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加基武吉汽车起火 无人受伤

2026年3月3日 19:09 / 联合早报

一辆白色汽车在加基武吉起火，所幸无人受伤。

这起事故发生在星期二（3月3日）下午约3时，地点是加基武吉6道和加基武吉4路的T字形路口前。《联合早报》接获读者通报，指上述地点一辆汽车不知何故起火。

根据黄姓读者提供的视频，滚滚浓烟不断从一辆小型白色铃木掀背式汽车冒出，三名消防员尝试靠近但都失败，另一名消防员随后赶来，用一支水枪控制火势。其他照片和视频也显示，消防员灭火后，白车的前半部分车身已经被烧焦，车窗的玻璃也被高温融化。

新加坡民防部队回复《联合早报》时说，民防人员到场后使用一支水枪将大火扑灭，事故没有造成人员伤亡。

失火原因还在调查中。

US homeland chief Noem to face scrutiny on immigration crackdown at Senate hearing

By Ted Hesson
March 3, 2026 11:05 AM UTC Updated 37 mins ago

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• Summary

• Kristi Noem has overseen Trump’s immigration agenda
• Noem has sent masked federal agents into US cities
• She is due to testify before Senate and House panels

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to face tough questions ​over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, with funding for her department still stalled ‌due to Democratic objections to its aggressive tactics.

Noem, appointed by the Republican president last year, also may field questions on other matters including possible threats to the United States after the U.S. attacks on Iran and reports of disorder within her department.

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The former South Dakota governor has overseen Trump’s immigration agenda, including ​the deployment of thousands of masked federal agents to U.S. cities, where they have swept through neighborhoods in search of ​possible immigration offenders and clashed with residents.

Noem is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee ⁠on Tuesday and the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Trump has said mass deportations are needed after high levels of ​illegal immigration under his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, and has defended Noem’s job performance.

Criticism of Noem intensified after federal immigration agents killed ​two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in January. In both fatal shootings, Noem quickly called the victims

包佩玉接任周祥泰 出任商业事务局局长

发布/2026年3月3日 19:23

警察总监侯光辉（中）与卸任商业事务局局长的周祥泰（左）和接任的包佩玉，在交接仪式上合照。 （新加坡警察部队提供）

金管局执法局司长包佩玉3月1日起接替周祥泰出任商业事务局局长，周祥泰已调任总检察署刑事司首席检察官（国际交流）。

包佩玉（43岁）在2007年加入新加坡法律服务，曾出任多项职务，包括新加坡金融管理局执法局司长，及总检察署司长、副高级检察官和副检察官。在金管局任期内，她主导多项关键改革，包括强化金管局的调查权，以及对不当行为者发出禁令的权力，并建议为由于市场不当行为而蒙受损失的投资者，加强民事追索权。

她还监督并与利益相关者合作，处理多起备受瞩目的案件，如一马发展公司（1MDB）案、德国支付公司Wirecard欺诈案，以及最近轰动国际的30亿洗钱案，对涉事金融机构和个人采取了重大行动。

周祥泰（60岁）在2015年6月受委为商业事务局局长，他在1992年加入新加坡法律服务，历任初级法院法官、副检察官、高级检察官和总检察署副首席检察官等职。

在担任商业事务局局长的11年期间，周祥泰曾领导多起重大案件，包括一马发展公司案、兴隆贸易（Hin Leong Trading）融资欺诈案，以及30亿洗钱案。在他领导下，商业事务局在2019年成立反诈骗中心，并在2022年升级为反诈骗指挥处，打造了获得国际认可的一体化反诈骗模式。

周祥泰还通过“POET1项目”增强了新加坡警察部队的调查能力，以更快获取银行信息，并实施了新的分析和数据管理系统，从而实现情报主导的调查。

在加强行业合作方面，周祥泰通过反洗钱反恐怖主义融资行业伙伴关系（ACIP）深化与业界的协作，一共向金融机构发布了至少九份指导文件，并开展了联合调查合作。作为新加坡派驻金融行动特别工作组的代表团团长，他还领导商业事务局与国际刑警组织和埃格蒙特集团合作，在2023年发布了《网络诈骗非法资金流动》报告，这份报告获得了80多个司法管辖区的支持，有力地加强了全球打击诈骗和洗钱的努力。

