Sam Forstag wins Democratic primary in Montana’s 1st Congressional District, CBS News projects

June 3, 2026 / 3:42 PM EDT / CBS News

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Democrat Sam Forstag won his party’s primary in Montana’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, CBS News projects.

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the House race as likely Republican, but Democrats believe they have a chance to flip the open seat in November as they try to retake the majority for the final two years of President Trump’s second term.

The seat is currently held by GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke, who announced his retirement in early March, citing health issues from his time as a Navy SEAL as the driving factor for his decision. Zinke said he risked missing votes in the future as he recovers from medical treatment.

Zinke first represented Montana in Congress beginning 2015, taking a hiatus from 2017 to 2019 to lead the Department of Interior during President Trump’s first term. He resigned from the Cabinet role amid ethics investigations. He ran again for Congress in 2022, beating his Democratic opponent by three percentage points. In a rematch in 2024, he increased his lead to nearly eight percentage points.

If Forstag wins the House race in November, it would be the first time in 30 years that a Democrat has represented Montana in the lower chamber.

“The way you win an election in this state, and I actually think the way you actually have some path to victory for the national party, is A: you win back working people, right?” Forstag told CBS News in an interview earlier this year.

“We’ve got to win back union members like me, who have felt like both parties have abandoned them. And we need to win back young people who feel like in a place like Western Montana, you’ve got a generation, or two generations of people that can’t even conceive of ever owning a home in this state.”

Forstag, a smokejumper and union leader, had the backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, also endorsed Forstag.

Ocasio-Cortez campaigned with Forstag in the final days of the campaign.

“When something is burning in this state, Sam runs towards the fire. That’s the kind of person he is, and that’s the kind of person we have the opportunity to send to Congress,” she said at a campaign rally in Missoula on Thursday.

Forstag’s primary challengers were former firearms company executive Ryan Busse, Navy veteran and rancher Russ Cleveland and Army veteran and rancher Matt Rains.

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Monetary compensation becomes key sticking point in Iran deal as Trump bristles at comparison to Obama agreement

2026-06-03 19:07:47 UTC / CNN

By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak

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PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2026, 3:07 PM ET

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A worker raises a pole bearing the Iranian flag at Enghelab Square in Tehran on Wednesday, June 3.

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Summary

• Monetary compensation remains a major sticking point in US-Iran negotiations as Trump seeks a deal that will be viewed as superior to Obama’s 2015 agreement.
• Iran wants immediate financial relief while Trump officials worry early fund releases could weaken leverage for future nuclear talks.
• Trump has told advisers he will not sign any deal where the US directly provides money to Iran.

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One of the key sticking points remaining in negotiations between the US and Iran centers on monetary compensation, as President Donald Trump is eager to strike a deal that will be viewed as superior to a prior agreement inked during the Obama administration, a US official familiar with the talks told CNN.

Iran has communicated to mediators that they want some form of financial compensation to be released as soon as the two sides agree on an initial memorandum of understanding, the official said, and not withheld for a future date.

But Trump administration officials are concerned that any unfreezing of funds at such an early stage could lessen the economic pain the US has inflicted on Iran throughout the course of the war — potentially eliminating, or at least weakening, a key leverage point Washington holds over Tehran.

That leverage will be fundamental to the US entering the second phase of negotiations — or “highly technical talks,” as Secretary of State Marco Rubio referred to them — on the specifics of Iran’s nuclear program.

Trump has made clear to his team that he wants any agreement to appear far stronger than the deal struck in 2015, and to avoid anything that could be construed as handing over “pallets of cash,” a phrase Trump has invoked to criticize then-President Barack Obama’s decision to give Iran financial compensation.

President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference on the nuclear deal with Iran, in the East Room of the White House, on July 15, 2015.

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The president has told advisers he will not sign any deal where the US directly provides money to Iran, according to sources familiar with the matter, mindful of the comparisons to the Obama deal. The 2015 agreement unfroze $1.7 billion for Iran, a figure dwarfed by the $12 billion Iran has sought as part of the current negotiations.

