特朗普梅洛尼再交锋 梅洛尼促特朗普关注自身支持率

2026年6月21日 16:56 / 联合早报

意大利总理梅洛尼（左）和美国总统特朗普原本关系不错，但由于梅洛尼今年3月拒绝让美军使用位于西西里的​​空军基地展开对伊朗的军事行动，两人已多次隔空交锋。 （法新社）

（罗马综合电）美国总统特朗普和意大利总理梅洛尼连续第二天爆发口水战。特朗普指梅洛尼试图通过修复与华盛顿的关系来提升国内支持率，梅洛尼反呛他应该关注自身民意支持率。

特朗普星期六（6月20日）在社媒发文，重复其说法，即梅洛尼在七国集团（G7）峰会上多次要求与他合影，但他拒绝了，因为意大利没有协助美国对伊朗进行空袭。

特朗普写道：“现在，在美国击败伊朗之后，她又想和我们做朋友，好提升她的‘支持率’。谢了，不用了！”

梅洛尼几乎立刻通过Instagram发文反击，称这些持续不断的无端攻击毫无意义。她写道：“意大利是主权国家。无论如何，我的支持率与你无关。我建议你关注一下你自己的支持率。”

梅洛尼政府于2022年上任，2025年以来支持率不断下滑，但目前支持率已回升至35%左右。她领导的“意大利兄弟党”也以约28%的支持率领先主要反对党民主党。

另据路透社/益普索民调，由于美国民众对生活费的不满情绪有所缓解，特朗普的支持率近日小幅上升一个百分点至36%，但仍接近他的政治生涯的最低水平。

梅洛尼从一开始就反对美国对伊朗开战，并拒绝让美军使用位于西西里的​​空军基地对伊朗展开军事行动。4月，特朗普批评罗马天主教教宗利奥十四世的反战立场，梅洛尼为教宗辩护，称特朗普的言论“不可接受”。

特朗普梅洛尼再交锋 梅洛尼促特朗普关注自身支持率

2026年6月21日 16:56 / 联合早报

意大利总理梅洛尼（左）和美国总统特朗普原本关系不错，但由于梅洛尼今年3月拒绝让美军使用位于西西里的​​空军基地展开对伊朗的军事行动，两人已多次隔空交锋。 （法新社）

（罗马综合电）美国总统特朗普和意大利总理梅洛尼连续第二天爆发口水战。特朗普指梅洛尼试图通过修复与华盛顿的关系来提升国内支持率，梅洛尼反呛他应该关注自身民意支持率。

特朗普星期六（6月20日）在社媒发文，重复其说法，即梅洛尼在七国集团（G7）峰会上多次要求与他合影，但他拒绝了，因为意大利没有协助美国对伊朗进行空袭。

特朗普写道：“现在，在美国击败伊朗之后，她又想和我们做朋友，好提升她的‘支持率’。谢了，不用了！”

梅洛尼几乎立刻通过Instagram发文反击，称这些持续不断的无端攻击毫无意义。她写道：“意大利是主权国家。无论如何，我的支持率与你无关。我建议你关注一下你自己的支持率。”

梅洛尼政府于2022年上任，2025年以来支持率不断下滑，但目前支持率已回升至35%左右。她领导的“意大利兄弟党”也以约28%的支持率领先主要反对党民主党。

另据路透社/益普索民调，由于美国民众对生活费的不满情绪有所缓解，特朗普的支持率近日小幅上升一个百分点至36%，但仍接近他的政治生涯的最低水平。

梅洛尼从一开始就反对美国对伊朗开战，并拒绝让美军使用位于西西里的​​空军基地对伊朗展开军事行动。4月，特朗普批评罗马天主教教宗利奥十四世的反战立场，梅洛尼为教宗辩护，称特朗普的言论“不可接受”。

Angel Dads face another Father’s Day without children killed by illegal immigrants: ‘She should be graduating’

The office was relaunched under Trump after being shuttered during the Biden administration

June 21, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

By Jasmine Baehr

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FIRST ON FOX: As families across the country celebrate Father’s Day, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is honoring a group of fathers bound together by tragedy: fathers whose children were killed or catastrophically injured in crimes tied to illegal aliens and cartel-linked criminals.

