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Few in US say Iran war was worth it; Trump approval ties lowest of term, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

2026-06-23T17:48:35.023Z / Reuters

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• Summary

• Trump’s approval rating falls to 34%, returning to lowest level of his second term
• 63% of Americans said a truce with Tehran was unlikely to last
• Only 23% said the US was stronger after the war with Iran

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) – Just one in four Americans believes President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was worth its costs ‌and a majority worry that a truce with Tehran is unlikely to last, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

The five-day poll, which closed on Monday, also showed the war weighing heavily on Trump’s popularity, with his approval rating dropping to 34%, a return to the lowest level of the Republican’s second term that was last touched in an April survey.

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Only ​23% of Americans — including just half of Republicans — think the U.S. is now in a stronger position with Iran compared with its position ​before the war, the poll found. Some 35% of respondents think it is in a weaker position. The rest ⁠said they were not sure or that the U.S. position was about the same as before.

Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a preliminary deal ​on June 17 that would reopen oil and gas shipping lanes that were frozen by the conflict, while easing U.S.-led economic pressure on Iran.

The deal ​has led to a rapid drop in global crude oil prices, although for most Americans the price of gasoline remains considerably higher than it was before the February 28 U.S.-Israeli strikes that started the war. Iran responded to the initial attack with strikes that shut down a fifth of the global oil trade and damaged energy facilities of ​U.S. regional allies.

NOT WORTH THE COSTS

Only 24% of Americans think the war with Iran was worth the costs, the Reuters/Ipsos poll showed. Half of ​poll respondents said the conflict was not worth it and the rest were unsure.

Some 63% of Americans think it unlikely that the deal Trump signed will lead to ‌lasting peace ⁠between the two countries. About half of Republicans and eight in 10 Democrats said the deal was unlikely to deliver peace. Just 18% of Americans — including 10% of Democrats and 34% of Republicans — see lasting peace as likely.

Trump won the 2024 presidential election after promising to reduce inflation and keep America out of costly foreign wars. His political brand has long leaned on his background as a deal-making real estate developer and reality television star.

Trump’s approval ​rating on the cost of living, at ​22%, was near the lowest ⁠level of his presidency and below the rating of his Democratic predecessor in the White House, Joe Biden, at the end of his presidency.

MIDTERMS LOOM

Trump started his current term with a 47% approval rating, but his popularity has ​suffered amid high rates of inflation as well as controversy over his aggressive efforts to deport people in ​the country illegally, ⁠which have included deadly confrontations with pro-immigration activists.

His falling popularity could weigh on his Republican allies when they defend their congressional majorities in the November 3 midterm elections. The Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that just 17% of independent registered voters said they would vote for the Republican in their district if the election were held ⁠today, compared with ​34% who said they would pick the Democrat.

The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll showed just 37% ​of Americans approved of how Trump has handled immigration, the lowest of his term and down from 40% in the prior Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The latest poll gathered responses from 1,262 U.S. adults ​nationwide and its results had a margin of error of 3 percentage points in either direction.

Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Scott Malone and Edmund Klamann

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Trump administration charges 455 people, including doctors, with $6.5 billion in healthcare fraud

2026-06-23 3:04 PM ET / CNN

By Tami Luhby

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In the Trump administration’s latest effort to crack down on fraud, the Justice Department on Tuesday unveiled charges against 455 people for their alleged participation in healthcare fraud and opioid abuse schemes.

The defendants, who included 90 doctors and other healthcare professionals, were involved in $6.5 billion worth of fraud that involved false claims and resulted in significant harm to patients, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

“This is just the beginning. Fraudsters can no longer rip off American taxpayers,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a press conference Tuesday. “If you seek to harm or cheat Americans, we will find you, seize any assets and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”

Officials highlighted one defendant who they claim rubber stamped a student’s cardiovascular test as normal without alerting the family that his heart was enlarged. The 18-year-old college basketball player, Kaiden Francis, died weeks later during a workout.

A record 45 states and territories participated in this year’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. noted during the press conference. The Trump administration has clamped down on Medicare and Medicaid fraud in several, primarily Democratic-led states, leading their governors to claim political bias.