Given Iran is unlikely to agree to any deal that has no compensation, officials acknowledge the issue is as much about public messaging as it is financial logistics. Advisers have worked to develop options that would involve other countries, including Qatar, releasing funds to Iran while the US avoids direct payments to the regime.

Another option would involve unfreezing Iranian assets but restricting them for humanitarian use only – dispersing the money to approved vendors for medicine, food and agricultural goods rather than giving them to the regime itself.

There have also been discussions around an investment fund for Iran that would provide billions of dollars for reconstruction once the two sides reach a final deal, sources have said. The US would not invest in the fund, and the bulk of the money would come from Gulf nations.

The White House has insisted Iran won’t see any financial relief until it relinquishes its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, invoking the refrain “no dust, no dollars” as shorthand for the red line.

“We have control of money that they claim is theirs,” Trump said at a Cabinet meeting last week. “We’ll keep control of that money. When they behave properly, and when they do what’s right, we’ll let them have their money. But right now, we’re not doing that.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said that sanctions would not be lifted immediately.

“There’s no signing bonuses here, but ultimately it would all be conditions based,” he said in a congressional hearing Wednesday. “The sanctions that are directly related to the nuclear program would be discussed – if in fact they go through all the way on the things that we’re asking them to do – but that would be part of the negotiation. It wouldn’t be at the front end.”

Trump confirms ‘crazy’ Netanyahu clash as questions mount over push to hold fire on Hezbollah terrorists

June 3, 2026 1:01pm EDT / Fox News

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President Donald Trump confirmed calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘f—ing crazy’ in a heated phone call over Israel’s military operations in Lebanon, exposing a rare rift between the two world leaders.

The New York Post’s Miranda Devine asked Trump on her “Pod Force One” podcast whether he had called Netanyahu “f—ing crazy” and told him that he would be in prison if it weren’t for Trump.

“I did,” Trump said.

Trump’s confirmation marked a rare public acknowledgment of a dispute with Netanyahu, whom he has long described as a close ally.

‘BIBI’S HAIR ON FIRE’: TRUMP-NETANYAHU PUBLIC ‘RIFT’ MASKED UNIFIED FRONT AGAINST IRAN, ANALYST SAYS

President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The disagreement centers on Israel’s escalating military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israeli officials say the operations are aimed at degrading Hezbollah infrastructure after the Iranian-backed group continued launching rocket and drone attacks against Israeli territory despite ceasefire efforts.

Lebanese officials, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, relayed to the U.S. that Hezbollah would halt missile attacks on Israel if Israel refrained from striking Beirut, creating what the administration saw as an opening for a broader ceasefire. But the arrangement quickly unraveled after Hezbollah launched additional rocket barrages toward Israel, later claiming it did not believe the ceasefire had yet taken effect. Israel subsequently resumed strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

While Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon and U.S.-Iran negotiations may appear to be separate issues, Iranian officials have explicitly linked the two. Hezbollah is Tehran’s most powerful regional proxy, and Iranian officials have warned that continued Israeli operations in Lebanon could jeopardize talks with Washington while insisting that any broader agreement apply across multiple fronts in the region.

That position has complicated the administration’s efforts to pursue diplomacy with Tehran while also backing Israel’s campaign against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group.

“I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon, you know. At some point I said, ‘Bibi, we’ve got to stop this. We gotta stop it.’”

“I really love Bibi and work with him excellently,” Trump added. The phone call was first reported by Axios on Monday.

During a Wednesday interview with CNBC, Netanyahu refused to comment directly on the phone call, but alluded to “tactical disagreements” he has with Trump.

“Sometimes we have, as in the best of families, you have these tactical disagreements,” he told the outlet. He added, “We always find a way to work them out, and we do so as great friends.”

TRUMP SAYS ISRAEL, LEBANON AGREE TO 10-DAY CEASEFIRE

Trump has since said the call helped avert a broader Israeli operation in Lebanon.

Trump wrote in a Truth Social post after the call that Israeli troops were on their way to Beirut but “have already been turned back” following the conversation.

“I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back,” Trump wrote.

He also wrote in a separate post: “I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his Troops around. Thank you Bibi!”

