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Anna Paulina Luna says she’s ‘very confident’ votes are there to expel Cherfilus-McCormick

2026-04-16T06:00:02-04:00 / Fox News

Cherfilus-McCormick told Fox News Digital she will not resign ahead of a looming expulsion vote

By Adam Pack, Fox News

Published April 16, 2026 6:00am EDT

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said she is “confident” that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who is facing a pending criminal indictment, will be expelled by the House of Representatives as soon as next week.

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After leading the effort to force the resignation of former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., one House Republican has her sights set on another target.

“I’m very confident that the votes to expel Sheila [Cherfilus-McCormick] are there,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital in an interview, referring to Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., who could face an expulsion vote as early as next week.

It takes a two-thirds majority to expel a member of Congress, and Luna said she has been contacted privately by both Republicans and Democrats who plan to vote to remove the embattled Florida Democrat.

“Democrats have voiced their frustrations with her and have stated that they will vote to expel her as well,” Luna said.

Rep. Eric Swalwell spoke during a press conference on committee assignments for the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington, D.C.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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House Democratic leadership has not yet weighed in on Cherfilus-McCormick’s fate, but a growing number of the Democratic caucus, from moderates to progressives, have backed her ouster.

The momentum for expulsion comes after a House ethics subcommittee found Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of more than two dozen ethics violations in March, including allegations related to stealing millions of disaster relief funds to finance her congressional run. She is also facing a separate federal criminal indictment that could result in more than 53 years in prison if convicted.

Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., is expected to introduce a resolution to expel Cherfilus-McCormick after the House Ethics Committee issues its recommended sanction next week.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said the House of Representatives will vote to expel Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., if she does not resign.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images | Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Still, Cherfilus-McCormick told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that she would not resign despite the threat of removal.

“This is not the time to abandon the district, not when they too are fighting for their future,” said Cherfilus-McCormick, who is running for re-election.

Not every lawmaker, however, has been willing to risk the prospect of expulsion, which has only happened a handful of times in U.S. history.

Luna on Tuesday threatened to introduce a motion expelling Swalwell if he did not resign. Swalwell ultimately chose to quit on his own terms rather than face a rare chamber-wide expulsion vote.

“I was ready to make that expulsion. I had it ready to go,” Luna said. “And then his office contacted my office and let me know that his resignation would be coming in a few minutes before the deadline was for the expulsion [motion].”

Five women, including one former staffer, have so far accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct and rape. The California Democrat has denied any criminal wrongdoing and his attorney has vowed to vigorously contest the allegations.

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Members of Congress have traditionally been reluctant to pursue expulsion against colleagues who have not been criminally charged or found by the House Ethics Committee to have committed misconduct, but Luna argued that the serious allegations against Swalwell required a more aggressive approach.

“His resignation, obviously, was something that had to be done,” Luna said. “It was non-negotiable.”

Luna also sharply criticized an atmosphere on Capitol Hill that she argued turned a blind eye to Swalwell’s alleged misconduct.

“From what we were hearing on the Hill, this was behavior that was known about for a while. But no one came forward to officially report it,” Luna said, calling the silence “disturbing.”

Luna predicted that additional sexual misconduct allegations would be made against Swalwell and said she turned over unreported information about Swalwell’s conduct to the FBI.

She also supported the expulsion of former Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, who resigned from the House on Tuesday to fend off a looming removal vote.

Former Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, resigned from Congress on April 14, 2026, after a looming expulsion vote threatened to forcibly remove him.(Getty)

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“I guess I took it on myself to act specifically in these cases because I got really frustrated. I’m up here to serve my constituents,” Luna said. “There’s a lot of people that are up here to do good on behalf of their districts,to actually make real change.”

“And when you are associated with and you accept people’s behavior that is unethical and immoral and illegal, it’s a poor reflection, not just on the institution, but it also taints the waters for everyone that serves with these people,” she continued.

House set to break with Trump, voting against ending deportation protections for Haitians

April 16, 2026 / 7:06 AM EDT / CBS News

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Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.

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Washington — The House is poised to deliver rare pushback on President Trump’s immigration policies in a vote Thursday on a bill to stop the administration from ending temporary deportation protections for Haitian nationals living in the U.S.

Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts spearheaded the effort to force a vote through a procedural tool known as a discharge petition. The tool — which has seen increasing success under the fractured House Republican majority — hit the 218-signature threshold it needed to bypass GOP leadership and bring the measure to the floor in late March.

Four Republicans — Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mike Lawler of New York and Don Bacon of Nebraska — joined all Democrats in backing the discharge petition. In a procedural vote Wednesday, it also gained the support of Reps. Nicole Malliotakis of New York, Carlos Gimenez of Florida and Kevin Kiley of California, allowing the bill to proceed to the House floor.

The underlying bill, introduced last year by Democratic Rep. Laura Gillen of New York, would require the Department of Homeland Security to extend temporary protected status, or TPS, for Haitians until 2029. The bill was cosponsored by Lawler.

The bill mirrors one introduced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in 2019, when he was a Florida senator.

The vote comes as the Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the legal battle over the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back the temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria. A federal judge blocked the administration from revoking the legal protections for Haiti in February, one day before they were set to lapse, and an appeals court panel declined to freeze the lower court’s decision.

Congress created the temporary protected status system in 1990, which allows immigrants to temporarily live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation if DHS decides their home country is unsafe due to armed conflict, environmental disasters or other extraordinary circumstances.

Haiti’s designation has been extended several times since 2010, when a devastating earthquake left more than 300,000 people dead. It was most recently extended in August 2024 for 18 months by the Biden administration, which cited economic, security, political and health crises afflicting the Caribbean nation. More than 330,000 Haitian nationals held the status as of last year, not including people who also hold green cards.

The Trump administration has sought to wind down protections for Haiti and several other countries, requiring Haitian nationals to leave the country unless they qualify for some other lawful immigration status. In a termination notice in November, the administration said Haiti’s designation “is contrary to the U.S. national interest.”

“The United States cannot call for bold change on the ground while signaling doubt from afar. Our immigration policy must align with our foreign policy vision of a secure, sovereign, and self-reliant Haiti and not a country that Haitian citizens continue to leave in large numbers to seek opportunities in the United States,” the notice said, while also acknowledging “the current situation in Haiti is concerning.”

Lawmakers said the Trump administration’s decision puts lives at risk.

“The stakes could not be higher,” Pressley said Wednesday at a news conference, calling the Trump administration’s decision “a death sentence.”

Gillen said it was “cruel to expect Haitians to be forced to return to these deadly, dangerous conditions.”

Lawler argued that “sending people back to Haiti to unsafe conditions when they are currently here lawfully, is unjust and unwise.”

“The State Department itself says that Haiti is unsafe for Americans to travel to, which is in complete contradiction with the Department of Homeland Security saying that it is safe for Haitian immigrants to return to,” said Lawler, a Republican whose New York district is one of the most closely contested seats in the House.

Pressley, a co-chair of the House Haiti Caucus, has for months been making the case to Republicans and some apprehensive Democrats to get them on board, according to a senior aide to the congresswoman. The aide said Pressley’s pitch has emphasized the negative economic impacts, particularly on the caregiving workforce, if more than 300,000 Haitians are forced to leave the U.S.

Pressley told CBS News on Wednesday she planned to continue having conversations with her Republican colleagues “up until the very minute” of the vote to try and secure their support. Some Republicans who did not sign the discharge petition had expressed interest, but weren’t willing to buck leadership and put their name on it, the aide said.

The legislation would still have to make it through the Senate, and it’s unclear how quickly the upper chamber would move on it. It also faces a veto from Mr. Trump, and a two-thirds majority is needed in both chambers to overcome his veto. The House was unwilling to override two vetoes earlier this year on legislation that passed unanimously.

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Trump leans in on a major 2026 issue: possibly replacing Justices Alito and Thomas

Apr 16, 2026, 4:00 AM ET / CNN Politics

Analysis by

Aaron Blake

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Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas

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President Donald Trump seems to be leaning in on the idea that elderly conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas might think about a conveniently timed retirement this year.

