美贸易代表：若中国介入伊朗事务 局势将更复杂

2026年4月11日 08:36 / 联合早报

美国贸易代表格里尔说，美国正努力维持与中国的稳定关系，但如果北京以有悖美国利益的方式介入伊朗事务，局势将变得更加复杂。图为格里尔3月16日在法国巴黎出席一场新闻发布会。 （路透社档案照片）

美国贸易代表格里尔说，美国正努力维持与中国的稳定关系，但如果北京以有悖美国利益的方式介入伊朗事务，局势将变得更加复杂。

综合路透社和彭博社报道，格里尔星期五（4月10日）接受美国消费者新闻与商业频道采访时说，美中两国在经济上的根本目标存在较大差异，但双方仍有空间维持一定程度的经济稳定。“如果中国以损害美国利益的方式参与伊朗事务，这显然会让情况更加复杂，而消除这种影响是中国的责任。”

格里尔还说，预计美国总统特朗普下月将与中国国家主席习近平举行一次“良好的会晤”。此次会晤正值华盛顿推出全球关税措施的一年之后。

他说：“关于中国，需要记住的是，尽管我们正非常努力，特别是在贸易和经济领域维持稳定关系，但并非所有挑战都已得到解决。”

在能源层面，中国是全球主要原油进口国，而伊朗战争导致霍尔木兹海峡实际上被封锁，限制能源供应并推高油气价格。特朗普此前曾施压包括中国在内的各国协助重新开放这一航道，但相关呼吁尚未获得回应。

在美国与伊朗同意达成为期两周的停火安排后，特朗普接受法新社采访时说，他相信是中国促使伊朗重返谈判桌，暂时与美国和以色列停火。中国外交部并未正面回应此事，仅称自伊朗战事爆发以来，北京一直积极致力于促和止战，并将继续发挥建设性作用，为恢复海湾和中东地区和平安全作出贡献。

伊朗议长带空袭遇难儿童照片 赴伊斯兰堡谈判

2026年4月11日 11:29 / 联合早报

伊朗议长带空袭遇难儿童照片 赴伊斯兰堡谈判

4月7日，在伊朗南部城市米纳布，民众为美以空袭首日遇难的儿童举行悼念活动，一张桌上放着一些小学课本。 （法新社）

伊朗议会议长卡利巴夫飞往巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡时，在飞机上摆放四名在美国袭击中遇难儿童的照片。卡利巴夫说，他们是“我的飞行同伴”。

卡利巴夫在社媒平台X发布的一张照片，显示他在四张飞机座位上摆放四名在美国2月28日空袭伊朗首日遇难儿童的照片，座位上还放着他们的书包，每个书包旁边放着一枝鲜花。

卡利巴夫为照片配文“我的飞行同伴们”“Minab168”，意指遭袭伊朗米纳卜小学遇难的168名儿童。

新华社引述伊朗媒体报道，此次伊朗谈判代表团的名称为“米纳卜168”。

伊朗迈赫尔通讯社报道写道：“一些沾染着米纳卜孩子们鲜血的遗物，随伊朗代表团‘米纳卜168’前往巴基斯坦，作为美国对伊朗犯下战争罪行的铁证，也象征着伊朗代表团在可能即将举行的谈判中复仇的态度。”

美国和以色列2月28日对伊朗发起大规模军事行动，伊朗南部米纳卜市一所小学当天遭到袭击，造成至少175人死亡。

伊朗议长带空袭遇难儿童照片 赴伊斯兰堡谈判

2026年4月11日 11:29 / 联合早报

伊朗议长带空袭遇难儿童照片 赴伊斯兰堡谈判

4月7日，在伊朗南部城市米纳布，民众为美以空袭首日遇难的儿童举行悼念活动，一张桌上放着一些小学课本。 （法新社）

伊朗议会议长卡利巴夫飞往巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡时，在飞机上摆放四名在美国袭击中遇难儿童的照片。卡利巴夫说，他们是“我的飞行同伴”。

