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Trump says Congress wants to regulate AI industry ‘out of business’

August 7, 2026 2:20 PM UTC / Reuters

By Courtney Rozen

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WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. Congress wants to regulate the AI industry “out of business,” according to a Punchbowl News interview published on Friday.

Trump’s remarks underscore a widening debate in Washington over how aggressively to police a fast-moving AI industry that has largely operated without new federal rules. Lawmakers have released a range of proposals that have not yet moved forward, including a bill that would require developers of the most powerful AI models to submit them for independent security audits.

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The debate over AI regulation became more urgent in the last few weeks, after developers OpenAI and Anthropic said their AI systems escaped containment during security testing. The OpenAI agent triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of the AI startup Hugging Face, a platform where developers store and collaborate on code for AI models.

The incident signaled that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared and that even top developers can be caught off guard by flaws their models can exploit.

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology separately proposed guidelines on Friday for evaluating AI systems, and asked for public feedback. NIST’s job is to write standards for science and technology. The guidelines are for organizations that want to “measure the impact of their AI systems,” according to NIST.

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The guidelines are “the first step in standardizing the way the federal government evaluates AI systems both for itself and for its contractors,” said Ike Harris, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Frontier Security Institute, a nonprofit focused on AI and national security.

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日本食品自给率跌至历史最低水平

2026年8月7日 22:16 / 联合早报

酷暑导致日本蔬菜产量下降，为日本食品自给率下降因素之一。图为东京的一家果菜店。 （路透社）

日本按热量计算的食品自给率在2025财年（2025年4月至2026年3月）下降1个百分点至37%，创历史新低。

日本食品自给率是指国内生产的食品占国内食品总供给的比例。新华社报道，日本农林水产省星期五（8月7日）公布的数据显示，2025财年，日本人均每日食品消费热量为2237千卡，其中由国产食品提供的热量为830千卡。

日本农林水产省指出，大米消费减少是食品自给率下降的重要原因。日本大米消费长期以来主要依靠本国供应，是日本食品自给率的重要支撑。米价上涨导致居民大米消费减少，国产大米提供的热量随之减少，显著拉低整体食品自给率。

据日媒报道，除大米因素外，酷暑导致蔬菜产量下降，禽流感蔓延造成鸡蛋供应减少，也拉低了日本食品自给率。

农林水产省指出，与其他主要国家相比，日本食品自给率整体处于较低水平。

Trump distances himself from voter frustration with GOP: ‘They’re not angry at me’

2026-08-07T13:39:35.929Z / CNN

By Kaanita Iyer, Alayna Treene, Aileen Graef

PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2026, 9:39 AM ET

MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY – July 31: President Donald Trump walks off Air Force One at the Morristown Municipal Airport on July 31, 2026 in Morristown, New Jersey. Trump is spending the weekend at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster after holding a Cabinet meeting at Camp David. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump distanced himself from voters’ ire with Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, telling Punchbowl News in an interview released Friday he thinks voters are angry with the party more generally, but not him.

“The question is will they vote? ‘Cause a lot of them are very angry at Republicans to be honest with you,” he said, noting that he’s not on the ballot and adding, “They’re not angry at me, but they are angry at Republicans.”

Republicans are trailing Democrats on the generic congressional ballot by 8 points among registered voters, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS out late last month, indicating the electorate is agitating for wholesale changes in Congress.

Democrats also continue to hold a significant advantage in voter enthusiasm and have a 20-point advantage in preferences among those who say they are extremely motivated to vote. And 63% of Americans say the GOP is focusing too little on cost-of-living issues, compared with 52% who say the Democrats aren’t spending enough time on it.

The president defended himself from criticisms within his own party that he doesn’t care about Congress and losing the majority, pointing to his endorsements and appearances on the trail while arguing that he doesn’t have to campaign because he’s not running.

“I could do a lot easier. I don’t have to be away in Nevada yesterday. I didn’t have to be in Los Angeles yesterday making speeches. I didn’t have to be supporting all the people. I have a lot, you know, I have a busy schedule,” Trump said.

He added, “I said to somebody, ‘Wait a minute. You don’t understand. I won. I’m not campaigning.’”

Trump committed in the interview to have MAGA Inc. —his super PAC which boasts a $400 million war chest — spend money in the midterms.

