Trump demands Hakeem Jeffries be charged with ‘inciting violence’ with ‘maximum warfare’ rhetoric

2026-05-07T13:54:18-04:00 / Fox News

Jeffries calls Trump’s comments ‘another deranged rant’ and predicts Democrats will take back the House in 2026

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President Donald Trump accused House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., of inciting the most recent assassination attempt against him, further escalating his feud with the top Democrat.

Trump argued in a Truth Social post on Thursday that Jeffries should be arrested after promoting “warfare” against Republicans just days before the assassination scare at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in April.

“This lunatic, Hakeem “Low IQ” Jeffries, should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE!” Trump wrote on social media.

He included images of Jeffries standing with a sign displaying the words “maximum warfare” and the faces of Trump and his aide James Blair alongside an image “three days later” of alleged assassin Cole Allen storming the Secret Service checkpoint at the Washington Hilton.

Surveillance video released by the Justice Department appears to show suspect Cole Allen rushing a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton with a weapon in hand during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.(Department of Justice)

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“Should Hakeem Jeffries be charged with inciting violence?” Trump’s post asked his 12.6 million followers to ponder.

A spokesperson for Jeffries referred Fox News Digital to a social media post where the top Democrat labeled Trump’s comments as “another deranged rant” and dinged the president on affordability.

“Gas prices are sky high, grocery bills are surging and families can’t catch a break,” he wrote on X. “Democrats are about to take back the House and you’re losing your mind.”

President Donald Trump argued Thursday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., should be charged with “inciting violence” after pledging to unleash “maximum warfare” on Republicans.(Samuel Corum/Getty Images; Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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The online skirmish came after Jeffries already defended his “maximum warfare” language amid GOP backlash in late April.

“I don’t give a damn about your criticism,” he told Republicans.

Jeffries also justified his decision to use the phrase when discussing the nationwide redistricting battle by arguing that an anonymous White House staffer first deployed the phrase to threaten Democrats with GOP-friendly gerrymanders during an interview with The New York Times last year.

“That phrase ‘maximum warfare everywhere, all the time’ came from the White House in the summer of 2025, when they started this redistricting battle, and now they’re big mad,” Jeffries said at a news conference. “Why? Because Democrats have decided to finish it. Get lost.”

Jeffries has consistently said that he opposes all forms of political violence, while refusing to walk back his fiery language.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., responded to Trump’s attack with a taunt that Democrats would take back the House of Representatives during November’s midterm elections.(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

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He told “Fox News Sunday” last month that lawmakers “set the most appropriate example” in their rhetoric, when asked about the rise in political violence.

“Whatever your ideological perspective is, we all love America, and we all want to make sure that this country is the best that it can possibly be,” Jeffries said.

‘People are missing Joe Biden more and more each day’: Keisha Lance Bottoms on ​seeking Biden’s endorsement for GA Gov.

2026-05-07T17:36:41.206Z / CNN

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Published 1:36 PM EDT, Thu May 7, 2026

‘People are missing Joe Biden more and more each day’: Keisha Lance Bottoms on ​seeking Biden’s endorsement for GA Gov.

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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joins Dana Bash to discuss her campaign for Georgia governor and the recent endorsement she received from former President Joe Biden, whose administration she served in. “I did ask for his endorsement and I am honored to have it,” Bottoms tells Dash.

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Tennessee Republicans approve map carving up majority-Black US House district

2026-05-07T18:53:46.306Z / Associated Press

Democratic representatives protest on the floor of the Tennessee House of Representatives during a special session, opposing efforts by the state’s Republican leadership in redistricting congressional election maps, in Nashville on Thursday, May 7.

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Republican lawmakers in Tennessee approved a new US House map Thursday that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.

Protesters shouted “No Jim Crow” outside the House and Senate chambers as lawmakers convened to consider the legislation. As the Republican-led House voted for the new map, Democratic lawmakers locked arms at the front of the chamber while protesters in the gallery yelled, chanted and blew air horns. Shouts from protesters who flooded the halls, where Tennessee state troopers held them back, could be heard inside both chambers.

The new map now goes to Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who called lawmakers into special session.

Tennessee is the first state to pass new congressional districts since a US Supreme Court ruling last week significantly weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities. But more Southern states could follow. Republicans in Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina also have taken steps toward redistricting.

The court ruled that Louisiana relied too heavily on race when creating a second Black-majority House district as it attempted to comply with federal law. The high court’s decision altered a decades-old understanding of the law, giving Republicans grounds to try to eliminate majority-Black districts that have elected Democrats.