Lebanese civil defense workers inspect rubble at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 9, 2026.(Hussein Malla/AP Photo)

The White House referred to Trump’s posts when asked for details on why Trump urged restraint in Lebanon.

Some Israeli officials urged Netanyahu to buck the U.S. president and continue the campaign in Lebanon.

“Mr. Prime Minister, you said that a strong prime minister tells the president of the United States ‘yes’ when possible, and ‘no’ when necessary,” national security minister Ben Gvir wrote on X. “This is the time to tell our friend, President Trump, ‘no.’”

“Now is the time to do what is required and necessary to strike Hezbollah, to unleash the hands of our fighters and to restore security to the north,” the right wing minister added.

Lawmakers asked Rubio about the call during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.

“My worry is that Israel’s insistence on continuing this war against Hezbollah will jeopardize the president’s efforts and the American government’s efforts to reach an agreement with Iran. And so my question is, do you agree that Israel should stop its military campaign in Lebanon and support the president’s negotiations for a peace agreement with Iran?” Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, asked.

Rubio said the administration had received “multiple indications” that Israel was considering strikes against Hezbollah targets in Beirut. According to Rubio, Lebanese authorities relayed that Hezbollah had indicated it would stop launching missiles into Israel if Israel refrained from striking Beirut. “The president pursued” that opening, Rubio said, but Hezbollah launched additional rockets shortly afterward.

“Unfortunately, within an hour or two of that conversation, they launched two waves of rockets from Hezbollah against Israel and Israeli territory,” Rubio said. Israel has continued operations against Hezbollah, arguing the group remains a threat despite ceasefire efforts.

Rubio defended Israel’s push into the southern part of Lebanon: “The Israelis see Hezbollah moving around, maybe even launching a missile from the South, and they acted it in defense. They go after it in the southern portion. And that’s what we’re seeing in many cases is the defensive strikes. What they are increasingly doing is taking more territory in the south to deny them launching space, because understand, these rockets are being launched into northern villages and cities in Israel, and populations can’t even return to their homes as a result of it.”

The call came as Iran threatened to back out of ongoing negotiations with the U.S. after Israeli military operations in Lebanon, a dispute Tehran warned could jeopardize broader diplomatic efforts in the region.

TRUMP CONFIRMS HE TOLD NETANYAHU TO BACK OFF IRAN STRIKES AMID NUCLEAR TALKS

For months, the Trump administration has been engaged in negotiations with Iran aimed at extending a fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran, reopening the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping and reaching a broader agreement over Iran’s nuclear program, including the future of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. While officials have said progress has been made, several major issues remain unresolved and negotiations have repeatedly been threatened by renewed tensions across the region.

Israel has intensified operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, sending troops deeper into southern Lebanon and capturing the strategic Beaufort Castle near Nabatieh. Israeli forces have also conducted waves of airstrikes across southern Lebanon in recent days, saying the attacks are aimed at degrading Hezbollah infrastructure after continued rocket and drone attacks on Israeli territory.

Ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on May 4.(Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump has repeatedly pushed Israel to limit its response to Hezbollah attacks, arguing that military action should be calibrated to avoid triggering a broader regional conflict.

Senators from both parties strongly oppose payout fund as difficult votes loom

2026-06-03 / The Washington Post

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested on social media that Congress create its own version, after the Trump administration said it would back down from its nearly $1.8 billion fund.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) suggested creating a fund under the Federal Tort Claims Act. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Republican lawmakers signaled Wednesday their continued opposition to a proposed $1.8 billion payout fund for individuals who claim they were unfairly investigated by the government, as they prepare to take politically charged votes on the issue.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (South Dakota) said most Republicans were reassured after acting attorney general Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Justice Department would abandon its plans to create the “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”

“I think that most of our members feel pretty satisfied with his comments — that they were in a public hearing under oath,” Thune told reporters Wednesday.

The dispute over President Donald Trump’s payout fund threatened Republican efforts to fast-track a reconciliation bill that mostly aims to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security, as several lawmakers pushed to add language reining in the fund. A draft of that bill released midday Wednesday did not include any language about the fund.

On Wednesday, some Senate Republicans indicated they want to ensure the fund cannot move forward at any point.