DHS shared the stories of three Angel Dads with Fox News Digital: Marcus Coleman, Joe Abraham and Doug Quets, whose lives were forever changed by the deaths of their children and whose losses now serve as a reminder of the lasting impact illegal immigrant crime can have on American families.

“This Father’s Day, the United States Department of Homeland Security honors fathers, children and spouses forever changed by violent crimes committed by illegal aliens who should have never been in our country,” DHS said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

The recognition comes through the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, known as VOICE, which was relaunched under the Trump administration after being shuttered during the Biden administration. The office provides support, offender custody information, victim services and guidance to families affected by crimes with an immigration nexus.

GRIEVING FATHER SAYS DAUGHTER’S DEATH BY ILLEGAL ALIEN SHOWS COST OF SANCTUARY POLICIES

Father and son Nicholas and Doug Quets pose together in this undated photo.(Courtesy Department of Homeland Security)

The office has fielded nearly 900 calls over the past year, according to DHS and ICE data. Victims and family members accounted for 87% of callers, who collectively reported 815 crimes linked to immigration violations, including homicides, sexual assaults and violent attacks.

As families gather for time with loved ones, fathers like Joe Abraham are instead confronting the painful reality of another Father’s Day without their children.

Katie Abraham was just 20 years old when she was killed in a crash caused by an illegal immigrant who was driving drunk, according to her father.

AFTER LOSING MY DAUGHTER, I LEARNED WHERE THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS REALLY BEGINS

Joe Abraham holds a photograph of himself with his 20-year-old daughter, Katie Abraham, at their family home in Glenview, Ill., on Sept. 10, 2025.(Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, File)

This year, her family should be celebrating her graduation from college. Instead, they are mourning the future she never had.

“This Father’s Day, our family is once again facing the unimaginable reality that Katie is not here,” Abraham told Fox News Digital. “We should be celebrating her graduation from Ohio University and looking forward to all the milestones still ahead of her. Instead, we carry the weight of everything that was taken from her, and from us.”

Abraham described Katie as “intelligent, thoughtful, fiercely loyal, and full of promise.”

GRIEVING ILLINOIS FATHER BLAMES SANCTUARY POLICIES AS ICE ISSUES CRACKDOWN IN DAUGHTER’S HONOR

The Department of Homeland Security launched Operation Midway Blitz to honor Katie Abraham, who was killed in a hit-and-run caused by a criminal illegal alien in Illinois. The department worked with her father, Joe Abraham, during the operation.(Department of Homeland Security)

“Her life mattered, and she deserved the chance to live it,” he said.

Abraham said he is grateful DHS chose to honor Katie through Operation Midway Blitz and believes efforts to remove dangerous criminal illegal aliens can help prevent similar tragedies from happening to other American families.

“While no operation can undo the loss our family has endured, meaningful action to remove dangerous criminal illegal aliens and prevent future tragedies ensures that Katie’s story is not forgotten,” he said.

ANGEL FATHER SLAMS PRITZKER’S SANCTUARY POLICIES, SAYING THEY LEAD TO ‘PREVENTABLE’ DEATHS

Marcus Coleman holds his daughter Dalilah, who was catastrophically injured in a car accident caused by an illegal alien.

Hundreds of miles away, Doug Quets is preparing for a Father’s Day marked by another painful anniversary.

“This weekend we will commemorate our second Father’s Day without our beloved son, Nicholas Douglas Quets, who was ambushed in a horrific failed carjacking by Sinaloa affiliated cartel members on October 18, 2024,” Quets said.

Nicholas Quets, a Marine Corps veteran, was 31 years old when he was shot and killed in Mexico while traveling to Rocky Point, according to his father.

FATHER OF MARINE VET MURDERED IN MEXICO PRAISES TRUMP ADMIN SANCTIONS ON SINALOA CARTEL: ‘PALPABLE’ MOMENTUM

Then presidential candidate President Donald Trump holds a portrait of Nicholas Douglas Quets, a 31-year-old Marine veteran killed in Mexico, as Quets’ relatives attend his rally in Henderson, Nev., on Oct. 31, 2024.(Mike Blake/Reuters, File)

Quets says his son’s death demonstrates what he believes are the dangers posed by cartel violence and the consequences of failed border security policies.

