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广东太平岭核电项目2号机组投产发电

2026-08-04 07:40 / 联合早报

广东太平岭核电项目2号机组3日11时18分正式投产发电。 （中新社）

中国广核集团广东太平岭核电项目2号机组正式投产发电，标志着粤港澳大湾区首个“华龙一号”自主三代核电项目一期工程全面建成投运。

据新华社报道，记者从总部位于深圳的中国广核集团有限公司获悉，星期一（8月3日）11时18分，2号机组正式投产发电。

太平岭核电项目位于广东省惠州市惠东县，规划建设6台“华龙一号”核电机组，一期工程两台机组于2019年4月8日获国家核准，项目2号机组于2020年10月15日开工建设。

建设团队充分吸收“华龙一号”前期项目建设经验，先后完成核岛主体结构施工、设备安装调试、核燃料装载、反应堆首次临界、并网发电等一系列重大工程节点，工程建设质量、安全水平和建造效率稳步提升。

中广核惠州核电有限公司董事长章国强说，随着2号机组正式具备商业运行条件，太平岭核电项目一期工程全面建成，按照2025年中国核电平均利用小时数测算，两台机组预计年发电量超过180亿千瓦时，可满足近200万人口一年的生产生活用电需求，每年等效减排二氧化碳约1663万吨，将进一步提升大湾区清洁能源供应保障能力。

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中国批逾1700亿元人民币核电项目 应对增长的电力需求

中国国务院常务会议上星期五（7月31日）核准了四个核电项目，分别是浙江金七门二期工程、广东太平岭三期工程、辽宁庄河核电一期工程、山东莱阳核电一期工程，每个项目共计两台新机组，主要由中国三大核电央企——中核、中广核、国家电投建设。

彭博社指出，国常会的核准凸显了中国在加快发展核电，在不增加碳排放的情况下满足经济发展的用电需求。

Trump DOJ unleashes largest denaturalization effort in department history — and says it’s ‘only the beginning’

August 3, 2026 4:20pm EDT / Fox News

Complaints allege attempted murder, child sexual abuse, and marriage fraud among naturalized citizens from 17 countries

By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News

DHS lawyer says public needs to know which judges are in ‘open defiance’ of SCOTUS on immigration

DHS Chief Counsel James Percival said a group of federal district judges—not the judiciary as a whole—are repeatedly blocking deportations and Temporary Protected Status rollbacks despite SCOTUS rulings, calling it “naked political activism.”

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FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Justice is moving to revoke the citizenship of more than two dozen individuals who the DOJ said committed crimes ranging from attempted murder to child sexual abuse to identity fraud, marking its largest citizenship revocation surge on record, Fox News Digital learned Monday.

“U.S. citizenship is one of our nation’s highest privileges, and it must be obtained lawfully and honestly,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News Digital on Monday.

“The complaints announced today allege that these individuals secured naturalization through fraud, concealment, or other unlawful conduct— including by concealing violent crimes, sexual offenses against children, fraudulent identities, and other disqualifying facts,” said Blanche.

The complaints against the 25 individuals, filed between July 20 and Aug. 3, involve naturalized U.S. citizens who are natives of 17 countries: Pakistan, Moldova, India, Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana, Jamaica, Taiwan, Honduras, Cameroon, Jordan, Cuba, El Salvador, Haiti and Sweden, Fox News Digital learned. The DOJ told Fox News Digital later Monday that it had added another case, raising the number of people facing denaturalization from 24 to 25.

[DOJ MOVES TO STRIP CITIZENSHIP FROM 17 PEOPLE ACCUSED OF HIDING DISTURBING CRIMES]

Citizenship and Immigration Services officers detained a man believed to be committing immigration fraud.(USCIS)

“Today’s filings represent the largest coordinated denaturalization effort in Department history, but they are only the beginning. The Justice Department will continue to use every tool available to protect the integrity of the naturalization process and the safety of the American people,” Blanche added.

The cases bring the department’s total denaturalization filings to 88 since Jan. 20, 2025, as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to strip citizenship from individuals it says obtained it unlawfully.

The cases span a wide range of alleged conduct that the Justice Department says should have disqualified the individuals from obtaining or keeping U.S. citizenship.