The administration has been particularly focused on healthcare fraud. Dr. Mehmet Oz, who runs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has been one of the leading players — drawing on his TV background to film videos in areas he claims are hotspots for fraud. The agency is looking to stop payments for fraudulent claims before they are made.

“Healthcare fraud steals from taxpayers, exploits vulnerable patients and puts lives at risk,” Kennedy said in a statement.

The cases included fraudulent wound care claims, which resulted in $2 billion in Medicare payments to one Arizona company and another $906 million scheme in Texas. In another case, one California hospice owner allegedly paid a funeral home employee for information about the recently deceased to fraudulently bill Medicare for a few days of hospice services.

The takedown also included charges against 295 defendants and more than $518 million in false claims submitted to Medicaid — the largest number of people charged and funds lost to fraud in the Justice Department’s history.

Last year, the Justice Department charged 324 defendants with more than $14.6 billion in alleged fraud during its annual takedown effort.

Army looking into using 2 U.S. ranges for testing to mimic electronic jamming seen in Ukraine

June 23, 2026 / 1:54 PM EDT / CBS News

The Army in the next four to six weeks plans to set up at least two domestic ranges that mimic realistic conditions on Ukraine battlefields, according to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.

“You can have a kind of electronic warfare and all of the contested environment created, and you can have drone manufacturers and counter-drone tool-builders engaging together,” Driscoll told reporters Tuesday. “Then, we also want soldiers to be able to go there, so that they can strengthen their skills and work hand-in-hand with developers.”

Driscoll said there are already places in the U.S. where the Army can test safely, and separately, the Army is looking at a global range outside the U.S. to do “much more aggressive testing,” including with hypersonics. When asked, Driscoll declined to say where these ranges would be until planning is farther along.

At least some of the current counter-drone training for soldiers, like one CBS News saw in April, does not include electronic jamming — in part because the U.S. restricts jamming domestically.

Driscoll made the comments while attending an industry day the Army held to talk to companies about the Pentagon’s push for more systems to intercept drones or missiles.

Dwayne Hayes, an official from the Army’s Strategic Threats Office, told participants that Russia is producing about 3,000 to 5,000 one-way attack drones, like Shaheds, per month and roughly 600,000 per month of the smaller first-person-view drones. Faced with that threat, Ukraine produces about 30,000 interceptor drones per month, according to Hayes.

Hayes said the U.S. is “really good” at producing “exquisite” munitions — the more expensive, advanced and technical weapons like Patriot or THAAD interceptor missiles — but also needs to make interceptors that are cheap enough to be expendable in a “brutal war of attrition,” like the one in Ukraine.

The Iran war has highlighted vulnerabilities in the defense industry, particularly in speed and cost of production. President Trump met with major defense companies earlier this year and is expected to meet again with them this week to press them for faster production.

Some companies expected to attend — like Lockheed Martin, Boeing and L3Harris — produce parts for more exquisite munitions, like the Patriot interceptor missiles that can each cost $4 million to $5 million.

At the same time, the Army is soliciting information from a broader array of companies in the next few months for proposals on interceptors that would cost less.

“This is not intended to replace the solutions that we have — they’re incredible,” Driscoll said of the exquisite munitions. He told the industry-day participants, “They’ve been described as the ‘Ferrari’ of products, and it is, but we need some other things to supplement those products.”

Top Republican pitches Trump plan to stop shutdowns, expose ‘bad guys’ blocking voter ID law

June 23, 2026 1:22pm EDT / Fox News

Rick Scott’s proposal urges passing a funding extension and anti-shutdown legislation ahead of November

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Published June 23, 2026 1:22pm EDT

Sen. Rick Scott pushes Senate to pass popular voter ID bill as midterms loom

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., champions the ‘Save America Act’ and pushes Senate colleagues for its passage, inviting President Donald Trump for strategy.

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Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., wants to show “who the good guys are and who the bad guys are” with a legislative wish-list he wants to pitch to President Donald Trump in Republicans’ meeting with the president this week.

In a letter to fellow Senate Republicans obtained by Fox News Digital, Scott laid out a plan for the next six months that would take away Democrats’ ability to shut the government down ahead of the midterm elections and possibly find a path to pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act.