“The terrorists, emboldened by failed Biden-era U.S. immigration policies which were weaponized against us, pursued Nick in eleven vehicles stolen from U.S. citizens on both sides of the border,” Quets said.

“After identifying him as a U.S. citizen, they cowardly shot Nick in the back, through the heart, using weapons smuggled south from the U.S. effectively.”

FAMILY OF MARINE VETERAN MURDERED IN MEXICO BACKS TRUMP, VANCE AFTER SILENCE FROM BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN

Nicholas Douglas Quets and his father stand in front of flags.(Courtesy Quets Family)

“Cartels exploited our uncontrolled border and weaponized our unenforced immigration laws against all of us,” he said.

“While nothing will bring Nick back, we are exceptionally grateful President Trump signed Executive Order 14157 designating Sinaloa and other Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs),” he said.

DHS is also honoring Marcus Coleman, whose daughter, Dalilah, suffered catastrophic injuries in a crash involving an illegal immigrant that later fueled advocacy efforts surrounding commercial driver’s license laws.

Unlike Abraham and Quets, Coleman is not mourning the death of a child. Instead, he has spent years caring for and advocating on behalf of his daughter while pushing for reforms he believes could help prevent similar tragedies.

“Dalilah changed my life forever,” Coleman told Fox News Digital. “She taught me that being a father is more than providing—it’s protecting, advocating, and refusing to stay silent when change is needed.”

EXCLUSIVE: NOEM BACKS TRUMP’S ‘DALILAH LAW’ AFTER CRASH LEAVES YOUNG GIRL UNABLE TO WALK, TALK

Marcus Coleman holds his daughter Dalilah Coleman as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24.(Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“This Father’s Day, I honor and stand with every Angel Father who turns his pain into purpose and his love into action.”

Coleman, founder of Stand With Dalilah, has dedicated himself to advocacy efforts in the years since the crash that altered his daughter’s life.

The fathers’ stories sit at the center of the Trump administration’s renewed focus on victims of crimes connected to illegal immigration through the VOICE office.

The agency says the office was created to help victims and surviving family members navigate the aftermath of crimes linked to immigration violations by providing offender custody information, enforcement and removal guidance and referrals to victim-assistance resources.

According to ICE data, callers identified 815 crimes linked to immigration violations over the past year, including violent assaults, sexual assaults, homicides, family violence and stalking cases.

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DHS says many surviving victims and family members face emotional, legal and logistical challenges long after a crime occurs and that the VOICE office was designed to help guide them through those challenges.

For fathers like Abraham, Quets and Coleman, however, no government office can restore what was taken from them.

This Father’s Day, while families across the country celebrate with their children, Angel Dads are remembering the sons and daughters they lost.

Jasmine Baehr is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, legal debates surrounding life and family policy, as well as faith and culture.

欧洲热浪持续升温 法国部分地区发布禁酒令

2026年6月21日 17:16 / 联合早报

在德国巴伐利亚州首府慕尼黑，一名男子星期六（6月20日）在高温天气中，让他的狗从喷泉喝水解暑。 （法新社）

（巴黎综合电）欧洲多地持续受热浪炙烤，法国星期天（6月21日）对全国超过三分之一地区发布了高温红色预警，并对这些地区举行的公共活动实施禁酒令，以减轻医疗系统压力。

法国气象局预测，从西南部经巴黎大区至勃艮第（Burgundy）地区，当天气温预计将达到39至40摄氏度，部分地区的气温可能高达41摄氏度。全国96个省或大区中预计将有35个发布高温红色预警，另有45个省份处于橙色预警状态。

