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Dr. Erica Schwartz emerges as White House’s top pick for CDC leader

April 15, 2026 / 11:20 AM EDT / CBS News

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Dr. Erica Schwartz has emerged as the White House’s top pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to current and former officials.

Schwartz, a Coast Guard rear admiral, served as deputy Surgeon General in the first Trump administration.

Schwartz spent 24 years in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

She is a graduate of Brown University’s medical school and has a law degree from the University of Maryland.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Eric Bradner

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PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2026, 11:46 AM ET

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Students seen on Notre Dame’s campus on April 14, 2026.

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Notre Dame, Indiana—

At one of the United States’ best-known Catholic institutions, students were siding with Pope Leo XIV over President Donald Trump in the wake of Trump’s clash with the pontiff over the Iran war and raising concerns about his recent social media post seemingly depicting himself as Jesus.

“I found it incredibly disrespectful — especially the AI image of him portraying himself as Jesus,” said Sarah Jones, an undergraduate student from North Carolina who considers herself a moderate independent.

Jones said it was “weird” that Trump deleted the post and claimed he thought the image portrayed him as a doctor. Even stranger, she said, was Trump targeting Pope Leo “just for being for peace.” Just weeks ago, Jones noted, the president had praised Notre Dame as he mourned the Catholic university’s legendary football coach, Lou Holtz, who was an outspoken Trump supporter.

“It’s a complete 180,” she said. “What is going on in your head that would make you say these things, or like, do any of this?”

Trump has clashed in recent days with Pope Leo who has become increasingly vocal in criticizing the administration’s approach to the war with Iran — bringing bipartisan condemnation in the United States and even prompting Iran to come to the pontiff’s defense. Similarly, in more than a dozen interviews on Notre Dame’s campus this week, Catholics in both parties expressed surprise and dismay at seeing the president treat the pope like a political rival.

The feud began on Sunday when Trump called Leo “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy,” and took credit for Leo’s selection as the first American pontiff.

“Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician,” he wrote on social media.

The pope responded that he had “no fear of the Trump administration” and said he would continue to advocate for peace.

At a top Catholic university, students raise concerns about Trump’s tensions with the pope.

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A key voting bloc

Catholics make up perhaps the largest swing voting bloc in the country, comprising between one-fourth and one-fifth of the electorate in recent presidential elections.

Trump won 59% of Catholics, compared to 39% for former Vice President Kamala Harris, in the 2024 presidential election, CNN’s exit poll found. It was a huge shift from former President Joe Biden — himself a Catholic — narrowly winning Catholics, 52% to Trump’s 47%, in the 2020 election, according to CNN’s exit poll.

Catholics are a large share of the electorate in two presidential swing states, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. And they are also a pivotal group in some battleground congressional districts — particularly Latino-heavy districts throughout the Southwest that will play an important role in determining whether Republicans can hold onto their slim majority in November’s midterm elections.

Broadly, many Catholics have taken issue with Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a statement he was “disheartened that the President chose to write such disparaging words about the Holy Father.”

“Pope Leo is not his rival; nor is the Pope a politician. He is the Vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls,” Coakley said.

Notre Dame’s president, Rev. Robert A. Dowd, issued a statement Monday in support of Pope Leo, although he did not mention Trump. He said the pope’s message “transcends partisan political divisions in this or any country and I’m deeply grateful for Pope Leo’s inspiring example.”

Trump has disagreed with popes in the past. Francis, Leo’s predecessor, sharply criticized Trump’s handling of immigration enforcement and Trump responded in turn during a brief spat. But the president’s repeated assailing of the pontiff this week could have a more significant impact with the Catholic community, as Trump simultaneously faces criticism over posting an AI-generated image depicting him as a Christ-like figure.

While Trump backed down and deleted the post after bipartisan backlash, he’s standing by his dispute with Pope Leo and refused on Monday to apologize to the pontiff.

“We believe strongly in law and order, and he seemed to have a problem with that, so there’s nothing to apologize for,” he told reporters.