Louisiana has postponed its congressional primary to give time for state lawmakers to craft a new House map. Legislation awaiting a final vote in Alabama also would upend the state’s congressional primaries if courts allow the state to change its US House districts. In South Carolina, meanwhile, Republican lawmakers urged on by Trump have taken initial steps to add congressional redistricting to their agenda.

The states are the latest to join an already fierce national redistricting battle. Since Trump prodded Texas to redraw its U.S. House districts last year, eight states have adopted new congressional districts. From that, Republicans think they could gain as many as 13 seats while Democrats think they could gain up to 10. But some competitive races mean the parties may not get everything they sought in the November elections.

As a first step to adopting new House districts, Tennessee lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to legislation — quickly signed into law by Lee — that repealed a state law prohibiting mid-decade redistricting. They then passed a bill that would reopen candidate qualifying until May 15 to allow time for new people to enter the US House primaries and existing candidates to switch districts or drop out.

The proposed House map would break up Tennessee’s lone Democratic-held district, centered on the majority-Black city of Memphis, creating a ripple effect of alterations to districts throughout the western and central parts of the state. The geographically compact 9th District that includes Memphis — currently represented by Steve Cohen, who is white — would stretch a couple hundred miles eastward before reaching north toward the Nashville suburbs.

Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton said the proposed districts were drawn based on population and politics, not racial data.

But Democrats dismissed such assertions.

Winston Wright of Nashville protests at the third day of the special session to redraw congressional maps for Tennessee at the State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 7.

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“These maps are racist tools of white supremacy at the behest of the most powerful white supremacist in the United States of America, Donald J. Trump,” said state Rep. Justin Pearson, a Black Democrat from Memphis who is running for the US House.

Republican state Sen. John Stevens defended the new districts he sponsored by noting that Democrats in Illinois, Massachusetts and other states also had drawn congressional districts to their advantage.

“This bill represents Tennessee’s attempt to maximize our partisan advantage,” he said.

It does so at the expense of both Memphis residents and democracy, said Sen. London Lamar, a Democrat from Memphis.

“You cannot take a majority Black city, fracture its voting power and then tell us race has nothing to do with it,” she said.

Democrats noted that the state Supreme Court in April 2022 rejected a challenge to the current congressional map, finding it was too close to the election to make changes. This year, there’s even less time before the Aug. 6 primary, raising the potential of confusion for both candidates and voters, Democrats said.

Tennessee lawmakers approve new congressional map that dissolves majority Black district

May 7, 2026 / 2:51 PM EDT / CBS News

Tennessee’s Republican-led legislature on Thursday approved redrawing the state’s congressional map to carve up the lone Democratic represented district, the latest state to scramble to redistrict as both parties seek control of the U.S. House in November.

The new map will now go to GOP Gov. Bill Lee, who called the lawmakers into a special session to redraw the map. The General Assembly first on Thursday had to pass a measure to overturn its own ban on mid-decade redistricting.

The new map splits Memphis, a Black majority city, and the county that encompasses it, Shelby, into three districts, a move that would favor Republicans. Memphis and Shelby County are currently represented by Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen, who has said he will sue over the new map.

Nashville, a Democratic stronghold until it was split up during the 2021 redistricting, remains split between three districts, although the new map changes those boundaries. Before the map was redrawn this week, Democrats were targeting District 5, currently represented by GOP Rep. Andy Ogles, but that district now includes the affluent Nashville suburbs and runs into downtown Memphis.

Lee called the special session of the Tennessee legislature last week after the Supreme Court threw out Louisiana’s congressional map. In the ruling, the Supreme Court narrowed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which considered race in redrawing its House district lines.

“These maps were drawn to maximize our partisan advantage,” said Republican state Sen. John Stevens, who represents northwest Tennessee.

Democrats strenuously objected to the new map, and protesters against the measure filled the State Capitol on Thursday. Ahead of the Senate vote, protesters yelled: “Don’t do this!” Democratic state Sen. London Lamar, who represents Memphis, warned Republicans, “You have awakened a sleeping giant today.”

The measure first passed the Tennessee House during the rowdy session in which the audience was ejected. Democratic lawmakers then walked out when the measure passed.

The mid-decade redistricting war, which kicked off last summer when President Trump pushed Texas Republicans to redraw their congressional map, gained renewed momentum last week after the Supreme Court ruling.

