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Mamdani comparisons follow Colorado Democrat into pivotal House race after primary win

June 30, 2026 9:56pm EDT / Fox News

Republicans hold the House by a slim majority, and Evans won the seat in 2024 by just 0.8%

By Leo Briceno, Fox News

Socialist Dems deepening party’s divide amid 2026 primaries

Tiffany Smiley and Richard Fowler discuss the rise of socialism in the Democratic Party, focusing on Colorado primaries and candidates aligned with Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). They address how candidates aligned with DSA impact the party’s unity and whether their policies contribute to crime spikes in blue cities.

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Manny Rutinel, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, won a primary race on Tuesday evening, securing his party’s bid to challenge incumbent Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo.

Rutinel, a member of the state’s House of Representatives, faces one of the country’s most competitive races that could help decide the balance of power in Washington, D.C., where Republicans hold a governing trifecta across the House, Senate and Oval Office.

Democrats see seats like this district as a prime opportunity to pry away the GOP’s narrow grip on the House, where they have a slim majority.

Evans, the current seat holder, won the election in 2024 by just 0.8%.

REPUBLICAN GABE EVANS WINS COLORADO’S 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, BEATING INCUMBENT YADIRA CARAVEO

Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., speaks during the Congressional Hispanic Conference press conference at the U.S. Capitol on March 25, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images)

Rutinel, a former state legislator, has pitched himself as a Democrat ready to protect government programs against GOP cuts and protect minorities against government overreach.

On his website, he lists protecting Social Security and Medicaid, expanding tax credits, ending Trump’s immigration crackdown, and lowering housing costs among his top priorities.

“I was raised on Medicaid. It’s deeply personal for me and now Donald Trump and Gabe Evans are trying to destroy it to give tax breaks to their billionaire buddies,” Rutinel said in a campaign video posted to Instagram.

“I’m afraid of Donald Trump continuing to destroy our democracy and our economy and making life impossible for working people and Latino immigrants across the country.”

REPUBLICANS TARGET 2 KEY DEMOCRATIC RACES WITH MAMDANI CONNECTION STRATEGY

Rep. Manny Rutinel, democratic candidate for the 8th Congressional District, poses for a portrait at the house Chamber of Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado on Friday, February 20, 2026.(Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Because his platform includes elements like expanding taxes on the rich and universal healthcare, Republicans have made efforts to paint Rutinel as in the same vein as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

“Those policies may sell in New York, but Coloradans aren’t buying it,” a spokesperson for Gabe Evans told Fox News Digital when asked about the similarities back in November.

Evan’s campaign echoed that thinking in its reaction to Rutinel’s win on Tuesday evening.

“Democrats have chosen a far-left, radical socialist, Mamdani-wanna-be extremist — someone who supports eliminating oil and gas, defunding law enforcement, calling farmers and ranchers horrific and threatening the industries that power our economy. As a former cop, Army veteran, grandson of Mexican immigrants, husband, father and the proud Representative of this district, I’ll continue fighting to protect and uplift Colorado’s hardworking families while keeping our communities safe and our economy strong,” Evans said in a statement.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) also issued a statement on Tuesday evening.

“The socialist takeover of the Democrat Party is no longer confined to deep-blue strongholds. The radicals are taking over battleground districts, putting must-win seats out of reach for Democrats and sinking their chances of flipping the House,” Mike Marinella, a spokesperson for the NRCC said.

Moreover, the Congressional Leadership Fund, an arm of the House Republican fundraising apparatus, highlighted a video posted to Instagram of a Mamdani campaign rally, offering it as proof that Rutinel belongs in the same bucket as Mamdani.

The video briefly shows someone who appears to be Rutinel standing behind Mamdani.

SCOOP: HOUSE REPUBLICANS LINK MAYOR-ELECT MAMDANI TO VULNERABLE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a primary-night watch party for NYC Congressional candidate Claire Valdez at 99 Scott Studio on June 23, 2026 in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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“What does the CO-08 race have in common with the NYC Mayoral Race? Democrat Manny Rutinel is campaigning in both,” CLF pointed out in one of its ads.

Having secured his party’s nomination, Rutinel will face off against Evans in the general election on Nov. 3.

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.

