香港巴士安全带新法暂缓 立法会被质疑把关不力

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香港实施巴士乘客强制佩戴安全带新法例，岂料数天后就因发现执行细节和法例精神不符而宣布暂缓执行。社会各界纷纷质疑立法会把关不力，立法会前主席范徐丽泰更在报章撰文，指立法会议员履职要重视审议条例草案。

香港巴士乘客强制佩戴安全带的新法例是在1月25日正式实施，港府连日来大事宣传新法，却引起很多乘客不满，认为带来不便。事件过后有出人意表的发展，身为律师的立法会前议员江玉欢上周在社交媒体发文，指新法例列明有关措施只适用于今年1月25日或之后首次登记的新巴士。该日之前首次登记的现役旧巴士，乘客不佩戴安全带也不违法。

由于法例条文与港府的宣传及警方的执法不吻合，港府运输及物流局局长陈美宝上周五（1月30日）召开记者会，表示有关巴士乘客安全带佩戴的法律条文“在技术上有不足之处，未能完全反映立法原意”，宣布暂缓执行并删除条文。

据香港《信报》报道，港府会在完善法律条文后再征询立法会，并重新推出新法。但对于当局打算重新实施备受争议的强制系安全带规例，不少议员的态度有极大保留。有议员认为港府这次错有错着，应顺水推舟，调整原本的强制系安全带要求，甚至无限期搁置立法。

中央港澳办主任夏宝龙上月在全国港澳研究会专题研讨会上发表讲话，指出香港实施行政主导，立法会要发挥好作用，“要同唱一台戏，要多补台，不能拆台”。这次的“安全带之乱”引起香港社会热议，质疑立法会把关不力。

香港立法会前主席范徐丽泰星期二（2月3日）在《明报》撰文，对立法会议员履职提出三点看法，包括：应成为政府与市民之间的桥梁、善用质询及无法律效力的议案辩论，以及重视审议条例草案。

范徐丽泰说，议员应向市民解释政府的政策和法案，再把收集到的民意向政府反映；在审议条例草案的过程中，须逐个考虑各方面意见，达成大家都可接受亦可行的方案。她强调需要平衡各方利益，使条文符合订立条例的初心，并能行之有效。

香港中文大学政务与政策科学学院讲师孔永乐接受《联合早报》访问时指出，立法会议员在审议条例草案过程中，发现新法例在实际执行过程中可能面对问题时，有责任在议会内提出修订。这也是立法会议员发现民意、听取民意，最终向政府表达民意及改善民生福利的过程。

他表示，这起风波反映日后香港立法会议员与市民见面交流时，不但要聆听市民对民生经济各方面的意见，也应多了解他们对即将实施的新法例是否关注及有所忧虑。此外，立法会议员要加强对政策议题的相关研究，确保政策实施后能为整体社会带来更多益处。

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The massive renovations at the Trump-Kennedy Center that are expected to shutter Washington’s premier performing arts venue for two years will focus on correcting deferred maintenance — including overhauling its heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems and fixing its broken elevators, Fox News Digital learned.

“In less than 1 year, Trump has balanced the budget, raised over $130 million from donors, and secured $257 million from Congress,” Vice President of Public Relations Roma Daravi said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “We are financially stable yet the building is still physically in trouble.”

“Decades of gross negligence left this institution with a broken budget, $100 million operating deficit, $26 million bottom-line deficit, and $250 million of deferred maintenance needs,” she continued.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the venue would close July 4, which coincides with America 250 celebrations honoring the nation’s semiquincentennial anniversary of the U.S. founding.

FROM THE OVAL OFFICE TO THE TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER, THE GILDED MAKEOVER EXPANDS

President Donald Trump announced the Trump–Kennedy Center would shutter for two years for maintenance.(J. David Ake/Getty Images)

“If we don’t close, the quality of Construction will not be nearly as good, and the time to completion, because of interruptions with Audiences from the many Events using the Facility, will be much longer. The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result!” Trump said on Truth Social Sunday, explaining why the complex needs to shutter for two years.

A Trump-Kennedy official told Fox News Digital that the complex, which first opened in 1971, has suffered decades of neglect by former leadership that has left the building in “extremely poor condition.”