The complaints involve allegations including attempted murder, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, marriage fraud, identity fraud, passport fraud, bank and credit card fraud, and practicing medicine without a license, among other offenses.

“Today marks the largest denaturalization surge in recorded history,” said Justice Department’s Civil Division Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate told Fox News Digital.

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Migrants wait in line to turn themselves in for processing to U.S. Customs and Border Protection border patrol agents near the Paso del Norte Port of Entry after crossing the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on May 9, 2023.(PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

“Every one of these individuals committed crimes incompatible with U.S. citizenship. We are moving at record speed to denaturalize those who sought to deceive the federal government and abuse the naturalization process.”

In one case, the department seeks to denaturalize a man in North Carolina convicted of attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon after obtaining citizenship through military service but allegedly failing to meet the required period of honorable service.

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U.S. President Donald Trump walks to a waiting Air Force One at the Hagerstown Regional Airport on July 31, 2026, in Hagerstown, Maryland.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Prosecutors also allege a naturalized citizen in South Carolina concealed a violent assault in which he beat and choked his wife, later pleading guilty to assault and battery after the attack left her hospitalized.

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In June, DOJ moved to revoke 17 individuals from 13 different countries over allegations of child sexual abuse, narcotics trafficking and large-scale financial fraud.

Ashley J. DiMella reports on politics for Fox News Digital.

Voters prefer Democrats over Republicans on economy for first time in a decade, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

2026-08-03T20:18:55.42Z / Reuters

• Summary

• Democrats lead Republicans 37% to 36% on stewardship of US economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
• Registered voters back Democrats over Republicans 42% to 37% in congressional ballot test
• Trump’s approval rating falls to 35% from 37% last month, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Americans picked Democrats ​over Republicans as better stewards of the economy for the first time in nearly a decade in a Reuters/Ipsos ‌poll, which also found their approval of President Donald Trump’s performance falling to 35%.

The finding, in a poll conducted Wednesday through Monday, showed how Trump’s handling of the economy, including rising energy prices resulting from the Iran war, could weigh on his party’s chances in the November midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for ​the next two years.

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Trump’s presidential approval rating fell to 35% from 37% in a prior Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted last month, ​with the share of Americans who give his presidency a thumbs up within just one percentage point of ⁠the lowest level of his term.

Some 37% of registered voters responding to the poll said the Democratic Party has a better approach to ​the U.S. economy, compared with 36% who picked the Republican Party. Another 27% said they were not sure or that a different party ​would do a better job.

Republicans had held the advantage on the economy through most of Trump’s first term in office in 2017-2021, through all of Democratic President Joe Biden’s four years in power and into Trump’s second term. A Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded in May 2017 gave Democrats an edge, though the question was ​asked differently, with no option for respondents to say they were not sure or that a different party would do better.

DETERIORATING REPUBLICAN EDGE

The ​Republican edge on the economy has steadily deteriorated during Trump’s current term, narrowing to zero in recent months as U.S. household finances suffered from soaring gasoline ‌prices ⁠following the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran in February and the war that has been simmering ever since.

Trump has said he ordered the strikes and ensuing conflict to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program, curb its ability to attack regional rivals and create conditions for Iranians to overthrow their clerical rulers. But gasoline prices have surged by more than 25% since the war started, with Americans on average paying more than a dollar extra ​per gallon at the pump.

The Reuters/Ipsos ​poll, which was conducted online ⁠and nationwide, found 42% of registered voters would vote for a Democrat in congressional elections and 37% would vote Republican if the contest were held now. Independents in the poll picked Democrats over Republicans by ​12 percentage points. Republicans will be defending narrow congressional majorities in the November 3 elections.

While the poll ​presents a picture ⁠of the national political mood, the actual elections for the U.S. Congress are more complex. Of the 435 House of Representatives seats, only about three dozen are expected to be competitive, while about eight Senate seats are expected to be competitive.

Trump has repeatedly dismissed widespread polling showing Americans unhappy ⁠with his ​leadership. On Monday morning, ahead of the release of the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, he ​posted to his Truth Social account: “My REAL Polling Numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been.”

The Reuters/Ipsos poll gathered responses ​from 4,505 U.S. adults and had a margin of error of 2 percentage points.

