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Mitch Landrieu for president? The former New Orleans mayor wants to test the 2028 waters

2026-04-19 8:00 AM ET / CNN

By Edward-Isaac Dovere

3 hr ago

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2026, 8:00 AM ET

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Mitch Landrieu on the second day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 20, 2024.

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New Orleans—

Quietly, someone no one had been thinking about as a 2028 contender showed up to a meeting of Democratic activists here and started to incept a presidential campaign – including for himself.

It helped that the meeting was in the city that gave Mitch Landrieu the accent with which he squeezes three soft syllables out of the second word in “New Orleans.”

“You can begin to dream about the America that should be. Because we are not going back to where we were. It’s like when New Orleans got destroyed by Katrina,” he told a gathering of the Young Democrats of America attached to an otherwise ho-hum seasonal meeting of the Democratic National Committee this month.

“We grabbed our past – that was important, that told us who we are,” Landrieu added. “We got rid of the mistakes we made. And we looked forward to a new day where we can make New Orleans the city it should have been if we had gotten it right the first time.”

He was riffing without notes.

“You get to construct a new day, if you win,” he said. “And that is what 2028 and beyond is going to be about.”

More Democrats were with Landrieu that night upstairs at the famous Galatoire’s restaurant in the French Quarter – elected officials, operatives and influencer Carlos Espina, who has 14 million TikTok followers and had keynoted the main DNC meeting earlier that afternoon.

Multiple people in the room who listened to his toast told CNN later they’d been surprised how much it felt like a soft launch.

Senior White House adviser Mitch Landrieu and Grace Landrieu arrive for a White House state dinner at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2023.

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Upward of two dozen Democrats are already writing books, touring potential early primary states or otherwise setting up presidential campaigns-in-waiting. Most are better known than Landrieu. But with few registering as more than a blip in early polls, plenty of less familiar names see an opening to make their case and see if they can catch on.

Walking along the Mississippi River the next afternoon after yet another speech, this time to the DNC executive board, rousing them to be as hard-nosed as necessary to win big in this fall’s midterms, Landrieu bit harder than most when acknowledging that what would be a dark horse presidential run is very much on his mind.

“Whether I’m the president or one of a hundred of my best friends are president, I am at a point in my life where I really feel like the future of the country is at stake,” Landrieu told CNN. “And so, people say, ‘What, are you going to run for president?’ Maybe.”

A native son

In the run-up to the 1976 election, with America was still reeling from Watergate, New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu thought about running for president, seeing a path for an outsider conciliator in a race that ultimately put another southerner, Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, in the White House. (The way Mitch Landrieu tells the story, it was his grandmother who was most disappointed, saying when Moon Landrieu passed on a campaign, “All the other mother’s sons are running for president, and mine’s not.”)

Mitch Landrieu is one of nine children, a former state lieutenant governor who ran for mayor after Katrina ravaged his hometown and lost before winning four years later.

Last week, as he led a mini-tour of the waterfront he worked to revitalize, Landrieu could point to the ferry system to the city’s west bank with its new terminal, the land he’d swapped with the railroad to build three miles of parks, fountains and walkways, where he could point out how new sewage and water systems, revamped schools and libraries stood in spots that were once under 17 feet of water.

The workers setting up for the French Quarter festival who greeted him with hugs, the many people who called out “Hey Mitch!” or “We need you back,” the man with the candied pecan sampler tray who insisted on a selfie – each moment could have been a scene in a future campaign commercial. So was the way Landrieu did a few seconds of an impromptu soft-shoe after putting a $20 bill into the box of a street performer working with a strip of cardboard and foil on his shoes.

Coming up in and governing this city, where he sang “Ave Maria” in the choir loft in the cathedral on Jackson Square and met his wife while he was playing Che in “Evita” in the theater across the street, has also given what those who know Landrieu say could be a particularly important political advantage.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, who was a Landrieu admirer long before hearing the toast at Galatoire’s and then following him to dance out on Bourbon Street, calls Landrieu “one of the most charismatic people in American politics today.” Lucas compared Landrieu to former Vice President Kamala Harris and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore.

From left, Mitch Landrieu, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and former US Secretary of Labor Julie Su attend an event on the Biden Administration’s workforce initiative plan at Carver Vocational School on November 13, 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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“In a game where it’s still retail, in a game where it’s a whole lot of South Carolina and who’s actually speaking to and relating to the people there in a lot of places, Black politicians for example, he’s got unique strengths that really only Vice President Harris, I assume Gov. Moore, have right now,” Lucas said.

Asked to boil down what he was trying to say, Lucas, who is Black, explained, “He’s a White dude who fits in everywhere.”

New Orleans is still home to a lot of suffering, as the many homeless people dotted between the tourists and musicians along the walk made clear. Here and across the country, Landrieu said, he can feel what he says is hurt that becomes resentment that becomes anger, from too many Americans feeling like the social contract has been broken.

He often tells a story of sitting with a group of older coal miners in West Virginia, summarizing their thoughts: “Y’all needed us to help save the world by creating fuel so that our warships could go save democracy. So we went down to that hole. And we stayed at that hole for 30 years or 40 years. And I sucked all that shit in my lungs. I broke my back,” he said.