The official described the renovations as “a restoration and beautification project,” that will include updating its broken elevators, updating its HVAC system and taking on $250 million in maintenance issues that the official said were ignored by previous leadership.

Workers affix signage adding President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington, Dec. 19, 2025.(Al Drago/Getty Images)

Presidents historically have played direct roles in Kennedy Center governance, appointing most of the institution’s board of trustees to six-year terms under federal law. Trump appointed a new board in 2025, which then elected him their chairman.

The official said the Trump-Kennedy Center would simply not survive if the maintenance was not done.

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Trump said Monday that the renovations will cost an estimated $200 million while underscoring the building is not being torn down.

“I’m not ripping it out,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I’ll be using the steel. So we’re using the structure.”

“We’re using some of the marble, and some of the marble comes down, but when it’s open, it’ll be brand new and really beautiful,” he said. “We’re going to have all brand-new air conditioning, heating.”

Daravi continued in a statement provided to Fox News Digital that the temporary closure for an “intensive restoration and beautification project” is “the most logical choice to allow for comprehensive renovations, efficient project completion, and responsible use of taxpayer dollars.”

President Donald Trump announced that the venue would close July 4.(Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press)

“With President Trump’s proven record of delivering projects under budget and ahead of schedule, the finished Center will reflect the true beauty of America,” she added. “The short-term inconvenience of a temporary closure will result in a revitalized cultural landmark built to serve generations to come.”

Ambassador Richard Grenell serves as the Trump-Kennedy Center’s president and praised Trump and Congress for appropriating $257 million for the renovations. He added that leadership is not only focused on saving the center from ruin, but to “make it the finest Arts Institution in the world.”

WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA TO DEPART TRUMP–KENNEDY CENTER AMID REPORTED FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES

A memorial bust of President John F. Kennedy overlooks the lobby of the center on Sept. 24, 2013.(Paul J. Richards/Getty Images)

“It desperately needs this renovation and temporarily closing the Center just makes sense – it will enable us to better invest our resources, think bigger and make the historic renovations more comprehensive,” Grenell said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. “It also means we will be finished faster. President Trump has a reputation for delivering large construction projects on time, under budget and beautifully finished.”

The renovations come after the center’s board of trustees unanimously voted to rename it “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” in December 2025.

Exterior of the Kennedy Center on the Potomac River, Washington, D.C., undated.(Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The name change set off swift rebuke among Democrats, with nonvoting board members, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and others claiming the move was illegal as it did not earn congressional approval ahead of time. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced legislation in January that seeks to bar sitting presidents from putting their own names on federal buildings, linking it to the Trump-Kennedy Center name update.

“For Trump to put his name on federal buildings is arrogant, and it is illegal,” Sanders said in a press release last month. “We must put an end to this narcissism — and that’s what this bill does.”

The center said the board agreed Trump saved the institution from financial ruin during his second term.

Fox News Digital’s Amanda Macias contributed to this report.

Trump seeks $1 billion from Harvard as deal proves elusive | Reuters

By Rishabh Jaiswal, Shivani Tanna and Helen Coster

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• Harvard and other universities face government probes
• Columbia and Brown reached settlements with Trump administration
• Rights advocates concerned about free speech amid Trump probes

Feb 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration was seeking $1 billion from Harvard to settle probes into school policies, after a news report that said Trump had dropped his demand for a payment from the Ivy League school.

The Trump administration has been threatening to withhold federal funds from Harvard and several other universities over issues including pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, campus diversity and transgender policies.

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Trump has said Harvard and other universities allowed displays of antisemitism during pro-Palestinian protests.

“We are now seeking One Billion Dollars in damages, and want nothing further to do, into the future, with Harvard University,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, without specifying how he arrived at that figure or what damages exactly he was referring to.

Trump’s post came in response to a New York Times report, citing sources, saying the Trump administration has dropped its demand for cash from Harvard in ongoing talks to strike a deal. Trump dismissed the report.

Trump officials and Harvard have engaged in months of talks. Trump said in September a deal was close and would involve a $500 million payment by Harvard. He said two weeks ago his administration may have reached a deal with the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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In social media posts late Monday and Tuesday, Trump reprised his criticism of the New York Times and said the reporting on Harvard was not accurate.

The Times said its story was based on extensive reporting with multiple sources, including Trump administration officials.

