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FBI reveals why Trump White House UFC event went ahead despite alleged terror plot

Deputy Director Chris Raia said suspects were under surveillance and none were near Washington when the event was held

June 23, 2026 11:15am EDT / Fox News

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FBI co-Deputy Director Chris Raia tells Fox News Digital that agents and the Secret Service had suspects under surveillance, made arrests ahead of the event and are still pursuing additional arrests as a sprawling investigation continues.

EXCLUSIVE: As federal agents raced to dismantle an alleged plot targeting President Donald Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event, investigators were simultaneously making another critical determination: whether the White House event itself could safely go forward.

In a Monday interview with Fox News Digital, FBI Deputy Director Chris Raia said investigators believed they had sufficiently disrupted the alleged conspiracy before the event took place, arguing that agents were monitoring suspects and knew none were in the Washington area when the UFC event was held.

“We absolutely felt very comfortable moving (the UFC event) forward,” Raia said. “We were confident that we had disrupted that main plot.”

The FBI initially arrested five people accused of participating in the plot to kill lawmakers and attendees at the June 14 event. Since then, prosecutors have publicly identified two additional defendants, raising questions about why the event was allowed to proceed while investigators continued pursuing other alleged participants.

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Raia said the additional defendants were “followers” rather than leaders of the conspiracy.

“We were confident that we had the leaders, the main plotters of that, so the rest of the folks were more of the followers that you’re seeing now.”

“There was a lot of security there,” Vice President JD Vance said during a June 16 appearance on Fox News’ “The Five.” “And it turns out the plot was like, not that advanced. They weren’t in town.”

The five suspects charged in an alleged plot targeting President Donald Trump and other officials during the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House. From left: Daniel K. Eskridge, Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, Bryan Omar Roa, Michael Alan Thomas and Tycen C. Proper.(Jacquelyn Martin- Pool/Getty Images)

The issue reportedly sparked tensions between federal agencies.

Two senior U.S. officials previously told Fox News that Secret Service leadership wanted to delay publicly disclosing the investigation until additional arrests could be made, fearing that revealing the probe could alert other subjects and complicate the ongoing case.

Raia said the FBI did not share those concerns, arguing that investigators were already monitoring both the alleged ringleaders and other suspected participants.

FBI NAMES SIXTH SUSPECT IN ALLEGED PLOT TO USE DRONES AND SNIPERS TO TARGET UFC FREEDOM 250 EVENT

“We had that contained or what I would call mitigated very early on even though we didn’t do the arrests,” he said. “We were watching the folks that were planning it. We had them under surveillance. And so we knew that nobody was even close to the DC area at the time that was happening.”

Despite reported disagreements over when to publicly disclose the investigation, Raia emphasized that the FBI and Secret Service worked closely throughout the case.

“That was a joint case with us and the Secret Service,” Raia said.

The agencies jointly assessed the threat before deciding the event could proceed, according to Raia.

“We all talked about that as a group and made that decision to move forward with the UFC 250 event,” he told Fox News Digital.

Deputy Secret Service Director Matthew Quinn, responding to questions about the case at an unrelated event, emphasized that the Secret Service had “led that investigation from the beginning” and suggested investigators intentionally avoided public disclosure while the case remained active.

“In order to maintain the integrity of the investigation and the security plan we chose not to leak it,” Quinn said during a June 16 press conference.

Raia, a career FBI agent and former head of the bureau’s New York Field Office, was appointed FBI co-deputy director in January after the departure of former Deputy Director Dan Bongino. Before leading the New York office, Raia served as one of the FBI’s top counterterrorism officials and has been with the bureau since 2003.

President Donald Trump seated between Dana White and the First Lady.(Evan Vucci/Reuters)

According to court records, the alleged conspirators first connected through a TikTok community known as “Vanguard of the Old” before moving their discussions to encrypted messaging platforms including Signal, Telegram and SimpleX. Investigators say members organized themselves into tiered roles that included frontline operators, drone operators, recruiters, logistics personnel and technical support.

Court records indicate the network extended well beyond the suspects initially charged. After obtaining a warrant for the phone of Ohio defendant Tycen Proper, investigators allegedly discovered a primary Signal chat containing approximately 19 participants, along with smaller operational chats organized by role and location.

