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  • 特朗普不满意美伊谈判进展 称有时不得不动用武力


    发布/2026年2月28日 07:29

    特朗普2月27日在离开白宫时对记者说，伊朗不能拥有核武器。 （彭博社）

    美国总统特朗普”不满意”伊朗核谈判进展，并表示”有时候不得不使用武力”。但他过后又在社媒贴文称，”宁愿以和平方式解决问题”。

    路透社报道，特朗普星期五（2月27日）在离开白宫时对记者说，伊朗不能拥有核武器，称伊朗不愿向美国提供美方”应得的东西”，他”很不满意”。

    他说，美国尚未就是否对伊朗发起军事打击作出最终决定，将观察”进一步谈判后会发生什么”。

    美国已经在中东地区进行大规模军事部署，记者问特朗普向伊朗动武的可能性，他说，美国拥有世界上最强大的军队。”我当然不想动用武力，但有时候不得不动用武力。”

    特朗普也重申不允许伊朗拥有核武器，反对伊朗进行任何铀浓缩活动。

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    美伊斡旋方称取得”显著进展” 下周继续技术面磋商
    消息：伊朗试图以经济利益 让特朗普就核计划达成协议

    特朗普表示，27日晚些时候将就伊朗问题进行更多讨论。他没有具体说明与谁讨论。但一名知情人士透露，一直充当美伊调解方的阿曼已于27日派外长前往华盛顿，与美国副总统万斯就美伊问题进行磋商。

    美国与伊朗的第三轮间接谈判2月26日在瑞士日内瓦举行。谈判未达成协议，但各方作出积极评价，并宣布计划3月2日在奥地利首都维也纳继续进行技术讨论。谈判当天，特朗普据称听取了军方有关对伊朗军事选项的报告。

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    特朗普不满意美伊谈判进展 称有时不得不动用武力

    发布/2026年2月28日 07:29

    特朗普2月27日在离开白宫时对记者说，伊朗不能拥有核武器。 （彭博社）

    美国总统特朗普“不满意”伊朗核谈判进展，并表示“有时候不得不使用武力”。但他过后又在社媒贴文称，“宁愿以和平方式解决问题”。

    路透社报道，特朗普星期五（2月27日）在离开白宫时对记者说，伊朗不能拥有核武器，称伊朗不愿向美国提供美方“应得的东西”，他“很不满意”。

    他说，美国尚未就是否对伊朗发起军事打击作出最终决定，将观察“进一步谈判后会发生什么”。

    美国已经在中东地区进行大规模军事部署，记者问特朗普向伊朗动武的可能性，他说，美国拥有世界上最强大的军队。“我当然不想动用武力，但有时候不得不动用武力。”

    特朗普也重申不允许伊朗拥有核武器，反对伊朗进行任何铀浓缩活动。

    延伸阅读

    美伊斡旋方称取得“显著进展” 下周继续技术面磋商 消息：伊朗试图以经济利益 让特朗普就核计划达成协议

    特朗普表示，27日晚些时候将就伊朗问题进行更多讨论。他没有具体说明与谁讨论。但一名知情人士透露，一直充当美伊调解方的阿曼已于27日派外长前往华盛顿，与美国副总统万斯就美伊问题进行磋商。

    美国与伊朗的第三轮间接谈判2月26日在瑞士日内瓦举行。谈判未达成协议，但各方作出积极评价，并宣布计划3月2日在奥地利首都维也纳继续进行技术讨论。谈判当天，特朗普据称听取了军方有关对伊朗军事选项的报告。

    立即订阅《联合早报》，洞察全球局势异动，把握世界经济发展脉搏，解锁国际热点评析。

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    早报数码配套个人版（每年付费）

    每月S$9.90S$4.95

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    *第一年S$59.40，第二年起每年S$118.80

  • 最热门的杰弗里·爱泼斯坦阴谋论被揭穿


    2026-02-27T18:11:12-0500 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻

    如今，你在社交媒体上总能刷到关于爱泼斯坦档案的离奇阴谋论，这些帖子的浏览量高达数百万。但在人工智能时代，辨别真伪变得愈发困难。

    因此，我们与哥伦比亚广播公司新闻确认团队合作，梳理了最热门的关于杰弗里·爱泼斯坦、吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦及其据称与美国历史上一些重大新闻事件关联的阴谋论背后的真相。以下是我们的发现。

    爱泼斯坦尚在以色列生活？假

    你可能在社交媒体上看到过流传的照片，声称照片中的爱泼斯坦正由保镖陪同在特拉维夫街头行走。然而，经调查发现，这些照片明显带有AI生成的痕迹。

    例如，2026年2月1日在Reddit上发布的一张照片，右下角有Gemini AI的水印，背景中的一个路牌写着“Haangus Ev.”，这并非真实的街道名称。

    接下来，一些用户指出《堡垒之夜》游戏是支持这一理论的进一步证据。他们认为爱泼斯坦的《堡垒之夜》用户名最近在以色列重新活跃。

    但这也是假的。让我们来谈谈这一谣言是如何产生的。

    档案中有发送到爱泼斯坦YouTube账号“littlestjeff1”的电影和订阅收据，该账号注册邮箱为“jeevacation@gmail.com”。

    还有一封电子邮件提到25.95美元购买《堡垒之夜》货币V币（VBucks）的费用。然而，这封V币相关的电子邮件未提及用户名，且发件人和收件人信息被编辑。

    社交媒体用户只是假设爱泼斯坦在YouTube上的用户名与他在《堡垒之夜》上使用的用户名相同，并且假设爱泼斯坦确实有《堡垒之夜》账号，但我们实际上并不清楚这封电子邮件的发件人和收件人是谁。

    有一个名为“littlestjeff1”的《堡垒之夜》用户资料，该用户似乎在2025年仍处于活跃状态，而此时杰弗里·爱泼斯坦早已死亡。当社交平台上开始流传该账号是爱泼斯坦仍在世的证据的猜测时，该资料突然在2月设为私密，这反而更添燃料。

    但《堡垒之夜》官方现已出面表示，是一位现有账号所有者在最新一批爱泼斯坦档案发布后，将用户名改为“littlestjeff1”，并透露爱泼斯坦的YouTube名称。《堡垒之夜》证实，他们的账户系统中没有爱泼斯坦电子邮件地址的记录。

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    此外，大都会惩教中心在爱泼斯坦死后发布的照片也被社交媒体用户重新提起。许多人将这些照片与爱泼斯坦生前的照片并置，指出面部特征存在差异，并以此作为他实际上未死亡的证据。

    哥伦比亚广播公司新闻回顾了2004年至2019年间的爱泼斯坦照片。确实，他的一些面部特征看起来有所不同。但根据美国国家卫生研究院（NIH）发表的研究，人死后，面部会因肿胀而发生变化。细菌分解组织并产生气体，加速尸体腐烂过程。

    然而，爱泼斯坦的许多独特面部特征依然存在——如卷曲的灰白头发、浓密的黑眉毛、深陷的笑纹、下巴上的一道纹路以及形状相似的鼻孔。他的眉毛之间有明显的凹陷，多年来始终存在，眼部周围也有皱纹和眼袋。法医研究表明，面部褶皱在死后肿胀引起的变化中具有足够的韧性，可用于身份识别。

    这些爱泼斯坦死后的照片与他一个月前自杀未遂时的照片，以及2004年、2013年和2017年的照片存在相似之处。

    对比爱泼斯坦2004年、2013年、2017年、2019年7月及2019年8月死后的面部特征照片
    美国司法部

    纽约市首席医疗检查官在2019年8月裁定，爱泼斯坦的死因是上吊自杀。据《60分钟》报道，受爱泼斯坦兄弟雇佣调查其死亡并在尸检期间在场的法医病理学家表示，在爱泼斯坦牢房中发现的指纹与他2006年在佛罗里达州被捕时采集的指纹相符。

    爱泼斯坦与琼贝妮特·拉姆齐有关联？假

    美国司法部最新一批爱泼斯坦档案发布后不久，社交媒体用户开始传播这张来自爱泼斯坦曼哈顿联排别墅的照片。照片中，一个小女孩坐在爱泼斯坦的肩膀上，穿着与著名的琼贝妮特·拉姆齐照片中相似的连身裙。

    是的，这两件物品确实相似，但事实是，这只是一件普通的儿童服装，许多孩子都可能穿过。不能以此作为爱泼斯坦及其涉嫌未成年人性交易与1996年科罗拉多州博尔德市其家人家中琼贝妮特死亡之间存在关联的确凿证据。

    值得一提的是，琼贝妮特的父亲约翰·拉姆齐最近也回应了这一病毒式传播的阴谋论，并告诉《美国周刊》（TMZ）称“这完全没有事实依据”。

    爱泼斯坦、麦克斯韦与马德琳·麦凯恩有关联？假

    就像琼贝妮特的故事多年来一直吸引大众一样，2007年在葡萄牙度假时失踪的英国小女孩马德琳·麦凯恩的故事也同样引人关注。

    如今，TikTok和Instagram上有许多病毒式传播的视频，强调一名嫌疑人的合成素描与麦克斯韦有相似之处。

    这幅嫌疑人素描是真实的。麦凯恩父母的私家侦探于2009年8月6日发布了这幅素描，显示一名他们认为可能掌握其女儿失踪信息的女性。素描描绘了两名英国男子在麦凯恩于5月3日失踪三天后在巴塞罗那看到的一名女子。

    但2007年5月（麦凯恩失踪当月）拍摄的麦克斯韦照片显示，她当时的头发比素描中的要长。对2007年其他几张麦克斯韦照片的审查表明，她的发型在整个2007年都保持得比素描中的长。

    档案中还有其他内容被创作者作为这一理论的进一步证据。一名英国居民向联邦调查局提交了一份在线举报，称其于2009年9月看到麦克斯韦与麦凯恩在一起。确实，这个举报记录在档案中，但只是举报，并非确认目击。美国司法部已指出，发布的档案“可能包含伪造或虚假提交的图像、文件或视频，因为所有公众发送给联邦调查局的内容都被包含在内……”

    最后，人们分享了这段监控录像，据称显示一名女子在麦凯恩失踪后不久与她一起走在街上。在一个角度中，该女子似乎戴着头巾，而在其他角度中，她看起来像吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦。虽然视频是真实的，但没有确凿证据表明视频中的人是麦克斯韦或麦凯恩。

    因此，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻确认团队也认为这一理论是假的。

    麦克斯韦被替换为替身？假

    在吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦2026年2月作证后，一些人指出她面部特征和声音存在差异，支持一个阴谋论：他们认为作证的女子并非麦克斯韦本人，而是有人替换了她。

