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    你提供的内容本身就是中文新闻稿件,不需要再次翻译。不过我注意到其中存在一处事实错误:日本现任首相是岸田文雄,高市早苗并未担任过日本首相职务。

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    印度总理莫迪将访印尼澳洲新西兰 加强与亚太地区关系

    2026年7月3日 22:21 / 联合早报

    7月3日,印度总理莫迪(右)在新德里海德拉巴宫会见日本首相高市早苗。 (法新社)

    印度外交部宣布,印度总理莫迪将于下周访问印度尼西亚、澳大利亚和新西兰,此行旨在加强与亚太地区的关系。

    外交部星期五(7月3日)称,莫迪将于星期一(6日)抵达印尼,随后前往澳洲,并于7月11日结束在新西兰的访问。

    路透社引述印度外交部高级官员坦登说,继莫迪近期访问毛里求斯和塞舌尔,以及日本首相高市早苗本周访问新德里之后,印度的关注重点“已转向印度洋东部海域以及我们在‘东向行动’框架下的合作”。

    访问期间,莫迪预计将会见印尼总统普拉博沃、澳洲总理阿尔巴尼斯和新西兰总理拉克森。

    新西兰总理拉克森星期五在声明中说:“莫迪总理的访问具有历史意义,这是40年来印度总理首次访问新西兰。”

    新西兰和印度今年4月签署一项自由贸易协定,最终将取消对100%印度商品和95%新西兰商品的关税。

  • 民主党参议院候选人在废除监狱网络研讨会上呼吁大规模释放罪犯


    埃尔赛义德与杀人犯和性犯罪者共同出席密歇根大学活动,该活动以#废除监狱#为话题标签

    2026年7月3日 美国东部时间上午8:00 / 福克斯新闻频道

    阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德出席废除监狱网络研讨会

    密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德2020年参加了一场网络研讨会,会上他讨论了自己支持释放囚犯的立场。(图片来源:YouTube/监狱国家项目——2020年9月4日)

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    福克斯新闻数字频道审核的录音显示,正在密歇根州竞选联邦参议员的民主党人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德曾表示,“我们需要投入资金”支持“一切旨在将人们从看守所和监狱中释放出来的行动”。

    2020年9月,埃尔赛义德与一名已定罪杀人犯和一名登记在案的性犯罪者共同出席了密歇根大学“监狱国家项目”主办的网络研讨会。会上他辩称,对罪犯的监禁是“社会未能解决真正问题”的体现,而解决这一问题的办法就是释放罪犯。

    埃尔赛义德的部分论点基于新冠疫情期间过度拥挤的监狱构成公共健康风险这一说法,但他同时支持在疫情结束后继续释放惩教机构中的在押人员。此番言论发表于“Defund the Police(撤资警察)”运动高潮时期,当时暴力犯罪率飙升,民主党主导的城市纷纷采取削减警察经费的举措。

    埃尔赛义德一直与独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯保持一致立场,是密歇根州民主党参议院初选中的热门候选人。在竞选活动中,他曾承诺如果当选,将对以色列持批评态度,并扩大福利项目。

    马姆丹尼支持的左翼人士在初选中获胜后,欲将纽约模式推广至全美

    2026年5月3日,佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯在底特律芒福德高中发表演讲后,与参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德合影。(莎拉·赖斯/盖蒂图片社)

    “社会在诸多方面未能解决真正的问题,却将警务和看守所作为应对所有这些失败的权宜之计,”埃尔赛义德在研讨会上对与会嘉宾说道,“我们的政策……本质上因为人们贫穷就将他们送入看守所……我们必须系统性地全盘考量这些问题,但任何旨在将人们从看守所和监狱中释放出来、并防止人们再次入狱的政策,都是我们现在就需要投入资金支持的政策……这不会随着疫情结束而终止。”

    本次网络研讨会的联合主办方之一美国贵格会服务委员会,以“与阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德探讨通往去监禁化和废除监狱之路”为主题宣传该活动,并使用#释放所有人#和#废除监狱#作为话题标签。

    《华盛顿自由灯塔报》率先报道了这些重新浮出水面的言论。据该报报道,埃尔赛义德当时与一名性犯罪者和一名被控二级谋杀的女性共同出席了活动。

    “当我受邀参加你所提到的这场网络研讨会时,我并不认识埃尔赛义德博士,现在也不认识,除了在电视上看到他的样子,”这名性犯罪者马丁·瓦尔加斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道,“我不关注他,也与他的政治竞选活动没有任何关联。”

    瓦尔加斯表示,他几乎可以肯定,埃尔赛义德在同意参加这场网络研讨会之前,并不了解他的前科。

    密歇根州参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德因哈梅内伊言论及与哈桑·皮克尔同台活动遭批评

    2026年2月21日,密歇根州参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德在密歇根州大急流城拍摄肖像照。(埃文·科布/《华盛顿邮报》盖蒂图片社)

    埃尔赛义德正激烈角逐民主党参议院初选,以获得密歇根州空缺席位的民主党提名,备战11月的大选。NOTUS新闻报道称,他被广泛视为三位主要候选人中立场最进步的一位,这引发了党内部分领导人对其竞选可行性的担忧。

    “阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德绝对无法在密歇根州的大选中获胜,”一名资深民主党战略家此前告诉福克斯新闻数字频道,“这位候选人多年来一直称警察是‘我们用来对付本国人民的常备军’,曾发帖十多次支持撤资警察,随后在决定参加全州范围竞选时删除了全部社交媒体历史,以为密歇根选民不会注意到这一点。他们会注意到的。迈克·罗杰斯也会注意到。”

    密歇根民主党参议院候选人称以色列与哈马斯“同样邪恶”

    2020年3月9日,在密歇根州罗姆鲁斯举行的新冠疫情公共卫生圆桌会议上,阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德医生发表讲话。身旁的佛蒙特州独立参议员、2020年总统竞选人伯尼·桑德斯未在画面中。(艾琳·柯克兰/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社)