Trump couched his comments to Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo in respect for the jurisprudence and decision-making processes of both justices. But he also repeatedly gestured at the political utility of them retiring soon:

• “I think he is one of the great justices of all time,” Trump said of Alito, before adding: “It’d be nice to say, now I have somebody for 40 years.”
• Trump said he already had a short list of possible replacements.
• He seemed to point to the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a cautionary tale, noting she declined to retire and then died when Trump was able to appoint a conservative replacement. “She really hurt herself within the Democrat Party,” Trump said.
• He twice alluded to how justices can preserve their ideology on the court for decades to come by allowing for a like-minded replacement.

As they often are, Trump’s comments about the Supreme Court were remarkably political.

But he also made some good points. This is one of the biggest political questions of 2026, for a host of reasons. And the decisions made by Alito, 76, and Thomas, 77, could reverberate in many ways.

The first thing to note is that Alito and/or Thomas retiring would be very much in keeping with how things work on the Supreme Court. The last seven justices to retire (as opposed to dying in office like Ginsburg or Antonin Scalia) have done so when the party more aligned with them controlled both the presidency and the Senate — and could confirm a like-minded replacement.

While judges like to talk about how the judiciary isn’t just another political branch of government, the pattern of their retirement timing doesn’t seem like a coincidence.

Alito and Thomas are close to the normal retirement age, even if both are a bit on the young side. The last 10 justices to retire were 80 years old on average.

Both could stick it out, but if Republicans lose the Senate in November, the justices could be well into their 80s before the GOP holds the White House and the Senate again.

(One reason Thomas could hang on, though: He’s about two years from becoming the longest-serving justice ever.)

And there will also likely be significant political pressure to avoid the situation that Ginsburg put Democrats in — whether it comes from Trump or other Republicans. (Stephen Breyer faced pressure to retire early in Joe Biden’s presidency after the Ginsburg episode. He eventually did in 2022.)

The political risk for Trump is great because it’s looking increasingly likely that Democrats will make significant gains in the 2026 election, at least in the House. (It’ll be much harder for Democrats to flip the Senate since it involves winning some red states that Trump won by double digits, but it can’t be ruled out.)

And what’s more, even if Senate Democrats come up short in November, there could be a big difference between Trump nominating a justice with 53 Republican votes this year and trying to do so with 50 or 51 in the second half of his term. In the latter cases, he could be relying on more moderate senators like Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Maine’s Susan Collins (if she wins reelection this year).

Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Amy Coney Barrett

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Given Trump’s recent disenchantment with two of his appointees who ruled against him on the tariffs case — Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch — he would likely prefer to have some cushion to choose someone he might view as more loyal.

But the president may have other reasons, apart from the confirmability factor, to try and usher things in this direction.

First, a confirmation fight could provide a sorely needed turnout boost for a GOP base that is significantly less enthusiastic about the midterms than Democrats are.

There is some thought that Democrats’ attempts to defeat Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh in the runup to the 2018 election helped the GOP win some vulnerable red-state Senate races in what was otherwise a tough election for the party.

But perhaps the more significant reason could be Trump’s legacy.

Replacing Alito, Thomas or both with younger justices would not change the court’s 6-3 conservative majority. But it would likely help cement it for much longer.

Trump in his comments to Fox Business spoke about appointing someone who could serve for 40 years. If he replaced even one of Alito or Thomas with someone in their 40s, for example, the average age of the conservative justices would be less than 60. If he replaced both with justices in their 40s, that average age would drop into the mid-50s.

Such a change would give Trump an even more significant imprint on the court, appointing either 4 out of 9 justices or 5 out of 9 justices between his first and second terms.

Which is an idea that seems to interest him quite a bit.

At the end of that section of the Fox Business interview, Bartiromo sought to switch topics. But Trump cut in to make one last point: suggesting maybe he could be dealing with more than just Alito and Thomas retiring.

“In theory, it’s two or three, they tell me. If you just read statistics, it could be two, could be three, could be one. I don’t know,” Trump said, before adding: “I’m prepared to do it.”