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‘They are murder victims’: Senator suggests US strikes have killed people who weren’t involved in drug trafficking

2026-08-03 7:26 PM ET / CNN

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn

Sen. Tim Kaine speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2026.

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The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.

“They are murder victims,” the Virginia Democrat wrote in a letter to President Donald Trump.

So far, the US military has killed at least 221 people and destroyed at least 67 vessels in the “Operation Southern Spear” campaign, which began last September. The administration has told Congress the US is in an “armed conflict” against drug cartels, labeling those killed “unlawful combatants” and claiming the ability to engage in lethal strikes without judicial review due to a classified Justice Department finding.

But Kaine said Monday that his review has led him to believe “the United States is engaged in violent and fatal attacks against people far beyond” the parameters of the classified legal opinion. He added, “A careful review of the available evidence suggests that the United States has killed individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking.”

Kaine urged Trump to “examine the circumstances of these strikes” and cease what he called an “illegal, costly and ineffective” operation.

The senator sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and in the letter, he pointed to classified information shared with Congress about the strikes and the targets that he had seen.

White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly defended the strikes in a statement to CNN on Monday evening.

“All of these decisive strikes have been against designated narcoterrorists bringing deadly poison to our shores, and the President will continue to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country and to bring those responsible to justice,” she said.

CNN has previously reported that military officials don’t always know the identities of everyone on board the boats they target. Officials told the Pentagon inspector general they could not publicly disclose what criteria determine whether a boat is destroyed or intercepted by the Coast Guard.

Kaine’s comments come during a pause on the boat strikes — the most recent occurred on June 21. It is not clear why there has been a break, but law enforcement officials and experts who previously spoke with CNN stressed the resiliency and adaptability of drug smuggling networks and expressed skepticism about whether the strikes will meaningfully change the region’s drug trade.

Related article On June 3, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking. Screengrab from video shared by US Southern Command’s X account. US Southern Command/X The US military hasn’t blown up an alleged drug boat in a month. Has the campaign worked? 5 min read

Meanwhile, US Southern Command, the headquarters overseeing the campaign, has insisted that the mission allows the military to fight the cartels before “their violence and poison” reach the country.

Kaine has previously criticized the administration over how it has conducted operations in the Caribbean and east Pacific. In December 2025, he raised alarm about a so-called double-tap strike that killed survivors on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean, suggesting that it “rises to the level of a war crime if it’s true.”

特朗普警告伊朗面临“斩首前最后机会” 坚称双方正在谈判

2026年8月4日 07:05 / 联合早报

特朗普8月3日在白宫说：“这是伊朗签署一份好协议的最后机会。” （路透社）

在伊朗否认与美国重启谈判后，美国总统特朗普坚称双方正在进行谈判，他还警告，这是伊朗“面临斩首前的最后一次机会”。

法新社报道，特朗普星期一（8月3日）在白宫对记者说，应沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯联合酋长国、卡塔尔及其他国家的请求，他同意继续与伊朗进行谈判。

特朗普说：“我们现在正在谈。这是他们签署一份好协议的最后机会。”

特朗普接着补充道：“我想在他们被斩首前给他们最后一次机会。”

同日晚些时候，特朗普在社交媒体Truth Social发文威胁伊朗，“要么达成协议，要么彻底投降”。他指责伊朗领导层“极其虚伪”，声称伊方“乞求”进行会谈，谈判已启动，后续会谈也已提上日程，但“他们却公开且傲慢地声称未进行任何讨论，什么事都没谈，他们只是在与阿曼打交道”。

特朗普还在帖子中重申，美国海军完全控制着霍尔木兹海峡。“美利坚钢铁之墙！任何东西都别想运进伊朗，除非我们允许，除非达成协议，或彻底投降，否则任何物资都休想通过。”

伊朗战争爆发前，全球五分之一的石油和液化天然气都得经过这条海峡。

特朗普2日在空军一号上告诉媒体，美伊谈判3日下午重启。伊朗外交部发言人巴加埃3日却说，伊朗没在与美国谈判，这些天也没有任何接待代表团或派遣伊朗代表团的相关计划。

‘Doctor’ El-Sayed’s bizarre health hustle raises campaign headache: ‘Moon Juice Brain Dust’

