WATCH: House Dems unload on Texas Democrat over ‘demented’ antisemitic comments

2026-05-23T04:00:08-04:00 / Fox News

Democrats accuse Republicans of spending roughly $900K through a super PAC to elevate her candidacy in Texas

By Hannah Brennan Fox News

Published May 23, 2026 4:00am EDT

Democrats distance themselves from Texas candidate over ‘American Zionists’ remarks

House Democrats condemned Texas candidate Maureen Galindo after comments about turning ICE detention centers into prisons for “American Zionists,” with one lawmaker calling the remarks “demented.” (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital)

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House Democrats publicly distanced themselves from Texas congressional candidate Maureen Galindo for her recent remarks calling for ICE detention centers to be turned into prisons for “American Zionists.”

“Maureen Galindo is a moral disgrace who has no business running for, let alone holding, elected office,” Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital. “So she should withdraw from the race out of shame.”

“That kind of rhetoric has no place in our politics and we should not accept that kind of antisemitism here in the House of Representatives,” Rep. John Olszewski, D-Md., said. “There’s no world in which I can support a candidate like that _.”

“She must be crazy — something wrong with her,” Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y. said. “That’s demented.”

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Rep. Tom Suozzi speaks at a press conference with members of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24, 2025, marking the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu)

The backlash comes after Galindo posted to her social media pledging to turn ICE detention centers into a “prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers,” which drew accusations of antisemitism from both parties. In the same Instagram post, she also said the prison will be used as a castration center for pedophiles, “which will probably be most of the Zionists.”

Some House Democrats told Fox News Digital it was the first time they were hearing of Galindo’s controversy, or dodged giving their take on the matter.

“I’m sorry, I’m late for committee,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., said.

“This is the first I’m hearing about it, but I think anyone saying that is problematic,” Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., said.

“I have no idea about Texas,” Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said.

Top Democrats have also accused Republicans of helping elevate Galindo’s candidacy in Texas’ 35th Congressional District. The seat is currently held by a Democrat, with Republicans hoping to pick up the seat in the November midterms.

ARIZONA DEM TEARS INTO HER OWN PARTY OVER TREND THAT SHE DEEMS ANTISEMITIC: ‘SICK AND TIRED’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized Republicans over Texas redistricting and predicted the GOP will struggle to flip seats ahead of 2026.(FOX News)

The attempt to shift the blame to Republicans comes after accusations have circulated that super PAC “Lead Left,” which has spent roughly $900,000 promoting Galindo, has ties to the Republican Party.

No public proof has emerged showing Republican control of the PAC. Still, leading House Democrats were quick to call out the GOP for any potential ties. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a joint statement that “MAGA extremists should be ashamed of themselves.”

“This is disgusting, and it absolutely has to be condemned — these comments,” Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., said. “I think what also needs to be condemned is Republicans putting a million dollars behind her. Why do Republicans want her to win?”

Galindo also said in the post that when elected into Congress, she will work to pass legislation that all Zionism and support of Zionism will be considered antisemitic. She herself has denied allegations of being antisemitic, but says she is opposed to “Zionist Jews.”

“I think it’s very clear that we all have to take a stand against antisemitism,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill., said when asked about Galindo’s comments.

Since the firestorm that has come from these posts, Galindo has since posted a video to Facebook addressing the antisemitic accusations, claiming she never called for Jewish people to be imprisoned but that she wants to “put billionaire American Zionists who are funding the genocidal prison systems involved in trafficking into prison.”

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Maureen Galindo speaks at a League of Women Voters meeting in Texas.(Katina Zentz/Getty Images)

“I’m against all internment camps and would like to see them all shut down ASAP, starting with the many in South Texas,” Galindo said, referring to ICE detention centers.

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Galindo will go face-to-face against congressional candidate Johnny Garcia on Tuesday in the Texas Democratic primary.

“She won’t make it here,” Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, said when asked if he would pursue moving to expel her from Congress if elected. “I’m confident that the people in that district, much of which I represented for a decade, will stand with Johnny.

Hannah Brennan is a Digital Production Assistant on the Politics team. She previously interned at the Aspen Daily News, where she covered local government meetings, community developments, cultural events and nationally significant political events. Her reporting included coverage of the Aspen Security Forum and appearances by prominent leaders such as former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. She graduated early with high distinction from the University of Colorado Boulder in December 2025 and joined Fox News Digital in January 2026.