Sen. Thom Tillis (North Carolina) told reporters Wednesday he would file an amendment that would “render the fund inoperative.” He added that he would only vote to start debating the budget package if he gets assurances from leadership that his amendment blocking the fund will get a vote.

“This is a huge political liability,” Tillis said. “We just need to nip this. Whoever told the president it was a good idea made a mistake. We need to take action here. It’s creating headwinds that we don’t need.”

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) echoed similar concerns, sharing a post on X on Wednesday morning linking to a Wall Street Journal editorial that urged Congress to block the fund entirely. He highlighted a line from the piece that said, “The way to ensure the Trump retribution fund is more than mostly dead would be for Congress to put a stake through it.”

Despite Blanche’s comments Tuesday, some confusion reignited, after the Justice Department’s No. 3 official shared, and then deleted, a social media post in support of Congress creating its own version of the proposed fund.

Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. shared a social media post by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) suggesting that Congress create its own version of the fund. Woodward expressed support for the idea before later deleting his post.

“There are many victims of the weaponized Biden Justice Department throughout this country. … I am proposing that we create a weaponization fund that will be available to those who can prove their claim against the federal government through the Federal Tort Claims Act,” Graham wrote on X on Tuesday evening.

“We’re on it,” Woodward said in his deleted response on X.

Neither Graham nor Justice Department officials responded to requests for comment about the idea of Congress creating its own version of the fund.

Blanche’s confirmation Tuesday that the compensation fund would be scrapped — allowing the Trump administration to assuage lawmakers’ concerns that taxpayer money might be used to compensate people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — had marked a rare moment in which congressional Republicans defied Trump.

The fund was created as part of a broad settlement in exchange for Trump dropping a $10 billion lawsuit he filed against the IRS over the leak of his confidential tax records in 2019. As part of that deal, the Justice Department also agreed to release Trump and members of his family from any pending or future prosecutions or investigations involving their previously filed tax returns. At the hearing Tuesday, Blanche confirmed that element of the settlement would remain intact, even with the dissolution of the fund.

The Senate is set to vote on the motion to proceed to the budget package Wednesday afternoon. This would open up debate on the bill followed by several votes, allowing senators to try to make changes to the budget package — including votes on the payout fund— via amendments before final passage.

Democrats have also vowed to offer measures blocking the administration from pursuing the fund in the future.

“The American people need the commitment to stop Trump’s corruption not only in writing, but codified in law,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (New York) said in a floor speech Wednesday morning. “I ask Leader Thune, I ask every Republican senator: If you believe the slush fund should be banned, if you believe Trump shouldn’t get tax immunity, then why wouldn’t you just vote yes and make sure we put it into law?”

Any proposed amendment on the fund risks gaining enough support to be adopted, posing a challenge for Republican leadership.

Jeremy Roebuck contributed to this report.

Your Social Security check could be cut by $500 a month in 2032, report finds

June 3, 2026 / 12:00 PM EDT / CBS News

The millions of Americans who rely on Social Security could see their monthly benefit checks slashed by an average of about $500 if the program’s retirement trust fund becomes insolvent, a scenario currently projected for the end of 2032.

The reduction would amount to a 24% cut in the typical benefit payment, according to a new analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a fiscal policy think tank.

Social Security’s trust fund helps cover the gap between the program’s income and benefit obligations, which have outpaced revenue as the baby boom generation retires and the number of beneficiaries grows. Once the fund is depleted, benefits would be automatically reduced unless Congress acts to shore up the program’s finances.

The impact would impact between 10% to 23% of each state’s population, the analysis found.

“No state would be spared from the potentially devastating effects of insolvency,” the report says.

States facing the largest monthly benefit cuts include:

• Connecticut, with an average $556 cut
• Delaware, $549
• Maryland, $541
• Massachusetts, $527
• Michigan, $523
• Minnesota, $530
• New Hampshire, $553
• New Jersey, $554
• Utah, $523
• Washington, $531

Insolvency does not mean Social Security beneficiaries would stop receiving payments altogether. Even after trust fund reserves are depleted, the program would continue collecting payroll tax revenue, allowing it to pay benefits at a reduced level.

