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美国8月服务业增速创半年来最快 指标升至四年高点

2026年9月3日 23:52 / 联合早报

美国企业活动指标升至2022年以来最强水平。图为纽约时报广场的人流。 （法新社）

得益于强劲需求和商业活动回升， 8月美国服务业以六个月来最快速度扩张。

彭博社报道，美国供应管理协会（ISM）星期四（9月3日）公布的数据显示，8月服务业指数上升1.3点至55.4，为2月以来最高水平，也高于彭博调查中经济学家的预期中值。指数高于50意味着行业处于扩张状态。

新订单增速加快至2023年初以来最高，企业活动指标升至2022年以来最强水平。未完成订单连续第七个月扩张。

美国服务业受益于消费者支出坚韧、就业市场稳定以及企业投资稳健。不过，企业也仍需应对供应链中断、关税以及整个经济中不断上升的成本压力。

ISM衡量服务业材料和服务价格的指标8月升至72.6，为2022年年中以来最高水平。

虽然当前通货膨胀已远低于2022年的水平，但自2月伊朗战争爆发以来，消费者价格和生产者价格指标均有所上升，并维持在较高水平，给许多企业带来压力。

高物价可能也是企业缩减员工规模的原因之一。ISM就业指标在过去六个月中有五个月显示收缩。

供应商交货时间指标仍处于扩张区间，但降至近一年来最低水平，这可能表明供应瓶颈正在逐步缓解。

Billionaire investor Leon Black sues and declines to testify in House committee’s Epstein investigation

2026-09-03T13:22:06.206Z / CNN

Billionaire investor Leon Black is suing the House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein to try and block the panel from obtaining his non-disclosure agreements and testimony.

Black’s refusal to turn over the documents and appear for his deposition in front of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday marks a major escalation in the behind-the-scenes back and forth that has been brewing between the two sides for months.

In a letter to the committee obtained by CNN, Black’s attorneys argued that the non-disclosure agreements the panel was seeking were too broad, had no connection to Epstein and disregarded the privacy interests of third parties.

“Congress is not entitled to subpoena documents from a private citizen on the inchoate hope that something useful might show up,” his attorneys wrote.

As a result of the impasse, Black’s team made clear that the billionaire would not be appearing for his scheduled deposition and would be pursuing legal action.

“At this juncture, the parties have an irreconcilable disagreement regarding the scope of any further testimony and production,” they wrote. “The Committee has left Mr. Black with no choice but to avail himself of a legal remedy.”

Black’s attorneys argue in the lawsuit that the congressional subpoenas of him are “invalid.”

“It’s a shame Leon Black is hiding behind litigation rather than provide answers to the American people,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said in a statement. “Our deposition is moving forward this morning for the record and there will be an empty chair for Mr. Black. I will speak with our members about next steps.”

Comer, who said that Black also filed a lawsuit against him individually as the chair of the committee, told reporters he supports holding Black in contempt of Congress but wants to discuss how to approach the unprecedented situation with House counsel first because his ultimate goal is securing Black’s testimony and obtaining the multiple NDAs.

“I think we could do contempt right now. And that’s fine with me. But we’re going to consult with our legal team, with the House counsel,” Comer said. “I don’t want to walk into any trap that would somehow let him, through some mistake that we make get out of having to answer questions.”

But Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight panel, said in a statement that the panel should not wait to hold Black in contempt for refusing to appear for his deposition and comply with Congress’ subpoenas.

“By refusing to testify today, Leon Black is now defying two Congressional subpoenas. Black gave Jeffrey Epstein over $180 million over six years. He funded Epstein’s abuse and trafficking of women. Multiple women have also accused Black of sexual assault. His connections to Epstein and his unwillingness to cooperate are unacceptable. We must hold him in contempt immediately,” Garcia said.

Black initially appeared for a voluntary interview in June but that ended abruptly when Comer issued two subpoenas after Black refused to answer a series of questions.

Black is one of many influential and wealthy individuals whose past relationships with Epstein have come under further scrutiny since the Justice Department’s release of millions of Epstein files.

In his voluntary closed-door June interview, Black told members of Congress that he did not know the extent of Epstein’s crimes – and that he himself never abused women or had sexual relations with minors, according to a copy of his opening remarks shared by his legal team.

“We want to reiterate that Mr. Black had no awareness of the criminal activities that led to Epstein’s arrest in 2019. Mr. Black never abused a woman. He never was with an underage woman. He never engaged in sex trafficking. He never paid Epstein for access to women. He was never blackmailed by Epstein,” his attorneys wrote in a separate statement announcing the lawsuit.

This story has been updated with additional information.

Hegseth favors Sean Parnell for Army secretary, sources say, but it’s unclear who’s on Trump’s short list

2026-09-03 11:28 EDT / CBS News

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Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told people close to him that Sean Parnell would be his top choice for secretary of the Army, several senior officials told CBS News.

Parnell is currently chief Pentagon spokesperson and a former Army officer.

A Defense Department spokesperson said: “The DOW [Department of War] doesn’t comment on private conversations between administration officials.”

The White House is looking at names for a replacement for Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who has submitted his resignation after months of tension with Hegseth. White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is leading the process to name his successor.