“We need to make a clear distinction as to who the good guys are and who the bad guys are,” Scott wrote. “We have to demonstrate what Republicans stand for and what Democrats stand for through action, not rhetoric.”

His roadmap comes ahead of Trump’s scheduled meeting with Senate Republicans on Wednesday. Trump accepted an invitation to attend the weekly Senate Republican Steering Committee lunch from Scott last week.

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Republicans are readying for their face-to-face meeting with Trump following a series of decisions that have thrown roadblocks on their march to advance key policy priorities, and they await a briefing from the administration on the recently signed memorandum of understanding with Iran.

“I think it’ll be a lot of different things,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said of what to expect at the meeting.

“Hopefully, celebrating some of our successes, talking about the path forward, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the SAVE Act, the SAVE America Act, whichever version of it, might come up,” he continued.

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The SAVE America Act, in particular, has proven a difficult lift in the Senate. While a paired-down version of the voter ID and citizenship verification legislation cracked 50 votes earlier this month, united opposition from Senate Democrats and Republicans unwilling to back the bill have sidelined it.

Still, Trump has continued to demand that Republicans pass the SAVE America Act, calling for it to be attached to a reauthorization of the nation’s controversial spy powers or rammed through with the pargyline budget reconciliation process.

Scott argued that Senate Democrats would likely again shut down the government ahead of the elections to gain a political edge, given their track record of record-breaking shutdowns in the last year. He also acknowledged that while the SAVE America Act was Trump’s top priority, “Republicans are not united in eliminating the filibuster to pass Republican priorities.”

Included in his pitch to lawmakers is a plan to pass a funding extension to keep the government open “at least until after the November election,” and putting the current version of the SAVE America Act or portions of it such as voter ID or requiring proof of citizenship before registering to vote.

REPUBLICANS EYE ENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS FOREVER OVER FEARS DEMS WILL DO IT AGAIN

President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2026.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Other agenda items included passing anti-shutdown legislation, like Sen. Ron Johnson’s, R-Wis., bill to pay federal workers during a closure, and Sen. James Lankford’s, R-Okla., measure to pass automatic short-term funding extensions in the event of a shutdown.

Scott also wants to pass legislation that would crack down on fraud, reduce government waste, reduce government spending, add a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, bills aimed to make the country safer and further legislation to lower taxes.

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“We need to show voters that we are listening to them and will fight for their priorities whether any Democrats vote with us or not,” Scott wrote.

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

Senate adopts House-passed Iran resolution in symbolic rebuke of Trump

June 23, 2026 / 3:46 PM EDT / CBS News

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Washington— The Senate on Tuesday approved a House-passed war powers resolution on Iran, marking the first time such a measure has made it through both chambers and signifying a rare rebuke of President Trump’s handling of the conflict.

In a 50 to 48 vote, four Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana,Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky — joined the bulk of Senate Democrats in support of the measure. One Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, opposed. Two Republicans — Mitch McConnell and Dave McCormick — did not vote.

The resolution directs the president to “remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” unless Congress declares war or authorizes the use of military force. But the measure is a concurrent resolution, which doesn’t carry the force of law and doesn’t require the president’s signature, meaning it is largely symbolic.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer encouraged Republicans to join Democrats to support the measure ahead of the vote Tuesday morning, previewing the effort to “once again put Republicans on the record on whether they want Trump’s disastrous war to continue.”

“Republicans can complain about Trump’s war, his secrecy and his disastrous deal with Iran all they want behind closed doors,” the New York Democrat said. “But the only way to ensure this war ends once and for all is for Republicans to act.”

On June 3, the House passed the measure, which was introduced by Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Four Republicans and all Democrats voted in favor, after three previous failed attempts to rein in Mr. Trump on Iran. The measure’s passage also came after GOP leaders abruptly pulled the vote before Memorial Day when it became clear that they did not have the votes to block it.

Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Barrett of Michigan and Warren Davidson of Ohio voted with Democrats on passage. Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, who has voted against the three previous failed attempts, also dropped his opposition and voted for the measure, giving his party unanimity on the issue for the first time.