    哥伦比亚广播公司新闻将麦克斯韦2015年、2016年和2020年的照片与2026年作证的视频进行对比，发现她的面部特征有诸多相似之处。多年来的照片显示，麦克斯韦的深色细眉毛、略微突出的耳朵和薄唇在静止时都有独特的形状。麦克斯韦的头发在2026年作证视频中也呈现出圆形轮廓，且在2015年的照片中也有一个明显的凹陷。

    一些用户声称，与麦克斯韦其他视频相比，她在2026年作证时的声音听起来不同。司法部档案中发布的视频显示，在2015年和2016年的作证片段中，她的语气较为柔和。

    麦克斯韦自2020年7月被捕以来一直被监禁，她被定罪并判处20年监禁。

    她的律师大卫·奥斯卡·马库斯证实出席作证的确实是麦克斯韦。

    “是的，照片中众议院监督委员会的听证会是吉斯莱恩。唉，监狱的生活很艰难，要记住她在纽约时就遭受了折磨，包括睡眠剥夺。外面有很多阴谋论，但这个可能会被载入史册。”马库斯告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。

    麦克斯韦的兄弟姐妹一直公开谈论他们妹妹的监禁情况，联邦监狱管理局的囚犯数据库中也有麦克斯韦的记录。

    对比吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦2015年、2016年、2020年和2026年的面部特征照片
    美国司法部；盖蒂图片社

    几天后，一段新的AI生成的麦克斯韦视频开始流传——该视频声称显示她在加拿大的一条街道上，有着灰白头发但面部特征可辨。经调查，我们确定这是AI面部替换技术的产物。当被要求置评时，视频创作者证实：“从未想过会演变成这样！我的初衷是制作讽刺内容，但人们未经核实就重新上传和解读了视频，为了博取关注故意误导大众。”

    爱泼斯坦用放大镜虐待女孩？假

    用户们声称一段旧视频显示爱泼斯坦用放大镜虐待一名年轻女孩。他们分享了一张截图，显示一名来电者向联邦调查局报告了一段他声称是爱泼斯坦虐待一名年轻女子的病毒式视频。

    但这段视频已被揭穿。实际上，这是成人电影《Drea Morgan在玻璃下的监视》的片段，由Drea Morgan和一名与爱泼斯坦有几分相似的男性演员Lew Rubens主演，但此人并非爱泼斯坦。

    爱泼斯坦策划新冠疫情？假

    社交媒体用户声称，一封主题为“为大流行做准备”的电子邮件是爱泼斯坦策划新冠疫情的证据。该电子邮件于2015年转发给爱泼斯坦，邮件附件显示与日内瓦关于大流行的会议有关。

    声称爱泼斯坦策划了疫情的用户指出，爱泼斯坦与比尔·盖茨有关联，而盖茨一直是新冠疫情相关阴谋论的焦点人物。盖茨基金会——致力于全球减少疾病和贫困——一直是世界卫生组织的主要捐赠者之一，并资助了BioNTech公司，该公司参与了首个新冠疫苗的研发。

    没有证据表明爱泼斯坦事先了解新冠疫情。全球关于大流行防范的讨论并不罕见，也并非仅针对新冠疫情。

    我们甚至发现有帖子称爱泼斯坦的DNA以某种方式存在于新冠疫苗中，但这毫无证据。

    社交媒体用户声称爱泼斯坦与开发新冠疫苗的人合谋，将疫苗用作“带有他自身DNA的递送系统”。

    一些发布该谣言的用户后来表示，他们并非将其作为事实陈述。

    麦克斯韦与9/11袭击有关联？假

    用户们分享了9/11恐怖袭击后几天发送给麦克斯韦的电子邮件作为她与袭击有关联的证据。

    2001年9月18日发送的一封电子邮件询问“真正的飞行员在哪里？”，但未提供更多背景信息。美国司法部发布的另一份文件显示，同一邮件链中还有其他电子邮件，讨论麦克斯韦乘坐直升机降落在加利福尼亚州圣塔莫尼卡。

    第二封来自作者爱德华·杰伊·爱泼斯坦的电子邮件，日期为2003年1月，邀请麦克斯韦参加“9/11影子委员会”，她予以拒绝。邮件中链接的网站“http://vvww.edwardjayepstein.com/pieces.htm”的2001年8月档案显示，这似乎是爱德华·爱泼斯坦的作品集网站。根据2003年2月的档案（即发送电子邮件的日期附近），该网站列出了“9-11-2001影子委员会”的优先事项，包括调查政府和安全方面的失败。

    爱德华·爱泼斯坦于2024年去世，是一位以研究肯尼迪遇刺等类似高调话题而闻名的调查记者和作家，他的网站上有“谁杀了肯尼迪？”的标签。他多年来与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦有联系。《纽约时报》报道称两人并无亲属关系。

    爱泼斯坦访问了数百万张学校照片？假

    美国司法部最新一批爱泼斯坦档案发布后，创作者开始以爱泼斯坦与亿万富翁投资者莱昂·布莱克的关系为依据，散布谣言称Lifetouch——一家拍摄数百万名儿童学校照片的公司——将这些学校照片用作恋童癖者的“购物目录”。一些学区甚至因此取消了照片日。

    莱昂·布莱克是阿波罗全球管理公司的前首席执行官，该公司于2019年收购了Lifetouch的母公司Shutterfly。

    Lifetouch集团首席执行官肯·墨菲发表声明称，Lifetouch拍摄的学校照片“仅为家庭和学校安全保存，无任何例外。Lifetouch从未且不会向任何第三方提供图像。”

    此外，墨菲表示，阿波罗全球管理公司及其基金均未参与Lifetouch的运营，阿波罗公司没有任何员工接触过这些图像。

    爱泼斯坦因食人族感染库鲁病？假

    社交媒体上流传的另一离奇理论声称，爱泼斯坦是一名食人族，档案中的视频证明他因食用人肉感染了库鲁病。

    人们用来支持这一理论的主要证据是两段视频，其中可见爱泼斯坦面部部分肿胀。

    虽然这些爱泼斯坦的视频是美国司法部发布的真实档案，但没有证据表明他的这些身体症状是库鲁病导致的。

    根据美国国家卫生研究院（NIH）的数据，库鲁病通过仪式性食人族传播，症状出现后一年内死亡。

    用户分享的一段电子邮件摘录中，爱泼斯坦说：“不是食物——是人。”另有一份文件显示了完整的电子邮件链上下文，其中爱泼斯坦是在比喻，指他不得不处理的难相处的人。

    最后，这一说法在多个TikTok视频中被重复，这些视频包含AI生成的音频并遵循相同脚本——在某些情况下，甚至盗用其他创作者的肖像和声音进行传播。当你看到完全相同的脚本逐字重复的视频时，这可能意味着一个创作者抄袭另一个，也可能是AI生成的结果。

    无论如何，没有证据表明这一理论有任何真实性。

    与爱泼斯坦相关的“他们吃人”视频？假

    一段一名女子用西班牙语大喊的旧视频在网上流传，有人声称视频显示一名墨西哥模特逃离爱泼斯坦的某个派对，大喊爱泼斯坦及其宾客吃人。

    据西班牙新闻媒体Info7报道，这段视频实际上来自2009年8月墨西哥蒙特雷发生的一起事件。视频显示一名被确认为加布里埃拉·里科·希门尼斯的女子在酒店外大喊：“他们吃人。”Info7于2026年2月6日在Facebook上发布了一段回顾该女子过去报道的视频。

    虽然该事件确实发生在蒙特雷一家酒店外，但该女子在视频中并未提及爱泼斯坦的名字，也没有证据表明该视频与爱泼斯坦有关。

    The most viral Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories, debunked

    2026-02-27T18:11:12-0500 / CBS News

    You can’t go on social media these days without being served outlandish conspiracy theories about the Epstein files. The posts have racked up millions of views. But in the age of AI, it can be hard to parse out what’s real from what isn’t.

    So we worked with our CBS News Confirmed team to understand what, if anything, underpins the most viral conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their supposed ties to some of the biggest news stories in American history. Here’s what we found.

    Epstein alive and living in Israel? FALSE

    You may have seen photos circulating on social media that purport to show Epstein walking around Tel Aviv, flanked by bodyguards. When investigated, though, we found these photos show obvious marks of being produced through AI.

    For example, this photo posted on Reddit on Feb. 1 shows a Gemini AI watermark on the bottom right corner, and one of the signs in the background reads “Haangus Ev.”, which is not a real street name.

    Next, some users were pointing to Fortnite as further evidence to back this theory. The argument there was that Epstein’s Fortnite username had newly become active again in Israel.

    But this, too, is false. So let’s talk about how it came about.

    In the files, there are movie and subscription receipts sent to Epstein’s YouTube account “littlestjeff1,” which is registered under his email “jeevacation@gmail.com.”

    There is also an email that references a $25.95 charge for VBucks, the currency used on Fortnite. The VBucks email, however, makes no reference of a username, and the sender and recipient are redacted.

    Social media users are simply making the assumption that Epstein’s username on YouTube would be the same username he’d use on Fortnite. And they’re making the assumption that Epstein had a Fortnite account at all, when we actually don’t know who the sender and recipient of that email were.

    There is a profile for a Fortnite user named “littlestjeff1. And that user appeared to be active as recently as 2025, which is after Jeffrey Epstein’s death. When all of the speculation around this account being proof that Epstein was still alive started swirl on social, that profile suddenly went private in February, which only added fuel to the flames.

    But Fortnite has now come out and said that an existing account owner simply changed their username to “littlestjeff1” after the final batch of Epstein files were released and Epstein’s YouTube name was revealed. And Fortnite confirmed that they have no record of Epstein’s email addresses existing in their account system.

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    Then, there are the photos that the Metropolitan Correctional Center released as evidence after Epstein’s death. Many people on social media are now pulling up these images, next to images of Jeffrey Epstein in life, pointing out disparities in various facial features, and using those disparities as proof that he isn’t actually dead.

    CBS News reviewed images of Epstein from 2004 to 2019. And yes, it’s true that some of the facial features do look different. But after death, changes can occur in a face due to swelling, according to research published by the NIH. Bacteria break down tissues and produce gases that contribute to the body’s decomposition process.

    And many of Epstein’s distinct facial features are still there — like his curly gray hair, dark bushy eyebrows, deep-set smile lines, a line across the chin, a similarly shaped nostril. There is a distinct indent between his eyebrows that is seen throughout the years, as well as wrinkles and bags under his eyes. Forensic scientists have conducted research that suggests facial creases may be resilient enough to changes caused by bloating after death and can be used for identification purposes.

    These images of Epstein after his death show similarities to images of him from a suicide attempt a month prior, and also images of him in 2004, 2013 and 2017.