美籍台裔太空人林琪儿下周返台 推动美台尖端科技合作

2026年4月16日 17:45 / 联合早报

美国太空总署（NASA）太空人林琪儿医师身着用于太空漫步的舱外机动装置（EMU）太空衣。 （美国在台协会脸书）

台北出生的美国太空总署（NASA）太空人林琪儿医师将于下周返台，推动美台尖端科技合作。

美国在台协会（AIT）星期三（4月15日）在官方脸书发布上述消息。

据介绍，林琪儿（Kjell Lindgren）将参与美国国务院教育文化事务局的公民讲者计划，于4月21日至25日访问台湾。他这次返台将走访台北、桃园、新竹、台中、台南，和大家聊聊太空生活以及未来太空探索的可能，与重要伙伴互动交流以推动尖端科技合作，并致力启发下一代的科学家与工程人才。

林琪儿曾两度登上国际太空站，在太空待过311天，还从轨道上拍下台湾的美丽身影。

造访台北期间，林琪儿将拜会台湾高层领袖，也将认识台湾充满活力的新创社群。他也将前往新竹与桃园，参访台湾太空中心（TASA）和台湾中央大学，与正在推动太空科学与科技发展的研究人员与学生互动交流。

林琪儿也将参访台中公共资讯图书馆，在台南时将造访台湾成功大学的夏汉民太空科技中心及立方卫星研发中心，最后在台北市立天文科学教育馆进行一场演讲，为这次台湾行划下句点。

林琪儿出生于台北，成长于美国空军家庭，拥有科罗拉多大学医学博士（MD）及美国空军官校学士学位。他于2007年以航空医官身份展开NASA职涯，目前担任詹森太空中心飞行作业局副局长，协助领导NASA载人太空飞行任务的执行工作。

2009年6月，林琪儿获选为太空人，成为绰号“the Chumps”的NASA第20届太空人的一员。他曾完成两次太空漫步，在低地球轨道进行超过300项科学实验。

林琪儿既搭过俄罗斯的联盟（Soyuz）系列太空船，也曾搭乘SpaceX载人飞龙（Crew Dragon）系列太空船。2022年，他更在NASA Crew-4任务中担任“自由号”载人飞龙太空船（Crew Dragon Freedom）首次飞行的指挥官。

乌克兰推行新作战模式 军方称借此收复大片领土

2026年4月16日 18:47 / 联合早报

俄罗斯周三晚间至周四清晨向乌克兰多个城市发动大规模无人机和导弹袭击，造成至少16人死亡。图为一架俄罗斯“格朗-2”型自杀式无人机在基辅一栋公寓楼旁飞过。 （路透社）

（基辅综合电）俄乌战争陷入胶着之际，乌克兰军方透露，近期利用地面机器人在前线发动了超过100次攻击，包括消灭敌方人员、摧毁掩体、指挥所及其他敌方基础设施目标。

隶属乌军第三突击旅、专门操作这些作战机器的NC-13打击连消息人士说，这类系统可替代步兵突击小组，避免造成人员伤亡，同时还能够侦察并打击目标，防止敌方渗透。

乌克兰总统泽连斯基早前说，乌军正是借助地面与空中机器人，成功夺取了一处俄军阵地。

乌国防部星期三（4月15日）说，他们正推行新作战模式，将空中与地面无人系统同步兵整合为单一的作战体系，并称“这一方法已在南部取得成效：自2月以来，大片领土得以解放”。

乌克兰武装部队总司令瑟尔斯基说，乌军在3月份收复了约50平方公里的领土，延续今年年初以来的战果。他上周说，自1月底以来，乌军已收复480平方公里的领土。

北约秘书长吕特和乌克兰的主要盟友星期三在柏林会晤后誓言，不会忽视俄乌战争，并呼吁其他国家紧急加大对乌克兰的支持力度。英国随后宣布将向乌方提供12万架无人机。

俄罗斯国防部则警告，欧洲国家计划加大向乌方供应无人机的力度，将让这些国家进一步卷入战争。

俄方公布一份名单，列出生产乌克兰无人机或无人机零部件的多家欧洲工厂与企业的地址，称这些地点也将成为俄军的合法打击目标。根据名单，这些地点位于英国、德国、西班牙、意大利、以色列、波兰等国。

