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  • 日本女市长休产假写历史 登《时代》百大新生代榜


    2026年10月2日 15:17 / 联合早报

    八幡市市长川田翔子7月17日在市政府大楼内留影。她今年成为日本首名在任期间休产假的市长。 (路透社)

    日本京都府八幡市市长川田翔子入选美国《时代》杂志2026年“下一代百大影响力人物”(TIME100 Next)。她被认为是日本现任女性地方政府首长中,首位休产假的人。

    现年36岁的川田今年5月宣布休约四个月产假,并于9月15日生下一名女儿。

    共同社报道,川田2023年11月以33岁之龄当选八幡市市长,成为当时日本最年轻的女市长。如今,她又因为一个“乍看并无特别之处”的决定,再次写下历史。

    川田决定休产假后曾遭到强烈反对,但也获得不少市民支持。这场争议也反映出,在日本,即使女性已经担任领导职务,在兼顾工作和生育时,仍面临不小的社会压力。

    川田曾任京都市政府职员和日本参议员秘书,之后以无党派身份参加八幡市长选举,并首次当选。

    她休产假期间,市长职务由副市长代理。川田仍会通过线上会议听取市政工作汇报。

    日本女市长休产假写历史 登《时代》百大新生代榜

    2026年10月2日 15:17 / 联合早报

    八幡市市长川田翔子7月17日在市政府大楼内留影。她今年成为日本首名在任期间休产假的市长。 (路透社)

    日本京都府八幡市市长川田翔子入选美国《时代》杂志2026年“下一代百大影响力人物”(TIME100 Next)。她被认为是日本现任女性地方政府首长中,首位休产假的人。

    现年36岁的川田今年5月宣布休约四个月产假,并于9月15日生下一名女儿。

    共同社报道,川田2023年11月以33岁之龄当选八幡市市长,成为当时日本最年轻的女市长。如今,她又因为一个“乍看并无特别之处”的决定,再次写下历史。

    川田决定休产假后曾遭到强烈反对,但也获得不少市民支持。这场争议也反映出,在日本,即使女性已经担任领导职务,在兼顾工作和生育时,仍面临不小的社会压力。

    川田曾任京都市政府职员和日本参议员秘书,之后以无党派身份参加八幡市长选举,并首次当选。

    她休产假期间,市长职务由副市长代理。川田仍会通过线上会议听取市政工作汇报。

  • 法国学生示威升级 400多所院校停课


    2026年10月2日 15:47 / 联合早报

    巴黎附近的圣但尼(Saint-Denis)星期四(10月1日)爆发示威抗议,一名示威者把垃圾桶扔进学生们在街头点燃的火堆。 (路透社)

    巴黎附近的圣但尼(Saint-Denis)星期四(10月1日)爆发示威抗议,一名示威者把垃圾桶扔进学生们在街头点燃的火堆。 (路透社)

    (巴黎综合电)法国学生示威持续升级,部分地区的抗议活动还演变成暴力冲突。法国教育部长杰弗雷星期四(10月1日)深夜说,400多所学校和其他教育机构星期五(2日)预计将关闭。

    这场抗议最初于上月在巴黎地区爆发,学生不满教师短缺、校舍老旧等问题,示威活动随后蔓延至全国。

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    法国内政部说,警方和宪兵星期四共拘捕近2000人,有300多名执法人员受伤。

    内政部的数据显示,全国3700所高中当中,1027所受到抗议行动影响,其中200多所遭封锁,有一些学校的校长受伤、被骚扰或袭击。

    在法国东部的斯特拉斯堡一所学校外,警方在和学生对峙时发射催泪瓦斯,试图驱散人群。(法新社)

    学生工会则说,一些大学生星期四也加入行动,封锁约30所大学校园的出入口。

    在斯特拉斯堡一所学校外示威的拉斐尔说:“每个教室有35名学生,夏天室温高达35摄氏度,简直难以忍受……校舍破旧不堪,食堂太小。预算为零,资源为零,管理人员也不够。”

    据接近法国总理勒科尔尼的人士透露,情报机构星期四在危机会议上指抗议运动是由激进左翼政界人士发起的,其中包括“不屈法国”(LFI)的成员,但不屈法国议员已否认相关指责。

    法国学生示威升级 400多所院校停课

    2026年10月2日 15:47 / 联合早报

    巴黎附近的圣但尼(Saint-Denis)星期四(10月1日)爆发示威抗议,一名示威者把垃圾桶扔进学生们在街头点燃的火堆。 (路透社)

    巴黎附近的圣但尼(Saint-Denis)星期四(10月1日)爆发示威抗议,一名示威者把垃圾桶扔进学生们在街头点燃的火堆。 (路透社)

    (巴黎综合电)法国学生示威持续升级,部分地区的抗议活动还演变成暴力冲突。法国教育部长杰弗雷星期四(10月1日)深夜说,400多所学校和其他教育机构星期五(2日)预计将关闭。

    这场抗议最初于上月在巴黎地区爆发,学生不满教师短缺、校舍老旧等问题,示威活动随后蔓延至全国。

    blob:https://www.zaobao.com.sg/8460a441-3eb4-4d52-8fd3-2cd74e787ebd

    法国内政部说,警方和宪兵星期四共拘捕近2000人,有300多名执法人员受伤。

    内政部的数据显示,全国3700所高中当中,1027所受到抗议行动影响,其中200多所遭封锁,有一些学校的校长受伤、被骚扰或袭击。

    在法国东部的斯特拉斯堡一所学校外,警方在和学生对峙时发射催泪瓦斯,试图驱散人群。(法新社)

    学生工会则说,一些大学生星期四也加入行动,封锁约30所大学校园的出入口。

    在斯特拉斯堡一所学校外示威的拉斐尔说:“每个教室有35名学生,夏天室温高达35摄氏度,简直难以忍受……校舍破旧不堪,食堂太小。预算为零,资源为零,管理人员也不够。”

    据接近法国总理勒科尔尼的人士透露,情报机构星期四在危机会议上指抗议运动是由激进左翼政界人士发起的,其中包括“不屈法国”(LFI)的成员,但不屈法国议员已否认相关指责。

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  • 法国学生示威升级 400多所院校停课


    2026年10月2日 15:47 / 联合早报

    巴黎附近的圣但尼(Saint-Denis)星期四(10月1日)爆发示威抗议,一名示威者把垃圾桶扔进学生们在街头点燃的火堆。(路透社)

    (巴黎综合电)法国学生示威持续升级,部分地区的抗议活动还演变成暴力冲突。法国教育部长杰弗雷星期四(10月1日)深夜说,400多所学校和其他教育机构星期五(2日)预计将关闭。

    这场抗议最初于上月在巴黎地区爆发,学生不满教师短缺、校舍老旧等问题,示威活动随后蔓延至全国。

    blob:https://www.zaobao.com.sg/8460a441-3eb4-4d52-8fd3-2cd74e787ebd

    法国内政部说,警方和宪兵星期四共拘捕近2000人,有300多名执法人员受伤。

    内政部的数据显示,全国3700所高中当中,1027所受到抗议行动影响,其中200多所遭封锁,有一些学校的校长受伤、被骚扰或袭击。

    在法国东部的斯特拉斯堡一所学校外,警方在和学生对峙时发射催泪瓦斯,试图驱散人群。(法新社)