    Comparison of facial features in photos of Jeffrey Epstein from 2004, 2013, 2017, July 2019 and after his death in August 2019. U.S. Department of Justice

    The New York City Chief Medical Examiner ruled in August 2019 that Epstein’s cause of death was a suicide by hanging. A forensic pathologist, who was hired by Epstein’s brother to investigate the death and was present during Epstein’s autopsy, said the fingerprints on the body found in Epstein’s cell match those that were taken of Epstein during his 2006 arrest in Florida, 60 Minutes reported.

    Epstein linked to JonBenet Ramsey? FALSE

    Shortly after the latest batch of Epstein files was released by the U.S. Department of Justice, social media users started circulating this photo from Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse. It shows a little girl on Epstein’s shoulders, wearing a jumper similar to one worn in a well-known photo of JonBenet Ramsey.

    Yes, the two items are similar, but the fact remains that it’s a generic piece of clothing which would have been worn by many children. It can’t be held up as conclusive evidence of any ties between Epstein, his sex trafficking of minors, and the 1996 death of JonBenet at her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado.

    For what it’s worth, JonBenet’s father, John Ramsey, also recently responded to the viral conspiracy theory, telling TMZ there is “absolutely no truth to it.”

    Epstein, Maxwell linked to Madeleine McCann? FALSE

    Just as the story of JonBenet has fascinated the masses for years, so has the story of Madeleine McCann, a young British girl who went missing at the age of 3 while on vacation with her parents in Portugal in 2007.

    Now, there are a number of viral videos on TikTok and Instagram highlighting the resemblance between a person of interest seen in a composite sketch and Maxwell.

    That sketch of a person of interest is real. Private detectives working for McCann’s parents released a sketch on Aug. 6, 2009, showing a woman they believed may have information about their child’s disappearance. The sketch depicts a woman who was seen by two British men in Barcelona three days after McCann went missing on May 3.

    But a photo of Maxwell from May 2007, the month McCann disappeared, shows Maxwell had longer hair than the sketch. And a review of several other photos of Maxwell throughout 2007 shows her hairstyle remained consistently longer than the sketch.

    Then there’s something else in the files that creators are pointing to as further evidence of this theory. A U.K. resident submitted an online tip to the FBI regarding an alleged sighting of Maxwell with McCann in September 2009. And yes, that is really in the files. But it’s a tip, not a confirmed sighting. The DOJ has noted that the released files “may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos, as everything that was sent to the FBI by the public was included…”

    Lastly, people are sharing this surveillance footage purporting to show a woman walking with McCann down a street shortly after her disappearance. In one angle, the woman appears to be wearing a head covering. At other times, she appears to resemble Ghislaine Maxwell. While the video is real, there is no concrete evidence that it shows either Maxwell or McCann.

    So, the CBS News Confirmed team deems this theory false as well.

    A lookalike swapped for Ghislaine Maxwell? FALSE

    After Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition in February, people started pointing to perceived discrepancies in her facial features and voice to support a conspiracy theory that the woman we saw in the deposition was not, in fact, Ghislaine Maxwell, but a lookalike that had been swapped in for her.

    Comparing images of Maxwell from 2015, 2016 and 2020 to the 2026 deposition footage, CBS News identified numerous similarities in her facial features. Photos throughout the years show Maxwell’s dark thin eyebrows, slightly protruding ears and thin lips that have a distinct shape when at rest. Maxwell’s hair also has a rounded shape with a defined indent in the 2026 deposition and also in images of her from 2015.

    Some users claimed Maxwell’s voice sounded different in her 2026 deposition when compared to other videos of her speaking. Videos released in the DOJ files show she spoke with a softer tone in clips that appear to be from depositions in 2015 and 2016.

    Maxwell has been jailed since her July 2020 arrest. She was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

    Her attorney David Oscar Markus confirmed it was Maxwell who attended the deposition.

    “Yes, that was Ghislaine in the House Oversight photo. Sigh. Jail is crushing and remember she was in torturous conditions — including sleep deprivation — back in New York. There are a lot of conspiracy theories out there but this one might be in the hall of fame,” Markus told CBS News.

    Maxwell’s siblings have consistently posted about their sister’s imprisonment. And the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ inmates database lists Maxwell.

    Comparison of facial features in photos of Ghislaine Maxwell from 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2026. U.S. Department of Justice; Getty Images

    A few days later, a new AI-generated video of Ghislaine Maxwell started circulating — this one purporting to show her standing on a street in Canada, with gray hair but her recognizable facial features. When investigated, we determined that it’s an AI face swap. And when reached for comment, the video’s creator confirmed, saying: “Never meant for it to escalate the way it did! My intent was to make satire content but people reuploaded and interpreted the video without checking with me first, purposefully misleading people for engagement.”

    Epstein tortured girl with a magnifying glass? FALSE

    Users have claimed that an old video clip shows Epstein torturing a young girl with a magnifying glass. They share a screenshot showing that a caller reported to the FBI a viral video of what he said appeared to be Epstein torturing a young woman.

    But this video has been debunked. It’s actually a clip from the adult film “Drea Morgan Stakeout Under Glass” starring Drea Morgan and a male actor, named Lew Rubens, who bears some resemblance to Epstein. But it is not, in fact, Epstein.

    Epstein orchestrated COVID-19 pandemic? FALSE

    Social media users have claimed an email with the subject line “Preparing for pandemics” is evidence that Epstein planned the COVID-19 pandemic. The email was forwarded to Epstein in 2015 and an attachment on the email indicates it was related to a meeting in Geneva about pandemics.

    Users claiming that Epstein orchestrated the pandemic pointed to Epstein’s ties to Bill Gates, who has been the subject of conspiracy theories related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gates Foundation — which works to reduce disease and poverty around the world — has been one of the World Health Organization’s primary donors to and also funded BioNTech, which helped develop the first COVID-19 vaccine.

    There is no evidence Epstein had prior knowledge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global discussions about pandemic preparedness are not abnormal and are not exclusively related to COVID-19.

    We’ve even found posts alleging that Jeffrey Epstein’s DNA was somehow in the COVID shots. But there’s no evidence of that.

    Social media users have purported that Epstein conspired with people who developed COVID vaccinations to utilize it as a “delivery system with some of his own DNA”.

    Some users who posted about the rumor later said they did not say it as fact.

    Maxwell tied to 9/11 attacks? FALSE

    Users are sharing emails sent to Maxwell days after Sept. 11, 2001, as evidence that she had ties to the attacks.

    One email sent on Sept. 18, 2001, asks, “Where is the real pilot?” without further context. A separate document released by the DOJ shows additional emails sent on the same chain, which discusses Maxwell landing in Santa Monica, California, on a helicopter.

    A second email from the author Edward Jay Epstein, dated January 2003, invites Maxwell to the “Shadow Commission on 9/11”, which she declines. An August 2001 archive for the website “http://vvww.edwardjayepstein.com/pieces.htm” linked in the email shows what appears to be a portfolio website for Edward Epstein. A February 2003 archive, which is the closest version available from the date the email was sent, shows a list of priorities for the “Shadow Commission on 9-11-2001” to investigate issues including government and security failures.

    Edward Epstein, who died in 2024, was an investigative journalist and author known for his research on similarly high-profile topics like John F. Kennedy’s assassination, which is referenced in the “Who killed JFK?” tab on his website. He also had contacts with Jeffrey Epstein over the years. The New York Times reports they were not related.

    Epstein accessed millions of school photos? FALSE

    After the latest batch of Epstein files was released by the DOJ, creators started pointing to Epstein’s relationship with billionaire investor Leon Black to fuel rumors that Lifetouch — a company that takes millions of kids’ school photos — used those school photos as a “shopping catalog” for pedophiles. Some school districts actually started canceling picture day because of it.

    Leon Black is the former CEO of Apollo Global Management, which acquired Lifetouch’s parent company Shutterfly in 2019.

    Lifetouch Group CEO Ken Murphy issued a statement saying that the images of school photos Lifetouch takes are “safeguarded for families and schools, only, with no exceptions. Lifetouch does not — and has never provided — images to any third party.”

    Furthermore, Murphy said that neither Apollo Global Management nor its funds are involved in operations at Lifetouch, and no one employed by Apollo has had access to any images.

    Epstein got Kuru disease from cannibalism? FALSE

    Another outlandish theory circulating on social media is the claim that Epstein was a cannibal and that videos in the files prove he got Kuru disease because of it.

    The main piece of evidence people highlight to support this theory are two videos in which you can see that parts of Epstein’s face are swollen.

    While these videos of Epstein are real files released by the DOJ, there is no evidence to support the conclusion that his physical symptoms here are a result of Kuru disease.

    Kuru disease is fatally transmitted through ritualistic cannibalism, with death occurring within one to two years of the onset of symptoms, according to the NIH.

    Users have shared an email excerpt where Epstein says, “not food —people.” A separate document shows the complete context of the email chain where Epstein was speaking figuratively, referring to the difficult people he had to deal with.

    Lastly, this claim has been repeated in multiple TikTok videos that include AI-generated audio and follow the same script — in some cases, stealing the likenesses and voices of actual creators to repeat it. When you see videos with the exact same script word-for-word, that could either mean that one creator is simply ripping off another. Or it can be a sign of AI.

    Either way, there’s simply no evidence to suggest that there’s any truth to this theory.

    “They ate humans” video tied to Epstein? FALSE

    An old video of a woman shouting in Spanish has been circulating online alongside claims that it shows a Mexican model who supposedly fled one of Epstein’s parties, screaming that Epstein and his guests were eating people.

    The footage is actually from an incident that happened in Monterrey, Mexico, in August 2009, according to coverage by Spanish news outlet Info7. The video shows a woman, identified as Gabriela Rico Jimenez, shouting outside a hotel: “They ate humans.” Info7 posted a Facebook video on Feb. 6 revisiting their past coverage of the woman.

    While the incident did happen outside a hotel in Monterrey, the woman does not mention Epstein’s name in the footage and there’s no evidence the video is related to Epstein.