“And now, one, you’re going to tell me I’m stupid. Two, you’re going to tell me I’m bad. And three, you’re not going to pay my retirement. And then you’re going to tell me, ‘Listen, no problem. We’re going to teach you how to code.’”

Did he miss his chance already?

Landrieu has been down this road before. Even his biggest boosters acknowledge his last big flirt fizzled, when a 2020 Democratic primary run was planned to segue from the national tour for his 2018 book, “In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History,” based off his searing 2017 speech explaining his decision to take down four Confederate monuments.

He told allies around that time that he wouldn’t run if Joe Biden entered the field. Ultimately, Biden ran and Landrieu didn’t.

Now, Landrieu thinks, his Katrina experience could fit into a moment different from the same time in than President Donald Trump’s first term, when many Democrats were thinking that the Republican would be a blip. He also isn’t sure that other Democrats have the same interest in building a coalition of Trump supporters and other voters that may have left their party.

After Biden won, he brought Landrieu into the administration to manage the implementation of the bipartisan infrastructure bill and then to be a co-chair of the re-election campaign.

Then Landrieu passed when some urged him to run for DNC chair himself after the 2024 election, thinking he’d be the right person to speak for the Democrats as they tried to rebuild.

Mitch Landrieu, Democratic National Convention Committee Co-Chair, speaks on stage during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.

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At the Young Democrats gathering, an aide set up an iPhone on a tripod to record Landrieu’s speech. But he hasn’t taken any of the real preliminary steps toward putting together a prospective operation, staff, fundraising base or framework that would be necessary to turn an interest into a campaign.

These days, a believe-it-when-they-see-it tone quickly creeps into his boosters’ voices as they talk through their conversations with him, but also a wistfulness as they can’t help but dream about what might happen if he went forward with a campaign.

Landrieu is now 65. He acknowledged what several people close to him told CNN about his thinking: If he’s going to run for president, this is probably the last chance.

He points admiringly to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who became a phenomenon not because of name recognition or money in the bank, but a compelling vision told via cheap and viral online videos.

As for those who’ve been making moves that could give them head starts, Landrieu noted, “they’re all good. I would just say that it’s really hard to be the front-runner over three years.”

“And on top of that,” he adds, somewhat downplaying what people thought of Trump and Biden’s initial prospects, “the last two presidents we’ve had have been people that nobody ever thought was going to be president when it all started.”

US President Joe Biden joins members of his National Infrastructure Advisory Council, including Senior Advisor Mitch Landrieu in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 13, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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特朗普称美伊周二再谈判 德黑兰未决定是否参加

2026年4月19日 23:56 / 联合早报

据伊朗媒体报道，伊朗尚未决定是否派团参加在巴基斯坦举行的第二轮美伊谈判。图为悬挂在德黑兰街头的已故伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊的海报。 （法新社）

（华盛顿/德黑兰综合电）美国总统特朗普说，美国将在周二与伊朗举行第二轮谈判。尽管双方互指封锁霍尔木兹海峡违反停火协议，并表明已准备好恢复战斗，但特朗普坚称两国将能达成协议。美国官员警告，如果谈判无法取得突破，战火可能在未来几天内重燃。

特朗普星期天（4月19日）在社交媒体上发文说，美方代表团周一（20日）晚将抵达巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡参加谈判。他称：“我们提出非常公平且合理的协议，希望他们会接受，因为如果不接受，美国将摧毁伊朗的每一个发电厂和每一座桥梁。不再有好好先生了。”

特朗普过后告诉《纽约邮报》，他的特使威特科夫周一（20日）晚将飞抵伊斯兰堡。谈判定于周二（21日）举行，并可能会持续至周三（22日），特朗普的女婿库什纳也将参与。

特朗普说，在第一轮谈判中率领美方代表团的副总统万斯，因安全原因将缺席。但白宫官员过后说，万斯也会前往伊斯兰堡谈判。

据伊朗半官方通讯社塔斯尼姆（Tasnim）报道，德黑兰尚未决定是否派遣谈判代表团。报道称，只要美国继续实施海上封锁，伊朗就不会参与谈判。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）则引述伊朗消息人士报道，伊朗代表团周二将抵达巴基斯坦。和上一轮谈判一样，伊方代表料包括外长阿拉格齐与议长卡利巴夫。

伊朗若不签署协议 特朗普威胁炸毁全国

特朗普同日接受福克斯新闻采访时称，伊朗已同意协议的大部分内容。他强调，这是伊朗的最后一次机会，“如果不签署协议，整个国家将被炸毁”。

美国新闻网站Axios引述美国官员报道，特朗普周六（18日）在白宫战情室召开会议，讨论霍尔木兹海峡局势，以及与伊朗谈判的事宜。一名美国高级官员说，如果美伊谈判无法取得突破，战争可能在未来几天内重新爆发。

伊朗外长阿拉格齐周五（17日）宣布，在以色列与黎巴嫩停火期间，伊朗将开放霍尔木兹海峡，让所有商船通行。但特朗普过后表明，将继续对伊朗港口实施海上封锁。伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队随即于周六再度封锁海峡，并警告任何接近霍尔木兹海峡的船只都将被视为攻击目标。