    正如这名民主党战略家所暗示的那样,埃尔赛义德删除了其新冠疫情期间发布的支持撤资警察的社交媒体帖子。这一理念曾在民主党人中流行,如今却已极具争议性。

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    “我们最需要牢记的一点是,美国的看守所和警务系统就像人们用来修补所有其他失灵系统的‘胶带’,”埃尔赛义德在研讨会接近尾声时说道,“如果我们认真对待警务改革,或者重新思考警务模式,并解决大规模监禁体系的问题,那么我们就必须解决导致这些问题的所有根本性故障,对吧?正是这些问题催生了这种对无数人的生活极具腐蚀性的‘胶带’式解决方案。”

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    福克斯新闻数字频道联系埃尔赛义德的竞选团队置评,但未收到任何回复。

    Democratic senate candidate called for mass release of criminals during prison abolition webinar

    El-Sayed joined a murderer and sex offender at a University of Michigan event promoted with the #AbolishPrison hashtag

    July 3, 2026 8:00am EDT / Fox News

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    Michigan Democratic Senate Abdul El-Sayed joined a webinar in 2020 where he discussed his support for letting people out of prison. (Credit: YouTube/Carceral State Project – Sept. 4, 2020)

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    Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat running for Senate in Michigan, has stated that “​​we need to be investing” in “any and all efforts to get people out of jails and prisons,” in a recording reviewed by Fox News Digital.

    El-Sayed joined a convicted murderer and a registered sex offender in September 2020 to speak at a webinar hosted by the University of Michigan’s Carceral State Project where he argued that the incarceration of criminals was a sign that “society has failed to deal with real problems” and, to address this, criminals should be set free.

    While part of El-Sayed’s argument hinged on the notion that overcrowded prisons posed a public health risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, he endorsed continuing to let people out of correctional facilities even after the pandemic passed. His comments came at the height of the defund the police movement, when violent crime spiked and Democratic-led cities made moves to cut their police forces.

    El-Sayed, who has aligned himself with independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, is a leading candidate in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. On the campaign trail, he has promised to be critical of Israel and expand welfare programs if elected.

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    U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stands with Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed after speaking at Mumford High School on May 3, 2026, in Detroit.(Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

    “There are so many ways that society has failed to deal with real problems and has used policing and jails as a stopgap for all of these failures,” El-Sayed told the panel. “We’ve got policies … which basically force people into jail because they’re poor … we’ve got to think about all of them systematically but any and all efforts to get people out of jails and prisons and to keep people out of jails and prisons is policy that we need to be investing in particularly right now … this doesn’t end when the pandemic’s over.”

    The American Friends Service Committee, which was also involved in hosting the webinar, advertised it as an opportunity to discuss “the road to decarceration and abolition with Abdul El-Sayed,” using the hashtags #FreeThemAll and #AbolishPrison to promote the event.

    The Washington Free Beacon first reported on the resurfaced comments. El-Sayed appeared alongside a sex offender and a woman convicted of second-degree murder, according to the Free Beacon.

    “When I was asked to participate in the webinar you’re writing about I did not know Dr. El-Sayed and I still don’t, except for what I see on TV,” Martin Vargas, the sex offender, told Fox News Digital. “I don’t follow him nor am associated with his political campaign.”

    Vargas stated that he was almost certain El-Sayed was unaware of his past before agreeing to appear on the webinar.

    MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE ABDUL EL-SAYED TAKES HEAT FOR KHAMENEI COMMENTS, HASAN PIKER EVENT

    Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed poses for a portrait in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.(Evan Cobb for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

    El-Sayed is locked in a heated Democratic primary to win the Democratic nod to run for Michigan’s open Senate seat in November. He is widely viewed as the most progressive of the three major candidates, raising electability concerns with some leaders in the party, NOTUS reported.

    “Abdul El-Sayed cannot win a general election in Michigan, full stop,” a longtime Democratic strategist previously told Fox News Digital. “This is a candidate who spent years calling police ‘standing armies we deploy against our own people,’ posted more than a dozen times in support of defunding the police, and then deleted his entire social media history the moment he decided to run statewide, hoping Michigan voters wouldn’t notice. They will notice. And so will Mike Rogers.”

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    Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a coronavirus public health roundtable with Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont and 2020 presidential candidate, not pictured, in Romulus, Michigan, U.S., on Monday, March 9, 2020.(Erin Kirkland/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

    As alluded to by the Democratic strategist, El-Sayed deleted social media posts he made during the COVID-19 era in which he endorsed defunding the police, an idea once in vogue among Democrats that has since become far more controversial.

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    “The last thing we have to remember is that jails and policing in America are like the ‘duct tape’ that people bring out to fix all the other broken systems,” El-Sayed said near the end of the webinar. “If we’re serious about fixing policing and, or rethinking policing, and fixing the mass incarceration system then we’ve got to fix all the broken problems that lead to them, right, where we’re then applying the ‘duct tape’ that is so corrosive to the lives of so many people.”

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  • 《一项宏大而完美的法案》实施一周年:赢家与输家


    2026年7月3日 / 美国东部时间上午11:39 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻(CBS News)
    作者:梅根·塞鲁洛 记者,MoneyWatch栏目
    梅根·塞鲁洛是总部位于纽约的CBS MoneyWatch记者,报道小企业、职场、医疗保健、消费者支出和个人理财话题。她经常做客哥伦比亚广播公司新闻24小时频道讨论其报道内容。

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    距特朗普总统签署《一项宏大而完美的法案》(One Big Beautiful Bill Act)已近一年,这项具有里程碑意义的税收与支出法案的受益者与受损群体逐渐清晰。

    这项影响广泛的立法为数百万家庭和企业降低了税负,同时通过削减医疗补助(Medicaid)和食品券等项目的联邦开支来为这些减税措施提供资金。

    “特朗普总统的工薪家庭减税政策在提供短期经济救济的同时,也为长期经济增长奠定了基础,”白宫发言人库什·帕特尔在发给CBS新闻的邮件中谈及该法案时表示。该法案于2025年7月4日由特朗普签署生效。
    “收益不止于一次性的退税支票,其他条款比如全额设备费用抵扣,以及为小企业提供的永久性20%税收减免,将推动长期投资,进而创造就业岗位、提高薪资水平,”他补充道。

    共和党议员称赞该法案为中低收入家庭提供了税收减免,并减少了联邦项目中的浪费、欺诈和滥用行为。民主党则反驳称,该法案通过削减援助美国最弱势群体的项目资金,为这些减税措施提供资金,而他们表示其中许多减税政策惠及的是高收入家庭和企业。