周祥泰说，过去11年领导商业事务局令他深感充实，他相信商业事务局将继续精进打击金融犯罪的能力，并深化与关键伙伴的合作，维护新加坡作为值得信赖的金融与商业枢纽的声誉。

对于新任命，包佩玉说：“周祥泰已将商业事务局打造成一支打击复杂金融犯罪的强大力量。鉴于这类犯罪持续快速演变，我们必须继续加强打击白领罪案的能力。我期待与商业事务局的同事和我们的主要合作伙伴携手合作，共同捍卫新加坡作为值得信赖的金融中心的声誉。”

险些将世界第一拉下马 许永凯格洛丽亚遭逆转止步全英赛首圈

发布/2026年3月3日 19:42

这是许永凯（前）与印尼球员格洛丽亚合作参加的第四站赛事。 （Badmintonphoto提供）

挑战世界第一的中国组合冯彦哲／黄东萍，我国球员许永凯与来自印度尼西亚的格洛丽亚·维贾贾星期二（3月3日）在全英赛混双首圈发挥出色，虽然1比2落败，不过三局比分十分接近。

比赛伊始，实力强劲的冯彦哲／黄东萍迅速进入状态，以8比1抢占先机。不过，许永凯／格洛丽亚沉着应对，将比分追至9比9。此后双方你来我往、比分交替领先。战至18比18关键时刻，许永凯／格洛丽亚一鼓作气连得三分，率先拿下首局。

次局再战，双方依旧缠斗不休。中国组合在17比17平手时把握住关键分，以21比18扳回一城，将比赛拖入决胜局。

决胜局中，中国组合一度以3比0领先，但许永凯／格洛丽亚延续黑马气势，成功限制对手发挥，并将比分反超至9比5，掌握主动权。冯彦哲／黄东萍在落后四分的情况下没有乱了手脚，将比分追至15比15。许永凯最后两分击球不过，只能遗憾和搭档以21比18、18比21、19比21止步首圈。

陈薇涵在赛前和丈夫许永凯及格洛丽亚合影，支持这对搭档的全英赛首秀。（取自陈薇涵Instagram）

值得一提的是，许永凯的妻子陈薇涵目前正在英国求学，此役特地前往伯明翰现场为丈夫助威。本场比赛担任许永凯／格洛丽亚场边指导的是马来西亚混双球员吴埙阀，展现“东南亚一家亲”。

虽然无缘继续挺进，不过许永凯／格洛丽亚获得的3000积分将提升不少世界排名，他们目前以1万2690分排在第123位。

英超前三悉数出战 炮兵高歌猛进曼市紧追不舍

发布/2026年3月3日 19:53 / 联合早报

阿申纳目前多赛一场以五分领跑英超，但身后还有紧追不舍的曼市。当前英超已进入冲刺期，两队必定都要全力争胜。曼联则希望取得三连胜，让临时主帅卡里克攒足转正筹码。

阿申纳目前已在英超取得两连胜，多赛一场以五分优势坐稳联赛榜首。 （路透社）

英超排名前三的“炮兵”阿申纳（Arsenal）、曼市（Manchester City）和曼联（Manchester United）将在新加坡时间星期四（3月5日）凌晨的联赛悉数出战。在本季英超还剩九轮的情况下，身为领头羊的炮兵，势必要争取在客场击败“海鸥”布赖顿（Brighton），向冠军发起最后冲刺。

布赖顿上场以2比1战胜做客的诺丁汉森林（Nottingham Forest），炮兵以相同比分击败切尔西（Chelsea），两队目前都取得两连胜。

从战绩来看，炮兵各项赛事的客场比赛已连续11场不败。此外，他们在客场的进攻能力也大幅提升，从赛季初到去年12月的1.2个场均进球，到新年以来的每场2.3个。目前，炮兵以64分领跑英超，领先身后少赛一场的曼市五分。