周六至少有两艘船通报，在接近霍尔木兹海峡时遭到炮击。塔斯尼姆通讯社报道，伊朗武装部队星期天又向两艘油轮发出警告，阻止它们通过海峡。

特朗普星期天称伊朗在海峡附近向船只开火，完全违反了停火协议，并指伊朗的做法适得其反。他写道：“伊朗最近宣布关闭霍尔木兹海峡，这很奇怪，因为我们的封锁行动已经关闭了这条海峡。他们帮了我们却不自知，关闭海峡让他们每日损失5亿美元！美国没有任何损失。”

伊朗：因美以侵略 海峡不会再无条件通航

伊朗外交部发言人星期天称，在美国和以色列的侵略将美国军事力量带入海峡周边那一刻，霍尔木兹海峡的无条件通行便已成为历史。

发言人说，伊朗是霍尔木兹海峡沿岸国，现行国际法没有任何条款禁止伊朗采取必要措施，阻止海峡被用于对德黑兰发动军事侵略。

伊朗谈判代表卡利巴夫周六则说，霍尔木兹海峡无法正常通行，原因在于黎巴嫩停火尚未全面落实。他称，美伊谈判已取得初步进展，但一些根本问题仍悬而未决，距离最终协议仍有很大差距。

伊朗坚持不会在核心问题上让步

卡利巴夫强调，伊朗不会在核心问题上让步，而实现地区全面停火是伊朗参与谈判的关键条件之一。他称，伊朗已做好外交与军事对抗的两手准备。

伊朗陆军总司令哈塔米星期天誓言，继续捍卫伊朗“在陆地、空中和海上的独立、领土完整与安全”。他说：“我们的部队将战斗到最后一刻，我们的手指扣在扳机上，随时准备迎战并做出牺牲。”

尽管如此，特朗普仍对达成协议的前景表示乐观。美国广播公司新闻网（ABC News）记者卡尔星期天在X平台上说，特朗普告诉他：“不管是好好商量或来硬的，协议都会达成。”

特朗普称美伊周二再谈判 德黑兰未决定是否参加

2026年4月19日 23:56 / 联合早报

据伊朗媒体报道，伊朗尚未决定是否派团参加在巴基斯坦举行的第二轮美伊谈判。图为悬挂在德黑兰街头的已故伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊的海报。 （法新社）

（华盛顿/德黑兰综合电）美国总统特朗普说，美国将在周二与伊朗举行第二轮谈判。尽管双方互指封锁霍尔木兹海峡违反停火协议，并表明已准备好恢复战斗，但特朗普坚称两国将能达成协议。美国官员警告，如果谈判无法取得突破，战火可能在未来几天内重燃。

特朗普星期天（4月19日）在社交媒体上发文说，美方代表团周一（20日）晚将抵达巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡参加谈判。他称：“我们提出非常公平且合理的协议，希望他们会接受，因为如果不接受，美国将摧毁伊朗的每一个发电厂和每一座桥梁。不再有好好先生了。”

特朗普过后告诉《纽约邮报》，他的特使威特科夫周一（20日）晚将飞抵伊斯兰堡。谈判定于周二（21日）举行，并可能会持续至周三（22日），特朗普的女婿库什纳也将参与。

特朗普说，在第一轮谈判中率领美方代表团的副总统万斯，因安全原因将缺席。但白宫官员过后说，万斯也会前往伊斯兰堡谈判。

据伊朗半官方通讯社塔斯尼姆（Tasnim）报道，德黑兰尚未决定是否派遣谈判代表团。报道称，只要美国继续实施海上封锁，伊朗就不会参与谈判。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）则引述伊朗消息人士报道，伊朗代表团周二将抵达巴基斯坦。和上一轮谈判一样，伊方代表料包括外长阿拉格齐与议长卡利巴夫。

伊朗若不签署协议 特朗普威胁炸毁全国

特朗普同日接受福克斯新闻采访时称，伊朗已同意协议的大部分内容。他强调，这是伊朗的最后一次机会，“如果不签署协议，整个国家将被炸毁”。

美国新闻网站Axios引述美国官员报道，特朗普周六（18日）在白宫战情室召开会议，讨论霍尔木兹海峡局势，以及与伊朗谈判的事宜。一名美国高级官员说，如果美伊谈判无法取得突破，战争可能在未来几天内重新爆发。

伊朗外长阿拉格齐周五（17日）宣布，在以色列与黎巴嫩停火期间，伊朗将开放霍尔木兹海峡，让所有商船通行。但特朗普过后表明，将继续对伊朗港口实施海上封锁。伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队随即于周六再度封锁海峡，并警告任何接近霍尔木兹海峡的船只都将被视为攻击目标。

周六至少有两艘船通报，在接近霍尔木兹海峡时遭到炮击。塔斯尼姆通讯社报道，伊朗武装部队星期天又向两艘油轮发出警告，阻止它们通过海峡。

特朗普星期天称伊朗在海峡附近向船只开火，完全违反了停火协议，并指伊朗的做法适得其反。他写道：“伊朗最近宣布关闭霍尔木兹海峡，这很奇怪，因为我们的封锁行动已经关闭了这条海峡。他们帮了我们却不自知，关闭海峡让他们每日损失5亿美元！美国没有任何损失。”