国民党立委提案加码500亿新台币采购美无人机

2026年7月1日 09:01 / 新明日报

台湾在野的国民党立法院党团提出无人机采购条例草案后，蓝委再推出两项旨在推动无人机产业升级的草案，其中包括加码编列500亿元（新台币，下同，约20亿新元）预算向美国采购无人机，并要求技术转移。

综合台湾《联合报》《中国时报》报道，国民党党团星期二（6月30日）公布“国防自主无人载具科技发展及采购条例”草案。该草案反对行政院以“特别预算”方式编列常规发展经费，主张分六年编列2400亿元，从年度预算中支用，重点聚焦于无人机产业发展、投资奖励及防弊机制等。

国民党立委赖士葆星期二预告，他还将提出两项配套草案以促进台湾无人机产业升级。

第一项是“无人载具升级发展条例”草案，资金由年度预算支用但未匡列具体金额，旨在通过税收优惠强化企业投资诱因，包括新增研发支出25%投资抵减、生产设备3%至5%投资抵减，及法人股东投资20%抵减等。

第二项则是“国防战略无人载具国外采购暨技术合作特别条例”草案，新增500亿元以特别预算方式编列，用于采购高空长航时侦察、精准打击及反潜等无人机。草案明文规定，采购必须附加“技术移转及工业合作条款”，且相关进度与技术转移成果须定期向立法院报告。

赖士葆解释，台湾目前虽有200多家无人机厂商，但普遍缺乏高阶技术。考量到美国等国家在战略无人机和卫星资料链等领域具备领先优势，有必要对外采购。

报道指出，由于赖士葆此前刚随立法院长韩国瑜访美，返台后随即提案以特别预算对美采购无人机，此举格外引人瞩目。

此外，台中市长卢秀燕星期一晚北上与国民党立委商议无人机草案时，对加码500亿元特别预算对外采购无人机的构想表示支持，认为党团可开放讨论。

她指出，在野党的重点是要负责任地提出比行政院“空白授权”版本更完整的产业发展蓝图。

卢秀燕强调，无人机相关法案至关重要，攸关能否为台湾打造出下一座“护国神山”，并直言“造山者要有决心、要有行动”。

卡塔尔重申继续扮演美伊谈判协调角色

2026年7月1日 09:32 / 联合早报

美国、伊朗、巴基斯坦、卡塔尔四方会谈6月21日在瑞士比尔根山举行，卡塔尔首相穆罕默德亲自出席了会谈。 （路透社）

卡塔尔首相在与美国总统特使会晤时重申，卡塔尔将继续扮演美国与伊朗的协调角色。

路透社报道，卡塔尔外交部星期二（6月30日）发表声明说，卡塔尔首相穆罕默德在多哈与美国总统特朗普特使威特科夫及特朗普女婿库什纳会晤，重申卡塔尔将发挥斡旋作用，并支持因美伊谅解备忘录而开展的所有谈判渠道。

声明说，双方讨论了美伊谈判的最新进展，但没有提供更多细节。

伊朗官员周二表明，不会在多哈会见美国高级代表，双方仍须先就两周前签署的停火协议条款进行磋商，才能着手讨论更棘手的问题，例如对伊朗核计划的限制。

以色列前国防军总参谋长启动竞选 挑战内坦亚胡

2026年7月1日 10:23 / 联合早报

6月30日，艾森科特（中）在首次竞选集会上说：“以色列应该开启新的篇章。我们将共同书写这个新篇章。” （路透社）

以色列前国防军总参谋长艾森科特正式启动竞选活动，争取取代执政多年的内坦亚胡，成为以色列下一任总理。

法新社报道，距离以色列大选还有四个月，艾森科特（Gadi Eisenkot）星期二（6月30日）在首次竞选集会上说：“以色列应该开启新的篇章。我们将共同书写这个新篇章。”

艾森科特说：“为了以色列的未来，我们必须确保在10月，让‘10月7日’政府走入历史。”

艾森科特所指的是2023年10月7日哈马斯在内坦亚胡执政期间对以色列发动的突袭。

他说：“我们将开启以色列历史的新篇章，一个更美好的篇章，因为以色列必须赢，一定会赢。”