    学生工会则说,一些大学生星期四也加入行动,封锁约30所大学校园的出入口。

    在斯特拉斯堡一所学校外示威的拉斐尔说:“每个教室有35名学生,夏天室温高达35摄氏度,简直难以忍受……校舍破旧不堪,食堂太小。预算为零,资源为零,管理人员也不够。”

    据接近法国总理勒科尔尼的人士透露,情报机构星期四在危机会议上指抗议运动是由激进左翼政界人士发起的,其中包括“不屈法国”(LFI)的成员,但不屈法国议员已否认相关指责。

    法国学生示威升级 400多所院校停课

    2026年10月2日 15:47 / 联合早报

    巴黎附近的圣但尼(Saint-Denis)星期四(10月1日)爆发示威抗议,一名示威者把垃圾桶扔进学生们在街头点燃的火堆。 (路透社)

    (巴黎综合电)法国学生示威持续升级,部分地区的抗议活动还演变成暴力冲突。法国教育部长杰弗雷星期四(10月1日)深夜说,400多所学校和其他教育机构星期五(2日)预计将关闭。

    这场抗议最初于上月在巴黎地区爆发,学生不满教师短缺、校舍老旧等问题,示威活动随后蔓延至全国。

    blob:https://www.zaobao.com.sg/8460a441-3eb4-4d52-8fd3-2cd74e787ebd

    法国内政部说,警方和宪兵星期四共拘捕近2000人,有300多名执法人员受伤。

    内政部的数据显示,全国3700所高中当中,1027所受到抗议行动影响,其中200多所遭封锁,有一些学校的校长受伤、被骚扰或袭击。

    在法国东部的斯特拉斯堡一所学校外,警方在和学生对峙时发射催泪瓦斯,试图驱散人群。(法新社)

    学生工会则说,一些大学生星期四也加入行动,封锁约30所大学校园的出入口。

    在斯特拉斯堡一所学校外示威的拉斐尔说:“每个教室有35名学生,夏天室温高达35摄氏度,简直难以忍受……校舍破旧不堪,食堂太小。预算为零,资源为零,管理人员也不够。”

    据接近法国总理勒科尔尼的人士透露,情报机构星期四在危机会议上指抗议运动是由激进左翼政界人士发起的,其中包括“不屈法国”(LFI)的成员,但不屈法国议员已否认相关指责。

  • 康奈尔大学性别平等调查文件披露性侵调查新细节


    2026-10-02T00:23:32-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻

    哥伦比亚广播公司新闻审阅了纽约CBS新闻获取的数百页 transcripts(调查笔录),这些文件来自康奈尔大学针对一名前学生提出的指控开展的性别平等调查。该学生声称自己于2024年10月在一所兄弟会房屋内被下药并遭轮奸。

    纽约CBS新闻从一名消息人士处获取了这565页的调查笔录。

    这名当时年仅20岁、仅以“简·多伊”(Jane Doe)身份被公开的女生,于2024年11月中旬接受了校园警方为期两天的问询,距离指称的事件发生已过去约三周。

    此次问询内容被整理为一份六页纸的声明,随后被提交给汤普金斯县地区检察官马修·范·豪滕(Matthew Van Houten)。范·豪滕本周向CBS新闻表示,他从未获取过该问询的完整笔录。

    目前尚未提起任何刑事指控。

    康奈尔大学于2025年开展了另一项性别平等调查,期间共对32名证人进行了约50次面谈。

    上月,简·多伊就指称的性侵事件对该大学和Chi Pi兄弟会的7名成员提起诉讼。

    自此之后,范·豪滕表示他将重启调查,纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔(Kathy Hochul)签署行政命令,任命纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯(Letitia James)担任该事件的特别检察官。康奈尔大学表示支持州长的决定。CBS新闻已联系范·豪滕,就任命特别检察官一事征求其置评。

    2024年11月14日开始的为期两天的问询在场人员包括:主导问询的康奈尔警方调查员、一名性别平等调查员、一名受害者权益倡导者,以及简·多伊的私人顾问。

    以下是来自性别平等调查笔录的部分关键内容:

    指称性侵事件的前因后果

    简·多伊告诉校园警方调查员,当晚的活动始于2024年10月19日,她所在的女生联谊会举办了一场“约会夜”活动,姐妹们会带朋友或同伴外出过夜。她和姐妹们开始饮酒,随后前往市中心的一家酒吧,在那里继续饮酒。

    她表示自己当天几乎没吃东西,很快就醉了。一名男子(笔录中提及了姓名,但CBS新闻将其称为“男性1号”)邀请她前往他所在的Chi Pi兄弟会,她期待着与对方见面。

    简·多伊称最初在兄弟会发生了自愿性行为

    简·多伊告诉校园警方,她抵达Chi Pi兄弟会后,在其中一间房屋内与男性1号和另一名男子(男性2号)发生了自愿性行为。

    当调查员询问她是否对该性行为表示同意时,简·多伊根据笔录内容回应道:“在我当时的状态下,已经尽我所能同意了,毕竟我到那里的时候醉得厉害。”但她补充说,自己感觉“整晚都完全措手不及。整个晚上,我都毫无防备。”

    男性2号称简·多伊最初拒绝服用氯胺酮

    当男性2号接受校园警方问询时,他表示在最初的性行为过程中,他们在房间里发现了氯胺酮。

    男性2号称,他和男性1号都服用了氯胺酮,但简·多伊拒绝服用。

    发送至整个兄弟会的Snapchat群聊消息

    根据简·多伊和几名兄弟会成员的证词,情况正是在那时恶化的。

    根据她提起的诉讼,2024年10月20日凌晨1点42分,兄弟会的Snapchat群聊中发送了一条消息,暗示一名女子在兄弟会房屋内可供发生性关系。纽约CBS新闻获取了该对话的视频记录。

    “店铺还营业吗?”一名兄弟会成员回复该Snapchat消息,随后收到回复:“是的。”

    一名男子(男性6号)告诉校园警方调查员,当时约有50名兄弟会成员参与了该Snapchat聊天线程。他回忆称自己当时在兄弟会房屋的另一处区域,看到这条消息后感到“困惑不解”。

    另一名男子(男性7号)告诉警方,该聊天链中的第一条Snapchat消息是男性1号发送的。

    “我们看到这条消息时有些担心,但以为这不过是粗俗的玩笑,”男性7号说道。

    康奈尔大学表示,其警方部门已将受害者的宣誓六页声明和Snapchat聊天线程的截图提交给了地区检察官办公室。

    简·多伊称自己感觉“被包围”

    简·多伊告诉调查员,随着越来越多的男子进入房间,指称的性侵开始发生,她感觉“被包围”。

    “我真的被包围了,”她说。“……我是个赤身裸体的女人,他们都爬上了我的床。”

    在问询中,她告诉校园警方调查员:“我当时完全成了他们的性爱玩偶,这很可悲,但不幸的是,我从未经历过这种事,或者说以前从未有过这样的遭遇。”