In the Senate, Tuesday’s vote marked the tenth time Senate Democrats have forced a war powers vote since the war began in late February, putting pressure on the GOP as support for the war has become shakier. On the eighth attempt, the Senate advanced a resolution led by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia to limit Mr. Trump’s war powers in Iran in a 50 to 47 vote. The same four Republicans who supported Tuesday’s concurrent resolution voted to advance Kaine’s war powers measure last month, while three GOP members’ absences tipped the scales in Democrats’ favor.

Kaine’s measure has to survive additional votes in the Senate before it would head to the House. The timing on the next vote remains unclear, but Schumer said last week that Democrats are trying to pick off more Republicans before moving forward. Tuesday’s outcome may be the encouragement Democrats need to force their next vote on Kaine’s measure, a joint resolution, which would require the president’s signature.

The last war powers vote in the Senate on a resolution from Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia narrowly failed to advance due to three absences among Democrats.

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Trump effort to expand speedy deportations of migrants can proceed, appeals court rules

2026-06-23T17:09:39.491Z / CNN

By Tierney Sneed, Priscilla Alvarez

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2026, 1:09 PM ET

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A federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump a significant win in his mass deportation efforts with a ruling Tuesday reviving his administration’s move to speed up deportations of undocumented immigrants in the United States.

The ruling from the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals allows the Trump administration to cast a wider net over who’s subject to the fast-track deportation procedure known as “expedited removal,” which allows immigration authorities to remove an individual from the country without a hearing before an immigration judge.

The decision allows the administration to move forward with its plan to quickly deport undocumented immigrants who are residing in the United States and can’t prove they’ve lived in the country continuously for two years or more.

A trial court had previously blocked the administration’s January 21, 2025, maneuver to expand the policy beyond just migrants who were apprehended within 100 miles of a land border and within 14 days of arrival.

Judges Justin Walker and Neomi Rao – both Trump appointees – sided with the administration. Judge Robert Wilkins – who was put on the bench by President Barack Obama – dissented.

The majority opinion by Walker rejected the challengers’ arguments that the expanded policy violated the Constitution’s right to due process.

The Department of Homeland Security’s General Counsel James Percival celebrated the ruling on X, saying the DC circuit “vindicated” the administration.

“For years, DHS has arbitrarily limited expedited removal to 14 days even though it applies to illegal aliens who entered the country illegally within the last two years. Today, the DC Circuit vindicated our decision to apply the law as written,” Percival said, adding that “it’s not too late” to self deport and received a $2,600 stipend the administration has offered.

“The Trump administration’s push for fast-track deportations will subject people to an unfair and error-prone system. This ruling undermines the fundamental principle that people receive due process when the government seeks to deport them,” said Anand Balakrishnan, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project and lead counsel. “We are exploring next steps.”

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US manufacturing rises on front-loading of orders, but factory employment tumbles to six-year low

2026-06-23T13:51:17.245Z / https://www.reuters.com/business/us-manufacturing-rises-front-loading-orders-factory-employment-tumbles-six-year-2026-06-23/

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• Summary

• Manufacturing expanded for a fourth straight month, beating economists’ expectations
• Supplier delivery times lengthened; now at slowest pace since August 2022
• Manufacturing employment fell to 47.0, the lowest reading since May 2020
• Factory new orders reached a more than four-year high, supported by front-running potential shortages and price hikes

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing activity rose again in June as companies ​preemptively placed new orders in anticipation of shortages and higher prices, but factory employment hit a six-year low, blamed on rising operating costs related to ‌the Middle East conflict.

S&P Global said its flash manufacturing PMI increased to 55.7 this month, the highest reading since May 2022, from 55.1 in May. A reading above 50 indicates growth in manufacturing, which accounts for 9.4% of the economy. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the manufacturing PMI slipping to 54.8.

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The rise combined with an increase in the flash services PMI to 51.3 from 50.7 in May to lift ​the S&P Global’s flash U.S. Composite PMI Output Index, which tracks the manufacturing and services sectors, to 52.2 from 51.5 last month. The increase in the services PMI ​was partly attributed to the FIFA World Cup tournament, jointly being hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

The manufacturing PMI has increased for ⁠four straight months, in part driven by businesses seeking to restock to avoid shortages and rising prices.