“President Trump and the administration have demonstrated a pattern of criticizing accurate reporting that illuminates new facts about their efforts,” the Times said in a statement.

The government has settled its probes with some universities. Harvard sued the Trump administration last year and a judge later ruled the government had unlawfully terminated some grants for the university.

Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say the government wrongly equates criticism of Israel’s attacks on Gaza and its occupation of Palestinian territories with antisemitism, and advocacy for Palestinian rights with support for extremism.

Rights advocates have also raised concerns about free speech and academic freedom over Trump’s probes.

Several other Ivy League schools, including Columbia University and Brown University, have reached agreements with the administration and accepted certain government demands. Columbia agreed to pay more than $220 million to the government and Brown said it will pay $50 million to support local workforce development.

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Blood found inside home of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, source says

Updated on: February 3, 2026 / 1:44 PM EST / CBS News

A little bit of blood was found inside the Arizona home of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, whose disappearance is being investigated as a crime, a law enforcement source familiar with the case told CBS News.

It is unclear whose blood it is, but it is being tested. Investigators and analysts are combing through the house in search of clues to the 84-year-old’s disappearance.

Investigators believe that Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the middle of the night over the weekend, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News.

The sheriff dismissed the possibility that Guthrie, who lives alone, may have wandered away from her home because he said she doesn’t have any cognitive issues and her mobility is limited.

Authorities have been searching for Guthrie since Sunday. She was last seen at her home Saturday night, but no one knew she was missing until she didn’t show up for church the next morning, Nanos said.

Guthrie takes daily medication, adding additional urgency to the search.

Savannah Guthrie asked people on social media Monday to pray for her mother.

“Thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant,” she said on Instagram. “Raise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment. we need you.”

Savannah Guthrie and mother Nancy Guthrie on the “Today” show June 15, 2023. Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images

An official told CBS News that 88-Crime, an Arizona-based, non-profit program that works with law enforcement to help solve crimes, is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for “information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved in the disappearance.”

Nancy Guthrie’s family has asked residents near her home to review their security footage from over the weekend, especially between the hours of 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Sunday. When CBS News asked Nanos about the time frame, he said the department is starting with a narrow window and will expand outward.

“Keep looking. You never know what you’ll see,” Nanos told CBS News. “Maybe it’s just a pair of headlights. But if you see something that just doesn’t seem right in that neighborhood, please let us know. We can come and download all your digital evidence and take a look at it ourselves.”

Anna Schecter and Patrick Torphy contributed to this report.

国共智库论坛登场 达成恢复两岸人员往来正常化等共同意见

2026年2月3日 23:54 / 联合早报

由中共中央台办海峡两岸关系研究中心与中国国民党国政研究基金会共同主办，以“两岸交流合作前瞻”为主题的国共两党智库论坛，星期二（2月3日）在北京开幕。图为中共中央台办主任宋涛（左）、中国国民党副主席萧旭岑（右）出席论坛。 （中新社）

国共智库论坛星期二在北京达成恢复两岸人员往来正常化等15项共同意见。台湾总统赖清德透过记者会喊话，面对中国大陆威胁，国民党作为最大在野党不审总预算、不审国防预算特别条例，只进行国共合作，“这对台湾来讲是危险的”。

国民党主席郑丽文在2026台北国际书展活动中，未直接回应国共论坛的问题，而是强调东亚已非昔日弱小的被殖民地，期许上个世纪曾经充满烟硝味的“第一岛链”，不再被视为战争冲突的代名词，而是转化为“和解和平的起点”。

睽违近10年的国共智库论坛，星期二（2月3日）在北京召开。中共中央台湾工作办公室主任宋涛在开幕式致词时表示，“举办国共两党智库论坛是落实两党领导人贺复电精神的具体举措”，正逢其时、顺应民意，是一个充满希望的良好开端。

宋涛表示，两党要以民意为依归，毫不动摇坚持“九二共识”、反对“台独”，引领两岸关系发展的方向，推动两岸关系和平发展。他说：“两岸关系终将冬去春来，家国团圆，未来可期。”

国民党副主席萧旭岑致词时，引用2025年台湾民众赴中国大陆达489万人次，几乎回到疫情前高峰区间，接近九成民众主张两岸维持沟通管道，46%民众希望两岸加强经贸交流，创下近四年新高等数据。他强调国民党背负台湾老百姓的期待，国共论坛就是为两岸产业寻找出路，为两岸人民共谋福祉。