    “两种情况都可能存在,”华盛顿两党政策中心(Bipartisan Policy Center)税收政策主任安德鲁·劳茨在接受CBS新闻采访时表示。许多减税政策“相当明确地瞄准了中产阶级纳税人。与此同时,该法案中有多项条款主要惠及富人。”

    实际上,《一项宏大而完美的法案》(OBBBA)的影响因收入、年龄、就业状况以及家庭是否依赖联邦援助项目而异。

    由于多项主要条款,包括新的医疗补助工作要求和针对学生贷款借款人的改革,要到2026年下半年或2027年才会生效,因此本次分析聚焦于该法案中已经对家庭、企业和联邦项目产生影响的部分。

    赢家:高收入家庭

    OBBBA最大的税收优惠之一是延长了2017年《减税与就业法案》中的条款,这是特朗普总统第一任期的标志性税收立法。如果没有OBBBA,这些2017年的减税政策将在2025年底到期,从今年开始推高许多家庭的税负。

    高收入家庭从中受益,因为该法案将最高个人所得税率永久维持在37%,而非允许其恢复至39.6%。根据无党派组织美国进步中心的数据,这主要影响美国前2%的纳税人,即年收入超过64万美元的个人以及年收入至少76.8万美元的已婚夫妇。

    OBBBA还通过提高州和地方税收抵扣限额使高收入家庭受益,该抵扣额从每年1万美元提高至4万美元。

    “事实上,最富有的1%人群有望在十年内从该法案中获得1万亿美元的减税额度,”无党派组织税收与经济政策研究所(ITEP)副主任乔恩·怀滕在接受CBS新闻采访时表示。

    赢家:企业

    企业是该法案的另一大受益者,OBBBA恢复并永久保留了针对短期资产投资的100%额外折旧政策。这使得企业能够立即抵扣多项投资的全部成本,而非在多年内逐步摊销,从而帮助企业降低税负。

    该法案还允许国内研发费用立即抵扣,这对企业来说是另一项利好,使它们能够减少应纳税收入。

    OBBBA“包含了一系列特殊补贴和税收减免政策,大幅削减了许多盈利丰厚的企业的税负,”ITEP的怀滕表示。“例如,亚马逊、Alphabet、Meta和特斯拉在2025年总共获得了高达510亿美元的税收减免,其中大部分来自这项新法案。”

    赢家:小费收入劳动者和加班费劳动者

    所谓的“小费不征税”条款旨在帮助服务员和美发师等小费收入劳动者保留更多收入,而“加班费不征税”政策也有着类似的目标。

    美国众议院筹款委员会(House Ways and Means Committee)今年5月表示,约有700万劳动者申请了“小费不征税”抵扣,2800万人申请了加班费抵扣。根据该国会小组的数据,在最近一个纳税年度,典型的抵扣额为小费7000美元、加班费3100美元。

    “多亏了特朗普总统的标志性条款,数千万工薪美国人的口袋里有了更多的钱,”白宫的帕特尔表示。

    赢家:老年人

    65岁以上的纳税人根据OBBBA获得了6000美元的额外抵扣额,不过受收入上限限制。例如,单身申报者收入超过7.5万美元时,该抵扣额开始逐步取消,收入超过17.5万美元则完全取消。

    众议院筹款委员会表示,今年约有3400万老年人申请了这项额外抵扣。

    赢家:为子女储蓄的家庭

    OBBBA设立了“特朗普账户”,这是一种新的税收优惠儿童投资账户,符合条件的新生儿可获得1000美元的财政部存款。

    从7月4日起,父母、雇主和其他个人可以为这些账户缴款,账户面向2025年1月1日至2028年12月31日期间出生的儿童开放。

    戴尔科技集团的迈克尔·戴尔和苏珊·戴尔还承诺,将为最多2500万名10岁以下、生活在家庭收入中位数低于15万美元地区的儿童每人提供250美元。

    美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特周四在接受CBS新闻记者凯利·奥格雷迪的独家采访时表示,截至目前已有超过600万美国人开设了特朗普账户。他还希望这些账户能帮助储蓄者树立长期投资理念,并利用复利效应——即随着时间推移,利息将在利息之上继续产生收益,实现财富的指数级增长。

    “我们希望他们真正理解长期复利的力量,”贝森特谈及参与该项目的家庭时表示。“所以我们希望他们明白,‘参与其中’是什么感觉。”

    输家:食品券(SNAP)领取者

    无党派政策研究机构城市研究所(Urban Institute)的税收专家普纳姆·古普塔表示,OBBBA对食品券项目(SNAP)做出了“前所未有的”修改。

    该法案对18至64岁的健全成年人施加了新的工作要求。此前,该规定仅适用于55岁以下的成年人。其他此前豁免的群体现在也必须满足工作要求,包括前寄养青年、退伍军人和无家可归者。

    未满足工作要求的个人仅有权获得三个月的食品券援助。不过,一些专家表示,工作要求最终将对受益者和经济有益。

    “数十年的研究表明,将工作激励与政府福利挂钩,比单纯的资金转移更能帮助家庭,”无党派组织卡托研究所(Cato Institute)税收政策研究主任亚当·米歇尔表示。“工作要求的积极影响甚至会通过改善子女的成长结果,延续到下一代。”

    城市研究所研究食品券等联邦政策对儿童和家庭福祉影响的希瑟·哈恩表示,食品券领取者并非唯一受OBBBA改革影响的群体。零售商也可能遭受损失。

    “随着食品券发放减少,零售商——尤其是严重依赖食品券销售的小型零售商——的收入将减少,”她说。

    负责为居民管理联邦资助项目的各州已于去年秋季开始推行工作要求。根据预算与政策优先中心的数据,自OBBBA签署生效以来,截至3月,食品券参与人数已减少超过400万,降幅达10%。

    此外,根据OBBBA,医疗补助参保者从2027年起将面临新的工作要求和更频繁的资格审查。城市研究所表示,这些变化预计将使医疗补助参保人数减少500万至1000万。

    输家:电动汽车和清洁能源企业

    OBBBA去年取消了联邦电动汽车税收优惠政策,同时终止了部分清洁能源税收抵免,比如屋顶太阳能和家庭能效抵免。

    咨询公司RSM表示,该法案还加速了部分清洁能源投资企业税收抵免的逐步取消,比如太阳能和风能项目。

    根据考克斯汽车公司的数据,自OBBBA取消电动汽车税收抵免以来,电动汽车销量大幅下滑,2026年迄今的销量较上年同期下降了22%。

    编辑:阿兰·谢尔特

    https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/a-look-at-snap-benefits-and-the-work-requirements-to-keep-them/

    The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is 1 year old. Here are the winners and losers.