5月23日，美国国务卿鲁比奥在加尔各答内塔吉·苏巴斯·钱德拉·鲍斯国际机场登机前往新德里前，与印度官员交谈。 （法新社）

美国国务卿鲁比奥开启对印度的访问，强化印度与美国的伙伴关系，议题将聚焦贸易、能源及国防合作。他将与印度总理莫迪举行会谈。

这是鲁比奥首次访问印度。国务院说，鲁比奥星期六（5月23日）展开的四天行程将包括走访加尔各答（Kolkata）、阿格拉（Agra）、斋浦尔（Jaipur）以及新德里（New Delhi）。他首先参观了位于东部城市加尔各答的特蕾莎修女慈善机构。

一周前，美国与中国领导人在北京举行了气氛友好的峰会，鲁比奥此行旨在与印度这个通常志同道合的伙伴重振关系。

美国驻印度大使塞尔吉奥·戈尔（Sergio Gor）发文称，此次访问表明两国关系“不仅建立在强有力的政策之上，也建立在共同的价值观之上”。

法新社报道，鲁比奥携夫人珍妮特一同前往新德里，定于星期六与莫迪会面。

星期二离开之前，鲁比奥还将参加“四方安全对话”（Quad）——澳大利亚、印度、日本和美国——的外长会议。中国长期以来对“四方安全对话”抱有疑虑，称其意在包围中国，并曾谴责印度参与其中。

鲁比奥此次访问正值特朗普总统动摇美国传统优先事项之际。特朗普上周对中国进行国事访问，尽管没有发表太多具体声明，但他仍对中国国家主席习近平的接待表示赞赏。

特朗普在北京谈到中美两国是“G2”。近年来，随着美国盟友担心在华盛顿与北京进行谈判时被排除在外，这种说法已不再流行。

与此同时，美国与印度的对手巴基斯坦关系日益密切，尤其近来巴基斯坦成为伊朗战争的关键斡旋方，为印美关系带来新的刺激因素。

鲁比奥21日说，美国希望多向印度出售他们愿意购买的能源，还说与印度还有很多工作要做。

路透社引述咨询公司美商亚洲集团（The Asia Group）的巴桑特·桑格拉（Basant Sanghera）说，对印度而言，特朗普本月的北京行已加深印度对美关系的疑虑。桑格拉曾任国务院南亚政策专家，他说，特朗普的做法“引发了一场焦虑的完美风暴”，但两国关系已趋于稳定，双方正试图在具共识的领域推动进展。

美国务卿访问印度 力图强化印美关系

2026年5月23日 18:27 / 联合早报

美国务卿访问印度 力图强化印美关系

5月23日，美国国务卿鲁比奥在加尔各答内塔吉·苏巴斯·钱德拉·鲍斯国际机场登机前往新德里前，与印度官员交谈。 （法新社）

美国国务卿鲁比奥开启对印度的访问，强化印度与美国的伙伴关系，议题将聚焦贸易、能源及国防合作。他将与印度总理莫迪举行会谈。

这是鲁比奥首次访问印度。国务院说，鲁比奥星期六（5月23日）展开的四天行程将包括走访加尔各答（Kolkata）、阿格拉（Agra）、斋浦尔（Jaipur）以及新德里（New Delhi）。他首先参观了位于东部城市加尔各答的特蕾莎修女慈善机构。

一周前，美国与中国领导人在北京举行了气氛友好的峰会，鲁比奥此行旨在与印度这个通常志同道合的伙伴重振关系。

美国驻印度大使塞尔吉奥·戈尔（Sergio Gor）发文称，此次访问表明两国关系“不仅建立在强有力的政策之上，也建立在共同的价值观之上”。

法新社报道，鲁比奥携夫人珍妮特一同前往新德里，定于星期六与莫迪会面。

星期二离开之前，鲁比奥还将参加“四方安全对话”（Quad）——澳大利亚、印度、日本和美国——的外长会议。中国长期以来对“四方安全对话”抱有疑虑，称其意在包围中国，并曾谴责印度参与其中。