    当晚的另一个时段,她表示自己被带出房间,塞进了一个衣柜里,并被喂了氯胺酮。

    “我不记得性侵事件的最后部分了,”简·多伊根据笔录内容告诉校园调查员。“我可以百分之百肯定地说,我遭到了强奸。”

    范·豪滕此前曾告诉纽约CBS新闻,他从未专门看过简·多伊问询的笔录。当得知简·多伊称自己确信遭到强奸时,范·豪滕告诉纽约CBS新闻:“首先,我没有拿到这条信息。其次,这是一个法律结论。”

    “如果她真的说过这些话,我们当然希望能进一步调查,”范·豪滕继续说道。“就像我说的,我没有收到过这些内容。”

    根据她的诉讼,简·多伊指称性侵持续到她于凌晨5点45分失去意识为止。

    指称性侵事件的后续

    简·多伊告诉校园调查员,事件发生两天后,也就是10月22日,她预约了康奈尔健康中心。在那次问诊中,她告诉医生自己“以一种创伤性的方式”患上了尿路感染,但简·多伊表示她没有选择跟进治疗。她的律师在一份声明中告诉CBS新闻,医生建议她“找人聊聊”。

    “我知道某些药物……通过毛发检测……只能在体内留存三周,所以我当时想,我得赶紧去做检测,”简·多伊在问询中说道。“我还保留着当晚穿的裙子,没洗——不是因为脏,而是作为证据保存。”

    简·多伊告诉校园调查员,她后来还访问了GreekRank网站——一个给兄弟会和女生联谊会排名的网站,在Chi Pi兄弟会的条目下,看到了一条似乎提及指称性侵事件的评论。

    “也就是在那时,我才意识到自己遭到了轮奸,”她根据笔录内容说道。

    她还告诉校园调查员,当晚的三名男子,包括男性1号和男性2号,都给她发过道歉短信。

    简·多伊的一名姐妹会姐妹告诉校园警方调查员,简·多伊曾告诉她的“大姐”,“她整晚都断断续续地记得一些片段。”

    简·多伊最终未毕业就离开了康奈尔大学。该校后来关闭了Chi Pi兄弟会在康奈尔的分会。

    CBS新闻已联系诉讼中提及的7名被告征求置评。其中两人的律师已否认相关指控。

    在9月29日的一次会议上,康奈尔大学校长迈克尔·I·科特利科夫(Michael I. Kotlikoff透露,两名被指控者已被开除,两人被停学至少两个学期,一人在任何处罚作出前就已毕业,另外两人被认定不存在性行为不端行为。

    https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-allegation-chi-phi-snapchat-conversation/

    Cornell Title IX investigation docs reveal new details on rape investigation

    2026-10-02T00:23:32-0400 / CBS News

    CBS News has examined hundreds of pages of transcripts obtained by CBS News New York of the Title IX investigation conducted by Cornell University into the allegations made by a former student who claims she was drugged and gang-raped at a fraternity house in October 2024.

    The 565 pages of transcripts were obtained by CBS News New York from a source.

    The woman, who was 20 years old at the time and has been identified only as Jane Doe, was interviewed over two days by campus police in mid-November 2024, about three weeks after the alleged incident occurred.

    The interview was used as the basis for a six-page statement that was then provided to Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten, who told CBS News this week that he was never provided the full transcripts of that interview.

    No criminal charges have been brought.

    A Title IX investigation was also conducted by Cornell in 2025, during which about 50 interviews were conducted with 32 witnesses.

    Last month, Jane Doe filed a lawsuit against the university and seven members of the Chi Pi fraternity in connection with the alleged sexual assault.

    Since then, Van Houten has said he will reopen the investigation, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order assigning New York Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor into the incident. Cornell said it supports the governor’s decision. CBS News has reached out to Van Houten for comment on the assignment of a special prosecutor.

    In the room during the two-day interview on Nov. 14, 2024, was a Cornell police investigator who led the questioning, along with a Title IX investigator, a victim advocate and a personal adviser to Jane Doe.

    Here are some of the takeaways from the Title IX transcripts.

    The events leading up to the alleged sexual assault

    Jane Doe told campus police investigators the night started on Oct. 19, 2024, in her sorority house as part of a “date night,” a sorority event in which sisters bring friends or plus-ones for a night out. She said she and her sisters started drinking and went to a bar downtown, where they proceeded to drink further.

    She described having barely eaten anything that day and became quickly inebriated. Doe was looking forward to meeting up with a person — who is named in the transcripts but who CBS News is identifying as Male 1 — after he invited her to his fraternity, Chi Pi.

    Jane Doe says she initially had a consensual sexual encounter at the fraternity

    When she arrived at Chi Pi, Jane Doe told campus police that she had a consensual sexual encounter in a room of the fraternity house with both Male 1 and a second person, Male 2.

    Asked by investigators if she was OK with that sexual encounter, Jane Doe responded, “As much as I can be because, again, I was super drunk when I got there,” according to the transcript. But she added she felt she was “really off-guard the entire night. The whole night, I was just completely caught off-guard.”

    Male 2 says Jane Doe initially declined to take ketamine

    When Male 2 was questioned by campus police investigators, he told them that during the initial sexual encounter, they discovered ketamine in the room.

    Male 2 said that both he and Male 1 ingested ketamine, but that Jane Doe declined.

    Group Snapchat message sent out to the entire fraternity

    It was at that point that the situation deteriorated, according to interviews with Jane Doe and several fraternity members.

    At 1:42 a.m. on Oct. 20, 2024, according to the lawsuit she filed, a message was sent in the fraternity’s Snapchat group suggesting that a woman was available in the frat house for sex. CBS News New York obtained video of that conversation.

    “Shop still open?” one fraternity brother wrote in reply to the Snapchat message, and he received the response, “Yea.”

    A person, Male 6, told campus police investigators that about 50 fraternity members were on that particular Snapchat thread. He recounted receiving the initial message while he was in another part of the fraternity house and being “befuddled” by it.

    Another person, Male 7, told police investigators the first Snapchat message in the chain was sent by Male 1.

    “We saw the text and were somewhat concerned but thought it could be just crude humor,” Male 7 said.

    Cornell University has said its police department shared the victim’s sworn six-page statement and a screenshot of the Snapchat thread with the DA’s office.

    Jane Doe says she felt “cornered”

    Jane Doe told investigators that as several more men entered the room, and the alleged sexual assault began, she felt “cornered.”

    “I was like literally cornered,” she said. “… I’m a naked woman and they are getting in bed with me.”

    In the interview, she told campus police investigators: “I was a sex doll for all intents and purposes, which is sad but, unfortunately, something I’m not used to, or something that I haven’t experienced before.”

    At another point that night, she said she was taken out of the room, placed in a closet and given ketamine.

    “I didn’t remember the very end of the event where I was raped,” Jane Doe told campus investigators, according to the transcripts. “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped.”

    Van Houten previously told CBS News New York that he was never specifically shown the transcripts of Jane Doe’s interview. When told Jane Doe had said she was confident she was raped, Van Houten told CBS News New York, “That wasn’t information that I had, first of all. Second of all, that is a legal conclusion.”