Raia said the case is far from closed: 14 to 15 FBI field offices are assisting in the investigation.

“We’re going to continue to work that case aggressively,” he said. “You uncover one layer, and you see four more layers.”

The case also underscored one of the FBI’s biggest investigative challenges: encrypted communications platforms.

“That is a gap for us in encrypted communications platforms,” Raia said.

UFC Freedom 250 takes place on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Mon. June 15, 2026.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Raia said investigators attempt to penetrate those networks through confidential human sources, undercover employees and other lawful investigative techniques.

“We try to infiltrate, obviously, with CHSs, UCEs, again, inside the bounds of the Constitution,” he said, referring to “confidential human sources” and “undercover employees.”

But Raia acknowledged the FBI does not have visibility into every encrypted chat where criminal activity may be occurring.

In the UFC case, he pointed to Proper’s mother as the catalyst who helped investigators uncover the alleged conspiracy before it could advance further.

“We had a concerned parent that really launched this entire UFC 250 case off,” Raia said. “Concerned parent called in on her son.”

The tip ultimately led investigators to Proper’s phone and the alleged network of encrypted chats that prosecutors say contained discussions about drones, sniper positions, escape routes and attack planning. Without that initial call, Raia suggested, the alleged plot may have remained hidden inside encrypted platforms that continue to challenge law enforcement visibility.

The UFC case also reflects what FBI officials say is a broader shift in the threat landscape. Rather than large, hierarchical terrorist organizations, investigators are increasingly concerned about lone actors and small groups that can organize online, acquire commercially available technology and develop attack plans with little outside support.

“I’m less concerned about a mass 9/11 style attack than I am a lone single person, a single attacker,” he said.

While discussing security preparations for the FIFA World Cup, he described drone-based attacks as one of the FBI’s top concerns and warned that tactics seen on battlefields overseas could eventually migrate to the United States.

Investigators say they saw signs that the alleged network may have been considering targets beyond the White House UFC event.

In a newly unsealed court filing, an FBI agent said he believed messages exchanged among alleged conspirators referenced a potential attack on a FIFA World Cup match scheduled for July 3 in Kansas City, Missouri.

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“I think that is a threat that is emerging,” Raia said. “We have seen that overseas, and it’s only a matter of time for somebody brings that type of attack, that threat vector here to the United States.”

The alleged UFC plot illustrates many of those concerns. Prosecutors say the group allegedly used encrypted communications, divided members into specialized roles, discussed drone operations and coordinated activity across multiple states without relying on a traditional terrorist organization or foreign network.

This story is part of Fox News Digital’s exclusive interview with FBI Deputy Director Chris Raia. Additional reporting from the interview will be published in the coming days.

Fox News’ Mike Ruiz contributed to this report.

以色列前总理承认曾向伊朗走私星链助示威者

2026年6月23日 21:19 / 联合早报

伊朗当局曾数次切断公众的互联网接入，包括今年1月席卷全国的抗议活动，以及2月底开始的美伊战争期间。此前有报道称，一些伊朗人在断网期间转而使用星链服务。 （路透社）

以色列前总理贝内特星期二（6月23日）承认，以色列曾向伊朗走私星链（Starlink），以帮助反政府示威者。但他说，现任总理内坦亚胡领导的政府未能落实相关计划。

路透社报道，贝内特曾于2021年至2022年担任以色列总理，他在耶路撒冷举行的JNS国际政策峰会上向与会者表示，他曾启动一项采购并将数万台星链接收器走私入境伊朗的计划，以确保伊朗互联网和社交网络的持续运行。

伊朗此前曾指责以色列和美国走私星链，以破坏其安全。星链并未获得在伊朗运营的许可，但马斯克此前曾说星链已在伊朗投入使用。

贝内特说，走私星链的目的是帮助示威者协调行动，并最终推翻伊朗政府。

“不幸的是，现任无能的以色列政府停止了这项工作。抗议发生时，基础设施还没到位。”

伊朗当局曾数次切断公众的互联网接入，包括今年1月席卷全国的抗议活动，以及2月底开始的美伊战争期间。

路透社此前报道称，一些伊朗人在断网期间转而使用星链服务。

贝内特是右翼政党的领导人，他计划参加定于10月举行的大选。他说，以色列和其他中东国家需要“联合起来”，击退并最终推翻伊朗政府。

“这是一个腐朽、陈旧、脱节、无能的政权，它会像苏联一样瓦解。”

Tech stocks tumble for a second day. Here’s what is behind the selloff.