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, now in its fourth month, is straining global supply ​chains and driving up prices of commodities tied to crude oil as well as aluminum and fertilizers.

The U.S. and Iran last week signed an interim agreement to end the war. On ​Monday, Vice President JD Vance said talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland had laid a “good foundation” for a final peace deal, despite tensions over the Strait of Hormuz and Lebanon.

Though the hopes for peace helped to restore some confidence among businesses, they were not enough to overcome inflation concerns, with manufacturers dominating job cuts. S&P Global attributed the layoffs to “concerns over the outlook and in response to rising overheads, notably ​in terms of raw material prices.” The survey’s measure of manufacturing employment dropped to 47.0, the lowest reading since May 2020, from 51.6 in May.

“Factory job cuts are running at ​the highest since 2009 if the pandemic is excluded, reflecting concerns over the sustainability of the recent upturn in demand alongside worries over the escalating cost of raw materials,” said Chris Williamson, chief ‌business economist at ⁠S&P Global Market Intelligence.

PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SUBDUED

Overall private sector employment was subdued for a second straight month. That is in stark contrast with Labor Department data showing private payrolls growth regainingmomentum in the last three months. Nonfarm private payrolls averaged 166,000 jobs per month in the three months through May compared to only 62,000 during the same period in 2025. Private surveys have, however, not been a good predictor of the official payrolls count.

S&P Global’s measure of new orders received by factories jumped to a more than four-year high this month. It said the ​rise was due to “demand being temporarily supported ​by the front-running of potential supply issues ⁠and price hikes associated with the war.” The survey’s gauge of stock purchases raced to the highest level in 13 months.

Its measure of supplier delivery times lengthened to levels last seen in August 2022. Prior to the war, suppliers were being constrained by President Donald Trump’s sweeping ​tariffs. Though an easing in oil prices from multi-year highs at the start of the Middle East conflict curbed further rises ​in the cost of inputs, ⁠inflation at the factory gate remained elevated.

The survey’s measure of prices paid by factories for inputs retreated to 71.2 from 75.3 in May. Manufacturers continued to pass on the costs to consumers, though the pace slowed. The survey’s gauge of output prices eased to a still-high 61.0 from 63.1 in May.

The drop was offset by a rise in the services measure, leaving the overall measure ⁠of prices received ​by private sector businesses unchanged at 58.6. The survey’s overall gauge of input prices dipped to 62.1 from ​62.5 in May.

The elevated readings align with economists’ expectations for high inflation to persist for a while and for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year. The U.S. central bank on Wednesday kept its benchmark overnight ​interest rate in the 3.50%-3.75% range, but updated quarterly projections showed policymakers expected to raise borrowing costs this year amid growing concerns about inflation.

Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Andrea Ricci

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菲校园枪击案死伤增至23人 少年嫌凶或受网上暴力影响

2026年6月23日 23:01 / 新明日报

菲律宾中部发生两名学生持枪入校扫射的事件，震惊全国。其他地区的学校纷纷加强保安，图为大马尼拉地区奎松市，一所高中的保安人员持探测器检查每一个到校学生的书包。 （路透社）

（马尼拉综合讯）菲律宾中部校园枪击案伤者增至20人，加上遇难的三名学生，这起菲律宾罕见的校园暴行已造成23名未成年人死伤。警方相信，两名干案少年是有预谋行事，而且可能是受到网上暴力团体影响。

菲律宾警方星期二（6月23日）报告，20名伤者中有15人受了枪伤，截至当天仍在医院治疗，另五人则因其他状况受伤。

事情发生在塔克洛班市。两名14岁和15岁的男学生星期一（22日）上午在就读的圣何塞国立中学，向四五十名同学随机开枪，导致两名女生和一名男生死亡。这是菲律宾近年来最血腥的校园袭击案之一。菲律宾虽然枪械暴力频发，但校园枪击案却不多见。