Sean Parnell on Aug. 26, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

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MAGA begins to crack as 2026 GOP roster backs away from Trump’s tech vision

Fox News poll finds 70% of voters want to hit the brakes on new data center construction in their communities

September 3, 2026 5:00am EDT / Fox News

By Paul Steinhauser

A growing number of Republicans running in this year’s midterm elections are taping the brakes on new AI data center construction following voter backlash.

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With a slew of polls showing that most Americans oppose the construction in their communities of new data centers to power AI, a growing number of Republicans running in this year’s elections are putting daylight between themselves and President Donald Trump.

Trump, a strong proponent of data center development, took to social media Monday to argue that if communities “want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign.”

But with GOP strategists warning that data centers have become politically radioactive, some Republicans on the midterm ballot are reversing course, which is a stark shift for a party that previously had fully embraced the burgeoning AI industry.

Seventy percent of voters questioned in a recent Fox News poll said they wanted to hit the brakes on building data centers in their area to support artificial intelligence, with only 30% in favor. Only 40% of Republicans, and 46% of MAGA Republicans supported new data center construction.

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Fueling the opposition are concerns over rising electricity costs and energy and water consumption.

“I think we need to take a pause, probably, and make sure that we’re answering all the questions that people have on them,” former Rep. Mike Rogers, the GOP Senate nominee in battleground Michigan, said two weeks ago when asked about data center construction.

Rogers, who previously welcomed data center expansion in Michigan, later outlined a one-year moratorium, arguing that “Michigan needs stronger guardrails to protect community control, prevent utility price hikes, protect our water, and stop pay-to-play schemes.”

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Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, announces support for a one-year moratorium on new data center construction, on August 20, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

He’s far from alone.

In Ohio’s crucial Senate race between appointed GOP Sen. Jon Husted and his Democratic challenger, former longtime Sen. Sherrod Brown, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) warned that the issue could help the Democrats flip the seat. Brown and allied groups have shelled out millions of dollars to run ads calling Husted “the face of data centers in Ohio.”

“More than any other thing in this race, data centers are the anchor hanging around Husted’s neck,”the NRSC memo emphasized.

Husted has introduced a Senate bill to stop average Americans from paying for data center energy costs.

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Volunteers hand out yard signs against a data center complex in Canaan Valley on June 30, 2025, after a public meeting organized by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection regarding an air quality permit application for a gas-fired power plant near Davis, W. Va.(ULYSSE BELLIER/AFP via Getty Images)

The political pushback stretches well beyond Michigan and Ohio.

Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton last month unveiled a four-point plan to curb rapid data center growth and address public concerns over resource strain.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican running for a fourth term steering the Lone Star State, halted new data center connections to the state’s power grid pending a comprehensive regulatory audit.

Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy pledged to issue a first-day-in-office executive order halting approval of all new data center projects until his proposed safeguards are enacted.

Rep. Tom Tiffany, the GOP nominee for governor in swing state Wisconsin, has highlighted that he opposes new data centers unless strict conditions are met. Tiffany has made data centers a centerpiece of his gubernatorial campaign, slamming his Democratic rival, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, as “Data Center David Crowley.”

Pennsylvania Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial nominee Stacy Garrity has called for a temporary pause on new and uncontracted major data center developments in her battleground state.

Other Republicans are stopping short of moratoriums. Rep. Byron Donalds, the GOP gubernatorial nominee who opposes bans or moratoriums and whose primary campaign received significant backing from the AI industry, introduced legislation this summer that would require large AI data centers to generate their own power and water rather than draw from public utilities.

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Trump is standing firm.

The president recently called Abbott’s decision to pump the brakes on data center development a “mistake.”

And Trump, on Monday said, “If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame.”

The president, who has made data centers a key ingredient in winning the AI race with China, argued: “China could not be happier with this anti Data Center movement.”

But Trump, at least for now, seems to be giving Republicans some wiggle room.

“If a Republican’s against a data center, that’s OK with me,” Trump said.

Veteran Republican strategist Matt Gorman told Fox News Digital that “Trump is smartly taking the long view of this.”

Gorman said “Republicans on the ballot this year are being responsive to the very real concerns people have,” adding that “these companies and their champions have to do more to make the case.”

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An Amazon Web Services data center in Aldie, Virginia, on May 31, 2026.(Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The AI industry is responding to the political backlash.

Build American AI, an industry-aligned group powered by top AI leaders, this week launched a multimillion-dollar public engagement campaign to build support for “clear, strong, and commonsense policies governing the development of the data centers and energy infrastructure.”

It highlighted that the “policies should protect residential ratepayers, safeguard the environment and water resources, require developers to pay their fair share, and preserve the right of every community to decide whether it wants to welcome data center investment.”

“We can protect ratepayers, safeguard our natural resources, respect the right of communities to decide whether they want to welcome this investment, and still build the infrastructure America needs to lead the world in artificial intelligence,” Build American AI added.

Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News

Her immigrant parents built a NYC grocery store from scratch. Now Mamdani’s experiment could end it

September 3, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

Josefina Aguirre says the family business her parents built in nearly 30 years ago is now at risk

By Amanda Macias Fox News

Josefina Aguirre, a first-generation American whose family has run its NYC grocery store for nearly 30 years, says Mamdani’s city-run stores could threaten her livelihood and ultimately force her family out of business.

