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  • 最高法院历史性《选举权法案》裁决要点及中期选举后续走向


    2026-04-29T21:07:24.618Z / 美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)

    作者:蒂尔尼·斯尼德、弗雷德里卡·舒滕
    更新于2026年4月29日,美国东部时间下午5:18
    发布于2026年4月29日,美国东部时间下午5:07


    2025年10月15日,美国华盛顿特区,示威者在美国最高法院外集会。
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    美国最高法院周三再次削弱了《选举权法案》的根基。这部1965年出台的标志性民权法案,多年来一直被约翰·罗伯茨首席大法官领导的法院持续削弱。

    周三的裁决由大法官塞缪尔·阿利托撰写,法院三名自由派大法官对此持反对意见。该裁决将使少数族裔选民更难挑战涉嫌削弱少数族裔社区政治影响力的选区重划方案。

    这项裁决将从2028年正式生效起,对各级政府的政治代表格局带来重大改变。许多州要么将主动调整立法选区边界,要么将被法院强制重新划分目前能够保障少数族裔选民选举心仪候选人的选区。

    由共和党控制的州议会可能会取消一批民主党掌控的席位,尤其是在南方各州,以此巩固共和党对美国众议院的掌控。

    不过,考虑到在选举周期的这个阶段重新划分立法选区面临的实际和法律障碍,该裁决对2026年中期选举的影响可能有限。

    在这起针对路易斯安那州国会选区方案的案件中,最高法院裁定,因《选举权法案》诉讼而设立的该州第二个少数族裔占多数席位的选区,属于违宪利用种族因素的行为。该裁决大幅改变了最高法院40年前确立的、法院审理《选举权法案》选区重划案件时应遵循的法律标准。

    阿利托淡化了自己对该标准的修改幅度,但在由另外两名民主党任命的大法官埃琳娜·卡根联名发表的异议意见中,卡根表示“法院的判决将倒退国会为实现选举机会中的种族平等所确立的基础性权利”。

    以下是关于这项历史性裁决的关键信息以及后续事态发展:

    共和党或立享即时收益

    周三的裁决正值选举季已经拉开帷幕之际,但可能会促使多个州在11月国会中期选举前着手制定新的选区地图。

    共和党似乎很可能从最初的混乱调整中获益。

    作为案件核心的路易斯安那州,最高法院推翻了此前设立的一个由黑人占多数的选区,该席位目前由民主党众议员克利奥·菲尔兹担任。

    路易斯安那州控制州政府的共和党官员尚未表明他们将如何回应。但州总检察长莉兹·默里尔在周三的一份声明中表示,她将与州议会和州长杰夫·兰德里合作,推进制定一份“符合宪法要求的选区地图”。

    兰德里在声明中未提及该州是否会重新划分选区边界。

    路易斯安那州的任何重划选区行动都将扰乱该州5月16日的初选。提前投票定于周六启动,海外和军事选票已经寄出。菲尔兹和其他民主党人辩称,现在重新划定选区边界为时已晚。

    阿利托为保守派多数派撰写的意见将案件发回下级法院进行进一步审理,但未就该选区地图是否应在中期选举前撤销给出任何指示。

    他的意见也未提及被称为“珀塞尔原则”的法律 doctrine,该原则要求法院在选举临近时避免发布会给选民造成混乱和困惑的裁决。

    全国共和党选区重划信托基金主席兼执行董事亚当·金凯德指出,“珀塞尔原则”仅限制最后一刻的法院行动,不应限制州议员推进重划工作。

    “我认为路易斯安那州很有可能会这么做,”他告诉CNN,“我们拭目以待他们是否会行动。”

    其他尚未启动初选投票的州也可能迅速行动起来重新划分选区。这包括8月6日举行初选的田纳西州。

    美国参议员玛莎·布莱克本周三敦促州议员针对最高法院的裁决增设一个共和党席位。此举可能会针对该州众议院唯一的民主党人、代表孟菲斯的众议员史蒂夫·科恩。


    劳拉·科茨:最高法院裁决让《选举权法案》“不仅是没牙的老虎,你根本连老虎都没有了”
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    劳拉·科茨:最高法院裁决让《选举权法案》“不仅是没牙的老虎,你根本连老虎都没有了”
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    佛罗里达州重划计划获法律支持

    在佛罗里达州,州议员周三批准了由共和党州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯制定的新国会选区边界方案,旨在帮助共和党在今年秋季的选举中拿下该州28个国会席位中的24个。

    最高法院的裁决可能会加强德桑蒂斯为该方案辩护的力度,以应对预计会到来的法律挑战。

    他的法律团队曾将即将到来的选举权法案裁决作为其推进中期重划的理由之一,周三州参议员准备就选区边界进行投票时,最高法院的裁决已通过电子方式迅速分发给了他们。

    裁决聚焦故意歧视

    最高法院的裁决实质上意味着,要打赢基于《选举权法案》的诉讼,可能必须提供歧视动机的证据。

    该裁决与40年来的共识背道而驰,此前国会在相关《选举权法案》条款中旨在不仅打击故意的种族歧视,还打击那些虽无法证明存在故意歧视但实际产生歧视效果的选区重划方案。

    阿利托写道,《选举权法案》的原告只有在“相关情况强烈推断存在故意歧视”时才能胜诉。

    他周三声称,法院并未要求“认定存在故意歧视”。但他大幅缩小了原告可用于证明案件的证据类型,要求证据聚焦于“当前”状况。

    选举权权益组织“共同事业”政策与诉讼部门高级副总裁奥马尔·努尔丁表示,总体而言,该裁决将使基于《选举权法案》的选区重划诉讼“几乎不可能胜诉”。

    努尔丁说,议员们不会公开宣称他们绘制选区地图的目的是削弱少数族裔社区的政治影响力,而立法特权往往会阻止原告获取能够显示绘图者私人意图的证据。

    曾在选区重划斗争中代表共和党人的选举律师杰森·托钦斯基告诉CNN,故意歧视案件“比过去罕见得多”。

    “你需要某种确凿的证据,”曾在本案下级法院程序中代表路易斯安那州的托钦斯基说,“你需要一封有人说‘没错,我拆分了拉美裔社区’的电子邮件,但人们不会这么做。”

    党派操纵选区成为挡箭牌

    新裁决提升了党派操纵选区在抵御《选举权法案》诉讼时的作用,此前最高法院在2019年的一项裁决中称,联邦法院无权监督党派操纵选区的行为。

    阿利托的新意见以及法院2024年作出的一起种族操纵选区重划案件的裁决表明,少数族裔选民只有在能够提出能够保护立法机构在其方案中寻求的任何党派优势的选区地图时,才能在《选举权法案》案件中胜诉。

    阿利托表示,要在《选举权法案》案件中胜诉,原告首先必须证明,在满足立法机构制定选区方案的所有其他目标(包括立法机构提升某一党派优势的目标)的前提下,绘制该少数族裔占多数选区是可行的。其次,阿利托表示,原告必须证明少数族裔群体的投票模式与党派归属明显不同。

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    在两党制下,“种族分歧往往与党派分歧如出一辙”,南方社会正义联盟选举权权益高级顾问希拉里·哈里斯·克莱因说道。

    “当这些党派目标实际上旨在压制黑人和拉丁裔社区时,结果都是一样的,”她指责最高法院“允许各州掩盖少数族裔投票力量被削弱的事实”。

    罗伯茨、卡瓦诺转变立场

    在周三的裁决中,最高法院实质上采纳了三年前另一起选区重划案件中阿拉巴马州提出的论点——当时两名保守派大法官曾拒绝这些论点,但现在却表示支持。

    曾在2023年“艾伦诉米利根案”中撰写意见书、维护对《选举权法案》的长期解释的罗伯茨,并未在周三路易斯安那州案件的协同意见中解释他为何改变立场,也未解释他如何将新的选区重划裁决与此前的裁决协调一致。

    加入罗伯茨和三名自由派大法官参与阿拉巴马州案件的布雷特·卡瓦诺大法官也未作出解释。

    2023年,罗伯茨支持了最高法院1986年在《选举权法案》选区重划案件中确立的被称为“金格斯”的法律标准。

    该标准规定,选民要成功挑战选区重划方案,必须证明:“少数族裔群体规模足够大且(地理上)集中,能够在合理配置的选区内构成多数;”少数族裔群体在政治观点上具有“凝聚力”;以及白人选民会集体投票击败少数族裔群体心仪的候选人。

    如今,在罗伯茨已签署同意的阿利托就路易斯安那州案件发表的意见中,原告在《选举权法案》案件中必须达到的举证门槛大幅提高。

    对2028年及以后选举造成冲击

    尽管实际和法律障碍将限制该裁决对2026年选举的影响,但它可能会为2028年使用的立法选区地图带来重大改变,并将对2030年人口普查后的选区重划产生极大影响。

    由共和党控制的州将倾向于审视当前的选区地图,并考虑重新起草根据《选举权法案》被迫设立的少数族裔占多数选区。佐治亚州和南卡罗来纳州等南方州可能会在2028年前推出新的选区地图,俄亥俄州以及部落人口迫使设立《选举权法案》选区的州也可能如此。

    (在佐治亚州,共和党州长候选人里克·杰克逊周三呼吁州议员将重划选区纳入预计的特别会议。该州的初选即将于5月19日举行。)