伊朗：因美以侵略 海峡不会再无条件通航

伊朗外交部发言人星期天称，在美国和以色列的侵略将美国军事力量带入海峡周边那一刻，霍尔木兹海峡的无条件通行便已成为历史。

发言人说，伊朗是霍尔木兹海峡沿岸国，现行国际法没有任何条款禁止伊朗采取必要措施，阻止海峡被用于对德黑兰发动军事侵略。

伊朗谈判代表卡利巴夫周六则说，霍尔木兹海峡无法正常通行，原因在于黎巴嫩停火尚未全面落实。他称，美伊谈判已取得初步进展，但一些根本问题仍悬而未决，距离最终协议仍有很大差距。

伊朗坚持不会在核心问题上让步

卡利巴夫强调，伊朗不会在核心问题上让步，而实现地区全面停火是伊朗参与谈判的关键条件之一。他称，伊朗已做好外交与军事对抗的两手准备。

伊朗陆军总司令哈塔米星期天誓言，继续捍卫伊朗“在陆地、空中和海上的独立、领土完整与安全”。他说：“我们的部队将战斗到最后一刻，我们的手指扣在扳机上，随时准备迎战并做出牺牲。”

尽管如此，特朗普仍对达成协议的前景表示乐观。美国广播公司新闻网（ABC News）记者卡尔星期天在X平台上说，特朗普告诉他：“不管是好好商量或来硬的，协议都会达成。”

盛港轻轨西环改为单向行驶首日 部分乘客反映绕远路不方便

2026年4月19日 18:40 / 联合早报

暂停列车服务的盛港轻轨西环轨道已以黄色围栏封锁，列车集中在另一侧的月台运行，约每两分钟一趟。服务调整首日，不少工作人员手持指示牌，并为不熟悉安排的乘客解答疑问。 （周国威摄）

配合盛港—榜鹅轻轨扩建工程，盛港轻轨西环星期天（4月19日）起改为单向行驶。整体运作首日大致顺畅，多数乘客已提前调整行程，但部分未受接驳巴士覆盖的地区居民，反映出行不便。

从4月19日至10月18日，盛港轻轨西环改为单向运作，从盛港站往振林站（Cheng Lim）方向的内环列车服务暂停，乘客须改搭西外环往仁宗（Renjong）方向的列车绕行。

记者星期天上午约9时在盛港轻轨站观察到，暂停服务的轨道以黄色围栏封锁，列车集中在另一侧月台运行，约每两分钟一趟。不少工作人员手持指示牌，并为不熟悉安排的乘客解答疑问。

受访乘客普遍知晓调整安排。48岁的医护人员卓丽云说，虽然早前得知会有服务调整，但未留意具体日期，星期天上午在盛港站等车时看到乘客集中在同一侧，才意识到安排已生效。

据她观察，乘客人数明显比平时多。“车程也确实变麻烦了，从盛港站到母亲住家附近的农道站平时只须搭两站，现在得绕一大圈。”

住在同港站附近的刘有福（63岁，服务业）则指出，原本只两站的车程如今须搭七站，乘车时间多10至15分钟。“不过我多在周末才搭轻轨，只要不赶时间影响不大。最重要的是能上车，我注意到列车有时候会比较拥挤。”

为提升载客能力，在内环服务暂停期间，西外环服务都以双车厢轻轨列车运行。陆路交通管理局也在平日早晚尖峰时段安排接驳巴士服务，运行时间为清晨6时至上午10时，以及傍晚5时30分至晚上9时30分，约每三至五分钟一趟，车资与轻轨相同。

部分路段未设接驳巴士 居民盼提供载客服务

不过，有乘客指出接驳安排仍有不足。一名在兀兰上班、不愿具名的受访者说，他平时清晨5时多搭首班轻轨，但接驳巴士要到6时才开始运作。“就算更早出门，也没有巴士可以搭，现在还在为怎么准时上班烦恼。”

此外，丹甘站（Thanggam）与芬薇站（Fernvale）之间不在接驳巴士服务范围，居民出行不便。

38岁的金融业者玛雅说，不少居民平时会搭轻轨到仅一站之隔的芬薇站的利达广场（Seletar Mall）用餐或办事。“现在轻轨不通，我们要么搭反方向列车绕一大圈，要么在大太阳下步行过去，两种都不理想，希望能提供接驳巴士，最好周末也有。”

记者实地走访发现，从丹甘站步行至芬薇站约需10分钟，途中需穿越数个路口，在炎热或雨天时较为不便。轻轨站工作人员受询时指出，已接获一些居民的反馈，将转交有关当局跟进。

邵澜鑫（40岁，美容业）星期天上午和家人到丹甘站附近的教堂，之后只能步行至利达广场。她指出，公共巴士服务原本就较有限，如今轻轨暂停又没有接驳车覆盖，出行难免受影响。“这里有不少新落成的预购组屋，我们之前也向基层反映，希望能增加巴士服务。”

不过她也说，除上述路段外，其余受影响轻轨站大多有接驳巴士覆盖，加上当局早在一个多月前已通知服务调整，让居民有时间提前规划行程。“上周已经看到接驳巴士开始运行，基本上每两三分钟一趟，不必等太久。”

