Fraudsters accused of ripping off America’s grandparents face new crackdown under GOP bill

June 18, 2026 11:15am EDT / Fox News

The proposals require states to submit corrective action plans if payment error rates exceed 5 percent

By Ashley J. DiMella

FIRST ON FOX:Florida Republican Sen. Ashley Moody introduced two bills that would follow the Trump administration’s crackdown on fraud, waste, and abuse to protect America’s youngest and oldest, Fox News Digital has learned.

“I’ve fought fraud since my days as Attorney General, and I’ve continued that fight as a Senator. Serving as an attorney general gave me an awareness of the pervasiveness of schemes and emboldened my determination to hold scammers accountable,” Sen. Moody told Fox News Digital. “It also opened my eyes to where gaps exist between state and federal law enforcement. I’m closing that divide, and introducing targeted legislation to address holes within current law that make it easier for bad actors to exploit vulnerable citizens and programs.”

The proposals follow a growing focus in Washington on combating fraud as the Trump administration moves to strengthen oversight of federal spending and public assistance programs. Moody’s two bills would strengthen safeguards against fraud in childcare programs and help law enforcement authorities go after scammers who prey on seniors.

DR OZ NAMES 5 STATES IN FRAUD CRACKDOWN AS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TARGETS MEDICAID ABUSE

Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., leaves the Senate floor after a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 21, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The Stop Child Scams Act aims to strengthen oversight of federal childcare programs by requiring states to improve program integrity measures, submit corrective action plans if payment error rates exceed 5%, and increase federal monitoring of high-risk states.

The bill would require states to detail internal controls, fraud-investigation and recovery processes, sanctions for fraudulent clients or providers, and procedures to verify eligibility.

DAVID MARCUS: FLORIDA SENATOR’S WAVE OF ANTI-FRAUD BILLS SHOULD BE SLAM DUNK

FBI and law enforcement agents raid Mini Childcare in south Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.(Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

It also permanently bars individuals convicted of childcare fraud from participating in certain federal childcare programs.

The push comes amid heightened focus on large-scale fraud cases, including Minnesota’s $250 million “Feeding Our Future” scheme, which became a national flashpoint after surfacing in 2022 and has led to a wave of convictions in recent years.

Federal agents issued search warrants at various day care and autism centers in Minnesota last month to investigate “fake” facilities allegedly taking federal money.

Moody also introduced a second fraud bill, STOP Scams Against Seniors Act, which would help states create elder justice task forces to coordinate investigations into financial exploitation, scams and fraud targeting Americans age 60 and older.

The bill incentivizes states to go after fraudsters through federal grant money to establish task forces.

The task forces would coordinate closely with state and local police departments, the FBI, the Department of Justice, and other federal law enforcement agencies.

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Vice President JD Vance joined by White House deputy chief of staff and Homeland Security advisor Stephen Miller and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson during a roundtable discussion on anti-fraud initiatives on May 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The program also requires reporting on the number of cases opened and completed, the number of victims assisted, the types of scams identified, the methods used to contact victims, and any indicators of organized or transnational criminal involvement.

Ashley J. DiMella reports on politics for Fox News Digital.

Trump upends Senate GOP’s plans once again with demands over nominations

June 18, 2026 / 9:46 AM EDT / CBS News

Washington — Senate Republicans were poised to pull off a complex maneuver this week to confirm President Trump’s newest pick for director of national intelligence, a move that would have resolved an impasse over a lapsed warrantless surveillance program.

Then, the president himself threw a wrench in the plans. In an early morning Truth Social post from Europe, he said Jay Clayton’s confirmation should not move forward until the Senate approves a replacement for his current role as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan. He also made additional demands for the reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA, which grants intelligence agencies broad authority to spy on overseas targets. Senators canceled Clayton’s confirmation hearing once it became clear he wouldn’t appear.

Why did the president do it?

“Good question,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune walks from the Senate floor to his office on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

The breakdown represents the latest misalignment between the executive branch and Senate Republicans. A number of poorly timed announcements from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue have forced Thune and his conference to squander carefully laid plans, exposing a widening rift within the party heading into the midterm elections.

The dispute over Clayton’s nomination has its origins in another decision by the president: his announcement of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence earlier this month. That move single-handedly foiled an emerging deal to reauthorize Section 702, with Democrats saying they would not support doing so if Pulte was set to take over.