    倾向于保留当前选区方案的民主党控制州可能仍会面临诉讼,指控这些方案在绘制选区时对种族因素的使用违反了周三的裁决。

    托钦斯基表示,伊利诺伊州可能容易受到此类诉讼的影响。加州的选区方案也可能面临法律挑战,不过周三的裁决对出于党派目的制定的选区方案提供了保护,这可能会为其提供辩护,因为这正是最近重新划分加州国会选区方案的目标。

    根据“珀塞尔原则”,这些诉讼无法在2026年选举前迫使修改选区地图。但为了能在2028年选举前完成诉讼,它们需要尽快提起。

    民主党选区重划战略家表示,他们预计由民主党控制的州——包括纽约州、科罗拉多州和华盛顿州——将在未来几年尝试发起反击,制定能够让更多国会席位转向民主党人的选区地图。

    一名参与选区重划工作的共和党人周三预测,到2028年选举结束时,可能会有70个选区被重新划分。

    CNN记者莎拉·费里斯为本报道贡献了内容。

    Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s historic Voting Rights Act opinion and what’s next for the midterms

    2026-04-29T21:07:24.618Z / CNN

    By Tierney Sneed, Fredreka Schouten
    Updated Apr 29, 2026, 5:18 PM ET
    PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2026, 5:07 PM ET

    Demonstrators outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

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    The Supreme Court on Wednesday kicked yet another leg out from under the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 civil rights law that Chief Justice John Roberts’ court has repeatedly undermined over the years.

    Wednesday’s opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito with the dissent from the court’s three liberals, will make it much harder for voters of color to challenge redistricting plans that allegedly dilute the political power of minority communities.

    The ruling will bring about major changes to political representation at all levels of government in future elections, starting in earnest in 2028. Many states will either choose to make changes to legislative boundaries or be forced by courts to redraw districts that currently guarantee the ability of minority voters to elect the candidate of their choice.

    State legislatures controlled by Republicans could opt to eliminate a slew of Democratic-held seats, particularly across the South, in an effort to cement the GOP’s hold on the US House.

    However, the decision’s impact on the 2026 midterm elections could be limited given the practical and legal hurdles to redrawing legislative plans at this point in the electoral cycle.

    In the case, which examined Louisiana’s congressional plan, the Supreme Court ruled that a map that had created a second majority-minority district in the state because of a Voting Rights Act challenge amounted to an unconstitutional use of race. The opinion had the effect of drastically changing a legal test the Supreme Court put forward 40 years ago for how courts should approach Voting Rights Act redistricting cases.

    Alito played down how much he was reworking that test, but in a dissent joined by the court’s two other Democratic appointees, Justice Elena Kagan said “the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity.”

    Here’s what to know about the historic ruling and what happens next:

    GOP could see immediate benefits

    Wednesday’s decision lands in an election season that already is underway, but it could set off an effort in several states to create new maps ahead of November’s midterm elections for Congress.

    Republicans appear likely to benefit from the initial scramble.

    Louisiana, the state at the center of the case, saw the high court strike down a map that created a Black-majority district now held by Democratic Rep. Cleo Fields.

    Republican officials who control state government in Louisiana have not yet indicated how they will respond. But in a statement Wednesday, state Attorney General Liz Murrill said she would work with the state’s legislature and Gov. Jeff Landry on how to proceed with a “constitutionally compliant map” moving forward.

    In a statement, Landry did not address whether the state would move to redraw lines.

    Any redistricting action in Louisiana would disrupt the state’s May 16 primary. Early voting is slated to start Saturday, and overseas and military ballots already have gone out. Fields and other Democrats argued it already is too late draw new lines.

    Alito’s opinion for the conservative majority returns the case to the lower court for more proceedings but without any instructions about whether the map should be withdrawn for the midterms.

    His opinion also did not mention a legal doctrine known as Purcell, which says courts should avoid issuing rulings that would cause chaos and confusion for voters as an election is approaching.

    Adam Kincaid, the president and executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, notes that Purcell is only a limitation on last-minute court action and should not constrain state lawmakers from moving forward.

    “I think Louisiana very likely could do it,” he told CNN. “We’ll see if they do.”

    Other states that have not kicked off voting in their primaries could also move quickly to draw lines. That includes Tennessee, which holds its primary August 6.

    US Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Wednesday urged state lawmakers to draw another Republican seat in response to the court’s decision. That move would likely target the state’s sole Democrat in the House, Rep. Steve Cohen, who represents Memphis.

    Laura Coates: Supreme Court ruling makes Voting Rights Act ‘not just a toothless tiger, you’ve got no tiger’

    1:31 • Source: CNN

    Laura Coates: Supreme Court ruling makes Voting Rights Act ‘not just a toothless tiger, you’ve got no tiger’

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    Florida effort gets a legal boost

    In Florida, state lawmakers on Wednesday approved new congressional boundaries devised by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis that aims to help Republicans secure 24 of the state’s 28 US House seats this fall.

    The high court’s ruling likely will strengthen DeSantis’ hand in defending that map against expected court challenges.

    His legal team had cited the looming voting rights decision as one of its justifications for moving forward with mid-decade redistricting, and the high court’s ruling was quickly distributed electronically to members of the state Senate Wednesday as they prepared to vote on the boundaries.

    Centers intentional discrimination

    The Supreme Court’s ruling essentially means evidence of a discriminatory motive may be necessary to win Voting Rights Act-based challenges.

    The decision cuts against 40 years of understanding that Congress wrote the VRA provision in question to push back not just on intentional racial discrimination, but on redistricting plans that had the effect of discrimination, even if intentional discrimination couldn’t be proven.

    Alito wrote that VRA plaintiffs could only succeed “when the circumstances give rise to a strong inference that intentional discrimination occurred.”

    He claimed Wednesday that the court was stopping short of requiring a “finding of intentional discrimination.” But he significantly narrowed the kinds of evidence plaintiff can use to prove their cases, requiring a focus on “current” conditions.

    Altogether, the ruling will make VRA redistricting cases “all but impossible to win,” said Omar Noureldin, senior vice president of the policy and litigation department of the voting rights group Common Cause.

    Lawmakers don’t just say out loud that they are drawing maps for the purpose of diluting the political power of communities of color, Noureldin said, and legislative privileges often prevent plaintiffs from getting discovery that would show what map-drawers’ private intentions were.

    Intentional discrimination cases are “much rarer than they used to be,” said Jason Torchinsky, an elections lawyer who has represented Republicans in redistricting fights, told CNN.

    “You need some sort of smoking gun evidence,” said Torchinsky, who had represented Louisiana in the lower court proceedings in the current case. “You need an email where someone says ‘Yeah, I carved up the Hispanic neighborhood,’ and people don’t do that.”

    Partisan gerrymanders as shield

    The new ruling elevates the role partisan gerrymandering can play in warding off Voting Rights Act claims, coming on the heels of a 2019 Supreme Court ruling that said federal courts can play no role in policing partisan gerrymandering.

    Alito’s new opinion – and a racial gerrymandering redistricting case the court handed down in 2024 – suggest that minority voters can only succeed in Voting Rights Act cases if they can propose maps that would protect whatever partisan advantage a legislature was seeking with its plan.

    Alito said that to prevail in a Voting Rights Act case, plaintiffs will first have to show that it would be possible to draw the majority-minority district in a map that met all the other goals a legislature would have in drawing a plan – including a legislature’s goal of boosting one party over another. Secondly, Alito has said plaintiffs must show a minority group votes as a bloc in ways that are distinct from party affiliation.

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    In a two-party system, “racial divides often mirror the partisan divide,” said Hilary Harris Klein, a senior counsel for voting rights at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.

    “When these partisan objectives really amount to silencing Black and brown communities, the result is the same,” she said, accusing the Supreme Court of “allowing states to whitewash the dilution of minority voting strength.”

    Roberts, Kavanaugh switch their views

    In Wednesday’s decision, the Supreme Court essentially adopted arguments made by Alabama in a separate redistricting case decided three years ago — arguments that two court conservatives rejected then – but are siding with now.

    Roberts — who wrote the 2023 opinion in Allen v. Milligan upholding a longstanding interpretation of the Voting Rights Act — didn’t write a concurrence in Wednesday’s Louisiana case to explain why he changed his views or how he squared the new redistricting ruling with the last one.

    Neither did Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who joined Roberts and the three liberals in the Alabama case.

    Roberts in 2023 upheld a legal test known as Gingles that the Supreme Court laid out for VRA redistricting cases in 1986.

    It said that for voters to prevail in their challenge to redistricting plans, they must show that “the minority group must be sufficiently large and (geographically) compact to constitute a majority in a reasonably configured district;” that the minority group is “cohesive” in its political views; and that White voters can vote as a bloc to defeat the minority group’s preferred candidate.

    Now, in the Alito opinion in the Louisiana case that Roberts has signed on to, the bar plaintiffs must meet in VRA cases is much higher.

    Earthquake for 2028 and beyond

    While practical and legal obstacles will limit the effects of the ruling for 2026, it will likely render major changes for the legislative maps used in 2028 and will be extremely influential in the redistricting drawn after the 2030 census.

    Republican-controlled states will be inclined to take a look at their current maps and consider redrafting any majority-minority districts they were forced to draw under the Voting Rights. Southern states like Georgia and South Carolina could see new maps before 2028, as could Ohio and states where tribal populations had forced the creation of VRA districts.

