of a tribe, and stating that she should not have identified herself as an American Indian.

TAFOYA MAKES ‘COMMON SENSE’ PITCH TO DISAFFECTED DEMOCRATS AS SHE VOWS TO FIGHT MINNESOTA’S ‘SOCIALIST LURCH’

FILE – Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was briefly heckled during a campaign rally in Georgia over her Native American ancestry claims.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)

“Wow, arrows fired,” podcast host Michael Duncan wrote of the email.

Warren supported Flanagan in Minnesota’s Democratic Senate primary.

“The Democrat nominee for Senate in Minnesota, Peggy Flanagan , just sent out a fundraising email on the DNC list that admits that Elizabeth Warren is NOT Native American,” conservative commentator Steve Guest posted to X, adding, “tough break for Fauxcahontas.”

“Has anybody checked on Elizabeth Warren?” the Republican Party quipped on X.

“Elizabeth Warren just took her peace pipe and went home to throw a tantrum,” another user replied.

WARREN PUSHED ‘FREE AND EASY’ IRS FILING SYSTEM, BUT DOCS REVEAL WHAT SHE USED INSTEAD

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President Donald Trump famously lampooned Warren’s claimed ancestry by labeling her “Pocahontas.” The feud between the two culminated in Warren taking a genetic test in 2018, which found she was between 0.1% and 1.6% Native American.

“Excuse me? How dare she disrespect Elizabeth Warren like that?” libertarian commentator Brad Polumbo wrote, ironically.

ELIZABETH WARREN CONFRONTED ON CALLING CONTROVERSIAL SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER HER ‘KIND OF MAN’

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Ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Kevin Warsh, nominee to chairman of the Federal Reserve, during his Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Multiple X users posted AI-generated images of Warren in Native American garb looking dejected or angry in response to the fundraising email.

“Elizabeth Warren is doing a land acknowledgement on Flanagan’s head,” New York Post columnist Kirsten Fleming quipped.

“I can say this because I am part of the Cherokee Nation, but these two should powwow over this,” podcaster Dave Van de Walle joked.

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The Flanagan campaign and Warren’s office did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday.

Trump administration’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed by federal judge

2026-08-13T13:43:00-0400 / CBS News

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A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit against Harvard University that accused the school of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students, finding the instances of alleged discrimination cited by the government were “too isolated and episodic” to support federal civil rights violations.

U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Massachusetts issued a four-page order granting Harvard’s motion to dismiss the suit.

“Without diminishing any concern arising from these occurrences, the court finds them, singly and collectively, to be too isolated and episodic to support a plausible inference that any institutionalized noncompliance with Title VI persists at Harvard to this day,” Stearns wrote.

Stearns wrote that the government’s complaint was “devoid of any factual allegations” that occurred after the Trump administration notified Harvard that it believed it had failed to comply with federal civil rights law, as is required before any legal action can be taken, and the other three instances in the complaint occurred between 2023 and 2024.

In March, the Justice Department filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the university, alleging that it violated the law by failing to protect the students after the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack by Hamas, claiming Harvard’s “intentional conduct and its deliberate indifference to discriminatory harassment of Jewish and Israeli students and creation of a hostile educational environment.” The administration sought to recover billions of dollars in taxpayer money that Harvard has received from federal agencies.

In its lawsuit, the Justice Department alleged that Harvard defied federal law by discriminating against the students “without remorse” and the students were subjected to “severe, pervasive and objectively offensive harassment” on campus, including during protests against Israel, because of their race or national origin. The government alleged that Harvard knew about the harassment against the Jewish and Israeli students but did not stop it.

The lawsuit was one of many steps against the university that the Trump administration has taken since President Trump’s return to office, in addition to attempting to cancel billions of dollars in federal funding.

The Justice Department responded in a statement saying it “disagreed with the ruling and are assessing the next steps.” The statement also pointed to an ongoing antisemitism investigation by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.

Harvard and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Melissa Quinn contributed reporting.

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Kennedy Center board votes to put Trump’s name back on outside of building, House Democrat says

2026-08-13 3:44 PM EDT / CBS News

The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees voted Thursday to add President Trump’s name to the facade of the performing arts center, more than two months after a judge ordered its removal, according to a House Democrat who sits on the center’s board.

The board — which Mr. Trump filled with his allies — chose to add the phrase “Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump” to the end of the center’s formal name, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio and her lawyers said in a statement. Beatty said the board also voted to close the center for two years.