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“It’s going to be $1,” Josefina Aguirre said to a customer, pausing an interview with Fox News Digital inside her family’s Spanish Harlem meat market.

“Okay, I’m sorry. I got a couple of customers. Let’s start over,” Aguirre, a first-generation American, said. “This is me,” she added with a laugh from behind the counter where she has worked for the past 30 years.

Aguirre is among the neighborhood grocers suing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his plan to open city-backed grocery stores across all five boroughs. He says the plan will offer shoppers prices roughly 30% lower than comparable retailers. Local business owners argue it will force small local-run stores to shutter.

EXPERTS SCORCH MAMDANI’S GROCERY PLAN AS AN ‘ILLUSION’ THAT WILL HAVE TAXPAYERS FOOTING THE BILL

Bodegas and small grocery stores have long been fixtures of New York City neighborhoods, serving generations of residents often just steps from their homes.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

“When we heard Mamdani was opening a grocery store where people are gonna save 30%, it scares us because we don’t have the money to compete,” Aguirre said.

“I mean, we are New Yorkers, we’re not scared of competition, we never have been, but when you have a grocery store coming in like this, it could take us out of business.”

One of the proposed city-backed stores is set to open next year at La Marqueta, an existing public market just two blocks from Little Mexico, the family business Aguirre’s parents opened in 1997. The city is expected to spend roughly $30 million to build the location, putting a taxpayer-backed competitor practically on Aguirre’s doorstep.

NYC TAXPAYERS COULD PAY TWICE UNDER MAMDANI’S CITY-OWNED GROCERY STORE PLAN

A $30 million city-backed grocery store is opening two blocks from NYC grocer Josefina Aguirre’s family business.(Kendall Rodriguez/Newsday RM/Getty Images)

For generations, bodegas and small grocery stores have been woven into the fabric of New York City neighborhoods, serving customers who often live just blocks away.

Aguirre said the shop, which she now runs with her two sisters, has survived the COVID-19 pandemic, rising rents and competition from big-box retailers such as a nearby Costco. But after nearly three decades in business, Aguirre fears Mamdani’s city-run grocery plan could be the setback her family cannot survive.

“If I’m selling a whole chicken for $13, and he’s giving it for $7, they’re gonna buy the $7 chicken,” Aguirre said. “Who doesn’t want a 30% discount?”

For Aguirre, the stakes extend well beyond losing customers.

“I pay my mortgage from here. I pay for my kid’s tuition. This is what I’ve been doing for over 30 years. Do I need to start over in a new career?”

Aguirre’s concerns are at the heart of a lawsuit brought by a group of New York City grocers challenging Mamdani’s plan, which would use public money and city resources to create competitors they argue private businesses cannot realistically match.

NYC GROCERS SOUND ALARM ON MAMDANI’S SUPERMARKET PLAN: ‘WE’LL LOSE CUSTOMERS’

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made city-owned grocery stores a centerpiece of his affordability agenda, arguing the government-backed model can deliver lower prices to New Yorkers struggling with the rising cost of food.(Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Mamdani has committed $70 million to opening five municipal grocery stores, one in each borough, pitching the model as a way to bring down grocery bills for New Yorkers struggling with the rising cost of food. The stores would operate on city-owned property without having to pay rent or property taxes, advantages Mamdani has argued would allow them to offer lower prices.

Independent grocers argue those same taxpayer-backed advantages would leave businesses like Little Mexico competing on an uneven playing field.

Mamdani’s grocery push is also an early test of his broader socialist vision for New York, bringing government-run stores into direct competition with private businesses in a city synonymous with capitalism.

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For Aguirre, however, the fight is more personal.

“This is what my parents left us,” Aguirre said. “It’ll be sad to see us leave.”

But walking away from the business her family has spent nearly three decades building is the last outcome she wants.

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“So what will happen next? The next thing would be closing our business, and we don’t want to close, we’ve been here for years,” she said.

Mamdani’s office did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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Trump’s Army secretary hunt takes shape as insiders float potential picks

September 3, 2026 6:40am EDT / Fox News

Brian Mast, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is also under consideration as Driscoll’s Pentagon exit nears

By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News

The hunt is on for the next secretary of the Army after Dan Driscoll submitted his resignation to the White House, opening a key leadership vacancy atop the nation’s largest military branch.

Driscoll said Wednesday will be his “last full day” serving as Army secretary, adding that serving in the role under President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been “the honor of a lifetime.”

The next Army secretary will inherit a service undergoing a major transformation, with questions over readiness and the Army’s role as the conflict with Iran continues.

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Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and Sergeant Major of the Army Michael R. Weimer honored Old Dominion University Army ROTC cadets with eight Meritorious Service Medals and two Purple Hearts during a private ceremony on March 22, 2026, recognizing their courage in the March 12 classroom shooting.(Ian Ives/U.S. Army)

Army Undersecretary Mike Obadal could serve as acting secretary once Driscoll’s departure is finalized. A former special operations officer and defense industry executive, Obadal has also taken on a more public-facing role, including speaking at conferences.

