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Mitch McConnell released from hospital more than a week after experiencing “flu-like symptoms”

February 11, 2026 / 12:38 PM EST / CBS News

Washington — Sen. Mitch McConnell was released from the hospital Tuesday, more than a week after he checked himself in for “flu-like symptoms,” a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican said Wednesday.

“He is feeling better and will be working from home this week on the advice of his doctors,” McConnell’s spokesman said.

In a Feb. 3 statement, the spokesman said McConnell went to the hospital out of an “abundance of caution” and the senator’s “prognosis is positive.”

McConnell has not voted since Jan. 30, when the Senate passed a massive package to fund a majority of the government. After a four-day partial shutdown, Congress now faces a Friday deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the only remaining portion of the government that is not funded through September.

McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, has faced several health scares in recent years. In 2023, he was hospitalized with a concussion after a fall and later appeared to freeze in two separate instances. He suffered minor injuries in 2024 after another fall.

He announced last year that he would not run for reelection in 2026 after more than 40 years in the Senate.

Myla Rahman challenges Rep Maxine Waters, citing generational change | Fox News

A much younger challenger is highlighting generational change as Waters faces her first potentially serious primary challenge in over a decade

By Paul SteinhauserFox News

Published February 11, 2026 12:45pm EST

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Maxine Waters clashes with Treasury Secretary over tariffs, inflation in fiery House hearing

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., repeatedly demanded a yes-or-no answer from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as debate over inflation spirals into chaos.

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Myla Rahman is aiming to use Rep. Maxine Waters’ 35 years in Congress as political ammunition as she challenges the longtime Democratic congresswoman.

The nonprofit executive, Los Angeles native and cancer survivor, who is 34 years younger than the 87-year-old lawmaker, is highlighting generational change as she launches a primary challenge against Waters.

“People are sick and tired of the same old thing,” Rahman told the California Post in an interview this week.

Waters, who has been in Congress since 1991, hasn’t faced a serious primary challenge in over a decade in California’s solidly-blue 43rd District, which is anchored in South Los Angeles.

HEADED FOR THE EXITS: WHY 3-DOZEN HOUSE MEMBERS AREN’T RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION

Rep. Maxine Waters, Democrat from California, speaks as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4, 2026.(Alex Wroblewski/AFP/Getty Images)

But that’s not deterring Rahman, who is hoping to get a ballot box boost from Democrats’ discontent with their party’s aging politicians, which was amplified by then-President Joe Biden’s decision to run for re-election in 2024 before dropping out of the race amid serious questions about his physical and mental acuity after a disastrous debate with now-President Donald Trump.

Fox News Digital reached out to Waters’ re-election campaign for reaction to Rahman’s primary challenge but did not receive a response at the time this story published.

Waters isn’t the only long-serving House Democrat from California facing challenges from younger rivals. So are Democratic Reps. Brad Sherman and Mike Thompson.

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And it’s not just California.

In Massachusetts, Rep. Seth Moulton is spotlighting the generational argument as he tries to oust Sen. Ed Markey in the Democratic primary.

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., launched his bid to unseat Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., on Oct. 15, 2025.(Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters; Alex Brandon/Pool via Reuters)

Rahman says, “Time is of the essence” and asks, “Why wait when you can make an impactful change now?”

While Republicans don’t have any realistic chance of flipping the district, Rahman’s primary challenge gives the GOP some ammunition.

“Democrats built a party run by career politicians like Maxine Waters who has been cashing taxpayer funded paychecks since the Cold War. After decades clinging to power, these political fossils are getting tossed aside by the same radical activists they helped empower,” National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Christian Martinez charged in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Waters was often in the spotlight during Trump’s first term in the White House, as one of his most vocal critics.

Waters remains a loud critic, questioning the president’s fitness for office after Trump’s push to remove Lisa Cook as a Federal Reserve governor.

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Waters remains influential, as the powerful House Financial Services Committee’s ranking Democrat. And last week, in a fiery exchange with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at a congressional hearing, she asked, “Can you shut him up?”

Rahman, who filed her paperwork with the Federal Election Commission a week ago, said she’s making affordable healthcare a focus of her campaign after surviving two bouts with breast cancer.

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“My mission is to help with preventative care and people not even getting sick, and that includes mental, physical and mental well-being,” Rahman said.