June 23, 2026 / 10:05 AM EDT / CBS News

A major tech selloff stretched into a second day Tuesday as investors questioned whether artificial intelligence will generate the profits that have fueled lofty valuations for companies such as Alphabet, SpaceX and Nvidia.

After the opening bell, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slumped 628 points, or 2.4%, to 25,537. The decline marks a second day of losses, with the Nasdaq closing 1.3% lower on Monday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 305 points, or 0.6%, to 51,407 while the S&P 500 tumbled 1.6%.

For months, Wall Street has embraced tech stocks, helping drive the market to record highs on optimism that companies pouring billions into AI would translate those investments into faster revenue growth and higher profits. Investors are now demanding more evidence that the spending will pay off.

On Tuesday, several of the stocks that have powered the market’s rally came under pressure as skepticism grew.

“For a long time, the market treated AI spending as unquestionably positive,” Nigel Green, CEO of the financial consultancy deVere Group, said in an email Tuesday. “Investors are now becoming more demanding. They want evidence that unprecedented spending will translate into unprecedented profits.”

Major tech stocks fell sharply. SpaceX shares dropped $4.09, or 2.7%, to $150.51 after plunging 16% Monday. Earlier this month, investors piled into the stock after the company’s initial public offering, sending it above $200 within days.

The stock, however, has slumped for four consecutive trading days as investors fret over whether the company can justify its valuation of more than $2 trillion.

Global effects

The tech rout spread beyond the U.S., with South Korea’s Kospi tumbling 10.0% to 8,203.84. Signs of greater regulatory scrutiny in the country’s semiconductor sector also added to the hand-wringing.

Bret Kenwell, a U.S. investment and options Analyst at eToro, told CBS News that a broader weakness and global volatility in tech stocks is weighing on U.S. shares. On Tuesday, chip-maker Nvidia fell 3.4%, while Broadcom tumbled 2.4%.

Alphabet, part of the Magnificent Seven, also came under pressure in early trading, falling 1.2%.

While the stock sell-off ignited sharp declines, Green said he doesn’t believe markets are in trouble.

“What we’re witnessing now is investors demanding proof instead of promises,” he said. “That shift can be uncomfortable, but it’s ultimately healthy.”

Anxiety over interest rates

Anxiety is also growing that rate hikes later this year could hamper growth. The Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee last week opened the door to an increase in borrowing costs in 2026, as it seeks to keep a lid on accelerating inflation caused by months of rising oil prices caused by the Iran war.

Economists are forecasting that a measure of inflation for U.S. consumers — due out Thursday from the government — sped up to 4.1% in May from 3.8% in April.

Traders are betting on a nearly 90% chance the Fed will raise its federal funds rate at least once by the end of the year, up from the 57% chance seen just a week ago, according to data from CME Group.

Edited by Aimee Picchi

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

以色列前总理承认曾向伊朗走私星链助示威者

2026年6月23日 21:19 / 联合早报

伊朗当局曾数次切断公众的互联网接入，包括今年1月席卷全国的抗议活动，以及2月底开始的美伊战争期间。此前有报道称，一些伊朗人在断网期间转而使用星链服务。 （路透社）

以色列前总理贝内特星期二（6月23日）承认，以色列曾向伊朗走私星链（Starlink），以帮助反政府示威者。但他说，现任总理内坦亚胡领导的政府未能落实相关计划。

路透社报道，贝内特曾于2021年至2022年担任以色列总理，他在耶路撒冷举行的JNS国际政策峰会上向与会者表示，他曾启动一项采购并将数万台星链接收器走私入境伊朗的计划，以确保伊朗互联网和社交网络的持续运行。