    July 3, 2026 / 11:39 AM EDT / CBS News
    By Megan Cerullo Reporter, MoneyWatch
    Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.

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    Nearly one year after President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” the landmark tax and spending law’s winners and losers are coming into focus.

    The sweeping legislation lowered taxes for millions of households and businesses, while helping to pay for those tax cuts by cutting federal spending on programs such as Medicaid and food stamps.

    “President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cut is simultaneously delivering short-term economic relief while laying the groundwork for long-term economic growth,” White House spokesman Kush Patel said in an email to CBS News about the law, which was signed by Mr. Trump on July 4, 2025.

    “The benefits go beyond just a one-time tax refund check, with other provisions like full equipment expensing and a permanent 20% tax deduction for small businesses fueling long-term investment that will create jobs and raise wages,” he added.

    Republican lawmakers laud the legislation as providing tax relief for low- and middle-income families and reducing waste, fraud and abuse in federal programs. Democrats counter that the law is financing those tax cuts, many of which they say benefit high-income families and corporations, by cutting programs that aid the most vulnerable Americans.

    “Both can be true,” Andrew Lautz, the director of tax policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, D.C., think tank, told CBS News. Many of the tax cuts “are pretty squarely targeted at middle-class taxpayers. At the same time, there are many provisions in this bill that primarily benefit the wealthy.”

    In practice, the impact of the OBBBA varies by income, age, employment status, and whether a household relies on federal aid programs.

    Because several major provisions, including new Medicaid work requirements and changes affecting student loan borrowers, don’t take effect until the second half of 2026 or in 2027, this analysis focuses on the parts of the law that are already affecting households, businesses and federal programs.

    Winners: High-income households

    One of the OBBBA’s biggest tax benefits was the extension of provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the signature tax legislation of President Trump’s first term. Without the OBBBA, those 2017 tax cuts would have expired at the end of 2025, pushing up taxes for many households starting this year.

    Higher-income households benefited because the law permanently preserved the top individual tax rate at 37%, rather than allowing it to revert to 39.6%. That mostly affects the top 2% of U.S. taxpayers, or individuals earning over $640,000 and married couples with at least $768,000 in annual income, according to the nonpartisan Center for American Progress.

    The OBBB also benefited high-income households by increasing the state and local tax deduction, which the law raised from $10,000 to $40,000 a year.

    “The top 1%, in fact, are in line to get $1 trillion in tax cuts from the law over a decade,” Jon Whiten, deputy director of the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, or ITEP, told CBS News.

    Winners: Corporations

    Corporations are another big beneficiary of the bill, with the OBBBA restoring and making permanent 100% bonus depreciation for short-lived asset investments. That helps companies lower their tax bills by enabling them to immediately deduct the full cost of many investments, rather than writing them off over several years.

    The law also made domestic research and development expenses immediately deductible, another boon to businesses that allows them to reduce their taxable income.

    The OBBBA “included a potpourri of special subsidies and tax breaks that have slashed the tax bills of many hugely profitable corporations,” Whiten of ITEP said. “For example, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Tesla together took home an astonishing $51 billion in tax breaks in 2025, much of it from the new law.”

    Winners: Tipped and overtime workers

    The so-called “no tax on tips” provision was aimed at helping tipped workers like waiters and hairdressers keep more of their income, while the “no tax on overtime” has a similar goal.

    About 7 million workers claimed the “no tax on tips” deduction, while 28 million people claimed the overtime deduction, the House Ways and Means Committee said in May. The typical deduction in the most recent tax year was $7,000 for tips and $3,100 for overtime, according to the congressional panel.

    “Tens of millions of working-class Americans have more money in their pockets thanks to President Trump’s signature provisions,” Patel of the White House said.

    Winners: Senior citizens

    Taxpayers over age 65 received a $6,000 bonus deduction under the OBBBA, subject to income limits. For instance, the deduction begins to phase out for single filers with incomes over $75,000 and is fully phased out for those earning above $175,000.

    About 34 million seniors claimed the extra deduction this year, according to the House Ways and Means Committee.

    Winners: Families saving money for their kids

    The OBBBA created Trump Accounts, a new tax-advantaged investment account for children that includes a $1,000 Treasury deposit for eligible newborns.

    Beginning July 4, parents, employers and others may contribute to the accounts, which are available to children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028.

    Michael and Susan Dell of Dell Technologies have also pledged to give $250 to each of up to 25 million children who are under 10 and live in areas with median incomes below $150,000.

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CBS News’ Kelly O’Grady in an exclusive interview Thursday that so far more than 6 million Americans have opened Trump Accounts. He also hopes they help teach savers to take a long-term investing approach and to take advantage of the compounding effect, which means you are earning interest on the interest over time, growing your wealth exponentially.

    “We want them to really understand the power of long-term compounding,” Bessent said of the families who participate in the program. “So what we want them to understand is, what does a piece of the action feel like?”

    Losers: SNAP recipients

    The OBBBA made “unprecedented” changes to SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, according to Poonam Gupta, a tax expert with the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan policy research group.

    The law imposed new work requirements on able-bodied adults aged 18 to 64. Previously, the rule only applied to adults under 55. Other groups that were previously exempt must also now meet the work requirement, including former foster youth, veterans and people experiencing homelessness.

    Individuals who don’t satisfy the work requirement are only entitled to three months of SNAP aid. Still, some experts say the work requirements will ultimately prove helpful to beneficiaries and the economy.

    “Decades of research show attaching work incentives to government benefits helps families more than the transfer alone,” said Adam Michel, director of tax policy studies at the nonpartisan Cato Institute. “The positive effects of work requirements even carry into the next generation through improved outcomes for the kids.”

    SNAP recipients aren’t the only parties affected by OBBBA’s changes. Retailers also could be losing out, according to the Urban Institute’s Heather Hahn, who researches the effects of federal policies such as SNAP on the well-being of children and families.