In the Trump administration, deputy officials have repeatedly stepped into top leadership roles after resignations or firings— including then-Navy Under Secretary Hung Cao becoming acting Navy secretary after John Phelan’s departure this year.

Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman and a senior adviser to Hegseth, has emerged as one potential candidate, according to sources.

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Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon on Mar. 17, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)

“A lot of people inside Office of the Secretary of War want to see Sean Parnell become the next Secretary of the Army because they’ve worked alongside him and know what he brings to the table,” a senior administration official told Fox News Digital.

Parnell, who serves as assistant to the secretary of War for Public Affairs, is a former United States Army captain whose platoon killed over 350 enemy fighters at the height of the Afghan War.

He unsuccessfully ran for the House in 2020 before launching a 2021 campaign for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat, earning Trump’s endorsement. He later suspended his campaign amid domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife, Laurie Snell, which he denied.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listen to questions from the press during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland, on July 31, 2026.(Aaron Schwartz / AFP via Getty Images)

The senior administration official said Parnell understands the Pentagon and the problems inside from military experience paired with his work at the highest levels of the institution.

“He also understands the importance of working alongside General LeNeve, who has been carrying an enormous load to keep the Army moving, and giving the Army Staff the leadership and support they need to get it back on track,” the official said, referring to the acting Army chief of staff.

A senior Pentagon official told Fox News Digital Parnell has “proven time and time again” that he is loyal to the president, citing that Parnell was present at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was shot.

After the president was removed from the rally, Parnell stayed behind to help others get out, the senior Pentagon official said. Parnell returned with Trump to Butler three months after the assassination attempt.

“Their relationship goes back many, many, years at this point, and it’s not just with the president. It’s also very senior members of the White House that are with the President every single day,” said the senior Pentagon official.

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks Wednesday during a valor upgrade ceremony at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes in Arlington, Va., for U.S. Marines who served at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021.(Pool / Fox News)

A third senior administration official told Fox News Digital that “Sean Parnell is 100% focused on the job he was appointed to by President Trump and Secretary Hegseth.”

Florida Rep. Brian Mast may also be under consideration, a source with knowledge told Fox News Digital. The Trump-endorsed candidate serves as chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and previously served in the Army for 12 years.

Driscoll’s exit comes after reportedly butting heads with Hegseth over concerns with the administration about the Army’s transformation and readiness, including his belief that Hegseth had hindered those efforts, Fox News Digital previously reported.

Parnell defended Hegseth’s leadership and said the department remains united behind his vision.

“Secretary Hegseth has been a transformative leader for the Department of War and, at President Trump’s direction, has ushered in a new era of Peace Through Strength. Standards and merit are back, our arsenal is stronger than ever before, and morale and recruitment across every service are at all-time highs,” Parnell told Fox News Digital. “Secretary Hegseth has slashed bureaucracy, unleashed innovation, and delivered for our warfighters every step of the way.”

“The entire Department is unified behind the Secretary’s vision and will continue working to put our warfighters and America first,” he added.

Democrats and some Republican lawmakers unloaded on Trump and Hegseth over the changes in the Department of War.

North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said Hegseth is “creating a leadership void at the top of our military ranks” while ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee Jack Reed of Rhode Island said, “Hegseth is cultivating a culture where dissent is punished and competence is secondary to personal allegiance.”

Navy Secretary John Phelan was ousted in April after reportedly clashing with Hegseth over shipbuilding and management.

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Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2026.(Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

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2028 Dem hopeful’s longtime ally exposed for deep ties to CCP officials: ‘Good friends’

2026-09-03T07:00:50-04:00 / Fox News

FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has been floated as a potential 2028 Democratic contender for president, but his longtime ally and former senior advisor on foreign trade and economic development could be a liability due to his deep ties to Chinese Communist Party officials, a Fox News Digital investigation found.

Henry Yin is a longtime California businessman and political operative who Khanna has praised for his “leadership” and has called one of his “good friends” on Facebook. He was born in China, raised in Taiwan and then moved to the United States, where he has lived for several decades.

However, while living in California, Yin has been a major player helping China get a foothold in California over the last several decades through multiple roles, including serving as a member of the California Commission for Economic Development and founding a consulting firm that included multiple corporate clients with ties to Chinese Communist Party officials.

A 2011 profile piece revealed that Yin “made his fortune selling used computer equipment to China” and had “done business in China for more than a quarter-century.” The profile piece went on to say Yin has “good connections and a sense of [China’s] business climate” and was “leading city trade delegations to China, which have contributed to several Chinese firms — most recently software company Trunkbow International — setting up offices in the city and helping city businessmen get a foothold in China.”

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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., joins fellow Democrats during a press conference on border negotiations as a deadline to avert a partial government shutdown approaches at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 18, 2024.(Leah Millis/Reuters)

“Henry has some sort of special skill-building relationships,” one businessman said in the profile piece, praising Yin. “There’s a lot more government involvement in China, and you need relationships with local government officials.”