炮兵前锋吉欧克勒斯（红衣）到本季目前为止，已代表球队在27场比赛攻入10球。在炮兵此前对阵托特纳姆的比赛中，他还上演梅开二度。（法新社）

海鸥目前以37分排在第11位，他们本赛季还未在英超取得三连胜，并且防守问题堪忧，在近10场各项赛事只保持过一次零封，此役在主场凶多吉少。

人手方面，炮兵中场核心赖斯（Rice）和厄德高（Odegaard）出战成疑，可能对球队的中场串联造成影响。不过，就算运动战受阻，炮兵还有定位球武器——他们本季至今已通过角球攻入16球，客场击落海鸥应当不成问题。

哈兰德出战成疑 曼市盼把握争冠主动权

曼市主场对森林的比赛将在同时间开球。虽然曼市主将哈兰德（Haaland）因伤出战成疑，但主队新援塞梅尼奥（Semenyo）发挥亮眼，在上场1比0小胜利兹（Leeds）的比赛贡献制胜球，让曼市取得英超四连胜和各项赛事六连胜。

在哈兰德临阵受伤的情况，新援塞梅尼奥（右一）攻入全场唯一进球，帮助球队战胜利兹。（路透社）

曼市主场的防守也十分坚固。自去年11月在欧冠负于德甲莱沃库森（Leverkusen）以来，曼市近13场比赛在主场伊蒂哈德保持不败，并取得七连胜。

森林近期的状态堪忧，上一场以1比2不敌布赖顿后，近五场联赛一场未胜（两平三负），目前积27分排在第17名，只领先降级区内的西哈姆（West Ham）两分，深陷保级危机。

双方交手战绩方面，森林近三次客战曼市都没能取胜，不仅一球未进，还被对手灌进11个球。此役再战志在争冠的曼市，预计要再吞败局。

曼联盼胜纽卡 巩固第三位置

当日晚些时候，曼联将前往客场挑战“喜鹊”纽卡斯尔（Newcastle），希望巩固积分榜第三的位置。

自1月17日以来，曼联临时主帅卡里克（Carrick）已带队在英超取得六胜一平不败共19分，为自己的转正积攒筹码。上一场联赛，曼联以2比1击败10人作战的水晶宫（Crystal Palace），近11场联赛取得不败战绩（七胜四平），展现出强势复苏的势头。

曼联中场核心费尔南德斯（红衣）本赛季状态火热，在25场英超比赛攻入七球并贡献13记助攻。（路透社）

喜鹊方面，他们在主场已经遭遇三连败，近五场联赛也只取得一胜四负，预计没法战胜势头正旺的曼联。

Notorious cartel leader “El Mencho” is buried in a golden casket in Mexico

Updated on: March 3, 2026 / 6:20 AM EST / CBS/AP

The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was buried Monday in a shiny golden casket with enormous flower wreaths and a large military presence in the state that gave name to one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels.

A federal official confirmed that Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” was buried in a cemetery in Zapopan, a suburb of Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city. Dozens of people accompanied the funeral procession, many carrying black umbrellas on a sunny day and with a band playing Mexican regional music known as banda.

The official who discussed the location requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case. The Attorney General’s Office declined to confirm the location of El Mencho’s burial for “security reasons.”

There had been stepped up security since Sunday around a funeral home where large flower wreaths had been arriving without a name. Some did include the image of a rooster in flowers and Oseguera Cervantes was sometimes called the “Lord of the Roosters.”

Almost all of the flowers were sent anonymously. There were so many that five trucks were required to take them to the cemetery, a local journalist told AFP. Earlier, eight people in black, presumably Oseguera’s family members, rode in two cars that followed the white hearse with his remains to the graveyard.