在加沙地带战争期间，艾森科特对内坦亚胡的政策和举措发出激烈批评，他在2025年9月成立“亚沙尔”党（Yashar，希伯来语意为“正直”或“正确”）。

内坦亚胡是以色列1948年建国以来执政时间最长的总理，至今已三度担任以色列总理，总计执政已超过18年。

以色列国会（Knesset）共有120个议席，实行一院制，议员任期四年。由于采用比例代表制，全部120个议席按各政党在全国大选中的得票比例分配。

据以色列第12频道本周公布的民调预测，亚沙尔党将在120个议席中赢得22席，仅次于内坦亚胡领导的利库德集团的24席。

以色列前国防军总参谋长启动竞选 挑战内坦亚胡

2026年7月1日 10:23 / 联合早报

6月30日，艾森科特（中）在首次竞选集会上说：“以色列应该开启新的篇章。我们将共同书写这个新篇章。” （路透社）

以色列前国防军总参谋长艾森科特正式启动竞选活动，争取取代执政多年的内坦亚胡，成为以色列下一任总理。

法新社报道，距离以色列大选还有四个月，艾森科特（Gadi Eisenkot）星期二（6月30日）在首次竞选集会上说：“以色列应该开启新的篇章。我们将共同书写这个新篇章。”

艾森科特说：“为了以色列的未来，我们必须确保在10月，让‘10月7日’政府走入历史。”

艾森科特所指的是2023年10月7日哈马斯在内坦亚胡执政期间对以色列发动的突袭。

他说：“我们将开启以色列历史的新篇章，一个更美好的篇章，因为以色列必须赢，一定会赢。”

在加沙地带战争期间，艾森科特对内坦亚胡的政策和举措发出激烈批评，他在2025年9月成立“亚沙尔”党（Yashar，希伯来语意为“正直”或“正确”）。

内坦亚胡是以色列1948年建国以来执政时间最长的总理，至今已三度担任以色列总理，总计执政已超过18年。

以色列国会（Knesset）共有120个议席，实行一院制，议员任期四年。由于采用比例代表制，全部120个议席按各政党在全国大选中的得票比例分配。

据以色列第12频道本周公布的民调预测，亚沙尔党将在120个议席中赢得22席，仅次于内坦亚胡领导的利库德集团的24席。

Lawyer for E. Jean Carroll says Trump wants to delay $5 million payment in sex abuse, defamation case

June 30, 2026 / 10:15 PM EDT / CBS News

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Graham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital. Contact Graham at KatesG@cbsnews.com or grahamkates@protonmail.com

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Lawyers for President Trump asked for writer E. Jean Carroll’s consent to delay the $5 million awarded to her by a 2023 jury, and signaled they plan to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider his appeal of Carroll’s sexual abuse and defamation case, according to an attorney for Carroll.

Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, wrote in a court filing Tuesday that Mr. Trump’s lawyer called her with the request Monday, soon after the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal. Later Monday, Kaplan wrote, she informed Mr. Trump’s team that “Carroll does not consent,” and asked whether the president would agree to the immediate disbursement of the funds Carroll has waited years to receive.

In a separate filing Tuesday, Kaplan asked a judge to set a faster-than-normal schedule to disburse $5 million in damages awarded to her by a 2023 jury, which found Mr. Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. Kaplan wrote that Carroll is also due an additional $779,783 in interest.

Kaplan said she intends to motion the federal court in New York for the funds’ release, and requested “that the court direct [Trump] to respond to the motion within seven days, or by July 7, 2026, rather than the usual fourteen days.”

She pointed to a June 2023 filing in which she said the two sides agreed Carroll could collect if the Supreme Court denied a petition to hear the case. The court did so Monday.

Kaplan also cited the cost to Carroll of “further delay in this nearly four-year-old litigation.”

CBS News has reached out to Mr. Trump’s legal team.

Carroll seemingly triumphed over Mr. Trump Monday when the nation’s highest court declined to hear his appeal. The president had spent three years appealing the unanimous federal jury’s conclusion — reached in under three hours — that he, more likely than not, sexually abused Carroll by forcibly inserting his fingers into her during a 1990s encounter in a department store.

Mr. Trump, who vehemently denies Carroll’s allegations, has claimed he didn’t know Carroll and “she’s not my type.” His denials and claims about Carroll were central to her defamation allegations. The jury watched a moment in Mr. Trump’s videotaped deposition when he was shown a late-1980s photo that depicted Mr. Trump and Carroll in conversation with their then-spouses. In the deposition, he mistakenly identified Carroll as his ex-wife Marla Maples. Kaplan argued it was proof Carroll was indeed Mr. Trump’s “type.”