伊朗此前曾指责以色列和美国走私星链，以破坏其安全。星链并未获得在伊朗运营的许可，但马斯克此前曾说星链已在伊朗投入使用。

贝内特说，走私星链的目的是帮助示威者协调行动，并最终推翻伊朗政府。

“不幸的是，现任无能的以色列政府停止了这项工作。抗议发生时，基础设施还没到位。”

伊朗当局曾数次切断公众的互联网接入，包括今年1月席卷全国的抗议活动，以及2月底开始的美伊战争期间。

路透社此前报道称，一些伊朗人在断网期间转而使用星链服务。

贝内特是右翼政党的领导人，他计划参加定于10月举行的大选。他说，以色列和其他中东国家需要“联合起来”，击退并最终推翻伊朗政府。

“这是一个腐朽、陈旧、脱节、无能的政权，它会像苏联一样瓦解。”

US Supreme Court boosts Exxon’s bid to get compensation from Cuba

2026-06-23T14:11:36.529Z / Reuters

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• Summary
• Companies

• Exxon seeks compensation for property seized in 1960
• Trump allowed wave of US lawsuits against Cuba
• Exxon sued under US law called the Helms-Burton Act
• Trump administration supported Exxon in case

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier on Tuesday for U.S. companies to seek compensation from Cuba’s government ​for property seized decades ago by former leader Fidel Castro’s government, ruling in favor of ExxonMobil

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in its lawsuit against Cuban state-owned firm ​Corporación CIMEX.

In a 6-3 decision, the court said a legal defense called foreign sovereign immunity, which generally prohibits U.S. lawsuits against foreign governments and their agents, is not available in cases like the one Exxon brought against CIMEX under a 1996 U.S. law called the Helms-Burton Act.

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Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who authored the ruling, wrote that the 30-year-old federal law “abrogates the sovereign immunity of Cuban agencies and instrumentalities.”

“The ​Helms-Burton Act authorizes private suits against Cuban agencies and instrumentalities — suits that would largely be nonstarters if subjected to the FSIA’s requirements,” Kavanaugh wrote, referring ​to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976.

The court’s six conservative justices were in the majority, while its three liberal justices dissented ⁠from the ruling.

The Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s 2024 ruling that CIMEX could invoke the sovereign immunity defense.

The decision removes a major obstacle Exxon faced in its ​2019 lawsuit that accused CIMEX of unlawfully using a refinery and service stations that once belonged to Standard Oil, Exxon’s corporate predecessor. The case will return to a lower court ​for further deliberations on CIMEX’s potential liability.

A Helms-Burton Act provision called Title III permits lawsuits to be filed in U.S. courts against anyone who “traffics” in property confiscated by Cuba’s communist government after the 1959 revolution that brought Castro to power. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration supported Exxon’s appeal to the Supreme Court.

US-CUBA TENSIONS

The ruling was issued at a rancorous time in U.S.-Cuban relations. The United States on ​May 20 brought murder charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, Fidel’s younger brother, in a major escalation in Trump’s pressure campaign against Cuba’s government.

Under Trump, the United States has ​effectively imposed a blockade on Cuba by threatening sanctions on countries supplying it with fuel, triggering power outages and exacerbating its worst crisis in decades.

Exxon’s suit involved Fidel Castro’s confiscation of all ​of the ⁠U.S. energy company’s Cuban oil and gas assets in 1959, which represented a loss valued at $70 million at the time. Exxon’s current claim is now valued at more than $1 billion because of interest and the potential for enhanced damages.

According to Exxon, its assets were transferred to CIMEX, Cuba’s largest state-owned conglomerate. CIMEX continues to hold and profit from the confiscated property.

Exxon’s lawsuit was part of a flood of about 40 cases filed under the Helms-Burton Act in 2019 and 2020 because of a change in U.S. policy toward ​Cuba during Trump’s first term in office.

When it ​passed the Helms-Burton Act, Congress authorized ⁠the U.S. president to suspend Title III on national security grounds. The provision was then suspended by three presidents seeking to avoid diplomatic conflicts with allies like Canada and Spain whose companies have invested in Cuba. Trump lifted that suspension in 2019.