  • 美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥周五将伊朗指定为”错误拘留行为国家赞助者”，呼吁在伊朗的美国人”立即离开”


    • 马尔科·卢比奥在新闻声明中写道：”47年前伊朗政权掌权时，阿亚图拉·霍梅尼通过支持劫持美国使馆人员巩固了其权力。几十年来，伊朗一直残忍地拘留无辜的美国人以及其他国家公民，将他们作为对抗其他国家的政治筹码。这种令人憎恶的做法必须结束。”
    • 他补充道：”[唐纳德·特朗普]总统去年秋天发布了《保护美国公民免受海外错误拘留》行政令，国会随后颁布了《2025年反错误拘留法》，授权国务院将伊朗指定为错误拘留行为国家赞助者。”
    • 卢比奥表示，如果伊朗不停手，美国将被迫考虑”额外措施”，包括可能对使用美国护照前往、途经或从伊朗出发实施地理旅行限制。
    • 美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥周五要求在伊朗的美国人”立即离开”。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
    • 卢比奥写道：”伊朗政权必须停止劫持人质并释放所有被错误拘留的美国人，这些步骤可能会结束这一指定及相关行动。我们鼓励伊朗这样做。任何美国人都不应因任何原因前往伊朗。我们再次呼吁目前在伊朗的美国人立即离开。”
    • 卢比奥发表上述言论之际，美伊正进行间接核谈判，双边紧张局势持续升级。
    • 特朗普上周向伊朗发出大约10至15天的最后期限，要求达成协议，并在国情咨文演讲中警告称，达成协议的紧迫性已得到武力支持。

    [特朗普称伊朗”正认真与美谈判”，美军舰正驶向中东]

    • 2025年6月24日，在以色列与伊朗宣布停火后，一名警察站岗，示威者在德黑兰举行集会纪念伊朗军队。（马吉德·赛义迪/盖蒂图片社）
    • 特朗普周五告诉记者，他对伊朗的谈判方式”不满意”，但表示尚未就[潜在军事打击]做出最终决定。
    • 福克斯新闻报道，11架[美国空军F-22″猛禽”]隐形战斗机最近抵达以色列南部的奥夫达空军基地，这是美国作战飞机首次在以色列进行实战部署。
    • 当被问及决策可能有多紧迫时，特朗普告诉一名记者：”我宁愿不告诉你，否则你会获得历史上最大的独家新闻，对吧？”

    [点击此处下载福克斯新闻应用]

    • 总统指出，[中东]长期冲突”始终存在风险”。
    • 特朗普说：”我想你可以说，风险始终存在。你知道，只要有战争，任何事情都有好坏两面的风险。”

    这是一则正在更新的新闻，请随时查看最新进展。

    福克斯新闻的埃弗拉特·拉赫特、彼得·杜西和摩根·菲利普斯，以及福克斯新闻数字频道的瑞秋·沃尔夫对本报道有贡献。

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday designated Iran as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention, calling for Americans currently in Iran to “leave immediately.”

    “When the Iranian regime seized power 47 years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini consolidated his control of power by endorsing the hostage taking of U.S. embassy staff,” Rubio wrote in a news statement. “For decades, Iran has continued to cruelly detain innocent Americans, as well as citizens of other nations, to use as political leverage against other states. This abhorrent practice must end.”

    “[President [Donald] Trump] issued an Executive Order to Protect U.S. Nationals from Wrongful Detention Abroad last fall and Congress subsequently enacted the Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2025, authorizing the Department to designate Iran as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention,” he added.

    Rubio said if Iran does not stop, the U.S. will be forced to consider “additional measures,” including a potential geographic travel restriction on the use of U.S. passports [to, through, or from Iran].

    U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Friday, asked for Americans currently in Iran “to leave immediately.”(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

    “The Iranian regime must stop taking hostages and release all Americans unjustly detained in Iran, steps that could end this designation and associated actions. We encourage it to do so,” Rubio wrote. “No American should travel to Iran for any reason. We reiterate our call for Americans who are currently in Iran to leave immediately.”

    Rubio’s comments came amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran as they take part in indirect nuclear negotiations.

    Trump last week [gave Iran]roughly 10 to 15 days to reach an agreement, warning during his State of the Union address that the urgency to make a deal was backed by force.

    [TRUMP SAYS IRAN ‘SERIOUSLY TALKING TO US’ AS MILITARY SHIPS HEAD TO MIDDLE EAST]

    A police officer stands guard as demonstrators wave flags and cheer during a gathering to honor Iran’s military forces, following the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, on June 24, 2025 in Tehran, Iran.(Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

    Trump told reporters on Friday that he is “not happy” with the way Iran is negotiating, but said he has not yet made a final decision on [potential military strikes].

    Eleven [U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor] stealth fighters recently arrived at Israel’s Ovda Air Base in the country’s south, Fox News reported, marking the first-ever operational deployment of American combat aircraft to Israel.

    When asked how close a decision may be, Trump told a reporter, “I’d rather not tell you, you would have the greatest scoop in history, right?”

    [CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP]

    The president noted that there is “always a risk” of long-term conflict in the [Middle East].

    “I guess you could say there’s always a risk,” Trump said. “You know, when there’s war, there’s a risk in anything both good and bad.”

    This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

    Fox News’ Efrat Lachter, Peter Doocy and Morgan Phillips, along with Fox News Digital’s Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.

  • 阿曼外长：伊朗同意不储存浓缩铀


    2026年2月28日 07:54 / 联合早报

    Image 16: 2月6日，阿曼外长巴德尔（右）在阿曼首都马斯喀特，与到访的伊朗外长阿拉格齐（左）会面。 （路透社）

    2月6日，阿曼外长巴德尔（右）在阿曼首都马斯喀特，与到访的伊朗外长阿拉格齐（左）会面。 （路透社）

    担任伊朗核谈判协调方的阿曼外交部长巴德尔说，伊朗已同意不拥有“可制造核弹的核材料”。他相信所有问题可以在三个月内“友好且全面地”得到解决。

    法新社报道，巴德尔星期五（2月27日）在华盛顿接受美国哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）的访问时说，伊朗在与美国的谈判中同意不储存浓缩铀，他称这是一项“突破”。

    巴德尔说：“如果最终目标是确保伊朗永远无法拥有核武器，我认为我们通过这些谈判已经解决这个问题，我们达成了一项前所未有的重大突破。”

    他说：“这是一个全新的局面。关于浓缩铀的争论变得不那么重要了，因为现在我们讨论的是（浓缩铀）零储备。”

    巴德尔称伊朗将无法储存浓缩铀，而且会接受核查。伊朗还将把目前的浓缩铀库存削减到“尽可能低的水平”，以便把它转化为燃料，而这种燃料转化是不可逆的。

    美国总统特朗普当天向媒体表示“不满意”伊朗核谈判进展，他还说“有时候不得不动用武力”。但特朗普过后又在社媒贴文称，他“宁愿以和平方式解决问题”。

    阿曼外长：伊朗同意不储存浓缩铀

    2026年2月28日 07:54 / 联合早报

    Image 16: 2月6日，阿曼外长巴德尔（右）在阿曼首都马斯喀特，与到访的伊朗外长阿拉格齐（左）会面。 （路透社）

    2月6日，阿曼外长巴德尔（右）在阿曼首都马斯喀特，与到访的伊朗外长阿拉格齐（左）会面。 （路透社）

    担任伊朗核谈判协调方的阿曼外交部长巴德尔说，伊朗已同意不拥有“可制造核弹的核材料”。他相信所有问题可以在三个月内“友好且全面地”得到解决。

    法新社报道，巴德尔星期五（2月27日）在华盛顿接受美国哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）的访问时说，伊朗在与美国的谈判中同意不储存浓缩铀，他称这是一项“突破”。

    巴德尔说：“如果最终目标是确保伊朗永远无法拥有核武器，我认为我们通过这些谈判已经解决这个问题，我们达成了一项前所未有的重大突破。”

    他说：“这是一个全新的局面。关于浓缩铀的争论变得不那么重要了，因为现在我们讨论的是（浓缩铀）零储备。”

    巴德尔称伊朗将无法储存浓缩铀，而且会接受核查。伊朗还将把目前的浓缩铀库存削减到“尽可能低的水平”，以便把它转化为燃料，而这种燃料转化是不可逆的。

    美国总统特朗普当天向媒体表示“不满意”伊朗核谈判进展，他还说“有时候不得不动用武力”。但特朗普过后又在社媒贴文称，他“宁愿以和平方式解决问题”。

  • 卡玛拉·哈里斯支持得克萨斯州参议院民主党初选中的贾丝明·克罗克特


    2分钟阅读 | 作者：阿莱特·塞恩斯 | 更新于2026年2月27日下午4:04（美国东部时间） | 发布于2026年2月27日下午3:56（美国东部时间）

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    前美国副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯录制了一条自动语音电话，鼓励选民在得克萨斯州参议院民主党初选中支持众议员贾丝明·克罗克特，一位知情人士向CNN透露。

    “我是卡玛拉·哈里斯，我致电是想请你在今天，也就是2月27日星期五，或者选举日3月3日星期二，投票支持我的朋友贾丝明·克罗克特。”哈里斯在与CNN分享的其中一个电话录音中说道。

    “得克萨斯州有机会将像贾丝明·克罗克特这样的斗士送入美国参议院。贾丝明拥有让唐纳德·特朗普及其亿万富翁亲信承担责任的经验和记录，”她补充道，“现在是时候让得克萨斯州变蓝了。”

    这位前副总统录制了类似的自动语音电话，该电话将于周二发布。

    哈里斯决定介入此次民主党初选之际，克罗克特正与州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉利科展开日益激烈且充满争议的角逐。

    《得克萨斯论坛报》率先报道了哈里斯支持克罗克特的自动语音电话。

    克罗克特曾是哈里斯2024年总统竞选活动的联合主席，她是哈里斯的朋友和长期指导对象。据知情人士透露，这位国会议员在2024年民主党全国代表大会上发言支持哈里斯，并在去年12月启动参议院竞选前向这位前副总统寻求建议。

    哈里斯的团队与克罗克特的竞选团队讨论了这位前副总统如何在竞选最后阶段提供帮助，该消息人士表示。

    哈里斯并未对许多民主党竞选活动表态，但一旦她表态，通常是支持与她有个人联系的候选人。

    2025年，哈里斯支持新奥尔良市长海伦娜·莫雷诺的竞选活动。莫雷诺曾担任哈里斯2019年首次总统竞选活动的联合主席。哈里斯还支持了她担任副总统期间的白宫助手丹·科，在他竞选马萨诸塞州第6国会选区议员时给予背书。

    在2024年民主党全国委员会（DNC）会议上，克罗克特谈到了哈里斯在她刚进入国会时给予的建议，她说：“当我第一次进入国会时，我不确定自己做了正确的决定。”

    “她一眼就看穿了我。她看到了我的痛苦。我立刻哭了起来，”克罗克特说，“而这位世界上最有权势的女性擦去我的眼泪并倾听我的心声。然后她说，除其他事情外，‘你正是上帝希望你在的地方。’”

    哈里斯在她的回忆录中写到了克罗克特，称她是党内“她想要帮助的年轻人才”之一。

    Kamala Harris is backing Jasmine Crockett in Texas’ Senate Democratic primary

    2 min read | By Arlette Saenz | Updated Feb 27, 2026, 4:04 PM ET | PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2026, 3:56 PM ET

    Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, on September 29, 2025.

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    Former Vice President Kamala Harris recorded a robocall encouraging voters to support Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for Senate in Texas, a source familiar with the matter said.

    “This is Kamala Harris, and I’m calling to encourage you to please go vote for my friend Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary today, Friday, February 27, or on Election Day, Tuesday, March 3,” Harris said in one of the calls shared with CNN.

