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特朗普下令削减美孩童疫苗接种引发争议

2026年8月11日 18:46 / 联合早报

美国总统特朗普星期一（8月10日）在白宫椭圆形办公室签署行政令，全面缩减美国孩童的疫苗接种计划。 （路透社）

（华盛顿综合电）美国总统特朗普签署行政令，全面缩减美国孩童的疫苗接种计划。

根据行政令，建议儿童接种的核心疫苗从18种减至11种。所有儿童仍应接种麻疹、白喉、百日咳、小儿麻痹症、水痘、人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）的疫苗，但乙肝、冠病和流感等疫苗将不再获得普遍推荐。乙肝、呼吸道合胞病毒（RSV）、甲肝、脑膜炎的疫苗接种将仅限于高风险人群；是否接种流感和冠病疫苗则将由医生与家长共同商议决定。

特朗普周一（8月10日）在白宫签署行政令时称，这将足以给全美孩童“黄金标准”的保护，且与其他建议减少接种的国家一致。

他也再次呼吁将麻疹、腮腺炎和风疹（Measles, Mumps and Rubella，MMR）三合一疫苗分开施打，理由是“合在一起接种，可能存在相当大的致命风险”。

特朗普将接种疫苗与美国儿童自闭症案例增多联系在一起，尽管科学证据显示两者之间并不存在关联。他说：“有些群体几乎没有自闭症的问题，他们都是不怎么打疫苗的群体，所以一定有什么地方出了问题。”

行政令指示卫生与公众服务部（HHS）在三个月内向总统提交关于将MMR疫苗分拆的方案。不过有儿科医生指出，美国目前并没有获批准的单一抗原的麻疹、腮腺炎或风疹疫苗，意味着这个建议并不可行。公共卫生专家长期以来一直建议采用联合疫苗，因为这种方式能更迅速地为儿童提供更全面的保护，同时也避免家长须多次预约,带孩子接种疫苗，减少错过接种的风险。

专家：特朗普行政令缺乏科学基础

许多医疗专家指特朗普的行政令缺乏科学基础，可能危害公共卫生。医生出身的共和党参议员卡西迪在社媒批评行政令是“错误”的，称特朗普并不具备进行这些变革所需的专业知识。

美国儿科学会传染病委员会成员米尔斯通说，这项行政令将使家长困惑，并可能导致高风险儿童错过或延迟接种疫苗。

特朗普这一举措事实上更像是建议而非命令，因为对于行政令所涵盖的部分范围，联邦政府并没有直接控制权，例如各州政府有权要求学生接种疫苗才可到校上课。

长年主张减少疫苗接种的卫生部长小肯尼迪今年1月曾推出疫苗政策改革，但后来被联邦法院一纸裁决书喊停。

Wisconsin’s Democratic showdown between Francesca Hong and David Crowley and more races to watch today

2026-08-11T06:00:00-0400 / CBS News

Six states are holding primaries on Tuesday, with the unpredictable Democratic primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota coming to a close as South Carolina Republicans choose a successor for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat.

In Wisconsin, the democratic socialist Francesca Hong and the more moderate David Crowley are duking it out for the Democratic nomination in the governor’s race after two other candidates dropped out of the race. President Trump’s ally, Rep. Tom Tiffany, is all but certain to win the GOP nomination.

With Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith not running for reelection, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig are fighting for the Democratic nomination for Senate in another proxy battle between two different factions of the party. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is opting to run for governor, and faces no significant primary opposition in the race to replace Gov. Tim Walz, who is not running for reelection.

On the ballot for the Republican nomination for the Minnesota Senate seat, Michele Tafoya, a former sportscaster, is considered the frontrunner against Adam Schwarze, a retired Navy SEAL, and Royce White, a former professional basketball player who was the 2024 GOP candidate. In the governor’s race, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth and businessman Kendall Qualls are the major contenders for the GOP nomination.

And in South Carolina, the sprint to Tuesday’s special primary election to replace Graham on the ticket comes to a head. Graham’s sister, Sen. Darline Graham, has been appointed to fill out the remainder of his term and is facing off against nine primary challengers for a spot on the ballot in November.

Here are the major races to watch today:

South Carolina

Ten Republicans are facing off in South Carolina Tuesday in a special primary election to represent the party on the ballot in November, after Graham’s sudden death last month.

Graham, a four-term senator, had secured the GOP nomination in June in his bid for six more years representing South Carolina. After his death, his sister, Darline Graham, was appointed to serve until January. And days after she was sworn into office, she announced that she was running for a full term representing the Palmetto State — with Mr. Trump’s encouragement.

But the president’s endorsement of Graham didn’t prevent a slew of Republicans from jumping into the race. Reps. Russell Fry and Ralph Norman are also seeking the nomination, along with former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and businessman Mark Lynch, who lost the June primary to the late senator.

If no candidate secures a majority of the vote in Tuesday’s primary, the contest could head to a runoff later this month to determine who takes on Democrat Annie Andrews in November.