法国总理勒科尔尼主持危机会议后宣布，在上述红色警戒地区举行的年度音乐节及其他公共活动期间，禁止民众在公共场所饮酒。

政府强调，此举旨在减轻急救和医疗系统负担，以便医护人员能专注于照顾最脆弱的群体。

为帮助民众和游客避暑，巴黎市政府宣布公园和花园全天候开放。

德国大部分地区也发布高温预警，气温逼近38摄氏度。德国气象局警告，高温与潮湿空气结合，可能引发强雷暴天气。

意大利阿尔卑斯山以南地区的气温预计将达到36至37摄氏度，当地部分城镇的日常生活和旅游活动均受到影响。

在西班牙，由于高温天气，西班牙足协关闭了马德里哥伦布广场设有巨型屏幕的球迷观赛区。球迷只能到其他地方观看西班牙对阵沙特阿拉伯的世界杯比赛。

科学家指出，气候变化正使欧洲热浪出现得更频繁且剧烈，从而增加了夏季出现健康紧急情况及经济损失的风险。

法国央行行长穆兰也警告，虽然高温对经济增长的短期影响可能不明显，但热浪将拖累生产力并增加能源消耗，从中长期来看，将对经济活动构成压力。

欧洲热浪持续升温 法国部分地区发布禁酒令

2026年6月21日 17:16 / 联合早报

在德国巴伐利亚州首府慕尼黑，一名男子星期六（6月20日）在高温天气中，让他的狗从喷泉喝水解暑。 （法新社）

（巴黎综合电）欧洲多地持续受热浪炙烤，法国星期天（6月21日）对全国超过三分之一地区发布了高温红色预警，并对这些地区举行的公共活动实施禁酒令，以减轻医疗系统压力。

法国气象局预测，从西南部经巴黎大区至勃艮第（Burgundy）地区，当天气温预计将达到39至40摄氏度，部分地区的气温可能高达41摄氏度。全国96个省或大区中预计将有35个发布高温红色预警，另有45个省份处于橙色预警状态。

法国总理勒科尔尼主持危机会议后宣布，在上述红色警戒地区举行的年度音乐节及其他公共活动期间，禁止民众在公共场所饮酒。

政府强调，此举旨在减轻急救和医疗系统负担，以便医护人员能专注于照顾最脆弱的群体。

为帮助民众和游客避暑，巴黎市政府宣布公园和花园全天候开放。

德国大部分地区也发布高温预警，气温逼近38摄氏度。德国气象局警告，高温与潮湿空气结合，可能引发强雷暴天气。

意大利阿尔卑斯山以南地区的气温预计将达到36至37摄氏度，当地部分城镇的日常生活和旅游活动均受到影响。

在西班牙，由于高温天气，西班牙足协关闭了马德里哥伦布广场设有巨型屏幕的球迷观赛区。球迷只能到其他地方观看西班牙对阵沙特阿拉伯的世界杯比赛。

科学家指出，气候变化正使欧洲热浪出现得更频繁且剧烈，从而增加了夏季出现健康紧急情况及经济损失的风险。

法国央行行长穆兰也警告，虽然高温对经济增长的短期影响可能不明显，但热浪将拖累生产力并增加能源消耗，从中长期来看，将对经济活动构成压力。

分析：伊朗等设法规避制裁 美国经济施压难奏效

2026年6月21日 17:31 / 联合早报

今年5月底，法国海军拦截并扣押了一艘疑属于俄罗斯“影子舰队”的油轮，之后把它押送到法国西部的杜瓦讷内湾。俄罗斯被指组建了一支影子舰队，以规避针对俄石油的西方制裁。 （法新社）

（纽约讯）美国媒体分析指出，过去18个月美国对伊朗实施了1000多项制裁，但至今未能迫使德黑兰屈服。这向华盛顿揭示了一个残酷的事实，即经济施压未能慑服伊朗等流氓政权，因为它们总会设法规避制裁，从而削弱美国的筹码。

《华尔街日报》报道，近年来，华盛顿比以往任何时候都更加频繁地使用制裁来向对手施压。美国财政部数据显示，每年新增制裁对象从2017年的880个，上升到了2024年的3000多个。

这些措施通常旨在切断制裁目标与美国金融体系的联系，使它们沦为在经济上被孤立的“贱民”。然而，因制裁而受到最大冲击的往往是普通民众，他们的国家政府则依旧我行我素，拒绝改变。

目前，朝鲜仍在继续发展核项目，且比过去更加富裕。俄罗斯经济虽在俄乌战争爆发后受到重创，但俄总统普京仍执意推进战事。在委内瑞拉，原总统马杜罗在美国制裁下坚持了10年，直到今年初才被美军抓回美国。