    “Texas has the chance to send a fighter like Jasmine Crockett to the United States Senate. Jasmine has the experience and record to hold Donald Trump and his billionaire cronies accountable,” she added. “It’s time to turn Texas blue.”

    The former vice president taped a similar robocall to be released on Tuesday.

    Harris’ decision to wade into the Democratic primary comes as Crockett is engaged in an increasingly heated and contentious race against state Rep. James Talarico.

    The Texas Tribune was first to report on Harris’ robocalls in support of Crockett.

    Crockett, who was a co-chair of Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign, is a friend and longtime mentee of Harris. The congresswoman spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in support of Harris, and sought advice from the former vice president before launching her Senate campaign in December, a source familiar with the matter said.

    Harris’ team spoke with the congresswoman’s campaign about how the former vice president could be helpful in the final stretch of the campaign, the source said.

    Harris has not weighed in on many Democratic contests, but when she has, it has been for candidates with whom she shares personal connections.

    Harris backed New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno in her campaign in 2025. Moreno served as a co-chair of Harris’ first presidential campaign in 2019. Harris has also endorsed Dan Koh, a White House aide during her time as vice president, in his run for Congress in Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District.

    At the DNC in 2024, Crockett spoke of how Harris counseled her when she arrived in Congress, saying “When I first got to Congress, I wasn’t sure I made the right decision.”

    “She saw right through me. She saw the distress. I immediately began crying,” Crockett said. “And the most powerful woman in the world wiped my tears and listened. She then said, among other things, ‘You are exactly where God wants you.’”

    Harris wrote about Crockett in her memoir, saying she was among the “younger talents” in the party she wanted to help.

  • 美国指控明尼苏达州教堂反移民执法抗议活动中另有30人


    2026年2月27日 18:43 UTC / 路透社

    2月27日（路透社）- 美国司法部周五指控另有30人涉嫌上个月扰乱明尼苏达州一场教堂礼拜活动，以抗议特朗普政府的移民执法行动。

    此次起诉书大幅扩大了此前已包含前CNN主播唐·莱蒙在内的刑事案件范围，最初被指控的九人中包括莱蒙。所有39名被告均被控共谋侵犯宗教礼拜权以及违反禁止阻碍进入宗教场所的法律。

    “在我的指示下，联邦特工已逮捕其中25人，全天还将有更多人被捕。”美国司法部长帕姆·邦迪在社交媒体上表示。”你们不能攻击宗教场所。 如果你们这样做，就无法逃脱我们的追捕——我们会找到你们，逮捕你们，并对你们提起诉讼。”

    莱蒙和其他几名此前被指控者已 pleaded not guilty（认罪不答辩）。如今作为独立记者的莱蒙对此次示威活动进行了直播，他辩称这些指控侵犯了他根据美国宪法第一修正案所享有的新闻自由权利。莱蒙和其他被告称他们因反对特朗普政府的移民政策而成为目标。

    1月18日，圣保罗市城市教堂（Cities Church）的抗议活动引起广泛关注，当时特朗普政府向该地区部署了大量联邦特工进行移民打击行动，这引发了抗议活动，并导致两名美国公民被移民特工杀害。

    抗议组织者表示，他们选择该教堂是因为认为那里的一位高级牧师是美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）的官员。

    司法部在联邦法官最初拒绝签署对几名被告的逮捕令后，仍积极推进对参与示威活动人员的指控。起诉书指控示威者组织了一场”协调一致的接管式袭击”教堂。

    视频片段显示，示威者通过呼喊反ICE口号并与部分会众对峙来打断礼拜活动，导致许多人逃离。

    报道：安德鲁·古德斯沃德（Andrew Goudsward）、巴格瓦·阿查亚（Bhargav Acharya）；撰写：安德鲁·古德斯沃德、克里斯蒂安·马丁内斯（Christian Martinez）；编辑：罗德·尼科尔（Rod Nickel）

    说明： 原文中”pleaded not guilty”根据中文法律术语习惯调整为”已认罪不答辩”（注：此处应为” pleaded not guilty”标准译法为”不认罪”，为符合新闻准确性现修正为”已表示不认罪”）

    US charges 30 more in anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church

    February 27, 2026 6:43 PM UTC / Reuters

    Feb 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Friday charged 30 more people accused of disrupting a Minnesota church service last month in protest of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation.

    The indictment vastly increases the scope of a criminal case that already included former CNN anchor Don Lemon, one of nine people initially charged. All 39 defendants are charged with conspiracy against the right of religious worship and violating a law that forbids obstructing access to houses of worship.

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    “At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on social media. “YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. If you do so, you cannot hide from us — we will find you, arrest you, and prosecute you.”

    Lemon and several others previously charged have pleaded not guilty. Lemon, now an independent journalist who livestreamed the demonstration, has argued the charges violate his free press rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Lemon and other defendants have argued they are being targeted for opposing the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

    The January 18 protest at Cities Church in St. Paul drew widespread attention as the Trump administration deployed large numbers of federal agents to the region in an immigration crackdown that spurred protests and led to the killing of two U.S. citizens by immigration agents.

    Protest organizers have said they picked the church because they believed a senior pastor there was an official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

    The Justice Department has moved aggressively to charge people involved with the demonstration, even after a federal judge initially declined to sign off on the arrests of several defendants. The indictment accuses the demonstrators of organizing a “coordinated takeover-style attack” on the church.

    Video footage showed demonstrators interrupting the service by shouting anti-ICE slogans and confronting some congregants, prompting many to flee.

    Reporting by Andrew Goudsward and Bhargav Acharya, Writing by Andrew Goudsward and Christian Martinez; Editing by Rod Nickel

  • 苏西·怀尔斯律师否认同意FBI录音，称此类“特技行为”会让他失去律师执照


    发布于2026年2月27日 美国东部时间上午11:16

    据报道，2023年担任白宫办公厅主任苏西·怀尔斯（Susie Wiles）律师的人士正在驳斥有关他同意让拜登政府时期的联邦调查局（FBI）在未经其客户知情的情况下录制与她的通话的指控。

    “如果我曾经做过这样的‘特技’，我就不会——而且也不应该——拥有执业律师执照，”这位身份未透露的律师向Axios表示，“我和苏西一样感到震惊。”

    这一否认声明发布之际，随着特别检察官杰克·史密斯（Jack Smith）在唐纳德·特朗普总统2024年连任竞选前夕调查与特朗普相关的案件，联邦调查局（FBI）使用传票和调查工具的行为受到了越来越多的审查。

    路透社周三首次披露了这些传票，报道称拜登政府的FBI在2022年和2023年（当时两人均为平民）传票传唤了怀尔斯和现任FBI局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）的电话记录。史密斯正在调查特朗普试图推翻2020年选举以及他在佛罗里达州海湖庄园（Mar-a-Lago）处理机密文件的指控。

    福克斯新闻数字频道此前了解到，至少有10名FBI员工因此事于周三被解雇。

    在这些披露中，两名FBI官员表示，FBI特工在2023年录制了怀尔斯与其律师之间的通话。官员们声称，怀尔斯的律师知晓通话正在被录制并表示同意，但怀尔斯本人并未被告知。

    据Axios记者马克·卡普托（Marc Caputo）报道，这位姓名尚未公开的律师驳斥称，他“明确否认允许其客户被FBI录音”。

    卡普托在X平台上写道，据报道怀尔斯“相信他，并认为拜登政府时期的FBI可能在此事上撒了谎”。

    福克斯新闻数字频道联系了白宫和怀尔斯寻求置评，但尚未立即收到回复。福克斯新闻数字频道周五上午也联系了FBI寻求置评。

    这一报道引发了保守派和特朗普盟友支持这位身份未透露的律师，并对整个案件表示质疑。

    “我认识这位资深律师……我相信他——这是对每个美国人依法享有的基本宪法权利的侵犯。我们需要问责，需要采取行动，”特朗普2024年竞选经理克里斯·拉西维塔（Chris LaCivita）在X平台上发文称。

    “拜登政府的FBI在与苏西·怀尔斯通话时窃听了其律师，该律师称他不知道此事发生，”OutKick创始人克莱·特拉维斯（Clay Travis）在X平台上发文称，“这是一个重大新闻。拜登的FBI在2024年竞选期间监视了特朗普的竞选经理。”

    据报道，怀尔斯对传票消息感到震惊，Axios报道称她周四告诉同事：“我感到震惊。”

    帕特尔周三也发表了类似的声明。

    “此前FBI领导层以站不住脚的借口秘密传票传唤了我自己的电话记录——以及现任白宫办公厅主任苏西·怀尔斯的电话记录——并将整个过程掩埋在禁止查阅的案件档案中，目的是逃避所有监督，这是令人发指和极度令人担忧的，”他在福克斯新闻数字频道获得的一份声明中表示。

    Susie Wiles’ lawyer denies approving FBI recording, says he’d lose license over ‘stunt’

    Published February 27, 2026 11:16am EST

    White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ attorney in 2023 is disputing claims that he agreed to let the Biden-era FBI record a call with his client without her knowledge, according to a report.

    “If I ever pulled a stunt like that I wouldn’t – and shouldn’t – have a license to practice law,” the unidentified attorney said, according to Axios. “I’m as shocked as Susie.”

    The denial comes as scrutiny intensifies around the FBI’s use of subpoenas and investigative tools during special counsel Jack Smith’s Trump-related probes ahead of President Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election.

    Reuters first disclosed the subpoenas Wednesday, reporting that the Biden FBI subpoenaed Wiles’ and now-FBI Director Kash Patel’s phone records in 2022 and 2023, when both were private citizens. Smith was investigating claims Trump worked to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, resort.

    At least 10 FBI employees were fired Wednesday over the matter, Fox News Digital previously learned.

    Amid the revelations, two FBI officials said that FBI agents recorded a phone call between Wiles and her attorney in 2023. Wiles’ attorney was aware the call was being recorded and consented, but Wiles was not informed, the officials claimed.

    The lawyer, whose name has not been publicly released, pushed back that he “categorically denies he allowed his client to be recorded by the FBI,” according to Axios reporter Marc Caputo.

    Wiles reportedly “believes him & that the Biden-era FBI may have lied about it,” Caputo wrote on X.

    Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Wiles for comment, but did not immediately receive replies. Fox News Digital also reached out to the FBI for comment Friday morning.

    The report sparked conservatives and Trump allies to back the unidentified lawyer and balk at the case overall.

    “I know the long time lawyer ….and I believe him – This is a violation of basic constitutional rights every American by right – has. We need accountability and we need action,” Trump 2024 co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita posted to X.

    “So the lawyer Biden’s FBI eavesdropped on during a call with Susie Wiles said he had no idea it happened,” OutKick founder Clay Travis posted to X. “This is a huge story. Biden’s FBI spied on Trump’s campaign manager in the 2024 campaign.”