2026-08-03T17:19:23-04:00 / Fox News

The Michigan Democratic Senate candidate promoted supplements, peptides, and a metabolism device on his podcast

By Robert Schmad Fox News

Published August 3, 2026 5:19pm EDT

Joe Concha slams Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed over alleged medical credential claims

Fox News contributor Joe Concha vehemently criticizes Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed for allegedly misrepresenting his medical credentials. Concha highlights the rigorous path and sacrifice of real doctors, contrasting it with El-Sayed’s claims. He argues El-Sayed, lacking a medical license, has not saved lives, branding his claims as deceitful and a disservice to the profession. Concha argues voters should be wary of such misrepresentations.

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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made money promoting health products, including while invoking his medical credentials, despite saying he broadly rejected advertisements for products making health claims and criticizing others for doing the same.

Before running for Senate, El-Sayed hosted a podcast that provided him with a six-figure income partially through ad reads. Among the companies El-Sayed promoted for cash, often citing his purported experience as a doctor, were firms selling supplements, peptides, and an Israeli metabolism-tracking device that has been scrutinized by health experts.

The ad reads came despite an assurance from El-Sayed that he would not use his platform to sell health products to people who listen to him.

SOCIALISM’S WAR ON SUCCESS HAS A NEW CHAMPION — AND HE’S RUNNING FOR SENATE IN MICHIGAN

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed poses for a portrait in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.(Evan Cobb for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“I broadly reject any advertisements that are for products making claims about health,” he wrote in a now-deleted social media post from March 2022.

El-Sayed also accused Mehmet Oz during his 2022 Pennsylvania Senate run of being part of the “medical industrial complex that exists to sell you things that you don’t need that are not actually based in any level of science.”

“Yet he can … say, ‘Well, I’m a doctor, so you should trust what I have to say,’” El-Sayed added.

DR OZ REVEALS THE HEALTHY RETIREMENT HABIT THAT COULD MAKE AMERICA $1 TRILLION RICHER

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Michigan Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) greet the crowd after El-Sayed spoke at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.(Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

After assuring his audience that he wouldn’t hawk health products, and criticizing Oz for using his medical credentials for doing so, El-Sayed used his medical credentials to sell health products.

“Even as a doctor and epidemiologist, nutrition labels are obnoxiously hard to process,” El-Sayed said during a March 2025 ad read. “That’s where Thrive Market comes in. See, I love Thrive Market, my go to online grocery store for getting all of my healthy essentials delivered. And I don’t even have to leave my couch.”

Thrive Market has sold a wide selection of supplements, including items such as “Moon Juice Brain Dust” and “Royal Jelly Brain Fuel” that claim to improve the cognitive function of those who use them. Health experts have cast doubt on whether or not such supplements can actually improve brain function.

Moon Juice Brain Dust describes itself as a “nootropic blend of adaptogens and herbs that target stress to support mental stamina, alertness, and concentration” that is “informed by Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda.” Royal jelly, meanwhile, is a thick, milky substance produced by bees to feed their queen. Proponents argue it can be helpful in treating menopause symptoms or addressing low energy, though scientific evidence for such claims is limited.

Thrive did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Monday.

IV THERAPY AND SUPPLEMENTS UNDER SCRUTINY AS EXPERTS WARN OF POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS

Michigan Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.(Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

While El-Sayed has leaned heavily on his identity as a doctor both in doing ad reads and on the campaign trail, public records indicate that he never held a medical license or completed a residency. He does, however, hold a medical degree and a doctorate degree in public health.

The New York Post was the first to report on El-Sayed’s advertisement for health goods.

A company making moon dust and brain jelly wasn’t El-Sayed’s only customer.

On July 23, 2024, El-Sayed read an ad promoting a medical device created by an Israel-based startup.

“Lumen is the world’s first handheld metabolic coach. It’s a device that measures your metabolism through your breath and on the app. It lets you know if you’re burning fat or carbs and gives you tailored guidance to improve your nutrition, workout, sleep, and even manage your stress,” he said. “All you’ve got to do is breathe into your Lumen first thing in the morning, and it’ll give you an inside look into what’s going on with your metabolism, whether you’re burning mostly fats or carbs.”