The vote marks a second attempt to put the president’s name on the outside of the building, after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in May that a decision to rename the center after both Kennedy and Mr. Trump violated the federal law that created the organization. Cooper also blocked the center from moving forward with a plan to close until 2028 for renovations, though the cultural institution had said it was still considering a partial or full closure.

Cooper issued his order in response to a lawsuit from Beatty. On Thursday, the congresswoman called the latest move “a transparent effort to circumvent the Court’s ruling, and flies in the face of the statutes that Congress passed.”

“Today’s vote is more of the same, and a show of blatant disrespect to the courts,” two of Beatty’s attorneys, Norm Eisen and Nathaniel Zelinsky, wrote in the statement. “The court already ruled against the board when it bowed to Trump’s demands. Now, the defendants must answer for their actions—again—in court.”

White House spokesperson Liz Huston said: “Under President Trump’s bold leadership, the Kennedy Center is on its way to becoming the finest cultural institution anywhere in the world.”

CBS News has reached out to the Kennedy Center for comment.

This is a breaking story; it will be updated.

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California Dem ripped for ‘perverted agenda’ ahead of fundraiser at risqué nightclub

August 13, 2026 9:00am EDT / Fox News

The Democratic candidate lists LGBTQ rights and passing the Equality Act among her top legislative priorities

By Leo Briceno, Fox News

U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico and Democratic local councilman Ben Flores ignite controversy at a Corpus Christi rally, criticizing Texas’s ‘narrow-minded’ political landscape. Flores’s provocative speech declares ‘we’re all trans’ and ‘we’re all gay tofu-eating vegans.’ This far-left rhetoric draws strong reactions, questioning political strategy in the state.

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Marni von Wilpert, a Democratic candidate for Congress in California’s 48th Congressional District, is holding a fundraiser at a venue known for sexually suggestive branding and LGBTQ nightlife on Thursday evening.

The San Diego restaurant and nightclub, called the Gossip Grill, offers a series of adult-themed specials and events such as “Fi—r me Fridays,” “Girls, Gays and Theys Sundays” and “Cabaret Drag Brunch Pride Extravaganza.”

It also offers menu items like the “Foreplay” and the “happy ending.”

DEMOCRATS TURN ON CONGRESSIONAL HOPEFUL AFTER ‘HIDING’ LGBTQ+ VIEWS FROM MUSLIM VOTERS

Marni von Wilpert poses for a photo. Wilpert is a Democratic candidate for Congress in California’s 48th district.(Wilpert for Congress)

The upcoming event underscores Wilpert’s connection to the LGBTQ community and the attention she’s given the issue during her congressional campaign since she came out as bisexual a few years ago.

To one Republican observer, it’s a set of priorities that places an undue emphasis on sexuality.

“Out of touch Marni von Wilpert found the perfect headquarters for her radical campaign,” Christian Martinez, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“Her perverted agenda pushes hormone treatments on kids, shuts parents out and puts sexual content in front of young children. That dangerous agenda belongs in a nightclub, not Congress.”

Wilpert lists “LGBTQ+ Rights” among her top priorities on her campaign website — alongside other priorities like restructuring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and penalties for companies with low wages.

On her website, she commits to making the topic a legislative focus at the federal level.

“In Congress, she will work to pass the Equality Act so the protections that Californians enjoy are guaranteed nationwide. She will face the attacks head-on, from bans on gender-affirming care to efforts to silence LGBTQ+ students in our schools,” the website reads.

In the past, Wilpert has helped spearhead efforts to keep Pride-related materials in San Diego public libraries.

CHICAGO COLLEGE REMOVES LGBTQ PRIDE FLAG OVER INSTITUTIONAL NEUTRALITY CONCERNS

Aerial view of San Diego Skyline harbor in California.(Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

After an activist removed almost every gender-orientation-related book from a library in Rancho Peñasquitos in 2023, threatening to keep them until the county took down a Pride display, Wilpert led the charge to replace the books. Wilpert, then a city council member, also pressed to expand Pride displays in 36 San Diego public libraries.

“I’m frankly shocked by this because eliminating LGBTQ content from libraries is what you might expect in Mississippi, but never here in San Diego,” she told The San Diego Tribune.

“Denying others the right to read LGBTQ-affirming books is just another way of telling LGBTQ people they don’t belong — and that’s dead wrong. Everyone has the right to read what they want, but absolutely no one has the right to keep others from reading books that reflect their experiences and backgrounds.”