    “If she had said those words, we certainly would want to have explored that more,” Van Houten continued. “Like I said, that wasn’t provided to me.”

    According to her lawsuit, Jane Doe alleges the sexual assaults continued until she lost consciousness at about 5:45 a.m.

    The aftermath of the alleged sexual assault

    Jane Doe told campus investigators that two days after the incident, on Oct. 22, she made an appointment at Cornell Health. In that appointment, she told the doctor she had contracted a urinary tract infection in a “traumatic way,” but Jane Doe said she chose not to follow up. Her attorney told CBS News in a statement that the doctor advised her to “speak with somebody.”

    “I know that certain drugs … with the hair test … only live three weeks, so I was like I need to really rush to get this done,” Jane Doe said in her interview. “I still have the dress from the night. I have not washed it — not in a gross way, just in an evidence way.”

    Jane Doe told campus investigators she also later visited GreekRank, a website that ranks fraternities and sororities, and under Chi Pi’s listing, saw a comment that appeared to make mention of the alleged sexual assault.

    “And that’s kind of when I came to the realization that I had been gang-raped,” she said, according to the transcripts.

    She also told campus investigators that three men from that night, including Male 1 and Male 2, had sent her text messages apologizing.

    One of Jane Doe’s sorority sisters told campus investigators that Jane Doe had told her sorority big sister “that she had moments where she would come in and out throughout the night of remembering things.”

    Jane Doe eventually left Cornell without graduating. The university later shut down the Cornell chapter of the Chi Pi fraternity.

    CBS News has reached out to the seven defendants named in the lawsuit for comment. Attorneys for two of them have denied the allegations.

    In a Sept. 29 meeting, Cornell President Michael I. Kotlikoff disclosed that two of the accused were expelled, two suspended for at least two semesters, one had already graduated before any punishment could be handed down, and two were found not to be responsible for sexual misconduct.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-allegation-chi-phi-snapchat-conversation/

  • 特朗普政府拟要求报税人向国税局披露公民身份


    2026-10-02 01:11:35 EDT / 福克斯新闻网
    批评人士称,该要求可能被用作移民执法工具,将国税局拖入政策争端

    撰稿:兰登·米恩 福克斯新闻网
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    特朗普政府提议,要求美国纳税人在几乎所有劳动者每年都要填写的年度纳税申报表中,向国税局披露其公民身份和工作许可身份。

    本届政府称,这项拟议中的要求将帮助联邦官员阻止非法移民领取不符合其资格的联邦福利,官员们认为这最多可为纳税人节省20亿美元。

    国税局于8月底公布了2026年的1040号表格草案,其中包含这样一个问题:“在您提交申报表时,您本人以及共同申报的配偶是否为美国公民、美国国民,或是经合法授权在美国工作的外籍人士?” 该表格为报税人和其配偶分别设置了“是”和“否”的勾选框。

    用于申请可退税税收抵免的附表3-A的第二份表格草案中,也包含类似问题。

    上诉法院维持裁决 禁止国税局向移民海关执法局共享纳税人数据

    特朗普政府提议要求美国纳税人在年度纳税申报表中向国税局披露公民身份和工作许可身份。(安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社)

    根据该提案,每位报税人必须依法向国税局证明其移民或公民身份,否则无法完成报税。

    美国财政部表示,新增这一问题旨在阻止非法移民骗取劳动所得税抵免或额外儿童税收抵免等可退税税收抵免,这些抵免是中低收入劳动者和家庭可能符合资格领取的福利,通常会向符合条件的纳税人发放退税。

    财政部一位官员在一份声明中称,收集到的信息将“受到多种隐私、披露和其他法律保护”,但未透露这些信息是否会与联邦移民执法部门共享,以用于逮捕和驱逐某人。

    尽管非法移民未经授权在美国生活和工作,但他们仍需纳税。例如,非法移民通常会缴纳社会保障税,但通常无法领取社会保障福利,除非他们后来根据联邦法律获得了领取资格。

    2024年,美国全国纳税人权益保护办公室发现,共有380万份纳税申报表使用了个人纳税识别号码(ITIN)。个人纳税识别号码可用于多种用途,但无法获得社会安全号码的无证劳工是使用该号码的人群之一。

    根据国税局的数据,提交了近400万份此类申报表的纳税人缴纳了144亿美元的所得税,以及65亿美元的社会保障和医疗保险税。

    要符合劳动所得税抵免的资格,需要提供有效的社会安全号码,而仅持有个人纳税识别号码的劳动者没有资格领取该抵免。国税局会针对每份劳动所得税抵免申请,将社会安全号码与社会保障管理局的记录进行比对。

    非法移民通常没有资格领取联邦福利。可退税税收抵免的资格取决于联邦税法和移民身份。现行法律通常要求提供有效的社会安全号码才能申请劳动所得税抵免,而额外儿童税收抵免的资格则根据法定要求有所不同。特朗普政府的提案将通过将《个人责任与工作机会调和法案》中的标准应用于某些可退税税收抵免,进一步限制抵免资格。

    根据该提案,每位报税人必须依法向国税局证明其移民或公民身份,否则无法完成报税。(盖蒂图片社)

    不过,根据新政策,目前符合部分抵免资格的部分美国境内移民将不再符合条件,例如受奥巴马政府童年暂缓遣返计划保护的人士、持有临时保护身份的人士,以及持H-1B签证在美国的临时务工人员。

    特朗普政府称,管辖哪些人有资格领取福利项目的《个人责任与工作机会调和法案》,也应适用于可退税税收抵免。

    本周发布的一份研究论文估计,根据该提案,将有67.1万人失去劳动所得税抵免资格,其中包括30.9万名儿童。另有110万人将失去额外儿童税收抵免资格,其中包括57.4万名儿童。

    波士顿大学、哥伦比亚大学以及税收与经济政策研究所的研究人员表示,大多数将失去这些抵免资格的儿童是美国公民,其父母至少有一方拥有公民身份或特定移民身份。

    该政策的批评人士认为,这相当于新增一个勾选框,让联邦政府掌握更多纳税人信息。非法移民将面临两难选择:要么在纳税申报表上声明自己非法留在美国,这可能使他们成为移民执法逮捕的目标;要么在申报表上撒谎,这属于重罪。

    部分移民可能会选择第三种方案:彻底停止报税。

    “这可能被用作移民执法工具,这很可能就是他们推行这项政策的原因,”倾向自由主义的卡托研究所移民研究主任戴维·比尔在接受美联社采访时表示。

    特朗普政府在法庭胜诉 终止埃塞俄比亚移民的遣返保护

    批评人士称,这项新政策可能被用作移民执法工具。(克里斯托弗·迪尔茨/盖蒂图片社)

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    “这正将国税局拖入本届政府的移民政策当中,”纳税人权利中心执行主任妮娜·奥尔森说道。

    特朗普政府此前曾试图利用国税局推行其移民议程。

    去年,美国财政部同意与移民和海关执法局共享移民的保密纳税人信息,以帮助该机构确认可驱逐人员。

    这项数据共享协议被一名联邦法官叫停,法官裁定其违反了联邦纳税人隐私法。但在协议被叫停前,国税局已经向移民海关执法局提供了4.7万人的地址信息。

    本文由美联社供稿。

    Trump admin wants to require tax filers to disclose citizenship status to IRS

    2026-10-02 01:11:35 EDT / Fox News

    Critics say the requirement could be used as an immigration enforcement tool, dragging the IRS into policy disputes

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    The Trump administration has proposed requiring U.S. taxpayers to disclose their citizenship and work authorization status to the IRS on the annual tax form that nearly all workers file each year.