鲁比奥此次访问正值特朗普总统动摇美国传统优先事项之际。特朗普上周对中国进行国事访问，尽管没有发表太多具体声明，但他仍对中国国家主席习近平的接待表示赞赏。

特朗普在北京谈到中美两国是“G2”。近年来，随着美国盟友担心在华盛顿与北京进行谈判时被排除在外，这种说法已不再流行。

与此同时，美国与印度的对手巴基斯坦关系日益密切，尤其近来巴基斯坦成为伊朗战争的关键斡旋方，为印美关系带来新的刺激因素。

鲁比奥21日说，美国希望多向印度出售他们愿意购买的能源，还说与印度还有很多工作要做。

路透社引述咨询公司美商亚洲集团（The Asia Group）的巴桑特·桑格拉（Basant Sanghera）说，对印度而言，特朗普本月的北京行已加深印度对美关系的疑虑。桑格拉曾任国务院南亚政策专家，他说，特朗普的做法“引发了一场焦虑的完美风暴”，但两国关系已趋于稳定，双方正试图在具共识的领域推动进展。

Republican defiance over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund sets up confrontation with Trump

2026-05-23T10:03:40.686Z / Reuters

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. Congress have revolted over President Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion fund for people he says ​were victims of government “weaponization,” setting the stage for a searing battle less than six months before midterm elections.

On Thursday, the Senate called timeout on a $72 billion spending bill on immigration enforcement, which ‌has become a battleground over the “anti-weaponization” fund, after many Republican senators demanded that it either be killed or subjected to tough guardrails.

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Democrats, meanwhile, have also pledged to use the immigration bill to stage an attack on the fund.

Just one day earlier, Senate Majority Leader John Thune blocked $1 billion in federal funding for a lavish White House ballroom that Trump has already begun building. He said he did not have the Republican votes for it.

On Friday, Trump shot back.

“I am helping others, who were so badly abused by an evil, ​corrupt, and weaponized Biden Administration, receive, at long last, JUSTICE!” the president wrote on his social media platform.

This battle of wills between the president and his party, stoked by recent primary election victories of Trump-endorsed ​challengers over sitting lawmakers, threatens to intensify when Congress returns from recess next month, and could reverberate into the November midterms.

“The American people are going to reject this ⁠out of hand,” Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina said of the anti-weaponization fund, whose beneficiaries could include those convicted in connection with the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

While many Republican senators were uncharacteristically ​mum coming out of a Thursday meeting on the spending bill, Tillis and others were clear on just how politically unpalatable the president’s demands had become.

“(The fund) could potentially compensate someone who assaulted a police officer, admitted their guilt, ​got convicted, got pardoned and now we’re going to pay them for that? That’s absurd,” Tillis, who is not running for reelection, said in a Thursday interview with Spectrum News.

LAWMAKERS MANEUVER OVER ‘ANTI-WEAPONIZATION’ FUND

Republican Representative Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, who faces a tough reelection battle this fall, teamed up with Democratic Representative Tom Suozzi of New York on legislation to prohibit the payment of any claims submitted to the fund.

Retiring Representative Don Bacon of Nebraska said the ballroom and anti-weaponization funds in the immigration spending bill had become “poison ​pills” for House Republicans who face tough reelection campaigns.

With Republicans holding only slim majorities in both houses of Congress, it would only take a handful of defiant lawmakers to defeat Trump’s proposals.

But skepticism runs deep that congressional Republicans, who ​until recently have been loyal to the president on matters from tariffs to spending cuts to the Iran war, were ready to break ranks.

“We’ve heard this talk for 10 years now of rebellion and cracks in the coalition. It has never ‌happened,” said Doug ⁠Heye, a longtime Republican strategist.

He said Republicans are “constantly capitulating” on matters important to Trump, and that any revolt would be “light years” away.

Many of Trump’s backers in Congress, including Republican Representatives Abraham Hamadeh of Arizona and John Rose of Tennessee, have stepped up to defend him.

“Not a single congressional Republican was elected to oppose President Trump,” Hamadeh posted on X, adding: “Yet an insurgency is already brewing” in the Senate. “STOP slamming the brakes on the America First agenda.”

Peter Ticktin, an attorney representing more than 400 January 6 defendants, said he was confident his clients will receive payouts despite congressional pushback.

“They’re fools if they think this is going to work,” Ticktin said of Senate Republicans who oppose the fund. “It’s still ​going to go through, and those opposing the fund ​will suffer in future elections.”

DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS WILL ⁠FORCE DIFFICULT VOTES

Meanwhile the Democrats, while largely powerless as the minority party in both houses of Congress, are seizing on what they see as the president’s politically tone-deaf proposals.

They have contrasted the plight of U.S. consumers struggling amid inflation to pay their bills, with Trump’s lavish ballroom plans and the large sums of government money he might direct to the ​January 6 rioters or other allies.

“Is it possible on May 21, 2026, Republicans finally found an ethical bridge too far?” Senator Dick Durbin, the second-highest-ranking member of ​the Democrats’ Senate leadership, said ⁠at a Thursday press conference.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday portrayed Republicans as being in the throes of a “meltdown” over the ballroom and what they call a Trump “slush fund.”

One possibility for congressional Republicans after they return from recess on June 1 is to seek some sort of middle ground.

One source familiar with the maneuverings, who asked not to be identified, said there are discussions about proposed guardrails on the fund, such as standards for who would serve on a commission overseeing ⁠it, or requiring ​judicial review of it.

At the very least, Democrats will likely do what they can to force their opponents to cast politically difficult ​votes on amendments to the spending bill.

Democratic Senator Chris Coons of Delaware this week told reporters he had drafted 13 such amendments. One would bar payments to January 6 rioters who assaulted law enforcement at the Capitol, while others would prohibit the use of any taxpayer money ​to make payments, and require all payments to be made public if the fund survives, a spokesperson for the senator said.

Reporting by Nolan D. McCaskill, Richard Cowan, Jacob Bogage and David Morgan; Editing by Michael Learmonth and Edmund Klamann

‘Senators are not happy’: How Trump pushed the GOP to the breaking point this week

2026-05-23T10:00:08.091Z / CNN

President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has deepened already simmering tensions between the White House and Senate GOP.

Republicans are exasperated by the infighting and warning it might only get worse ahead of the November midterms.

But Trump’s allies insist he’s unbowed by the pushback and is emboldened after a string of recent victories for his endorsed candidates in GOP primaries.

AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.

President Donald Trump’s relationship with Senate Republicans has hit a new low after a revolt over his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund surfaced deep divisions over the direction of the party and its priorities.

Trump and his close allies were fuming over the rebuke on Friday, while on Capitol Hill, GOP senators and aides blasted the fund as the latest in a series of damaging White House blunders that they increasingly fear will cost them control of the chamber, according to five people familiar with the conversations.

“The president is making it as hard as humanly possible,” said one senior GOP Senate aide. “This is a true unified front. All 53 Republican senators are not happy right now.”

And with six months to go until the midterm elections, Republicans exasperated by the infighting are warning it might only get worse from here.

The standoff over the “anti-weaponization” fund capped a disastrous period that derailed Republicans’ bid to pass a major immigration package by June 1, as Trump had demanded, leaving their agenda in the lurch.

It also further underscored lawmakers’ long-simmering fears that rather than helping bolster their political standing by focusing on economic issues and touting key policy wins, Trump was instead weakening their chances come November through his preoccupation with personal projects and a wide-ranging retribution campaign.

“This is a ‘Nero fiddled while Rome burned’ kind of moment,” said GOP strategist Barrett Marson. “The things that Trump, and to some extent Congress, are focusing on right now are not things that help Americans — and time is running out to change the narrative.”

In just the last week, Trump celebrated the ouster of GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, who his allies had poured funds into primarying as revenge for voting to convict Trump in his impeachment trial five years ago. The president then endorsed against well-liked Texas Sen. John Cornyn in next week’s GOP primary runoff, opting instead to back Ken Paxton, a challenger who senators had openly warned could cost Republicans the race.

All the while, the White House was pressing Senate Republicans to authorize $1 billion for Trump’s new ballroom and the Secret Service, elevating a personal project many lawmakers fear is only reinforcing voters’ perception of the GOP as out of touch, Senate aides and others familiar with the matter said.

When the Senate’s parliamentarian ruled that the money couldn’t be included in Republicans’ broader legislative package, Trump publicly called for her firing — a move that many senators viewed as inappropriate and unwise, the people familiar said.