Her work with the library has attracted support in her congressional bid from groups like Equality California, which cited it as a basis of their endorsement.

“Throughout her career, Marni has been a champion for the LGBTQ+ community and the diverse communities that make up CA-48. As an out LGBTQ+ elected leader, her record on the San Diego City Council includes defending access to inclusive library resources and standing up to censorship and bigotry,” the group said.

VULNERABLE DEM’S CAMPAIGN PITCH CLASHES WITH ‘RADICAL’ VOTING RECORD ON TOP CULTURE WAR ISSUE

Marni von Wilpert poses for a photo with a pair of supporters.(Wilpert for Congress)

She has also attracted endorsements from Equality PAC, the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund and the Human Rights Campaign — all LGBTQ-aligned networks.

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Wilpert did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital on her choice of venue or whether she thought the themes at the establishment were appropriate for a congressional campaign.

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.

Minnesota fraud scandal will haunt Flanagan in high-stakes Senate race, top House Republican warns

August 13, 2026 8:00am EDT / Fox News

Emmer, the highest-ranking Minnesotan in Congress, says Peggy Flanagan was ‘front and center’ during the Walz admin

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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer spoke with Fox News Digital about the race for the open Senate seat in Minnesota.

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The welfare fraud scandal that rocked Minnesota’s state government late last year will now be a central issue in the race for its open Senate seat, the top Minnesotan in Congress said.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is predicting that the rampant fraud that occurred under Gov. Tim Walz’s administration will now sandbag the campaign of his top deputy, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who won the Democratic nomination on Tuesday night.

“I think fraud is going to be the theme all the way through. Peggy Flanagan was there every step of the way,” Emmer told Fox News Digital. “She is going be tainted by Tim Walz’s disgusting reputation.”

PEGGY FLANAGAN WAS MINNESOTA’S NO 2 OFFICIAL AS MASSIVE FRAUD SCANDAL EXPLODED UNDER STATE’S WATCH

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who serves under Gov. Tim Walz, is running for U.S. Senate.(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

He argued that both Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison would be a “weight” on Flanagan’s candidacy.

Fraudsters managed to swindle Minnesota’s state welfare programs out of millions of dollars’ worth of taxpayer funds dating back to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It kicked off with the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, whose leaders submitted falsified data to the state government while claiming to be working with schools, restaurants and caterers to feed Minnesota students.

The state government flagged suspicions to the FBI in 2021. Since then, roughly 80 defendants, including founder Aimee Bock, have been indicted. Bock was sentenced to 500 months in prison earlier this year for a scheme that prosecutors say affected some $250 million in taxpayer funds.

MINNESOTA MAN MARKS FBI’S FIRST ARREST FROM DOJ’S ‘MOST WANTED FRAUDSTERS’ LIST

Since then, federal officials have claimed that programs, including those that deal with childcare, helping children with autism and low-income housing, have been subject to fraudulent waste of taxpayer dollars.

Federal agents enter an office building as a search warrant is executed at Ultimate Home Health Services over potential Medicaid fraud on Dec. 18, 2025, in Bloomington, Minn.(Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Federal officials accused state Democrats of not doing enough to weed out fraud. But Walz and Ellison have both accused Republicans of overrepresenting the size of the scandal as a political attack, though the scrutiny forced Walz to drop his re-election bid for another term as governor.

The topic came up in a recent debate between Flanagan and her primary opponent, moderate Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn. Craig argued Flanagan’s role in state government at the time would make her vulnerable to attacks.

“The lieutenant governor, even as we sit here today, continues to take absolutely no accountability for any of the fraud issues, and she continues to blame the governor,” Craig said, according to MPR News. “And I’m going to be honest: It’s pissing me off.”

TAFOYA MAKES ‘COMMON SENSE’ PITCH TO DISAFFECTED DEMOCRATS AS SHE VOWS TO FIGHT MINNESOTA’S ‘SOCIALIST LURCH’

And Emmer — unsurprisingly as one of Walz’s biggest critics — agreed.

“Fraud, incompetence and corruption — that is what the Walz administration has been known for. And she’s been front and center in the Walz administration,” Emmer said. “She is right in the center of one of the biggest fraud scandals in America, right here in Minnesota.”

The House majority whip also accused Flanagan of embracing far-left policy positions that are further left than most Minnesotans.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer speaks during a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 28, 2025.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“She’s a Marxist communist nut bag from Minneapolis,” Emmer said. “There is a treasure trove of wackadoodle, just out-of-touch statements, which we don’t have to get into today, but you’re going to see those be resurrected.”