A funeral worker opens the door of a car carrying the remains of who authorities identified as the late Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, alias “El Mencho,” at Recinto de Paz cemetery in Guadalajara, Mexico, Monday, March 2, 2026. Refugio Ruiz / AP

The Mexican army killed Oseguera Cervantes just over a week ago while attempting to capture him. Oseguera Cervantes, who had a$15 millionU.S. bounty on his head, died from multiple bullet wounds, according to the death certificate obtained by The Associated Press.

A crucifix, religious candles and a handwritten psalmwere foundin Oseguera Cervante’s home after the operation. Mexican authorities said they tracked one of hisromantic partnersto the hideout.

The killing set off violence in some 20 states. The death certificate fits with a description of the operation to capture Oseguera Cervantes given by Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla, who had said that the cartel leader and two bodyguards had been badly wounded in a gunfight with soldiers outside a home in Tapalpa, Jalisco. The three died en route to a hospital.

The certificate specified that Oseguera Cervantes had bullet wounds to his chest, abdomen and legs.

His body was taken to Mexico City where an autopsy was performed and then the body was turned over to his family on Saturday, the Attorney General’s Office said in a brief statement.

The death certificate also notes that Oseguera Cervantes was to be buried, standard practice in cases of violent deaths to allow for additional forensic evidence to be gathered if needed in the future. The document did not say where the burial would take place.

Authorities’ security concerns surrounding the burial location are well founded. Oseguera Cervantes’ killing set off retaliation by the cartel in numerous states. More than 70 people died between the military operation and the violence that followed. The government has said that security operations continue against other high-ranking members of the cartel.

It customary for an air of mystery to surround the burials of drug lords in Mexico, something their supporters take advantage of to try to elevate them to legend. Within hours of El Mencho’s death there were already ballads, known as narcocorridos, written about his killing.

In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel – an old associate of El Mencho – and Arturo Beltrán Leyva.

There was the drug lord who was famously killed twice, Nazario Moreno, leader of the violent and pseudo religious Knights Templar cartel who authorities said was killed in 2010 only to kill him for real in 2014.

Sometimes the bodies disappear, like in the case of Heriberto Lazcano, leader of the fearsome Zetas, whose body was stolen in 2012. Or they die under bizarre circumstances, like Amado Carrillo Fuentes, “Lord of the Skies,” who died in a botched plastic surgery.

Agence France-Presse contributed to this report.

Crocodile found by boy lurking in a creek near family’s home, 1,200 miles from its tropical habitat

2026-03-03T06:54:00-0500 / CBS/AP

Stephanie Kirsop didn’t believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home.

The family live in the temperate coastal city of Newcastle, which is 1,200 miles south of Australia’s crocodile habitat in the tropical north.

Lionel Saunders, 12, and his friends had spotted the juvenile meter-long croc early Saturday afternoon. Authorities were initially skeptical of the reported find but had caught the elusive reptile by Sunday night.

“My son took videos because he was trying to convince me it was real and I didn’t believe him. It did look like a crocodile but I was like, no it’s a log,” Kirsop said Tuesday.

“He rang me back a little bit later and he’s like: ‘I’m so serious mom. You have to come down here and have a look,’” Kirsop said. “The whole drive down there I’m thinking this is going to be a trick. They’re going to laugh at me.”

She was in no doubt it was a crocodile when she arrived.

“There is a little crocodile just swimming around in the creek where local kids go to fish and sometimes kids swim in there. Wow,” Kirsop said.

She phoned a wildlife rescue service and was told crocodiles don’t live in the area. Kirsop sent her own photos and video as proof.

In this photo provided by Australian Reptile Park, its manager Billy Collett holds a freshwater crocodile caught in Ironbark Creek near Newcastle, Australia, Sunday, March 1, 2026. Brandon Gifford / AP

Kirsop was referred to the Australian Reptile Park, which keeps its own crocodiles in a temperature-controlled environment.

Park manager Billy Collett said he suspected the images might have been artificial intelligence-generated fakes. But police confirmed there was a croc in Ironbark Creek.

“I was a bit suspicious because we get a lot of phone calls. These days with AI, it’s just so crazy,” Collett said.