此外，缅甸至今仍由军政府统治。古巴政府也仍在苦苦支撑，但随着外国企业纷纷撤离，它已表现出与华盛顿谈判的意愿。

报道指出，特朗普政府已意识到有必要重新思考制裁政策。去年，美国在加大对德黑兰制裁的同时，已放缓对其他国家出台新制裁的速度。

美国财长贝森特上个月说：“我们正在审查过时和失效的制裁措施。制裁不应持续太久，以免它们的预期效果造成意想不到的后果。”他指出，最有效的制裁措施应强硬且具针对性，并设定明确时间表。

一些美国前官员与经济专家认为，美国制裁无法奏效，问题不在于制裁措施本身，而是制裁的执行上。

伊朗、俄罗斯与朝鲜都建立了复杂的机制来绕过金融封锁，包括利用位于中国、阿联酋和土耳其的空壳公司和中间人，来继续对国家经济至关重要的进出口活动。

据悉，北京的金融体系与人民币已成为伊朗和俄罗斯规避美国制裁的核心工具。但由于担心激怒北京，导致与中国之间的重要贸易中断，西方国家一直不愿意就此惩罚中国。

除了执行力度不够，一些制裁本身就存在漏洞。在俄乌战争爆发后对俄罗斯的制裁，就允许俄罗斯继续部分能源出口，特别是对欧洲的出口。

科技的进步也使得制裁更难执行，如今加密货币越来越常被用于在美国银行体系之外的交易所进行洗钱活动。

分析：伊朗等设法规避制裁 美国经济施压难奏效

2026年6月21日 17:31 / 联合早报

今年5月底，法国海军拦截并扣押了一艘疑属于俄罗斯“影子舰队”的油轮，之后把它押送到法国西部的杜瓦讷内湾。俄罗斯被指组建了一支影子舰队，以规避针对俄石油的西方制裁。 （法新社）

（纽约讯）美国媒体分析指出，过去18个月美国对伊朗实施了1000多项制裁，但至今未能迫使德黑兰屈服。这向华盛顿揭示了一个残酷的事实，即经济施压未能慑服伊朗等流氓政权，因为它们总会设法规避制裁，从而削弱美国的筹码。

《华尔街日报》报道，近年来，华盛顿比以往任何时候都更加频繁地使用制裁来向对手施压。美国财政部数据显示，每年新增制裁对象从2017年的880个，上升到了2024年的3000多个。

这些措施通常旨在切断制裁目标与美国金融体系的联系，使它们沦为在经济上被孤立的“贱民”。然而，因制裁而受到最大冲击的往往是普通民众，他们的国家政府则依旧我行我素，拒绝改变。

目前，朝鲜仍在继续发展核项目，且比过去更加富裕。俄罗斯经济虽在俄乌战争爆发后受到重创，但俄总统普京仍执意推进战事。在委内瑞拉，原总统马杜罗在美国制裁下坚持了10年，直到今年初才被美军抓回美国。

此外，缅甸至今仍由军政府统治。古巴政府也仍在苦苦支撑，但随着外国企业纷纷撤离，它已表现出与华盛顿谈判的意愿。

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报道指出，特朗普政府已意识到有必要重新思考制裁政策。去年，美国在加大对德黑兰制裁的同时，已放缓对其他国家出台新制裁的速度。

美国财长贝森特上个月说：“我们正在审查过时和失效的制裁措施。制裁不应持续太久，以免它们的预期效果造成意想不到的后果。”他指出，最有效的制裁措施应强硬且具针对性，并设定明确时间表。

一些美国前官员与经济专家认为，美国制裁无法奏效，问题不在于制裁措施本身，而是制裁的执行上。

伊朗、俄罗斯与朝鲜都建立了复杂的机制来绕过金融封锁，包括利用位于中国、阿联酋和土耳其的空壳公司和中间人，来继续对国家经济至关重要的进出口活动。

据悉，北京的金融体系与人民币已成为伊朗和俄罗斯规避美国制裁的核心工具。但由于担心激怒北京，导致与中国之间的重要贸易中断，西方国家一直不愿意就此惩罚中国。

除了执行力度不够，一些制裁本身就存在漏洞。在俄乌战争爆发后对俄罗斯的制裁，就允许俄罗斯继续部分能源出口，特别是对欧洲的出口。

科技的进步也使得制裁更难执行，如今加密货币越来越常被用于在美国银行体系之外的交易所进行洗钱活动。

Senate’s likely next No. 2 warns Trump if Democrats take the majority: ‘It’s going to be a fight’ on key values

2026-06-21T11:00:25.703Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/21/politics/brian-schatz-senate-democrats-trump

Sen. Brian Schatz, who many believe will take over the No. 2 role in the Democratic caucus next year, has a warning for President Donald Trump: He could be dealing with a very different Washington if Democrats achieve the electoral gains they’re hoping for this fall.