林厝港岸外浮动渔场工人遭雷击身亡

2026年5月7日 23:03 / 联合早报

一名30岁渔场工人星期二（5月5日）在林厝港岸外一座浮动渔场工作时遭雷击中，昏迷送院不治。 （海峡时报）

一名30岁渔场工人星期二（5月5日）在林厝港岸外一座浮动渔场工作时遭雷击中，昏迷送院不治。 （海峡时报）

在林厝港岸外一座浮动渔场工作时遭雷击中，30岁渔场工人昏迷送院不治。

这起事故发生在星期二（5月5日）下午约4时，地点在林厝港海岸外一座浮动养殖场。

警方指出，当天下午接获一起求助通报，地点是林厝港路691号，即新加坡食品局林厝港码头（Singapore Food Agency Lim Chu Kang Jetty）的地址。

新加坡民防部队指出，男子当时已失去意识，被紧急送往兀兰医院抢救，但最终宣告不治。

警方与人力部目前正调查事故原因。人力部补充说，出事男子工作的渔场雇主是F20W。

人力部提醒，若接获雷雨警报，工人应立即停止户外活动并寻找遮蔽处避险。最后一次听见雷声后，须至少等候30分钟，才可继续户外工作。

国家环境局于事发当天下午约5时10分，对新加坡南部、东部及中部地区发出豪雨警报。

气象署早前于4月30日发布天气展望时指出，5月上旬部分地区预计会出现午后雷阵雨。根据气象署网站资料，新加坡平均每年有176天出现闪电。

本地过去也曾发生与雷击相关的事故。2023年12月，三名工人在翡珑山路一处建筑工地屋顶工作之际遭到雷击，三人随后感到头晕并送院治疗。

雷击也曾影响地铁服务。2024年6月，南北线克兰芝与马西岭站之间一段容易遭雷击的轨道设备受损，引发供电故障，导致该路段的地铁服务中断超过两小时。

2017年11月，一列东西线列车在勿洛站附近遭雷击后停驶，导致丹那美拉与巴耶利峇之间服务延误，列车司机事后因身体不适送院检查。

事故还在调查中。

菲律宾出动飞机警告中国科考船 北京批菲颠倒黑白

2026年5月7日 23:12 / 联合早报

2026年5月6日，人们在菲律宾北伊罗戈省的布尔戈斯眺望南中国海景色。 （法新社）

菲律宾海岸警卫队星期四（5月7日）披露，已出动飞机对一艘在南中国海争议海域活动的中国科考船发出无线电警告。中国海警则对相关飞机实施跟踪监视，并批评菲律宾颠倒黑白，要求停止非法干扰和抹黑炒作。

据法新社报道，菲海岸警卫队称，中国这艘具备支持潜水器作业能力的“向阳红33”号科考船，正在南沙群岛一处争议礁区附近活动。这艘船曾在星期三（6日）向罗祖尔礁（中国称鲎藤礁）派出作业艇，被菲海警巡逻机发现，马尼拉称此举“证实它正在进行未经授权的海洋科学研究”。

鲎藤礁位于礼乐滩南端，这一区域被认为蕴藏丰富的天然气和石油资源。

在此次巡航中，菲海岸警卫队发现，在伊罗阔伊礁及菲律宾实际控制的中业岛周边海域，有41艘“海上民兵船只”停泊。中业岛上约有400名菲律宾居民，并设有新建的海警站。

菲海岸警卫队说：“菲律宾未曾授权中华人民共和国在上述海域开展任何海洋科学研究活动”，并称科考船的出现以及大量“海上民兵”船只聚集，“严重侵犯菲律宾的主权权利和海洋管辖权”。

对此，中国海警局新闻发言人姜略回应说，星期三，向阳红33号船位中国鲎藤礁附近海域开展正常生态环境调查。其间，菲海岸警卫队一架岛人型机蓄意抵近滋扰，中国海警依法依规跟踪监视、管控处置，确保中方船只作业安全，行动全程专业规范。

姜略还说，菲律宾有关言论颠倒黑白、罔顾事实，企图混淆视听，并呼吁菲立即停止非法干扰和抹黑炒作。他重申，中国海警将依法在中国管辖海域持续开展维权执法活动，采取一切必要措施保障中方科考作业安全与南海地区和平稳定。

Bipartisan lawmakers push to remove Secret Service from DHS after Trump assassination attempts

May 7, 2026 11:28am EDT / Fox News

Bill would transfer the Secret Service to operate directly under the White House

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FIRST ON FOX:A pair of House lawmakers are seeking a major change to the Secret Service after heightened scrutiny following the third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in April.