Wisconsin governor’s race

Mr. Trump won perennial swing state Wisconsin in 2024 by less than a point, and the state is one of only two in the country with one Republican senator and one Democratic senator.

Two-term Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is not running for reelection, opening up the Democratic nomination for governor. Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who lost the 2022 Senate race against Sen. Ron Johnson by one point, had thrown his hat in the ring, as well as Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Francesca Hong, a state lawmaker and former chef.

The race started to take a completely different shape in July, when Crowley dropped his bid and threw his support behind Rodriguez, who was considered more of an establishment candidate. But Rodriguez dropped out days later after discovering her campaign had less money in the bank than previously believed.

Although Barnes had pulled out a surprise victory in the 2022 Senate primary as a progressive candidate and won statewide as the state’s first Black lieutenant governor in 2018, Hong had risen to be the frontrunner.

With Wisconsin voters facing those hard-left choices on the ballot, Crowley then announced he would return to the campaign trail as a centrist Democrat. Crowley said in a debate last month that he initially made the decision to drop out based on data, but “we were going off false data,” prompting him to return to the race.

Barnes then announced on July 30 — less than two weeks before the primary — that he would be dropping his bid, saying, “it’s becoming very clear who the Democratic nominee is going to be,” pointing to Hong. Barnes’ announcement came as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was investigating allegations that he was taking advantage of his role in the party to have sexual encounters with young adult women. Barnes has not addressed the allegations and has not been accused of any crimes.

The two frontrunners in the Democratic primary are now Hong and Crowley, who has since gotten Evers’ backing, setting up a battle between the party’s moderate and progressive factions. Barnes’ and Rodriguez’s names remain on the ballot due to their late withdrawals from the race.

The rise of Hong, who had the backing of the Wisconsin chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America, comes a year after progressive Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayor’s race and several other members and those aligned with the organization have notched victories in primaries this year.

But some of Hong’s social media comments from 2019 to 2021 have also come to light: She called for defunding the police and abolishing ICE and the U.S. Senate, disparaged that there were “too many old white people who didn’t think we spoke English” at a rural location of the Wisconsin favorite Culver’s and called to “cancel Thanksgiving.” Hong has disavowed some of these comments, and told Politico last week that Thanksgiving is her favorite holiday.

Tiffany, the GOP candidate, does not face any significant primary challengers. Tiffany is a member of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, and has been one of Mr. Trump’s allies in denying the outcome of the 2020 election.

Wisconsin House races

Wisconsin has eight congressional districts, with two Democrats and six Republicans representing the state in the House. Democrats have been focused on flipping two of those GOP-held seats.

Wisconsin’s 3rd District, located in a rural part of the state heavily affected by Mr. Trump’s agriculture and tariff policies, is represented by Rep. Derrick Van Orden, an ally of Mr. Trump’s. Van Orden defeated Democrat Rebecca Cooke by 11,000 votes in 2022 and was reelected by about the same amount in 2024. The district is considered a toss-up by Sabato Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, and the Democrats’ House campaign arm has prioritized the district in its Red to Blue program.

Cooke, who was defeated in a primary in 2024, is running again for the Democratic nomination, and this time has the backing of the Democrats’ House campaign arm. Cooke, who has worked as a political consultant, faces Eau Claire City Council member Emily Berge.

Democrats are also targeting Wisconsin’s 1st District, the district once represented by former House Speaker Paul Ryan and represented by Rep. Bryan Steil since 2018, although the district is considered Likely Republican by Sabato Crystal Ball and would likely be a reach for any Democrat. Three Democrats – Mitchell Berman, Lorenzo Santos and Miguel Aranda — are running to take on Steil, who won reelection by nine points in 2024 and has $6 million cash on hand.

With Tiffany running for governor, his seat in the 7th District, a safe Republican seat, is now open. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s son-in-law Michael Alfonso is considered the frontrunner for the seat and has the backing of Mr. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson. He faces four GOP challengers.

Minnesota Senate race

Minnesota was ground zero for the Trump administration’s immigration policies earlier this year, drawing national scrutiny after the fatal shootings of two American citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis. And the issue is front and center in this year’s primaries as candidates eye the Democratic and Republican nomination for an open Senate seat.

On the Democratic side, a dynamic familiar to the 2026 midterms is playing out between Rep. Angie Craig, a centrist candidate backed by a slew of national Democrats, and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive endorsed by the likes of Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Amid the debate over immigration enforcement, Craig has faced criticism over her previous stances, including her vote last year for the Laken Riley Act immigration enforcement bill, while Flanagan has been unequivocal in her opposition to the administration’s immigration policies. But Craig’s supporters have argued that the four-term congresswoman is the more electable candidate, especially as Flanagan has been tied to the Minnesota governor’s handling of the multimillion-dollar fraud schemes in the state.

On the GOP side, among those vying to be the Republican nominee are Michele Tafoya, a former sports broadcaster, former basketball player Royce White and Adam Schwarze, a retired Navy SEAL. And although Minnesota hasn’t elected a Republican to the Senate since 2002, the GOP is hoping to make inroads as it seeks to hold on to control of the chamber next year, seeing some opportunity in a state that former Vice President Kamala Harris won by just four points in 2024.