梅西美职联双响送新帅首胜 比赛上座率联赛第二

2026年4月19日 18:55 / 联合早报

梅西在比赛结束后，向球场内的观众挥手。 （法新社）

（丹佛法新电）阿根廷球星梅西（Messi）新加坡时间星期天（4月19日）清晨梅开二度，在丹佛为自己的“足球父亲”、迈阿密国际（Inter Miami）临时主帅霍约斯（Hoyos）送上一场首胜，带领球队3比2在美国职业足球大联盟打败击败科罗拉多急流（Colorado Rapids）。

主队科罗拉多为了应付庞大的观赛需求，将这场比赛从他们原本的主场移师到平常用来主办美式足球比赛的丹佛里高Empower球场举行，结果共有多达7万5824名球迷前来观赛，成为美职联历来第二多观众的比赛。

比赛一度朝着主队有利的方向发展，迈阿密国际在2比0领先的情况下被科罗拉多急流顽强追平，场面气势也一度倒向主队。

但在上半场已经通过罚球破门的梅西在比赛第79分钟带球杀入禁区，从两名防守球员之间的缝隙围堵下，用标志性的左脚将球送入球门死角，为迈阿密再度取得领先。

尽管梅西的队友布赖特（Bright）在第87分钟因抗议队友塞戈维亚（Segovia）被出示黄牌时，对裁判使用辱骂性语言而被直接罚下，但迈阿密最后仍然全取三分，让霍约斯在上任首秀收获胜利。

霍约斯：我们拥有史上最伟大球员

和梅西同样来自阿根廷的霍约斯本来是迈阿密国际体育总监，不过在马斯凯拉诺（Mascherano）本周突然因个人原因离任后，他临危接手球队。

对梅西早期在巴塞罗那（Barcelona）的发展起了关键作用的霍约斯，赛后大赞梅西说：“我们拥有史上最伟大的球员，他能在瞬间改变一场比赛的走向。

“这延续了我们之前的工作和球队取得的进步——别忘了，这支球队（迈阿密）是现任美职联总冠军，我们是一支稳固的团队。

“看看迈阿密国际如今所激发的能量——为了容纳这一切，他们不得不搬到更大的球场比赛。再对比我们一直以来试图保持的那种安静、谦逊的做事方式，这种反差很明显。”

迈阿密国际在取得这场胜利后，在八轮积15分，升上美职联东部积分榜第二，落后领跑的纳什维尔（Nashville）四分。

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东南亚青少年乒乓球锦标赛 新加坡五场决赛两金三银

2026年4月19日 19:23 / 联合早报

U15女双决赛获胜后，吴静萱（音译）和索尼娅（右）开心拥抱。 （新加坡乒乓球总会提供）

2026年东南亚青少年乒乓球锦标赛星期天（4月19日）在ActiveSG白沙体育馆落下帷幕，新加坡团队当天获得两金三银。

我国女将黎明映参加两场决赛，她在女双决赛搭档黎嬣萱0比3（9比11、7比11、7比11）不敌泰国组合帕萨拉蓬·翁拉空／库拉帕丝·威吉威里亚功后，在稍后进行的女单决赛中力挽狂澜，在2比3落后的情况下以4比3（11比13、11比9、8比11、11比8、9比11、11比8、11比7）完成翻盘，击败帕萨拉蓬，夺得19岁以下（U19）女单金牌。

在U19女双决赛不敌泰国组合屈居亚军后，黎明映重振旗鼓，在女单决赛迎战同个对手以4比3胜出。（新加坡乒乓球总会提供）

我国当天另一枚金牌来自15岁以下（U15）女双，吴静萱（音译）和索尼娅·再努丁以3比2（6比11、12比10、8比11、11比9、11比8）打败泰国组合帕妮塔·维吉塔姆／吉特纳达·温吉特。

当天一共进行八场决赛，我国代表打进五场决赛。除了上述提到的三场比赛，我国在U19男单和U15女单都获得亚军。

吴静萱在赢得U15女双冠军后，在U15女单决赛0比4（3比11、4比11、4比11、4比11）败给马国的穆罕默德·达尼娅。黎定龙则在U19男单决赛1比4（5比11、11比8、6比11、10比12、6比11）不敌印度尼西亚的穆罕默德·朱宁德拉。

U15和U19男双决赛都是马来西亚球员内战，U15男单金牌也属于马国。

本届东南亚青少年乒乓球锦标赛从4月14日进行至19日，我国团队在前几日的比赛中收获U19男女团金牌、U15男女团银牌以及U19混双银牌。

美国毕业生求职难 父母砸重金让孩子接受职业辅导

2026年4月19日 16:25 / 联合早报

一般上，这类职业辅导涵盖面试演练和申请策略指导，每小时收费几百美元；更全面的配套介于3000美元至1万美元之间。 （iStock）

（华盛顿彭博电）美国大学毕业生求职难，催生了职业辅导市场。有经济能力的父母在孩子正式步入职场前几年，就开始花费大笔金额配备职业教练，提升孩子求职所需的能力。

这类针对学生的职业辅导，现已成为美国一个新兴且利润丰厚的细分市场。该行业过去主要帮助中年职场人士寻找职业意义。

根据国际职业教练协会数据，2019年仅约5%的职业教练主要服务大学生或应届毕业生，但最新调查显示，这一比例已超过四分之一。

尽管聘请职业教练的费用相当高，但对家长而言，送孩子上私立四年制大学，每年就得花费超过6万5000美元（约8万2600新元），相较之下这类职业辅导似乎是一项“值得的投资”。一些教练也指出，这比孩子毕业后留在家中“啃老”要划算。