Lower court rulings ​had made it difficult for U.S. companies to prevail in such cases, with most lawsuits being dismissed on jurisdictional or ​procedural grounds.

CRUISE DISPUTE

The decision ⁠was one of two issued by the Supreme Court this year in cases involving the Helms-Burton Act and Cuba.

In the other case, the court delivered a setback on May 21 to four American cruise operators that contested $440 million in combined judgments in litigation brought by a U.S. company called Havana Docks Corporation accusing them of unlawfully using docks in Cuba that it built ⁠and were ​later seized.

The justices set aside a lower court’s decision to throw out the judgments against Carnival

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, Norwegian Cruise ​Line Holdings

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, Royal Caribbean Cruises

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and MSC Cruises that were awarded to Havana Docks. The Supreme Court’s decision sent the case back to the lower court for it to consider other defenses offered by the ​cruise lines.

Reporting by Jan Wolfe; Editing by Will Dunham

40 drowning deaths reported in France as Europe swelters in heat wave

2026-06-23T10:20:00-0400 / CBS News

There were 40 deaths from drowning recorded in France over the last week, as people turned to swimming in hopes of finding relief from a scorching heat wave. Millions across Europe faced extreme temperatures on Tuesday, and sweltering conditions continued to hit France particularly hard.

The 40 people who died by drowning since last Thursday were mainly young people, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said.

“It’s not something to be taken lightly, going swimming in unsupervised areas during a heat wave,” said French Sports and Youth Minister Marina Ferrari, CBS partner BBC News reported, citing an interview with French radio.

Extreme conditions are expected to last at least until the end of the week, with daytime highs above 104 degrees Fahrenheit in many towns.

In a country without widespread air conditioning, schools, public transportation and sporting events have been impacted. In Paris, the Eiffel Tower adjusted its operations for the scorching weather, closing in the afternoon instead of late at night as it usually does.

“Further record-breaking temperatures are expected, including some that could surpass all previous records, regardless of the time of year,” Meteo France, the national weather service, said.

Temperatures on Tuesday will remain high around the clock in France. Meteo France placed 54 departments, about half the country, under a red heat wave alert.

France experienced its hottest day on record for the month of June on Monday, as well as its hottest night ever on Monday night, reported BBC News.

People swimming in the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris during a heat wave, June 21, 2026. Apaydin A/Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Meanwhile, several other European countries were also contending with searing heat, including Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. In Spain, temperatures were expected to peak at 104 degrees Fahrenheit, or higher, and red alerts were issued across large sections of the country, according to BBC News.

Human-caused climate change is tied to increasingly extreme weather, and U.N. climate agency projections say the next five years should shatter more heat records.

A drugstore sign shows the temperature 43 degrees Celsius, or 109.4 degrees Fahrenheit, in Rennes, France, June 22, 2026. AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez

The heat wave is exceptionally intense, coming very early in the summer, “but with a still uncertain duration,” the weather service said. It has already been compared to the August 2003 heat wave, when the highest temperatures in over half a century caused an estimated 15,000 deaths, many of them among older people in apartments and retirement homes without air conditioning.

Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Over the last four years, more than 200,000 people across Europe died from heat-related causes, and most of those deaths were preventable, the World Health Organization’s Europe office said this month.

The above-average temperatures can cause heat exhaustion and life-threatening heat stroke.

Across the English Channel from France, many British schools said they were closing for the day and trains were disrupted as the Met Office, the U.K. weather agency, issued a red extreme heat warning for Wednesday and Thursday, with forecasts suggesting June’s all-time daily temperature record could be broken.

Temperatures of around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit are expected in southern England, with up to 95 degrees in southeast Wales. The peak of the heat wave is now forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, when highs could reach at least 102.2 degrees. Conditions are expected to ease by Friday, the Met Office said.

On Tuesday, multiple train operators across the U.K. said they were canceling train services to “ensure the safe operation of the railway.” National Rail, which operates the railway infrastructure, urged people to “only travel if absolutely necessary” on Wednesday and Thursday.