    Wiles was reportedly stunned by the news of the subpoenas, with Axios reporting that she told associates Thursday, “I am in shock.”

    Patel issued a similar statement on Wednesday.

    “It is outrageous and deeply alarming that the previous FBI leadership secretly subpoenaed my own phone records — along with those of now White House chief of staff Susie Wiles — using flimsy pretexts and burying the entire process in prohibited case files designed to evade all oversight,” he said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.

  • 特朗普提名的美联储主席候选人面临障碍，鲍威尔任期临近结束


    2026年2月27日 下午5:41 UTC / 路透社

    作者：安·萨菲尔

    [图片] 美国加利福尼亚州帕洛阿尔托斯坦福大学胡佛研究所的货币政策会议上，前美联储理事凯文·沃什发言。路透社/安·萨菲尔/档案照片

    • 摘要
    • 美国参议院将决定是否确认沃什为下一任美联储主席
    • 鲍威尔担任美联储主席的任期将于5月15日结束
    • 司法部对鲍威尔的调查使沃什的提名复杂化
    • 特朗普希望美联储主席能大幅降息

    2月27日（路透社）- 唐纳德·特朗普总统尚未正式提名凯文·沃什接替杰罗姆·鲍威尔担任美联储主席，这一延误虽然并非前所未闻，但也并不典型，并且在美联储面临政治压力担忧的迷雾中，为这一过程增添了不确定性。

    [图片] 显示2010年以来美联储理事提名宣布到向参议院提交正式文件之间天数的柱状图。

    特朗普在四周前提名了前美联储理事沃什。自2010年以来，只有两位美联储主席和央行理事会其他职位的候选人在白宫宣布提名与向参议院提交开启正式确认程序的文件之间，间隔超过了四周。

    沃什提名被延长的原因尚不清楚，尽管共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯承诺，只要司法部对鲍威尔关于美联储在华盛顿翻新大楼的国会证词的调查仍在进行，他就会阻止任何美联储提名。

    蒂利斯表示，这项调查是荒谬的，是特朗普政府的一种恐吓形式。特朗普政府毫不掩饰对鲍威尔未能按照其期望的速度和幅度降息的不满。

    预测公司LH Meyer的分析师德里克·唐表示：”沃什提名没有任何进展，这确实让我感到奇怪。” “白宫似乎没有更接近克服蒂利斯的阻挠：即除非鲍威尔调查结束，否则这位参议员不会让任何美联储提名人通过参议院银行委员会。”

    白宫发言人库什·德赛表示：”白宫继续与参议院合作，迅速确认凯文·沃什为我们的下一任美联储主席。” 他补充说，沃什”完全有资格恢复美联储决策的能力和信心”。

    美联储不受短期政治考虑的影响，以及能够无视特定总统偏好来设定利率，被广泛认为是其控制通胀和引导经济健康发展能力的核心要素。

    财政部长斯科特·贝森特表示，共和党控制的参议院银行委员会已同意，一旦沃什正式提名，就会推进确认听证会。该小组的共和党成员，包括蒂利斯，都表示认为沃什非常有资格，是该职位的合适人选。

    但如果没有蒂利斯的投票来推进沃什的提名以提交给参议院全体议员审议，该委员会微弱的共和党多数派没有权力推翻统一的民主党反对。

    沃什和美联储发言人拒绝置评。

    鲍威尔调查

    鲍威尔在1月份披露了司法部的调查，称这是特朗普政府”对美联储降息的威胁和持续压力”的一部分。

    《华尔街日报》周四报道称，央行已要求法官撤销调查中的政府传票。美联储拒绝对此报道置评。

    调查并不是特朗普长期以来希望安装一位支持降息的美联储主席以取代鲍威尔的唯一障碍。

    时钟滴答

    距离5月15日鲍威尔任期结束还有11周，这一时间比美联储现任大多数理事从提名到参议院确认所需的时间要短。

    这个时间并不十分紧迫，正如参议院去年秋天所示，当时他们在总统提名后不到两周就确认了时任特朗普经济顾问斯蒂芬·米伦担任美联储理事。

    但沃什确认程序的长期延误将使提名人——以及央行——陷入尴尬的不确定状态，因为时间正在向美联储6月16-17日会议逼近，这是讨论降息（即使不是实施）的最早预期时间。

    美联储的人事变动？

    预计特朗普将提名沃什填补目前由米伦担任的职位，米伦的任期已于1月31日到期，但他可能会在继任者被参议院确认前继续留任。这一调换将用一位降息支持者取代另一位，使得特朗普任命的成员在七人制美联储理事会中失去多数席位。

    总统正以史无前例的努力解雇美联储理事丽莎·库克，称其在抵押贷款申请中存在不实陈述。库克由前总统乔·拜登任命，否认有不当行为，并正在最高法院审理的案件中抗争被解雇。鲍威尔在1月份出席了口头辩论，称这是”美联储113年历史上最重要的法律案件”，因为其对央行独立性的影响。

    鲍威尔会留任吗？

    如果鲍威尔愿意，他至少可以留任到2028年1月31日担任美联储理事。他拒绝说明在其央行主席任期结束后是否会离开董事会，而他的几乎所有前任都这样做了。

    打破这一先例将是一个非凡的举动，将标志着鲍威尔对美联储继续独立于政府运作能力的深切担忧。

    这种担忧的原因包括：特朗普将支持降息作为他提名任何取代鲍威尔的人的明确条件，以及总统政府试图通过司法部调查等前所未有的手段向央行领导人施压。

    但留任几乎肯定会遭到特朗普政府和其他人的批评，被视为阻挠总统任命新美联储理事的党派行为。

    领导权问题

    即使鲍威尔继续担任理事，几乎毫无疑问，美联储的联邦公开市场委员会将遵守机构规范，并选举沃什领导政策制定小组。

    但这将使沃什面临艰巨的任务：说服分歧的委员会支持他希望的降息，同时还要应对与曾经担任他职位的人分享决策桌的复杂性。

    报道：安·萨菲尔；补充报道：大卫·摩根和安德里亚·沙拉尔；编辑：安娜·德莱弗和保罗·西马奥

    Trump’s Fed chief nominee faces hurdles as clock ticks on Powell’s term

    February 27, 2026 5:41 PM UTC / Reuters

    By Ann Saphir

    节点运行失败

    Former U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh speaks during a monetary policy conference at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in Palo Alto, California, U.S. May 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/File Photo

    • Summary
    • US Senate will decide whether to confirm Warsh as next Fed chief
    • Powell’s term as head of US central bank ends on May 15
    • Department of Justice investigation into Powell complicates Warsh nomination
    • Trump wants a Fed chief who will deliver big interest rate cuts

    Feb 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has yet to formally nominate Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as head of the Federal Reserve, a delay that while not unprecedented is also not typical and adds to uncertainty in a process clouded by concerns about political pressure on the U.S. central bank.

    节点运行失败

    A bar chart showing the number of days between nomination announcement and official nomination to the senate of the Fed’s governors since 2010.

    Trump named Warsh, a former Fed governor, as his nominee four weeks ago. Since 2010 only two nominees for the Fed chief job and other seats on the central bank’s Board of Governors have experienced a gap longer than four weeks between the White House announcement and the filing of paperwork to the Senate that kicks off the official confirmation process.

    The reason for the extended wait in Warsh’s case is unclear, though Republican Senator Thom Tillis has promised to block any Fed nomination as long as a Department of Justice investigation into Powell regarding his testimony to Congress about central bank building renovations in Washington remains open.

    Tillis says the probe is frivolous and a form of intimidation by the Trump administration, which has made no secret of its frustration with Powell for not cutting interest rates as quickly or deeply as it would like.

    “It does strike me as odd that there’s been no forward movement on the Warsh nomination,” said Derek Tang, an analyst with forecasting firm LH Meyer. “The White House seems no closer to overcoming the Tillis block: that the senator won’t let any nominee for the Fed get past the Senate Banking Committee unless and until the Powell probe goes away.”

    “The White House continues to work with the Senate to swiftly confirm Kevin Warsh as our next Federal Reserve chairman,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said, adding that Warsh is “eminently qualified to restore competence and confidence in Fed decision-making.”

    The Fed’s insulation from short-term political considerations and the ability to set interest rates without regard to the preferences of a given president is widely considered essential to its ability to keep inflation under control and steer the economy to a healthy footing.

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the Republican-controlled Senate Banking Committee has agreed to move forward with a confirmation hearing once Warsh is formally nominated. The panel’s Republican members, including Tillis, have said they see Warsh as well qualified and a good pick for the job.

    But without Tillis’ vote to advance Warsh’s nomination to consideration by the full Senate, the committee’s slim Republican majority does not have the power to override unified Democratic opposition.

    Warsh and Fed spokespersons declined to comment.

    THE POWELL PROBE

    Powell disclosed the DOJ’s probe in January, describing it as part of the Trump administration’s “threats and ongoing pressure” on the Fed to cut rates.

    The central bank has asked a judge to quash the government’s subpoenas in the probe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The Fed declined to comment on the report.

    The probe is not the only hurdle to Trump’s long-held goal of installing a rate-cut-friendly Fed chief in place of Powell.

    TICKING CLOCK

    The 11 weeks until the end of Powell’s term on May 15 is less time than it took for most of the Fed’s current governors to go from their nominations to Senate confirmation.

    The timing is by no means overly tight, as the Senate showed last fall when it moved to confirm then-Trump economic adviser Stephen Miran as a Fed governor less than two weeks after the president nominated him.

    But a long delay on the Warsh confirmation would leave the nominee – and the central bank – in uncomfortable limbo as the clock ticks toward the central bank’s June 16-17 meeting, the earliest expected time for a serious debate on, if not delivery of, a rate cut.

    MUSICAL CHAIRS AT THE FED?

    Trump is expected to nominate Warsh to fill a seat currently occupied by Miran, whose term expired on January 31 but who may remain in his role until his successor is confirmed by the Senate. The switch would replace one rate-cut advocate with another, leaving Trump-appointees one seat short of a majority on the seven-member Fed board.

    The president has made an unprecedented effort to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook for what he says were misrepresentations on her mortgage applications. Cook, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, denies wrongdoing and is fighting her removal in a case that is before the Supreme Court. Powell attended oral arguments in January, calling it “the most important ⁠legal case in the Fed’s ‍113-year history” because of its implications for the central bank’s independence.

    COULD POWELL STAY PUT?

    Powell could, if he chooses, stay on as a Fed governor at least until January 31, 2028. He has declined to say if he will leave the board when his term as head of the central bank ends, as nearly all his predecessors have done.

    Bucking that precedent would be an extraordinary move that would signal Powell’s abiding concern about the Fed’s ability to continue to operate independently from the administration.