    The administration claims the proposed requirement would help federal officials stop illegal migrants from collecting federal benefits they are not eligible for, which officials argue could save taxpayers up to $2 billion.

    The IRS posted its draft 1040 form for 2026 in late August, which includes the question, “At the time you file your return, are you, and your spouse if filing jointly, a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or an alien lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.?” The form has “Yes” and “No” checkboxes for both the filer and their spouse.

    A draft of a second form, Schedule 3-A, which is used to claim refundable tax credits, features a similar question.

    APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS ORDER BLOCKING IRS FROM SHARING TAXPAYER DATA WITH ICE

    The Trump administration has proposed requiring U.S. taxpayers to disclose their citizenship and work authorization status to the IRS on the annual tax form.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

    Under the proposal, every tax filer must certify their immigration or citizenship status to the IRS under penalty of law to file their return.

    The Treasury Department said the new question aims to keep illegal migrants from taking advantage of refundable tax credits like the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit, that low- and middle-income workers and families may qualify for and that often result in a refund for eligible taxpayers.

    The information collected will be “subject to a variety of privacy, disclosure and other legal protections,” a Treasury official said in a statement without disclosing whether the information would be shared with federal immigration enforcement to target a person for arrest and deportation.

    While illegal migrants are not authorized to live and work in the U.S., they still do pay taxes. For example, illegal migrants typically pay into Social Security but generally cannot collect Social Security benefits unless they later become eligible under federal law.

    In 2024, the National Taxpayer Advocate found 3.8 million tax returns where a taxpayer used an Individual Tax Identification Number, or ITIN. An ITIN can be issued for multiple purposes, but undocumented workers who cannot obtain a Social Security number are among the people who use them.

    According to IRS data, taxpayers who filed those nearly 4 million returns paid $14.4 billion in income taxes and $6.5 billion in Social Security and Medicare taxes.

    A valid Social Security Number is required to qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit, while workers with only an ITIN do not qualify. The IRS checks Social Security Numbers against Social Security Administration records for each claim of the Earned Income Tax Credit.

    Illegal migrants are generally not eligible for federal benefits. Eligibility for refundable tax credits depends on federal tax law and immigration status. Current law generally requires a valid Social Security number for the Earned Income Tax Credit, while eligibility for the Additional Child Tax Credit varies based on statutory requirements. The Trump administration’s proposal would further limit eligibility by applying standards under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act to certain refundable tax credits.

    Under the proposal, every tax filer must certify their immigration or citizenship status to the IRS under penalty of law to file their return.(Getty Images)

    However, some migrants in the U.S. who are currently for some of these credits would not be eligible under the new policy, such as people covered under the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, those with temporary protected status and temporary workers in the country under H1-B visas.

    The Trump administration claims that the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which governs who is eligible for benefit programs, should also be applied to refundable tax credits.

    A research paper published this week estimates that 671,000 people, including 309,000 children, would lose the Earned Income Tax Credit under this proposal. Another 1.1 million people, including 574,000 children, would lose the Additional Child Tax Credit.

    Most of the children who would lose eligibility to these credits are U.S. citizens due to at least one of their parents’ citizenship or immigration status, according to the researchers at Boston University, Columbia University and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

    Critics of the new policy view it as a new checkbox that gives the federal government even more information on taxpayers. Illegal migrants would face a complicated choice to either declare on a tax return that they are unlawfully in the U.S., which could potentially make them a target for immigration-related arrests, or lie on the return, which is a felony.

    Some migrants may opt for a third option and stop filing their taxes altogether.

    “It could be used as an immigration enforcement tool and that is probably the reason why they are doing this,” David Bier, director of immigration studies at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, told The Associated Press.

    TRUMP ADMIN SCORES COURT WIN TO END DEPORTATION PROTECTIONS FOR ETHIOPIAN MIGRANTS

    Critics say the new policy could be used as an immigration enforcement tool.(Christopher Dilts/Getty Images)

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    “It’s dragging the IRS into this administration’s immigration policies,” said Nina Olson, executive director for the Center for Taxpayer Rights.

    The Trump administration has previously attempted to use the IRS to carry out its immigration agenda.

    Last year, the Treasury Department agreed to share confidential taxpayer information of migrants with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help the agency identify people for deportation.

    The data-sharing agreement was blocked by a federal judge, ruling that it violated federal taxpayer privacy laws. But before it was stopped, the IRS had already given ICE the addresses of 47,000 people.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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    康奈尔女生控遭下药轮奸 校方与执法处理受质疑

    2026年10月02日 15:53 / 联合早报

    康奈尔大学校园内贴出呼吁防范性侵的抗议活动海报。兄弟会性侵指控近日引发外界对校方与执法部门处理方式的质疑。 (路透社)

    美国康奈尔大学一名女生指控,她遭兄弟会成员下药轮奸,报警后检方却未起诉涉案者。近两年后,她提起的民事诉讼和陆续曝光的调查资料,让执法部门与校方的处理方式受到质疑,纽约州政府决定介入调查。

    路透社报道,这名女生案发时20岁。她在9月中旬提交的诉状中指,2024年10月19日晚饮酒后到Chi Phi兄弟会会所见朋友,成员不断劝酒并提供大麻和麻醉药氯胺酮,在她无力反抗时性侵她。她起诉七名成员、兄弟会和校方等,诉状附有一名成员招呼他人参与性活动的群聊截图。

    汤普金斯县检方解释,最初未起诉,部分原因是警方提交的宣誓陈述显示,女生自愿使用药物,性行为也在清醒和同意的情况下发生。

    不过,哥伦比亚广播公司纽约分台取得的警方访谈记录显示,女生在案发数周后明确说:“我百分之百肯定,我被强奸了。”这句话未纳入检方依据的书面陈述。女生律师也指,检方决定不起诉前,从未与她交谈。

    纽约州法律也成为争议焦点:受害者若自愿饮酒或用药,检方以部分强奸罪名起诉会更困难。一些州议员因此再次推动修法。

    地方检方星期一宣布重启调查,原拟将证据交大陪审团审议是否起诉。州长霍楚尔随后于星期四(10月1日)签署行政命令,任命州总检察长詹乐霞为特别检察官,接手案件。霍楚尔说,她已失去对地方检方公正处理案件的信心。詹乐霞承诺全面、公正地调查相关指控。

    校方则称,已全面调查,禁止涉案分会在校内活动,并对成员作出包括开除在内的处分。但女生指,惩处不足,部分涉案者可通过写文章减轻处分。校方现已同意聘请外部律师事务所重新调查。