Years before El-Sayed took Lumen’s advertising money, experts were raising concerns about its medical claims.

“I just don’t see a practical use for the product in helping people achieve their weight-loss goals,” Harbor-UCLA Medical Center senior researcher Nicholas Tiller told Outside Magazine in 2022. “The use of metabolic flexibility and other science-sounding terms lend the product a false scientific legitimacy.”

“It’s quintessential marketing over science,” he added.

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El-Sayed also advertised for a company offering a peptide that allegedly improves skin health.

The El-Sayed campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Monday.

Trump wanted a Lindsey Graham tribute. South Carolina Republicans want a choice

2026-08-03T20:15:46.823Z / Reuters

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s bid to install Lindsey Graham’s sister as South Carolina’s next senator has met unexpected resistance from Republican voters and rivals, setting up a crowded primary that will test the limits of Trump’s political ​influence in one of his strongest states.

After Senator Lindsey Graham died on July 11 at age 71 from a heart ailment, Governor Henry McMaster appointed ‌his sister, Darline Graham, to serve the remainder of his term, which expires in January.

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Trump called the appointment a “fabulous tribute” and urged voters to elect her to a full six-year term in the August 11 special election, promising his “Complete and Total Endorsement.”

Some Republicans say Darline Graham is a fitting caretaker for her brother’s seat but oppose Trump’s push to elect her to a full term, arguing voters should choose from a field ​that remains crowded despite the president’s endorsement.

U.S. Representative Nancy Mace, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for governor, said South Carolina’s conservative voters were upset by the president’s endorsement.

“His ​candidate lost in the governor’s race, and his candidate’s going to lose in the Senate race,” said Mace, who is supporting U.S. Representative ⁠Ralph Norman. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to put in a tried and true conservative.”

The president’s endorsement “gets you into a runoff,” she said, “but it doesn’t get you to win. It’s not ​enough to win a race anymore.”

The runoff between the top two vote-getters will be on August 25 if no single candidate wins a majority.

DONORS QUESTION CREDENTIALS

Supporters say the most popular politicians in ​the state — including Trump and Senator Tim Scott — have spoken favorably of Darline Graham, who is leading in opinion polls.

In interviews, however, Republican donors said Darline Graham has hidden behind the grieving process and her brother’s surname, noting how little she has engaged with reporters and how quickly references to her full name — Darline Graham Nordone — have disappeared since she was sworn in. They also say she lacks the credentials to ​merit serving a full term.

Graham’s campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment, but she told Sean Hannity of Fox News that being a politician was not something she ever ​wanted.

“That was Lindsey’s life, not mine,” she said. “But when they asked, it didn’t take me long. … I knew that I had to step up. I had to carry on his legacy.”

Graham will be one ‌of five ⁠candidates at a debate on Monday night.

NINE CANDIDATES VIE FOR NOMINATION

At least nine candidates are seeking the Republican nomination, including two members of the U.S. House of Representatives, a former governor and a wealthy businessman who ran against Lindsey Graham in the original primary. A 10th candidate has challenged whether he can appear on the ballot.

A former aide to Lindsey Graham said rival candidates will tear into one another to emerge as the alternative to Graham’s sister in a runoff.

The former aide rejected criticism that Darline Graham has run a low-profile campaign and avoided public ​scrutiny, noting how quickly Lindsey Graham’s team had ​to organize funerals in Washington and South ⁠Carolina for an international figure while transitioning her from private citizen to senator.

“People will be really impressed when they learn more and see more of her,” the former aide said.

Mark Lynch, a self-funding Republican outsider who got 134,000 primary votes in his longshot Senate bid, said ​voters are concerned that Darline Graham isn’t qualified to represent the state because she has no record.

Lynch, Mace and others also disputed ​whether she’s eligible to run, ⁠citing a state party rule requiring that candidates vote in at least two of the previous three statewide Republican primaries.

“People are furious” about “the coronation of Darline Graham,” Lynch said. “It’s OK that they picked her to be the interim senator until January but not to run for office.”

Recent polls show Graham leading by a double-digit margin, with Norman, U.S. Representative Russell Fry and former Governor Mark Sanford ⁠competing for the ​second runoff spot.