In addition to his consulting business and several overseas trips to China, Yin has allegedly attended at least 10 events hosted by United Front groups, including the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC), according to China expert Jackie Deal, the president of Long Term Strategy Group, a defense research firm. Fox News Digital has extensively reported on the CCP’s United Front and the threat it poses to U.S. institutions as the CCP gains influence in the United States.

In a Sept. 2019 Facebook post, Khanna announced that Yin, who was first appointed to the California Commission for Economic Development in 2010 by then- Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and later reappointed to the position in 2015 by the succeeding Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, would “serve as my Senior Advisor on Foreign Trade and Economic Development.”

“We discussed the importance of improving the US China relationship to cooperate on issues of climate change and medical research while protecting intellectual property and opening access to markets,” Khanna continued. “I was particularly touched that Henry and the group had a birthday cake for me. It was wonderful celebrating with them!”

A few months later, in December of the same year, Khanna posted about Yin on Facebook again, writing, “Thank you Henry Yin for your leadership!”

That same month, Yin invited Khanna to be his “honorable guest” for an event titled, “S.V. U.S.-China Trading Partners Concerned Group Dinner Meeting Agenda,” which was sponsored by Yin’s consulting firm, USA-China-Link. A review of the event’s presentations showed the attendees were slated to talk about an array of topics, including China investments, technology and business asset management, among other topics. Khanna was slated to discuss intellectual property.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the honor guard during the welcome ceremony for Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Great Hall of the People on May 31, 2024, in Beijing, China.(Tingshu Wang/Pool/Getty Images)

In Feb. 2020, Khanna posted another photo of himself having dinner with Yin, who he referred to as one of his “good friends.” In the post, Khanna decried that “Chinese Americans are feeling they are being stereotyped as the symbols for the coronavirus.”

“This is a time to embrace our Chinese American neighbors and friends and continue to frequent Chinese-American stores, restaurants and shopping centers.”

On Yin’s LinkedIn profile, which still includes the senior advisor title with Khanna’s office, he includes over a dozen slides detailing his consulting business, USA-China-Link, and showcasing his business acumen in China, which was featured in several profile pieces in Chinese state media. One of the slides says his firm “specialized in high-tech and green tech” and helped China do business in California and vice versa. Other slides show a list of his Chinese clients and a slide that called him an “Official Commerce Rep in US for the Province of Fujian, China.”

Another slide shows a photo of Yin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2009 for the China National Day Banquet, where he calls himself a “VIP” in the caption. According to reports on the event, the banquet included several senior-level CCP officials in attendance, including then-Chinese President Hu Jintao and his successor Xi Jinping, the former third-ranking member of the CCP’s Politburo Standing Committee, Wen Jiabao, among other top officials.

A spokesperson for Khanna, who is a member of the House Select Committee on the CCP, told Fox News Digital earlier this year that “Henry Yin has never been employed by Rep. Khanna” and “he doesn’t serve in any role in his office or campaign.” When asked Wednesday whether his office stands by the quote, Khanna’s office did not immediately respond. Despite the previous denial, Khanna and Yin were pictured sitting beside each other earlier this year at an event.

In Feb. 2026, Khanna posted a photo showing him sitting beside Yin at a political action committee meeting in Sunnyvale, California. Khanna wrote he was “honored to be back in the district, hearing directly from Chinese American community leaders.”

Yin has made several trips abroad to China over the last decade, including aJuly trip where he led a delegation to Guangzhou to meet with Zhu Xiaojun, the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province’s deputy director, which is a CCP-controlled position. A Chinese report on the trip said the two sides collaborated on two-way trade between California and the Guangdong province. Two months before the event, Yin attended the 2026 China-California Economic and Trade Forum, which was hosted by the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles and included multiple CCP officials in attendance.

He also accompanied California Gov. Gavin Newsom in late 2023 for a delegation, where he served as an advisor, according to another Chinese media report. During the trip, Newsom would meet with top CCP officials, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Wang Yi, who has been a CCP member since 1981 and is currently serving as a “Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.” Newsom also met with Han Zheng, China’s vice president.

A Fox News Digital review of Yin’s Facebook account also unearthed other China trips he made, including Chinese delegations he has helped host in California. In 2014, Yin signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the California Green Tech Center and China Venture Capital Association, which appeared to be one of his firm’s clients. Other posts show multiple China visits, including the 2015 “China South Asia Expo,” which featured a speech from the now-former Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao. A 2019 post highlights another China trip he took, which he called “fruitful” and included over a dozen photos of Chinese officials he met with. One of the photos included the names of Chinese and American companies where he was facilitating trade projects.

In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 and released by the Office of the Governor of California, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.(Office of the Governor of California via AP)

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A Fox News Digital investigation also unearthed a 2013 photo that appears to show Christine “Fang Fang” Fang — the Chinese spy at the center of the scandal involving disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell — alongside key political figures. Posing together at a public gathering, Fang stood behind then-Chinese Consul General to San Francisco Gao Zhansheng and top leaders from the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA), including Yin.

A recently declassified FBI report on Swalwell’s ties to Fang Fang revealed that a “prominent businessman in the Bay Area” tied to APAPA introduced Swalwell to Fang Fang. While Fox News Digital could not confirm whether the redacted section of the FBI report was referring to Yin, or potentially his brother, C.C., who founded APAPA and opened up several McDonald’s franchises, Axios previously quoted Yin saying that Fang Fang was “very active” with the APAPA Bay Area chapter and remembered seeing her at several events.