    《纽约时报》引述校内调查文件报道,涉案男子均否认不当行为,称性行为经双方同意。Chi Phi全国组织也称,已开除涉事成员。

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    康奈尔女生控遭下药轮奸 校方与执法处理受质疑

    2026年10月02日 15:53 / 联合早报

    康奈尔大学校园内贴出呼吁防范性侵的抗议活动海报。兄弟会性侵指控近日引发外界对校方与执法部门处理方式的质疑。 (路透社)

    美国康奈尔大学一名女生指控,她遭兄弟会成员下药轮奸,报警后检方却未起诉涉案者。近两年后,她提起的民事诉讼和陆续曝光的调查资料,让执法部门与校方的处理方式受到质疑,纽约州政府决定介入调查。

    路透社报道,这名女生案发时20岁。她在9月中旬提交的诉状中指,2024年10月19日晚饮酒后到Chi Phi兄弟会会所见朋友,成员不断劝酒并提供大麻和麻醉药氯胺酮,在她无力反抗时性侵她。她起诉七名成员、兄弟会和校方等,诉状附有一名成员招呼他人参与性活动的群聊截图。

    汤普金斯县检方解释,最初未起诉,部分原因是警方提交的宣誓陈述显示,女生自愿使用药物,性行为也在清醒和同意的情况下发生。

    不过,哥伦比亚广播公司纽约分台取得的警方访谈记录显示,女生在案发数周后明确说:“我百分之百肯定,我被强奸了。”这句话未纳入检方依据的书面陈述。女生律师也指,检方决定不起诉前,从未与她交谈。

    纽约州法律也成为争议焦点:受害者若自愿饮酒或用药,检方以部分强奸罪名起诉会更困难。一些州议员因此再次推动修法。

    地方检方星期一宣布重启调查,原拟将证据交大陪审团审议是否起诉。州长霍楚尔随后于星期四(10月1日)签署行政命令,任命州总检察长詹乐霞为特别检察官,接手案件。霍楚尔说,她已失去对地方检方公正处理案件的信心。詹乐霞承诺全面、公正地调查相关指控。

    校方则称,已全面调查,禁止涉案分会在校内活动,并对成员作出包括开除在内的处分。但女生指,惩处不足,部分涉案者可通过写文章减轻处分。校方现已同意聘请外部律师事务所重新调查。

    《纽约时报》引述校内调查文件报道,涉案男子均否认不当行为,称性行为经双方同意。Chi Phi全国组织也称,已开除涉事成员。

  • 新一代候选人崛起,民主党在传统劣势州发起挑战


    2026-10-02T04:01:44.949Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/politics/midterms-democrats-trump-unpopularity

    唐纳德·特朗普总统支持率持续下滑,并非共和党今年秋季面临的唯一难题。

    一批实力强劲的民主党候选人正将长期被认为将落入共和党手中的参议院席位争夺战拉入竞争态势。与此同时,多场关键选战中的共和党候选人表现疲软,可能让本就艰难的11月选举演变为共和党大选溃败。

    历经多年难以争取选民的困境后,部分民主党新候选人拓宽了竞选战场,并开始纠正此前帮助特朗普赢得执政地位的定位、政策和话术失误。

    这让民主党重新燃起净增四个席位以掌控参议院的希望,同时也让该党在本月拿下众议院多数席位的前景更加明朗。

    在北卡罗来纳州,民调显示前两届州长罗伊·库珀在独立选民中颇受欢迎,且在农村地区具备足够竞争力,有望压缩共和党此前的优势空间。

    更令人意外的是,艾奥瓦州州议员乔希·图雷克自称“常识性草原民粹主义者”,在这个特朗普两年前以13个百分点优势胜出的州,他正掀起激烈的竞选对决。

    在佐治亚州,民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫作为代表代际变革的候选人之一,通过对特朗普的尖锐批评塑造了鲜明的政治形象。他在摇摆州的选举胜利以及不断提升的全国知名度,引发外界猜测他可能成为民主党2028年总统竞选的理想人选。

    在得克萨斯州,詹姆斯·塔利亚科佐正尝试将经济民粹主义与基督教信仰相结合,为民主党带来希望:该党30年来首次实现全州胜选的愿景或许即将成真。

    在特朗普2024年轻松拿下的俄亥俄州,前参议员谢罗德·布朗发现,随着这位日益脱离民众的总统与亿万富翁们过从甚密,他一贯秉持的蓝领民粹主义主张恰逢其时。

    这些候选人都在以各自的方式,试图超越特朗普的不受欢迎程度以及国民对经济的不安情绪;他们还在努力重塑民主党形象——近年来该党浪费了选民信任,导致部分核心选民倒向共和党总统。

    今年对民主党而言,强大的候选人阵容尤为关键,因为美国民众整体仍对该党持负面看法。7月底的CNN/SSRS民调显示,民众在今年秋季的选举中以8个百分点的优势支持民主党,但国会两党的受欢迎程度不相上下,且外界对民主党若掌控国会可能取得的成果期望不高。

    部分共和党候选人的选择并未助益选情

    部分民主党人因共和党对手的问题而“捡漏”——比如佐治亚州的MAGA阵营众议员迈克·柯林斯,以及得克萨斯州深陷丑闻的州检察长肯·帕克斯顿,特朗普不顾共和党建制派领导人的反对,力挺这两人参选。在北卡罗来纳州,迈克尔·沃特利曾担任共和党全国委员会主席,在共和党圈内颇有知名度,但他仍需努力缩小与库珀的知名度差距。

    有时即便被认为适配选区的候选人,也可能被局势拖累。在艾奥瓦州,共和党众议员阿什利·辛森曾是亲民的前电视主播,擅长沟通,始终关注该州的核心议题。通常情况下,她本应是乔尼·恩斯特即将空出的参议院席位的热门人选,但这个农业州正遭受特朗普关税和高燃油成本的重创。

    当然,只要能获胜,任何候选人都能看起来像天才;而落选者总会被事后诸葛亮般地评头论足。

    最引人关注的参议院选举或许在密歇根州,阿卜杜勒·赛义德是这场关键选战中风险最高的民主党候选人。如果他获胜,这位41岁的流行病学家将成为新一代政治力量的代表,也是进步派运动的明星。但如果前共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯胜出,此前拒绝支持温和派众议员黑利·史蒂文斯的左翼民主党基础选民将被指责浪费了一个席位,甚至可能断送参议院的控制权。

    兼具能力、纪律性和亲民性,同时能跨越意识形态界限的候选人,堪称稀缺资源。

    但还有两个更为重要的特质:运气与时机。

    缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯向来仿佛拥有神话般的连任能力,但在当前共和党整体处境不佳的全国环境下,她正面临最艰难的连任竞选。特朗普时代的喧嚣损害了她独立派的声誉,迫使她在基本盘与温和派选民之间做出两难选择——比如她投票支持确认最高法院大法官布雷特·卡瓦诺。如今,她的民主党对手将她打上“特朗普帮凶”的标签,而非制衡特朗普的堡垒。

    距离选举日还有一个月,一切尚未定论。

    近期的参议院民调显示,得克萨斯州选情胶着;艾奥瓦州的局势对民主党稍有利;佐治亚州、北卡罗来纳州和俄亥俄州的竞选则整体偏向民主党。但选举往往在临近尾声时才见分晓。例如2024年,布朗在9月底还领先俄亥俄州(该州俗称“七叶树州”),最终却输给了伯尼·莫雷诺。还有谁会忘记《得梅因纪事报》/Mediacom的艾奥瓦州民调:副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯在选举前几天还领先特朗普,但最终却在这个州以决定性的差距落败?