“I’m going to help Republicans,” Trump said.

There’s been some GOP anxiety over the fund, as the PAC accumulates millions of dollars but hasn’t started spending to boost members of the party. Trump argued that he controls the PAC, and can direct it to spend money in whatever manner he sees fit. “I could spend it on pretty much anything I want,” Trump said.

Members of the president’s political operation, including James Blair, who has taken leave from the White House help with Trump’s midterm strategy, have said they expected to financially aid Republicans in November. It remains unclear how much they plan to spend in the effort or when they plan to start spending.

Trump declines to support Thune as leader

As tensions have grown in recent weeks between Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Trump declined to support the South Dakota senator for another term leading Republicans in the chamber.

“I don’t want to get into that,” Trump said when asked about Thune in the interview taped on Thursday.

“I do have disagreements,” Trump said about his relationship with Thune, saying it was “unfortunate” he does not have the votes to pass the “SAVE America Act” and get rid of the filibuster.

Trump riled up MAGA Republicans to direct their ire at the GOP leader to pass the federal elections overhaul bill despite the Senate having already rejected it. And Thune has repeatedly rejected Trump’s calls to have his chamber vote to nuke the filibuster.

The split between Trump and Thune has widened since Trump moved to take out fellow Republican, Sen. John Cornyn, in his primary in May.

In the interview, Trump was much more complimentary of House Speaker Mike Johnson, whom he called a “fantastic person.”

日本食品自给率跌至历史最低水平

2026-08-07 22:16 / 联合早报

酷暑导致日本蔬菜产量下降，为日本食品自给率下降因素之一。图为东京的一家果菜店。 （路透社）

日本按热量计算的食品自给率在2025财年（2025年4月至2026年3月）下降1个百分点至37%，创历史新低。

日本食品自给率是指国内生产的食品占国内食品总供给的比例。新华社报道，日本农林水产省星期五（8月7日）公布的数据显示，2025财年，日本人均每日食品消费热量为2237千卡，其中由国产食品提供的热量为830千卡。

日本农林水产省指出，大米消费减少是食品自给率下降的重要原因。日本大米消费长期以来主要依靠本国供应，是日本食品自给率的重要支撑。米价上涨导致居民大米消费减少，国产大米提供的热量随之减少，显著拉低整体食品自给率。

据日媒报道，除大米因素外，酷暑导致蔬菜产量下降，禽流感蔓延造成鸡蛋供应减少，也拉低了日本食品自给率。

农林水产省指出，与其他主要国家相比，日本食品自给率整体处于较低水平。

Appeals court says Trump lacks authority to build White House ballroom without approval from Congress

2026-08-07 11:19:20 EDT / CBS News

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Washington— A federal appeals court on Friday said the Trump White House lacks the authority to unilaterally construct a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom where the East Wing once stood, finding that the $400 million project requires congressional approval.

In a 2-1 decision, a federal appellate panel in D.C. sided with a lower court in ruling that the White House “very likely” lacked authority to demolish and rebuild the East Wing. The judges said Congress has “full constitutional control over federal property and the funding of its maintenance and development,” and noted an “absence of any express or implied authorization” that grants President Trump the ability to construct the ballroom.

“Each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner, of the White House and its Executive Residence. The President has no — and claims no — constitutionally assigned authority over that property, which is designed and maintained for the use of all Presidents, current and future, and for the American people,” the judges wrote in their opinion.

“We are aware of no instance in American history in which a President unilaterally and using privately collected funds demolished substantial portions of the White House that Congress authorized to be built and American taxpayers paid for,” the judges said. “Until now.”

Construction continues on the East Wing ballroom project at the White House on Aug. 6, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Kevin Carter / Getty Images

Judges Patricia Millett and Bradley Garcia wrote the majority opinion. Judge Neomi Rao, who was nominated to the federal bench by Mr. Trump, dissented. Millett and Garcia were nominated by Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, respectively.

The judges stayed their decision for 14 days to give the government the chance to appeal. The Justice Department could ask the full appeals court to hear the case or appeal to the Supreme Court directly.

“This holding has nothing at all to do with whether the proposed ballroom is desirable, or not, as a matter of policy,” the majority wrote. “This ruling does not even necessarily mean that the Defendants may not ultimately construct the ballroom. What it does mean is that the Defendants may not do so during the district court’s expeditious litigation without securing Congress’s authorization, as the Constitution and laws require.”