俄罗斯周三晚间至周四清晨向乌克兰多个城市发动大规模无人机和导弹袭击，造成至少16人死亡。图为一架俄罗斯“格朗-2”型自杀式无人机在基辅一栋公寓楼旁飞过。 （路透社）

（基辅综合电）俄乌战争陷入胶着之际，乌克兰军方透露，近期利用地面机器人在前线发动了超过100次攻击，包括消灭敌方人员、摧毁掩体、指挥所及其他敌方基础设施目标。

隶属乌军第三突击旅、专门操作这些作战机器的NC-13打击连消息人士说，这类系统可替代步兵突击小组，避免造成人员伤亡，同时还能够侦察并打击目标，防止敌方渗透。

乌克兰总统泽连斯基早前说，乌军正是借助地面与空中机器人，成功夺取了一处俄军阵地。

乌国防部星期三（4月15日）说，他们正推行新作战模式，将空中与地面无人系统同步兵整合为单一的作战体系，并称“这一方法已在南部取得成效：自2月以来，大片领土得以解放”。

乌克兰武装部队总司令瑟尔斯基说，乌军在3月份收复了约50平方公里的领土，延续今年年初以来的战果。他上周说，自1月底以来，乌军已收复480平方公里的领土。

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乌克兰将在挪威生产无人机 乌克兰导弹制造商拟推出低价版爱国者防空系统

北约秘书长吕特和乌克兰的主要盟友星期三在柏林会晤后誓言，不会忽视俄乌战争，并呼吁其他国家紧急加大对乌克兰的支持力度。英国随后宣布将向乌方提供12万架无人机。

俄罗斯国防部则警告，欧洲国家计划加大向乌方供应无人机的力度，将让这些国家进一步卷入战争。

俄方公布一份名单，列出生产乌克兰无人机或无人机零部件的多家欧洲工厂与企业的地址，称这些地点也将成为俄军的合法打击目标。根据名单，这些地点位于英国、德国、西班牙、意大利、以色列、波兰等国。

Trump tests loyalty of Christian supporters as erratic behavior escalates

2026-04-16 / The Washington Post

The president maintains his hold on the Christian right, but his bluster, fight with the pope and portrayal of himself as a Jesus-like figure strain that bond.

April 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT Today at 5:00 a.m. EDT

President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order after a prayer and song during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden in May. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Analysis by Karen Tumulty

The willingness of his supporters on the Christian right to shrug off the apostasies and antics of President Donald Trump has been put to new tests, as his behavior has become even more erratic.

Trump has claimed God’s backing for foreign adventurism as he has threatened to demolish one of the world’s oldest civilizations; written an Easter Sunday screed that included an f-bomb and a “praise be to Allah” sign-off; tangled with a popular, American-born pope; and employed his social media platform to spread an image that appeared to depict him as Jesus.

Watch Live: Hegseth and Caine update on Iran war as Trump touts talks between Israel, Lebanon

April 16, 2026 / 7:59 AM EDT / CBS News

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the U.S. military’s highest-ranking officer are holding a news conference on the war with Iran early Thursday.

Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have addressed reporters several times since President Trump launched “Operation Epic Fury” in late February.

Thursday’s briefing comes as House Democrats ramped up their pressure against the war, introducing articles of impeachment against Hegseth Wednesday that allege he has “demonstrated a willful disregard for the Constitution, abused the powers of his office, and acted in a manner grossly incompatible with the rule of law” in the war. The resolution is almost certain to be dead on arrival since Republicans control the House, but it could come back up should Democrats take control next year.

Mr. Trump posted on social media late Wednesday that Israeli and Lebanese leaders will speak Thursday. Israel has continued to hit Hezbollah targets. Both the U.S. and Israel have insisted that Lebanon is not part of the tenuous two-week ceasefire that began on April 8.

“Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon. It has been a long time since the two leaders have spoken, like 34 years. It will happen tomorrow. Nice! President DJT” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Lebanese and Israeli officials met Tuesday in Washington, D.C., for their first direct talks in decades, and the two sides agreed to hold further negotiations, though Hezbollah, rejected the talks.

Mr. Trump late Wednesday told Fox News the conflict is “very close to over” as he and Pakistan’s leader suggest a new round of direct U.S.-Iran peace talks could be looming.