The photo was originally shared on Facebook in February 2013 by the late Don Sun, a prominent California civic leader and tech executive who passed away in 2024. In the photo caption, Sun wrote that the Yin family and APAPA had thrown a farewell dinner for the Chinese consul at San Francisco’s Embarcadero Center. Sun said the photo depicts the consul and “all my friends at APAPA.”

UNEARTHED PHOTO OF SWALWELL MEETING WITH TOP CCP OFFICIAL RAISES ALARM BELLS: ‘VERY DISTURBING’

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) sits at a town hall event on February 20, 2026, in Stanford, California. The town hall focused on taxing billionaires and the future of AI.(Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)

An APAPA spokesperson confirmed that Yin is a current member of the group’s board. The spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement earlier this year that the photo “appears to reflect a private gathering and does not represent APAPA programming, partnerships, or operations.” They emphasized that attendance by individual members of APAPA at events “does not reflect organizational positions, affiliations, or activities beyond that context.”

“Public officials should strongly scrutinize any APAPA efforts that align with CCP objectives, including the CCP influence operations to prevent data center construction across America,” Michael Lucci, the CEO of State Armor, a nonprofit countering CCP threats, told the New York Post.

“APAPA does not have documentation to substantiate the characterization in Mr. Sun’s post that the dinner was ‘co-hosted’ by APAPA, and we cannot validate third party descriptions of the event based on a photo and a social media caption,” the spokesperson said, adding, “Individuals may attend events in a personal capacity, and such attendance should not be construed as an organizational activity or endorsement.”

The spokesperson also noted that “APAPA has no records indicating that he [Yin] has served as a senior advisor to Rep. Khanna” despite an APAPA press release from January 2022 announcing Yin joining the group’s national governing board and states that he “has served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, who represents the South Bay Area.”

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California speaks with Fox News Digital ahead of a rally that he organized which included Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, in Bar Harbor, Maine on June 5, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

Pressed by Fox News Digital on this, the APAPA spokesperson said, “The current APAPA headquarters leadership and team had no knowledge of, and do not maintain any records confirming, Mr. Henry Yin serving as a senior advisor to Rep. Khanna. APAPA does not oversee, verify, or maintain records related to an individual’s outside titles or roles with public officials.”

They added that “With respect to historical references appearing on legacy APAPA web pages or posts, APAPA is in the process of reviewing and removing outdated or inaccurate content that does not reflect current leadership, governance, or verified records.” They added that “questions regarding any past or current status with Rep. Khanna’s office should be directed to that office or to Mr. Yin directly.”

Yin did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

Cameron Cawthorne is a politics editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Cawthorne@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cam_cawthorne

AOC backs Florida Dem Angie Nixon for US Senate: ‘I’m proud to endorse her’

September 3, 2026 6:14am EDT / Fox News

‘I cannot wait to call her my colleague in November,’ Nixon declared of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Democratic Florida U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon claimed President Donald Trump was pushing communism through his recent deal for Venezuelan oil.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has endorsed Florida Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Angie Nixon ahead of her November matchup against Republican Sen. Ashley Moody.

“At a time when working families are fighting tooth and nail to make ends meet while the Administration sells them out to corrupt special interests, we need to stand behind leaders who are accountable to working people and stand up to greedy corporations,” Ocasio-Cortez said, according to Nixon’s campaign.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment Thursday morning.

PROGRESSIVE FLORIDA DEMOCRAT INSISTS TRUMP WAS PUSHING ‘COMMUNISM’ WITH VENEZUELA DEAL

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters on the House steps after a series of votes at the U.S. Capitol on July 22, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Angie Nixon will do just that – from fighting for universal healthcare and childcare to proposing a national rent freeze. Angie will be an exemplary fighter for the working families of Florida and will do it all without a dime of corporate PAC money. Angie did not get here by yielding to major political machines, she did it by building community power and by fiercely committing to her values, and that’s why I’m proud to endorse her for the U.S. Senate,” Ocasio-Cortez added in the statement issued by Nixon’s campaign.

Nixon, a Florida state representative, will face Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody in the special general election contest.

Sunshine State Gov. Ron DeSantis handed Moody a U.S. Senate seat last year. Marco Rubio, who vacated the seat, departed the Senate prior to the end of his term in order to serve as secretary of state.

FLA DEM SEN-NOMINEE ANGIE NIXON BACKED ABOLISHING ELECTORAL COLLEGE, RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IN RESURFACED CLIPS

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon speaks during a visit to the Ball and Chain Cuban restaurant/nightclub as she campaigns in the Little Havana neighborhood on Aug. 29, 2026 in Miami, Fla.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“I’m honored to have the endorsement of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her support as we work towards a better future for Florida,” Nixon said, according to her campaign.

“AOC is a fighter and a reminder of what’s possible when you put the needs of the people first, instead of protecting the interests of the wealthy and well-connected. Florida deserves, and is ready for, the kind of leadership in the U.S. Senate that has been absent for far too long. Together, we’re going to fight for everyone: working families, students, and communities who have been ignored for too long. This endorsement adds fuel to an already energized campaign, reinforcing that people are looking forward to real change and representation. I cannot wait to call her my colleague in November,” Nixon added.