    “With fewer SNAP benefits going out, retailers, especially smaller ones, which depend a lot on sales from SNAP benefits, will see less revenue,” she said.

    States, which administer the federally funded program to their residents, started rolling out the work requirements last fall. Since the OBBBA was signed into law, SNAP participation has dropped by more than 4 million people, or 10%, through March, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

    Separately, Medicaid enrollees will face new work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks beginning in 2027 under the OBBBA. Those changes are expected to reduce Medicaid enrollment by between 5 million and 10 million people, according to the Urban Institute.

    Losers: EV and clean energy businesses

    The OBBBA ended federal tax incentives for electric vehicles last year and also sunset some clean energy credits, such as rooftop solar and home efficiency credits.

    The law also accelerated the phaseouts for some corporate tax credits for clean energy investments, such as in solar and wind energy, according to consulting firm RSM.

    EV sales have fallen sharply since the OBBBA ended the tax credits for the vehicles, with sales down 22% so far in 2026 compared with a year earlier, according to Cox Automotive.

    Edited by Alain Sherter

    https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/a-look-at-snap-benefits-and-the-work-requirements-to-keep-them/

  • 英国据悉争取参加欧盟部分会议 引发不满


    2026年7月3日 22:45 / 联合早报

    2026年6月23日为英国脱欧公民投票10周年纪念日。图为2016年9月3日,在伦敦举行的“支持欧洲游行”抗议活动中,人们挥舞着欧盟旗帜,反对英国脱欧公投。 (法新社)

    随着双方试图重塑英国脱欧后的关系,英国正争取参与部分欧洲联盟会议,这一举动在欧洲大陆引发不满。

    知情人士称,英国尤其希望加入负责细化农业和食品标准,以及欧盟碳市场和电力市场规则的委员会。这些都是伦敦正试图与欧洲大陆规则接轨的领域。

    彭博社引述知情人士称,这一提议已导致英国与欧盟之间出现摩擦。欧盟执行机构欧洲委员会在与成员国的一次会议上强调,根据现行安排,英国无权参与此类会议。因相关讨论未公开而不愿具名的知情人士说,多个国家也反对让英国以任何形式参与欧盟决策过程。

    不过,委员会补充说,将考虑允许英国官员参加部分专家层级会议并作出贡献,这是欧盟也会向其他关系密切的经济伙伴提供的安排。一些国家对此持开放态度。

    委员会发言人拒绝就谈判发表评论,但表示“欧盟和英国是亲密的伙伴和盟友”。英国政府发言人同样拒绝就讨论情况发表评论。

    英国据悉争取参加欧盟部分会议 引发不满

    2026年7月3日 22:45 / 联合早报

    2026年6月23日为英国脱欧公民投票10周年纪念日。图为2016年9月3日,在伦敦举行的“支持欧洲游行”抗议活动中,人们挥舞着欧盟旗帜,反对英国脱欧公投。 (法新社)

    随着双方试图重塑英国脱欧后的关系,英国正争取参与部分欧洲联盟会议,这一举动在欧洲大陆引发不满。

    知情人士称,英国尤其希望加入负责细化农业和食品标准,以及欧盟碳市场和电力市场规则的委员会。这些都是伦敦正试图与欧洲大陆规则接轨的领域。

    彭博社引述知情人士称,这一提议已导致英国与欧盟之间出现摩擦。欧盟执行机构欧洲委员会在与成员国的一次会议上强调,根据现行安排,英国无权参与此类会议。因相关讨论未公开而不愿具名的知情人士说,多个国家也反对让英国以任何形式参与欧盟决策过程。

    不过,委员会补充说,将考虑允许英国官员参加部分专家层级会议并作出贡献,这是欧盟也会向其他关系密切的经济伙伴提供的安排。一些国家对此持开放态度。

    委员会发言人拒绝就谈判发表评论,但表示“欧盟和英国是亲密的伙伴和盟友”。英国政府发言人同样拒绝就讨论情况发表评论。

  • 英国据悉争取参加欧盟部分会议 引发不满


    2026年7月3日 22:45 / 联合早报

    2026年6月23日为英国脱欧公民投票10周年纪念日。图为2016年9月3日,在伦敦举行的“支持欧洲游行”抗议活动中,人们挥舞着欧盟旗帜,反对英国脱欧公投。 (法新社)

    随着双方试图重塑英国脱欧后的关系,英国正争取参与部分欧洲联盟会议,这一举动在欧洲大陆引发不满。

    知情人士称,英国尤其希望加入负责细化农业和食品标准,以及欧盟碳市场和电力市场规则的委员会。这些都是伦敦正试图与欧洲大陆规则接轨的领域。

    彭博社引述知情人士称,这一提议已导致英国与欧盟之间出现摩擦。欧盟执行机构欧洲委员会在与成员国的一次会议上强调,根据现行安排,英国无权参与此类会议。因相关讨论未公开而不愿具名的知情人士说,多个国家也反对让英国以任何形式参与欧盟决策过程。

    不过,委员会补充说,将考虑允许英国官员参加部分专家层级会议并作出贡献,这是欧盟也会向其他关系密切的经济伙伴提供的安排。一些国家对此持开放态度。

    委员会发言人拒绝就谈判发表评论,但表示“欧盟和英国是亲密的伙伴和盟友”。英国政府发言人同样拒绝就讨论情况发表评论。

    英国据悉争取参加欧盟部分会议 引发不满

    2026年7月3日 22:45 / 联合早报

    2026年6月23日为英国脱欧公民投票10周年纪念日。图为2016年9月3日,在伦敦举行的“支持欧洲游行”抗议活动中,人们挥舞着欧盟旗帜,反对英国脱欧公投。 (法新社)

    随着双方试图重塑英国脱欧后的关系,英国正争取参与部分欧洲联盟会议,这一举动在欧洲大陆引发不满。

    知情人士称,英国尤其希望加入负责细化农业和食品标准,以及欧盟碳市场和电力市场规则的委员会。这些都是伦敦正试图与欧洲大陆规则接轨的领域。

    彭博社引述知情人士称,这一提议已导致英国与欧盟之间出现摩擦。欧盟执行机构欧洲委员会在与成员国的一次会议上强调,根据现行安排,英国无权参与此类会议。因相关讨论未公开而不愿具名的知情人士说,多个国家也反对让英国以任何形式参与欧盟决策过程。