Though direct hostilities are on hold between Iran and the U.S. and Israel, the two sides are pressuring each other over maritime traffic. Iran has sought to maintain its grip on the Strait of Hormuz and limit transits of the waterway, which normally carries one-fifth of the world’s oil, leading Mr. Trump to demand that the strait be reopened and to launch a blockade of Iranian ports.

U.S. Central Command says the military is “ready to ensure compliance,” including by boarding and interdicting ships, and 10 vessels that tried to evade the blockade have complied with orders to turn around so far. The blockade is being enforced in the Gulf of Oman, immediately outside the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official told CBS News.

In response, Iranian officials have publicly threatened to sink American ships and stop transit through a second major waterway, the Red Sea. Meanwhile, transits of the Strait of Hormuz have remained well below pre-war levels since the ceasefire began.

Thursday’s news conference comes just over eight days into a two-week ceasefire that jumpstarted negotiations to end the war. Iranian and U.S. negotiators did not strike a deal during talks in Pakistan last weekend, with major disagreements lingering over Iran’s nuclear program, but Mr. Trump has said there could be another round of talks in the next few days.

A senior U.S. official told CBS News on Wednesday the country “has not formally agreed to an extension of the ceasefire,” but the official said discussions are ongoing. Iran has also acknowledged indirect talks. Pakistan has pressed for further negotiations.

It’s unclear what will happen if the ceasefire lapses. Hours after the pause began last week, Hegseth said the military was “prepared to restart at a moment’s notice.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said Wednesday his country is prepared to resume fighting if needed. But Mr. Trump has expressed optimism, saying Tuesday the war is “very close to over.”

One complicating factor is Israel’s continued strikes on Hezbollah and its occupation of a wide swath of southern Lebanon to target the Iran-backed militant group. More than 2,100 people have been killed in the Israeli offensive, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilian and combatant casualties. Iran has insisted that those strikes aren’t allowed under the two-week ceasefire deal, which the U.S. and Israel deny.

The war is also testing the U.S.’s alliances. Mr. Trump has lashed out at NATO for not getting involved in the Iran conflict and weighed leaving the organization, saying Tuesday that NATO “wasn’t there for us, and they won’t be there for us in the future!”

黎巴嫩官媒：以军摧毁连接黎南与其他地区的最后通道

2026年4月16日 19:12 / 联合早报

4月9日的照片显示，此前一天以色列空袭卡斯米耶桥，导致桥梁严重损毁。 （法新社）

据黎巴嫩官方媒体报道，以色列军方对黎巴嫩南部一座重要桥梁发动两次空袭，并将它摧毁。这座桥梁是连接黎南部与其他地区的最后一条通道。

法新社引述黎巴嫩国家通讯社（NNA）星期四（4月16日）的报道称：“敌机连续两次袭击连接提尔（Tyre）和西顿（Sidon）地区的最后一座桥梁卡斯米耶桥（Qasmieh bridge），将它彻底摧毁。”

此前，黎巴嫩国家通讯社也报道，在距离边境五公里的宾特朱拜勒镇（Bint Jbeil）发生冲突，真主党武装分子正在那里与以色列军队作战。

黎巴嫩官媒：以军摧毁连接黎南与其他地区的最后通道

2026年4月16日 19:12 / 联合早报

4月9日的照片显示，此前一天以色列空袭卡斯米耶桥，导致桥梁严重损毁。 （法新社）

据黎巴嫩官方媒体报道，以色列军方对黎巴嫩南部一座重要桥梁发动两次空袭，并将它摧毁。这座桥梁是连接黎南部与其他地区的最后一条通道。

法新社引述黎巴嫩国家通讯社（NNA）星期四（4月16日）的报道称：“敌机连续两次袭击连接提尔（Tyre）和西顿（Sidon）地区的最后一座桥梁卡斯米耶桥（Qasmieh bridge），将它彻底摧毁。”

此前，黎巴嫩国家通讯社也报道，在距离边境五公里的宾特朱拜勒镇（Bint Jbeil）发生冲突，真主党武装分子正在那里与以色列军队作战。