卡利巴夫在社媒平台X发布的一张照片，显示他在四张飞机座位上摆放四名在美国2月28日空袭伊朗首日遇难儿童的照片，座位上还放着他们的书包，每个书包旁边放着一枝鲜花。

卡利巴夫为照片配文“我的飞行同伴们”“Minab168”，意指遭袭伊朗米纳卜小学遇难的168名儿童。

新华社引述伊朗媒体报道，此次伊朗谈判代表团的名称为“米纳卜168”。

伊朗迈赫尔通讯社报道写道：“一些沾染着米纳卜孩子们鲜血的遗物，随伊朗代表团‘米纳卜168’前往巴基斯坦，作为美国对伊朗犯下战争罪行的铁证，也象征着伊朗代表团在可能即将举行的谈判中复仇的态度。”

美国和以色列2月28日对伊朗发起大规模军事行动，伊朗南部米纳卜市一所小学当天遭到袭击，造成至少175人死亡。

Explainer: Why are people talking about the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution?

2026-04-10T21:14:46.079Z / Reuters

By Patricia Zengerle

April 10, 2026 9:14 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago

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WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s profanity-laced threats to wipe out Iran’s civilization have led some Democrats to discuss attempting to remove him from office by using the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Such an effort would be an uphill struggle, since doing so would require the support of Trump’s fellow Republicans, who control ​both chambers of Congress. Despite his falling overall public approval, some 82% of Republicans are happy with his presidency.

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Trying to remove him from office ‌could also hold political peril for Democrats – who twice tried and failed to remove Trump from office by impeaching him during his first term.

Here is a look at the amendment and the issues:

WHAT IS THE 25TH AMENDMENT?

The 25th Amendment was ratified in 1967. It was introduced after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and is intended to clarify the process of presidential ​succession, ensuring that the United States always has a functioning president and vice president.

The Constitution’s original presidential succession clause did not address vice presidential vacancies. ​Between President George Washington’s first term in 1789 and 1967, the vice presidency was vacant for more than 37 years cumulatively ⁠because of death, resignation, or succession to the presidency, according to the Congressional Research Service, opens new tab.

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HAS THE 25TH AMENDMENT EVER BEEN INVOKED?

Presidents have invoked Section 3 of the amendment – ​dealing with circumstances in which the president is unable to discharge their responsibilities – when they knew they would be incapacitated due to medical procedures, such as in 2021, when ​then-President Joe Biden underwent a colonoscopy.

But Section 4, covering the involuntary removal of a president, has never been invoked. Section 4 allows the vice president and a majority of the president’s cabinet, or, alternatively, the vice president and a majority of another unspecified body designated by Congress, to declare a president unable to discharge the powers and duties of their office.

However, if the president contests ​that decision, Congress must assemble to decide the issue within 48 hours and two-thirds majorities of both the Senate and House of Representatives must agree that the president ​is incapable. If not, the president resumes their duties.

HAS THIS BEEN TRIED BEFORE?

Some Democrats, including Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, called ‌for then-Vice ⁠President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

But the calls came to nothing. Trump also was impeached twice by the Democratic-majority House, over charges he improperly withheld aid to Ukraine and over the Capitol riot, but there were too few Republican senators willing to back the charges to muster the two-thirds majority necessary to convict him either time.

Trump was elected to a second term in November 2024, winning 312 Electoral College votes to 226 for ​Biden’s vice president, Kamala Harris.

Scott Anderson, a ​senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, ⁠said an attempt to use the 25th Amendment would fail without a massive Republican defection, as it would need the approval of two-thirds majorities in both the House and Senate.

“It’s a political no-go,” he said.

Trump’s Republicans hold slim majorities in both the ​Senate and House.

WHAT IS THE POLITICAL RISK?

House Democrats planned a members-only briefing on Friday on “Trump administration accountability” and the 25th ​Amendment.

But as they fight ⁠for control of the House and Senate in November’s midterms, Democratic lawmakers have been trying to focus on policy – such as promoting job growth, fighting inflation and broadening the availability of childcare – rather than presenting themselves mostly as the resistance to Trump.

“We are in the minority. So bringing forward impeachment right now, while he is guilty of a litany of ⁠high crimes ​and misdemeanors, I don’t think is the best use of our time,” Democratic Representative Madeleine Dean of ​Pennsylvania told a news conference on Thursday.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, a close Trump ally, criticized Democrats over the issue in a statement on Friday. “Congressional Democrats have no message, no vision, and no leadership, ​and they are offering nothing to the American people except an irrational hatred of President Donald Trump,” Johnson said.

Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; editing by Michael Learmonth and Rosalba O’Brien

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Designs unveiled for Trump’s proposed 250-foot arch in Washington

2026-04-10 / Reuters

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April 10, 2026 10:04 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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• Arch would feature golden statues
• Would be near Arlington National Cemetery
• Plan needs approval, already faces lawsuits

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – Designs were unveiled on Friday for a 250-foot (76-meter) arch in Washington sought by U.S. President Donald Trump that, if approved, ​would reshape the capital’s monument-filled skyline.

Trump administration officials formally submitted detailed renderings of the proposed “Triumphal Arch” ‌ahead of a meeting next week to advance the project that Trump has touted for months.

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The designs call for an ivory-colored arch modeled on the Roman Arch of Titus from classical antiquity and resembling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

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It comes complete with an array of ​golden fixtures, most notably a towering 60-foot statue on top that resembles the Statue of Liberty with ​angel wings. She is flanked by two 24-foot eagle statues.

Two phrases from the national Pledge ⁠of Allegiance — “ONE NATION UNDER GOD” and “LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL” — would be inscribed on each side of arch. Other ​design elements include four golden lion statues.

The arch – meant to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States this year – ​would be built at a site currently occupied by an empty traffic circle. It is located between the Lincoln Memorial and the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, the military cemetery where around 430,000 individuals have been buried since the Revolutionary War.

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Trump’s arch plan needs approval from ​the federal Commission of Fine Arts, which is currently composed of his handpicked allies. Even if the panel greenlights ​the arch proposal, however, it faces hurdles in the courts. Some Washington-area residents have sued to block it.

Trump told reporters in January that ‌he wants ⁠the arch to be “the biggest one of all.” At 250 feet, the proposed monument would tower over the approximately 100-foot-tall Lincoln Memorial, would be significantly taller than the Arc de Triomphe, and would be about half the height of the 555-foot-tall, obelisk-shaped Washington Monument in the middle of the National Mall.

It is the tallest new structure proposed by the administration ​of Trump, a real estate ​developer, and would be ⁠the largest federal monument built in DC since President Franklin D. Roosevelt oversaw construction of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in 1943.

In other designs also publicized on Friday, the Trump administration ​is proposing painting white an ornate, gray building next to the White House called ​the Eisenhower Executive ⁠Office Building, where many administration officials work, as well as reimagining Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the U.S. Capitol building with new road and walk ways, different trees, and tall American flags.

The president already razed the White House’s East Wing ⁠to ​clear a site for a state ballroom, and added his name to the ​Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which is set to close this summer for renovations to its theaters and exterior.

Trump also launched a “beautification” campaign around the ​capital, as federally controlled parks are currently ringed with fencing for ongoing renovations.

Reporting by Bo Erickson, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien

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Streamer who said Rick Scott should be ‘killed’ invited to Yale as lawmaker demands funding cut

April 10, 2026 5:18pm EDT / Fox News

Hasan Piker, who has drawn fire for previous comments on 9/11 and Oct 7, 2023, is set to appear at the Yale Political Union Tuesday

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A Senate Republican wants federal funding revoked from Yale for a forthcoming speech from a controversial streamer who once called for him to be “killed.”

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., blasted an upcoming event at the Ivy League university featuring Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker, who has become a flashpoint for Democrats and fodder for conservatives because of his views and alignment with the far-left of the party.

Piker, who has come under fire for his previous comments that “America deserved 9/11” and for excusing sexual violence committed on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel, is set to appear at the Yale Political Union for an event dubbed “Resolved: End the American Empire” Tuesday.

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“This is WILD,” Scott said on X. “I spoke at the Yale Political Union last year on why we need to buy made in America products. Now, they are hosting a guy who said I should be killed.”

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., blasted Yale for hosting far-left streamer Hasan Piker, who once said that the lawmaker should be “killed” when Republicans were negotiating cuts to Medicaid.(Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Photo by Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

“Yale receives billions from the federal government — President Trump and Congress need to IMMEDIATELY revoke it,” he continued. “An elite private university that hosts an antisemite who says a Senator should be killed, capitalists should be killed, and the U.S. deserved 9/11, shouldn’t get ONE CENT from taxpayers.”

The Yale Political Union did not respond to a request for comment on Scott’s push to nix funding for the university.

Scott and Piker have had a run-in, indirectly, before.