He recognized it was an Australian freshwater crocodile, or crocodylus johnstoni, a smaller and less dangerous species than saltwater crocodiles, which can grow to more than 20 feet, weigh over a ton, and have a bite force strong enough to crush a human skull.

Freshwater crocs can still be dangerous.

“They’re capable of inflicting a serious injury,” Collett said of the smaller species.

Collett’s team caught the croc Sunday night 2 miles from where it was first spotted.

“I just wanted to get him out of there because he would’ve perished in winter,” Collett said. It is currently autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.

The croc is healthy and will stay at the park until authorities decide where it should go permanently, Collett said. Crocs are protected under Australian law.

He suspects the croc was a pet that had been released into the wild after growing too big for a fish tank or too dangerous.

Between December 1985 and April 2024, there were 34 non-fatal attacks and 14 fatal attacks by wild saltwater crocodiles in Queensland, Australia.

In August 2024, police said human remains were found inside a large crocodile in Australia. A month before that, a 12-year-old girl was snatched by a crocodile while swimming with her family in a creek in the Northern Territory. Her days later and wildlife rangers.

Texas Senate showdown kicks off midterms to determine control of US Congress

By Joseph Ax
March 3, 2026 11:02 AM UTC Updated 39 mins ago

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• Summary

• Texas incumbent Cornyn in danger of losing Republican nomination
• Crockett, Talarico in neck-and-neck race for Democratic nomination in Texas
• Whatley, backed by Trump, leads in polls in North Carolina race

March 3 (Reuters) – A hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Texas headlines the official start of the midterm elections on Tuesday, when voters in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas cast the first ballots of ​the campaign to decide which party controls the U.S. Congress during President Donald Trump’s last two years in office.

Tuesday’s contests will determine the Republican and Democratic nominees for ‌congressional races and other offices in those states for November’s general election, when all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate’s 100 seats will be at stake.

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The elections take place days after the U.S. attacked Iran, a move that some White House aides privately worry could pose political risks for Trump and Republicans at a time when voters have made it clear they are more concerned with domestic issues, ​including affordability and immigration.

November’s battle for the U.S. House of Representatives will be particularly hard-fought, with Democrats needing to flip only three Republican-held seats to capture a majority in the ​chamber. Democrats face longer odds in winning the Senate.

Trump’s approval ratings have fallen, and the president’s party typically loses seats in midterm elections. A Democratic majority ⁠in either chamber could block much of Trump’s legislative agenda and open damaging investigations into his administration.

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TEXAS SENATE RACE EXPOSES TENSIONS IN BOTH PARTIES

For both Democrats and Republicans, the bruising Senate primary ​contest in Texas has offered an early test of the divides roiling each party.

Incumbent Republican John Cornyn, an establishment conservative who has served more than two decades in the Senate, appears in danger ​of losing the party’s nomination to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a firebrand ally of Trump who has remained popular with the president’s MAGA base despite a multitude of scandals.

Cornyn has argued that a Paxton victory would turn a safe Republican seat into a competitive race that could imperil the party’s slim Senate majority, while Paxton has dismissed Cornyn as out of touch with the state’s voters.

Both candidates have touted their support for ​Trump, including backing the military strikes in Iran. The president has not made a formal endorsement.

Senate Republican leadership has backed Cornyn, whose allies have outspent Paxton’s side $69 million to $4 million on advertising, ​according to the tracking firm AdImpact, in a sign of the party’s concerns about the polarizing Paxton.

With another far-right conservative, U.S. Representative Wesley Hunt, also running, the contest is likely to advance to a run-off ‌election in ⁠May between the top two finishers.

On the Democratic side, James Talarico, a state representative who has put his Christian faith at the center of his campaign and made explicit appeals to Republican voters, is in a neck-and-neck race with U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett, whose fiery denunciations of Trump have gained her a national following.