In her dissent, Rao wrote that the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sued in lower court to block Mr. Trump’s project, did not have proper legal standing to bring the lawsuit. Rao accused the lower court judge that initially blocked the construction, and her colleagues, of “judicial overreach.”

The White House and Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The legal battle over the ballroom

In March, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that a legal challenge brought by a preservation group that sued to block Mr. Trump’s construction project was likely to succeed on the merits, because “no statute” that the government used to justify the construction “comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have.” Mr. Trump tore down the East Wing last October and began construction without congressional approval.

The administration contended in court filings that a statute permitting the White House to perform routine maintenance and repairs to the executive mansion provides a legal justification for the project. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche also argued in court filings that the panel should order the resumption of construction because the recent attempted attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in April underscored the need for a secure ballroom on White House grounds.

After the Trump administration appealed the initial ruling, the appellate judges ordered Leon to reconsider the possible national security implications of halting the construction. Weeks later, he amended his ruling, finding that above-ground work on the East Wing must stop, but underground construction on a presidential bunker could continue.

In April, the panel granted an administrative stay sought by the Justice Department that allowed all White House ballroom construction to continue while the court considered briefs and heard arguments last month.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation in the U.S. sued the administration late last year for allegedly failing to adhere to federal guidelines prior to demolishing the East Wing and breaking ground on a ballroom. The Trust also questioned the $400 million project’s funding mechanism, which the president claims is largely from private donations.

The ballroom project came together quickly after Mr. Trump announced it last summer. A panel of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, filled with the president’s allies, voted unanimously to approve the ballroom proposal in February. The National Park Service has said construction could wrap up by mid-2028.

The project has drawn scrutiny from congressional Democrats and preservation groups who argue that the Trump administration was making major changes to the White House without enough public input. The administration has defended the project, casting it as a useful addition to the complex and part of a long line of alterations to the White House.

Trump’s monumental reimagining of Washington, D.C.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trumps-monumental-reimagining-of-washington-d-c/

Trump’s monumental reimagining of Washington, D.C.

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涉秘鲁前总理纷争化解 秘鲁与墨西哥恢复外交关系

2026年8月7日 23:06 / 联合早报

2022年11月25日，时任秘鲁总统佩德罗·卡斯蒂略（左）在利马为贝齐·查韦斯（右）宣誓就任总理。 （法新社）

秘鲁和墨西哥宣布，两国已同意恢复外交关系。

秘鲁断绝与墨西哥外交关系的原因是墨西哥政府去年底给予秘鲁前总理贝齐·查韦斯（Betssy Chavez）政治庇护。

查韦斯被控参与秘鲁前左翼总统佩德罗·卡斯蒂略（Pedro Castillo）2022年试图解散国会的阴谋活动。秘鲁国会随后投票宣布墨西哥总统克劳迪娅·欣鲍姆为“不受欢迎的人”。