Minnesota House races

Rep. Ilhan Omar occupies a safe Democratic district in Minneapolis, where the winner is favored to win in November. Omar was first elected in 2018 in an open election, but she has faced centrist opposition in primaries since then.

In this year’s contest, she faces four primary challengers, but she is expected to win the nomination again.

Alabama House races

After the Supreme Court ruling in May that narrowed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which required majority Black districts in some states, Alabama postponed its House primaries until Aug. 11 so state lawmakers could redraw the districts.

Alabama is currently represented by two Democrats and five Republicans, and Republicans redrew their maps to make the 2nd District more friendly to Republicans, endangering Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures, who won the seat in 2024. Sabato Crystal Ball now considers the seat likely Republican.

Rhett Marques is the frontrunner in the GOP primary for that seat, with the backing of Mr. Trump, Alabama Sen. Katie Britt and House GOP leadership. Marques is facing five challengers on Tuesday.

Connecticut

Democratic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is running for reelection, and is facing a primary challenger — the first time in 50 years that an incumbent governor in Connecticut has been challenged in the primary, according to CBS Hartford affiliate WFSB.

According to a poll from Sacred Heart University and CT Insider, Lamont is leading Democratic state Rep. Josh Elliott by 35 points.

Republican Ryan Fazio is not facing any challengers on Tuesday. The same poll found Lamont leading Fazio by 20 points in a general election, and Elliott had a nearly 20-point lead over Fazio as well.

Rep. John Larson of the 1st District is also facing primary challengers for the first time since he was elected in 1998. Larson and his three challengers — former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, West Hartford state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest and Hartford Board of Education member Ruth Fortune — agree on key policy issues, but the race has focused on generational change. Bronin, Larson’s most well-known and best-funded opponent, has zeroed in on Larson’s age — 78 — and long tenure in Congress.

Vermont

Two Democrats are vying to take on Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott in November: Amanda Janoo and Aly Richards. Scott is running for a sixth term, but a University of New Hampshire poll from July found that he has his lowest approval rating since April 2022. Neither Janoo nor Richards has held elected office before, making a November challenge difficult.

In Vermont’s at-large congressional district, Republicans Gerald Malloy and Mark Coeste are vying to take on incumbent Democratic Rep. Becca Balint. But the same July UNH poll found that both would trail her in a general election matchup.

Wisconsin weighs a democratic socialist governor and other key races to watch in Tuesday’s primaries

2026-08-11T09:00:29.472Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/politics/primaries-wisconsin-south-carolina-minnesota-what-to-watch

The next battles over the Democratic Party’s ideological direction come Tuesday in a slate of primaries that includes showdowns in two upper Midwestern political battlegrounds.

Francesca Hong, a 37-year-old democratic socialist state legislator and former chef and restaurant owner, is widely favored to win her party’s nomination in the Wisconsin governor’s race — setting up a high-stakes test of how a swing state electorate might react to the party’s shift leftward this fall, as the 2028 Democratic presidential primary looms.

“I am tired of people telling us when we get to have change, how much change we get to have,” Hong told supporters Monday. “That incrementalism is irresponsible. We deserve so much better. You deserve so much better and together we are going to make better possible.”

It’s one of several key races that could affect the political landscape in November, when Democrats need wins up and down the ballot in the upper Midwest and elsewhere as they seek to win House and Senate majorities.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Join John King at CNN’s Magic Wall as he breaks down primary election results and takes your questions live on Tuesday night, starting at 8:50 pm ET.

The week after Michigan voters narrowly chose the more progressive candidate in a Senate primary, voters in Minnesota will face a similar choice in their state’s Senate primary. A southwestern Wisconsin congressional primary features a similar ideological split. And in Connecticut, the Democratic divide is less over ideology than the question of whether the party needs generational change.

Republicans, meanwhile, will be closely watching South Carolina, where a special Senate primary is the latest test of whether GOP voters remain in lockstep with President Donald Trump.

Here are some of the key primaries to watch Tuesday:

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ decision not to seek a third term has paved the way for one of the party’s most chaotic primaries this year. As Hong surged, moderates flailed, failing to rally around an alternative. Both of Evers’ lieutenant governors — Mandela Barnes, who held the role in his first term, and Sara Rodriguez, who is in office now — dropped out of the race in July.

David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, dropped out of the race in early July. But after Rodriguez’s exit amid a campaign finance scandal, he reentered 10 days later, this time with Evers’ backing.

Awaiting the winner in November is Rep. Tom Tiffany, a Republican who is backed by Trump and has vastly outraised both Hong and Crowley.

One question looming over the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary’s final stretch has been whether Hong — who has appeared frequently in television interviews across outlets of all political persuasions — is ready for more intense scrutiny.