一般上，这类职业辅导涵盖面试演练和申请策略指导，每小时收费几百美元；更全面的配套介于3000美元至1万美元之间。

总部位于纽约的Priority Candidates公司指出，一些家长为了帮孩子获得金融等竞争激烈的工作，愿意支付高达3万美元的费用，聘请相关领域的专家提供强化辅导。有些求职咨询机构甚至收取更高的费用。

在职业教练帮助下获得工作的史密斯说，教练协助她应对“单向视频”这种令人感到疏离的面试，加上每周的小组会议、练习册和一对一辅导帮助，让原本令人畏惧的面试变得可控。

史密斯也说，持续不断的鼓励和个性化的反馈也帮助她保持自信。

不过，纽约职业辅导公司Gradvantage创始人特雷特勒说，她经常需要提醒家长：真正的“客户”是孩子，即使付钱的是父母，尤其是家长不顾孩子的意愿，一心想为孩子规划特定的职业道路的时候。

她说，这是一种微妙的平衡。“我希望这些年轻人保持心态开放，也希望家长同样如此。”

‘Cesspool of inflated male egos’: Congress reckons with a culture of persistent sexual harassment

2026-04-19T09:00:55.644Z / CNN

As rumors of sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell swirled on Capitol Hill and online, a former staffer reached out to the California Democrat’s campaign about a call from a reporter.

The staffer was terrified the secret she held for so many years had gotten out.

A senior Swalwell aide reassured her that reporters were simply calling all of Swalwell’s former female aides. Then the aide asked: Would she say that Swalwell had never been inappropriate with her?

The staffer hesitated, prompting the aide to ask whether Swalwell had actually been inappropriate.

“I again hesitated, and she said: ‘Actually, I don’t want to know,’” the staffer recalled in an interview with CNN.

Last week, CNN and the San Franscisco Chronicle reported that the former staffer, who has asked to remain anonymous, accused Swalwell of sexual assault, describing a night of drinking in 2024 that ended with him having sex with her when she could not consent. Three other women who spoke with CNN alleged other sexual misconduct, including that Swalwell sent unsolicited nude photos and graphic messages.

Swalwell subsequently dropped out of the governor’s race, resigned from Congress and now faces criminal investigations. Swalwell has repeatedly vowed to fight what he called “the serious, false allegation made against” him.

The senior Swalwell aide declined to comment on the account from the former staffer, who showed CNN a timestamped, two-minute phone call as proof they talked.

The former staffer’s recollection of the aide’s flippant response, which was first reported by the Chronicle, is symbolic of the systemic cultural problem that’s festered on Capitol Hill for decades.

Many of the issues on Capitol Hill are built into the unique way that Congress — and especially the House — operates. Congressional offices are filled with young aides who work late nights and social events in close proximity to members. When harassment issues arise, there’s often no official human resources department to consult with: Congressional offices effectively police themselves, and allegations involving members are typically handled through the slow-moving ethics committees.

It’s been nearly a decade since Congress reckoned with rampant sexual harassment on Capitol Hill in the wake of the #MeToo movement, which saw the resignations of multiple lawmakers accused of harassment and a 2018 law that was intended to usher in a new era of accountability to the halls of Congress.

But the power dynamics and pressure to stay loyal to the boss in hyper-partisan Washington remains embedded in an institution that just can’t seem to rid itself of scandal no matter the reforms in place.

“Congress is a cesspool of inflated male egos that breed predatory behavior — and unfortunately, that hasn’t changed after #MeToo,” a Democratic House member, who requested anonymity to candidly discuss colleagues, told CNN. “Men too often weaponize their positions of power and the pervasive drinking culture to prey on women.”

More than three dozen current and former lawmakers and aides told CNN that the persistent problems with sexual harassment on Capitol Hill — like those documented extensively by CNN back in 2017 — have not gone away as a result of the institutional changes. Many aides requested anonymity to speak in detail about issues within their offices.

The underlying issue, the former and current staffers said, is the fact that Congress inherently has a power deferential that will always endure. A lawmaker is elected after having received tens of thousands of votes and forged close relationships from powerful donors — and staffers fear that no amount of required sexual harassment training or reporting reforms can solve for the problem of a member intent on acting inappropriately when they wield much more power than their staff.

Capitol Hill is now reckoning with the fallout from the resignations this past week of both Swalwell and Texas GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales, who last month acknowledged an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.

In both instances, the resignations were sparked by members policing themselves – it was Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida and Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico who threatened to bring privileged expulsion resolutions to the floor if Swalwell and Gonzales didn’t resign.

The House Ethics Committee has brought accountability in some cases, though it works slowly.

Rep. Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress in 2024 after he was briefly tapped to be President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general — ahead of the release of a years-long committee investigation that found evidence that the Florida Republican paid women for sex, including a 17-year-old girl. Gaetz has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

The House Ethics Committee was investigating Gonzales and opened an investigation into the Swalwell allegations after CNN and the Chronicle published their stories.

Some staffers and members contend the two men were not representative of the entire House, arguing that any large workplace would inevitably have some bad apples.

But the high-profile resignations over the past week aside, many lawmakers and aides say that too many transgressions go unpunished, and staffers too often feel they have nowhere to turn.