    (In Georgia, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson on Wednesday called on state lawmakers to add redistricting to an expected special session. The state’s primary election is fast approaching on May 19.)

    Democratic states that were inclined to preserve their current plans may nonetheless face lawsuits arguing those plans violate Wednesday’s opinion in how race was used to draft them.

    Illinois could be vulnerable to a lawsuit like that, according to Torchinsky. California’s plan may face legal challenge too, however, the way Wednesday’s ruling protects plans drawn for partisan reasons could protect it, as that was the goal of the recent initiative that redrew California’s congressional map.

    Because of the Purcell doctrine, those lawsuits will not be able to force changes before the 2026 election. But they will need to be filed soon in order to be litigated in time for the 2028 election.

    Democratic redistricting strategists have said they expect states controlled by their party – including New York, Colorado and Washington state – to attempt to mount counter-offenses in the coming years to draw maps that swing more US House seats to Democrats.

    One Republican involved in redistricting efforts predicted Wednesday that 70 seats could be redrawn by the end of the 2028 election.

    CNN’s Sarah Ferris contributed to this report.

  • 特朗普印记:总统想用纳税人的钱把自己的名字铺遍全美各地


    2026-04-29 20:09:35 UTC / 美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)

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    唐纳德·特朗普总统、国会中的共和党议员、他亲自任命的官员,以及其他各类盟友都在竭尽全力把特朗普的名字、形象和个人标识铺遍全美各地。

    这些行为不同于特朗普毕生将自己名字印在私人建筑上的举动,它们颇具争议:一方面是因为特朗普本身极具争议性,且当前支持率并不高,近期一直徘徊在30%左右;更重要的是,美国传统上只会用这类荣誉纪念逝者。将在任总统的形象印在建筑和公共政府展示物上,通常和君主制或威权政权有关。

    民主党人对特朗普纪念邮票项目感到愤怒,他们已经提出立法,禁止将他的名字加在联邦建筑或硬币上,但这些法案很可能会在国会陷入停滞。共和党推动的以总统之名正式冠名更多公共设施的努力,也会面临同样的处境。

    目前还有一些项目尚未被冠以特朗普的名字,但如果他计划在白宫增设的大型宴会厅得以建成,不难想象特朗普会一直将其称为“白宫特朗普翼”。他想要在阿灵顿国家公墓旁修建的凯旋门,大概率也会面临同样的情况。

    美国独立250周年纪念活动为特朗普的纪念项目提供了绝佳契机。顺便提一下,250周年纪念日的官方说法是“半千年纪念(semiquincentennial)”。

    以下是官方以特朗普之名冠名(或尝试冠名)的部分事项清单:

    护照

    为纪念美国独立250周年制作的官方旅行证件,将把特朗普的形象印在《独立宣言》上方,与开国元勋的图像相对。目前尚不清楚这类护照的发行量,但据美国国务院一名官员透露,“这款特朗普版护照将成为华盛顿护照办公室可供发放时的默认款式”。

    展示印有唐纳德·特朗普总统形象的美国护照内页的渲染图
    美国国务院

    美元纸币

    特朗普的签名将出现在美国纸币上,这是美国历史上首次有在任总统的签名被印在货币上。通常情况下,纸币上印制的是财政部长的签名。但为纪念独立250周年,此次将使用特朗普的签名。

    金币

    由特朗普亲自任命的美国美术委员会,将把他的形象印在纪念独立250周年的金币上。正面:特朗普表情严肃,双手搭在“坚毅书桌”上。背面:展翅翱翔的雄鹰。委员会成员希望这款硬币尽可能做大——直径达到2英寸或更大。

    美国250周年纪念金币设计方案
    美国财政部

    共和党方面曾尝试将特朗普的形象印在100美元纸币和拟发行的250美元纸币上,但这项提议受到相关法律的阻碍:法律禁止在纸币上使用在世人物的肖像。

    1美元硬币

    除纪念金币外,美国财政部正尝试为独立250周年纪念发行一款印有特朗普形象的特制1美元硬币,尽管现有法律规定,总统去世两年后方可将其形象印在硬币上。

    拟发行的1美元硬币
    来自史蒂夫·格斯特/X平台

    “金卡”签证

    特朗普曾将其描述为“加强版绿卡”。据特朗普第二任期初期美国商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克的估算,美国商务部计划以每人100万美元的价格出售加急美国 residency 申请通道,希望能从20万名申请人手中募集1万亿美元资金。除了卢特尼克的模糊估算外,截至今年4月,仅有1人符合资格,但未来可能会有更多人购买该“金卡”。

    2025年12月19日,唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫罗斯福厅发表声明时展示“特朗普金卡”
    布伦丹·斯米亚洛夫斯基/法新社/盖蒂图片社

    战斗机

    这一致敬方式相对间接。波音公司为五角大楼研发的新型第六代战斗机将被命名为F-47,特朗普于2025年宣布了这一命名。这显然是在呼应他在第二任期内成为美国第47任总统。

    战列舰

    去年12月,特朗普宣布将新型战列舰命名为“特朗普级”战列舰。目前尚不清楚这是否意味着即将投产的实体战舰最终会以他的名字命名。据《纽约时报》报道,特朗普对新型战列舰的生产进度感到不满,这也是导致他在4月解雇海军部长的原因。

    2025年12月22日,唐纳德·特朗普在海湖庄园向媒体发表声明时宣布创建“特朗普级”战列舰
    塔索斯·卡托波季斯/盖蒂图片社

    处方药网站

    特朗普曾承诺降低处方药价格,如今他正试图通过运营一个政府网站来兑现这一承诺,该网站将作为患者与制药商之间的中介平台。目前尚不清楚该网站是否能降低药价,但它确实被命名为“特朗普Rx”。

    儿童投资账户

    根据共和党2025年通过的税收支出法案,联邦政府将为新生儿开设特别投资账户,并存入1000美元。与其他以特朗普命名的项目不同,“特朗普账户”已被纳入美国法律。可通过常见问题解答查看您的孩子是否符合资格。

    国家公园年卡

    为纪念独立250周年,美国国家公园的年度通卡将替换部分公园的图像,改用特朗普的形象,这激怒了一些公园游客。一个环保组织已提起诉讼,要求停止这一改动。

    国家公园及联邦土地年度通卡
    美国内政部

    肯尼迪艺术中心

    美国法律规定,约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心是为纪念遇刺总统肯尼迪而设立的纪念馆,目前尚未有立法将特朗普的名字加入其中。但特朗普政府还是在建筑外墙上把自己的名字放在了肯尼迪之前。后续政府可以随时移除这些字样。特朗普已经将肯尼迪中心的董事会塞满了自己的支持者。该艺术中心将关闭两年进行翻新,许多艺术家拒绝在现任管理层领导下在此演出。

    美国和平研究所

    同样没有立法要求为美国和平研究所更名,该组织在特朗普第二任期初期遭到了大幅改组。但特朗普政府还是擅自更改了名称,将“唐纳德·J·特朗普”字样放在了该组织总部所在的华盛顿大楼的“美国和平研究所”标牌上方。特朗普称自己配得上这项荣誉,因为他声称自己谈判结束了多场国际冲突——尽管这是在他对伊朗开战之前。国会最终可能需要批准这项更名。

    联邦建筑横幅

    特朗普的形象被张贴在华盛顿各地联邦建筑的大型横幅上,其中有时会包括劳工部和农业部。最具争议的是,美国司法部大楼也曾悬挂过这类横幅。批评人士认为,这些横幅让人想起法西斯或共产主义政权的宣传手段——当政者会为自己树立强人形象。

    2026年2月19日,美国司法部大楼悬挂的唐纳德·特朗普总统肖像横幅
    希瑟·迪尔/盖蒂图片社

    棕榈滩国际机场

    佛罗里达州议会和州长已经批准,将特朗普海湖庄园附近的机场更名为“唐纳德·J·特朗普总统国际机场”。美国交通部计划将该机场的三字代码从PBI改为DJT。

    其高尔夫球场内的金色雕像

    尽管使用纳税人的钱激怒了特朗普的批评者,但他的支持者也愿意自掏腰包纪念总统。例如,一家加密货币公司委托制作了一座金色雕像,最近在他位于佛罗里达州的多拉高尔夫俱乐部揭幕。

    与爱泼斯坦的雕像

    批评人士认为,用纳税人的钱纪念特朗普带有独裁和个人崇拜的色彩,但需要明确的是,美国保护言论自由——包括批评言论。国家公园管理局允许设置多座特朗普与已故 convicted 性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相拥的临时雕像。两人在数十年前就是熟人,但特朗普并未被指控与爱泼斯坦有关的任何刑事不当行为,且他称自己早在21世纪初就与爱泼斯坦断绝了往来。

    不会被冠以特朗普之名的事物

    其他一些特朗普想要冠名的项目似乎并未实现。特朗普政府曾提出,如果民主党人同意将纽约州的宾州车站和弗吉尼亚州的杜勒斯机场以他的名字重新命名,就将解冻数十亿美元原本用于纽约地区大型基础设施项目的资金。民主党人拒绝了这一要求。今年2月,一名联邦法官下令解冻这笔资金。

    Trump stamp: The president wants taxpayer dollars to put his name all over the place

    2026-04-29 20:09:35 UTC / CNN

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    President Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress, his hand-picked appointees, and all manner of other allies have been doing their best to put Trump’s name, image and likeness all over the place.