With some Democrats already concerned about her support for left-wing issues like defunding the police, she’s faced fresh backlash in recent days over a meandering answer last week in a CNN interview when asked about a 2020 tweet in which she advocated for canceling Thanksgiving because the holiday is “celebrating colonialism.”

Tracy Lewis of Madison said she feared the dustup over Thanksgiving will haunt Hong for the duration of the campaign if she wins the primary.

“I just feel sometimes like she’s not ready for prime time,” said Lewis, who is supporting Crowley after other candidates left the race. “It’s ridiculous. I don’t know what she was thinking about that.”

Karen Neff said she couldn’t believe when she heard about Hong’s back-and-forth on Thanksgiving.

“It’s dumb for that to be out there. We all love Thanksgiving,” Neff said. “Everybody goes home for Thanksgiving. When are you going to fight with your family if you don’t have Thanksgiving?”

Asked about the Thanksgiving comment that she has since walked back, Hong told CNN: “I had some bad takes and some hot takes on Twitter, but like all everyday Wisconsinites, I had to express my frustrations that the system wasn’t working for us.”

The turbulent last month of the gubernatorial primary, which saw Barnes and Rodriguez drop out and Crowley reactive his campaign, may leave some Democratic voters who cast their ballot early in Wisconsin out of luck.

“I already voted absentee, but now we move on,” said Mike Connell, a Democratic voter from Madison who came to see Crowley as he stopped by the Majestic Theatre on a final push before Tuesday’s primary.

Tens of thousands of Wisconsin voters cast early ballots before the field was set, officials said, creating a scenario for which there is no recourse.

“Once an absentee ballot has been returned to the municipal clerk, it cannot be spoiled and reissued for any reason,” the Wisconsin Elections Commissions explained.

A longtime adviser to Wisconsin Democrats said the early voting dilemma could have real consequences for Crowley’s attempt to catch up with Hong’s momentum, telling CNN: “It could be an entirely different race, without the early votes that were already in.”

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, stunned the political world when he announced he would not seek reelection.

But there’s little drama in who Democrats will nominate to succeed him: Sen. Amy Klobuchar is all but certain to win the primary. She’ll take on whoever emerges from a nine-candidate Republican field that includes prominent 2020 election denier Mike Lindell, the pillow pitch man endorsed by Trump.

The bigger question mark comes in the race to replace the state’s other prominent Democrat senator who is retiring, Sen. Tina Smith.

That Democratic primary pits Rep. Angie Craig against Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, in another moderate versus progressive showdown. Craig’s roster of supporters includes Buttigieg, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz. Flanagan, meanwhile, is backed by a number of prominent progressives, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Craig and her allies have outraised and outspent Flanagan in the primary.

On the Republican side, the field of nine contenders includes former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya, former NBA player Royce White and former Navy SEAL Adam Schwarze. Tafoya has vastly outraised the other candidates.

Trump encouraged South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster to tap Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline Graham to fill the late Republican senator’s seat for the remainder of his term after he died last month.

But Graham was on the ballot this November, and now — with Trump’s encouragement and endorsement — his sister is competing Tuesday in a special primary to replace him and seek a full six-year term herself.

The wide-open primary features several prominent Republicans, including two members of Congress, Reps. Ralph Norman and Russell Fry, as well as former Gov. Mark Sanford and businessman Mark Lynch, who lost the primary to Lindsey Graham earlier this year.

If no candidate tops 50%, the top two finishers will advance to an August 25 runoff — a scenario that seems likely headed into Tuesday’s contest.

The race is the latest test of Trump’s sway over the Republican electorate. He started the year on a roll, steamrolling a handful of Indiana state senators who had defied his redistricting wishes, an intra-party critic in Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and two GOP senators, Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy and Texas’ John Cornyn. Since then, though, candidates he has endorsed have faltered in several races — including South Carolina’s gubernatorial primary, where Trump’s initial pick, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, lost to state Attorney General Alan Wilson.

Rep. John Larson, 78, has represented Connecticut for 14 terms in the House — and on Tuesday he faces a slate of challengers making the case for generational change within the Democratic Party.

Incumbent House members facing serious primaries is unprecedented in Connecticut, and Larson argues on the campaign trail that his seniority positions him to deliver for the deep-blue 1st District and the state much more effectively than a newcomer could.

But former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin says the party needs a new direction and a greater sense of urgency to defeat what he says is an unprecedented level of corruption on the part of the Trump administration.

Buttigieg, the former transportation secretary and all-but-certain 2028 Democratic presidential contender, has waded into the race, endorsing Bronin. So has VoteVets, which said it spent nearly $1 million in advertising for Bronin.

Though Bronin is expected to be Larson’s strongest challenger, there are two other Democrats in the primary: Hartford school board member Ruth Fortune and state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest.

Wisconsin’s 3rd District features another moderate-versus-progressive Democratic match-up, with the party’s voters choosing a nominee to take on Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden in what could be the state’s most competitive House race.

Rebecca Cooke, a moderate who came less than three percentage points from unseating Van Orden in what’s likely to have been a less politically favorable year for Democrats in 2024, faces progressive Emily Berge, the former Eau Claire city council president.