“This isn’t enough for these two men to be gone. How do we change the reporting system? How do we change the structures? How do we make the ethics process move more quickly?” Rep. Becca Balint, a Vermont Democrat, told CNN.

Until those changes are made, Balint fears that more perpetrators of harassment or assault could be getting away with it.

“I find myself now looking around the chamber on both sides of the aisle thinking, ‘Ok, so who are the other people who are taking advantage of the fact that we don’t have tight structures here?’” she told CNN.

After the Swalwell reports surfaced earlier this month, a massive group chat among members of the House Democratic Women’s Caucus began lighting up with horrified reactions — and ideas on how to improve the badly broken system. Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, for one, said she chimed in about the need to “create a new sort of process” as quickly as possible.

The group was already talking about how to reform the process for reporting sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, an effort lawmakers say has kicked into overdrive. Their biggest demand: Speeding up ethics investigations so that it does not become a place where “allegations go to die,” according to one member involved.

“We’ve been working on adjustments to make it work better, but the revelations and resignations of the last week show we have a lot more work to do,” said Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, who was elected following the resignation of GOP Rep. Patrick Meehan in 2018 after he allegedly called a former staffer his “soulmate” and was accused of sexual harassment. (Meehan said he believed he would have been “exonerated” in an ethics probe.)

Asked if she felt like the law passed in 2018 to protect congressional staff went far enough, she said: “Clearly it didn’t.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to restore the “respect of the institution” following the recent scandals. He also said the House would punish lawmakers who harass and assault staffers, though it was rank-and-file members in his conference — not Johnson himself — who threatened expulsion ahead of Gonzales’ resignation.

“We’ve tightened up ethics rules and the laws that apply here, and we’ll continue to be as aggressive as possible to make sure this doesn’t happen,” the Republican leader said in a press conference Wednesday when asked how the House can better protect staffers.

“I don’t know what else to say about it, other than it’s detestable,” he added.

It’s often the youngest, most junior staffers on Capitol Hill who spend the most one-on-one time with their bosses, whether it is driving lawmakers around Washington, DC, staffing a late-night vote, or accompanying them to a television appearance after hours. Then there are the frequent working dinners and fundraising events that involve alcohol and can turn social. Former aides say it’s often a breeding ground for inappropriate behavior.

“Any workplace can become a very toxic one if you have late nights, and you’re spending more time with your work family than your regular family,” a female Democratic staffer for more than a decade told CNN. “But there are some structures on Capitol Hill that are unique that can lead to situations where you can be preyed upon.”

The 24/7 nature of the job can easily blur boundaries, particularly for younger staffers trying to prove themselves.

“You drop everything when a member texts you and calls you. It doesn’t matter what you’re doing in your personal life,” the staffer said. “What might start out as seemingly work related can become flirtatious.”

Jayapal, who has served nearly 10 years in the House, said there’s “a culture here that you’ve got to go out and drink all the time, go party with your boss or whatever.” But she added firmly, with her aide nodding in agreement, some offices refuse to take part.

“We don’t do that,” she said.

“You know what I do when I get done with votes at night time? I go to bed,” said Rep. Troy Nehls, a Texas Republican. “If you’re sitting up here and you’re gallivanting around in the evenings, and you’re at these places, and you start drinking, you start acting foolishly, you know, this is what’s going to happen. It’s going to catch up to you.”

Staffers told CNN that sexual harassment has also been a problem far from Washington, on foreign trips that lawmakers take, known as a CODELs, which stands for congressional delegation. Several described firsthand experience with inappropriate behavior from members on such trips.

“CODELs are important tools for members and their staff to gain firsthand knowledge and conduct oversight but could easily be abused by bad actors,” said Leslie Shedd, a former veteran Republican staffer, who added that she did not personally experience harassment on CODELs.

Among Capitol Hill Democrats, there had been rumors about Swalwell’s infidelities “for years,” staffers and lawmakers told CNN, which factored into one Democrat’s decision not to endorse his gubernatorial bid.

“I never heard anything as serious as what came out last week, but it was sort of an open secret that he was one of the members who gets a little too familiar,” one former Democratic staffer said.

Trump signed a law in December 2018 to address sexual harassment in the wake of the #MeToo wave that hit Capitol Hill.

The legislation made numerous changes to previous rules – including requiring lawmakers for the first time to pay for sexual harassment settlements themselves, ending a slush fund that had once allowed members to make confidential payments to staffers who alleged discrimination, harassment or other workplace violations.

Under the reforms made to the Congressional Accountability Act, the law required public disclosure of those payments, including naming the member.

The law also sought to help accusers by streamlining the complaint-filing process and eliminating 30-day “cooling-off period” and mediation requirements, which multiple accusers told CNN would discourage formally reporting foul play.

The law made available confidential advisors through the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to help guide an employee through the process of filing a complaint.

But the bill did not go as far as many would have liked, as it was caught between year-long House and Senate negotiations that stripped elements out as the two sides compromised.

Even with the reforms, the barriers to reporting remain high. Capitol Hill still does not have a centralized HR department, and each office operates as a kind of fiefdom or mini-corporation complete with its own set of leave policies, reporting structures, cultures and rules.