Vice President JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019 and met with Pope Leo at the Vatican last May, also poked at the pontiff at a Turning Point USA event in Georgia on Tuesday night, saying Leo should “be careful” when discussing matters of theology and war.

“How can you say that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword?” Vance said. “Was God on the side of the Americans who liberated France from the Nazis? Was God on the side of the Americans who liberated Holocaust camps and liberated those innocent people from those who had survived the Holocaust? I certainly think the answer is yes.”

Trump, despite backlash over the imagery he had posted earlier in the week, on Wednesday posted another image on Truth Social— this one depicting Jesus with his arms around Trump’s shoulders. Included with it was another social media user’s comment that “God might be playing his Trump card!”

In his post, Trump said: “The Radical Left Lunatics might not like this, but I think it is quite nice!!!”

‘Textbook blasphemy’

At Notre Dame, even conservatives took issue with Trump’s actions this week.

The Notre Dame College Republicans — who in the past had criticized some of Pope Leo’s comments about the war with Iran — lambasted Trump’s attack on the pontiff, saying that the president’s post “was both incoherent and imprudent.”

The group in a social media post went on to say the pope and clergy have “repeatedly inserted themselves into American politics” to oppose Trump’s deportation efforts, and said that “they are not above criticism for doing so.”

However, the College Republicans said: “The Trump Administration has badly miscalculated with the war in Iran, which was not in American interests. The Pope is right to push for peace and we support him in this endeavor.”

Lochlan Shinnick, an undergraduate student from California who said he is conservative, said the image Trump posted of himself him as a Christ-like figure could be considered “textbook blasphemy.”

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On campus, he said, “there’s a lot of charged opinions about it, which a lot of people here have, and I think I kind of echo some of those, which is definitely that he shouldn’t have done it.”

He said he’s heard others defend Trump, arguing his social media is “comedic.” However, he said one friend who is a Trump supporter told him he finds it hard to defend Trump after those posts.

“I don’t think it’s like entirely black or white, because I don’t believe that Catholicism can be grafted to a certain political ideology,” Shinnick said.

At a top Catholic university, students raise concerns about Trump’s tensions with the pope

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Trump’s ‘true colors’?

Brendan Franklin, a 27-year-old insurance salesman who graduated from nearby Holy Cross College and visits the Notre Dame campus to pray at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, said he hadn’t seem the meme Trump posted.

But when CNN showed it to him, Franklin said: “I think that’s kind of pushing it too far.”

“I think he’s just maybe trying to be too powerful,” he said. “I feel like it’s kind of wrong to do that, honestly.”

Nick Bifone, a senior from New York who said he considers himself an independent, said he didn’t believe Trump’s claim he thought he was being portrayed as a doctor.

He said he believes Catholics tend to align with Republicans, but “in this instance, you kind of see a separation of that.”

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“I kind of align with the pope, I t hink,” Bifone said. “Especially because I feel like also, the pope always argues for peace.”

Trump won nearly half of independent voters in 2024, but recent approval polls have shown his support collapsing with the group: only 26% approved of his job performance, while 73% disapproved, a CNN poll conducted by SSRS in late March found.

Sarah Williams, an undergraduate student from Connecticut who said she is an independent but has not supported Trump in the past, said the president’s attacks on Pope Leo reminded her of a 2018 commencement address in which actress Mindy Kaling told Dartmouth College students that “you have to have insane confidence in yourself.”

Trump, she said, “is sort of a testament to how far you can get by just believing in yourself.”

“And I think some of his more recent actions, particularly with the pope, have helped show his true colors to people,” she said.