Cooke, who has broad Democratic establishment backing, has distanced herself from left-leaning policies like defunding the police and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Berge advocates for Medicare for All, which Cooke suggested may be politically improbable and says a Democratic House majority would be more likely to focus on more achievable aims like extending Affordable Care Act tax credits. Berge says she would vote to impeach Trump, while Cooke has stopped short of saying she would do so.

The gubernatorial primary could be a factor in the race, with Berge potentially benefitting from a strong performance by Hong.

The district, in southwestern Wisconsin, includes most of the state’s portion of what’s known as the Driftless Area — a unique geographic region of steep hills, deep valleys and clear rivers and streams that wasn’t flattened by glaciers like most of the Midwest in the last Ice Age.

美众院委员会问学界人士是否因中国申请者而错失工作机会

2026年8月11日 17:03 / 联合早报

美国众议院美中战略竞争特别委员会在新加坡时间星期二（8月11日）于X（前称推特）发文，呼吁自认因有来自中国的申请者而错失工作机会的学界人士，与委员会分享相关资料。 （取自X）

美国众议院一个涉华委员会本周通过社交平台，呼吁自认因有来自中国的申请者而错失工作机会的学界人士，与委员会分享相关资料。有批评者指此举是歧视性行为。

美国众议院美中战略竞争特别委员会在新加坡时间星期二（8月11日）于X（前称推特）发文，对象为美国学生、博士后研究员和学者，并认为存在优先考虑来自中国的申请者的情况，导致自己失去获得研究职位、实验室工作或博士后职位机会。

委员会呼吁任何人如果有第一手信息或佐证文件，与委员会联系。

针对委员会的呼吁，总部设在美国华盛顿的昆西研究所（Quincy Institute）研究员斯韦恩（Michael Swaine）批评委员会借此暗示，是否曾发生过来自中国、资质较低的人士被选上，而不是美国人的事情。

斯韦恩说：“我们已来到这种地步，怀疑大学和研究机构会选择资质较低的中国人？或者这只是要歧视非美国人，无论他们更胜任某个研究工作与否？真是可悲。”

长期研究美中两国科技关系的专家西蒙（Denis Simon）认为，学术职位分配公平性属于合理关切课题，但委员会的措辞接近明显种族歧视行为。

西蒙曾担任昆山杜克大学常务副校长，目前也在昆西研究所担任研究员。他告诉香港《南华早报》，研究和博士后职位竞争非常激烈，通常根据专业知识、刊物记录、推荐、资金和项目契合度来决定。

西蒙说：“中国申请人可能被选上，美国申请人没被选，这一点本身并不表示存在偏袒、歧视或对国家安全构成威胁。”

他认为，除非有特殊的安全考虑，美国公民身份不表示“可自动享有某个职位，其他候选人可能更适合该职位”。

In Upper Midwest primaries, a test of progressive energy and Trump’s influence

2026-08-11T10:07:13.546Z / Reuters

Summary

• Trump-backed Mike Lindell says his name recognition and fundraising give him crossover appeal in Minnesota
• Francesca Hong is looking to become the first Democratic Socialist governor of Wisconsin
• Reuters/Ipsos poll shows liberal Democrats prioritizing higher corporate taxes, abortion access and universal care

Aug 11 (Reuters) – Minnesota and Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primaries on Tuesday feature two candidates situated at the far end of their parties’ ideological spectrums. ​Former MyPillow CEO and 2020 conspiracy promoter Mike Lindell is running for the Republican nomination in Minnesota and Democratic socialist Francesca Hong is seeking the Democratic nomination in ‌Wisconsin.

Both would face off against more conventional candidates in November’s mid-terms and create electability questions for their respective parties.

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The race is expected to test the progressive energy that has recently propelled left-wing Democrats to the top of their tickets, while also indicating whether the endorsement of U.S. President Donald Trump still holds the sway over Republicans it has in previous elections.

MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS WEIGH TRUMP’S ENDORSEMENT OF LINDELL

Seven Minnesota Republicans are vying to face off against likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee ​Senator Amy Klobuchar in November. Seven Democrats are also running, with Klobuchar receiving the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nomination in May.

Lindell is among the most visible of those Republicans, an enduring ​Trump ally and proponent of the baseless idea that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Lisa Demuth and ⁠businessman Kendall Qualls are also top hopefuls.

This year could be a tough one for the Minnesota GOP, with one of its top contenders, lawyer Chris Madel, dropping out of the race in January, in ​the aftermath of “Operation Metro Surge,” the immigration deportation campaign in Minneapolis that led to the deaths of two American citizen protesters earlier that month.

“I cannot support the national Republican’s stated retribution on the ​citizens of our state nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so,” Madel said in a video posted on X. “The national Republicans have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota.”

But Lindell told Reuters in an interview that he could win over Democratic voters. “I believe I’m the only candidate that can win. I not only have the name, but I can raise the most ​money and I can do the best marketing,” said Lindell, who stepped down as CEO of MyPillow in early August to devote himself full-time to his campaign.