And looking ahead to her uphill challenge against Waters, she told the California Post, “We’re getting momentum, momentum is getting strong, and we think that we will have what’s necessary to be competitive and to win this race.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Rahman and Waters.

Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.

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葡萄牙北部遭暴雨侵袭 3000居民疏散 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月11日 23:59

2月6日，葡萄牙中部城市阿尔卡塞尔杜萨尔市遭风暴侵袭后，汪洋一片。 （路透社）

葡萄牙北部遭暴风雨袭击的多个乡村地区，星期三（2月11日）再遭到暴雨侵袭，古都科英布拉（Coimbra）周边坝面临决堤风险，当局为安全起见疏散约3000名居民。

路透社报道，自1月下旬以来，一连串致命风暴主要袭击葡萄牙中部和南部地区，掀翻房屋屋顶、淹没多座城镇，数十万居民连续多日断电。至少15人因风暴直接或间接死亡。

本周风暴略有缓和之际，一种被称为“大气河流”的天气现象又带来新一轮强降雨，这次对北部地区的影响尤为严重。

科英布拉市政府星期二（10日）晚下令，疏散约3000名处于决堤风险地区的居民。有关疏散行动星期三仍在持续，警方逐户上门检查，并用巴士将居民送往临时避难所。

地区民防官员塔瓦雷斯说，星期三深夜至星期四中午期间情况可能恶化，因降雨可能导致科英布拉东北35公里处的阿吉拉水坝“出现溢流，冲垮堤坝并引发更大范围的洪水”。

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葡萄牙北部遭暴雨侵袭 3000居民疏散

发布时间：2026年2月11日 23:59

2月6日，葡萄牙中部城市阿尔卡塞尔杜萨尔市遭风暴侵袭后，汪洋一片。 （路透社）

葡萄牙北部遭暴风雨袭击的多个乡村地区，星期三（2月11日）再遭到暴雨侵袭，古都科英布拉（Coimbra）周边坝面临决堤风险，当局为安全起见疏散约3000名居民。

路透社报道，自1月下旬以来，一连串致命风暴主要袭击葡萄牙中部和南部地区，掀翻房屋屋顶、淹没多座城镇，数十万居民连续多日断电。至少15人因风暴直接或间接死亡。

本周风暴略有缓和之际，一种被称为“大气河流”的天气现象又带来新一轮强降雨，这次对北部地区的影响尤为严重。

科英布拉市政府星期二（10日）晚下令，疏散约3000名处于决堤风险地区的居民。有关疏散行动星期三仍在持续，警方逐户上门检查，并用巴士将居民送往临时避难所。

地区民防官员塔瓦雷斯说，星期三深夜至星期四中午期间情况可能恶化，因降雨可能导致科英布拉东北35公里处的阿吉拉水坝“出现溢流，冲垮堤坝并引发更大范围的洪水”。

Lawyer for lawmaker in video to troops demands prosecutors preserve records for possible suit after failed charges

February 11, 2026 / 1:20 PM EST / CBS News

Washington — An attorney for one of the lawmakers who appeared in a video telling members of the military to reject “illegal orders” demanded that the top federal prosecutor in Washington preserve records for a potential lawsuit if her office takes any further action related to the video.

Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, wrote in a letter to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro that he was putting her and her office “on notice of the legal ramification” if they continue to pursue charges. A grand jury declined to sign off on an indictment against Crow and five other lawmakers on Tuesday, multiple sources told CBS News.

“The reports that your Office tried, and failed, to secure an indictment against Congressman Crow represents a breathtaking and unprecedented level of prosecutorial overreach and misuse of power,” Lowell wrote. “Equally disturbing is the Justice Department’s practice of ignoring numerous decisions of judges and juries who have rejected attempts to file baseless charges.”

Lowell cited principles of federal prosecution requiring probable cause that a person has committed a federal offense to request or conduct further investigation, writing that “any further effort to pursue these baseless allegations would be actionable.” He said Pirro and her staff are “hereby obligated to preserve any and all information, communications, documents, and electronically stored information … that may be relevant to the claims and defenses in this matter.”

Rep. Jason Crow speaks to the media on Capitol Hill on Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Heather Diehl / Getty Images

Crow was one of six Democratic lawmakers who released a video in November urging service members and members of the intelligence community to defy illegal orders, citing threats to the Constitution. The lawmakers, who are all veterans or former national security officials, also included Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, and Reps. Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania and Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire.