    Reasons for such concern range from the fact that Trump made support for rate cuts an explicit condition for anyone he nominated to replace Powell, and the unprecedented means by which the president’s administration has sought to pressure central bank leaders, including through the DOJ probe.

    But staying on would almost certainly draw criticism from the Trump administration and others as a partisan bid to thwart the president’s prerogative to name a new Fed governor.

    LEADERSHIP QUESTIONS

    Even if Powell did remain as a governor, there’s little doubt that the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee would stick with institutional norms and elect Warsh to lead the policy-setting panel.

    But it would leave Warsh, who already faces the daunting task of convincing a divided committee to support the rate cuts he says he wants – contending with the complications of sharing the policymaking table with the person who used to have his job.

    Reporting by Ann Saphir; Additional reporting by David Morgan and Andrea Shalal; Editing by Anna Driver and Paul Simao

  • 闪回：克林顿在爱泼斯坦案中接受证词 距”蓝裙子”丑闻恰好29年


    前总统2月27日的会面恰好是所谓与实习生莫妮卡·莱温斯基事件发生29年后，该事件导致其被弹劾

    作者：查尔斯·克雷茨
    福克斯新闻

    发布时间：2026年2月27日 美国东部时间下午12:24

    前总统比尔·克林顿周五就爱泼斯坦案接受证词，这一天距离他与实习生发生著名的”蓝裙子”事件恰好29年。

    1997年2月28日——也就是周六的29年前——克林顿据称在白宫与当时的实习生莫妮卡·莱温斯基发生了”蓝裙子”事件。

    独立检察官肯尼思·斯塔尔向国会提交的正式报告在”物证”部分列出了这一日期。

    斯塔尔致众议院的报告中写道：”物证最终证实总统与莱温斯基女士存在性关系。”

    “1998年7月28日，莱温斯基与独立检察官办公室达成豁免和合作协议后，交出了一条藏青色裙子，她说这是她1997年2月28日与总统发生性行为时所穿。”

    斯塔尔的报告称，当莱温斯基下次从衣柜里取出这条蓝裙子时，她”推测上面的污渍是总统的精液”。

    这一发现促使斯塔尔办公室要求克林顿提供血液样本，1998年8月3日，克林顿在一名联邦调查局探员和斯塔尔的一名律师在场的情况下，在白宫地图室向一名医生提供了样本。

    随后的两项检测得出结论：总统的DNA在裙子上被发现，且精液中的”基因标记”在78.7亿名白种男性中仅占1例。

    比尔和希拉里·克林顿面对民主党要求爱泼斯坦案作证的’意外’

    当克林顿就保拉·琼斯案接受证词时，他被问及是否与莱温斯基有过性接触，他予以否认。然而，2月28日的那次接触后来被斯塔尔用来指控克林顿在宣誓后撒谎。

    1998年1月26日，在一场不相关的新闻发布会上，克林顿公开否认了这一绯闻：

    “我想对美国人民说一件事：我要再说一遍。我没有和那个女人莱温斯基小姐发生性关系，”克林顿说。

    “我从未告诉任何人说谎。一次都没有。从来没有。这些指控是虚假的，我需要回去为美国人民工作。”

    克林顿后来遭到众议院弹劾，但参议院投票反对将其罢免。

    记者笔记：克林顿夫妇在数月违抗传票后要求公开爱泼斯坦文件听证会

    一幅描绘克林顿穿着莱温斯基的蓝裙子并摆出挑衅姿势的画作，被记录在司法部爱泼斯坦档案库的EFTA00000862页中。

    这幅画最初在2019年被报道是在爱泼斯坦曼哈顿联排别墅内拍摄的。它并非克林顿委托绘制，也不是白宫图像。克林顿本人也否认知晓这幅独特作品。

    同样在2月28日——这次是1989年——联邦当局实际上关闭了最终引发白水事件调查的金融公司。1989年2月28日，联邦当局将由克林顿盟友吉姆·麦克杜格尔拥有的麦迪逊担保储蓄贷款公司置于托管状态。该机构成为肯尼思·斯塔尔白水事件调查的开端，后来这一调查扩大到包括莱温斯基事件。在审查1994年开始的比尔和希拉里·克林顿与房地产交易的关联时（两人均被无罪释放），斯塔尔最终发现了总统与一名实习生的恋情以及随之而来的公开欺骗行为。

    导致克林顿1998年被弹劾的事件始于十多年前，斯塔尔调查了一个名为”白水庄园”的度假社区项目中的房地产交易，该项目涉及未来的第一夫妇及其有政治关系的朋友吉姆和苏珊·麦克杜格尔成立的一家公司。

    据《阿肯色百科全书》记载，克林顿夫妇和麦克杜格尔夫妇希望出售度假屋地块，但1979年利率升至近20%，让潜在买家望而却步。

    吉姆·麦克杜格尔最终控制了一家后来更名为麦迪逊担保储蓄贷款公司的农村银行。

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    斯塔尔最终调查了麦迪逊贷款是否与白水事件存在不当关联，以及麦克杜格尔的金融交易是否存在政治影响力。

    克林顿夫妇均接受了调查，但从未因银行或白水事件被起诉，而麦克杜格尔夫妇以及克林顿的州长继任者吉姆·盖伊·塔克州长则被起诉。

    克林顿基金会未立即回应置评请求。

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    Flashback: Clinton deposed in Epstein case nearly 29 years to the day after ‘blue dress’ scandal

    Former president’s February 27 sit-down comes exactly 29 years after alleged Monica Lewinsky encounter that led to impeachment

    By Charles Creitz
    Fox News

    Published February 27, 2026 12:24pm EST

    Former President Bill Clinton is sitting Friday for a deposition over the Epstein scandal nearly 29 years to the date of an infamous encounter with an intern that sparked a famous public denial.

    On February 28, 1997 — 29 years from Saturday — Clinton allegedly had his “blue dress” encounter with then-intern Monica Lewinsky at the White House.

    The official report from independent counsel Kenneth Starr to Congress lists the date in its section laying out “Physical Evidence.”

    “Physical evidence conclusively establishes that the president and Ms. Lewinsky had a sexual relationship,” the referral from Starr to the House of Representatives reads.

    “After reaching an immunity and cooperation agreement with the Office of the Independent Counsel on July 28, 1998, Ms. Lewinsky turned over a navy blue dress that she said she had worn during a sexual encounter with the President on February 28, 1997.”

    Starr’s report went on to say that when Lewinsky next pulled the blue dress from her closet she “surmised that the stains” then appearing on it “were the president’s semen.”

    That discovery led Starr’s office to request a blood sample from Clinton, which he provided to a physician in the White House Map Room on August 3, 1998, in the presence of an FBI agent and one of Starr’s attorneys.

    Two subsequent tests concluded the president’s DNA was found on the dress and that “genetic markers” on the semen were characteristic of 1 out of 7.87 trillion Caucasian males.

    BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON FACED ‘SURPRISE’ FROM DEMOCRATS CALLING FOR EPSTEIN TESTIMONY, SAYS REP COMER

    When Clinton was deposed in the Paula Jones matter, he was asked whether he had sexual contact with Lewinsky, which he denied. The February 28 encounter, however, was later used by Starr to argue that Clinton had lied under oath.

    Clinton publicly denied the affair at the end of an unrelated January 26, 1998, press conference:

    “I want to say one thing to the American people: I’m going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky,” Clinton said.

    “I never told anybody to lie. Not a single time. Never. These allegations are false, and I need to go back to work for the American people.”

    Clinton was later impeached by the House, but the Senate voted against removing him from office.

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: CLINTONS CALL FOR OPEN EPSTEIN FILES HEARING AFTER MONTHS OF DEFYING SUBPOENAS

    A painting depicting Clinton wearing Lewinsky’s blue dress and sitting in a provocative pose was recorded on page EFTA00000862 of the Justice Department’s Epstein Files cache.

    The painting was originally reported in 2019 to have been photographed inside Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse. It was not commissioned by Clinton and is not a White House image. Clinton himself also denied knowledge of the unique work.

    Also on February 28 — this time in 1989 — federal authorities effectively shut down the financial firm that ultimately led to the Whitewater investigation. On February 28, 1989, federal authorities placed Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan, owned by Clinton ally Jim McDougal, into conservatorship. The entity became the genesis of Kenneth Starr’s Whitewater investigation, which later expanded to include the Lewinsky matter. While scrutinizing Bill and Hillary Clinton’s connection to the real estate dealings beginning in 1994 — for which they were both exonerated — Starr ultimately uncovered a presidential affair with an intern and the public deceit that followed.

    What resulted in Clinton’s 1998 impeachment began more than a decade earlier, as Starr examined real estate transactions in a resort community project called Whitewater Estates in the Ozarks that involved a company formed by the future first couple and their politically-connected friends Jim and Susan McDougal.

    The Clintons and McDougals wanted to sell lots for vacation homes, but in 1979, interest rates rose to nearly 20%, leaving potential buyers wary, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.

    Jim McDougal eventually took control of a rural bank later renamed Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan.

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    Starr ultimately investigated whether loans from Madison were improperly connected to Whitewater, and whether or what political influence benefitted McDougals financial dealings.

    The Clintons were both investigated but never charged in connection with the bank or Whitewater, but the McDougals were, along with Clinton’s gubernatorial successor, Gov. Jim Guy Tucker.