    不过,委员会补充说,将考虑允许英国官员参加部分专家层级会议并作出贡献,这是欧盟也会向其他关系密切的经济伙伴提供的安排。一些国家对此持开放态度。

    委员会发言人拒绝就谈判发表评论,但表示“欧盟和英国是亲密的伙伴和盟友”。英国政府发言人同样拒绝就讨论情况发表评论。

  • 美国官员曾试图警告伊朗,担忧以色列会刺杀调停人员


    2026-07-03T13:54:40.974Z / 美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)

    作者:凯文·利普塔克、凯蒂·博·利利斯、阿莱娜·特里内

    发布于 2026年7月3日 美国东部时间上午9:54

    图片 伊朗议会议长穆罕默德·巴盖尔·加利巴夫于6月21日抵达瑞士奥贝伦的贝尔根斯托克度假村。
    厄斯·弗勒勒/泳池/法新社/盖蒂图片社

    两名美国官员透露,美国官员曾试图警告伊朗,他们担忧以色列会在今年春季的谈判期间刺杀调停人员。

    这些官员表示,美国担心以色列可能会刺杀伊朗议会议长穆罕默德·巴盖尔·加利巴夫——他正带领与美国的谈判——或是外交部长阿巴斯·阿拉克奇,后者也是谈判的公开代表之一。官员们称,相关警告是通过中间人传达的。

    《纽约时报》最先报道了此次警告事件。

    截至周五,尚无直接迹象表明美国情报部门掌握了促使美国发出该警告的具体暗杀阴谋。以色列最高国防官员曾公开表示耶路撒冷有刺杀伊朗高级领导人的意图,而唐纳德·特朗普总统过去也曾明确表示,这些行动正让谈判变得更加复杂。

    今年3月,他拒绝向记者透露美国正在伊朗与哪些人进行谈判,称“我不想让他们被杀害”。
    “你知道,这有点棘手,”他说道,“他们已经把所有人都除掉了。”

    以色列驻华盛顿大使馆的一名发言人拒绝置评。CNN已联系白宫征求评论。

    特朗普与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡在对伊朗战争问题上偶尔会爆发激烈分歧:内塔尼亚胡对持续进行的谈判感到不满,而特朗普则认为他的以色列对手过于急于破坏刚刚起步的和平进程。

    据两名知情人士透露,在6月的一次尤为激烈的通话中,特朗普用脏话表达了对以色列计划在黎巴嫩开展军事行动的不满。一名美国官员称,特朗普政府还一直在密切监视以色列的间谍网络,该网络近几个月来加强了针对伊朗和美国官员的情报搜集与间谍活动。

    相关报道 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡。盖蒂图片社 特朗普与内塔尼亚胡在伊朗战争未来问题上产生分歧,紧张通话持续5分钟阅读

    在战争初期,以色列刺杀了伊朗数十名高级政治和宗教领导人,包括伊朗最高领袖,以及或许对潜在谈判而言更为关键的伊朗前最高国家安全官员阿里·拉里贾尼。

    但随着事实表明该行动并未成功在德黑兰扶植新政权,特朗普政府似乎已放弃支持这一策略,转而寻求与伊朗进行谈判。

    如果加利巴夫或阿拉克奇遇刺,可能会破坏本就脆弱的谈判——即便到现在,谈判的未来仍不明朗。

    尽管美国和伊朗已签署为期60天停火的谅解备忘录,但该协议将最棘手的问题——比如伊朗核库存的命运——留待后续谈判讨论。即便有了这项60天停火协议,伊朗仍在霍尔木兹海峡袭击船只,美国也以空袭伊朗目标作为报复。

    CNN的奥伦·利伯尔曼对本文亦有贡献。

    US officials attempted to warn Iran of fears that Israel would assassinate mediators

    2026-07-03T13:54:40.974Z / CNN

    By Kevin Liptak, Katie Bo Lillis, Alayna Treene

    PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2026, 9:54 AM ET

    Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrives at the Burgenstock resort in Obbuergen, Swtizerland, on June 21.

    Urs Flueeler/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

    US officials attempted to warn Iran of fears they had that Israel would assassinate meditators during talks this spring, two US officials said.

    The officials said the US worried that Israel might assassinate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Iranian parliamentary speaker who is leading negotiations with the US, or Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who has also been a public face of the talks. The warnings were communicated through intermediaries, the officials said.

    The New York Times first reported on the warnings.

    There were no immediate indications on Friday that US intelligence had knowledge of a specific plot that prompted the warning. The top Israeli defense official has been public about Jerusalem’s desire to kill senior Iranian leaders, and President Donald Trump has in the past made clear that those efforts were complicating negotiations.

    In March, he declined to tell reporters who in Iran the US was negotiating with because “I don’t want them to be killed.”

    “You know, it’s a little tough,” he said. “They’ve wiped out everybody.”

    A spokeswoman for the Israeli embassy in Washington declined to comment. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.

    Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have at times had intense disagreements on the war with Iran, with Netanyahu frustrated by the ongoing negotiations and Trump believing his Israeli counterpart is too eager to upend a nascent peace.

    In one particularly heated exchange in June, Trump used expletives to convey his disapproval of a planned military operation in Lebanon by Israel, according to two people familiar with the conversation. Trump officials have also been closely watching Israel’s spying network, which has ramped up its intelligence and spying on Iranian and US officials in recent months, a US official said.

    Related article US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Getty Images Trump and Netanyahu diverge on Iran war’s future in tense phone call 5 min read

    In the early days of the war, Israel assassinated scores of top political and religious leaders in the country, including the country’s supreme leader and, perhaps even more significantly for potential negotiations, its top national security official, Ali Larijani.

    But as it became clear that the campaign was not successfully ushering in a new regime in Tehran, the Trump administration appears to have backed away from supporting that strategy in favor of negotiations with Iran.

    Targeting Ghalibaf or Araghchi might have upended very tenuous talks — the future of which is uncertain even now.

    While the US and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding calling for a 60-day ceasefire, the agreement leaves the thorniest issues — like the fate of Iran’s nuclear stockpile — for later talks. And even with the 60-day agreement in place, Iran has fired on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and the US has retaliated with strikes on Iranian targets.