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When Republicans were crafting President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” in 2025, Piker said during a stream — in reaction to comments from House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., that Republicans were targeting Medicaid fraud — that Scott should be killed.

“The reason why I’m saying, if you cared about Medicare or Medicaid fraud, you would kill Rick Scott is because — and not make him a prominent part of the Republican Party — is because he, to this day, is still also known as committing the largest Medicare fraud in U.S. history,” Piker said.

At the time, Republicans were trying to include several provisions in the budget reconciliation process that they pitched as reforms to Medicaid designed to cut costs and root out fraud in the system.

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A provider rate crackdown; denying states Medicaid funding for having illegal immigrants on the benefit rolls; preventing illegal immigrants from participating in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP); and preventing Medicaid and CHIP funding from going toward gender-affirming care were all on the table.

However, those provisions were gutted from the bill for not complying with the strict guardrails that dictate the reconciliation process. Still, Republicans were able to include stringent work requirements for the healthcare program.

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Scott’s office didn’t comment on Piker’s Medicare fraud accusation but told Fox News Digital that “no Democrat elected official calls this guy out and the press seems to give all the Democrats a pass for actively campaigning with him.”

Piker’s management team and Yale did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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

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Democrats withdraw endorsements of Eric Swalwell and demand he end bid for California governor

2026-04-10 7:25 PM ET / CNN

By Eric Bradner

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California gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA, appears at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Rep. Eric Swalwell’s bid for the California governor’s office was reeling Friday as staffers resigned and top Democratic supporters withdrew their endorsements in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct.

California Sen. Adam Schiff and Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, both longtime allies, said they were withdrawing their endorsements. Swalwell’s campaign chair, Rep. Jimmy Gomez, said he’d quit the position. And a top adviser, Courtni Pugh, who was Swalwell’s liaison to labor groups, told CNN she had left the campaign “as soon as I learned the seriousness of the allegations,” and that she didn’t know how many others had also quit.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she had told Swalwell to end his bid. California Gov. Gavin Newsom did not immediately call on Swalwell to drop out but said in a statement: “As we continue to learn more, these allegations from multiple sources are deeply troubling and must be taken seriously.”

Meanwhile, several of Swalwell’s rivals in the governor’s race called on him to drop out following reports by CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle in which women accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct.

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The pressure on Swalwell, with new statements denouncing him being released in rapid succession, mounts as the allegations roil a wide-open race just weeks before voters begin casting their ballots. Candidates are competing in a nonpartisan primary that features a half-dozen prominent Democrats and two leading Republicans. Only the top two finishers, regardless of party, will advance to the general election.

CNN spoke to four women who alleged various kinds of sexual misconduct by Swalwell, ranging from inappropriate messages and pictures to unwanted kissing and touching — and in one case, rape.

A former staffer of Swalwell says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated and left her bruised and bleeding, an allegation Swalwell strongly denies.

One woman who connected online with Swalwell over her interest in Democratic politics says she ended up extremely drunk inside his hotel room after a night out with the congressman, with little memory of what occurred. Earlier in the night at a bar, he kissed her and touched her leg without her consent, she said.

Another woman, who described receiving unsolicited nude messages from Swalwell, was social media creator Ally Sammarco. She said she initially reached out to the congressman on Twitter to discuss politics. “I truly never thought he would respond – I had like 1,000 followers at the time,” she said. “And he actually responded.”

Swalwell denied the women’s allegations.

“These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the front-runner for governor,” Swalwell said in a statement to CNN. “For nearly 20 years, I have served the public – as a prosecutor and a congressman and have always protected women. I will defend myself with the facts and where necessary bring legal action. My focus in the coming days is to be with my wife and children and defend our decades of service against these lies.”

A spokesman for Swalwell’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the defections from his campaign Friday.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a campaign chair, said Friday in a statement that he had “learned shocking information about Eric Swalwell containing the ugliest and most serious accusations imaginable.”

He also called on Swalwell to drop out of the race just weeks before voters begin casting ballots ahead of the June primary.

“My involvement in any campaign begins and ends with trust. I cannot in good conscience remain in any role with this campaign, and I am stepping down from it effective immediately,” Gomez said. “The congressman should leave the race now so there can be full accountability without doubt, distraction, or delay.”

Schiff, a crucial home-state supporter of Swalwell, also said he was withdrawing his endorsement and said Swalwell should exit the race.