Lindell received Trump’s endorsement in May, ​when the president wrote on Truth Social, “Mike will be SPECTACULAR!!! He truly loves Minnesota, as do I, and wants to bring it back from oblivion and embarrassment. He can do it!”

IN WISCONSIN, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST FACES OFF ‌AGAINST PARTY ⁠FAVORITE

In Wisconsin’s Democratic primary, Francesca Hong is looking to become the first democratic socialist governor of Wisconsin, and some polls show her leading Governor Tony Evers’ pick, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.

Hong recently drew criticism for the reappearance of old tweets, including a November 2020 post, at the height of a COVID-19 wave in Wisconsin, in which she wrote, “Please DON’T gather for the colonizer holiday,” and another when she said, “Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621.”

In recent interviews, Hong has walked back those statements, saying that as a chef, she had fond memories of the Thanksgiving holiday, but that Thanksgiving was a time that ​is painful for many people. In another interview ​she said that she did not want to ⁠cancel Thanksgiving.

Hong did not respond to a request for an interview.

Hong’s left-leaning policy goals, including abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, a one-year moratorium on data centers and increased taxation of billionaires and corporations, may be growing in popularity among Democratic voters.

A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Democratic voters want their ​party’s candidates to track further to the left. More than seven in 10 liberal Democrats say it’s “essential” for their party’s candidates to support ​increasing taxes on corporations ⁠and billionaires (76%), expanding access to abortion (72%) and universal government-provided health care (71%).

But unlike Abdul El-Sayed, another left-winger who captured the Michigan Senate primary earlier this month, Hong is running without the endorsements of progressive heavyweights, independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat.

DEMS MINNESOTA SENATE MATCHUP

Among the aspirants for Minnesota’s Democratic Senate nomination are left-leaning Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, who was elected on a ticket with Governor Tim Walz in 2018, and Representative Angie Craig, who took ⁠office in ​2019 and is seen as a more moderate candidate who sometimes votes with Republicans.

The candidates are seeking the seat left ​open by Democratic Senator Tina Smith, who announced her retirement in February 2025.

Craig was the only Minnesota Democrat to vote for the Laken Riley Act, which gave ICE broader authority to detain immigrants charged with some crimes. She later wrote in a ​March op-ed for the Minnesota Star Tribune that she regretted her vote.

Flanagan has said ICE is out of control and must be dismantled.

Reporting by Renee Hickman; Editing by Michael Learmonth and Lincoln Feast.

扎克伯格发长文谈AI愿景 吁美国业者选择开放保持领先

2026年8月11日 19:21 / 联合早报

扎克伯格呼吁，美国前沿业者应保持开放，避免AI落入“政府独裁”，从而在良性竞争里创造最好的产品，在与中国的竞争中继续保持领导地位。 （法新社）

（旧金山综合电）在中国低成本人工智能（AI）大模型逐渐占据市场优势的背景下，美国科技巨头Meta创始人扎克伯格呼吁，美国前沿业者应保持开放，让全民都可以接触到超级智能技术、避免AI落入“政府独裁”，在良性竞争里创造最好的产品，从而在与中国的竞争中保持领导地位。

扎克伯格星期一（8月10日）发布一篇6500字的长文，阐述Meta的AI战略，并描绘一个人人可以使用超级智能（superintelligence）改善生活的理想AI未来，并重申对开放模型的支持。

扎克伯格认为，未来开放模型会占据全球市场主流，而美国如果想继续领先，也要从政策上予以支持，包括允许美国企业使用其他国家的开源大模型进行训练。

他指出，当大家都有机会接触到高端技术时，便能互相制衡、良性竞争并提升整体安全性。这也避免了最尖端的技术被某些企业或政府垄断、权力天平倾斜。

自深度求索（DeepSeek）问世以来，中国AI企业一直主张开放权重，免费提供美国AI巨头想收费的内容，加上中国AI企业展现出来的强大竞争力，直接冲击原本由美国企业定义的AI世界。

肯尼思·罗戈夫：人工智能煤矿里的金丝雀

Meta也在星期一发布了新的开放权重模型Muse Glimmer，并将在后续公开更多程序文件。此外，Meta也宣布投入10亿美元（约12亿8000万新元）设立一个数据中心社区基金，投资和帮助公司数据中心所在的社区。

同一天，Meta则在法庭上受挫。位于旧金山的联邦上诉法院，拒绝了Meta和TikTok的上诉请求，裁定3000多起针对Meta、谷歌和TikTok所设计的产品让年轻用户上瘾的诉讼案可以继续。

扎克伯格发长文谈AI愿景 吁美国业者选择开放保持领先

2026年8月11日 19:21 / 联合早报

扎克伯格呼吁，美国前沿业者应保持开放，避免AI落入“政府独裁”，从而在良性竞争里创造最好的产品，在与中国的竞争中继续保持领导地位。 （法新社）

（旧金山综合电）在中国低成本人工智能（AI）大模型逐渐占据市场优势的背景下，美国科技巨头Meta创始人扎克伯格呼吁，美国前沿业者应保持开放，让全民都可以接触到超级智能技术、避免AI落入“政府独裁”，在良性竞争里创造最好的产品，从而在与中国的竞争中保持领导地位。