“The quality of the nominees would immediately have to go up, because they’re not going to get people like Bill Pulte or RFK Jr. or Pete Hegseth through the United States Senate if the Democrats run that,” he told CNN’s Manu Raju, listing some of the president’s more controversial administration picks, who have received no votes of confidence from Democrats.

After two years of Republicans fighting to push Trump’s agenda through Congress with their narrow majorities, Democrats hope the president’s dwindling approval numbers will help them secure control over both chambers and usher in a new wave of leaders on Capitol Hill.

Though Schatz superstitiously knocks on wood when his potential ascent is mentioned, he is widely viewed as the likely choice to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin as Democratic whip next year.

In a wide-ranging interview for “Inside Politics Sunday,” the Hawaii Democrat laid out an aggressive, yet pragmatic, approach for taking on Trump if he secures the No. 2 role in a Democratic majority in January.

“I think you find common ground where possible and you stand your ground when necessary,” he said. “When it comes to our core values, core American values, it’s going to be a fight.”

That fight could come over issues such as confirming a potential fourth Trump appointee to the Supreme Court or confronting the threats by some Democrats to impeach the president for a third time.

While some nominees in Trump’s first term received sparse Democratic support, largely from former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, Schatz made clear the bar could be even higher if the president has the opportunity to make another appointment to the high court.

“We would certainly execute on our role of advice and consent, take it very seriously,” he vowed. “I don’t think they’d be able to ram anybody through.”

Schatz, who already is a member of Senate Democratic leadership, said he believes the president has done “a million impeachable things,” but he weighs the matter of impeachment as an “important tactical question.”

A Democratic-controlled House, presumably led by now-Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, would have choices to make, Schatz noted. Those include whether to impeach Cabinet secretaries first and when to take action against Trump as the next presidential campaign cycle begins in earnest.

“If they moved an impeachment to the Senate, I think it’s very likely predictable how everyone would vote. But for that very reason, I think they should measure twice and cut once,” he said.

It will take more than just a fighting spirit to score Democratic wins across the country, Schatz believes, promoting what he calls “an affirmative vision for America.”

He sees healthcare and tariffs, as well as curbing “foreign policy adventurism,” as areas where a Democratic-led Senate could push back on the Trump administration and win over voters.

“The reason that the public is not behind this war is they never bothered to make the case for it,” Schatz said, explaining that Democrats would approach the war in Iran with a congressional vote over whether to authorize Trump’s use of military force.

While then-President Joe Biden boasted a return to normalcy as Democrats rose to power across Washington in 2021, Schatz doesn’t think that’s what Americans desire now, even as they grow more wary of Trump.

“First of all, that’s probably not even possible, mechanically speaking, but second of all, that’s not actually what people want,” he said.

Democrats must grapple with broad unfavorability ratings that have plagued the party in recent years, which Schatz ascribes to a view of Democrats as “disconnected from what people were going through economically.”

“Prices were too high, and we had an 80-year-old president, and I think one of the reasons that people are starting to turn around politically is that prices are even higher, and we again have an 80-year-old president,” he said.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do in terms of recovering the trust that we once had, especially with working-class voters, but I think we’re on the way to doing that by demonstrating a little bit better discipline, and a little bit better focus than usual on the cost of living,” he continued.

Still, he thinks sweeping election-year agendas are “overrated,” arguing the party will litigate the strongest positions on issues such as healthcare and cost reductions during a likely raucous 2028 presidential primary cycle.

“Lots of people will have lots of proposals, but I’m not particularly interested at this stage in settling all those questions before November,” he said.

Schatz is leaving the door open to one day becoming now-Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s successor, but insisted it would be “obnoxious” to talk about that aspiration publicly.

But he’s far from the growing chorus of Democrats, including many running in key Senate races, who want Schumer to be ousted over discontent with his ability to guide his caucus through Trump’s second term.