And last month, the Justice Department’s announcement of an “anti-weaponization” fund blew up Senate GOP plans to approve long-sought funding for immigration enforcement agencies, forcing them to delay votes. That same funding package had to be reworked days earlier to remove funds for security tied to Mr. Trump’s massive White House ballroom project.

GOP senators’ frustrations have been exacerbated by the president effectively ousting two of their own. He endorsed the primary opponents of Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and John Cornyn of Texas, leading to stinging primary defeats. Both have been more willing to criticize the administration in the weeks since.

“It’s hard to divorce anything that happens here from what’s happening in the political atmosphere around us,” Thune told reporters last month.

Senate Republicans have also been clamoring for more details this week on the U.S.-Iran agreement that was announced Sunday. GOP leaders called for a briefing, but appeared to be left largely in the dark.

The miscommunications have once again put the majority leader in a difficult position, raising questions about why the president seems intent on making his life more difficult.

“I know the president pretty well, and I think he really likes Sen. Thune,” GOP Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana told reporters Wednesday. “I mean, who doesn’t like John Thune? If you don’t like John Thune, you don’t like golden retrievers.”

Sen. John Kennedy speaks with reporters at the Capitol on March 26, 2026. J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Kennedy argued that the president simply has “two speeds: uninterested and the speed of light.”

“And on the things that are important to him, he moves at the speed of light,” Kennedy said.

The president has repeatedly been at odds with Senate GOP leadership over one issue in particular — an elections bill known as the SAVE America Act, which would impose strict new rules for registering to vote and casting ballots. Thune has repeatedly explained that the bill, which Democrats and a handful of Republicans oppose, does not have the votes to pass in the Senate. But the president has encouraged Thune to find a way to get it done, including by changing the Senate’s rules if needed.

“He wants the SAVE Act and he wants Bill Pulte, that’s clear,” Kennedy said of the president. “But that’s not the way this place works. I mean, I want a Porsche for my birthday. I’m not going to get it.”

The election legislation was part of Mr. Trump’s demands on Wednesday, when he torpedoed the Senate’s plans to move ahead with Clayton’s confirmation. “[T]o add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, and the People of our Country, I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it,” the president wrote.

Before the 11th-hour intervention, Clayton was expected to sail to confirmation as soon as Thursday, in what would have been a significant victory for Senate Republicans, who moved at a rapid clip to fast-track his nomination. Doing so would have precluded the need for Pulte to take the reins of the intelligence community, clearing the way for Democrats to support reauthorizing Section 702.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

With the president’s latest turn, and the realities of the dynamics in the upper chamber, Senate Republicans were left unclear about how to proceed. Asked Wednesday afternoon about the path forward, Thune said, “I’m not sure I know the answer to that just yet.” He told reporters that he hadn’t spoken to the president in a few days.

“This is his nominee, and so obviously he made a decision not to move forward at the moment,” Thune said. “And we’ll see what comes next.”

But for a majority leader who was uncharacteristically tight-lipped, with an agenda once again at the whims of the president, “one day at a time” was his most consistent refrain.

受燃料短缺影响，从首都哈瓦那开往东部城市的火车，如今每16天才运行一次，过去约每周三班。 （法新社）

（哈瓦那法新电）在美国切断燃料供应后，陷入严重经济困境的古巴进一步收紧跨省交通。从星期四（6月18日）起，长途火车和巴士班次大幅减少，车票优先保留给病患、奔丧者及其他紧急情况人士。

古巴政府副交通部长德格瓦拉说，当局并未禁止民众出行，而是实行优先制度，民众须提前七天申请车票。

受燃料短缺影响，从首都哈瓦那开往东部城市的火车，如今每16天才运行一次，过去约每周三班；原本每天至少一班的长途巴士，也减至每周一至三班。

在哈瓦那市区，公共巴士几近停摆，许多居民只能在接近40摄氏度高温下步行上班或上学。黑市汽油价格约每公升8美元（约10新元），一次短途出租车费用就可能花掉公务员大部分月薪。

56岁的公共卫生人员马丁内斯说，为探望患糖尿病的年迈母亲，她几乎把所有薪水都花在购买卡车车票上，“但我是独生女，没有其他选择。”