扎克伯格星期一（8月10日）发布一篇6500字的长文，阐述Meta的AI战略，并描绘一个人人可以使用超级智能（superintelligence）改善生活的理想AI未来，并重申对开放模型的支持。

扎克伯格认为，未来开放模型会占据全球市场主流，而美国如果想继续领先，也要从政策上予以支持，包括允许美国企业使用其他国家的开源大模型进行训练。

他指出，当大家都有机会接触到高端技术时，便能互相制衡、良性竞争并提升整体安全性。这也避免了最尖端的技术被某些企业或政府垄断、权力天平倾斜。

自深度求索（DeepSeek）问世以来，中国AI企业一直主张开放权重，免费提供美国AI巨头想收费的内容，加上中国AI企业展现出来的强大竞争力，直接冲击原本由美国企业定义的AI世界。

肯尼思·罗戈夫：人工智能煤矿里的金丝雀

Meta也在星期一发布了新的开放权重模型Muse Glimmer，并将在后续公开更多程序文件。此外，Meta也宣布投入10亿美元（约12亿8000万新元）设立一个数据中心社区基金，投资和帮助公司数据中心所在的社区。

同一天，Meta则在法庭上受挫。位于旧金山的联邦上诉法院，拒绝了Meta和TikTok的上诉请求，裁定3000多起针对Meta、谷歌和TikTok所设计的产品让年轻用户上瘾的诉讼案可以继续。

横幅惹官司 英超诺丁汉森林老板告水晶宫诽谤

2026年8月11日 15:42 / 联合早报

诺丁汉森林队的老板马里纳基斯（图），在伦敦高等法院正式起诉对手水晶宫及“身份不明人士”，指控对方涉嫌诽谤。 （路透社档案照片）

（伦敦法新电） 英超纠纷闹上法庭，诺丁汉森林（Nottingham Forest）的船王老板马里纳基斯（Marinakis）星期一（8月10日）在伦敦高等法院正式起诉英超对手水晶宫（Crystal Palace）及“身份不明人士”，指控他们涉嫌诽谤。

这起诉讼源于近一年前的一场英超联赛。2025年8月24日，两队在水晶宫主场塞尔赫斯特公园球场（Selhurst Park）以1比1握手言和。期间，水晶宫球迷在看台上展示了一幅具有高度挑衅意味的巨型横幅，画中马里纳基斯持手枪，指着自家中场球星吉布斯—怀特（Gibbs-White）的头部，并附上带有讽刺意味的标语：“马里纳基斯先生绝未卷入勒索、假球、贩毒或腐败。”

这名59岁的希腊航运兼媒体大亨此前曾多次面临相关指控，但他一概坚决否认有任何不当行为。

英格兰足球总会已于2025年11月对水晶宫提出指控，认定其未能有效约束球迷的行为，最终对该俱乐部罚款5万英镑（约8万6500元）。

据了解，这场比赛前夕两队关系便极其紧张。水晶宫此前违反欧洲足联的多俱乐部所有权规定，导致被剥夺欧洲联赛的参赛资格，并降级至欧洲协会联赛，而其留下的欧洲联赛席位恰好由诺丁汉森林顶替。

除了诺丁汉森林，马里纳基斯名下还拥有希腊豪门奥林匹亚科斯（Olympiacos）以及葡萄牙俱乐部里奥阿维（Rio Ave）。目前水晶宫方面尚未对此诉讼发表官方回应。

哥伦比亚强震 中使馆：暂未接到中国公民伤亡报告

2026年8月11日 15:43 / 联合早报

哥伦比亚星期一（8月10日）早上7时许发生的7.4级地震，为哥伦比亚本世纪有记录以来最强烈的地震。 （新华社）

哥伦比亚发生强烈地震，中国驻哥伦比亚大使馆称，暂未接到中国公民伤亡报告。

据“中国驻哥伦比亚使馆”微信公号，中使馆称，使馆高度关注在哥中国公民安全，第一时间启动应急机制，全面排查受灾情况，目前尚未接到有中国公民伤亡的信息。

中使馆提醒，强震以及余震对现存建筑物主体结构可能造成严重损伤，请在哥中资机构人员及广大侨民仔细检查生活工作场所建筑是否出现裂缝，如发现“X”形或“U”形交叉裂缝则须立即撤离；密切关注当地地震预警信息以及防灾预警，按照指引行动；保持冷静，准备便携式应急物资包，做好安全防护，保持通讯畅通。

中使馆提醒，在人员伤亡严重的受灾地区，灾后可能会发生环境污染、疾病传播等公共卫生事件。建议中国公民除参与救灾工作外，非必要不前往相关区域。确有需要前往的，请务必穿戴好口罩手套等卫生防护物品。离开受灾地区后尽快做好清洁护理。