“Look, candidates are going to do whatever they need to do to win, but it is very common, whether it was Nancy Pelosi or Mitch McConnell or John Thune, to be critical of the people in power,” he explained, affirming he has 100% confidence in Schumer’s leadership.

Many of those candidates who want to see 75-year-old Schumer go are among a younger wave of progressive Democrats urging generational change within the party.

Schatz, 53, said some of that shift is already happening — more than half of the most recent class of Senate Democratic freshmen are in their 40s and 50s — but the fresh energy Democrats are craving has more to do with ideology than age.

“What I think people are looking for is vigor and a sort of new way of doing things. I don’t think they’re always looking at the question chronologically,” he said.

But inspiring the party with newness doesn’t simply mean a broad pivot to the left, Schatz said.

“The beauty of a winning political coalition is, at some level, it doesn’t always make sense. There are going to be, you know, your Fettermans and your Platners and your Bernies and your Joe Manchins,” he said.

Schatz pointed to Trump’s “contradictory coalition,” spanning from traditional hawkish conservatives to anti-interventionist right-wingers, that helped him defeat then-Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024.

“That’s how you cobble together a winning coalition, is to allow the tent to be wide enough so that you actually have some very serious disagreements,” he said.

As heir apparent to the whip role, Schatz could soon be in charge of attempting to align the likes of Sen. John Fetterman, a brash Pennsylvania Democrat who has occasionally sided with Republicans on issues such as government shutdowns and Israel, and Graham Platner, Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee who holds progressive views and is weathering a series of personal scandals.

“Talking, talking, talking” would help him bridge those gaps, Schatz said. “There’s an old saying in Hawaii that everything in Hawaii is political except politics, which is personal, and I continue to think politics at this level is about relationships.”

“It’s a little bit of social work, it’s a little bit of understanding how people are motivated and animated and why they’re here, and I think if I can stay there and be useful to members, then I can play a constructive role.”

民调显示，以色列公众普遍反对美伊协议。63.2%的受访者表示反对，只有12.1%表示支持。图为美伊双方计划进行谈判的瑞士布尔根施托克度假酒店。 （法新社）

最新民调显示，美伊达成协议后，绝大多数以色列人认为伊朗已变得更强，或从这场冲突中获得更多利益。

法新社报道，这项由耶路撒冷希伯来大学与阿加姆研究所开展的民调，于6月17日至20日进行，共访问3644名受访者。

结果显示，92.1%的受访者认为伊朗赢得这场冲突或获益更多，82.9%认为以色列的长期安全被削弱。

即使在总理内坦亚胡所属右翼阵营的支持者中，也有93.1%的人认为伊朗是这场冲突的赢家或获益更多。

民调还显示，以色列公众普遍反对美伊协议。63.2%的受访者表示反对，只有12.1%表示支持。

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调查结果还反映出以色列民众对领导层的信心危机。

72.5%的受访者称，不相信内坦亚胡有关军事行动成果的说法；56.4%认为他对这场军事行动的管理“失败”或“糟糕”。

民调显示，支持内塔尼亚胡继续出任总理的比例已从3月初的40.5%降至6月的29.4%。

不过，以色列社会对打击黎巴嫩真主党的军事行动仍有一定支持。有48.2%的受访者支持再次对黎巴嫩真主党发动大规模军事行动，即使这可能导致以色列与华盛顿发生冲突，另有21%表示反对。

Trump administration probe could upend widely used transgender youth treatment guidelines

Internal memos show WPATH leaders acknowledged ‘many gaps in research’ behind recommendations for minors, complaint says

June 21, 2026 6:30am EDT / Fox News

By Elaine Mallon

Dr. Kurt Miceli contends the World Professional Association of Transgender Health presented youth gender-transition treatments as evidence-based despite low-certainty benefits and significant potential risks, allegations the organization disputes.

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The organization widely regarded as the leading authority on transgender medical treatment is facing allegations from the Federal Trade Commission that it built influential treatment guidelines for minors on evidence its own leaders privately acknowledged was limited and uncertain.

The complaint, filed in a Texas federal court by the Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas, accuses World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) of developing and promoting guidance that healthcare providers relied upon when recommending puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and sex-change procedures for minors.

The case could determine whether the medical guidance that shaped transgender treatment for thousands of children was built on solid evidence or agenda-driven speculation.