A man drinks on Westminster Bridge in London as a heat wave is predicted, June 23, 2026. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Further south on the continent, Spain is facing a heat wave across various parts of the Iberian Peninsula.

Spain’s national weather service, Aemet, issued red alerts Tuesday for temperatures of 111 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Andalusia as well as warnings of thermometers hitting 104 degrees in the normally temperate Cantabria and the Basque Country regions along its northern Atlantic coast.

Aemet meteorologist Rubén del Campo said Spain, which has experienced increasingly torrid summers of late, is only going to get hotter because of climate change as heat waves become more frequent, longer and appear outside the traditional window of July and August.

Of the dozen heat waves Aemet has recorded in the month of June since it started tracking them in 1975, half have occurred since 2015, del Campo said.

Human-driven climate change is heating up the atmosphere, both above Spain and in the surrounding sea waters, he said.

Copernicus, the EU monitoring agency, found that in Europe and globally, 2024 was the hottest year on record and the continent experienced its second-highest number of “heat stress” days.

Scientists warn that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, especially in southeastern Europe, making the region more vulnerable to health impacts and wildfires.

美国在台协会处长：10年前两岸相互吸引已不存在

2026年6月23日 21:42 / 联合早报

美国在台协会（AIT）处长谷立言接受台湾媒体专访，回顾2014至2024年间两岸关系的变迁与起伏。图为谷立言今年5月27日在台北举行的美国独立日庆祝招待会上致辞。 （路透社）

美国在台协会（AIT）处长谷立言接受台湾媒体专访时表示，台海两岸关系已不同于10年前，当年推动双方互动的诸多条件与诱因如今已不复存在。不过，他认为两岸关系不必然走向冲突，并强调“维持现状”仍是两岸展开对话的最佳基础。

《联合报》星期二（6月23日）刊出的专访内容中，谷立言（Raymond Greene）回顾了他2014年出任美国驻成都总领事至2024年出任AIT处长，这期间的两岸关系起伏。

他指出，2014年前后正值两岸关系高点，当时许多台湾民众赴中国大陆求学、就业和投资，外界普遍认为大陆经济发展可能缩小两岸分歧；与此同时，不少大陆年轻人向往台湾民主制度。如今，这种双向吸引力已不复存在，国际社会更担忧台海可能走向冲突。

尽管如此，谷立言认为局势变化迅速，未来10年的走向与当下相比可能又是截然不同。若能在可预见的未来维持现状，或能看到更多当前所没看到的契机。

他进一步指出，约七成台湾民众支持维持现状，主要政党在此议题上大致有共识，并支持在维持一定吓阻能力的同时推动对话。不过，民进党与国民党在两岸互动程度上存在差异，部分观点认为互动不足可能增加误判风险并错失经济机会；另一部分则担忧过度互动可能带来渗透或经济胁迫风险。相关分歧在台湾内部持续存在，也反映出民主社会对相关议题的多元讨论。

谷立言在访谈中对台湾总统赖清德多次强调支持维持现状表达肯定，并认为前总统蔡英文在凝聚台湾社会与主要政党对“支持现状”的共识方面贡献良多。

他说，正因为台湾社会对维持现状具有高度共识，美国才持续呼吁北京与台湾民选领袖展开互动。“在台湾高度共识的状态下，制造分裂不会让北京得到想要的结果。”

谷立言同时认为，北京长期坚持在展开对话前要求先接受前提条件，这种做法“不利于建设性的对话”。

针对外界关注美国对台政策及军售议题，谷立言强调，美对台政策并未改变，军售也未暂停。他说：“虽然中国（大陆）就美国军售台湾表达立场，但是美国在做决定时，不考虑中国（大陆）的立场或意见。”

学者：为“习郑会”“习特会”后续纷扰定调

台湾中华亚太菁英交流协会秘书长王智盛接受《联合早报》采访时分析，谷立言此次专访是在“习郑会”、“习特会”以及国民党主席郑丽文访美后，为当前美台陆关系“定调与总结”，并清楚传达美国的立场。

针对谷立言认为北京预设前提条件不利于两岸展开对话，王智盛解读，这实际上是在回应郑丽文的主张。郑丽文无论是在今年4月与中共领导人习近平会面，还是在访美期间，都一再强调要以“九二共识”为基础推动两岸对话。