中使馆还提醒有关地区侨民商户务必提高警惕，关注当地治安形势，防范各类损失。地震灾害可能对道路交通造成影响，如确有必要驾车出行，请务必注意交通安全。

哥伦比亚进入国家紧急状态 强震已致132人死亡逾500人伤

综合路透社和彭博社报道，哥伦比亚星期一（8月10日）早上7时许发生的7.4级地震，为哥伦比亚本世纪有记录以来最强烈的地震。地震波及首都波哥大、卡利、麦德林等主要城市，多个城市的建筑物倒塌，医院和基础设施受损，许多人被困在废墟下。目前，地震已造成至少132人死亡、570人受伤，全国有32个城市严重受灾。

【红蚂蚁】和中国电商较量 本地商家能像“洛奇”被打后重新站起吗？

2026年8月11日 15:49 / 联合早报 新明日报

AI摘要

• 中国电商平台如拼多多、淘宝以“0元包邮”等低价策略冲击新加坡本地商家，致部分邻里商店营业额下滑超50%。
• 本地商家在成本高企与严格监管下，难以匹敌获补贴的中国电商“降维打击”，面临不公平竞争。
• 专家担忧此模式长期将破坏本地供应链，导致失业及消费力下降，拖累整体经济。
• 多国已采取限制措施应对，新加坡虽坚持自由贸易，或需重新审视公平竞争环境。

本摘要由AI辅助生成，仅供参考

拼多多强势登陆新加坡，不少本地商家坦言生意越来越难做。 （档案照片）

早前，对引用电影台词和内容情有独钟的新加坡贸工部长陈诗龙，在国会针对本地企业面对的挑战发言时，借用了好莱坞经典拳击电影《洛奇》主人公的故事。

他说，企业家就像是洛奇，不仅能挥拳出击，更重要的是能承受打击，重新站起来并继续勇往直前，“这才是企业家获胜的方式”。

但众所周知，拳击比赛有量级之分，若由重量级拳手对阵轻量级拳手，本来就不是一场公平的较量。

最近，在拼多多及淘宝等中国电商平台冲击下节节败退的本地商家，面临的或许就是这么一场不公平的拳赛。

从“一件包邮”到“0元包邮”，加上“便宜到笑”的商品价格，中国电商的价格攻势，本地商家几乎无法招架。

从量级来看，中国电商平台是在“降维打击”，而本地商家则是“越级打怪”。

据《新明日报》报道，面对中国电商平台在本地强势进攻，受访的新加坡邻里商家苦叹生意越来越难做，有者营业额甚至下滑超过50%。

本就因新柔地铁开通在即而忐忑不安的本地商家，如今又要迎战过江龙，情况可谓雪上加霜。

新柔地铁开通在即，本地邻里商店的生意恐面临打击。（海峡时报）

短期内爽购便宜货 长期下来整体经济买单？

持平而论，百物价涨下，电商平台的廉价商品，能让新加坡消费者稍微喘口气。

也有部分声音认为，这本就是一场自由市场的优胜劣汰，既然抢不过别人，就意味着经营模式已无法适应时代洪流，不求变，关门大吉也只是刚好而已。

然而，放任这些打价格割喉战的平台商品持续涌入，长期而言，恐怕是把双刃剑，甚至是饮鸩止渴。

以拼多多为首的中国电商平台以工厂直销等模式压低成本，本地商家根本无法在价格上与之匹敌。这从源头起即已是不公平的较量。

更令人担忧的是，这种直销模式恐将直接冲击本地供应链，导致品牌商、批发商、经销商等被绕开，“没工开也没饭吃”。附带的效应，是相关从业人员收入锐减甚至失业，最终因民众整体消费意愿及能力低迷，拖累国家经济走下坡。

拼多多主打包邮低价，对本地消费者极具吸引力。（互联网）

这类中国电商平台大举“入侵”外国市场，与中国当地产能过剩的背景息息相关，平台及中国当局给予大额补贴，使商家能以更低廉的价格抢占他国市场。

与此同时，相对身在国外的电商平台卖家，新加坡商家必须面临更严格的合规及监管力道。随着租金、水电费及人力成本日益高涨，本地商家的获利空间也进一步受挤压。

面对中国电商廉价商品的倾销，不少国家已经采取限制措施。美国取消了800美元以下小额包裹免税的措施，欧盟亦在今年7月起取消价值150欧元以下小额包裹的免税待遇。

印尼则采取更严厉的限制措施，包括屏蔽拼多多旗下面向国际市场的电商平台Temu，以及封禁其手机应用。

新加坡主张自由贸易，反对保护主义，但或许也该反思，这些来自海外的电商巨擘，是否在不尽公平的擂台上，重击资本并不雄厚的本地中小型企业。

要本地商家具备打不倒的企业家精神无可厚非，但至少也要让他们在量级与规则公平的擂台上有一搏的机会，否则量级处于劣势的拳手无论多有毅力，总在读秒阶段坚持站起，也只是继续白白挨打而已。