Allies of Norman, who ran unsuccessfully for governor, say he is best positioned to win the ​Republican nomination in a runoff against Darline Graham because he has a long conservative legislative record. Norman’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

A campaign consultant for Fry said voters see the 41-year-old as a generational ​change candidate who could shake things up in the Senate. Fry is a Trump ally who is considered a rising star.

Reporting by Nolan D. McCaskill. Editing by Michael Learmonth and Howard Goller

Senate candidate El-Sayed says it’s “funny to me” to assume Michigan votes for moderates when it voted twice for Trump

2026-08-03T17:54:24-0400 / CBS News

In his race to be the next Democratic senator from Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive populist, is challenging perceptions about who Michigan’s voters are and what they really want. In an interview with CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe, El-Sayed questioned the characterization of the state’s voters as moderates.

“It’s always funny to me that people want to say that this state votes for moderates when it voted for Donald Trump twice,” he told O’Keefe in Detroit Monday, on the eve of the Michigan primaries. “It may just be that the better explanation is not that the state wants moderates: It’s that it’s so sick and tired of the establishment bought off by corporations on both sides of the political aisle that it was willing to hold its nose and vote for Donald Trump twice.”

El-Sayed’s main opponent in the Democratic primary Tuesday is Rep. Haley Stevens, a moderate who represents a district outside Detroit and was recruited for the race by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Stevens has the support of most establishment Democrats, while progressives like independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are in El-Sayed’s corner.

El-Sayed, a doctor who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018, is relying solely on grassroots donations and is not accepting PAC money, while Stevens has received tens of millions of dollars from several PACs, including AIPAC, which lobbies for U.S. support for Israel.

El-Sayed told O’Keefe he wants to build a “broad coalition,” including “anybody who wants to take on fascism, anybody who wants to get money out of politics, anybody who wants to fight for union rights, anybody who wants to make sure that people can live free with clean air and drink clean water, anybody who wants to guarantee healthcare.”

He suggested that the Democratic Party has been losing some support because it’s been focusing on a narrow band of interests rather than coming up with ways to address the needs of most Americans.

“Sometimes, when the Democratic Party talks about a big tent, we push everybody into the corner and then go talk and pander to the corner,” he told O’Keefe. “I’m just trying to bring everybody to the tent pole in the middle to talk about what we really need. We need good housing. We need good schools. We need healthcare.”

Pressed on whether there are views he doesn’t want to see in the party, El-Sayed responded, “We’re trying to define a viewpoint that’s built on money out of politics, money in your pocket, Medicare for all.”

The Democratic Socialists of America have not endorsed El-Sayed, but Sanders and other democratic socialists have been campaigning for him across Michigan.

El-Sayed says he doesn’t care about party labels — “I don’t do ideology” — and while he’s not part of DSA, he thinks its supporters should be welcomed into the Democratic Party.

“You want a coalition of all people,” he said. “You know who else are going to be part of my coalition? Three-time Trump voters who want health care, who want to keep our money here at home.”

He acknowledged that there are some who “really want to label me a socialist.”

El-Sayed says, “I’d rather think of myself as a capitalist who’s actually read about capitalism, in the sense that the biggest risk to capitalism was always going to be corporate consolidation and monopoly rather than government regulation. In fact, you need some government regulation to make sure that capitalism runs well.”

contributed to this report.

GOP lawmaker gave female staffers lavish gifts of jewelry, vacations and guns, ethics report finds

2026-08-03T20:13:23.177Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/politics/chuck-edwards-ethics-censure

The bipartisan House Ethics Committee said Monday it has found “substantial evidence” that GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards repeatedly made unwanted advances toward two of his female staffers and is recommending that the full House vote to punish him on the floor.

The panel determined “there was substantial reason to believe Representative Edwards violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”

The extraordinary statement, which is the result of a months-long investigation, marks the first time the panel has recommended the House censure one of its own members since 2010.

A censure resolution is one of the most severe forms of punishment in the House, though does not remove a member from the House and carries no explicit penalties beyond a public admonition.

The congressman denied that his behavior was “intended as a sexual or romantic advance,” according to the committee’s report, which also said that it found no evidence that Edwards, 65, “engaged in sexual activity” with the women.