    The Clinton Foundation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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  • 书籍节选：《别管那些快乐》马克·沙曼著


    2026年2月27日 / 美国东部时间下午2:57 / CBS新闻

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    以下是他的序言节选，他在其中讲述了自己准备与年轻时的偶像贝特·米德勒（这份崇拜后来发展为合作）一同登上奥斯卡舞台的经历，并不要错过3月1日在《CBS周日早晨》中特雷西·史密斯对马克·沙曼的采访！

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    2019年2月24日，我与贝特·米德勒在洛杉矶杜比剧院的舞台上，距离第91届奥斯卡颁奖典礼演出仅剩几分钟。幕布另一侧，坐着3400位好莱坞最有权势和成功的人士——还有全球约3000万观众通过电视观看直播。礼堂中的一位重要人物是斯科特·维特曼，我近五十年的歌词搭档，我们共同创作了奥斯卡提名歌曲《遗失物品的去处》——也就是我和贝特即将表演的歌曲。迪士尼刚刚发行《欢乐满人间2》仅两个月，这部电影为我赢得了第六和第七项奥斯卡提名，尽管我平静地坐在抛光黑色三角钢琴前，但我清楚地知道这一路走来有多艰难。

    几周前，奥斯卡提名公布的那个早晨，我和丈夫卢·米拉瓦尔坐在曼哈顿阁楼的沙发上，我们的金毛犬乔普斯无疑在纳闷，为什么我们8:30本该给它做早餐，却死死盯着电视。类似的场景也发生在斯科特和他的伴侣布赖恩位于南边六个街区的公寓里。《欢乐满人间2》虽然票房不错，但远未达到制片厂期望的十亿美元票房。斯科特和我为迪士尼经典作品的续集创作的歌曲感到自豪，但它们不可避免地被拿来与原版难忘的音乐比较——所以我们不确定提名公布的那天早上是否该抱有希望。

    幸运的是，奥斯卡眷顾了我们，我们的歌曲《遗失物品的去处》获得提名，我还获得了最佳配乐提名。我们都感到兴奋和欣慰，也许没有人比卢更甚，因为如果结果相反，他就得把我从地板上扶起来了。

    不过我常说，如果演艺界周二把你捧上神坛，周四就可能把你摔得粉身碎骨。果然，在两天的狂喜之后，当年奥斯卡颁奖典礼制片人宣布，五项提名歌曲中，只有两首——一首是《一个明星的诞生》中Lady Gaga和布莱德利·库珀的二重唱，另一首是《黑豹》中Kendrick Lamar和SZA的歌曲——将被表演。显然，他们希望用明星效应提高收视率，通过删减三首歌曲来缩短时长。但说剩下的歌曲不配演出，这不仅向公众传递了信息，更向尚未投票的奥斯卡选民传递了“它们地位不平等”的信息。这真是一记闷棍。

    然而，奥斯卡制片人没料到我是个“咬住骨头不松口”的人。首先，我组织了三位未被选中歌曲的创作者（包括我亲爱的、爱骂脏话的朋友黛安·沃伦）联名请愿，但无济于事。然后，我找到了当时担任迪士尼工作室主席的艾伦·霍恩，我认识他是因为他曾是罗伯·莱纳的制片搭档。由于迪士尼拥有奥斯卡转播的ABC电视台，我以为他能插手——但他粗暴地说：“船已启航，我无能为力。” 好吧，也许他无能为力，但我不会放弃。

    我曾因与伟大演员维克多·加博的友谊而与布莱德利·库珀见过几次面。当他和维克多拍摄《双面女间谍》时，曾去过我和斯科特（我近三十年的伴侣）当时的家，而且每次在其他演艺活动中遇到他，他都非常友好。我最近也和漫威电影宇宙的“至高智慧”凯文·费奇成了朋友。事实上，就在几周前的一次奥斯卡活动上（我们都在那里为提名拉票），有人拍了拍我的肩膀说：“凯文·费奇想和你聊聊。”

    “凯文·费奇想和我聊聊？”我惊讶地问。我很震惊，无法相信我的漫威迷丈夫没在我身边。原来，尽管你会觉得他已经很忙了，但他竟然也是个狂热的电影配乐爱好者。在他夸赞我作品的几分钟后，我问能否和他自拍一张发给卢。

    布莱德利和凯文不仅是好莱坞最友善的人，在那一刻，与他们结交变得异常有用。毕竟，布莱德利制作了《一个明星的诞生》，凯文制作了《黑豹》——这两部电影的奥斯卡提名歌曲都被学院选中表演。于是，我联系了他们，解释了情况，他们都认为这很不公平，并表示愿意尽力帮忙。

    我不清楚后续发生了什么，但这两位先生显然有自己的“超能力”，因为大约一天后，就宣布所有五首提名歌曲都将被表演。谢谢布莱德利，谢谢凯文——如果你们需要一个不太有权势的人帮忙，随时告诉我。

    就这样，我最终登上了当年的奥斯卡舞台。表演前一刻，我透过幕布听到管弦乐队演奏了我们电影主题曲的片段，随后观众欢呼起来，基根-迈克尔·基从杜比剧院的天花板上缓缓降下，手持一把玛丽·波平斯风格的黑色雨伞。

    “今晚最佳原创歌曲的下一位提名者是马克·沙曼和斯科特·维特曼为《欢乐满人间2》创作的歌曲。”他说，“除了通过一系列魔法冒险提升班克斯孩子们的精神，玛丽·波平斯还以这首温柔的摇篮曲给予安慰与同情，强调了即使亲人离去，爱也依然存在。请欣赏马克·沙曼钢琴伴奏的《遗失物品的去处》，有请‘神圣的米德勒小姐’！”

    （我和贝特都在想——当然没来得及讨论——“什么，他居然叫不出她的名字？”）

    然后幕布升起，贝特走进聚光灯下，二十八盏红色雨伞灯从伦敦雾蒙蒙的天际线背景中落下，我开始为我世界上最喜欢的表演者伴奏——这首由我和我最珍视的合作伙伴创作的歌曲，在奥斯卡颁奖典礼上表演。

    我是怎么做到的？正如一位老派钢琴家常说的，这一切的关键在于——

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    Book excerpt: “Never Mind the Happy” by Marc Shaiman

    February 27, 2026 / 2:57 PM EST / CBS News

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    In his memoir, [“Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner”] (published by Regalo Press), Tony- and Emmy-winning composer Marc Shaiman, known for Broadway hits like “Hairspray,” and music for “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut,” writes of his half-century in show business.

    Read the prologue below, in which he recounts preparing to perform on the Oscar stage with the idol of his youth, Bette Midler (an adoration that would grow into a collaboration),and don’t miss Tracy Smith’s interview with Marc Shaiman on [“CBS Sunday Morning”] March 1!

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    Prologue

    It’s February 24, 2019, and I am on stage with Bette Midler at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, moments away from performing at the 91st Annual Academy Awards. On the other side of the closed curtain are 3,400 of the most powerful and successful players in Hollywood—plus another thirty million people tuning into the television coverage worldwide. One such player in the auditorium is Scott Wittman, my lyrical collaborator of almost fifty years, with whom I co-wrote the Oscar-nominated song “The Place Where Lost Things Go”—the very song Bette and I are about to perform. It has only been two months since Disney released Mary Poppins Returns—which has garnered my sixth and seventh Oscar nominations— and even though I am calm as I sit at the keyboard of the polished black grand piano, I am also conscious of what a fight it has been to get here.

    A few weeks earlier, on the morning the Oscar nominations were announced, my husband, Lou Mirabal, and I sat on the couch in our Manhattan loft, our golden retriever, Chops, no doubt wondering why we were glued to the television at 8:30 a.m. instead of making her breakfast. A similar scene was playing out with Scott and his partner, Brian, at their apartment just six blocks to the south. Mary Poppins Returns had been a hit film, if not the billion-dollar blowout the studio had hoped it would be. Scott and I were very proud of the songs we wrote for the sequel to Disney’s classic about a magical British nanny, but they had inevitably been compared to the unforgettable music from the original—so we didn’t know if we should get our hopes up on the morning of the nominations.

    Luckily, Oscar smiled and we were nominated for our song “The Place Where Lost Things Go,” and I was also nominated for Best Score. We were all excited and relieved, perhaps nobody more than Lou, because he was the one who would have had to mop me off the floor if things had turned out differently.

    I always say, though, that if showbiz puts you on a pedestal on Tuesday, it’s only to have a better shot at your balls on Thursday. And right on schedule, after two days of elation, the producers of that year’s Oscars telecast announced that of the five nominated songs, only two—one a duet by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper from A Star Is Born, the other by Kendrick Lamar and SZA from Black Panther—would be performed. Clearly, they wanted star power to boost the broadcast’s ratings and, by cutting three songs, perhaps also trim a few minutes from its running time. But to say the remaining songs were not worthy of inclusion sent a message both to the public—and worse, to the Oscar voters, who had yet to cast their ballots—that they were not considered equal. It really was a low blow.

    What those Oscars producers didn’t anticipate, however, was just how much a dog with a bone I can be. First, I put together an appeal from the writers of the three orphaned songs (including my dear and foul-mouthed friend Diane Warren)—but that led to a dead end. Then, I went to Alan Horn, who was chairman of Walt Disney Studios at the time and who I knew from his years as Rob Reiner’s producing partner. Since Disney owns ABC, the television network that broadcasts the Oscars, I thought he would be able to pull some strings—but he gruffly said, “The ship has sailed, there’s nothing I can do.” Well, maybe there was nothing he could do, but I was not going to give up.

    I had met Bradley Cooper a few times due to our shared friendship with the great actor Victor Garber. Bradley had been to the home I then shared with Scott, my romantic partner for nearly thirty years, when he and Victor were filming the TV show Alias, and he had always been very friendly whenever I ran into him at other showbiz functions. I had also just recently become pals with Kevin Feige, Supreme Intelligence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In fact, it was at an Academy event just a few weeks earlier (where we had all been schmoozing for nominations) when someone tapped me on my shoulder and said, “Kevin Feige would like to meet you.”

    “Kevin Feige would like to meet me?” I queried. I was in shock and couldn’t believe, of all nights, that my Marvel-nerd husband wasn’t with me. It turned out Kevin, who you would think is busy enough, also has time to be a serious film-score fanatic. And after enjoying a few minutes of him praising my work, I asked if we could take a selfie together so I could send it to Lou.

    Not only are Bradley and Kevin two of the nicest guys in Hollywood, at that moment, being friendly with them was uniquely useful. After all, Bradley produced A Star Is Born and Kevin produced Black Panther—the two films whose Oscar-nominated songs had been anointed by the Academy to be performed. So, I reached out to them both to explain the situation, which they agreed was unfair, and each offered to do what they could to help.

    I’m not privy to what happened next, but those two gentlemen clearly have their own superpowers, because only a day or so later, it was announced that all five songs would be performed. Thank you, Bradley, and thank you, Kevin—if you ever need a favor from someone less powerful, let me know.

    And so, I made it onto the Oscars stage that year after all. Moments before our performance, through the curtain, I could hear the orchestra play a snatch of our movie theme, and then the crowd respond as Keegan-Michael Key was lowered from the ceiling of the Dolby Theatre clutching a Mary Poppins–style black umbrella.

    “This evening’s next nominee for best original song was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for the film Mary Poppins Returns,” he said. “In addition to lifting the Banks children’s spirits through a series of magical adventures, Mary Poppins offers comfort and compassion with this tender lullaby, underscoring the notion that a loved one who is lost can still be very much present. Performing ‘The Place Where Lost Things Go’ with Marc Shaiman on piano, please welcome the Divine Miss M.”

    (Both Bette and I thought—but of course did not have time to discuss in the moment—What, he couldn’t say her name?

    Then the curtain lifted, Bette stepped into the spotlight as twenty-eight red umbrella lanterns descended against a stage backdrop of London’s foggy skyline, and I started accompanying my favorite performer in the world—on a song I had co-written with my cherished collaborator—from a musical about my most beloved literary character—at the Academy Awards.

    How did I get there? Well, as an old-school piano player might say, it went a little something like this…

    From “Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner” by Marc Shaiman. © 2026 by Marc Shaiman. Reprinted with permission from Regalo Press. All Rights Reserved.

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