Reps. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and Russell Fry, R-S.C., introduced legislation Thursday that would transfer the Secret Service from DHS supervision and make the agency a direct report to the White House.

The measure is part of a broader package of bipartisan reforms that Moskowitz, a former emergency management director, is unveiling to reform the sprawling department that has come under frequent criticism for bureaucratic dysfunction. His legislative package would also make FEMA an independent cabinet-level agency and move TSA under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.

The goal, Moskowitz said, is to cut red tape at DHS that impedes its subagencies’ ability to function — an observation he saw up close as a member of the congressional task force investigating the first assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pa.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., speaks to reporters following a vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2025.(Al Drago/Bloomberg)

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“Going to Butler, talking to Secret Service, is when I realized, well, the Secret Service is suffering the same problems that FEMA is suffering,” Moskowitz said in an interview with Fox News Digital. “Because they were such a small agency, they couldn’t get the resources they needed. They couldn’t get decisions being made.”

“These pieces of legislation would streamline all three of those agencies,” Moskowitz added. “It would cut a lot of the bureaucracy we’re getting at DHS.”

Moskowitz, who was present at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, where the Secret Service subdued the alleged shooter, said the assassination scare reinforced the need to make the agency directly accountable to the president and provide agents with “more resources, not less.”

Fry, who is co-leading the bill, said the measure would better allow the Secret Service to fulfill its responsibility of protecting the president.

“In a time where political attacks are becoming increasingly rampant, the Secret Service should be able to focus solely on its mission of protecting top U.S. officials — not dealing with bureaucratic tape that ultimately serves as a distraction to keeping the president safe,” Fry said.

Armed Secret Service agents stand on stage during a shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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Moskowitz’s DHS reform package comes after the embattled department endured a record-breaking funding lapse that concluded in late April after lasting for 76 days. The Florida lawmaker repeatedly joined Democrats against full-year DHS spending bills, but supported funding the department’s non-immigration functions.

If Moskowitz’s reform package was signed into law, the TSA, Secret Service and FEMA would likely be shielded from another prolonged DHS funding lapse.

More than 1,000 TSA agents quit during the shutdown, leading to long security lines at major airports and a spike in missed flights for passengers.

“I don’t think the American people should have their lives interrupted at the airport because of the dysfunction in Washington,” Moskowitz told Fox News Digital.

He also argued that TSA would function better if it was transferred out of DHS.

“The idea that the Department of Transportation, they have the FAA that keeps our skies safe, but then Homeland keeps the people safe in the airport … we should put things under one roof,” Moskowitz said. “I’m trying to unify keeping people safe in the air and safe on the ground when flying.”

Travelers wait in long security lines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on March 27, 2026, amid a government shutdown and deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to ease congestion.(Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)

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Moskowitz’s previous efforts to make FEMA a cabinet-level agency have stalled in committee.

The Florida lawmaker, however, said he has talked with members of the Trump administration about reforms to DHS and believes there is extensive bipartisan support for overhauling the department.

“The question is, are we able to function and actually do something like this anymore?” Moskowitz said. “Or are we just only able to fund the agencies now and can’t do any reform?”

Moskowitz is partnering with Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., on the FEMA reform measure and co-leading the TSA transfer bill with Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.

He told Fox News Digital that he is planning to seek re-election in the new GOP-leaning 25th Congressional District, following Florida Republicans passing an aggressive gerrymandered map that carved up his Democratic seat last week.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and the DHS before publication.

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“习特会”登场前特朗普盟友访华沟通 北京重申台湾红线

2026年5月7日 23:38 / 联合早报

中国国务院总理李强（右）星期四（5月7日）在北京人民大会堂与美国参议员戴安斯会面。 （路透社）

中美元首峰会下周拟在北京举行之前，中国国务院总理李强、全国人大委员长赵乐际、外交部长王毅星期四（5月7日）分别与同美国总统特朗普关系密切的共和党参议员戴安斯会面。中方领导人均向戴安斯重申，台湾问题是中美关系不可逾越的红线；在王毅与戴安斯的会面中，双方则释放希望两国关系保持稳定及相互合作的信号。