法国男子网售逾4万张假病假单 或面临10年监禁及百万欧元罚款

2026年4月15日 23:40 / 联合早报

法国男子网售逾4万张假病假单 或面临10年监禁及百万欧元罚款

在法国，一名男子涉嫌在网上出售逾4万4000张假医生证明，或面临最高10年监禁及100万欧元罚款。 （档案示意图）

法国检方星期三说，一名男子涉嫌在网上出售逾4万4000张假医生证明，目前已被捕并遭起诉。

法新社报道，涉案的25岁男子于3月31日在法国西北部地区被捕，并于4月3日被正式起诉。若罪成，最高可面临10年监禁及100万欧元（约150万新元）罚款。

在法国，凭借医生开的病假单，员工可以请假不上班，政府会承担部分工资。

检方指出，这名男子被控非法行医、诈骗以及伪造文书等罪名。他涉嫌以21欧元售卖每张假病假单，累计非法获利约100万欧元。

法国男子网售逾4万张假病假单 或面临10年监禁及百万欧元罚款

2026年4月15日 23:40 / 联合早报

法国男子网售逾4万张假病假单 或面临10年监禁及百万欧元罚款

在法国，一名男子涉嫌在网上出售逾4万4000张假医生证明，或面临最高10年监禁及100万欧元罚款。 （档案示意图）

法国检方星期三说，一名男子涉嫌在网上出售逾4万4000张假医生证明，目前已被捕并遭起诉。

法新社报道，涉案的25岁男子于3月31日在法国西北部地区被捕，并于4月3日被正式起诉。若罪成，最高可面临10年监禁及100万欧元（约150万新元）罚款。

在法国，凭借医生开的病假单，员工可以请假不上班，政府会承担部分工资。

检方指出，这名男子被控非法行医、诈骗以及伪造文书等罪名。他涉嫌以21欧元售卖每张假病假单，累计非法获利约100万欧元。

Brian Cole Jr., D.C. pipe bomb suspect, hit with 2 new charges

April 15, 2026 11:39 AM EDT / CBS News

Washington— The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside of the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot now faces two additional felony charges, according to a superseding indictment made public Wednesday.

Brian Cole Jr. was arrested and charged in December with transporting and planting the two IEDs at the DNC and RNC headquarters. The new indictment adds charges of attempting to use weapons of mass destruction and committing an act of terrorism while armed.

The bombs did not detonate, but the FBI has said they were viable. The case had gone cold for years, and Trump administration officials described solving it as a top priority.

Cole pleaded not guilty to the initial charges against him but has not been arraigned on the new indictment. In January, Cole was ordered to be detained in jail in the run-up to his criminal trial.

In court filings last year, the Justice Department said that Cole told investigators that he believed that the 2020 election had been tampered with and that “someone needs to speak up.” Over the course of a 90-minute interview, investigators said, he “walked the interviewing agents in detail through his construction, transportation, and planting of the pipe bombs.”

According to the court documents from prosecutors, Cole told investigators that he wasn’t targeting the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. Supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol and interrupted the counting of the electoral votes, delaying the official validation of the 2020 election results. Mr. Trump has falsely claimed that he won the 2020 election.

Cole allegedly told investigators that he disliked both political parties and didn’t consider himself a “political person.” But after the 2020 election, “when it first seemed like something was wrong” and “stuff started happening,” he began following the issue closely on YouTube and Reddit and felt “bewildered,” the court documents said.

Prosecutors alleged Cole told them that he bought the bomb-making materials between 2018 and 2020.

Last month, Cole’s lawyers argued that the charges against him are “inextricably and demonstrably tethered” to the events of Jan. 6. They asked a judge to dismiss the criminal charges against him on the grounds that he is covered by Mr. Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters.

The Justice Department pushed back on the claims, arguing that Cole’s actions were not covered by the pardons.

Prosecutors wrote that the president’s proclamation expressly limited relief to individuals who had been “convicted of” or had a “pending indictment” for offenses related to the events at or near the Capitol on Jan. 6.

“On January 20, 2025, the defendant belonged to neither category, and so the proclamation has no bearing on this case,” the Justice Department wrote.

The Justice Department added that when Mr. Trump issued the pardons on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2025, “law enforcement had not identified the defendant, much less charged or convicted him, and the pipe bombs investigation proceeded unabated.”

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali has not scheduled a hearing to hear Cole’s motion, but a status hearing is scheduled for April 21.