Moody is backed by President Donald Trump.

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Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., departs the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 4, 2026.(Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In a Truth Social post last month, the president celebrated Lt. Col. Alex Vindman’s (ret.) loss to Nixon in the special Democratic U.S. Senate primary.

“The most gratifying loss last night was that of a real treasonous creep, Alexander Vindman, to a Radical Left Lunatic, who can’t speak or think properly, and who will go down to certain defeat at the hands of Ashley Moody, a truly Fantastic Senator, from the Great State Florida. Vindman, if you remember, was the one who lied about my ‘Perfect Call’ with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, only to find out that the conversation was routinely recorded and proved that I was 100% in the right (Completely Innocent!),” Trump declared in the post.

“It was, indeed, a Perfect Call, and the Dumocrats Fake Impeachment effort massively failed. Vindman should be prosecuted for what he did!” Trump added.

Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

Collins lights up internet with response to Dem challenger fathering children with relative: ‘Stone cold’

2026-09-03T06:00:23-04:00 / Fox News

The Maine senator denied bringing up Jackson’s personal life while pointedly mentioning it in a Politico interview

By Robert Schmad, Andrew Mark Miller Fox News

Published September 3, 2026 6:00am EDT

Republican Sen Susan Collins of Maine raises red flags over Democratic challenger Troy Jackson’s ‘temper’

GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine told Fox News Digital her Democratic challenger Troy Jackson apparently “struggles to control his temper” in Kittery, Maine, on Aug. 14, 2026.

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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, had a sly way of addressing reports that Troy Jackson, her Democratic opponent, fathered two children with his second cousin.

“Well, I’m not going to bring up the fact that the mother of his two children is his second cousin,” Collins told a Politico reporter when asked if Jackson’s personal life would be fair game on the campaign trail. “I don’t know whether people know that or not.”

“But you just mentioned it,” the reporter shot back.

The clip quickly spread across social media as conservatives praised Collins for her political savvy.

TOP DEM OPERATIVE BRUSHES OFF LATEST SCANDAL PLAGUING MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE AS ‘SALACIOUS GOSSIP’

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, left, is on a glide path to replace former candidate Graham Platner as the Democratic Party’s Senate nominee in Maine and face off in the midterm elections against longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins.(Ryan Murphy/Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Republican political operative Jesse Hunt reacted to a clip of the interview by calling Collins a “silent killer.”

“A less-than-2-minute precis of how Susan Collins is as stone-cold a political combatant as the Senate has ever seen,” Politico editor Mike DeBonis wrote on X.

National Rifle Association public affairs director and Maine native Justin Davis responded to the clip by predicting that “the upcoming debates are going to be gold.” NOTUS reporter Igor Bobic, meanwhile, said that Collins used a “Trump tactic” by bringing up a subject while pretending not to mention it.

“Count Collins out (like everyone did in ‘20) at your own peril,” Targeted Victory CCO Matt Gorman posted on X.

“Susan Collins from the top rope on Troy Jackson,” GOP communicator Steve Guest posted on X.

Reports about Jackson’s relationship with his second cousin first surfaced in July, when The Maine Wire reported that Jackson and his longtime partner share the same great-grandparents.

MAINE DEMOCRATS CROWN TROY JACKSON AS PLATNER REPLACEMENT AS FRESH SCRUTINY CLOUDS SENATE RESET

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, departs the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, on July 24, 2025.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

“It’s truly hysterical how Democrats can’t seem to find one normal dude to run for office,” conservative commentator Greg Price posted on X, alluding to the fact that Jackson replaced Graham Platner on the ballot in Maine after he terminated his campaign amid a rape allegation.

Other aspects of Jackson’s personal life have come to the forefront of his Senate campaign, including a 1988 police report which claims he assaulted a man at a bar. The report also states that his partner accused him of pushing her around.

Jackson does not dispute that he attacked another man, but strongly denies laying a hand on his partner, who has said she does not recall giving a statement to that effect to the police.

When asked about the police report in August, Collins told Fox News Digital that “he’s the one that needs to respond to the reports. I’m not going to comment on them. But I will say that based on widespread reporting it appears that he struggles to control his temper … From my perspective, it seems that vetting is very important. We learned the failure of vetting with Graham Platner. But that’s really up to the Democrats.”

EMBATTLED MAINE DEMOCRAT DEADLOCKED WITH COLLINS DESPITE CONTROVERSIES IN KEY SENATE RACE, NEW POLL SHOWS

Troy Jackson speaks as he became the Maine Democratic Party’s choice to be their U.S. Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner on the ballot in November on July 25, 2026, in Bangor, Maine.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

During her interview with Politico, Collins denied that Jackson would necessarily be an easier opponent than Platner, pointing out that the former has a long political record that he can be criticized over — something that Platner lacked as a political outsider.

Jackson has framed the GOP focus on his personal life as a distraction from the issues Mainers actually care about.

“Susan Collins will do anything to distract from the fact that she votes with Trump 96% of the time and has sold out working people in Maine,” his campaign previously told Fox News Digital. “Personal attacks on Troy’s family are shameful and desperate.”