    但民主党人信心十足,因为中期选举最大的影响因素仍是现任总统的选情。特朗普的低支持率,以及美国人对高生活成本、人工智能和伊朗局势的担忧,让共和党候选人今年的竞选格外凶险。

    “当总统所在政党掌控国会时,总统就是全民公投的对象,而该党及其候选人则是攻击目标,”北卡罗来纳州卡托巴学院政治与历史教授迈克尔·比策尔说道。

    然而,政党在形势有利时搞砸选情的情况并不罕见。例如2022年,特朗普支持的宾夕法尼亚州的穆罕默德·奥兹和佐治亚州的赫歇尔·沃克等问题频出的候选人,帮助民主党在时任总统乔·拜登支持率低迷的情况下保住了参议院控制权。这也是部分民主党人担忧赛义德以及缅因州后期替换的候选人特洛伊·杰克逊选情的原因之一。

    众议院的情况同样令人担忧。

    部分民主党人担心,极左翼候选人在初选中胜出,可能推出了对选民来说过于激进的候选人,而共和党则警告“共产主义者”和“社会主义者”正在泛滥。这类胜选大多发生在深蓝州。但在特朗普2024年以微弱优势胜出的加利福尼亚州第22选区,民主党人兰迪·维列加斯击败了该党华盛顿领导层青睐的温和派初选对手。在缅因州,另一位进步派人士马特·邓拉普也击败了建制派对手,赢得了关键摇摆选区的大选参选资格。

    11月库珀或图雷克的胜选,可能为民主党提供重要线索,帮助他们在2024年以来因移民、性别认同议题和通胀政策失去部分温和选民后,扩大选民吸引力。

    进入21世纪以来,民主党在文化议题上的宣传往往吸引了自由派城市和郊区受过大学教育的选民,却疏远了农村和工薪阶层选民——这些选民原本自然会支持民主党,后来却倒向了特朗普。

    库珀或许是南方某州的解决方案。

    这位前州长并未开展明显带有党派色彩的民主党竞选活动。他将自己的参选定位为北卡罗来纳州向参议院派出“独立”声音的契机。他以此次选举的核心议题——负担能力——为桥梁,通过“让东西更便宜”的巡回竞选活动和“钱总不够花”之类的口号,争取两党选民。库珀多年的公职生涯为他赢得了温和派的信任。他给人的印象沉稳低调,在争取厌倦了特朗普式混乱的选民时,还提及自己曾与州议会共和党人合作的经历。

    这种策略似乎奏效,民调显示他领先沃特利的优势明显。比策尔开展的民调印证了其他民调的结果:库珀在独立选民中支持率领先,他在农村地区的表现也远胜以往——在这个自2008年巴拉克·奥巴马以来从未选出过民主党总统候选人的州,共和党通常在农村地区优势巨大。

    这种联盟格局至关重要,因为民调显示,尽管选民希望惩罚特朗普,但他们仍对民主党持怀疑态度。这也是选举专家查理·库克认为,此次中期选举并非“蓝色浪潮”,而是“红色潜流”的原因之一。

    比策尔表示,库珀的从政经历让他“明白在北卡罗来纳州……温和派中间派可以决定选举走向。他知道如何既争取本党的基础选民,又吸引那些可能分裂选票的温和派中间派”。

    图雷克在艾奥瓦州尝试了类似策略。他援引温和派民主党人、曾在国会任职40年的艾奥瓦州参议员汤姆·哈金的遗产——该州曾两次支持奥巴马,三次支持特朗普。他强调了严峻的负担能力危机、医疗服务匮乏、全州高发的癌症率,以及他所谓的华盛顿“腐败”。但图雷克基本避开了全国民主党和进步派宣传核心中的文化和社会议题。他支持第二修正案和严格的边境政策。

    “民主党形象确实受损了,”图雷克在最近一档与乔恩·斯图尔特合作的《每周秀》节目中谈及自己作为艾奥瓦州议员的意识形态定位时说道,“有些时候,我在某些议题上与温和派共和党人的共识,比与最极端的左翼民主党人还要多。”

    这种立场可能帮助图雷克抵御共和党关于民主党正滑向极左翼阵营的指控。

    如果这一竞选策略在今年秋季取得成功,可能为民主党提供一份可复制的蓝图,其意义不仅限于此次中期选举。

    With a new breed of candidate, Democrats are challenging in states they usually lose

    2026-10-02T04:01:44.949Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/politics/midterms-democrats-trump-unpopularity

    President Donald Trump’s flagging popularity isn’t the only problem Republicans face this fall.

    A slate of strong Democratic hopefuls is putting in play Senate races long assumed to be heading for the Republican column. Stumbling GOP candidates in several pivotal contests, meanwhile, threaten to turn a tough November into an electoral collapse.

    After years of struggling to connect with voters, some Democratic recruits have expanded the battlefield and are beginning to redress the failures in positioning, policy and language that helped fuel Trump’s dominance.

    This is giving the party resurgent hopes of the net gain of four seats it needs to control the Senate, even as it moves into prime position to win a House majority next month.

    In North Carolina, polls show two-term former Gov. Roy Cooper is popular with independents and is sufficiently competitive in rural areas to dent GOP margins.

    In a more surprising turn, Iowa state legislator Josh Turek, a self-declared “common sense prairie populist,” is making a race of it in a state where the president romped home by 13 points only two years ago.

    In Georgia, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, another candidate representing generational change, has created a distinct political persona with disdainful critiques of Trump. His swing-state success and rising national profile have stirred speculation he may be what his party is looking for in the 2028 presidential campaign.

    In Texas, James Talarico is testing out a bespoke infusion of economic populism and Christian faith to conjure Democratic hopes that the ever-shimmering mirage of a statewide victory can become reality for the first time in 30 years.

    In Ohio, which Trump won at a canter in 2024, former Sen. Sherrod Brown has found that his perennial message of blue-collar populism is meeting its moment as an increasingly distant president pals around with billionaires.

    Each of these candidates, is, in their own ways, seeking to capture something beyond Trump’s unpopularity and a sense of national economic unease; they are also trying to reinvent the brand of a party that squandered voter trust in recent years and drove some of its core voters toward the Republican president.

    A roster of strong candidates is especially important to Democrats this year because the country still views the party largely negatively. A CNN/SSRS survey in late July showed that the public favors Democrats this fall by 8 points, but congressional Democrats and Republicans are about equally unpopular and there are low hopes for what possible Democratic majorities might achieve.

    Some GOP candidate choices aren’t helping

    Some Democrats lucked out with problematic GOP opponents — like MAGA champion Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia and scandal-plagued Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas, who were backed by Trump over the reservations of establishment GOP leaders. In North Carolina, Michael Whatley is well known within GOP circles as a former Republican National Committee chair, but he has toiled to match Cooper’s name recognition.