    Using taxpayer dollars, these efforts differ from Trump’s lifelong effort to put his name on privately owned buildings. They’re controversial in part because Trump is divisive and not currently very popular; his approval rating has recently been stuck in the 30s.

    More importantly, the US more traditionally memorializes the dead with such honors. Placing the image of a sitting president on buildings and in such public government displays is often associated with kingdoms or authoritarian regimes.

    Democrats, bristling at the Trump stamps, have introduced legislation to ban his name from being added to federal buildings or coins, but those efforts are likely to be stuck in Congress. So will GOP efforts to officially name more things after the president.

    Some things have not yet been designated to carry his name, but if his planned addition of a massive ballroom to the White House gets built, one can imagine Trump will always view it as the Trump Wing of the White House. Same goes for the triumphal arch Trump wants to put adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery.

    The 250th anniversary of US independence is doing a lot of the heavy lifting in the Trump memorialization efforts. The term for 250th anniversary is “semiquincentennial,” FYI.

    Here’s a partial list of what’s being done (or attempted) to officially stamp the country on Trump’s behalf.

    Passports

    Official travel documents meant to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary will feature Trump’s image on top of the Declaration of Independence and opposite an image of the Founding Fathers. It is unclear how many will be issued, but the Trump document will apparently be the “default passport out of the Washington Passport office when available,” according to a State Department official.

    This rendering shows a US passport with President Donald Trump’s image on the inside.

    US State Department

    Dollar bills

    Trump’s signature will appear on US paper currency, a first for a living president. Usually it is the Treasury secretary’s signature printed on money. But Trump’s will be used, again to commemorate the 250th anniversary.

    A gold coin

    The president’s hand-picked Commission of Fine Arts is putting his likeness on a gold coin, also commemorating the 250th anniversary. Heads: Trump, looking serious, his fists on the Resolute Desk. Tails: An eagle in flight. Commission members wanted the coin to be as big as possible – two inches in diameter or larger.

    The design of the America 250 commemorative gold coin.

    US Treasury

    There are efforts by Republicans to put Trump’s likeness on the $100 bill and a proposed $250 bill but those are complicated by a law that prohibits using the likeness of a living person on paper bills.

    $1 coins

    Separate from the commemorative gold coins, the Treasury Department is trying to put Trump’s image on a special $1 coin, also for the semiquincentennial, despite the fact that the law seeks to prohibit images of presidents on coins until they had been dead two years.

    Proposed $1 coin.

    From Steve Guest/X

    ‘Gold card’ visa

    It’s been described by Trump as “a green card on steroids.” The Commerce Department sought to sell expedited access to US residency for $1 million per person in the hopes of bringing in $1 trillion from 200,000 people, according to an estimate from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick early in Trump’s second term. Beyond Lutnick’s fuzzy math, only one person had qualified as of April, but more could buy the gold card in the future.

    President Donald Trump holds up a “Trump Gold Card” as he makes an announcement from the Roosevelt Room of the White House on December 19, 2025.

    Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

    Fighter jets

    It’s a less direct homage, but a new sixth-generation fighter jet being developed for the Pentagon by Boeing will be called the F-47, Trump announced in 2025. It’s an apparent reference to him being the 47th president during his second term.

    Battleships

    Last December, Trump announced a new class of battleships would be the “Trump class” of battleships. It’s not clear whether that means a physical ship, which is years away from production, would ultimately carry his name. The New York Times reported it was Trump’s frustration with the timeline for producing the new class of battleships that led to the ouster of his Navy secretary in April.

    President Donald Trump announced the creation of the “Trump class” battleship during a statement to the media at his Mar-a-Lago estate on December 22, 2025.

    Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

    Prescription drugs website

    Trump has tried to make good on promises to lower the price of prescription drugs by offering a government-run website that will act as a sort of clearinghouse to connect patients with drugmakers. It’s not yet clear whether the site will lead to reduced drug prices, but it is called TrumpRx.

    Investment accounts for kids

    The federal government will put $1,000 into special investment accounts for newborns as a result of the tax spending bill Republicans enacted into law in 2025. Unlike some other things named after Trump, Trump accounts are in US law. FAQ to see if your child qualifies.

    National park passes

    Annual passes to US national parks will celebrate the semiquincentennial and replace images of some parks with Trump, angering some parkgoers. An environmental group sued to stop the change.

    National parks and federal lands annual pass.

    Department of Interior

    The Kennedy Center

    Trump’s name has not been added to the Kennedy Center in US law, which recognizes the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a memorial to the slain president. But that didn’t stop the Trump administration from adding Trump’s name before Kennedy’s on the building’s wall. A subsequent administration could have the words removed. Trump has packed the Kennedy Center’s board with supporters. The arts center is closing for two years for renovations. Many artists refused to perform there under the current leadership.

    The US Institute of Peace

    There is also no legislation to rename the US Institute for Peace, an organization gutted early in Trump’s second term. But the administration changed the name anyway, putting Donald J. Trump over United States Institute for Peace on the DC building that is home to the organization. Trump said he deserved the distinction because he claimed he had negotiated the end to multiple international conflicts, although that was before he went to war with Iran. Congress may ultimately need to agree to the name change.

    Banners on federal buildings

    Trump’s image has been plastered on large banners on federal buildings around Washington, including, at times, the departments of labor and agriculture. Most controversially, a banner was unfurled at the Department of Justice. These banners remind some critics of propaganda in fascist or communist regimes, which honor strongman leaders while they’re in power.

    A banner of President Donald Trump is hung on the Department of Justice on February 19, 2026.

    Heather Diehl/Getty Images

    Palm Beach International Airport

    Florida’s Legislature and governor have approved changing the name of the airport nearest Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf club to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport. The Department of Transportation plans to change the airport’s three-letter designation from PBI to DJT.

    Gold statue at his golf course

    While the use of taxpayer dollars rankles Trump’s critics, his supporters are also willing to put their own money in to honor the president. For instance, a cryptocurrency outfit commissioned a gold statue that was recently unveiled at Doral, his Florida golf club.

    Statues with Epstein

    While critics see shades of autocracy and hagiography in the veneration of Trump with taxpayer dollars, it’s important to note that free speech – and criticism – are protected in the US. The National Park Service permitted multiple temporary statues of Trump and the convicted late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in forms of embrace. They were known associates decades ago, but Trump hasn’t been accused of any criminal wrongdoing related to Epstein and said he had a falling out with Epstein in the early 2000s.

    Where Trump’s name won’t go

    Other things Trump wants named after him don’t appear to be happening. The administration offered to unfreeze billions of dollars earmarked for a massive New York area infrastructure project if Democrats agreed to rename Penn Station in New York City and Dulles Airport in Virginia after him. They refused. A federal judge in February ordered the money released.

  • 埃隆·马斯克在法庭上称自己为资助OpenAI一事是个“傻瓜”


    2026年4月29日 / 美国东部时间下午6:37 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社

    埃隆·马斯克周三在法庭上表示,自己为资助ChatGPT开发商OpenAI一事是个“傻瓜”。

    这位特斯拉和SpaceX的亿万富翁创始人在自己对OpenAI提起的诉讼中作证称,在得到OpenAI首席执行官山姆·奥特曼的保证后,他继续为OpenAI提供资金,该公司将保持非营利性质。但马斯克表示,他后来开始对公司的发展方向产生怀疑,并觉得自己遭到了背叛。

    马斯克在民事诉讼中指控OpenAI、奥特曼以及OpenAI总裁格雷格·布罗克曼违背了这家人工智能公司的创始协议,将盈利置于承诺之上——即让OpenAI保持非营利性质,致力于人类进步。

    这场审判目前正在美国加利福尼亚州北区联邦地区法院进行,于周一启动,预计将持续约四周。


    (法庭速写:埃隆·马斯克在加利福尼亚州奥克兰的法庭证人席上。马斯克指控OpenAI背弃了其保持非营利性、致力于造福人类的创始使命。 维基·贝林格 绘)

    马斯克在2015年12月至2017年5月期间为OpenAI提供了3800万美元的资金。如今这家人工智能公司的估值已超过850亿美元。

    OpenAI的律师驳斥了马斯克的指控,称公司领导层从未承诺过OpenAI将永远保持非营利性质。该公司还辩称,马斯克的法律诉讼旨在削弱OpenAI的快速增长,同时扶持马斯克2023年推出的竞品人工智能公司xAI。

    激烈的交叉盘问

    在交叉盘问环节,马斯克多次反驳提问。OpenAI的律师威廉·萨维特询问了马斯克在2015年OpenAI成立前撰写的邮件,其中包括将其打造为标准营利性公司是否更好,以及他对该非营利组织的捐赠是否可享受税收减免。

    “你的问题并不简单,”马斯克说,“本质上就是想诱骗我。”他表示,任何简单的回答都会误导陪审团。

    法官伊冯·冈萨雷斯·罗杰斯介入,要求马斯克直接回答“OpenAI于2015年12月以非营利形式成立”这一表述是真是假。马斯克表示这一表述属实,但补充说问题并不总是这么简单,他将其比作“你是否已经停止殴打妻子”这类陷阱问题。