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Flanagan is running against Republican Michele Tafoya, a former sports broadcaster.

Fox News Digital reached out to Flanagan’s campaign for comment.

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

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为破中国稀土桎梏 日本拟与美国开采全球最深海底矿产

2026年8月13日 23:23 / 联合早报

日本海洋技术研究组织于1月12日拍摄、7月24日发布的图片显示，深海钻探船地球号正驶往距离东京约2000公里的珊瑚环礁南鸟岛。 （法新社）

日本与美国拟针对在日本南鸟岛（Minamitorishima）约6公里深的海底开采稀土矿产进行合作，试图削弱中国在稀土领域的主导地位，但外界对此普遍持怀疑态度。

彭博社报道，今年3月，美国总统特朗普在白宫会见日本首相高市早苗，当时，两人就这个太平洋上日本小岛的讨论没有引发什么关注。这个岛屿面积很小，几乎容不下游客，却栖息着危险的蜗牛。

南鸟岛位于东京东南方向1000多英里处，地势如饼一般平坦，面积仅有几个街区那么大，除了一个气象站和一条跑道外基本什么也没有。但它底下蕴藏着深海稀土宝藏 —— 根据美日峰会后发表的关于合作开采的声明，这些矿藏或能“满足几个世纪的工业需求”。

外界对此普遍持怀疑态度。尽管全球海底勘探和测绘已开展数十年，但迄今尚无此类采矿项目达到商业化规模，国际准则也仍在讨论之中。南鸟岛的资源埋在泥里，深度约在海面以下6公里，是目前有考虑开采的最深矿藏之一。

7月24日发布的照片显示，日本深海钻探船地球号正在作业，图为船上的大型钻头。（法新社）

哈德逊研究所（Hudson Institute）高级研究员William Chou说：“南鸟岛项目志向宏大，但它可以让日本和美国拥有一个完全闭环、从矿产到磁体的稀土供应链，从而有助于打破中国的桎梏。”

围绕南鸟岛项目可能如何推进的计划如今似乎正在成形。日本内阁府最近公布了今年采集的测试样本结果，显示钇（yttrium ）、钆（gadolinium）和镝（dysprosium）的含量很高 —— 中国产量在这些重稀土领域占据的主导地位尤其显著。进一步试钻工作已经列入计划，目标是到2028年制定商业化方案。

据知情人士透露，包括总部位于休斯敦的“深海技术公司”（Deep Reach Technology）在内，数家北美公司已对南鸟岛开采项目表示出兴趣，但相关洽谈尚处于非常早期的阶段。

目前，这个项目的所有工作均由拥有先进深海勘探能力的日本进行，但美国公司的丰富油气钻探经验有望成为解决方案的一部分。

随着中国也对这些海底矿藏表现出兴趣，美国的支持已变得愈发重要。中国的海洋调查船曾多次造访南鸟岛附近海域。彭博新闻社分析一艘中国科考船的商业追踪数据后发现，近年来，该船已在日本专属经济区边缘进行了海底勘测。

专属经济区是从一国海岸线向外扩展200海里范围内的海域，各国对专属经济区内的资源拥有独家勘探和开发权。

2月拍摄的照片显示，一名工作人员正在查看从在南鸟岛海岸附近作业的深海钻探船地球号取来的样本。（法新社）

对北京和东京而言，挑战都将十分艰巨。迄今为止的海上石油钻探项目仅达到南鸟岛海床所处深度的一半左右。那里的水压是海平面的600倍左右，而且人们对商业采矿的可能生物影响知之甚少。

根据一项私营部门估测值，如果项目取得成功，可能需要在十余年间投资数十亿美元，然后以约为中国陆地开采成本三倍的水平生产稀土。

几十年前，中国从国际海底管理局（联合国下属机构，负责管理国家管辖范围以外海底矿产资源）获得南鸟岛和美国关岛附近海域区块的深海勘探专属权。

东京大学教授中村谦太郎认为，近期勘测船的活动表明，北京对该地区的矿产勘探兴趣日益浓厚，同时，中国发表的关于该地区的研究论文数量也在不断增加。中村所在的研究团队曾对该地区进行过研究。

考虑到成本、复杂性且漫长开发周期，换作其他日本首相，这个项目可能就停留在愿景层面了。但对于高市早苗而言，这个项目已成为她推动日本摆脱对华依赖计划的核心内容。而且在担任日本经济安全保障担当部长直至2024年的两年时间里，她就一直热衷于此。