    Sometimes circumstances threaten to overwhelm even candidates regarded as well suited to their races. In Iowa, GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson, a relatable former TV anchor and strong communicator, is immersed in the state’s key issues. She’d normally be a favorite to win the Senate seat soon to be vacated by Joni Ernst, but the farm state is being hammered by Trump’s tariffs and high fuel costs.

    Of course, any candidate can look like a genius if they win. And losers are always second-guessed.

    The most intriguing Senate race may be in Michigan, where Abdul El-Sayed is the most high-risk Democratic candidate in a critical race. If he wins, the 41-year-old epidemiologist will be a herald of a new political generation and star of the progressive movement. But if former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers prevails, left-wing Democratic base voters who rejected the more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens will be accused of throwing away a seat, and possibly the Senate.

    Candidates who blend skill, discipline and relatability while crossing ideological lines are like gold dust.

    But there are two even more important qualities: luck and timing.

    Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins has often seemed to possess mythical survival qualities. But she’s facing her toughest reelection race yet in a dark national environment for Republicans. The clamor of the Trump era has roughed up her reputation for independence and forced choices that drag her between her base and more moderate voters — like her vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Now she’s being branded by her Democratic opponent as an enabler of Trump rather than a bulwark against him.

    Nothing is settled a month from Election Day.

    Recent Senate polls show no clear leader in Texas; a slightly better picture for Democrats in Iowa; and campaigns mostly leaning toward the party in Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio. But races often narrow late. In 2024, for instance, Brown led in the Buckeye state in late September but ended up losing his Senate seat to Bernie Moreno. And who can forget the Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll that showed Vice President Kamala Harris beating Trump a few days before he trounced her in that state by the only measure that actually matters?

    But Democrats are confident because the biggest influence on a midterm election remains the fortunes of the incumbent president. Trump’s low approval numbers and Americans’ concerns about high living costs, AI and the Iran war make this an especially dicey year for GOP candidates.

    “When the president’s party controls Congress, the president is the referendum, but the party and their candidates are the targets,” said Michael Bitzer, a professor of politics and history at Catawba College in North Carolina.

    Yet it’s not unusual for parties to fumble while in a good position. Trump’s backing for error-prone candidates like Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania and Herschel Walker in Georgia in 2022, for example, helped Democrats cling onto the Senate despite then-President Joe Biden’s unpopularity. This is one reason why some in the party worry about the prospects of El-Sayed and the late replacement nominee Troy Jackson in Maine.

    This is also a worry in the House.

    Some Democrats fear that primary victories by ultra-progressive candidates may have produced nominees too radical for the electorate as the GOP warns that “communists” and “socialists” are running rampant. Most of these wins were in deeply blue states. But in California’s 22nd District, a key battleground that Trump narrowly won in 2024, Democrat Randy Villegas defeated a moderate primary rival preferred by the party’s Washington leaders. And in Maine, another progressive, Matt Dunlap, also defeated an establishment rival for the right to run in a key general election swing district.

    Victories by Cooper or Turek in November could give Democrats important clues about how they widen their appeal after a period up to 2024 in which their policies on immigration, gender identity issues and inflation drove away some moderate voters.

    Often, in the 21st century, the party’s cultural messaging appealed to the liberal cities and college-educated voters in the suburbs but alienated rural and working-class voters who once turned naturally to Democrats but deserted the party for Trump.

    Cooper may be their answer in one Southern state.

    The former governor is not running an overtly partisan Democratic campaign. He presents his candidacy as a chance for North Carolina to send an “independent” voice to the Senate. He’s using the key issue of the election — affordability — as a bridge to voters of both parties with his “Make Stuff Cost Less” tours and slogans like, “There is too much month at the end of the money.” Cooper’s earned the trust of moderates over long years in public office. He comes across as steady and understated and remembers working with Republicans in the state legislature as he courts voters who’ve tired of Trump’s chaos.

    It seems to be working, with polls suggesting he holds a comfortable lead over Whatley. Bitzer, who has conducted polling that confirms findings in other surveys that Cooper leads among independents, says the former governor also does far better in rural areas where the GOP typically pads out wins in a state that hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Barack Obama in 2008.

    This kind of coalition is important because polls show that while voters are looking to punish Trump, they are still skeptical of Democrats. This is one reason why elections expert Charlie Cook argues the midterms are seeing not a blue wave but a “red undertow.”

    Bitzer said that Cooper’s experience equips him to “recognize that (in) North Carolina … that moderate middle can tip one way or the other. And he knows how to appeal both to his party’s base, but also to that moderate middle that may split their tickets.”

    Turek is trying something similar in Iowa. He’s evoking the legacy of moderate Democratic Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, who served 40 years in Congress for a state that went twice for Barack Obama and three times for Trump. He’s stressing the punishing affordability crisis, poor access to healthcare, high rates of cancer in the state and what he calls Washington “corruption.” But Turek largely avoids cultural and social issues at the center of much national Democratic and progressive messaging. He supports the Second Amendment and a strong border policy.

    “The Democratic brand is certainly damaged,” Turek said on a recent edition of “The Weekly Show” with Jon Stewart, describing his ideological positioning as a member of Iowa’s state legislature. “There are times where I have more agreement with my moderate Republicans on issues than with my most extreme left-wing Democrats,” he said.

    That stance may help shield Turek against GOP claims that the Democratic Party is careening toward its far-left flank.

    And if the message is a winner this fall, it may provide the party with a blueprint that stretches beyond the midterms.

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    美田纳西死囚注射药物后仍存活 州政府下令暂停死刑执行

    2026年10月2日 15:56 / 联合早报

    田纳西州地方电视台WPLN记者斯威尼在派克被注射药物时在场见证,她过后透露,派克当时发出打鼾和巨大的呼吸声,持续了将近一小时。 (路透社)

    (华盛顿综合电)美国田纳西州一名女死囚两度被注射致命药物后仍然存活、生命垂危,州政府随即宣布暂停今年其余所有死刑执行,并就事件展开调查。这起罕见事故也再次引发外界对美国死刑制度的关注。

    50岁的派克(Christa Pike)因在1995年,她年仅18岁的时候和男友殴打并谋杀一名19岁女子,一级谋杀罪名成立,被判处死刑。她星期三(9月30日)接受致命药物注射,却因行刑失败而送院急救。

    派克是首名在注射致命剂量的药物后仍然存活的囚犯。(法新社)

    派克的律师呼吁将她的死刑减为终身监禁,称她已经历了所谓的“化学酷刑”。他们透露,派克在接受第二次注射后,曾说手臂痛得像“快要炸开了”。这令他们怀疑致命药物进入了她的手臂组织,而不是直接进入血液。

    美国死刑问题专家指出,派克的情况前所未见。美国死刑资讯中心执行主任马赫说:“这次行刑失败是我们见过最严重的一次,与现代死刑执行史上任何其他失误都不同。”

    派克犯案时年仅18岁,图为1996年3月,她出庭面控时所摄。(路透社)

    中心曾记录七起因医护人员无法建立静脉输液管线,导致死刑无法执行的案例,但派克是首名在注射致命剂量的药物后仍然存活的囚犯。

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