秘鲁外交部星期五（8月7日）发表声明称，已给予一直住在墨西哥驻利马大使馆的查韦斯安全通行证，允许她前往墨西哥。声明还说，秘鲁仍保留最终要求引渡查韦斯的权利。

秘鲁外交部长卡洛斯·埃斯帕告诉当地电台RPP，查韦斯于星期四午夜时分离开秘鲁前往墨西哥，身体状况良好。

新当选的右翼总统藤森庆子（Keiko Fujimori）在7月就职前曾宣布，她有意恢复与墨西哥的关系。

自2023年初以来，两国一直没有互派大使，起因是墨西哥政府支持卡斯蒂略一事引发的争端。墨西哥已给予这位正在服11年刑期的前秘鲁总统的子女和妻子政治庇护。

涉秘鲁前总理纷争化解 秘鲁与墨西哥恢复外交关系

2026年8月7日 23:06 / 联合早报

2022年11月25日，时任秘鲁总统佩德罗·卡斯蒂略（左）在利马为贝齐·查韦斯（右）宣誓就任总理。 （法新社）

秘鲁和墨西哥宣布，两国已同意恢复外交关系。

秘鲁断绝与墨西哥外交关系的原因是墨西哥政府去年底给予秘鲁前总理贝齐·查韦斯政治庇护。

查韦斯被控参与秘鲁前左翼总统佩德罗·卡斯蒂略2022年试图解散国会的阴谋活动。秘鲁国会随后投票宣布墨西哥总统克劳迪娅·欣鲍姆为“不受欢迎的人”。

秘鲁外交部星期五（8月7日）发表声明称，已给予一直住在墨西哥驻利马大使馆的查韦斯安全通行证，允许她前往墨西哥。声明还说，秘鲁仍保留最终要求引渡查韦斯的权利。

秘鲁外交部长卡洛斯·埃斯帕告诉当地电台RPP，查韦斯于星期四午夜时分离开秘鲁前往墨西哥，身体状况良好。

新当选的右翼总统藤森庆子在7月就职前曾宣布，她有意恢复与墨西哥的关系。

自2023年初以来，两国一直没有互派大使，起因是墨西哥政府支持卡斯蒂略一事引发的争端。墨西哥已给予这位正在服11年刑期的前秘鲁总统的子女和妻子政治庇护。

美上诉法院裁决：禁特朗普耗4亿美元建造白宫宴会厅

2026-08-07 23:42 / 联合早报

8月5日，美国华盛顿特区白宫新宴会厅扩建工程在施工。 （彭博社）

美国联邦上诉法院下令，要求总统特朗普总统的政府停止在白宫东翼拆除地块上建造一座耗资4亿美元（5.13亿新元）的宴会厅。此举对这名共和党领导人造成了重大打击，也考验着他的总统权力。

位于华盛顿的哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院星期五（8月7日）以二比一的投票结果，维持了国家历史保护信托基金（National Trust for Historic Preservation）此前赢得的初步禁令。信托基金去年提起诉讼，指控特朗普政府在未获得国会授权的情况下拆除了东翼，并开始建造一座面积达9万平方英尺（8360平方公尺）的宴会厅。

路透社报道，法官在裁决书中写道：“是否应该建造一座大型宴会厅应由国会决定，而非行政部门自行决定。国会并未赋予行政部门不受限制的权力，使其可以随意重新设计、改造和重建白宫——这座人民的殿堂——以满足某位总统的个人意愿。”

上诉法院将裁决暂缓14天执行，以便特朗普政府向美国最高法院提起上诉。白宫和司法部尚未对此置评。此前，美国地区法官理查德·莱昂（Richard Leon）两次叫停了该地块的地上施工，但允许地下工程继续进行，特朗普随后提起上诉。

莱昂是共和党前总统乔治·W·布什任命的法官，他裁定没有任何联邦法规“赋予总统”在未经国会批准的情况下建造宴会厅所需的权力。

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特朗普称习近平或9月24日访美 白宫赶建宴会厅
特朗普白宫宴会厅造价7.7亿元 一半来自纳税人

特朗普政府称，建造宴会厅对于举办大型正式活动和保障白宫安全至关重要。这是特朗普政府为重塑华盛顿中心地带的政府建筑和国家纪念碑格局而采取的多项举措中最宏大的一项。

在另一起诉讼中，一名法官最近裁决，特朗普的名字非法添加到肯尼迪表演艺术中心的外部，并下令将其移除。

美上诉法院裁决：禁特朗普耗4亿美元建造白宫宴会厅

2026年8月7日 23:42 / 联合早报

8月5日，美国华盛顿特区白宫新宴会厅扩建工程在施工。 （彭博社）

美国联邦上诉法院下令，要求总统特朗普总统的政府停止在白宫东翼拆除地块上建造一座耗资4亿美元（5.13亿新元）的宴会厅。此举对这名共和党领导人造成了重大打击，也考验着他的总统权力。

位于华盛顿的哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院星期五（8月7日）以二比一的投票结果，维持了国家历史保护信托基金此前赢得的初步禁令。信托基金去年提起诉讼，指控特朗普政府在未获得国会授权的情况下拆除了东翼，并开始建造一座面积达9万平方英尺（8360平方公尺）的宴会厅。

路透社报道，法官在裁决书中写道：“是否应该建造一座大型宴会厅应由国会决定，而非行政部门自行决定。国会并未赋予行政部门不受限制的权力，使其可以随意重新设计、改造和重建白宫——这座人民的殿堂——以满足某位总统的个人意愿。”