    “我们不会讨论这个话题,”法官回应道,法庭内随即响起笑声。

    事关重大

    尽管庭审中出现了几段轻松的插曲,但这场审判的利害关系重大,可能会重塑人工智能领域的权力格局。马斯克的诉讼旨在将奥特曼赶下OpenAI的董事会。如果马斯克胜诉,还可能打乱OpenAI的首次公开募股计划。

    马斯克停止为该公司提供资金的决定,导致这两位昔日盟友之间产生了激烈的裂痕,这在整个审判过程中都显露无遗。周三,马斯克表示,他对奥特曼和其他OpenAI联合创始人的看法经历了三个阶段——从最初的兴奋,到失去信心,再到2022年末的某个时期,当时他心想“等等,这帮家伙正在背弃他们的承诺”。

    OpenAI的律师称,马斯克曾试图独自掌控该公司。

    马斯克多次作证称,尽管他最初寻求获得OpenAI的多数股权以及7个董事会席位中的4个,但随着OpenAI发展壮大、引入更多股东,他的股份最终会被稀释。他将此比作自己在特斯拉的持股比例——他表示,在二十多年前创立这家电动汽车制造商时,他最初持有多数股权,而如今这一比例约为15%。

    但OpenAI方面称,从未有过马斯克最终会放弃董事会多数席位的保证。

    Elon Musk tells court he was a “fool” for funding OpenAI

    April 29, 2026 / 6:37 PM EDT / CBS/AP

    Elon Musk told a court on Wednesday that he was a “fool” for providing funding to launch ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

    Testifying in a case he brought against OpenAI, the billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX said he continued to finance OpenAI after receiving assurances from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that the company would remain a nonprofit. However, Musk said he began to have doubts about the company’s direction and said he later felt betrayed.

    Musk alleged in his civil lawsuit that OpenAI, Altman, and OpenAI President Greg Brockman reneged on the AI company’s founding agreement by prioritizing profit over a promise to keep OpenAI as a nonprofit dedicated to human progress.

    The trial, playing out in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, started Monday and is expected to last about four weeks.

    Court sketch of Elon Musk on the witness stand in a courtroom in Oakland, California. Musk accuses OpenAI of betraying its founding mission to remain a nonprofit dedicated to benefitting humanity. Vicki Behringer

    Musk contributed $38 million in funding to OpenAI from December 2015 through May 2017. The AI company is now valued at more than $85 billion.

    Lawyers for OpenAI reject Musk’s allegations, saying that company leaders never promised it would remain a nonprofit forever. The company has argued Musk’s legal challenge is aimed at undercutting OpenAI’s rapid growth and bolstering Musk’s xAI, which he launched in 2023 as a competitor.

    Heated cross-examination

    During cross-examination, Musk repeatedly pushed back on questions. OpenAI lawyer William Savitt asked about emails Musk wrote before OpenAI’s founding in 2015, including whether it would be better to make it a standard for-profit company and whether tax deductions would apply to his donations to the nonprofit.

    “Your questions are not simple,” Musk said. “They are designed to trick me essentially.” Any simple answer, he said, would be misleading the jury.

    Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers stepped in, asking Musk to answer whether it’s true or false that OpenAI was formed as a nonprofit in December 2015. Musk said in that case, the answer was yes, but added that it is not always simple, comparing it to asking “have you stopped beating your wife?”

    “We are not going to go there,” the judge replied, to laughs in the courtroom.

    High stakes

    Despite moments of levity, the stakes are high at the trial, which could sway the balance of power in artificial intelligence. Musk’s lawsuit seeks to oust Altman from OpenAI’s board. If Musk wins, it could also derail OpenAI’s plans for an initial public offering.

    Musk’s decision to stop funding the company contributed to a bitter falling out between the former allies that’s been evident throughout the trial. On Wednesday, Musk said his views on Altman and his OpenAI cofounders had three phases — from initial excitement to losing confidence to a period in late 2022 when he thought “wait a second, these guys are betraying their promise.”

    Lawyers for OpenAI have said Musk sought to control the company for himself.

    Musk repeatedly testified that while he initially sought a majority stake in OpenAI and control of four out of seven board seats, this would eventually be diluted when OpenAI grew and gained more shareholders. He compared it to his stake in Tesla, which he said is now around 15% after he initially had a majority stake when the electric car maker was founded over two decades ago.

    OpenAI, however, claims there were no assurances that he would eventually relinquish his board majority.

  • 特朗普政府EPA局长誓言不会接受民主党参议员的“道德说教”,此前双方爆发激烈冲突


    2026年4月29日 美国东部时间晚上7:02 / 福克斯新闻网

    EPA局长李·泽尔丁提及怀特长老参议员所在的排他性“全白人”海滩俱乐部成员身份争议

    作者:利奥·布里塞尼奥

    民主党参议员与特朗普政府的EPA署长就关闭燃煤电厂的成本效益问题展开唇枪舌战

    美国环境保护署署长李·泽尔丁回击罗德岛州民主党参议员谢尔登·怀特长老,此前怀特长老称,淘汰“污染性”能源将改善美国的成本效益。

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    罗德岛州民主党参议员谢尔登·怀特与美国环境保护署署长李·泽尔丁在周三一场激烈的参议院听证会上就燃煤电厂的成本效益分析展开激烈交锋,议题还包括特朗普领导下的EPA是否有足够依据来衡量医疗账单和保险索赔是否应纳入成本核算。

    这场激烈的来回交锋结束后许久,泽尔丁仍对怀特进行了隐晦的抨击。

    “我们只想坚守真相,”泽尔丁说道。

    “我们只想遵循科学。如果你不同意这些科学,不认同其逻辑,他们就会诋毁你……我不会接受那些加入全白人乡村俱乐部的人的道德说教,”他补充道,此处指的是有关怀特家族曾是贝利海滩俱乐部(前身为“喷水岩海滩协会”)会员的报道。

    EPA局长抨击流入美国海军海豹突击队训练水域的墨西哥“污水危机”

    2025年3月13日,美国环境保护署署长李·泽尔丁在华盛顿特区白宫椭圆形办公室与唐纳德·特朗普总统及北约秘书长马克·吕特会面。(安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社)

    “我认为该俱乐部的管理人员仍在为此努力,很遗憾此事尚未解决,”怀特在2017年谈及允许少数族裔会员加入时说道。“这在罗德岛州是由来已久的传统,这类俱乐部有很多,我们只是需要逐步解决这些问题。”

    此次交锋之际,议员们正在审议唐纳德·特朗普总统向EPA提出的2027财年预算申请,该预算案因提议削减该机构50%的资金而令民主党人忧心忡忡。

    泽尔丁与怀特的冲突也凸显了本届政府与国会民主党人之间的尖锐分歧,分歧点在于气候变化究竟是否构成威胁,以及美国应该投入多少资源应对气候变化。

    批评该预算提案的怀特辩称,泽尔丁忽视了化石燃料带来的间接成本。

    “密歇根州的一座电厂已经让密歇根州民众多支出了6亿美元的医疗费用。这笔钱本应属于消费者口袋,却进了你们的化石燃料污染企业、特朗普的大额捐赠者的腰包。你们甚至在追踪这些燃煤电厂给消费者带来的成本吗?”怀特向泽尔丁问道。

    “我们要来谈谈数学问题吗?”泽尔丁反驳道。“哦,这太棒了,我都不知道该从何说起。”

    “你们甚至在追踪这些燃煤电厂给消费者带来的成本吗?”怀特再次问道。“回答这个问题:你们甚至在追踪这些燃煤电厂给消费者带来的成本吗?”

    环保团体对特朗普的能源与环境任命意见不一

    2025年1月16日,当选总统唐纳德·特朗普提名的美国环境保护署署长前众议员李·泽尔丁在华盛顿特区国会山出席参议院环境与公共工程委员会的确认听证会。(安娜·蒙尼梅克/盖蒂图片社)

    泽尔丁起初回应称,EPA确实在追踪能源相关的消费者成本,但被怀特打断。

    “你们到底在追踪这些燃煤电厂给消费者带来的成本吗?”怀特插话道。

    泽尔丁暂且搁置了追踪成本这一话题,转而直面怀特关于全国范围内燃煤电厂成本效益的核心论点。

    “你在开玩笑吗?即便燃煤电厂继续运营——你难道认为,关闭西弗吉尼亚州的燃煤电厂、让这些人失业,还告诉他们去学编程,这对西弗吉尼亚州更好吗?”泽尔丁说道。

    “在你看来,这是在拯救西弗吉尼亚州吗?这能改善他们的能源获取情况吗?能保住他们的工作吗?”泽尔丁补充道。

    怀特的分配发言时间所剩无几,他结束质询时暗示特朗普政府从与能源行业绑定的捐赠者那里获益。

    参议员吉姆·贾斯蒂斯“完全”震惊于民主党对埃隆·马斯克披露狗狗币相关消息的反应

    2023年5月4日,罗德岛州民主党参议员谢尔登·怀特在华盛顿特区德克森参议院办公楼主持参议院预算委员会听证会,主题为“《美国违约法案》:敲诈、边缘政策与亿万富翁的幕后交易”。(汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-罗尔公司)

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    “你故意抬高成本,因为消费者为此多付的钱会流入特朗普的大额化石燃料捐赠者的口袋,”怀特说道。

    EPA在2026财年获得了约88.2亿美元的拨款。特朗普在2027财年的拨款请求仅为42亿美元,同比降幅达52%。

    利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者,此前曾供职于《世界杂志》。

    Trump EPA chief vows he won’t take ‘morality lessons’ from Dem senator after heated clash

    April 29, 2026 7:02pm EDT / Fox News

    EPA’s Lee Zeldin invoked Sen Whitehouse’s controversial membership at exclusive ‘all-white’ beach club

    By Leo Briceno

    Democratic senator trades barbs with Trump’s EPA administrator over the cost-benefit of closing coal plants

    EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claps back at Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, for suggesting country’s cost benefit would be improved by eliminating “polluting” energy sources.