Both women had worked for Edwards when he was a state senator and continued to work for him when he took office in the House of Representatives. The first woman was still in college at that time and worked in the congressional office for around three years. The second woman was in her early 20s when she started work in the congressional office and continued working there for around two and a half years.

Paul Shumaker, a spokesperson and strategist for the Edwards campaign, said in a statement the panel’s findings “completely exonerate Representative Edwards under the House rules governing sexual misconduct or harassment” and that its conclusion showed the congressman “did not violate federal sexual harassment law.”

Edwards, who is running for reelection in North Carolina’s 11th district, “looks forward to having his name cleared and will work to ensure that the full light of day is brought on this process,” the spokesman added.

The 25-page ethics committee report states that Edwards repeatedly acted inappropriately by “personal texts late in the evenings” and buying lavish gifts for the staffers. The purchases included jewelry worth over $1,000, as well as “designer purses, guns, shoes, flowers, a laptop and cell phone, KitchenAid mixer, robotic vacuum, vacations, tickets to performances, and one-on-one dinners.”

The congressman brought one of the staffers on a trip to New York City where he’d planned a helicopter ride, dinner, and Broadway show to celebrate his birthday. At another point, he paid for one of the women to go to New York City with a friend and bought them tickets to see “Hamilton” after she’d “gone through a breakup.”

For the same woman, Edwards also purchased spa treatments and skipped House votes one night to go to her home and decorate a Christmas tree with her. He later wrote the same woman a poem that he read aloud at her going away party when she left his office “during which he cried.”

In one instance, Edwards arranged for a birthday serenade at the woman’s party and arranged for the singer to say it was “from a special someone.” Afterwards, the woman told her friend that she did not believe the congressman viewed her as “just a daughter figure” and that she was “scared lowkey.”

“The Committee found that Representative Edwards engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers,” the committee said, summing up its findings.

The women, who were not identified in the report, told the committee that they “attempted to communicate” that they were uncomfortable with his behavior, but that they were “put in an untenable position by virtue of his status as their boss and a Member of Congress.”

Edwards contended that that his relationships with the women were “professional boss-subordinate relationships” and “friendships,” the panel said. But the committee found that he had intentionally deleted some messages to these women that were “particularly inappropriate” — a finding they said was central to their investigation.

“Representative Edwards acknowledged at least some of the behavior at issue could be viewed as inappropriate. However, he has not acknowledged or taken responsibility for the harm he caused,” the report said.

“A Member of Congress should not single out a staffer and isolate them from other staff, make frequent comments regarding that person’s appearance and weight, send messages in the middle of the night, text staff deeply personal and seemingly romantic thoughts, intrude on personal occasions without invitation, pay for personal vacations, and spend thousands of dollars on gifts for staffers.”

“That Representative Edwards did all these things to two young staffers, repeatedly over a sustained period, was beyond inappropriate,” it said.

The House is currently on recess for the month of August with members back in their home districts, so September is likely the earliest a censure effort could be taken up.

CNN’s Dianne Gallagher contributed to this report

消息：美国务院拟关闭驻加拿大日本印尼等领事馆

2026年8月4日 07:42 / 联合早报

白宫西翼是美国总统及高级幕僚的日常办公与行政中枢。 （法新社）

知情人士透露，美国国务院已通知国会，计划关闭五个驻外使团。这是美国全球外交版图一次罕见的缩减。

路透社报道，美国国务院在上周发给部分国会委员会的通知中表示，计划关闭位于格林纳达圣乔治、日本名古屋、印度尼西亚棉兰、喀麦隆杜阿拉和加拿大温尼伯的使团。由于这项通知尚未公开，透露此消息的知情人士要求匿名。

这项计划此前未曾报道，在不涉及特定地缘政治事件的情况下，美国关闭多个驻外机构实属罕见。

特朗普去年重返白宫初期，美国国务院就开始着手准备关闭十几个驻外使团。路透社和其他媒体当时报道，这是特朗普为使美国官僚机构完全服务于“美国优先”议程而采取的更广泛举措的一部分。

白宫管理和预算办公室（OMB）曾倡议实施一项更具野心的关闭计划，目标是关闭多达30个驻外机构。一些政府官员私下认为，部分规模较小的驻外使领馆并非必要，而且不具成本效益。