“Even the must-pass stuff is starting to get hijacked by things like the ballroom,” said one person familiar with the Senate dynamics. “From a morale standpoint, that doesn’t help.”

Against that backdrop, the creation of Trump’s $1.8 billion fund amounted to a breaking point, GOP aides said, prompting an outpouring of public criticism that culminated in a tense closed-door meeting over the arrangement with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Republican senators in the hours since have sought to make clear in public and private that there is little support for the fund — and that Trump continuing to pursue it could jeopardize the party’s broader agenda.

“Unless there’s some sort of come to Jesus moment in the White House, I don’t know how the calculus changes,” the person familiar with the Senate dynamics said. “The rebellious nature has really ticked up this week.”

Trump officials brushed off the setback and have insisted that there will be no changes to the fund. Trump tried to defend the fund on Friday morning, casting the settlement as a personal sacrifice and saying he’s “helping others” who claim they’ve been unfairly targeted. White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales also rejected any suggestions that it had strained the White House’s relationship with Republican lawmakers.

“President Trump is the unequivocal leader, best messenger, and unmatched motivator for the Republican party and he is committed to maintaining Republicans’ majority in Congress to continue delivering wins for the American people,” she said.

The White House also sent statements from seven Republican senators attesting to the party’s continued unity behind Trump, though none made mention of the “anti-weaponization” fund or the White House ballroom.

“Senate Republicans need to be in lockstep with him to finish implementing his agenda for the American people — whatever it takes,” Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville said in one of the statements. “President Trump is the head coach, and he needs a team that’s working together with him in the Senate.”

Trump and his top aides are eventually expected to work with Senate Majority Leader John Thune to chart a path through the conflict, though there was little immediate sense how exactly they planned to do it, GOP aides said.

In a notable sign that officials are eager to ease tensions, White House officials have largely declined to publicly attack individual senators over their criticisms of the $1.8 billion fund. Asked on Thursday whether he was losing his grip on the Senate, Trump said simply: “I really don’t know. I only do what’s right.”

But within Trump’s orbit, allies insisted that the president remained unbowed by the pushback — and to the contrary, appeared more emboldened after a string of recent Republican primary victories showed he retained his grip on the broader party.

“Donald Trump runs the entire board in primaries and senators believe that means nothing?” said one person close to the White House. “The Senate opposition to this is not going to last.”

Still, others warned that the dynamics could worsen in the coming months if Republicans’ midterm outlook erodes further.

Trump is already polling at historic lows and showing no signs of an imminent turnaround, potentially hastening the arrival of his lame duck status. He’s refused to pivot away from pet issues like the ballroom and toward a more sustained effort to address the cost-of-living issues hampering GOP candidates.

And in backing efforts to push out incumbent senators over long-held slights and grudges, he’s expanded the number of so-called free agents within the Republican conference: retiring senators that are suddenly more willing to speak their mind and oppose his priorities.

After Cassidy lost his primary, the Louisiana Republican promptly voiced opposition to Trump’s ballroom funding, disparaged the “anti-weaponization” fund and voted for a measure aimed at forcing the US out of its war in Iran.

“People are concerned about paying their mortgage or rent, affording groceries and paying for gas, not about putting together a $1.8 billion fund for the President and his allies to pay whomever they wish with no legal precedent or accountability,” Cassidy wrote on X on Wednesday.

Multiple people familiar with the matter said the post expressed an opinion that many other GOP senators held but could not voice on their own. But even by that point of the week, the mood in the chamber was darkening.

During an appearance in the White House briefing room on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance defended Trump’s fresh effort to push Cornyn out of his Texas Senate seat by arguing that it was an effort to install lawmakers who “fight for the good” of the people.

Trump wants “people who can’t be bought by corporate lobbyists, who can’t be bought by Wall Street, who can’t be bought by special interests,” said Vance, who previously served alongside Cornyn in the Senate and as a college student had briefly worked as his legal clerk.

The swipe quickly circulated among dismayed Hill Republicans, who even days later remained offended by the insinuation against a former member of Senate GOP leadership.

“Referring to Sen. Cornyn, who is a leader within our conference, in that way is disgraceful,” the senior GOP Senate aide said. “Unless there is a pattern change or behavior change from the White House, it’s not going to get any better.”