Gallego, the Arizona senator who had defended Swalwell earlier in the week, said in a statement Friday he regretted having done so, and said what Swalwell is accused of is “indefensible.”

“Women who come forward with accounts like this deserve to be heard with respect, not questioned or dismissed,” Gallego said. “I regret having come to his defense on social media prior to knowing all the information. I am equally as shocked and upset about what has transpired. I am withdrawing my endorsement of Congressman Swalwell, effective immediately.”

Several of Swalwell’s opponents in the governor’s race also called on him to drop out.

“Eric Swalwell should be nowhere near any position of power, much less be the governor of California. He must resign from Congress and drop out of the race immediately,” said billionaire activist and investor Tom Steyer, a top Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

Golden eagles, lions and a winged Lady Liberty top Trump’s proposed 250-foot DC Triumphal Arch designs

‘ONE NATION UNDER GOD’ in golden letters is emblazoned across the top of the arch’s facade

2026-04-10T18:21:46-04:00 / Fox News

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Trump aims to ‘make DC beautiful again’ with grand ‘Triumphal Arch’ plan

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The fate of the President Donald Trump-touted 250-foot Triumphal Arch will be decided next week at a White House Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) meeting after the official proposed designs of the monument were filed by the Trump administration and released for the first time Friday.

“I am pleased to announce that TODAY my Administration officially filed the presentation and plans to the highly respected Commission of Fine Arts for what will be the GREATEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL Triumphal Arch, anywhere in the World,” Trump said in Truth Social post.

“This will be a wonderful addition to the Washington D.C. area for all Americans to enjoy for many decades to come!”

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Speculation has swirled about the final look of the proposed arch since late last year, with many iterations making the rounds on social media before the official mock-ups were shared earlier today.

The mock-up, designed by architecture firm Harrison Design, is a 12-page addendum shared on the Commission of Fine Arts official meeting page.

The phrase “ONE NATION UNDER GOD” emblazons the Triumphal Arch in this mock-up design from Harrison Design, as Principal Architect Nicolas Charbonneau is primarily renowned for his work on Catholic churches. The back of the arch has a matching emblem that says “LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.”(Harrison Design via the White House Commission of Fine Arts)

According to those mock-ups, the arch rises to 250 feet, evoking the nation’s 250th anniversary and more than double the height of the nearby 99-foot Lincoln Memorial.

The central opening of the arch in the provided designs is roughly 110 feet high, providing a picture frame effect for both the Lincoln Memorial across the Potomac River and Arlington National Cemetery.

The arch’s location would be roughly equidistant from both landmarks, sitting at the roundabout between Memorial Bridge and Memorial Avenue near the Arlington Cemetery Metro Stop.

The scale would be unlike any monument in Washington, D.C., with the arch theoretically dwarfing nearby memorials and towering above the roadway.

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In this mock-up provided by Harrison Design using an overhead map from Google Earth, the scale and distance of the Triumphal Arch to nearby Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Va., monuments is clarified.(Harrison Design via the White House Commission of Fine Arts)

Friday’s released designs revealed a golden, winged Lady Liberty-style figure atop the arch flanked by two bald eagles crowning the monument and adding even more height to the structure. This is in contrast to previous possible designs Trump posted to social media in January, which had no ornamentation atop the arch.

The most iconic detail released in Friday’s design, emblazoned across the top of the large central archway, are golden letters that say “ONE NATION UNDER GOD” centered on its white stone facade.

Harrison Design confirmed to Fox News Digital that the principal architect behind the arch is Nicolas Charbonneau, the award-winning director of Harrison Design’s Sacred Architecture Studio. He is known primarily for his work on churches.

“The world is ordered so that there’s a harmony to everything,” Charbonneau told The Arlington Catholic Herald. “And we’ve been designed to know that there should be an ordering to what we do. A lot of modern architecture flies in the face of that.”

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In this scale rendering from Harrison Design, the golden, winged Lady Liberty figure atop the Triumphal Arch soars above the structure an additional 60 feet before counting the 24-foot-tall pedestal she adorns.(Harrison Design via the White House Commission of Fine Arts)

According to the mock-ups reviewed by Fox News Digital, there appear to be internal staircases within the arch’s pedestals leading to what is implied to be a viewing deck for visitors to the monument. Four golden lions sit at each corner of the monument, renderings show.