DOJ on man accused of planting D.C. bombs

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/doj-says-man-accused-of-planting-dc-pipe-bombs-confessed-to-2021-plot/

DOJ says man accused of planting D.C. pipe bombs confessed to 2021 plot

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消息：美伊停火或再延两周 为和谈争取时间

2026年4月15日 23:58 / 联合早报

一名知情人士透露，美国和伊朗正考虑把原定于下星期二到期的停火协议再延长两周，为协商和平协议争取更多时间。

彭博社引述消息人士报道，交战双方的调解员正试图安排技术性会谈，以解决最具争议的问题。据悉，这些争议问题包括重开霍尔木兹海峡以及伊朗的核浓缩活动。

这名知情者称，如果谈判成功，这些会谈将为两国高级官员之间的下一轮谈判铺平道路。

不过，一名熟悉内情的美国官员说，目前尚不能保证停火一定会延长，美国也尚未同意相关安排。

伊朗外交部尚未作出置评。

消息：美伊停火或再延两周 为和谈争取时间

2026年4月15日 23:58 / 联合早报

一名知情人士透露，美国和伊朗正考虑把原定于下星期二到期的停火协议再延长两周，为协商和平协议争取更多时间。

彭博社引述消息人士报道，交战双方的调解员正试图安排技术性会谈，以解决最具争议的问题。据悉，这些争议问题包括重开霍尔木兹海峡以及伊朗的核浓缩活动。

这名知情者称，如果谈判成功，这些会谈将为两国高级官员之间的下一轮谈判铺平道路。

不过，一名熟悉内情的美国官员说，目前尚不能保证停火一定会延长，美国也尚未同意相关安排。

伊朗外交部尚未作出置评。

Trump on Fed’s Powell: If he doesn’t leave, I’ll have to fire him

April 15, 2026 11:28 AM UTC / Reuters

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WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – U.S. ​President Donald ‌Trump said on ​Wednesday ​that if current ⁠Federal ​Reserve chair ​Jerome Powell does not ​leave ​the bank after ‌a ⁠new Fed chair is ​installed, ​he ⁠will have ​to ​fire ⁠him.

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Lululemon在美国受调查的消息，也在中国社交媒体上引发热议。图为星期三（4月15日）消费者走过Lululemon在北京的一家门店。 （法新社）

加拿大运动品牌露露乐蒙（Lululemon）被指可能含有导致不孕不育、癌症及其他健康问题的化学物质，在美国接受调查。消息在中国社交媒体上引发热议，凸显出该品牌中国市场面临的风险。

美国德州检察官星期一（4月13日）宣布，已向Lululemon的美国公司发布调查令，将调查其产品是否含有“永久性化学物质”全氟和多氟烷基物质（PFAS）。这些物质可能与内分泌紊乱、不孕不育、癌症及其他健康问题有关联。调查旨在查明Lululemon是否在产品安全性、质量及对健康的影响方面误导消费者。

据21世纪经济报道，Lululemon中国星期二（4月14日）晚就这一指控回应：“始终将客人的健康与安全置于首位。Lululemon目前国内所有在售产品均不含全氟和多氟烷基物质（PFAS），且符合相关法律法规及国家和行业标准。”

不过，这一消息仍然在星期三（15日）登上微博热搜，许多网民认为产品价格偏高、品质把控不严还不严格，不如买国产品牌；还有网民调侃：“是贫穷保护了我”。

彭博社报道指出，即使公司最终被证明没有问题，这一事件仍显示，在中国高度敏感的消费市场，市场情绪可能迅速逆转。自冠病疫情以来，Lululemon一直是少数几个能在中国持续保持强劲增长势头的西方品牌之一，因此任何声誉受损都显得格外危险。

受后疫情时代户外运动和健身热潮推动，过去两年Lululemon线上销售额在多数月份都维持双位数增长，表现超过耐克、阿迪达斯以及本土巨头安踏。

报道称，随着北美市场增速放缓，Lululemon在截至今年2月的财年中，中国市场销售额仍录得约30%的增长。