国营交通系统是大多数古巴人主要依赖的交通方式。虽然仍有少量私人出租车和巴士运营，但收费高昂，价格可达国营交通工具的200倍。

受燃料短缺影响，从首都哈瓦那开往东部城市的火车，如今每16天才运行一次，过去约每周三班。 （法新社）

（哈瓦那法新电）在美国切断燃料供应后，陷入严重经济困境的古巴进一步收紧跨省交通。从星期四（6月18日）起，长途火车和巴士班次大幅减少，车票优先保留给病患、奔丧者及其他紧急情况人士。

古巴政府副交通部长德格瓦拉说，当局并未禁止民众出行，而是实行优先制度，民众须提前七天申请车票。

受燃料短缺影响，从首都哈瓦那开往东部城市的火车，如今每16天才运行一次，过去约每周三班；原本每天至少一班的长途巴士，也减至每周一至三班。

在哈瓦那市区，公共巴士几近停摆，许多居民只能在接近40摄氏度高温下步行上班或上学。黑市汽油价格约每公升8美元（约10新元），一次短途出租车费用就可能花掉公务员大部分月薪。

56岁的公共卫生人员马丁内斯说，为探望患糖尿病的年迈母亲，她几乎把所有薪水都花在购买卡车车票上，“但我是独生女，没有其他选择。”

国营交通系统是大多数古巴人主要依赖的交通方式。虽然仍有少量私人出租车和巴士运营，但收费高昂，价格可达国营交通工具的200倍。

波兰：美国对在波设立永久美军基地持开放态度

2026年6月18日 22:10 / 联合早报

自2022年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来，波兰一直致力于推动北约在东翼加强盟军部署。图为6月12日停在波兰空军基地的两架美国F-35战机。 （法新社）

波兰国防部长科西尼亚克－卡梅什说，美国对在波兰设立美军常驻基地的提议持开放态度。

路透社报道，科西尼亚克－卡梅什星期四（6月18日）在布鲁塞尔与美国战争部长赫格塞斯会晤，讨论集体防御和合作问题。

他告诉记者：“美国对波方关于在波兰建立永久美军基地的提议，作出积极回应。”

自2022年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来，波兰一直致力于推动北约在东翼加强盟军部署。

科西尼亚克－卡梅什称，目前尚未就波兰上述提议作出任何决定。目前，波兰以轮换方式接待美军。

赫格塞斯在当天的北约防长会议上说，五角大楼会在未来六个月内审查美军在欧洲的部署，此举旨在确保北约朝着欧洲主导的方向迈进。

赫格塞斯还警告，如果盟国不履行国防开支承诺，美国向北约缴纳的会费就会相应减少。

Supreme Court sides with Texas man who challenged law barring drug users from having guns

June 18, 2026 / 11:13 AM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Texas man who challenged a federal law that bars certain drug users from having firearms.

In a unanimous decision in the case U.S. v. Hemani, the justices found that Ali Hemani’s prosecution for having a firearm while he was an unlawful drug user is inconsistent the Second Amendment. Hemani allegedly was only an occasional user of marijuana when the FBI found a handgun at his Texas home in 2022.

The ruling from the Supreme Court is narrow, since the justices did not strike down the law at the center of the case in its entirety. Instead, the high court said the government cannot automatically disarm a person who uses marijuana a few times a week. Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the majority opinion for the court.

The government, he wrote, “asks us to conclude that anyone who regularly uses marijuana is categorically violent and dangerous without any further showing. All based on little more than its current say-so, one at odds with its own regulatory actions. And affording the government that kind of ‘broad power to designate any group as dangerous and thereby disqualify its members from having a gun’ would risk allowing it to ‘quickly swallow’ the Second Amendment.”

The Supreme Court’s decision does not address efforts to ban drug addicts or those presently intoxicated from having firearms, Gorsuch wrote. He also said it does not impact other federal firearms restrictions, including those that disarm convicted felons, or prosecutions that involve proof that a defendant’s drug use renders him dangerous.

The law at issue in the case forbids an unlawful drug user from possessing firearms, and violators face up to 15 years in prison. The Justice Department estimates roughly 300 people are charged with the offense each year.

Perhaps the most high-profile person convicted under the law was Hunter Biden, former President Joe Biden’s son, though he was pardoned by his father in December 2024.

The law at the center of the case was the latest to face Supreme Court scrutiny in the wake of its landmark 2022 decision that recognized the right to carry a firearm outside the home. In that decision, the high court laid out a new test for courts to apply when considering the constitution of a gun law. The framework requires the government to show that a restriction is consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of firearms regulation.