The White House reiterated its goals for the monument in a statement it had previously shared with Fox News Digital earlier this year when asked for comment.

“The Triumphal Arch in Memorial Circle is going to be one of the most iconic landmarks not only in Washington, D.C., but throughout the world,” White House spokesperson Davis Ingle reiterated in a statement to Fox News Digital.

AMERICA 250 ORGANIZERS UNVEIL SWEEPING PLANS FOR THE COUNTRY’S HISTORIC BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

President Donald Trump holds a model of an arch while delivering remarks during a fundraising dinner for the new ballroom at the White House.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, File)

“It will enhance the visitor experience at Arlington National Cemetery for veterans, the families of the fallen and all Americans alike, serving as a visual reminder of the noble sacrifices borne by so many American heroes throughout our 250-year history so we can enjoy our freedoms today. President Trump will continue to honor our veterans and give the greatest nation on earth — America — the glory it deserves.”

Trump has previously touted the arch, saying he’d “like it to be the biggest one of all,” adding, “We’re the biggest, most powerful nation.”

The Commission of Fine Arts, founded in 1910, consists of members who are personally selected by the sitting president and describes itself as “an independent federal agency charged with giving expert advice to the President, the Congress and the federal and District of Columbia governments on matters of design and aesthetics.”

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The White House Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled to meet Thursday morning in D.C.

The entire packet of renderings of the arch can be viewed here.

Harrison Design did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the arch’s design.

Jasmine Baehr is a Breaking News Writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, faith and culture.

Anthropic’s Mythos AI can spot weaknesses in almost every computer on earth. Uh-oh.

April 10, 2026 / 6:42 PM EDT / CBS News

Anthropic’s latest AI technology, called Mythos, is so powerful at revealing software vulnerabilities that the company is afraid to release the model publicly lest it fall into the hands of bad actors.

The company, the developer behind the Claude AI chatbot, said in a post on its website this week that the new tool has already uncovered thousands of weak points in “every major operating system and web browser.”

Although that capability could prove to be a boon for protecting critical systems, it is also stirring concerns that hackers could exploit Mythos to attack the IT infrastructure at banks, hospitals, government systems and many other organizations.

Preparing for the “storm”

Rather than releasing Mythos to the public, Anthropic is sharing the tech with a select group of major companies, including Amazon, Apple, Cisco, JPMorgan Chase and Nvidia, so they can test the model and strengthen their own systems against cyberattacks. Called Project Glasswing, the effort is aimed at helping key companies harden their defenses before hackers get access to Mythos or similar AI models, according to Anthropic.

At the same time, security experts said, the concerns around Mythos attest to the dangers of AI if it is weaponized for harm.

“What we need to do is look at this as a wake-up call to say, the storm isn’t coming — the storm is here,” Alissa Valentina Knight, CEO of cybersecurity AI company Assail, told CBS News. “We need to prepare ourselves, because we couldn’t keep up with the bad guys when it was humans hacking into our networks. We certainly can’t keep up now if they’re using AI because it’s so much devastatingly faster and more capable.”

Mythos’ capabilities are also sparking concern among federal officials. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell met with top bank CEOs in a closed-door meeting on Tuesday to discuss Mythos and other emerging cybersecurity risks stemming from AI. Anthropic also briefed senior U.S. government officials and key industry stakeholders on Mythos’s capabilities, CBS News has learned.

Separately, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in an interview set to air Sunday on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the world does not have the ability “to protect the international monetary system against massive cyber risks.”

“The risks have been growing exponentially,” Georgieva said. “Yes, we are concerned. We are very keen to see more attention to the guardrails that are necessary to protect financial stability in the world of AI.”

Anthropic didn’t return a request for comment. In its post, however, the company underscored the risks of misusing tools like Mythos. “The fallout — for economies, public safety, and national security — could be severe,” the company said.

The weakest link

Such stark warnings mask another troubling reality: Hackers already have access to advanced AI models and are using them for a range of malign purposes, including to create autonomous “agents” capable of carrying out attacks without human intervention.

Such attacks range from spreading malware and executing identity theft scams to producing deepfake videos and launching ransomware attacks, according to cybersecurity experts.

“AI-enabled tooling has empowered even low-skilled threat actors to execute high-speed, high-volume operations, whilst advanced adversaries are using AI to sharpen precision, scale automation and compress attack timelines,” PwC said in a recent report.