Slotkin said at a news conference alongside Kelly on Wednesday that “we need to stay on offense,” and that the two senators have “kept all of our legal options open as we go forward.” Slotkin said she sent a letter to Pirro and Attorney General Pam Bondi last week demanding they retain records. She said she sent another inquiry earlier Wednesday to confirm that “this is over” and another attempt at prosecution won’t be pursued. Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, also sent a letter requesting documents be preserved this week.

Two sources who were briefed on the failed indictment told CBS News that the Justice Department sought to charge the lawmakers under a criminal statute that threatens a 10-year prison sentence for anybody who “advises, counsels, urges, or in any manner causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military.” It requires intent to “interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military.”

Lowell wrote in his letter that the “baseless and absurd allegations by Donald Trump, followed by your carrying out of the President’s political retribution campaign has already gone too far, and are evidence of yet another abuse of power directed at those who dare speak out and criticize this Administration.”

“Congressman Crow went to war three times for this country as a paratrooper and Army Ranger — he will not be intimidated or silenced,” the letter concluded. “Congressman Crow has dedicated his life to defending our democracy and the nation he loves, and nothing will stop that.”

本地研发口服天然肠道化合物 让减肥更安全健康

2026年2月11日 20:42 / 联合早报

本地科研团队研发出一种可口服的天然肠道化合物，如同“对肠道吸收脂肪的过程加设一道可控的刹车器”，减缓肠道吸收脂肪的速度，协助人们安全控制体重。

南洋理工大学和生物科技公司Aria Bioscience星期三（2月11日）发布联合文告说，新化合物的性质有别于市面上通过抑制食欲或调节血糖来减重的药物，或是借促进新陈代谢燃烧更多脂肪的保健品。现有产品大多会完全阻断脂肪消化，可能引发油性粪便或肠胃不适。新化合物则是温和地减缓脂肪吸收，同时兼顾肠道菌群平衡，从源头减少进入肝脏的脂肪，降低脂肪肝风险。

研究团队的设计灵感来自人体与食物中天然存在的脂类分子——脂肪酸羟基脂肪酸酯（FAHFAs）。这类分子对代谢有益，但在人体内含量极低，且在消化系统中容易分解，难以直接应用。

南大团队通过改良分子结构，研发出可在肠道中稳定存在、适合口服使用的FAHFAs，能让这类对代谢有益的成分在人体内稳定存在。

研究项目由两人领导，分别是南大李光前医学院陈源顺副教授，和南大化学、化学工程及生物技术学院陈俊丰教授。

陈源顺说，适度减缓肠道吸收脂肪的速度，有助于减少进入肝脏的脂肪量。这个疗效，尤其可帮助到常吃油腻食物或无法运动的群体。他强调，饮食控制与运动仍是维持代谢健康的基础，这项技术的目标是在确保营养吸收的前提下，帮助身体更健康地处理通过饮食摄取的脂肪。

转化为医疗保健品 料今年下旬推出市场

全球目前有超过10亿人受肥胖困扰，与肥胖症相关的慢性疾病例如第二型糖尿病、心血管疾病和脂肪肝病例持续上升；面对无处不在的高脂高糖饮食诱惑，让现代人更难以保持健康体重。

研究团队跟Aria Bioscience合作，将相关技术推出市场，落实为消费者适用的医疗保健产品，未来还有机会用来治疗代谢疾病。

这一款医用级别营养保健品已通过检测，证明不含微生物和重金属，并将开展临床试验，预计将在今年下旬推向市场。

军购受阻引美关切 赖清德亲上火线吁朝野年后速审国防特别条例

发布/2026年2月11日 20:50

台湾总统赖清德（中）2月11日亲自召开记者会，再度呼吁在野党支持国防采购特别条例及预算。台湾海军司令蒋正国（左起）、参谋总长梅家树、副总统萧美琴 、国防部长顾立雄、陆军司令吕坤修、空军司令郑荣丰均出席记者会，堪称极高规格。 （台湾总统府提供）

台湾民进党政府去年提出为期八年、总值新台币1.25万亿元（约535亿新元）的国防特别预算案，却在立法院遭在野党团多次封杀，引发美国跨党派人士关切。台湾总统赖清德星期三（2月11日）亲上火线，呼吁朝野年后开议速审国防特别条例，否则恐让台湾跌出美国优先军售名单。