5月22日，在弗吉尼亚州杜勒斯的华盛顿杜勒斯国际机场等候处，美国疾病控制与预防中心已开始扩大伊波拉病毒筛查措施。 （法新社）

美国卫生与公众服务部发布一项临时规则，将针对伊波拉疫情所实施入境限制措施的适用范围扩大至合法永久居民，即绿卡持有者。

美国疾病控制和预防中心星期五（5月22日）宣布，鉴于当前伊波拉（Ebola）疫情形势，在过去21天内曾前往或停留于刚果民主共和国、乌干达或南苏丹的美国绿卡持有者将暂时禁止进入美国。

美疾控中心18日宣布采取为期30天的强化旅客筛查、入境限制等公共卫生措施，包括加强对来自受伊波拉疫情影响地区入境人员的公共卫生筛查和监测；对过去21天内曾前往刚果民主共和国、乌干达或南苏丹的非美国护照持有者实施入境限制等。当时发布的措施依然允许美国公民和绿卡持有者入境。

新华社引述疾控中心说，新发布的规定并非永久禁止绿卡持有者返回美国。

世界卫生组织22日宣布，新一轮伊波拉疫情在刚果民主共和国国家层面的风险水平从“高”上调至“非常高”，在地区层面的风险水平高，但在全球层面的风险水平低。

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美疾控中心说，目前美国境内尚未报告与此次疫情相关的确诊病例，普通民众面临的风险仍然较低。

美国扩大伊波拉入境限制至绿卡持有者

2026年5月23日 19:02 / 联合早报

美国扩大伊波拉入境限制至绿卡持有者

5月22日，在弗吉尼亚州杜勒斯的华盛顿杜勒斯国际机场等候处，美国疾病控制与预防中心已开始扩大伊波拉病毒筛查措施。 （法新社）

美国卫生与公众服务部发布一项临时规则，将针对伊波拉疫情所实施入境限制措施的适用范围扩大至合法永久居民，即绿卡持有者。

美国疾病控制和预防中心星期五（5月22日）宣布，鉴于当前伊波拉（Ebola）疫情形势，在过去21天内曾前往或停留于刚果民主共和国、乌干达或南苏丹的美国绿卡持有者将暂时禁止进入美国。

美疾控中心18日宣布采取为期30天的强化旅客筛查、入境限制等公共卫生措施，包括加强对来自受伊波拉疫情影响地区入境人员的公共卫生筛查和监测；对过去21天内曾前往刚果民主共和国、乌干达或南苏丹的非美国护照持有者实施入境限制等。当时发布的措施依然允许美国公民和绿卡持有者入境。

新华社引述疾控中心说，新发布的规定并非永久禁止绿卡持有者返回美国。

世界卫生组织22日宣布，新一轮伊波拉疫情在刚果民主共和国国家层面的风险水平从“高”上调至“非常高”，在地区层面的风险水平高，但在全球层面的风险水平低。

美疾控中心说，目前美国境内尚未报告与此次疫情相关的确诊病例，普通民众面临的风险仍然较低。

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美司法部：两名在逃中国公民涉为跨国犯罪组织洗钱被起诉

2026年5月23日 15:20 / 联合早报

美国司法部星期五（5月22日）通报，两名中国公民被起诉串谋从事洗钱活动，此案与锡那罗亚贩毒集团（Sinaloa Cartel）和哈利斯科新生代贩毒集团（CJNG）等跨国犯罪组织有关联。

据美国之音报道，法庭文件显示，从至少2016年11月起，直至2025年4月，两名嫌犯甄儒桓（音译，Ruhuan Zhen）和吴宏策（音译，Hongce Wu）及同谋利用多种隐秘手段，代表跨国犯罪组织，对巨额毒品收益以及据称是毒品收益的资金进行洗钱。

根据指控，这起串谋犯罪活动历时数年，同谋者遍布美国、墨西哥、拉丁美洲、中国及其他地区，所涉毒品收益源自进口与贩运非法药物，包括可卡因和芬太尼。

甄儒桓和吴宏策去年4月已被弗吉尼亚州的一个联邦大陪审团起诉。两人仍然在逃。如被定罪，两人分别面临20年监禁的最高刑罚。

另据香港《南华早报》报道，美国司法部尚未针对关于两人是否已逃往中国、以及来自中国何地等提问做出回应。中美两国并没有引渡协议。

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