Key report coming soon

The new analysis comes ahead of this year’s release of the Social Security Administration’s annual Trustees Report, which will provide an updated estimate of when the agency’s trust fund is projected to become insolvent. The report is expected to be released in the coming weeks.

Last year’s report projected an insolvency date of 2033 for one of the agency’s two key trust funds, known as the Old-Age & Survivors Insurance Trust Fund (OASI). At that point, the program would only be able to pay 77% of the current benefit amount, according to the Social Security Administration.

The agency has since moved the insolvency date for OASI to the end of 2032, citing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s effect on taxation of benefits.

Social Security cuts would prove devastating for the nation’s retirees, as many rely heavily on the monthly payments, experts say. According to a survey released last year by the Senior Citizens League, a nonprofit advocacy group, 73% of retirees depend on Social Security for more than half their income, while 39% depend on it for the entirety of their income.

Solving Social Security’s funding issues would require action from policymakers. One such proposal would be to eliminate the income cap on the payroll tax, which exempts people who earn more than $184,500 from paying Social Security taxes on any amount above that.

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工人党余振忠新书：为保密 2025年大选前未走访东海岸 团队已料无胜算

2026年6月3日 23:37 / 联合早报

工人党前非选区议员余振忠（左）在新书《挺身而出：新加坡工人党2.0》发布会上，同南洋理工大学社会科学院政治学副教授瓦利德对谈。 （周国威摄）

工人党在2025年全国大选中派往东海岸集选区的参选团队，提名日前从未到选区走访，也没有以团队形式公开露面。工人党是采取了高度保密的策略，要求参选人继续在原本活跃的选区走动，以免对手过早察觉阵容有所调整。

前非选区议员余振忠去年大选带领工人党团队竞逐东海岸议席。他在刚出版的第二本政治回忆录《挺身而出：新加坡工人党2.0》中披露了这个秘密。

余振忠选前一年都在榜鹅走动，后来调往带领东海岸团队。团队只能依靠过去参选人和志愿者打下的基础，在短短九天的竞选期内边走访边磨合。

工人党在2025年大选竞逐的选区中，东海岸集选区得票率最低，仅获得41.27%的选票。

余振忠在书中也坦承，工人党东海岸团队没有明星候选人，所获得的关注度极低。为了让媒体报道这个团队的消息，他还利用在巴刹拉票时偶遇对手的机会，主动上前互动和发言。

不过，这名四次参选的老将很早就知道，他们获胜的机会渺茫。

他在书中写道：“在竞选期进行到大约一半时，我就知道我们赢不了。但我没有向团队透露这个想法，免得打击他们的士气。”

《挺身而出：新加坡工人党2.0》（StepUp: The Workers’ Party of Singapore 2.0）由余振忠和政治观察者陆浩扬合著，通过亲历者视角以及学者的分析，叙写工人党如何从刘程强时代向毕丹星时代过渡。

书名中的“StepUp”源自工人党秘书长毕丹星在“撒谎门”事件伪证案宣判后，有记者问他会不会下台（Step down）时的回应。他当时说：“我的当务之急是挺身而出（Step up)，而不是退下。”

工人党将在6月28日召开特别干部大会，讨论经确认已违反党章的毕丹星是否继续适任，并有可能会通过秘密投票，决定是否撤除毕丹星的秘书长职务。

力挺毕丹星继续担任秘书长 赞扬刘程强让工人党重获尊重

余振忠星期三（6月3日）在配合新书发布的活动中表明，他会投票支持毕丹星继续领导工人党，因为法律并没有取消毕丹星担任议员的资格。

当活动对谈人南洋理工大学社会科学院政治学副教授瓦利德（Walid Jumblatt Abdullah）要他评价，谁是工人党史上最优秀的领导人时，余振忠首推前秘书长刘程强。

他说：“刘先生在工人党最艰难、只能派出两人竞选议席的时期接棒；他最终不仅让工人党重获尊重，还建立了能够持续吸引高素质人才的制度。”

余振忠在书中也写道，刘程强对党内当选议员极为严厉，除了要求他们为国会会议迟到早退和缺席报备，也会亲自审查他们的国会演讲稿。此外，一旦发现国会发言准备不足，刘程强会毫不犹豫地在工人党议员聊天群中公开点名批评。