萧旭岑称，过去30年经验证明，两岸大交流、大合作，互利共荣、和平发展，最符合两岸人民的共同利益。期许两岸应以确保人民福祉为最大目标，坚持“九二共识”，反对“台独”，求同存异，搁置争议，共创双赢，共同追求和平发展。

他意有所指地说：“我们应该要两岸合作，赚世界的钱，不要两岸对立，让其他外国渔翁得利、剥削台湾、掏空台湾，让后代子子孙孙无法立足！”

赖清德星期二召开“台美经济繁荣伙伴对话”记者会，强调经过九个月的努力，完成台美对等关税谈判，取得“让国人满意，让世界称羡的成果”，确保台湾企业在国际经贸竞争中，得以和世界主要竞争对手，站在平等的立足点上。

赖清德在接受提问时称，这场记者会不是针对国共交流而开的，但刚好可以提供对比，让民众清楚辨识，到底是民进党政府推动的携手美国等友盟，走进国际的经济战略，或再度“锁进中国”，即在野党推动的“二次西进”，对台湾经济发展比较有利？

他认为，面对中国大陆威胁时，国民党不审总预算、不审国防预算特别条例，只进行国共合作，“这对台湾来讲是危险的”。

赖清德重申，民进党政府不只重视和美国等国的国际关系，也同样重视两岸关系，只要大陆正视“中华民国”存在的事实，愿意尊重台湾人民自由民主的生活方式，只要能对等尊严，台湾很乐意跟大陆进行交流合作，创造和平共荣，近十年来“我们的两岸路线，持续保持善意”。

国共两党智库论坛在傍晚闭幕，双方提出五个面向、15项共同意见，包括推动恢复两岸人员往来正常化、加强两岸新兴产业领域合作、探索两岸医疗康养合作新路径等。

台湾政府的大陆委员会则强调，国共两党的“共同意见”是配合中共融台及统战政策，并走回西进及依赖中共的老路。中共的做法是企图绕过公权力，制造台湾内部分化及矛盾、误导民众认知。

研究：引入AI阅片有助提升乳腺癌筛查效果

发布时间 / 来源：2026年2月3日 23:28 / 联合早报

瑞典一项研究发现，人工智能（AI）辅助乳腺筛查减少侵袭性“间期癌”。 （示意图 / Pixabay）

瑞典隆德大学参与的一项研究显示，在乳腺癌筛查中引入人工智能（AI）辅助阅片，不仅有助于提高筛查检出能力，还能降低确诊于两次筛查之间的乳腺癌（即“间期癌”）的发病率。

新华社报道，隆德大学日前发布新闻公报说，“间期癌”是指女性一次筛查结果正常后，到下一次计划筛查之前这段时间里被诊断出的乳腺癌。由于这类癌症通常更具侵袭性，“间期癌”发生率被视为衡量筛查有效性的重要指标之一。

这项AI辅助乳腺X光筛查研究共有约10.6万名40岁至74岁的瑞典女性参与，随访两年多。参与者接受常规乳腺X光检查。差异主要体现在影像解读环节：对照组采用传统流程，由乳腺放射科医生阅片；AI辅助组则引入AI进行影像判读，并由医生复核。

结果显示，与传统方法相比，AI辅助筛查在提高效率的同时提升了检出表现：可使医生阅片工作量减少44%，乳腺癌检出率提高29%。同时，AI辅助组的“间期癌”病例较对照组减少12%。研究还指出，在AI辅助筛查后仍出现的“间期癌”中，病情较重的比例也更低。

研究人员说，AI辅助不仅提高了筛查“敏感性”，即更不容易漏检癌症，且并未增加“假阳性”。“假阳性”是指女性因筛查结果阳性进一步检查，但最终并未确诊乳腺癌的情况，这可能带来不必要的焦虑和医疗负担。

研究人员指出，上述结果进一步支持AI辅助乳腺筛查在临床应用中的安全性、准确性与效率。该技术已在瑞典部分地区以及欧洲其他地区开始应用。随着证据积累，相关方法有望在开展乳腺癌筛查的国家产生更广泛影响。

相关研究成果已发表于英国医学期刊《柳叶刀》。

US Senate committee to hold hearing with NTSB chair on deadly mid-air collision

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans to hold a February 12 hearing with the head of the National Transportation Safety Board after the agency found a series of systemic failures by the Federal Aviation Administration led to a devastating mid-air collision that killed 67 people last year.