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    Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., traded barbs with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin in a fiery Senate hearing on Wednesday over cost-benefit analysis of coal plants — and whether the EPA, under Trump’s leadership, had enough to weigh whether hospital bills and insurance claims should factor into the calculus.

    The heated back-and-forth left Zeldin taking a thinly-veiled dig at Whitehouse long after the Democratic environmentalist had concluded his line of questioning.

    “We just want to stick to the truth,” Zeldin said.

    “We want to stick to the science. If you don’t agree with them, you don’t follow their logic, then they’ll want to vilify you… and I’m not going to take morality lessons from people who join all-white country clubs,” he added, referring to reports of Whitehouse’s family membership at Bailey’s Beach Club, a beach club formerly known as Spouting Rock Beach Association.

    EPA CHIEF TAKES ON MEXICAN ‘SEWAGE CRISIS’ FLOWING INTO US WATERS WHERE NAVY SEALS TRAIN

    EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2025.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

    “I think the people who are running the place are still working on that and I’m sorry it hasn’t happened yet,” Whitehouse said in 2017, referring to allowing minority members. “It’s a long tradition in Rhode Island and there are many of them and we just need to work our way through the issues.”

    The interaction comes as lawmakers weigh President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget request for the EPA, a framework that has alarmed Democrats for its proposed 50% slash to the agency’s funding.

    Zeldin’s clash with Whitehouse also underscores sharp divisions between the administration and Democrats in Congress over what threat, if any, climate change poses and what resources the U.S. should devote to combating it.

    Whitehouse, who panned the proposed budget, argued that Zeldin was ignoring secondary costs brought on by fossil fuels.

    “One plant in Michigan has already cost Michiganders $600 million in excess health costs. That is money out of consumers’ pockets, and into the pockets of your fossil fuel polluters, Trump’s big donors. Are you even tracking the consumer costs of those coal plants?” Whitehouse asked Zeldin.

    “We’re going to get to talk about math?” Zeldin retorted. “Oh, this is great; I don’t even know where to start.”

    “Are you even tracking the consumer costs of those coal plants?” Whitehouse asked again. “Answer that question: Are you even tracking the consumer costs of those coal plants?”

    ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS PRESENT DIFFERING OPINIONS OF TRUMP’S ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT APPOINTEES

    Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for EPA administrator, speaks during his Senate Environment and Public Works confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, 2025.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

    Zeldin began replying that the EPA did, in fact, track consumer costs of energy but was cut off.

    “Where are you tracking the consumer costs of those coal plants?” Whitehouse interjected.

    Zeldin, setting aside the matter of tracking, turned to confront Whitehouse’s underlying argument about the cost-benefit of coal across the country.

    “Are you kidding me? Coal plants even staying open – you think that the math is that it’s better for West Virginia if you close down their coal plants and put these people out of work and tell them to learn how to code?” Zeldin said.

    “According to you, in your mind, that’s saving West Virginia? Is it saving them on energy access? Is it saving them on jobs?” Zeldin added.

    Whitehouse, running out of his allotted time, closed his line of questioning by proposing that Trump’s administration stood to gain from energy-aligned donors.

    NEW SEN. JIM JUSTICE ‘ABSOLUTELY’ SHOCKED BY DEMOCRATS’ RESPONSE TO ELON MUSK’S DOGE REVELATIONS

    Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., conducts the Senate Budget Committee hearing titled “The Default on America Act: Blackmail, Brinkmanship, and Billionaire Backroom Deals” in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 4, 2023.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

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    “You’re raising costs on purpose because the money that you get when you raise costs from consumers goes to Trump’s big fossil fuel donors,” Whitehouse said.

    The EPA was given roughly $8.82 billion in the 2026 fiscal year. For 2027, Trump has requested just $4.2B for 2027 — a drop that would represent a 52% decrease year over year.

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

  • “美国优先”移民改革法案将最终固化特朗普竞选承诺


    2026年4月29日 美国东部时间下午4:13 / 福克斯新闻

    这份70页的法案还将要求申请人签署支持美国宪法的誓言
    作者:伊莱恩·马伦,福克斯新闻

    众议院共和党人的一项法案将把总统唐纳德·特朗普的“美国优先”移民改革方案固化为法律,大幅收紧合法移民通道,优先吸纳高技能劳动者,取消绝大多数家庭团聚担保,并终结多元化签证抽签制度。

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    福克斯新闻独家报道: 众议院共和党人提出的一项法案将把唐纳德·特朗普总统的“美国优先”移民改革方案固化为法律,该法案将通过将移民体系转向高技能劳动者、取消多数家庭团聚担保类别并终结多元化签证抽签制度,大幅收紧合法移民通道。

    移民问题——包括非法移民和合法移民——仍是华盛顿颇具争议的话题,民主党人正推动拓宽移民获得公民身份的途径,而特朗普及其共和党盟友则寻求限制移民,包括提出废除出生公民权等提案。

    阿拉巴马州共和党众议员巴里·穆尔提出了《美国优先移民法案》,该法案将修订《移民与国籍法》中的多项关键条款,旨在“将美国公民放在首位”。

    “我的法案划出了明确红线——将非法移民、随机抽签的多元化签证和外国劳工置于美国工人之前的日子已经一去不复返了,”穆尔在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中说道。“我们的移民制度应该为美国人民服务,而不是损害他们的利益,这意味着要选拔那些能够增强我们经济实力、尊重我们法律并认同我们价值观的个人。”

    联邦法官驳回拜登政府合法化美国公民非法移民配偶的计划

    2023年2月1日,阿拉巴马州共和党众议员巴里·穆尔在雷伯恩众议院办公楼参加众议院司法委员会组织会议。(比尔·克拉克/CQ-罗尔呼叫公司 via 盖蒂图片社)

    这份70页的法案旨在将特朗普政府此前为收紧合法移民通道所采取的多项举措固化为法律。2025年12月,唐纳德·特朗普总统在大学校园发生两起枪击事件后暂停了绿卡抽签计划;去年9月,特朗普签署行政命令,对针对专业职业的工作签证H1B1的发放施加限制。

    “如果你想来美国,你应该通过自身实力赢得机会,而不是靠多元化抽签或制度漏洞。《美国优先移民法案》通过保护美国就业岗位、优先考虑核心家庭,并确保每一位获批入境的移民都做好了贡献和成功的准备,恢复了公平与问责,”穆尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。

    尽管穆尔的法案旨在终结多元化抽签签证,但其中包含一项条款,确保每年3000个宗教工作者签证配额得以保留。

    2025年9月19日,唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区白宫椭圆形办公室签署两项行政命令。这些命令设立了“特朗普金卡”签证计划,并对H-1B签证征收10万美元的费用。“特朗普金卡”允许外国国民获得永久居留权,并通过向美国投资100万美元获得美国公民身份的途径。(安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社)

    “可耻”:合法移民在持续的边境危机中面临艰苦斗争

    美国优先政策研究所高级顾问朱莉·基尔希纳支持穆尔的法案,尤其是取消抽签签证的条款。

    “签证抽签制度长期以来一直存在欺诈和国家安全方面的记录在案的问题,应该予以废除。在以实力为基础的‘美国优先’体系下,任何移民都必须证明自己的技能、融入能力以及将如何为美国做出贡献,”基尔希纳告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。

    穆尔法案中的另一项条款旨在通过全面改革现行的基于就业的移民签证计划,代之以以积分制为基础的择优体系,从而“将美国工人放在首位”。根据新的积分制,申请人将被排名,并根据英语水平、教育程度、薪酬水平、兵役经历和年龄等因素获得积分。所有申请人的薪资至少需达到其居住州中位数工资的200%,并且必须达到英语 proficiency 要求。

    记者手记:尽管胜算渺茫且面临特朗普施压,共和党仍推进选举安全法案

    雇主还必须证明他们“本着诚意采取了步骤”,为外国劳工所应聘的职位招聘美国工人,且薪酬相同。该法案还要求雇主向政府提供被提供该职位的美国工人的姓名和联系信息,以及他们的应聘薪资。美国劳工部将监督并调查合规情况。

    获得签证的移民还必须签署一份请愿书,承诺支持美国宪法及其价值观。该誓言还要求否认参与荣誉杀人、杀害女婴或切割女性生殖器官的政治团体或社交团体。

    特朗普政府表示,外国学生签证审查将是一个持续的过程,而非一次性检查。(iStock)

    “理想情况下,政府提前掌握信息,就能阻止这些人入境美国,”基尔希纳说。“不过,如果新抵达的移民的行为表明他向移民机构提供的陈述是虚假的,这将成为驱逐出境或取消归化资格的依据。”

    该法案还将限制家庭团聚担保移民,仅允许美国公民的配偶、未成年子女、绿卡持有者的配偶以及绿卡持有者的子女申请。美国公民的父母、兄弟姐妹和成年子女将被排除在外。

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    “该法案的作用是取消了家庭成员在法律下获得优先资格的能力,”基尔希纳说。“家庭成员仍然可以申请——但他们必须凭借自身的技能、实力和融入能力来申请。”

    伊莱恩·马伦是福克斯新闻数字频道和福克斯商业频道的记者,报道全国政治动态。

    ‘America First’ immigration overhaul bill would codify Trump’s campaign promises once and for all

    April 29, 2026 4:13pm EDT / Fox News

    The 70-page legislation would also require applicants to sign a pledge supporting the Constitution

    By Elaine Mallon, Fox News

    A House Republican bill would codify President Donald Trump’s “America First” immigration overhaul, sharply narrowing legal pathways by prioritizing high-skilled workers, eliminating most family sponsorships, and ending the diversity visa lottery.