她还找到一个志同道合的伙伴：特朗普。特朗普同样希望削弱中国在稀土领域对美国的影响力，并为美国企业打开海底矿产勘探和开采空间。今年4月，他命令联邦机构快速审查并颁发美国境内外项目的许可证和执照。

主场作战难撼强敌 三人女篮系列赛新加坡两队无缘晋级

2026年8月13日 23:27 / 新明日报

新加坡队小组赛首场迎战强敌中国队，新加坡运动员林伽英（红衣）在场上与中国选手奋力拼抢。 （张俊杰摄）

在星期四（8月13日）于*SCAPE举行的三人篮球女子系列赛（FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series）新加坡站比赛中，我国两支队伍主场作战，在强敌环伺下仍拼至最后一刻，最终吞下二连败，均遗憾止步小组赛。

新加坡队首场小组赛迎战二号种子中国队。面对身材高大、内线优势明显的对手，球队战术明确，尝试利用速度与积极的协同防守打出节奏。

开局阶段，新加坡积极抢断并拼抢传球，死死咬住比分。林伽英与队友配合默契，多次砍断中国队新星阿呷娜婧的猛攻。

不过整体实力占优，新加坡女将在拼尽全力下，仍以8比15吞下败仗。

休整两小时后，新加坡队在第二场小组赛中迎战七号种子荷兰队。虽然对手同样具备身材优势，但我队开局发起猛攻，通过内线突破频频得分。

这场是新加坡队最后的出线机会，肢体对抗异常激烈，身高仅到对手肩膀的林伽英多次摔倒，黎可盈也曾遭受荷兰球员肘击。

小组赛第二轮，新加坡队对战荷兰队，我队黎可盈（左二）在三名荷兰队员的“围剿”下，奋力抢夺球权。（张俊杰摄）

可惜天不遂人愿，新加坡队最终以14比21落败于荷兰队，无缘星期五（14日）的淘汰赛。

狮城队冲出资格赛 正式小组赛澳日强旅

代表我国出战的另一支队伍——狮城队在较早前进行的资格赛中，首场以20比12击败印尼队。其中队员朱欣怡手感火热，轰下八分，沈妤娜贡献六分，邓翠婷与林丽佳也分别拿下四分和两分。

随后由于马达加斯加队弃权，狮城队以全胜姿态锁定小组头名，成功拿到正赛席位。

小组赛对阵澳大利亚队时，狮城队的邓翠婷（红衣左）与朱欣怡（右）配合运球突围。（张俊杰摄）

挺进正赛后，狮城队在傍晚及晚间的两场小组赛中，以9比21败给强旅澳大利亚队。

晚上8时对战日本的三菱电机队时，狮城队前五分钟一直以两分之差紧咬比分，展开高强度较量，但最终以12比19遗憾止步小组赛。

林伽英：表现有进步 经验弥足珍贵

赛后谈到本次比赛的发挥，林伽英告诉《联合早报》：“虽然这次没有百分之百发挥出‘以速度战胜体型’的战术，但相较之前已经取得了明显的进步。”

谈及可改进的地方，林伽英说：“我们会加强不持球时的小移动，持续用我们的速度优势来消耗对手的体力。”

黎可盈和林伽英都认为，激烈的肢体冲突是竞技体育所不可避免的。林伽英说：“正是因为有这些肢体冲突，才能证明对手并没有因为我们身材小而轻视我们。”

随着本站赛事告一段落，我国女篮队员们将把重心转向9月中旬揭幕的爱知—名古屋亚运会，继续通过高强度国际大赛总结经验、磨合阵容。

土耳其游船起火 百多人弃船跳海避险

2026年8月13日 23:46 / 联合早报

8月13日，游船皇帝号在土耳其西南部穆拉省费特希耶区起火燃烧，导致百多人弃船跳海避险。 （法新社）

一艘观光娱乐游船在土耳其西南部穆拉省费特希耶（Fethiye）附近起火，船上百多人弃船跳海避险。

新华社报道，当地时间星期四（8月13日）11时许，事故发生在旅游胜地费特希耶一处海湾附近。涉事游船当时正在航行，其厨房区域因不明原因起火，火势迅速蔓延。

报道说，事发时船上共有115人，火势扩大后，船上人员穿上救生衣跳海避险。土耳其海岸警卫队、海岸安全部门和医疗救援人员随后赶赴现场，附近船只也参与救援和人员转移。

法新社报道，当时，船上载着许多家庭，准备前往费特希耶附近的海滨度假胜地游玩。费特希耶尤其受到英国游客的欢迎。

官员说，这艘名为“皇帝”（Imparator）的游船，号称能为孩子们提供“难忘的冒险之旅”。船上的115名乘客和船员全部疏散到岸上，疏散工作主要由海岸警卫队执行。海岸警卫队说，他们疏散了107人，但没有透露其中有多少是孩童。