In the wake of that ruling, the Supreme Court upheld in 2024 a federal law barring people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. The justices are also considering a challenge to a Hawaii law that prohibits people with concealed carry permits from bringing their guns onto private property open to the public without permission.

The government’s case against Hemani focused solely on his marijuana use, which his lawyers said did not make him dangerous. Forty states have legalized marijuana use to some degree in recent years, adding a wrinkle to the legal battle. While it remains illegal at the federal level, President Trump signed an executive order in December to reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification. The Justice Department in April rescheduled certain marijuana products to a lower drug classification.

Gorsuch, in the majority opinion, and Justice Samuel Alito, in a concurring opinion joined by Justice Elena Kagan, both noted the shifts in marijuana policy at the federal and state levels, as well as the rise in marijuana consumption, and said those trends worked against the Justice Department in the case.

“Whatever one thinks of these developments, the federal government has not just tolerated them; it helped fuel them,” Gorsuch wrote. “All of which leaves it awkwardly positioned to suggest that the millions of Americans who now regularly use marijuana are categorically and unusually dangerous. “

While the president has taken steps to bolster Second Amendment rights, the Trump administration also defended the ban on possession by drug users before the Supreme Court and urged it to uphold the restriction.

In filings with the high court, the Justice Department said the Second Amendment allows Congress to restrict gun possession by habitual drug users. Backing the Trump administration were gun violence prevention groups like the Brady Center for Prevent Gun Violence and Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

But on the other side, the American Civil Liberties Union signed on as co-counsel to represent Hemani. Also backing him were gun rights groups like the National Rifle Association.

The ACLU cheered the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting Hemani’s prosecution, saying it makes it clear that the government cannot make it a crime for people who use marijuana to own a gun.

“With nearly half of Americans reporting marijuana use at some point in their lives, this ruling protects the rights of millions and curbs the government’s ability to impose arbitrary and discriminatory penalties,” Cecillia Wang, the ACLU’s legal director, said in a statement. “The court has sent a strong message that the government cannot criminalize the conduct of large numbers of people by making categorical and unfounded assumptions about whether they are dangerous.”

波兰：美国对在波设立永久美军基地持开放态度

2026年6月18日 22:10 / 联合早报

自2022年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来，波兰一直致力于推动北约在东翼加强盟军部署。图为6月12日停在波兰空军基地的两架美国F-35战机。 （法新社）

波兰国防部长科西尼亚克－卡梅什说，美国对在波兰设立美军常驻基地的提议持开放态度。

路透社报道，科西尼亚克－卡梅什星期四（6月18日）在布鲁塞尔与美国战争部长赫格塞斯会晤，讨论集体防御和合作问题。

他告诉记者：“美国对波方关于在波兰建立永久美军基地的提议，作出积极回应。”

自2022年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来，波兰一直致力于推动北约在东翼加强盟军部署。

科西尼亚克－卡梅什称，目前尚未就波兰上述提议作出任何决定。目前，波兰以轮换方式接待美军。

赫格塞斯在当天的北约防长会议上说，五角大楼会在未来六个月内审查美军在欧洲的部署，此举旨在确保北约朝着欧洲主导的方向迈进。

赫格塞斯还警告，如果盟国不履行国防开支承诺，美国向北约缴纳的会费就会相应减少。

Vance criticizes Israel ‘freakout’ over Iran deal in New York Times interview

2026-06-18T15:18:45.314Z / Reuters

U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks during an event at Gold Coast Studios on June 17, 2026 in Bethpage, New York. Spencer Platt/Pool via REUTERS

Summary

Israeli critics say pact ignores Tehran’s nuclear and missile programs
Vance said Israel cannot solve every security threat through force
Trump urged Netanyahu to take softer approach against Hezbollah in Lebanon

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice ​President JD Vance criticized Israel for a “weird panic” and “freakout” over the agreement struck between the U.S. ‌and Iran, in an interview released on Thursday as the Trump administration sought to tamp down criticism of the deal.

Israeli officials across the political spectrum, including some of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies, have criticized the agreement, saying it did not address their concerns over Iran’s nuclear ​and ballistic missile programs and would tie down Israel’s military operations against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

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“There ​is this weird panic almost in the Israeli system that I’ve picked up on where ⁠they assume that everything that is contemplated that is good for Iran will happen — but that will happen without ​the Iranians changing any behavior,” Vance said in an interview with the New York Times.

“That’s not how the deal is written.”