“The time between the public release of a new capability by an AI company and its weaponization by threat actors shrank dramatically [in 2025], a trend we assess will likely accelerate in 2026,” the management consulting firm added,

Other AI tools, while not yet as effective as Mythos in exposing the soft underbelly in software, are already amplifying the risks to consumers, businesses and governments. For instance, hackers are tapping AI to sharpen so-called phishing attacks aimed at prying loose confidential information, said Zach Lewis, the chief information officer at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis.

“It’s been used to really script those dialogues, those conversations, those phishing emails, to specific people — and really customize them to make them a lot more difficult to detect and identify if these are fake or not,” he told CBS News.

“Once [Mythos] drops, we’re going to see a lot more vulnerabilities, probably a lot more attacks,” Lewis said. “Cyberattacks are definitely going to increase until we get to a point where we’re patching up all those vulnerabilities almost in real time.”

AI is more effective than humans at finding software bugs because it can quickly scan thousands of lines of code and detect problems, something people are not necessarily good at, Knight explained.

“Humans are the weakest link in security,” Knight noted. “Humans have the ability to make mistakes when we’re writing code. It’s possible for vulnerabilities in source code to have never been found by humans.”

On brand for Anthropic?

Some security experts questioned the motives behind Anthropic’s incremental approach to rolling out Mythos, speculating that the limited release could be aimed at stirring intrest from other prospective customers.

Meanwhile, both Anthropic and rival OpenAI are expected to launch initial public offerings by the end of the year, according to the Wall Street Journal — a possible incentive to drum up headlines, said Peter Garraghan, founder and Chief Science Officer at Mindgard, an AI security platform.

“I suspect Anthropic may be using this as a marketing ploy, perhaps towards IPO,” he said.

Anthropic has sought to distinguish its brand from OpenAI and other rivals by publicly emphasizing AI safety, highlighting its guardrails for keeping the technology in line. Anthropic’s decision to hold off on releasing Mythos and launching Project Glasswing aligns with that image, noted Columbia Business School marketing lecturer Malek Ben Sliman.

“When facing the tough decisions, Anthropic has actually been true to its values,” he said. Curating the release of Mythos “does allow them to look to be the protectors of this responsible AI, but it also is a great marketing and advertising tool.”

US Democratic lawmaker Raskin seeks commission to oversee removal of presidents

2026-04-10 22:32:16 UTC / Reuters

By Richard Cowan

April 10, 2026 10:32 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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U.S. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security” on the day U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland told fellow House Democrats on Friday that he will introduce legislation creating a commission to facilitate the ​removal of any president deemed unable to carry out their duties, according ‌to a House Judiciary Committee spokeswoman.

A “Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office” bill was first introduced by Raskin, now the senior Democrat on the committee, in ​2020, when Donald Trump was in his first presidential term.

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In recent days, Democrats ​in Congress have begun talking about pushing for the impeachment of ⁠Trump, now in his second term, or trying to trigger the 25th Amendment of the ​U.S. Constitution, which provides the bare-bones process for taking away a president’s power in ​a procedure separate from impeachment.

Trump earlier this week caused widespread alarm and anger after he said “a whole civilization will die” in Iran unless its government agreed to allow ships to freely pass through ​the Strait of Hormuz. Shipping there has been interrupted following Trump’s decision to launch, ​along with Israel, a military attack on Iran that began on February 28.

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The Raskin legislation is ‌unlikely ⁠to advance in the Republican-controlled House, where Speaker Mike Johnson is a strong defender of Trump.

Republicans in the House and Senate have blocked Democrats’ moves to pass a separate resolution to end the Iran war that was never authorized by Congress.

The Raskin bill would ​create a 17-member bipartisan ​commission if it ⁠is determined that the president cannot perform the duties of the office because of physical disability or mental deficiency or because ​of drug or alcohol use or other conditions.

Trump was subjected to ​two impeachment ⁠proceedings during his first term, each of which ended with acquittal by the Republican-controlled Senate.

Since then, most Democrats have shied away from talking about impeachment. But Trump’s latest military ⁠foray in ​Iran and his failure to lay out clear ​objectives have emboldened many Democrats to begin talking about removing Trump from power – a strategy that is not ​necessarily embraced by all in the party caucus.

Reporting by Richard Cowan, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien

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