Democrats have long harbored hopes of turning Texas blue, but the party has not won a statewide race since 1994. Nevertheless, party leaders say the scandal-plagued Paxton – who has survived an impeachment by Republican lawmakers, a securities fraud indictment and a messy divorce – could prove vulnerable ​in November.

Analysts said Paxton would still be the ​favorite given Texas’ conservative electorate.

“Ken Paxton is ⁠still a Republican in a very Republican state that’s got a turnout machine that understands how to win elections,” said Brandon Rottinghaus, a University of Houston political science professor.

NEW MAPS SCRAMBLE RACES

In North Carolina, voters will choose the nominees for another critical Senate race, where Republican Thom Tillis’ retirement has created ​a vacant seat in a swing state.

Democrats hope former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper, who faces token intraparty opposition, can flip the seat ​in November. The popular Cooper ⁠has won statewide six times.

Michael Whatley, a former Republican National Committee chairman who boasts Trump’s endorsement, has held a sizable lead in public polls over a half-dozen other Republican candidates.

Tuesday’s contests will also mark the first time that new congressional maps are used in Texas and North Carolina, after Republican lawmakers last year redrew the states’ U.S. House district lines at Trump’s behest to try to gain more ⁠Republican seats, igniting ​a nationwide redistricting fight.

Some incumbent House members in Texas could be ousted on Tuesday. Republican Tony Gonzales, already facing a ​tough race from a conservative YouTuber, has resisted bipartisan calls to resign after allegations that he had a relationship with a female staffer who later died by suicide. He has denied wrongdoing.

In the Houston area, two sitting Democratic congressmembers, ​Al Green and Christian Menefee, are facing each other after the new map dismantled Green’s previous seat.

Reporting by Joseph Ax; Additional reporting by Nolan D. McCaskill; editing by Paul Thomasch and Deepa Babington

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem heads to Capitol Hill Tuesday to face lawmakers demanding she resign, be fired or impeached.

Her appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee comes as members of both parties criticize her handling of the Trump administration’s immigration operations throughout the country. Some Democrats have called for her to face impeachment.

Her testimony has been in the works for months. Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, had been seeking her appearance to conduct routine oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

DHS FUNDING STALEMATE THAWS AS WHITE HOUSE SENDS DEMOCRATS ‘SERIOUS’ COUNTEROFFER

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will return to the Senate for the first time since her confirmation hearing and appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where several lawmakers from both parties are demanding her resignation.(Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

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But it wasn’t until after the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good during immigration operations in Minneapolis that Noem agreed to testify.

Last month, President Donald Trump dismissed the idea of firing Noem.

“Why would I do that?” Trump said. “We have the strongest border in the history of our country. We have the best crime numbers we’ve ever had, going back to the year 1900 — that’s 125 years.”

Still, she is expected to face tough questioning from Senate Democrats.

DHS SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM ADDRESSES CALLS FOR HER FIRING, NEW ALEX PRETTI VIDEO

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President Donald Trump attends a ceremony in Florida to dedicate the renaming of a 4-mile stretch of Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County to “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard” on Jan. 16, 2026.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the top Democrat on the committee, said at the time the hearing was announced that Noem previously “refused to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee last year and now tells us that she will be available in five weeks — should she still be DHS Secretary at that time.”

“With all of the violence and deaths involving DHS, the Secretary is apparently in no hurry to account for her mismanagement of this national crisis,” Durbin said in a statement. “And she expects us to rubber stamp her record-breaking budget in the meantime.”

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And there’s at least one Senate Republican on the panel, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who has emerged as one of her top critics.

In January, Tillis said he would place holds on DHS nominees coming through the committee until Noem agreed to testify — a move that would block Trump’s picks for the agency.

SCHUMER, DEMS AGAIN BLOCK DHS FUNDING, FORCE STATE OF THE UNION SHOWDOWN

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A mobile digital billboard with messaging critical of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is parked along the National Mall on Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“I’m not going to get into impeachment,” Tillis said at the time. “I think it should be a management decision. She needs to go.”

Her testimony also comes as a partial government shutdown affecting only DHS enters its third week.