The ​U.S. would not remove sanctions on Iran if it were still funding a terrorist organization, he said, in an apparent reference to Hezbollah, which Washington has long labeled a foreign terrorist organization.

U.S. HAS EARNED TRUST: VANCE

Vance accused Israel of a lack of trust in its ​strongest ally.

“I find this whole freakout in Israel a little bit odd because I think that it comes from a ​place of mistrust, and I think that America has earned the trust of that region of the world,” Vance said.

“We’ve done a ‌very good ⁠job by that particular country and that particular government,” he said of Israel. “And I think that the idea that we’ve made a terrible deal is not supported by the facts, but just doesn’t make any sense if you consider the broad length of the relationship.”

President Donald Trump tried to play down Israel’s concerns during closing remarks on Wednesday at the Group of Seven ​summit in France. Netanyahu could use ​a “softer touch” in the ⁠fight against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, Trump said, in his latest public rebuke of the U.S. partner in the war against Iran.

Trump and Iranian leaders approved a memorandum of understanding this ​week that deferred the hardest issues to the next phase of negotiations, with no guarantee they ​will ever ⁠be resolved.

Citing specific critics of the deal — far-right Israeli cabinet ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich — Vance said: “I guess my response to them would be: What is your exact proposal? You’re a country of 9 million people. You can’t just kill your ⁠way out ​of solving every single national security problem that you have.”

Ben-Gvir responded in ​a post on X: “This is the proposal, @JDVance: To deal with the Nazis of the 21st century, just as the United States dealt with the Nazis ​of the 20th century.”

Reporting by Doina Chiacu in Washington, Alexander Cornwell in Jerusalem; Editing by Michelle Nichols and Rod Nickel

Supreme Court unanimously strikes down gun law used to prosecute Hunter Biden

June 18, 2026 10:25am EDT / Fox News

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The Supreme Court unanimously struck down a law banning “habitual” marijuana users from owning firearms on Thursday.

The court ruled the law, which was used to prosecute Hunter Biden, was overly broad and improperly deprived individuals of their right to possess a firearm in their homes.

The case involved a Texas man charged with a felony when FBI agents raiding his home found a handgun he kept for self-defense, and he also admitted to smoking marijuana every other day.

Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on October 7, 2022.(OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

In an opinion written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court held that the government’s prosecution of Ali Hemani under a federal law prohibiting firearm possession by unlawful users of controlled substances violated the Second Amendment. Two justices, Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan, concurred only in the judgment.

The federal government argued that people who regularly use illegal drugs could be disarmed based on historical laws that restricted the rights of so-called “habitual drunkards,” but the court said the old laws the government relied on were too different from the modern gun restriction to justify it.

“The government’s analogy fails under every measure it asks us to consider,” Gorsuch wrote. “The historical laws on which it relies targeted different kinds of people, did so for different reasons, and operated in different ways.”

The court said the old laws focused on people whose substance abuse left them unable to manage their lives, while the federal law broadly covered regular drug users regardless of whether they posed a threat to anyone.

Gorsuch noted that prosecutors never alleged Hemani was addicted to marijuana, had used a firearm while intoxicated, threatened anyone, or posed a danger to himself or others. Instead, the government relied solely on his admission that he used marijuana “about every other day.”

The opinion also questioned the government’s argument that marijuana users are categorically dangerous, pointing to the federal government’s own actions in reducing marijuana enforcement and efforts to move marijuana to a less restrictive drug schedule. The court noted that most states now permit some form of marijuana use.

“The federal government has not just tolerated them; it helped fuel them,” Gorsuch wrote of the growth in marijuana use and legalization across the country.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on X: @Hagstrom_Anders.

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美伊总统提前签署谅解备忘录 启动60天可延长谈判期

2026年6月18日 22:39 / 联合早报 蔡添成

AI摘要

• 美伊总统远程签署停战谅解备忘录，启动60天可延长谈判期，伊朗同意稀释浓缩铀以换取经济援助。
• 备忘录生效后，三艘沙特油轮立即穿越霍尔木兹海峡，为数周来最大规模出港；伊朗将在60天免费通行期后对船只收取服务费。
• 巴基斯坦总理谢里夫作为调解方签署文件，美伊及调解国将于周五在瑞士举行执行谈判。
• 特朗普称协议避免全球经济灾难，彭斯则批评备忘录未要求可核查地拆除伊朗核武计划。