王智盛说：“谷立言的话不是只讲给郑丽文听，也是讲给国民党内其他重要人士听，他们必须去思考，还要不要继续郑丽文的路线。”

此外，外界对台军售的争议，源于美国总统特朗普5月访华期间接受美媒采访时，曾称军售案可作为与北京谈判的筹码；随后又有美国官员在国会听证会上提及，为因应中东局势及相关弹药需求，暂缓了140亿美元（约180亿新元）的对台军售项目。

Exxon can sue Cuba over property confiscated in 1960, Supreme Court rules

2026-06-23T14:18:31.325Z / CNN

By John Fritze

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2026, 10:18 AM ET

FILE PHOTO: A fountain outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 14, 2026. REUTERS/Will Dunham/File Photo

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Summary

• The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Exxon Mobil to sue state-owned oil companies in Cuba.
• Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the 6-3 majority opinion.
• The Trump administration backed Exxon in the litigation.

AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Exxon Mobil to sue state-owned oil companies in Cuba over the confiscation of property that occurred after Fidel Castro’s regime seized power nearly seven decades ago, letting the lawsuit proceed at a time when President Donald Trump has taken an aggressive stance toward Havana.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion for a 6-3 majority with the liberal justices in dissent.

The decision is the latest development in an unusual confluence of legal and geopolitical moves Washington has taken to increase pressure on Cuba. The Trump administration indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro on May 20 on charges that stem from his alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft that killed four people, including three Americans. Trump has also flirted with military action in Cuba, telling reporters in March he might have the “honor of taking Cuba.”

A day after the Castro indictment, the Supreme Court decided another case dealing with property seized by Cuba. In that decision, an 8-1 court allowed a lawsuit to proceed against the world’s largest cruise ship operators that had docked at Havana’s pier amid a thawing of relations during the Obama administration.

The Exxon case was also tied to property confiscated in 1960 shortly after Castro came to power in the island nation’s revolution and to a law Congress passed in 1996 allowing US nationals to sue over that seized property in US courts.

By the late 1950s, Standard Oil Company – later renamed Exxon Mobil Corporation – had extensive operations in Cuba, including a refinery, multiple product terminals and 117 service stations, all of which were seized by the Castro government and folded into state-owned enterprises.

An American commission in 1969 certified Standard Oil’s loss at nearly $72 million. With interest and Exxon’s request for triple damages, hundreds of millions of dollars may be at stake.

The case involving Exxon dealt with how the 1996 law interacts with another federal law that generally bars Americans from suing foreign governments in US courts. Exxon said Congress effectively supplanted that other law when it passed the 1996 act, but the Cuban-owned companies said they should be shielded from the litigation.

Congress and the federal judiciary have generally been hesitant to allow lawsuits against foreign governments in domestic courts in part out of fear that foreign governments would respond by clearing the way for similar lawsuits filed abroad against the United States. Last year, in a separate case, a unanimous court ruled that the families of victims of terrorist attacks in Israel could sue the Palestinian Authority in US courts.

The Trump administration backed Exxon in the litigation.

“The United States has compelling foreign-policy interests in ensuring that US nationals whose assets were illegally expropriated by Fidel Castro’s communist regime receive recompense and in preventing the Cuban government from further benefiting from its wrongdoing,” the Department of Justice told the court.

In the Exxon case, lower courts handed down mixed rulings, but the DC Circuit rejected the company’s argument that the 1996 law offered a clear path for its lawsuit.