    CNN’s Oren Liebermann contributed to this report.

  • 欧洲逾三分之二人口 6月经历35摄氏度以上高温


    2026年7月3日 23:11 / 联合早报

    6月20日,游客在意大利首都罗马的斗兽场外顶着烈日排队。 (路透社)

    据法新社分析,在6月15日至30日的热浪期间,三分之二以上的欧洲人经历了35摄氏度以上高温。

    此次热浪影响了欧洲约4亿1000万人口,在2003年8月1日至17日创纪录的热浪期间,受影响的人口约为3亿2000万。

    法新社利用欧洲干旱观测站的每日最高气温数据和联合研究中心的人口数据进行了计算。

    今年的热浪导致多个欧洲国家数千人死亡,学校停课,音乐节取消,并引发了关于政府是否应该鼓励更广泛地使用空调的政治争论。

    6月的热浪影响的地区从伊比利亚半岛(Iberian Peninsula)、经巴尔干半岛(Balkans)和德国,延伸至乌克兰,这期间,法国本土几乎所有人口以及西班牙和意大利两国总人口的四分之三以上都经历了35摄氏度以上的高温。

    据法新社对欧洲天文台数据的分析显示,西班牙加泰罗尼亚自治区莱里达市(Lleida)周边地区的气温连续至少16天在35摄氏度以上。

    欧洲逾三分之二人口 6月经历35摄氏度以上高温

    2026年7月3日 23:11 / 联合早报

    6月20日,游客在意大利首都罗马的斗兽场外顶着烈日排队。 (路透社)

    据法新社分析,在6月15日至30日的热浪期间,三分之二以上的欧洲人经历了35摄氏度以上高温。

    此次热浪影响了欧洲约4亿1000万人口,在2003年8月1日至17日创纪录的热浪期间,受影响的人口约为3亿2000万。

    法新社利用欧洲干旱观测站的每日最高气温数据和联合研究中心的人口数据进行了计算。

    今年的热浪导致多个欧洲国家数千人死亡,学校停课,音乐节取消,并引发了关于政府是否应该鼓励更广泛地使用空调的政治争论。

    6月的热浪影响的地区从伊比利亚半岛(Iberian Peninsula)、经巴尔干半岛(Balkans)和德国,延伸至乌克兰,这期间,法国本土几乎所有人口以及西班牙和意大利两国总人口的四分之三以上都经历了35摄氏度以上的高温。

    据法新社对欧洲天文台数据的分析显示,西班牙加泰罗尼亚自治区莱里达市(Lleida)周边地区的气温连续至少16天在35摄氏度以上。

  • 欧洲逾三分之二人口 6月经历35摄氏度以上高温


    2026年7月3日 23:11 / 联合早报

    6月20日,游客在意大利首都罗马的斗兽场外顶着烈日排队。 (路透社)

    据法新社分析,在6月15日至30日的热浪期间,三分之二以上的欧洲人经历了35摄氏度以上高温。

    此次热浪影响了欧洲约4亿1000万人口,在2003年8月1日至17日创纪录的热浪期间,受影响的人口约为3亿2000万。

    法新社利用欧洲干旱观测站的每日最高气温数据和联合研究中心的人口数据进行了计算。

    今年的热浪导致多个欧洲国家数千人死亡,学校停课,音乐节取消,并引发了关于政府是否应该鼓励更广泛地使用空调的政治争论。

    6月的热浪影响的地区从伊比利亚半岛(Iberian Peninsula)、经巴尔干半岛(Balkans)和德国,延伸至乌克兰,这期间,法国本土几乎所有人口以及西班牙和意大利两国总人口的四分之三以上都经历了35摄氏度以上的高温。

    据法新社对欧洲天文台数据的分析显示,西班牙加泰罗尼亚自治区莱里达市(Lleida)周边地区的气温连续至少16天在35摄氏度以上。

    欧洲逾三分之二人口 6月经历35摄氏度以上高温

    2026年7月3日 23:11 / 联合早报

    6月20日,游客在意大利首都罗马的斗兽场外顶着烈日排队。 (路透社)

    据法新社分析,在6月15日至30日的热浪期间,三分之二以上的欧洲人经历了35摄氏度以上高温。

    此次热浪影响了欧洲约4亿1000万人口,在2003年8月1日至17日创纪录的热浪期间,受影响的人口约为3亿2000万。

    法新社利用欧洲干旱观测站的每日最高气温数据和联合研究中心的人口数据进行了计算。

    今年的热浪导致多个欧洲国家数千人死亡,学校停课,音乐节取消,并引发了关于政府是否应该鼓励更广泛地使用空调的政治争论。

    6月的热浪影响的地区从伊比利亚半岛(Iberian Peninsula)、经巴尔干半岛(Balkans)和德国,延伸至乌克兰,这期间,法国本土几乎所有人口以及西班牙和意大利两国总人口的四分之三以上都经历了35摄氏度以上的高温。

    据法新社对欧洲天文台数据的分析显示,西班牙加泰罗尼亚自治区莱里达市(Lleida)周边地区的气温连续至少16天在35摄氏度以上。

  • 特朗普政府解雇的最高将领批评将军队用于政治任务


    2026-07-03T14:45:34.735Z / 美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)

    作者:卡尼塔·艾耶
    48分钟前发布
    发布于2026年7月3日,美国东部时间上午10:45

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    去年被国防部长皮特·赫格斯解雇的美国前最高将领在周五发表的一篇专栏文章中批评了将军队用于政治任务的做法,矛头直指特朗普政府部署军队镇压大城市犯罪的行动。

    “(当)总统将武装部队用于更具政治争议的任务时,比如处理城市内的犯罪问题,军队的工作就会变得更加棘手,”前参谋长联席会议主席查尔斯·Q·布朗 Jr. 在《外交事务》杂志与另外两位作者一同撰写的文章中写道,他们分别是杜克大学政治学教授彼得·费弗和北卡罗来纳州律师安德鲁·克拉吉。

    “诉诸军事解决方案而非解决民用机构本身存在的能力不足或功能失调问题,会让军队偏离其核心的作战任务,”三位作者继续写道。“而且……军队的职责不是将共和国从政治僵局中拯救出来。事实上,如果你对军队要求过高,就会危及整个事业。”

    布朗是退役空军将领,也是第二位担任美国最高军职的黑人,他与当时担任海军作战部长、首位进入参谋长联席会议的女性海军上将丽莎·弗朗切蒂于2025年2月被解职。此举正值政府在军队和整个政府范围内禁止多元化与包容性举措之际。

    在上周的阿斯彭思想节上,布朗还对政府解雇五角大楼官员的做法表示担忧,他表示:“现在开始出现的情况与功绩无关。”

    “我们必须明白,所有被解职的人都经验丰富,我担心的是这会对仍在服役的人员产生影响,”布朗说道。“他们未来在职业生涯中还能获得公平的晋升机会吗?”