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said the lawsuit is a consumer-protection case focused on whether families were properly informed about the risks and benefits of these treatments.

The FTC sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, alleging the organization misled parents and doctors about transgender medical treatments for minors.(Getty Images)

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“Children, but especially their parents, must have complete and truthful information when making decisions to purchase medical services,” Ferguson said in a statement. “For decades, the FTC has taken action against entities that make deceptive and unsubstantiated health-related claims.”

At the center of the lawsuit are allegations that WPATH publicly described its Standards of Care as evidence-based and rooted in expert consensus while some of the organization’s own leaders privately acknowledged limitations in the available evidence.

The complaint cites a 2023 strategy memo from Standards of Care 8th edition lead author Dr. Eli Coleman stating that “all of us are painfully aware that there are many gaps in research to back up our recommendations.”

People hold signs during a joint meeting of the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine to establish new guidelines limiting gender-affirming care in Florida on Nov. 4, 2022.(Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service)

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It also references comments from Dr. Amy Tishelman, lead author of the organization’s chapter on children, who acknowledged in an NPR interview that there was no established “research basis” for determining the best assessments or treatments for “transgender youth.”

Federal regulators further allege WPATH removed age minimums from its 2022 Standards of Care for procedures including breast removal surgeries without scientific justification. According to the complaint, internal discussions revealed some WPATH leaders struggled to identify evidence-based reasons supporting the change.

Kurt Miceli, chief medical officer for Do No Harm, a medical ethics advocacy organization, said the allegations raise serious questions about how the organization’s guidelines were developed.

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“The conflicts of interest that are within the standards of care are significant, and again, not brought to light, and this is part of that deception, and the concern that WPATH has sort of stated that the science is there behind pediatric medical transition when it is not.”

Federal regulators allege that many of the clinicians and surgeons who helped draft WPATH’s guidelines had financial and professional interests tied to the treatments being recommended.

“What WPATH did was stack the deck with folks who had a financial invested interest in promoting pediatric medical transition, and subsequently you get guidelines that push hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries,” Miceli said.

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The lawsuit argues WPATH’s influence extends far beyond its membership. Its Standards of Care have been widely cited throughout medicine and have helped shape treatment protocols, insurance coverage decisions and professional guidance across the United States.

WPATH is a co-sponsoring organization of the Endocrine Society’s widely used clinical practice guideline on gender dysphoria and gender incongruence. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry describes WPATH and Endocrine Society guidance as the two most widely known clinical guidelines used by providers caring for youth with gender dysphoria.

Among the most serious allegations are claims that WPATH promoted pediatric transition procedures as “lifesaving” despite insufficient evidence that such interventions reduce suicide risk.

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The complaint cites instances in which parents were allegedly asked whether they would “rather have a live daughter or a dead son” when considering treatment options for their children.

“When WPATH says that these are life-saving interventions, and then we hear physicians tell parents, ‘Would you rather have a dead son or a living daughter?’, and we hear that line repeated, which again is not supported by evidence by any means whatsoever,” Miceli said.

“The benefits that WPATH is claiming are there actually aren’t,” Miceli told Fox News Digital. “In fact, the benefits are a very low certainty.”

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Graham Linehan poses with a placard reading “There’s no such thing as a transgender child” outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Sept. 4, 2025.(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The complaint alleges that some minors who underwent medical transition experienced lasting complications, including chronic pain, sexual dysfunction, urinary incontinence, fertility concerns, nerve damage and ongoing psychological distress.

WPATH rejected the allegations Wednesday, calling the lawsuit politically motivated and legally flawed.

“This is the second time this year the Trump Administration has abused the authority of its agencies to interfere with Americans’ rights to seek and obtain the healthcare that should be decided between a patient and their physician,” the organization said in a statement.

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“For more than 50 years, WPATH has been committed to developing guidelines informed by established scientific standards, expert consensus, and patient centered values.”

Miceli said the lawsuit should prompt a broader review by medical organizations that have relied on WPATH’s guidance.

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“We need the American Medical Association, the Endocrine Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychiatric Association—the list goes on—we need them to look at the evidence as well, and they need to do that immediately,” he said.

“The standards of care is terribly flawed, and again it has done considerable harm as a result,” Miceli continued.

Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.

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