特朗普预计在5月14日至15日访华，并与中国国家主席习近平举行元首峰会。戴安斯是美国蒙大拿州共和党联邦参议员，此次率领五人跨党派参议员代表团先后到访上海和北京。

有受访学者分析，戴安斯此行是扮演面对面的沟通者角色，既把特朗普的话带来中国，也让中国把不方便跟美国国务卿鲁比奥讲的话带回去。鲁比奥因涉疆、涉港问题立场强硬，两度被中国制裁。另有学者认为，戴安斯到访是为特朗普访华营造积极氛围，为中美元首会面发挥暖场作用。

新华社报道，李强与戴安斯会面时直接点出，台湾问题事关中国核心利益，是中美关系第一条不可逾越的红线。赵乐际也向戴安斯强调，台湾问题是中国核心利益中的核心，是中美关系中最重要的问题，希望美国恪守一个中国原则，慎重对待和处理台湾问题。王毅也表示，希望美国客观看待中国，树立理性对华认知，切实尊重中国核心利益，妥善管控分歧。

王毅在会面中还说，戴安斯此访是特朗普就任以来首个访华的美国国会两党参议员代表团，具有重要象征意义，并表示希望戴安斯一行人为中美关系稳定健康可持续发展增添新动力。

他也说，要真正找到中美两个大国正确相处之道，关键是持续不断解决彼此认知问题，扣好两国关系“第一粒纽扣”；应共同寻求“和而不同”，做伙伴而不是当对手。

综合路透社和彭博社报道，戴安斯与王毅会面时在开场中说，美中关系需要稳定与相互尊重，希望双方走向缓和而非脱钩，并对中国力促伊朗重新开放霍尔木兹海峡表示感谢。

他警告中美仍面临贸易问题，并表示希望双方领导人会面能促成波音客机的订单，同时指出中国已有约九年未采购波音飞机。

这是戴安斯第七次以参议员身份访华。他曾在特朗普首个总统任期的中美贸易战中担任中间人，也是为数不多拥有中国工作经验的美国政界人士，1990年代曾作为宝洁公司高管在中国大陆和香港工作六年。

上海国际关系学者沈丁立向《联合早报》分析，戴安斯与特朗普关系密切，观点也与特朗普相似，“中方可能不甚欣赏鲁比奥，戴安斯或可弥补鲁比奥所起不到的沟通作用”。他评估，戴安斯未必特获特朗普授意来中国，但特朗普也不反对他来华沟通。

沈丁立进一步分析，中美双方在会面中均强调两国要维持稳定关系，这恰恰说明双方都认为目前两国关系尚欠稳定，而且都认为对方要对此负责任。美国一方面继续大力推动对台军售，另一方面要求北京不向伊朗提供军备。虽然中美对霍尔木兹海峡稳定的理解有一定的共同点，但双方对台海有失稳定的根源之理解完全不同。特朗普访华要对中美关系中的风险进行管理，但双方对地区与世界稳定的挑战来源有相当不同的认知。

新加坡尤索夫伊萨东南亚研究院附属资深研究员黎良福判断，虽然中国领导人均向戴安斯重申台湾问题是红线，但特朗普不会在访华期间就美国对台立场做大调整，“相信美国官员会提醒特朗普，要紧跟美国一贯表述”。他说，对特朗普而言，此次访华的基本立场是拿到中国采购的大订单，回国向美国民众展示，而不是让台湾议题抢走焦点。

另据《华尔街日报》引述知情者称，中美考虑将人工智能（AI）纳入“习特会”议程。两国目前都在考虑启动AI正式磋商，因为双方在AI领域的竞争，正面临演变为数码时代军备竞赛的风险。美国团队将由财政部长贝森特牵头，中国则未指定对口官员。

在中国外交部星期四的例行记者会上，有媒体提问中国由谁牵头进行中美AI议题讨论，发言人未正面回答，称目前没有可以提供的信息。

世卫组织：游轮有五个汉坦病毒病例 公共卫生风险仍低

2026年5月7日 23:57 / 联合早报

世卫组织：游轮有五个汉坦病毒病例 公共卫生风险仍低

5月6日，大西洋游轮“洪迪厄斯”号准备离开佛得角的普拉亚港。 （路透社）

世界卫生组织说，暴发汉坦病毒（hantavirus）疫情的大西洋游轮“洪迪厄斯”号已有五个确诊病例，另有三个疑似病例，并警告称可能出现更多病例。

世卫组织星期四（5月7日）说，只要公共卫生措施得到妥善实施，预计目前正从非洲西部岛国佛得角（Cape Verde）驶往西班牙特内里费岛（Tenerife）的洪迪厄斯（MV Hondius）游轮上的疫情将得到控制，此次疫情引发更广泛公共卫生的风险依然较低。