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    FIRST ON FOX:President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ immigration overhaul would be codified into law under a House Republican bill that would significantly narrow legal immigration pathways by shifting the system toward high-skilled workers, eliminating most family sponsorship categories and ending the diversity visa lottery.

    Immigration — both illegal and legal — remains a contentious topic in Washington, with Democrats pushing to expand pathways for migrants to obtain citizenship, while Trump and his Republican allies are seeking to restrict migration, including proposals such as ending birthright citizenship.

    Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., introduced the Americans First Immigration Act, which would amend several key provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act, in an effort to “putting American citizens first.”

    “My bill draws a hard line – the days of putting illegals, random diversity lotteries and foreign labor ahead of American workers are over,”Moore said in a statement to Fox News Digital.”Our immigration system should serve the American people, not undercut them, and that means selecting individuals who will strengthen our economy, respect our laws, and share our values.”

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    Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., participates in the House Judiciary Committee organizing meeting in the Rayburn House Office Building on Feb. 1, 2023.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

    The 70-page bill seeks to codify many of the actions already taken by the Trump administration to tighten legal immigration pathways. In December 2025, President Donald Trump paused the green card lottery program in the wake of two shootings on college campuses, and last September, Trump signed an executive order placing restrictions on the issuance of H1B1 visas, a work visa offered for specialty occupations.

    “If you want to come to the United States, you should earn it through merit, not diversity lotteries or loopholes. The Americans First Immigration Act restores fairness and accountability by protecting American jobs, prioritizing the nuclear family and ensuring that every immigrant admitted is prepared to contribute and succeed,” Moore told Fox News Digital.

    While Moore’s bill seeks to end the diversity lottery visa, it includes a provision to ensure that the allotment of visas for religious workers, equal to 3,000 a year, is preserved.

    President Donald Trump signed two executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 19, 2025. The orders established the “Trump Gold Card” visa program and introduced a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. The “Trump Gold Card” allows foreign nationals permanent residency and a pathway to U.S. citizenship for a $1 million investment in the United States.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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    Julie Kirchner, a senior advisor at the America First Policy Institute, supports Moore’s bill, particularly the measure to eliminate lottery visas.

    “The Visa Lottery has a long, documented history of fraud and national security concerns and should be abolished. Under a merit-based, America First system, any immigrant would have to demonstrate their skills, ability to assimilate, and how they will contribute to the U.S.,” Kirchner told Fox News Digital.

    One of the other provisions in Moore’s bill seeks to put “American workers first” by overhauling the current employment-based immigration visa program and replacing it with a points-based merit system. Under the new points-based system, applicants are ranked and will receive points on factors such as their level of English proficiency, education, their level of compensation, military service and age. All applicants must have a salary that is at least 200% above the median wage of the state they’ll reside in, and they must meet English proficiency requirements.

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    Employers must also prove that they “took good faith steps” in recruiting American workers for the job offered to the foreign worker for equal compensation. The legislation also requires employers to share with the government the name and contact information of American workers who were offered the job and their offered wage. The Department of Labor will oversee and investigate compliance.

    And migrants offered a visa are required to sign a petition pledging they support the U.S. Constitution and its values. The pledge also includes a requirement to disavow political groups or social groups that partake in honor killings, female infanticide or genital mutilation.

    The Trump administration says foreign student visa vetting will be a continued process rather than a one-time check.(iStock)

    “Ideally the government has the information in advance to bar these people from immigrating to the U.S.,” Kirchner said. “However, if a newly-arrived immigrant engages in behavior that demonstrates the statements he made to our immigration agencies were false, that can become the basis for deportation or denaturalization.”

    The act would also curtail family-sponsored immigration to only be accessible to spouses of U.S. citizens, minor children, spouses of green card holders and children of green card holders. Parents, siblings, and adult children of U.S. citizens are barred.

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    “What the bill does is eliminate the ability of extended family members to get a preference under the law,” Kirchner said. “Extended family members can still apply – but they would have to do so based on their own skills, merit, and ability to assimilate.”

    Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.

  • 特朗普迎接阿尔忒弥斯II号宇航员到访椭圆形办公室——并就伊朗、科米和UFO问题回应提问


    2026-04-29T20:45:21.928Z / 美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)

    作者:基特·马厄
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    发布于 2026年4月29日,美国东部时间下午4:45
    太空计划 唐纳德·特朗普 中东地区

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    阿尔忒弥斯II号宇航员、NASA指挥官里德·怀斯曼、NASA飞行员维克多·格洛弗、NASA任务专家克里斯蒂娜·科赫以及加拿大航天局(CSA)任务专家杰里米·汉森,于2026年4月29日在华盛顿特区白宫椭圆形办公室活动期间,站在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普身旁接受媒体提问。

    阿尔忒弥斯II号宇航员完成环月往返任务后,于周三下午到访白宫椭圆形办公室——期间唐纳德·特朗普总统谈论了UFO、太空军以及伊朗战争。

    身着蓝色夹克的NASA宇航员里德·怀斯曼、维克多·格洛弗、克里斯蒂娜·科赫和加拿大航天局宇航员杰里米·汉森,在白宫记者到场时,站在带有镀金月球模型的坚毅办公桌后的特朗普身后。NASA局长贾里德·艾萨克曼也与宇航员们一同站立。

    “我不知道他们是怎么做到的。我可不想干这份工作,但正是这类人才让我们的国家变得伟大,”特朗普说道。

    特朗普简要梳理了自己在太空领域的优先事项,部分问题是在记者提问时展开的:他炫耀了自己在首个任期内推动成立太空军这一军事分支的举措,重申了公开与UFO相关机密材料的意图,并表示在他的总统任期内,“有很大机会”实现另一个人踏上月球。

    “我们不会说得太绝对,因为那样的话人们会说‘哦,我们失败了’,”特朗普说。“所以我们有很大机会。我们已经批准了相关计划。”

    艾萨克曼证实了2028年再次将宇航员送上月球表面的计划,并详细说明了阿尔忒弥斯三号任务将于2027年发射的持续规划。他还表示NASA总部将留在华盛顿特区,称身处国家首都也是一项“优势”——这一说法得到了特朗普的赞同。

    活动的其余部分变成了一场相当随性的新闻发布会,这在特朗普近期的多数公开活动中都是常见风险。大约两周前,特朗普邀请了一位DoorDash外卖员到访白宫,以宣传其所在政党的减税政策。当时该女子站在特朗普身旁,特朗普回答了有关伊朗战争的问题,并试图征询她对跨性别女性参与女子体育赛事的看法。

    特朗普周三并未要求宇航员就他的言论发表看法,但当他称赞最高法院限制《选举权法案》的裁决、坚称前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米通过社交媒体帖子威胁过他的生命,并表示乌克兰和伊朗战争的结束可能会按“类似时间表”推进时,宇航员们始终面无表情地站在一旁。

    此次活动与任务本身存在相似之处,阿尔忒弥斯计划的一些里程碑被美伊战争盖过了风头。

    4月6日,宇航员们完成了距离地球最远的航行——绕月球暗面飞行——之后,次日的多数新闻报道都聚焦于特朗普次日上午针对伊朗的惊人威胁。他写道:“今晚整个文明都将覆灭,永无复存之日。我不希望这种事发生,但它很可能会发生。”

    据白宫照片显示,特朗普曾与国务卿马可·卢比奥一同观看发射升空,总统当时称赞该任务是美国霸权的例证。

    “我们在太空、地球以及所有介于其间的领域——经济、军事,如今还有星际领域——都在获胜!无人能及!”特朗普在发射前在Truth Social平台上写道。

    宇航员顺利返回后,特朗普祝贺他们完成了“惊人”壮举,并邀请机组人员到访白宫。

    “我们会再次做到这一点,然后下一步,火星!”特朗普说。

    Trump welcomes Artemis II astronauts to Oval Office — and fields questions on Iran, Comey and UFOs

    2026-04-29T20:45:21.928Z / CNN

    By Kit Maher

    3 hr ago

    PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2026, 4:45 PM ET

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    Artemis II astronauts, NASA Commander Reid Wiseman, NASA Pilot Victor Glover, NASA Mission Specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, flank US President Donald Trump as he takes questions from the media during an event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2026.

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    The Artemis II astronauts’ journey to the moon and back landed them at the White House Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon — standing by while President Donald Trump talked UFOs, the Space Force and the Iran war.

    Sporting blue jackets, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen stood behind Trump at the Resolute Desk — which had a gold-plated model of the moon on it — as White House reporters were brought in. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman also stood alongside the astronauts.