“The saying goes on the Hill, if you have seen one congressional office in the House, you have seen one congressional office. They are 435 fiefdoms,” one House chief of staff told CNN. “It is not a centralized system on purpose.”

Congressional staffers have resources outside their individual offices to turn to in addition to the Office of Workplace Rights, including the Office of House Employment Counsel, which provides legal advice, and the Office of Employee Advocacy, which provides confidential counsel for House staff.

But even with outside help, it’s a difficult choice for aides to make formal complaints, especially against members, a former senior staffer who filed a complaint about their boss told CNN.

“Ultimately, the same power dynamic exists,” the former senior aide said. “A staffer has to make the choice to accuse their boss or congressman, which will then make those people enemies in a highly relationship-based business that is incredibly small and where everyone talks to each other.”

The aide added: “It is in their own interest to dismiss or explain away an otherwise very valid claim of harassment or discrimination.”

In many cases, sources told CNN it is not uncommon for the chief of staff — who typically has the closest relationship with the member — to handle many of the HR related issues.

“Chiefs are not trained to be HR heads,” one former chief of staff told CNN. “You are raising money for your campaign. You are worried about hiring good staff and firing bad staff, and making the member’s schedule work and making sure their spouses are happy.”

In the wake of the resignations of former Swalwell and Gonzales, efforts are already underway to try to make reforms.

Several GOP women, including Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, have begun circulating a plan that would revoke pensions from members of Congress who leave office as a result of scandals. Others say they are thinking about changes to the law that was passed in 2018.

Balint said other much needed reforms include tightening up reporting structures and support for staff. She also wants to change the rule so that no member can have a relationship with any staffer. Currently, the only restriction is that members cannot have relationships with staff who report to them, which means members are allowed to date staff from different offices.

Luna said she believes that the system run by the House Ethics Committee for addressing allegations of sexual misconduct is “clearly not working,” though she advocated for reforms rather than creating an entirely different process. She also argued some lawmakers are too eager to protect their own and not “put people in jeopardy” from their own parties.

“That’s not the perspective that needs to be had up here,” Luna said. “My position has not changed. I think that we’re going to see more votes for expulsion in the future, and I’m not protecting anyone.”

Expulsion resolutions are rare and require a two-thirds vote to remove a member in office.

While some staffers said members are wary of being judge and jury for their colleagues, it’s not clear who would hold them accountable, if not each other.

Lawmakers say they are hopeful to see if some reform can come out of the recent scandals involving Swalwell and Gonzales, but there’s plenty of skepticism that Congress will vote to institute tougher rules to better police itself.

“It will be interesting to see if rank-and-file members just start putting their foot down. We also live in a bit of a glass house,” said a Democratic lawmaker, who requested anonymity to freely discuss congressional dynamics. “There are a lot of members who may not like the precedent of actual accountability.”

CNN’s MJ Lee, Manu Raju and Alison Main contributed to this report.

学费高涨与AI冲击 美国升学选择趋向务实

2026年4月19日 16:54 / 联合早报

AI冲击就业前景、学费持续上涨，美国家长与学生正重新评估大学教育回报率，升学选择趋向更务实。图为哈佛大学校园。 （法新社）

每年的5月1日是美国大学的“决定日”，多数高中毕业生须在此之前确定最终入读的大学。不过，在大学学费持续上涨与人工智能（AI）技术改变就业前景的背景下，美国家长与学生开始重新审视高等教育的投资回报率，一些升学选择开始往“防AI”的实用主义倾斜。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道，南达科他州苏福尔斯一名家长阿克曼已陪孩子参观30多所大学校园。她原本尤其希望孩子攻读能通往好工作的学位，但在AI迅速改变就业市场的当下，连“什么才算有价值”都变得难以判断。

过去被视为通往高薪阶层“金票”的专业，如计算机科学，如今在AI的冲击下，是否还具备同样价值，开始被家长重新审视。与此同时，美国大学学费仍在上涨。根据美国大学理事会数据，2025至2026学年，公立四年制大学州外学杂费平均升至3万1880美元（约4万新元），私立非营利大学则升至4万5000美元。

纽约一名家长希尔根伯格说，过去一代人上大学还能更自由地选择热爱的专业，但如今就业环境已不同，“我现在不会让孩子去读插画，因为AI正在接管这个领域。”

在AI带来的不确定性下，一些家长的态度明显转向务实。

有些家长更支持孩子选择较不易被AI替代的STEM（科学、技术、工程、数学）领域；也有人更直白地强调，所学专业要能转化为收入。此外，债务压力正让家庭对大学投入更为谨慎。

数据显示，美国毕业生平均贷款债务已升至3万9457美元，一些家长也因此为自己愿意承担的学费设下明确上限。

北卡罗来纳州一名母亲休斯直言：“如果学生想去当老师，我会说不，我不会为这个埋单……尽管我自己也当过老师。”

阿克曼指出，两年制学位、职业培训项目以及从军等路径，如今在一些家长看来反而更“防AI”，而且成本通常低于传统四年制大学。

不过，教育专家仍提醒家长不必只盯着眼前变化。

孟菲斯大学教授科利尔指出，尽管AI的长期影响仍不明朗，但大学学位在终身收入和经济衰退期的就业韧性方面，依然保有持续价值。根据美国大学理事会数据，四年制大学毕业生的收入平均比高中毕业生高约60%。