The January 2025 collision between an American Airlines AAL.O regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster since November 2001.

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The panel will hear testimony from NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy as lawmakers seek to win approval of an air safety reform bill that has stalled in the U.S. House.

Senate Commerce Committee chair Ted Cruz said he believes the House will quickly take up the bill that would require aircraft operators by the end of 2031 to equip their fleets with a key airplane tracking system known as ADS-B that also boosts oversight of commercial jet and helicopter traffic and flight routes near commercial airports.

Separately, the committee on Tuesday voted to advance the nomination of an American Airlines pilot and safety official to serve on the NTSB. John DeLeeuw, managing director of safety and a Boeing 787 captain, was named to fill the seat of Alvin Brown, an appointee of the Biden administration who was dismissed by the White House in May.

The NTSB determined the accident was caused by the FAA’s decision to allow helicopters to travel close to the airport with no safeguards to separate them from airplanes and its failure to review data and act on recommendations to move helicopter traffic away from the airport.

Homendy said the airport’s air traffic control tower personnel repeatedly sought to raise concerns only to get “squashed by management … This was 100% preventable.”

The board also cited failings in the Army safety culture and the Army pilot’s failure to properly see and avoid the passenger airplane. In December, the Justice Department said the federal government was liable in the crash due to the actions of the Army helicopter and the FAA air traffic controller.

The National Transportation Safety Board said last year that since 2021, there were more than 15,200 occurrences between commercial airplanes and helicopters with lateral separation distance of less than 1 nautical mile and vertical separation of less than 400 feet, and 85 close-call incidents during that period.

Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington; Editing by Aurora Ellis

国共智库论坛登场 达成恢复两岸人员往来正常化等共同意见

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由中共中央台办海峡两岸关系研究中心与中国国民党国政研究基金会共同主办，以“两岸交流合作前瞻”为主题的国共两党智库论坛，星期二（2月3日）在北京开幕。图为中共中央台办主任宋涛（左）、中国国民党副主席萧旭岑（右）出席论坛。 （中新社）

国共智库论坛星期二在北京达成恢复两岸人员往来正常化等15项共同意见。台湾总统赖清德透过记者会喊话，面对中国大陆威胁，国民党作为最大在野党不审总预算、不审国防预算特别条例，只进行国共合作，“这对台湾来讲是危险的”。

国民党主席郑丽文在2026台北国际书展活动中，未直接回应国共论坛的问题，而是强调东亚已非昔日弱小的被殖民地，期许上个世纪曾经充满烟硝味的“第一岛链”，不再被视为战争冲突的代名词，而是转化为“和解和平的起点”。

睽违近10年的国共智库论坛，星期二（2月3日）在北京召开。中共中央台湾工作办公室主任宋涛在开幕式致词时表示，“举办国共两党智库论坛是落实两党领导人贺复电精神的具体举措”，正逢其时、顺应民意，是一个充满希望的良好开端。

宋涛表示，两党要以民意为依归，毫不动摇坚持“九二共识”、反对“台独”，引领两岸关系发展的方向，推动两岸关系和平发展。他说：“两岸关系终将冬去春来，家国团圆，未来可期。”

国民党副主席萧旭岑致词时，引用2025年台湾民众赴中国大陆达489万人次，几乎回到疫情前高峰区间，接近九成民众主张两岸维持沟通管道，46%民众希望两岸加强经贸交流，创下近四年新高等数据。他强调国民党背负台湾老百姓的期待，国共论坛就是为两岸产业寻找出路，为两岸人民共谋福祉。

萧旭岑称，过去30年经验证明，两岸大交流、大合作，互利共荣、和平发展，最符合两岸人民的共同利益。期许两岸应以确保人民福祉为最大目标，坚持“九二共识”，反对“台独”，求同存异，搁置争议，共创双赢，共同追求和平发展。

他意有所指地说：“我们应该要两岸合作，赚世界的钱，不要两岸对立，让其他外国渔翁得利、剥削台湾、掏空台湾，让后代子子孙孙无法立足！”