土耳其海事局在社交媒体X频道上说，11人因吸入浓烟送往医院，但据称均无“严重伤情”，但并未透露其中是否有儿童。

土耳其媒体发布的照片​​显示，游船已严重损毁。火灾原因正在调查中。

游船运营方在脸书上发表声明称：“我们的乘客和工作人员都安全无恙。”

US producer prices unchanged in July; labor market stable

2026-08-13T12:39:31.205Z / https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-weekly-jobless-claims-increase-moderately-point-stable-labor-market-2026-08-13/

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• Summary

• Weekly jobless claims increase 9,000 to 209,000
• Continuing claims decline 22,000 to 1.777 million
• Producer Price Index unchanged in July; rises 4.7% year-on-year

WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices were unchanged in July as goods prices fell and the cost of services increased marginally, bolstering financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve ​could keep interest rates unchanged next month.

The report from the Labor Department on Thursday followed news on Wednesday of mild consumer inflation ​last month. The data led economists to also expect moderate readings in the Personal Consumption Expenditures price indexes in July.

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The U.S. central bank tracks the PCE inflation measures for its 2% target. Financial markets had been pricing in a rate hike, but the odds have diminished considerably following last week’s employment report showing unexpected job losses in July.

“The absence of spillovers ​from higher energy prices into services prices, together with a fragile labor market, should ensure that the Fed keeps policy unchanged for the ​remainder of the year,” said Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

The flat reading in the Producer Price ⁠Index for final demand last month followed a revised 0.1% drop in June, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Economists polled by Reuters ​had forecast the PPI rebounding 0.2% following a previously reported 0.3% decline in June.

In the 12 months through July, the PPI increased 4.7% after advancing 5.5% in ​June. Most of the PPI data are collected early in the month, meaning that sharp oil price increases toward the end of July were probably not reflected in the PPI. As such, economists expected higher PPI readings in August, and some saw a rate hike this year as still on the table.

Goods prices dropped 0.7% after sliding 1.4% in ​June. Energy prices decreased 3.1%, with wholesale gasoline prices falling 5.7%. Food prices declined 0.9%. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, goods prices rose ​0.1%.

The cost of services increased 0.2% after climbing 0.5%. They were lifted by a 6.5% jump in portfolio management fees, reflecting a stock market rally. That was partially offset ‌by a ⁠3.4% decrease in airline fares. Hospital outpatient prices increased 0.9%. Hotel and motel room prices fell 0.2%.

These are among the components that go into the calculation of the PCE inflation measures. Economists estimated that the PCE price index excluding food and energy components rose 0.2% in July after gaining 0.1% in June.

MODERATE CORE PCE INFLATION ANTICIPATED

The so-called core PCE inflation was forecast advancing 3.3% year-on-year, matching June’s rise.

Financial markets were pricing in a roughly 67.6% chance of the Fed ​keeping its benchmark overnight interest rate ​in the 3.50%-3.75% range at its ⁠September 15-16 policy meeting, CME’s FedWatch Tool showed.

The odds of a rate hike were at 32.4% down from 40.6% on Wednesday and 55% a week ago. The dollar slipped against a basket of currencies. U.S. Treasury yields fell.

Despite last ​month’s job losses, the labor market appears to be stable, with no sign of a rise in layoffs. ​Initial claims for state ⁠unemployment benefits rose 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 209,000 for the week ended August 8, the Labor Department said in a separate report.

Economists had forecast 202,000 claims for the latest week. Job growth has a tendency to slow during summer, a phenomenon that economists attributed to difficulties adjusting the data for seasonal fluctuations related to ⁠the timing ​of the end of the school year.

Labor market stability was also evident in an NFIB ​survey this week, which showed a measure of small business employment rebounded in July after four straight monthly declines.

The number of people receiving unemployment benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for ​hiring, fell 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 1.777 million during the week ended August 1, the claims report showed.

Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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