Some Republicans have expressed concern that the shutdown could hamper the agency’s ability to respond proactively to potential threats in the U.S., particularly following Trump’s weekend strikes in Iran, along with other security challenges that could arise during a prolonged closure.

The White House and Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have been negotiating for weeks, but neither side has reached a breakthrough.

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The White House sent its latest offer to Democrats, which a White House official described as “serious” in a statement to Fox News Digital. Still, no agreement has been reached, and the agency remains shuttered.

“Democrats need to make a move to end the shutdown before more Americans are harmed by a lack of funding for critical services like disaster relief,” the official said.

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

伊朗革命卫队封锁霍尔木兹海峡 恫言对船只开火

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美国汽油平均零售价星期天（3月1日）已升至每加仑（约3.8公升）3美元（3.83新元），创下三个月来的最高水平。图为加州一个加油站的员工正在安装加油软管。 （彭博社）

（开罗／华盛顿综合电）伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队总司令高级顾问贾巴里星期一说，霍尔木兹海峡已封闭，伊朗将向任何试图穿越海峡的船只开火。

这是自上周六伊朗通知船只将关闭出口航线以来所发出的最明确警告，此举可能导致全球五分之一的石油供应受阻，并使原油价格大幅上涨。

伊朗官方媒体报道，贾巴里星期一（3月2日）说：“霍尔木兹海峡已关闭。革命卫队和正规海军的英雄将把任何试图通过的船只付之一炬。”

他也在革命卫队的Telegram频道发帖称：“我们还将袭击输油管道，不允许一滴石油离开中东地区，油价将在未来几天达到200美元。”

全球每日消耗的石油中有约20%通过霍尔木兹海峡运输。海洋网联船务公司首席执行官尼克逊透露，美国和以色列对伊朗发动袭击后，被困在霍尔木兹海峡一带的约750艘船只中，大约100艘为集装箱船，约占全球总数的10%。

日本外交部通报，有43艘日本运输船星期天（1日）驶入波斯湾。

尼克逊说：“所有这些货物很快都会在欧洲和亚洲的航运枢纽及主要港口开始积压。”

业内专家也警告，如果霍尔木兹海峡长期关闭，这将推高油价。尼克逊说：“那将引发一波严重的能源价格飙升。”

由于美以袭击伊朗的外溢风险波及国际海运，总部位于英国、挪威、美国等多家主要海事保险商星期一宣布，将于星期四（5日）起取消针对在波斯湾地区运营船舶的战争险。

战争险通常为船东因战争和恐怖主义等行为而遭受的损失和损害提供赔付，取消战争险将进一步抑制船只穿越波斯湾地区。

美国星期二将公布措施 应对能源价格飙涨

星期一是中东危机爆发后的首个交易日，汽油期货价格飞涨，对美国能源价格带来显著涨压。

美国国务卿鲁比奥星期一对记者说，美国将采取行动应对美伊冲突造成能源价格飙涨的局面，并透露美国财长贝森特和能源部长赖特将于星期二（3日）公布相关计划。

鲁比奥说：“你们会看到我们分阶段推出这些措施，以尽量缓解相关影响……我们已预料到这可能会成为问题。”

根据白宫公布的行程安排，美国总统特朗普将于星期二下午2时（新加坡时间星期三凌晨3时）与贝森特和赖特会面。

不过，据知情者透露，特朗普政府目前暂无计划从国家紧急石油储备中释放原油。

美国能源部的战略石油储备目前有约4亿1500万桶原油，略高于其约7亿桶总容量的一半，动用这一储备至少可在短期内遏制油价飙升。

美前财长耶伦：美联储更可能不降息

美国前财长耶伦星期一指出，美伊冲突将促使美联储更加不愿意降低利率。她通过视频在加州长滩的一个会议上说：“我认为，最近的伊朗局势让美联储更有理由按兵不动，比此前更不愿意降息。”

她警告，如果霍尔木兹海峡长期封锁，已经显著升高的油价将进一步飙涨，这可能推高长期的通胀预期。