赖清德星期二召开“台美经济繁荣伙伴对话”记者会，强调经过九个月的努力，完成台美对等关税谈判，取得“让国人满意，让世界称羡的成果”，确保台湾企业在国际经贸竞争中，得以和世界主要竞争对手，站在平等的立足点上。

赖清德在接受提问时称，这场记者会不是针对国共交流而开的，但刚好可以提供对比，让民众清楚辨识，到底是民进党政府推动的携手美国等友盟，走进国际的经济战略，或再度“锁进中国”，即在野党推动的“二次西进”，对台湾经济发展比较有利？

他认为，面对中国大陆威胁时，国民党不审总预算、不审国防预算特别条例，只进行国共合作，“这对台湾来讲是危险的”。

赖清德重申，民进党政府不只重视和美国等国的国际关系，也同样重视两岸关系，只要大陆正视“中华民国”存在的事实，愿意尊重台湾人民自由民主的生活方式，只要能对等尊严，台湾很乐意跟大陆进行交流合作，创造和平共荣，近十年来“我们的两岸路线，持续保持善意”。

国共两党智库论坛在傍晚闭幕，双方提出五个面向、15项共同意见，包括推动恢复两岸人员往来正常化、加强两岸新兴产业领域合作、探索两岸医疗康养合作新路径等。

台湾政府的大陆委员会则强调，国共两党的“共同意见”是配合中共融台及统战政策，并走回西进及依赖中共的老路。中共的做法是企图绕过公权力，制造台湾内部分化及矛盾、误导民众认知。

White House meeting fails to resolve US crypto legislation stalemate | Reuters

By Hannah Lang

• Summary
• Meeting highlights divisions between banks and crypto firms
• Clash over stablecoin rewards stalls legislation
• Crypto firms argue rewards are key for customer recruitment

Feb 3 (Reuters) – A White House meeting aimed at breaking a months‑long stalemate between major U.S. banks and cryptocurrency firms ended on Monday without any agreement, underscoring industry divisions that threaten progress on landmark digital‑asset legislation.

The closed‑door session, convened by the White House’s crypto council, brought together representatives from the crypto and banking industries in an effort to reach an agreement on stalled crypto market structure legislation. Both sides emerged from the meeting describing it as constructive, but fundamental disagreements that upended the bill’s progress remained unresolved.

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Representatives of the American Bankers Association, the Independent Community Bankers of America, the Blockchain Association and The Digital Chamber were among those in attendance.

“The White House continues to engage in productive conversations to advance President Trump’s agenda of cementing American dominance in the cutting-edge technologies of the future,” said White House spokesman Kush Desai in a statement.

STABLECOIN INTEREST A STICKING POINT

Crypto market structure legislation has been held up by a clash for months between the two industries over how the bill treats interest and other rewards paid on stablecoins. Banks have been pushing for language in the bill prohibiting the practice.

Crypto companies say providing rewards such as interest is crucial for recruiting new customers and that barring them from doing so would be anti-competitive. ‍Banks say the increased competition could result in insured lenders experiencing an exodus of deposits – the primary source of funding for ⁠most banks – potentially threatening ⁠financial stability.

Monday’s White House meeting was intended to forge a compromise after the Senate Banking Committee postponed a vote last month amid rising objections from both sectors and fears the bill did not have enough support to advance to the full Senate.

While both sides in statements called the meeting constructive, it did not result in an agreement, according to one source who attended and declined to be identified discussing private policy discussions.

The source anticipated there would be subsequent White House meetings to try and resolve the impasse.

The Clarity Act aims to create federal rules for digital assets, the culmination of years of crypto industry lobbying. Crypto companies have long argued that existing ‌rules are ‌inadequate for digital assets, and that legislation is essential for companies to continue to operate with legal certainty in the U.S.

The House of Representatives passed its version of the bill in July.

Reporting by Hannah Lang in New York; editing by Pete Schroeder, Chizu Nomiyama, Rod Nickel

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Hannah Lang covers financial technology and cryptocurrency, including the businesses that drive the industry and policy developments that govern the sector. Hannah previously worked at American Banker where she covered bank regulation and the Federal Reserve. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park and lives in Washington, DC.