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The Jackson campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday.

Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

Johnson downplays GOP’s midterm woes as Democrats eye House takeover: ‘I am very bullish’

2026-09-03T05:00:45-04:00 / Fox News

House Speaker Mike Johnson remains defiant as Democrats expand their target list to 58 Republican-held districts

By Paul Steinhauser Fox News

Published September 3, 2026 5:00am EDT

Asked about not only holding but growing the GOP’s congressional majority, House Speaker Mike Johnson tells News Digital ‘I am very bullish about the outcome on Election Night.’

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With two months to go until Election Day, and early voting kicking off later this month in half a dozen states, Democrats are increasingly optimistic they can recapture congressional majorities.

With the final stretch towards the midterms underway, Democrats see an unexpectedly favorable political environment despite their own weak national brand, while Republicans insist structural advantages and the Democrats’ shift to the left will allow them to defy midterm history.

Senate Republicans control their chamber by a 53-47 margin, and the majority is even more fragile in the House. And the latest forecasts from the leading nonpartisan political handicappers keep leaning towards the Democrats.

But a defiant House Speaker Mike Johnson not only predicts the GOP will hold control of the chamber, but he tells Fox News Digital, “We’re going to grow the majority.”

SPEAKER JOHNSON’S MIDTERM PREDICTION TO BUCK HISTORY

House Speaker Mike Johnson, center, campaigns with former Gov. Paul LePage, the Republican nominee in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, in Auburn, Maine, on August 17, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

Republicans — as the party currently in power — were already up against traditional political headwinds that have historically led to a loss of congressional seats during midterm election years. Add to that the challenging climate fueled by persistent inflation Americans see daily at the grocery store, high gas prices tied to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran and President Donald Trump’s well underwater approval ratings.

“We are going to take back the Senate. Republicans thought they had the Senate locked down, but now Democrats, we are on the path to victory. We’ve blown the map wide open,” longtime Senate Democratic Leader Sen.Chuck Schumerof New York told reporters two weeks ago.

But Democrats have problems of their own as they try to win back control of congressional majorities in the midterms, including a party brand that public opinion polling indicates is extremely unpopular. And high-profile victories this spring and summer by left-wing and socialist candidates over establishment rivals in Democratic primaries are giving Republicans extra ammunition to portray all Democrats as extremists.

THESE 12 MIDTERM RACES WILL DECIDE WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE SENATE

Congressional candidate Claire Valdez, congressional candidate Brad Lander, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier raise their hands during a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) rally at King’s Theater on June 18, 2026, in New York City.(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

“It’s a contrast election, and people are making a contrast between common-sense solutions and candidates, and really crazy, which is represented by the other side,” Johnson claimed, during a Fox News Digital interview on the campaign trail in Maine. “I am very bullish about the outcome on election night.”

In the battle for the House, the mid-decade redistricting push by Trump and GOP leaders is giving Republicans a boost, with a potential net gain of up to a dozen newly drawn right-tilting districts across the country.

But in a sign of the rough landscape facing the GOP, House Democrats last month expanded their midterm target list to 58 Republican-held districts, including 12 seats in territory Trump carried in 2024.

The victories by Trump and Republicans two years ago were fueled by Americans fed up with the high cost of living. Two years later, inflation is the Republicans’ biggest liability.

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President Donald Trump points as he arrives to speak during a campaign rally for U.S. Sen. Darline Graham at Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Aug. 21, 2026.(SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Three out of four voters questioned in the most recent Fox News national poll said inflation had caused financial hardship, while 54% expected the economy to worsen.

The Fox News poll and other recent surveys also indicate Democrats holding an enthusiasm advantage over Republicans, and continuing to lead on the generic ballot question, which asks if a respondent would vote for the Democrat or Republican in their congressional district without offering specific names.

“Donald Trump started a war that no one wanted, and now Americans are paying the price. Gas prices are soaring and families who were already struggling in Trump’s economy are forced to stretch their budgets even further while footing the bill for this war,”Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said in a statement.

Republicans hold a campaign cash edge over Democrats, and remain optimistic about the midterms.

“We have a chance to defy history and win the midterms,” Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters told Fox News Digital this summer.

Gruters and other GOP leaders are spotlighting the major tax cuts on tips, overtime and Social Security that congressional Republicans passed and Trump signed into law last year.

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But Republicans are facing a low-propensity problem: MAGA voters who don’t always go to the polls when Trump’s name isn’t on the ballot.

Gruters called Trump the “best showman that’s ever existed in politics, bar none… He knows how to deliver these low-propensity voters. He knows how to get people up, motivated, excited about the midterms, and that’s what we’re going to need.”

And he pointed to next week’s first ever GOP midterm convention and said, “It gives us a chance to highlight all the wonderful things this president has done in our effort on this great American comeback.”

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But Democrats are touting their own get-out-the-vote efforts.

“This year, the DNC organizing team launched Local Listeners, a first-of-its-kind program that talked to nearly 10,000 people who voted in 2020, but not 2024,” the DNC’s Martin said. “What we found could change the game for the midterms this year.”

Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News

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