    这篇《外交事务》的文章并未直接批评总统唐纳德·特朗普或现任政府中的任何人。在一句话中,作者提到特朗普和前总统乔·拜登都“曾寄望于军队在应对新冠疫情中发挥主导作用”。

    但文章提及了特朗普政府的某些行动。自特朗普再次就职以来,他在赫格斯的协助下扩大了军队的使用范围。去年,该政府部署了数千名国民警卫队队员和数百名海军陆战队队员,以镇压包括华盛顿特区和洛杉矶在内的大城市的犯罪活动。

    周四,赫格斯在有抗议者的场合称赞了国民警卫队在华盛顿的工作,并称抗议者为“忘恩负义之徒”。

    “他们看不到眼前的法治和常识,这个群体没有任何意识形态色彩,这项行动也没有任何政治目的,”赫格斯说道。“所有美国人都理应享有法治。”

    在周五发表的专栏文章中,布朗和他的合著者还谈到了正在进行的美国建国250周年庆祝活动,以及爱国主义的意义。

    “爱国主义意味着认可美国建国时的承诺、过去的进步以及共同未来的潜力,”三位作者写道。

    “为超越自身的事业服务——这一在军事训练中培养的美德,对所有人都开放,无论他们是否身着军装,”他们继续写道。“无论大小,美国人都可以将这个250周年的里程碑视为一个时刻,重振我们的开国者在宣布独立时所倡导的国家相互依存精神。”

    美国有线电视新闻网的奥伦·利伯曼和黑利·布里茨基为本报道贡献了内容。

    Top general fired by Trump administration criticizes use of military for political missions

    2026-07-03T14:45:34.735Z / CNN

    By Kaanita Iyer

    48 min ago

    PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2026, 10:45 AM ET

    Charles Q. Brown Jr. arrives for a press conference following a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon on May 20, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia.

    Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

    The former top US general whom Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired last year criticized the use of the military for political missions in an op-ed published Friday, pointing to the Trump administration’s deployment of troops to clamp down on crime in major cities.

    “(W)hen presidents use the armed forces for more politically contentious missions, such as addressing domestic crime in cities, the work of the military becomes more fraught,” former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown wrote in Foreign Affairs, along with two other authors: Duke political science professor Peter Feaver and North Carolina lawyer Andrew Kragie.

    “Resorting to a military solution rather than fixing the underlying incapacity or dysfunction in civilian institutions diverts the military from focusing on its primary combat mission,” the authors continued. “And … it is not the military’s job to save the republic from political impasses. Indeed, if you ask too much of the military, you risk the entire enterprise.”

    Brown, a retired Air Force general and the second Black man to serve as America’s most senior general, was fired in February 2025, along with Admiral Lisa Franchetti, who was then the chief of the Navy and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The move came as the administration has banned diversity and inclusion efforts across the military and government more generally.

    At the Aspen Ideas Festival last week, Brown also expressed concerns over the administration’s firings of Pentagon officials, saying, “What’s starting to happen now is not about merit.”

    “It’s important we understand that all these people that are being removed are very well experienced and my concern is that the impact it has on those that are still continuing to serve,” Brown said. “Are they going to have a fair opportunity to advance in their career going forth?”

    The Foreign Affairs article did not directly criticize President Donald Trump or anyone in the current government. In one sentence, the authors mentioned both Trump and former President Joe Biden as having “looked to the military to play a leading role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

    But it referred to certain actions carried out by the Trump administration. Since Trump’s return to office, he has expanded the use of the military with the help of Hegseth. Last year, the administration deployed thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines, to crack down on crime in major cities, including Washington, DC, and Los Angeles.

    On Thursday, Hegseth touted the work of the National Guard in Washington amid protesters, whom he called “ingrates.”

    “They can’t see law and order and common sense in front of them, that there’s nothing ideological about this group, there’s nothing political about this exercise,” Hegseth said. “Law and order is something all Americans deserve.”

    In the op-ed published Friday, Brown and his co-authors also addressed the ongoing celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary and what it means to be patriotic.

    “Patriotism means recognizing the promise of America’s founding, the progress of its past, and the potential of a shared future,” the authors wrote.

    “Service to a cause greater than oneself, a virtue cultivated in military training, is accessible to all regardless of whether they wear the uniform,” they continued. “In ways big and small, Americans can recognize this milestone of 250 years as a moment to rejuvenate the national interdependence that our founders proclaimed along with independence.”

    CNN’s Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky contributed to this report.

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    前所未有 比利时6月热浪致死亡人数激增39%

    2026年7月3日 23:22 / 联合早报

    6月28日夜间,布鲁塞尔遭遇强风暴袭击。此前数日,比利时持续高温,气温达40摄氏度。 (法新社)

    比利时卫生部的数据显示,在6月18日至29日期间,受酷热天气席卷欧洲大部分地区的影响,比利时的死亡人数比正常水平高出39%。

    根据联邦卫生部星期五(7月3日)发布的初步数据,比利时在此期间新增死亡数字1222人,其中近一半是85岁及以上的老年人。

    法新社引述卫生部声明说:“在我国,热浪期间出现如此高的超额死亡率是前所未有的。”声明指出,比利时经历了“七天30摄氏度以上的高温天气”,以及“异常”温暖的夜晚。

    超额死亡人数的峰值出现在星期六(6月27日)。

    此前一天,比利时大部分地区发布了橙色或红色高温预警,促使当局取消一系列活动,包括滑铁卢战役的情景再现活动。

    虽然比利时官方数据并未打破6月份的气温纪录,但首都布鲁塞尔连续数日气温高达35摄氏度,局部地区气温甚至攀升至38至40摄氏度之间。