上诉法院将裁决暂缓14天执行，以便特朗普政府向美国最高法院提起上诉。白宫和司法部尚未对此置评。此前，美国地区法官理查德·莱昂（Richard Leon）两次叫停了该地块的地上施工，但允许地下工程继续进行，特朗普随后提起上诉。

莱昂是共和党前总统乔治·W·布什任命的法官，他裁定没有任何联邦法规“赋予总统”在未经国会批准的情况下建造宴会厅所需的权力。

特朗普政府称，建造宴会厅对于举办大型正式活动和保障白宫安全至关重要。这是特朗普政府为重塑华盛顿中心地带的政府建筑和国家纪念碑格局而采取的多项举措中最宏大的一项。

在另一起诉讼中，一名法官最近裁决，特朗普的名字非法添加到肯尼迪表演艺术中心的外部，并下令将其移除。

July jobs report reveals unexpected loss of 23,000 jobs, missing economists’ forecasts

2026-08-07T08:43:00-0400 / CBS News

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Updated on: August 7, 2026 / 10:45 AM EDT / CBS News

The U.S. economy unexpectedly shed 23,000 jobs in July, undershooting economists’ expectations and signaling the job market may be slowing.

By the numbers

Economists polled by FactSet forecast employers added 95,000 jobs in July.

The unemployment rate in July stood at 4.1%, down from 4.2% in June. The decline largely reflects slower labor force growth, with fewer people entering or remaining in the workforce.

“The rate dropped to 4.1% in large part because labor force growth has stalled, not because opportunity is expanding,” Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs at the Century Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.

The Labor Department also revised down the May and June jobs numbers by a combined 103,000, a sign hiring was weaker than previously reported.

“Hiring has gone into reverse — the economy actually shed jobs last month — and it turns out many of the jobs we thought were there in previous months never really existed,” Nic Puckrin, markets expert and former Goldman Sachs analyst, said in an email.

The labor force participation rate — the percentage of the population that is either working or actively looking for work — also fell again, reaching 61.4% in July, the lowest level since February 2021.

Losses across local government education and retail dragged down last month’s employment data, with the sectors losing 50,000 and 19,000 jobs, respectively. Healthcare, which has been the main driver this year for payroll gains in the U.S. economy, added 22,000 jobs.

What the experts say

Hiring remains generally more muted than in the post-pandemic years, when the U.S. economy experienced an employment rebound. Kory Kantenga, the head of economics, Americas, at LinkedIn, described the job market as “slow,” especially for young people.

“There’s not a lot of action. Unemployment is holding steady, but we haven’t seen hiring pick up meaningfully in years,” he told CBS News before the release of Friday’s jobs report.

July data from LinkedIn shows hiring and job postings remained essentially unchanged from June. At the same time, job-seeking intensity — measured by applications per applicant — increased, suggesting competition is increasing for a limited number of roles.

While hiring remains stagnant, layoffs recently hit their lowest level in two years, recent data shows, reinforcing the “low fire, low hire” label economists have used to characterize the labor market.

Separate data released Thursday shows weekly unemployment claims remain historically low. The four-week average of initial jobless claims dipped below 200,000 for the week ending Aug. 1, marking the first time it has fallen below that threshold since October 2022, according to PNC Economics.

“Although the hiring rate is low, the unemployment rate remains steady because layoffs are also low,” Fed Governor Lisa Cook said during an event at the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday.

Americans with jobs are facing their own set of challenges. A new CBS News analysis of Census data found that while the typical American’s wages have steadily increased since 2019, those gains have largely been offset by rapidly climbing consumer prices.

What does this mean for the Federal Reserve?

The unexpected job loss in July could ease pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at its next meeting, which is scheduled for Sept. 15-16, Ellen Zentner, chief economic strategist for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, said in an email. Inflation data expected next week will be the “deciding factor,” she said.

“If those numbers come in hotter than expected, a cooler labor market may not be enough to quiet the calls for hikes inside the Fed, or lower expectations outside of it,” Zentner said.

The central bank has held interest rates steady for five consecutive meetings. However, some Fed officials have signaled they are open to raising rates to tame inflation, which remains well above the central bank’s 2% target rate. At the most recent Fed meeting in July, three Federal Open Market Committee members voted to raise rates, while nine voted to hold rates steady.

Edited by Aimee Picchi