    “I don’t know how they do it. I wouldn’t want to do it, but it takes people like this to make our country great,” Trump said.

    Trump briefly ran through his own space-related priorities, some at the prompting of reporters: touting his move to start the military branch Space Force in his first term, reiterating his intention to release classified material related to UFOs and saying there was a “good shot” that another person would walk on the moon during his presidency.

    “We don’t like to say definitely, because then you say, ‘Oh, we failed,’” Trump said. “So we have a good shot. We’ve authorized it.”

    Issacman confirmed efforts to send a person to the moon’s surface again in 2028, as well as detailing continued plans to launch an Artemis III mission in 2027. He also said NASA headquarters will remain in Washington, DC, calling it an “advantage” to be in the nation’s capital — an assertion Trump agreed with.

    The rest of the event became a somewhat freewheeling press conference, a common risk during most of Trump’s public events these days. About two weeks ago, Trump welcomed a DoorDash delivery woman to the White House in an effort to tout his party’s tax cuts. The woman then stood next to Trump while he answered questions about the Iran war and tried to solicit her opinion on transgender women playing in women’s sports.

    Trump didn’t ask the astronauts to weigh in on his comments Wednesday, but they stood by with carefully neutral expressions as he praised a Supreme Court decision to limit the Voting Rights Act, insisted that former FBI Director James Comey had threatened his life with a social media post and said the end of wars in Ukraine and Iran would probably happen on a “similar timetable.”

    There were parallels to the mission itself, as some of the Artemis milestones were eclipsed by the war with Iran.

    After the astronauts marked the achievement of traveling the furthest distance from Earth — as they circled around the dark side of the moon on April 6 — much of the news coverage the next day focused on Trump’s remarkable threat on Iran the next morning. He wrote: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”

    Trump had watched the launch alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as photographed by the White House, and the president had touted the mission as an example of American dominance.

    “We are WINNING, in Space, on Earth, and everywhere in between — Economically, Militarily, and now, BEYOND THE STARS. Nobody comes close!” Trump wrote on Truth Social before liftoff.

    When the astronauts successfully returned, Trump congratulated them on their “spectacular” feat and invited the crew to the White House.

    “We’ll be doing it again and then, next step, Mars!” Trump said.

  • 空客获中国南航及其子公司飞机采购大单


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    协议消息公布后,空中客车股价扩大涨幅,在巴黎交易所中一度上涨5%。 (法新社)

    空中客车公司获得了来自中国南方航空及其子公司的一笔大订单,内容是采购A320neo系列飞机。

    据彭博社报道,根据星期三(4月29日)的一份公告,这笔交易包括中国南方航空购买102架飞机,子公司厦门航空购买35架,目录价格合计214亿美元(约274亿新元),不过大额订单通常会获得较大折扣。

    协议消息公布后,空中客车股价扩大涨幅,在巴黎交易所中一度上涨5%。不过该股今年迄今仍累计下跌12%。

    此前,中国东方航空在3月签署协议,决定购买101架A320neo飞机,目录价格约158亿美元。去年,中国国航也签订了协议,拟购买60架空中客车飞机,目录价格合计95.3亿美元。空中客车还与春秋航空和吉祥航空签署了销售协议。

  • 政府救助精神航空的谈判陷入停滞,公司濒临倒闭


    2026年4月29日 美国东部时间16:56 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻(CBS News)

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    据多位知情的谈判消息人士透露,精神航空(Spirit Airlines)可用于运营的现金仅够维持数日,而非数周,而政府为这家低成本航空公司提供救助的谈判已经陷入停滞。

    这家自2024年以来已两次申请破产、且因伊朗战争导致燃油价格上涨的航空公司,一直在寻求联邦政府的救助。

    哥伦比亚广播公司新闻此前曾报道,特朗普政府已提出向该航空公司提供援助,拟达成一项协议:政府向精神航空提供5亿美元贷款,以换取收购该公司90%股份的权利。

    但这项将使政府成为优先债券持有人、即能比其他债权人更早获得偿付的协议,除非精神航空的债权人批准,否则无法生效。

    消息人士称,部分精神航空的债券持有人仍对政府的救助方案持反对态度。

    肯·格里芬(Ken Griffin)旗下的城堡投资集团(Citadel)曾提交反提案,但遭到了政府的拒绝。

    两位美国官员向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露,另外两家债权人——Ares管理公司(Ares Management Corp.)和赛勒斯资本管理公司(Cyrus Capital)也反对政府的救助计划。

    根据周三提交的法庭文件,原定于周四举行的破产听证会已被推迟,文件中提到有关政府救助方案的谈判仍在继续。

    上周,一场破产法庭听证会披露,精神航空未支付一笔利息,这可能导致该航空公司违反其与债权人达成的债务人持有资产协议。周四的法庭文件显示,债权人尚未发出将启动违约追责程序的通知。精神航空目前持有2.5亿美元现金,但该资产已被债权人设置留置权。

    特朗普总统曾表示,他愿意“在价格合理的前提下”由政府接管精神航空,并称此举可以挽救数千个工作岗位,并告诉记者该航空公司拥有“一些优质飞机”和“一些优质资产”。截至2025年底,精神航空的大部分飞机均为租赁所得,今年该公司作为破产重组进程的一部分,已着手缩减机队规模。

    哥伦比亚广播公司新闻上周率先报道,特朗普政府正在考虑援引《国防生产法案》的紧急权力,向精神航空提供贷款。

    届时,该航空公司的过剩运力将被用于军事行动,比如运送部队和物资。该公司在破产重组结束后,可能会被出售给另一家航空公司。

    一位白宫官员表示:“特朗普政府将持续关注美国航空业的健康状况,并探索帮助旅客和航空公司员工的可行方案。”

    精神航空的代表在周三并未立即回复哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的置评请求。

    Talks to bail out Spirit Airlines stall as company teeters toward collapse

    2026-04-29 16:56 EDT / CBS News

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    Updated on: April 29, 2026 / 6:39 PM EDT / CBS News

    Spirit Airlines only has enough available cash to continue operations for a matter of days, not weeks, and talks for a government-backed rescue of the no-frills carrier have stalled, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.

    Facing two bankruptcies since 2024 and rising fuel prices due to the Iran war, Spirit has sought a lifeline from the federal government.

    The Trump administration has offered to come to the airline’s aid, weighing a deal in which the government would lend Spirit $500 million in exchange for the right to take control of 90% of the company, CBS News has previously reported.

    But the deal — which would make the government the senior bondholder, meaning it would get paid back before others — won’t happen unless Spirit’s creditors sign off.

    Some of Spirit bondholders continue to balk at a government deal, sources said.

    Ken Griffin’s Citadel submitted a counterproposal, but it was rejected by the government.

    Two other creditors — Ares Management Corp. and Cyrus Capital — are also opposed to the government plan, two U.S. officials told CBS News.

    A bankruptcy hearing planned for Thursday was postponed, according to a Wednesday court filing that noted conversations on the government bailout package are continuing.

    Last week, it was revealed in a bankruptcy court hearing that Spirit skipped an interest payment, which could put the airline in default on its debtor-in-possession agreement with creditors. The creditors have not delivered notice that they plan to enforce a default, according to a Thursday court filing. Spirit has $250 million in cash, but creditors have a lien on it.

    President Trump has said he is open to a government takeover of Spirit “for the right price,” arguing the move could save thousands of jobs and telling reporters the airline has “some good aircraft” and “some good assets.” Spirit leased most of its planes as of the end of 2025, and has moved to shrink its fleet this year as part of a bankruptcy reorganization process.

    The Trump administration is considering invoking the Defense Production Act’s emergency powers to extend a loan to Spirit, CBS News was first to report last week.

    The airline’s excess capacity would then be used for military operations like transporting troops and cargo. The company would then likely be sold to another airline when it emerges from bankruptcy.

    A White House official said: “The Trump administration continues to monitor the health of the American aviation industry and explore possible options to help passengers and airline employees.”

    Representatives for Spirit Airlines didn’t immediately respond to CBS News’ request for comment Wednesday.

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    中国首个民营资本参股核电项目投产发电

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    中国首个民营资本参股项目、长三角地区首台“华龙一号”核电机组——中广核浙江三澳核电项目1号机组投产发电。

    中广核浙江三澳核电项目1号机组4月29日投产发电。 (中广核网站)

    据新华社报道,总部位于深圳的中国广核集团有限公司星期三(4月29日)公告,当日11时18分,168小时试运行试验圆满完成,机组正式具备商业运行条件。

    三澳核电项目是中国首个引入民营资本参与建设的核电项目,一期工程吉利科技集团有限公司持股2%。工程于2020年9月2日获国家核准,1号机组主体工程于2020年12月31日开工建设。

    中广核苍南核电有限公司董事长杜延辉介绍,目前1号机组各项参数稳定可控,整体状态良好,按2025年国内核电平均利用小时数测算,预计年发电量超90亿千瓦时,能够满足超100万居民的年度生产生活用电需求。

    三澳核电项目规划建设六台“华龙一号”核电机组,分三期建设,目前已核准四台,整体建设工作正按计划稳步推进。六台机组全部建成后,年发电能力预计超540亿千瓦时,每年可等效减少标煤消耗超1635万吨,减排二氧化碳近5000万吨。

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