黎巴嫩称以士兵在南部枪杀两人

2026年6月23日 21:29 / 联合早报

据黎巴嫩当局称，以色列的袭击已迫使约120万黎巴嫩人流离失所。 （法新社）

黎巴嫩民防和卫生部星期二（6月23日）说，以色列士兵在黎巴嫩南部开枪，造成两人死亡。真主党指责以色列违反了停火协议。

路透社报道，美国和伊朗的冲突持续数个月后，双方上周签署谅解备忘录，宣布暂时停火。德黑兰要求以色列停止在黎巴嫩的袭击，这是其与华盛顿达成的临时协议的一部分。

此次枪击事件是自星期天（21日）以来首次造成人员伤亡。

当地市长和黎巴嫩国家通讯社称，以色列士兵在纳巴蒂耶·法卡（Nabatieh al-Fawqa）的代尔（al-Deir）社区，向一辆正在清理道路的推土机附近的一群人开火。

真主党在一份声明中说，纳巴蒂耶·法卡枪击事件造成两名平民死亡，并指责以色列违反停火协议。

针对最近发生的事件，伊朗常驻联合国日内瓦办事处代表巴赫雷尼告诉记者，任何违反黎巴嫩谅解备忘录的行为都将给和平谈判带来挑战。

“黎巴嫩是这份协议不可或缺的一部分，黎巴嫩发生的任何事情都会影响整个进程，美国应该利用其对以色列的一切影响力，迫使以色列停止对黎巴嫩的袭击。”

据黎巴嫩当局称，以色列的袭击已迫使约120万黎巴嫩人流离失所。

纳巴蒂耶·法乌卡市市长甘杜尔说，居民们已开始返回查看房屋，但枪击事件发生后，当局敦促他们不要返回。

“人们都很害怕。”

在远离前线的南部城镇兹拉里耶，当地官员哈利克说，已有数百个家庭返回。

“我们预计明天会有更多人返回，这取决于今天在华盛顿举行的会谈结果。

在附近的图拉村，当地一名官员说，60%至70%的居民已经返回家园，但部分人仍无家可归。

据黎巴嫩卫生部统计，以色列在黎巴嫩的袭击已造成超过4100人死亡，其中包括773名妇女、儿童和医护人员。

在与真主党的本轮冲突中，以色列方面至少有32名士兵和4名平民丧生。

黎巴嫩称以士兵在南部枪杀两人

2026年6月23日 21:29 / 联合早报

据黎巴嫩当局称，以色列的袭击已迫使约120万黎巴嫩人流离失所。 （法新社）

黎巴嫩民防和卫生部星期二（6月23日）说，以色列士兵在黎巴嫩南部开枪，造成两人死亡。真主党指责以色列违反了停火协议。

路透社报道，美国和伊朗的冲突持续数个月后，双方上周签署谅解备忘录，宣布暂时停火。德黑兰要求以色列停止在黎巴嫩的袭击，这是其与华盛顿达成的临时协议的一部分。

此次枪击事件是自星期天（21日）以来首次造成人员伤亡。

当地市长和黎巴嫩国家通讯社称，以色列士兵在纳巴蒂耶·法卡（Nabatieh al-Fawqa）的代尔（al-Deir）社区，向一辆正在清理道路的推土机附近的一群人开火。

真主党在一份声明中说，纳巴蒂耶·法卡枪击事件造成两名平民死亡，并指责以色列违反停火协议。

针对最近发生的事件，伊朗常驻联合国日内瓦办事处代表巴赫雷尼告诉记者，任何违反黎巴嫩谅解备忘录的行为都将给和平谈判带来挑战。

“黎巴嫩是这份协议不可或缺的一部分，黎巴嫩发生的任何事情都会影响整个进程，美国应该利用其对以色列的一切影响力，迫使以色列停止对黎巴嫩的袭击。”

据黎巴嫩当局称，以色列的袭击已迫使约120万黎巴嫩人流离失所。

纳巴蒂耶·法乌卡市市长甘杜尔说，居民们已开始返回查看房屋，但枪击事件发生后，当局敦促他们不要返回。

“人们都很害怕。”

在远离前线的南部城镇兹拉里耶，当地官员哈利克说，已有数百个家庭返回。

“我们预计明天会有更多人返回，这取决于今天在华盛顿举行的会谈结果。

在附近的图拉村，当地一名官员说，60%至70%的居民已经返回家园，但部分人仍无家可归。

据黎巴嫩卫生部统计，以色列在黎巴嫩的袭击已造成超过4100人死亡，其中包括773名妇女、儿童和医护人员。

在与真主党的本轮冲突中，以色列方面至少有32名士兵和4名平民丧生。