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美国总统特朗普（右三）在凡尔赛宫与法国总统马克龙（右二）共进晚餐时，签署了谅解备忘录。 （白宫／社媒平台X）

（华盛顿／德黑兰综合电）美国总统特朗普和伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬星期三远程签署了停战谅解备忘录。根据协议，伊朗同意稀释浓缩铀，以换取大规模的经济援助。备忘录签署后数个小时，三艘悬挂沙特阿拉伯国旗的超级油轮穿过霍尔木兹海峡。

特朗普星期三（6月17日）对记者说，他在七国集团（G7）首脑峰会结束后，在凡尔赛宫与法国总统马克龙共进晚餐时，签署了这份谅解备忘录。特朗普走出宫殿时告诉记者：“（我）刚刚签了。”

佩泽希齐扬星期四对美伊达成的“历史性”协议表示欢迎。他在社交媒体发布一张协议图片，并配文道：“这是一份历史性文件，也是来自强大伊朗的信息：和平将在相互尊重的氛围中实现”。文件上不仅有佩泽希齐扬的签名，还有特朗普和调解方、巴基斯坦总理谢里夫的签名。

在这之前，美国副总统万斯和伊朗议会议长卡利巴夫，已在上星期天（14日）以电子方式签署谅解备忘录，特朗普当场见证两方签署。

谢里夫周四在社交媒体平台X上发文说，伊朗和美国远程签署的谅解备忘录立即生效。他说：“作为第一步，伊朗将立即重新开放霍尔木兹海峡，美国将立即解除对伊朗的海上封锁”。

巴基斯坦总理谢里夫星期四（6月18日）展示他在美伊谅解备忘录，以调解方的身份在文件上签名。（路透社）

星期四公布的船舶追踪数据显示，三艘悬挂沙特阿拉伯国旗、载有600万桶原油的超级油轮在美伊签署谅解备忘录数小时后，穿过霍尔木兹海峡。

路透社分析航运动向后指出，这些从沙特港口出发的油轮，是过去数周通过霍尔木兹海峡的一次最大规模出港。

自2月28日美伊爆发战事以来，沙特主要使用位于红海的延布港（Yanbu）出口石油。这场战争导致数亿桶石油，无法从海湾产油国港口经霍尔木兹海峡出境。

瑞士外交部星期四说，在签署谅解备忘录后，美国和伊朗计划与积极调解的巴基斯坦、卡塔尔及其他相关国家，星期五在瑞士比尔根山举行会谈，就协议的执行进行初步谈判。

瑞士对美伊签署谅解备忘录表示欢迎，指这是缓和中东局势的重要一步。

特朗普星期四在社媒痛批那些抨击美伊谅解备忘录的人。“这些笨蛋认为我对伊朗还不够强硬。股市刚刚创下历史新高，油价也暴跌了！他们要么是嫉妒，要么是坏人，或是愚蠢”。

前一天，特朗普为他与伊朗达成的协议辩护，称这避免了一场全球经济灾难。他强调战争若再继续下去，可能引发国际经济衰退。

伊朗坚持60天后向穿越海峡船只收服务费

美国政府一名高级官员星期三向媒体宣读了谅解备忘录正式文本，里头包含14项条款。根据条款，初步协议签署后，将启动为期60天的可延长谈判期。伊朗将允许船只在60天内免费通过霍尔木兹海峡，之后伊朗将与阿曼和其他波斯湾国家讨论海峡的管理问题。

不过伊朗议会议长卡利巴夫说，伊朗将在60天免费通行期结束后，对来往霍尔木兹海峡的船只收取费用。他称，这海峡永远不会回到战前状态，伊朗将在这条要道收取服务费。

伊朗外交部发言人巴盖伊则说，伊朗已与阿曼基本敲定霍尔木兹海峡管理机制，将对在海峡提供的服务收取费用，并称目前相关机制安排正在起草中。

彭博经济分析师们说，谅解备忘录的核心是以海峡的重新开放，换取经济援助，“但这种交换并不平衡：伊朗将获得大量新收益，华盛顿将只能收回一些在2月战争爆发前就已存在的利益”。

特朗普第一任期的副总统彭斯称，伊朗现在处于被动局面，比以往任何时候都更加虚弱。“现在我们已经看到了谅解备忘录，我的担忧在于它没有提到以可核查的方式拆除伊朗的核武计划。备忘录只是重申伊朗多年来作出不发展核计划的承诺。”