The $5 million has been held in a court-controlled bank account in the years since.

Carroll celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision Monday in a brief note on her Substack blog, writing in all capital letters, “WE WON!”

“THIS WIN IS FOR EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD!” Carroll wrote.

Mr. Trump also appealed a separate federal jury’s January 2024 decision finding him liable for other defamatory statements against Carroll. That jury awarded her another $83 million.

Lawyers for Mr. Trump have indicated they will also bring that case to the Supreme Court.

Trump-backed incumbent survives right-wing primary challenge after endorsement drama in Colorado

2026-06-30T21:36:44-04:00 / Fox News

Hurd initially lost Trump’s backing after voting with Democrats on Canada tariffs before the president re-issued his support

By Adam Pack Fox News

Published June 30, 2026 9:36pm EDT | Updated June 30, 2026 9:40pm EDT

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Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., clinched the GOP nomination against a right-wing challenger Tuesday, as the freshman lawmaker seeks to hold a competitive House district Democrats are seeking to flip in November’s midterm elections.

Hurd defeated former state Rep. Ron Hanks, R-Colo., in the Republican primary for a sprawling House district covering nearly all of western and southern Colorado, according to The Associated Press.

Hurd ran with President Donald Trump’s endorsement after the president initially revoked his support, following Hurd joining Democrats in support of a largely symbolic measure terminating Trump’s Canada tariffs in February.

TRUMP PULLS ENDORSEMENT FROM GOP LAWMAKER OVER ALLEGED LACK OF SUPPORT FOR ADMINISTRATION’S TARIFF AGENDA

Trump later re-issued his endorsement in March and asked Navy veteran Hope Scheppelman, who was challenging Hurd from the right, to suspend her campaign and join his administration. Scheppelman, a former vice chair of the state’s Republican Party and acute care nurse, now serves as a senior advisor on substance abuse in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.((Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images))

“I will be fully supporting Jeff’s Re-Election to the House of Representatives, giving him my Complete and Total Endorsement!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Every true MAGA supporter and Republican, if they truly care about saving our Country, will do everything in their power to unify together, and defeat the Crazed Radical Left Democrats this November.”

Following Scheppelman’s exit, Hanks entered the Republican primary to challenge Hurd. He previously ran against Hurd in the 2024 GOP primary, where the now-incumbent lawmaker won with just over 40% of the vote.

Hanks, an Air Force veteran, has alleged, without evidence, that former President Joe Biden was “fraudulently elected.” He was also present during the Jan. 6 riots, though he said he did not enter the U.S. Capitol complex and was not criminally charged.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., previously represented the Republican-leaning district before moving across the state in 2024 to run for a more Republican-leaning seat in eastern Colorado.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., previously represented Hurd’s district before moving across Colorado for a more Republican-leaning seat in 2024.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Businessman Alex Kelloff and Army veteran Dwayne Romero are seeking the Democratic nomination.

Democrats are hoping to unseat Hurd after he won Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District by just five points in 2024. The GOP-leaning district contains Democratic strongholds concentrated in several wealthy ski towns and Pueblo.

Hanks cast Hurd as a “fake conservative” in an interview with The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel and insufficiently loyal to the president.

Hurd has bucked Trump on tariff policy and a Russia sanctions package, but he has voted with the president on most high-profile pieces of legislation.

He also joined Boebert in a failed vote to override Trump’s veto on a water pipeline project in Colorado’s Arkansas Valley.

Rep. Ron Hanks speaks at a rally on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on April 5, 2022.(Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images)

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Hurd is a lawyer who previously served as chair of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce. He is a vice chair of the Western Caucus and is a member of the House Natural Resources and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees.