世卫组织总干事谭德塞说：“到目前为止，已报告八个病例，其中包括三个死亡病例。八例中有五例已确诊为汉坦病毒感染，其余三起为疑似病例。”

他在日内瓦的记者会上说：“此次病例涉及的汉坦病毒是安第斯病毒（Andes virus），这种病毒在拉丁美洲较为常见。”

法新社引述他说：“鉴于安第斯病毒的潜伏期可长达六周，因此有可能出现更多病例。”

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这艘悬挂荷兰国旗的船只于4月1日离开阿根廷乌斯怀亚港（Ushuaia），开始向北穿越大西洋前往佛得角的航行。它于星期三启航，继续向北驶往特内里费岛。

谭德塞说，他一直与船长保持联系。他说：“他告诉我，自从船只重新启航以来，船上人员的状况有了显著改善。我感谢他为保护船上人员所做的一切，”他说。

此前，船东说，所有出现汉坦病毒症状的乘客，都已从游轮撤离，船上已无症状感染者。

汉坦病毒不易传播

荷兰莱顿大学医学中心传染病科主任卡琳·艾伦·维尔德坎普（Karin Ellen Veldkamp）星期四告诉法新社，在“洪迪厄斯”号邮轮上的汉坦病毒的传染性远低于2019冠状病毒。

询及会否引发冠病那样的疫情时，维尔德坎普说：“不，并非如此。它不容易在人与人之间传播。”

她补充说：“我们知道（人际传播）是可能的，我们也怀疑船上发生了这种情况……但它不像冠病，（传播）要困难得多。”

Supreme Court chief justice pinpoints what Americans misunderstand about he and his colleagues

2026-05-07T08:14:42-04:00 / Fox News

Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court is not making policy decisions

By Eric Mack
Fox News

Published May 7, 2026 8:14am EDT

Political critics of Supreme Court decisions fundamentally do not understand the role of the institution, according to Chief Justice John Roberts.

It is to interpret the law, not make it, he told a judicial conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

“I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,” Roberts said Wednesday night. “I think they view us as purely political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.”

The decision reviewing the unconstitutionality of race-based gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act has resurfaced rebukes of the political ideology of the Court. Three conservative justices, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, were placed on the bench by President Donald Trump during his first term, giving Republican-nominated justices a 6-3 majority.

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Justices, however, are making decisions based on the law and contextual readings of the Constitution, not their personal policy preferences, Roberts stressed to the conference of judges and lawyers from the 3rd U.S. Circuit in Pennsylvania.

“I think considered criticism is a very good thing,” Roberts said. “You hope it’s intelligent criticism, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s a free country and I certainly don’t object to it, and I don’t think [my colleagues do either].”

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The Supreme Court has also expanded gun rights and overturned the constitutional right to abortion in recent years. Public confidence in the Supreme Court was at a low of 40% after the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion ruling, showing the politics of rulings determines perception as the words of the Constitution remain unchanged.

The rulings are “based on our best effort to figure out what the Constitution means and how it applies” to the existing law, Roberts said.

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“We’re not simply part of the political process, and there’s a reason for that, and I’m not sure people grasp that as much as is appropriate,” Roberts said, stressing that “one thing we have to do is make decisions that are unpopular.”

“On the other hand,” Roberts said, “there is a point where it changes from criticism of the opinion to criticism of the judge and it can lead to some very serious problems.”

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Heated political rhetoric, potentially fueled by violent protest groups, can endanger judges.

In June 2022, an armed suspect was caught outside Kavanaugh’s home. Nicholas John Roske pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 97 months in prison and lifetime supervised release after admitting to the attempted assassination.

“There’s a lot of hostility that’s publicized about judicial decisions and which judge wrote those decisions,” Roberts warned. “I think we have to be a little more careful and make sure people, to the extent you can, are more careful about that.”

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Judges bowing to the pressures of political ideology from the American public would have devastating effects, according to Roberts.

“If you do it cavalierly, overrule precedent just because you think it’s wrong, then the whole system begins to suffer,” he said.

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The advanced ages of Thomas and Alito have raised questions of whether they might consider retirement either before the midterms — which could change Congress’ ability to get through another conservative justice nominee under Trump — or before 2028, where a flip of the White House and/or Congress could shift the court back away from a conservative majority.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Eric Mack is a writer for Fox News Digital covering breaking news.