两名嫌疑人干案时使用两把不同的手枪，其中一人当场被捕，另一人潜逃，后来向警方自首。

警方证实，14岁嫌犯行凶所用的格洛克（Glock）半自动手枪，登记在一名现役女警名下。女警是嫌犯的姑姑，疑似没有锁好佩枪，目前已被撤职查办。15岁嫌犯用的是0.38口径左轮手枪，登记在宿务市一家安保公司名下。

警方调查显示，14岁嫌犯作案过程中曾熟练地更换弹夹，然后继续扫射。警方过后在现场发现40多枚弹壳和两个空弹夹。另一把左轮手枪只少了一发子弹，这显示，在现场发出的子弹可能大部分是14岁嫌犯所射。

警方发言人在星期二的记者会上说：“所有的迹象都指向事情是经过事前预谋的。”两名少年嫌犯在动手前躲在厕所里一个多小时。

调查人员在初步调查后，将“报复”列为潜在作案动机。两名嫌犯是关系密切的朋友，自七年级起就在学校受到霸凌。

事发后，国家警察总局下令各区指挥官，加强教育机构周边的警力部署，包括执行巡逻，并与学校负责人及地方政府定期进行安全评估。

不过，菲律宾教育部长安牙拉星期二走访出事学校后说，这起事件凸显的问题远不止于校园安全。他说，这可能同黑帮有关，塔克洛班市长曾经告诉他，在冠病疫情过后，当地黑帮越来越活跃。

警方说，两名袭击者可能受了某个网上团体的影响，尤其是14岁嫌犯。发言人在记者会上说：“除了他放上网的暴力视频……我们发现一些迹象显示有一个团体可能诱导了他干案。”

警方还说，这名少年曾经被带去靶场学习射击，所以知道如何装卸弹匣。他也是射击游戏GoreBox的狂热玩家，这个游戏被认为“极度暴力”。

案发后，舆论质问学生持枪入校为何没有被发现。警方说，学校有多个进出口，而当时只有一名保安值班。安牙拉认为，错不在教师和校长，教师在事发时奋力保护了学生，必须负责的是让枪落入孩子手中的人。

台国防部公布福建舰再航经台湾海峡

2026年6月23日 23:21 / 联合早报

台湾国防部在官网通报福建舰星期二（6月23日）航经台湾海峡，并发布据报是福建舰的照片。 （台湾国防部官网）

台湾国防部在官网通报，中国大陆航母福建舰星期二（6月23日），即环太平洋军演登场前夕再度航经台湾海峡。

台湾国防部也说，台湾军方运用联合情监侦手段严密监控。台湾国防部也在官网发布据报是福建舰的照片。

福建舰是中国大陆首艘电磁弹射型航母，由中国大陆完全自主设计建造，2022年6月下水，2024年5月首次海试，去年11月5日在三亚军港举行入列授旗仪式。

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Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro plans to testify against proposed US tariffs

2026-06-23 12:39 PM UTC / Reuters

By Luciana Novaes Magalhaes

June 23, 2026 12:39 PM UTC Updated 7 mins ago

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro speaks during an event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

SAO PAULO, June 23 (Reuters) – Brazilian right-wing Senator Flavio ‌Bolsonaro, who plans to run in the country’s October presidential election, has registered to appear at a public hearing at ​the U.S. International Trade Commission, before the U.S. ​Trade Representative, to oppose a proposed 25% tariff on ⁠Brazilian goods.

The hearing, scheduled for July 6, will ​consider the recommendation by the Office of the ​United States Trade Representative (USTR) to impose the tariff following an investigation into Brazil’s trade practices. The agency said it had ​identified what it described as “unreasonable” practices.

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The findings by ​the USTR were made public shortly after Bolsonaro, the son ‌of ⁠former President Jair Bolsonaro, visited the U.S., where he met President Donald Trump and senior members of the U.S. administration.

Following the announcement of the proposed tariffs, ​the younger ​Bolsonaro said ⁠he had asked Trump not to tax Brazilian companies.

In a summary of his ​planned testimony, made public by his office ​on ⁠Tuesday, the senator said he opposes the tariff on “behalf of the consumers and producers of both countries, ⁠and ​in defense of a partnership ​that has served the United States and Brazil for more than ​80 years.”

Reporting by Luciana Magalhaes; Editing by Andrea Ricci

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