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学者：工人党保守谨慎政治定位或已不合时宜

2026年6月3日 23:40 / 联合早报

学者：工人党保守谨慎政治定位或已不合时宜

前非选区议员余振忠在新书《挺身而出：新加坡工人党2.0》中，以两个例子描述工人党在前秘书长刘程强领导下步步为营的作风。多名观察者认为，这种过于保守且谨慎的定位如今已显疲态。 （周国威摄）

工人党长期以保守和谨慎的政治定位为壮大奠定基础，但多名政治观察者认为，这个作风如今或许已不合时宜，吸引不了年轻选民。

前非选区议员余振忠在新书《挺身而出：新加坡工人党2.0》中，以两个例子描述工人党在前秘书长刘程强领导下步步为营的作风：工人党早在2012年就成立政策小组，但为免推高公众期望而未公开；隔年准备回应《人口白皮书》时，刘程强因担心计算出错授人以柄，原本打算放弃发表政策文件。

据本书联合作者陆浩扬分析，刘程强放弃前党魁惹耶勒南时代硬抗执政党的风格，确立务实且谨慎的保守路线，帮助工人党在2011年突破集选区壁垒。2018年接棒的毕丹星后来提出夺取国会三分之一议席以阻止修宪的中期目标，是这个战略的延续。

不过，多名接受陆浩扬访问的观察者认为，这种过于保守且谨慎的定位如今已显疲态。而事实上，不少选民也认为工人党长久以来没能祭出可行的全新替代政策。

资深媒体人默乐（Bertha Henson）指出，工人党在政策上太像行动党（PAP-like），与行动党辩论时，对行动党的立场也显得过于顺从。前官委议员方国威则认为，继续强调只争取三分之一席位，会疏远渴望看到反对党更积极成长的年轻选民。

行动党前议员殷吉星强调，工人党制衡政府的口号已经“失去了光泽”（lost its lustre），现在更应该阐述他们组成政府的能力。“如果过了这么多年，工人党还是只有这点追求，那选民很快就不会再把他们当回事了。”

这样的观点都收录在书里。对此，陆浩扬承认温和路线是工人党成功的基石，但据他观察，工人党目前对于接过国家治理权是毫无准备的。

他建议，工人党或许不应再公开强调只赢取三分之一席位的目标，而应保持战略模糊。这不仅能避免疏远选民，也能让政党未雨绸缪，为执政党突然倒台时可能出现的权力真空做好准备，以免快速扩张而引发党内动荡，或被迫组建出混乱的联合政府。

据Axios和美国广播公司报道，特朗普对以色列威胁轰炸贝鲁特发表了带有亵渎意味的长篇大论，担心这会破坏与德黑兰的谈判。 （法新社）

美国总统特朗普证实与以色列总理内坦亚胡进行了紧张的交流。据报道，他在谈话中用脏话斥责这位亲密盟友。

在《纽约邮报》星期三（6月3日）发表的采访中，特朗普被问及星期一（1日）与内坦亚胡的电话交谈。

采访者问道：“你说，‘你疯了吗？你在做什么？我帮助你逃出了监狱。’这是真的吗？你跟他说了这些话吗？”

特朗普回答：“我说了，我对他不断与黎巴嫩作战感到有点不安。”

“我说，‘比比，我们必须阻止这一切。’”

特朗普接着表示，他与内坦亚胡有非常好的关系。“我们在一起做得很好……我非常喜欢比比。”

据Axios和美国广播公司报道，特朗普对以色列威胁轰炸贝鲁特发表了带有亵渎意味的长篇大论，担心这会破坏与德黑兰的谈判。

以色列媒体否认了此次谈话的报道。

一名白宫官员向法新社转述了特朗普星期一在社媒Truth Social上发表的帖子，特朗普在帖子中感谢内坦亚胡达成他所说的从贝鲁特撤军的协议。

据报道，由于以色列袭击黎巴嫩，伊朗已停止和谈。

俄罗斯球员戴安娜（图）爆冷大逆转战胜世界第一女单阿丽娜后，兴奋狂呼庆祝。 （法新社）

（巴黎法新电）世界第一女单阿丽娜·萨巴伦卡（Aryna Sabalenka）星期三（6月3日）在法国网球公开赛女单复赛，被赛会25号种子、俄罗斯球员戴安娜·施奈德（Diana Shnaider）逆转淘汰，冲击个人首座法网冠军的梦想彻底破灭。