赖政府去年11月提出特别预算案送立法院审议，迄今已遭国民党、民众党团封杀累计10次。

美方近期表达关切，除传出最晚3月底须交付军售头期款外，参议院军事委员会共和党籍主席维克、参议员苏利文相继批评台在野党阻挡军购；参议院外交委员会共和党籍主席里施与民主党首席议员沙欣也发表联合声明，对预算受阻表示失望。

为争取预算过关，赖清德星期三召开记者会，副总统萧美琴、国防部长顾立雄、参谋总长梅家树列席，陆、海、空三军司令罕见全数到场。

赖清德强调，预算若未通过，不仅可能让台湾跌出美国优先军售名单、延宕关键装备交付，也会让国际社会质疑台湾自我防卫决心，盼朝野立委在农历年后迅速审议相关条例与预算。

媒体询问，美国总统特朗普4月将与中国大陆领导人习近平会面，是否担忧北京施压冻结军售或成为交易筹码？赖清德回应说，目前台湾接收到的信息是“这笔军购一直没有改变”。

大陆国台办发言人朱凤莲同日在例行记者会上重申，坚决反对美台任何形式的军事联系，并批评民进党“甘当美国军火商的提款机”。

截至1月底，立法院在野党仅让总额4000亿元的民众党版军购条例付委审查，国民党团也传出将自提约8000亿元版本。

然而，民众党团因“两年条款”人事更替，新任党团总召陈清龙在赖清德记者会后松口表示，将同意让行政院版本在新会期付委，与民众党版本并案审查。

国民党团总召傅昆萁则发出新闻稿批评赖清德以话术蒙蔽民众，强调将写入法案要求美方给予具体交货期程保证。他并证实国民党将提出自有版本与民众党协商，但总额尚未确定，同时强调最终三读“绝不会是行政院版本”。

由于本会期将审查军购特别条例及预算，国防外交议题势将成为今年台湾选举攻防焦点。

综合《自由时报》等台媒报道，国民党中央考量目前隶属外交及国防委员会的立法院长韩国瑜、副院长江启臣，两人循例未实际参与质询与投票等委员会运作，使立院外委会面临“蓝小绿大”局面，因此协调两人调离外委会，两人也同意配合党团运作。

不过，韩国瑜日前透露，赖清德在过年时可能会邀五院院长茶叙，他会正式向赖提议考虑“化”一字，希望国家大事化小、小事化无、逢凶化吉，否则永远冲突，对老百姓一点帮助都没有。

赖清德星期三应询时则提到，去年12月原订召开院际国政茶叙，韩国瑜感到为难，因此这次不会特别去强调任务，“主要就是茶叙”。

赖清德并递出橄榄枝，强调见面三分情，过年期间，彼此存好心说好话，也许在茶会后，能“化误解为理解、化分歧为团结、化个人小利为国家大利、化干戈为玉帛，大家一起来努力。先不谈话题是什么，就是聊天、茶叙，茶叙到什么程度，就自然发展”。

中国1月物价涨幅回落 工业通缩缓解

发布/2026年2月11日 20:57 / 联合早报

中国官方数据显示，1月CPI同比涨幅回落至0.2％。图为安徽阜阳市民星期三（2月11日）在超市买菜。 （法新社）

受春节错月、能源价格下跌等拖累，中国1月居民消费价格指数（CPI）同比涨幅回落至0.2％，低于分析师预期。工厂通缩则在“反内卷”政策、国际大宗商品价格上涨等拉动下，好于预期。

中国国家统计局星期三（2月11日）公布的数据显示，中国CPI同比涨幅从去年12月的0.8%回落至1月的0.2％。扣除食品和能源价格的核心CPI，同比增速放缓0.4个百分点至0.8%。

数据也显示，扣除能源的工业消费品价格同比涨幅扩大至2.6%，其中黄金饰品价格继续上冲，由前月68.5%的同比增幅加快至77.4%。

中国国家统计局城市司首席统计师董莉娟解读，1月CPI同比涨幅回落，主要是因为去年基数较高以及能源价格降幅较大。

经济学人智库高级分析师徐天辰接受《联合早报》采访时分析，1月通胀走弱有春节前的季节性影响，估计2月返乡潮和假期又会推升通胀上升。

中国信用评级机构东方金诚发布报告称，中国2月CPI由于春节错期效应反转，同比会大幅上升至1%左右，预计1月和2月合计的CPI增幅将在0.6%左右。

另一方面，中国1月工业生产者出厂价格指数（PPI）同比降幅收窄至1.4%，显示政府“反内卷”政策让价格下行压力有所缓解。

中国官方这次发布的数据，是每五年一次基期轮换后的首次数据发布。统计局城市司负责人解释，此次基期轮换对CPI和PPI各月同比指数的影响平均约为0.06和0.08个百分点，总体较小。