伊朗议会委员会主席：美国干涉地区事务时代已结束

2026年7月1日 10:42 / 联合早报

6月30日，在德黑兰一条公路的天桥上，挂着一块悼念已故伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊的巨型图像。 （法新社）

伊朗伊斯兰议会国家安全与外交政策委员会主席阿齐兹说，美国干涉地区国家内政的时代已经结束。

新华社引述伊朗迈赫尔通讯社星期二（6月30日）报道，阿齐兹（Ebrahim Azizi）说，霍尔木兹海峡的管理权掌握在伊朗手中。此外，保障黎巴嫩主权并非通过解除抵抗力量武装，而是应结束以色列的占领和侵略。

阿齐兹此前还说，地区国家押注美国的做法将破坏自身稳定与安全，美国军事基地对地区国家构成的是威胁，而非保护。

伊朗议会委员会主席：美国干涉地区事务时代已结束

2026年7月1日 10:42 / 联合早报

6月30日，在德黑兰一条公路的天桥上，挂着一块悼念已故伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊的巨型图像。 （法新社）

伊朗伊斯兰议会国家安全与外交政策委员会主席阿齐兹说，美国干涉地区国家内政的时代已经结束。

新华社引述伊朗迈赫尔通讯社星期二（6月30日）报道，阿齐兹（Ebrahim Azizi）说，霍尔木兹海峡的管理权掌握在伊朗手中。此外，保障黎巴嫩主权并非通过解除抵抗力量武装，而是应结束以色列的占领和侵略。

阿齐兹此前还说，地区国家押注美国的做法将破坏自身稳定与安全，美国军事基地对地区国家构成的是威胁，而非保护。

Anthropic says Trump administration lifted restrictions on some of its most powerful Claude AI models

June 30, 2026 9:27 PM EDT / CBS News

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Tuesday the federal government has lifted a set of restrictions on its powerful Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, resolving a weekslong dispute between the Trump administration and the AI company.

Anthropic said in a social media post that it will begin restoring access Wednesday.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wrote on X that in recent weeks, his team has “worked closely with Anthropic to analyze and approve Fable 5 to ensure alignment across the US Government and strengthen America’s leadership in AI.”

CBS News has reached out to Anthropic and the Commerce Department for additional details.

Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 to the public earlier this month, with safeguards the company said would reduce the risk of it being misused for cyberattacks or other nefarious purposes. It said Mythos 5 — a version with fewer guardrails — would initially be made available to a select group of major companies for testing purposes.

Just days after Fable 5 was released, Anthropic took it down. The company said the federal government had issued export controls that required it to block access to the model by foreign nationals — a broad order that Anthropic said effectively required it to disable the model.

In a statement at the time, Anthropic said the government’s concerns appeared to focus on a potential “jailbreak,” or a technique for tricking the AI model and bypassing its guardrails. The company argued its safeguards were effective, and called the vulnerabilities discovered using the apparent jailbreak “relatively simple” and replicable with other AI models.

“[We] disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people,” Anthropic said at the time. “If this standard was applied across the industry, we believe it would essentially halt all new model deployments for all frontier model providers.”

Last week, CNBC and The Wall Street Journal reported that the Commerce Department had begun allowing certain companies and government entities to begin using Mythos 5 again, a partial easing of the strict export controls.

The more than two-week-long interruption for Fable 5 and Mythos 5 came as the Trump administration navigates the potential risks posed by artificial intelligence. Fears have mounted that increasingly powerful AI models could be a boon for cybercriminals hunting for software vulnerabilities, but many administration allies are wary of government regulation of the industry.

Earlier this month, President Trump signed an executive order meant to create a voluntary 30-day review process for the most advanced private AI models, in collaboration with the federal government. Mr. Trump had delayed signing the order, telling reporters he didn’t want to “get in the way” of U.S. leadership of the AI industry or risk giving China an edge.

On Tuesday, shortly before Anthropic announced the restrictions were lifted, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles thanked companies that had cooperated with the executive order, including on “advanced model access and guardrail testing and security.”

Earlier this year, Anthropic clashed with the Pentagon over the company’s push for formal guardrails to prevent the military from using its Claude models — which were deployed in the military’s classified systems — to power fully autonomous weapons or mass surveillance of Americans.

After the two sides failed to reach an agreement, Mr. Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI technology, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth labeled it a “supply chain risk,” seeking to stop federal contractors from using Claude for military work. The administration cast Anthropic — long a backer of government oversight of AI — as ideologically motivated.

Anthropic sued, and a federal judge blocked those restrictions, calling them “Orwellian” and an effort to “cripple” the company. The federal government is appealing.