在菲利普·夏蒂埃球场阵风不断的恶劣天气条件下，这名白罗斯好手原本以1比0大比分领先，并在第二盘实现双破发，但随后她出现连续非受迫性失误，最终以6比3、5比7、0比6被戴安娜逆转出局。

戴安娜挺进四强后，将在星期四的半决赛中迎战波兰资格赛黑马玛雅·赫瓦林斯卡（Maja Chwalinska），这场比赛的胜者将在周末的决赛中，对阵马尔塔·科斯秋克（Marta Kostyuk）与米拉·安德烈娃（Mirra Andreeva）之间的胜者。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRg1EOAg0FA

这是22岁的戴安娜职业生涯中仅第二次击败世界前10的球员，杀入个人首个大满贯半决赛的她赛后激动地说： “老实说，我现在有些说不出话来，我超级开心。显然，今天风很大的天气条件非常艰难。

“这是我第一次和阿丽娜交手，所以肯定非常紧张。我觉得第一盘我一直在努力适应她的比赛节奏。”

作为此前法网男单和女单签表中仅存的唯一大满贯单打冠军得主，阿丽娜本场竟意外送出多达57次非受迫性失误。

世界第一女单阿丽娜本场竟意外送出多达57次非受迫性失误。（法新社）

相比之下，首次闯入大满贯八强的戴安娜不仅创造了历史，而且随着她即将在半决赛中对阵世界排名第114位的玛雅，她成为了晋级决赛的热门。

值得一提的是，这两名黑马选手都是左手持拍。戴安娜说： “非常高兴我能以一个完美的结局来收尾，而不是仅仅有一个好的开局。这对我来说绝对是一届特殊的赛事。下场比赛将是一场左手将之间的对决，我很期待半决赛的到来。”

阿丽娜这场意外的溃败，不免让人联想到她在去年法网决赛对阵美国对手可可·高芙（Coco Gauff）时，同样在优势巨大的情况下崩盘的场景。

尽管这名白罗斯球星已经连续第14次杀入大满贯复赛，但随着这场失利，她也遗憾错失了成为继塞蕾娜·威廉姆斯（Serena Williams）之后，首名连续七次闯入大满贯女单半决赛的球员。

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6月3日，乌克兰总统泽连斯基（右）和北约秘书长吕特（左）在基辅会谈前握手。 （法新社）

北约秘书长吕特星期三（6月3日）在基辅说，俄罗斯在俄乌战争中面临日益严峻的军事和经济困境，正变得越来越绝望。

法新社报道，吕特在基辅与乌克兰总统泽连斯基共同举行的新闻发布会上说：“俄罗斯的鲁莽行为由来已久。但随着乌克兰继续保持强硬姿态、不断创新并取得战场胜利，俄罗斯的处境也越来越绝望。”

他指出，俄罗斯的伤亡人数不断攀升，经济压力也日益增大，这些都给莫斯科带来了压力。

“令人痛心的是，他们没有丝毫停止的迹象。最近对基辅和乌克兰各地的袭击清楚地表明了这一点。”

吕特发表讲话后不久，基辅响起了空袭警报，警告俄罗斯可能发动袭击。

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吕特也赞扬了乌克兰在战场上取得的进展。“乌克兰在战场上越来越成功，不仅在前线，而且在确保能够摧毁俄罗斯继续发动战争的关键能力方面也是如此。”

根据法新社对战争研究所数据的分析，继4月后，乌克兰5月收复的领土也超过了当月被莫斯科夺走的领土，阻止了俄罗斯数月来的缓慢推进。

泽连斯基敦促北约国家增加防空系统的交付，特别是美国制造的“爱国者”导弹系统和弹药。基辅方面表示，他们需要这些来击落俄罗斯的弹道导弹。