基期轮换后，CPI中服务权数较2020年有所上升，消费品权数则有所下降。统计局根据近年中国居民消费结构的变化，在CPI“固定篮子”里新增住房安防设备、老年用品、洗碗机、车用电力、摄影服务以及互联网医疗、医疗美容服务等新消费内容。

中国去年实现5%的经济增长目标，但增速逐季递减，物价持续低迷加大经济运行压力。去年底举行的中共中央经济工作会议提出，今年要将物价合理回升作为货币政策的重要考量，通过释放流动性推动物价回升。去年中国通胀水平累计同比为0%，远低于约2%的官方目标。

徐天辰预计，2026年中国通胀会略高于去年的水平，“一方面是政府‘再通胀’的努力，另一方面也会受到全球大宗商品，特别是金属涨价的推动”。

东方金诚首席宏观分析师王青受访时说，2026年中国物价水平目标或设在2%左右。

他说：“2%对于中国这样的发展中国家来说，是一个适度水平，如果低于2%，实际上就等于通缩了……有些商品本身是含有技术进步的，如果不涨的话，实际上是等于价格下跌的。”

研究：简单脑力训练有助降低失智风险

发布时间 / 来源：2026年2月11日 17:31 / 联合早报

研究始于上世纪90年代末，有2800多名65岁及以上老人参与。 （示意图/Pixabay）

（巴黎／纽约综合电）美国一项研究显示，一项简单的脑力训练可将失智症风险降低25%，不过有外部研究人员对这一结果的解读持谨慎态度。

这项2月9日发布的研究始于上世纪90年代末，2800多名65岁及以上老人随机分组，分别接受速度、记忆、推理训练或被分到对照组。

参与者首先每周训练两次，为期五周，一年和三年后再进行四次强化训练，训练总时长少于24小时。

这项研究的联合作者、约翰斯·霍普金斯大学神经科学家艾伯特说，在5年、10年以及最近的20年随访中，速度训练始终表现出显著益处。接受速度训练并完成强化训练的参与者，20年后罹患失智症的风险降低了25%；另外两种训练方式则未有显著效果。

艾伯特说，研究无法断定速度训练为何比较有效，或许这种训练影响了大脑的连通性。她认为，若能进一步探知背后的原理，将有助于开发更有效预防失智症的脑力训练。

咖啡或茶或有助维持脑力防失智症

美国另一项研究则发现，每天喝几杯含咖啡因的咖啡或茶可能略有助于维持脑力并预防失智症。

这份刊登在《美国医学会杂志》的研究历时40年，追踪了超过13万名美国成年人。结果显示，与咖啡摄入量最低的人相比，日常摄入量最高的人患失智症的风险低18%；在自我感知出现记忆或思维问题方面，后者也比前者少近两个百分点。

因“特殊安全原因” 美国得州国际机场所有航班停飞10天

2026年2月11日 17:52 / 联合早报

美国联邦航空局说，所有往返埃尔帕索机场的航班已停飞，但未说明采取这一措施的具体原因。 （路透社）

美国联邦航空管理局星期三（2月11日）说，因为“特殊安全原因”，往返于得克萨斯州埃尔帕索国际机场的所有航班均已停飞。

路透社报道，埃尔帕索国际机场通过社媒发文证实此事，指所有往返机场的航班均已停飞，限制期从当地时间2月10日晚11时30分至20日晚11时30分（新加坡时间11日下午2时30分至21日下午2时30分）。

美国联邦航空局（FAA）目前并未说明采取这一措施的具体原因。

根据《纽约时报》报道，机场称当局临时颁布相关限制令，目前正等待美国联邦航空管理局进一步指示。

埃尔帕索国际机场位于美国得克萨斯州埃尔帕索县，是服务得克萨斯州西部、新墨西哥州南部及墨西哥中北部的重要机场。去年首11月，机场的客运量达349万人次。