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Republicans condemn Trump’s racist video portraying the Obamas as apes

February 6, 2026 / 5:01 PM EST / CBS News

Washington — Republican lawmakers condemned President Trump on Friday for sharing a video that portrayed former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes.

The criticism continued even after the White House removed the video after the initial backlash.

Several GOP lawmakers publicly urged the president to remove it, including Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who is the only Black Republican in the Senate.

“Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” wrote Scott, who leads Senate Republicans’ campaign arm. “The President should remove it.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt initially defended the video, which amplified false claims about the 2020 presidential election. Leavitt said the footage that showed the Obamas’ heads edited onto the bodies of apes was part of an “internet meme video” that portrayed Mr. Trump as “King of the Jungle” and Democrats as characters from the Lion King.

Sen. Pete Ricketts, a Nebraska Republican, said: “Even if this was a Lion King meme, a reasonable person sees the racist context to this. The White House should do what anyone does when they make a mistake: remove this and apologize.”

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler of New York called the post “wrong and incredibly offensive.” Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, said it was “totally unacceptable.” Both said Mr. Trump should apologize.

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Several shared their condemnation after the post — which was shared by Mr. Trump on Thursday night — was removed Friday afternoon. A White House official said a staffer “erroneously made the post.”

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said it was “appalling.” Sen. Dan Sullivan, an Alaska Republican, said he was glad the White House removed the “offensive” post.

Sen. Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican, said the video “should have never been posted to begin with, and is not who we are as a nation.” Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, wrote that the post was “racist and offensive and not who we are as a nation.” Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, said it “sent the wrong message despite how it may have been originally intended.”

Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah shared a similar sentiment as his colleagues, referring to the post as “blatantly racist and inexcusable.”

“It should never have been posted or left published for so long,” Curtis said.

GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio also weighed in: “I do not feel the need to respond to every inflammatory statement made by the White House. However, the release of racist images of former President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama is offensive, heart breaking, and unacceptable. President Trump should apologize.”

GOP Rep. John James of Michigan, who is Black, defended the president as “not racist,” but said he was “shocked and appalled” by the post.

“I’m glad to see that trash has been taken down,” he said.

Rep. Burgess Owens, a Utah Republican, added to the chorus on Friday afternoon, saying “we all have a responsibility to use care and good judgment with the content we produce and distribute.”

“The imagery was wildly offensive and inappropriate, and as a Black man, I find it especially troubling,” he said. “It never should have been shared or even created, and I’m glad it has been taken down.”

GOP Rep. French Hill of Arkansas also said he was glad the post was removed, explaining that “racism and dehumanizing rhetoric have no place in our country. Every American deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.”

Kristin Brown contributed to this report.

Trump’s quest to name things after himself takes an even more desperate turn

Analysis by Aaron Blake
PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2026, 2:26 PM ET

President Donald Trump speaks during a stop in Urbandale, Iowa, on January 27.

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Donald Trump’s insatiable desire to name things after himself has been clear for a very long time. And as president, he’s rapidly pushed the envelope in that regard, naming things after himself in ways it appears no previous president ever has.

But even by his standards, this quest has taken a desperate — and seemingly politically unwise — turn.

Trump last month sought to have Congress rename Dulles International Airport near DC and New York City’s Penn Station after himself.

CNN’s Manu Raju and Adam Cancryn report that Trump pitched the renamings to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as a condition for releasing billions of dollars in frozen funds for a major New York infrastructure project. Schumer, a New York Democrat, turned it down. The news was first reported by Punchbowl.

In a way, this might sound par-for-course. Trump has already applied his name (legally or otherwise) to a bevy of things — from the Kennedy Center, to the US Institute of Peace, to a class of battleships, to savings accounts for children. He even launched a “TrumpRx” prescription drug platform on Thursday, the very same day we learned about his designs on slapping his name on major transportation hubs in DC and New York.

While things are named after presidents, experts have said there is simply no precedent for naming things after a sitting president like this. The New York Times recently dug into the data, backing up that other presidents have almost always had to wait until after leaving office.

Why this is different

But even by the standards Trump has set for himself, his bid to rename this train station and airport are on another level.

The key difference here is that the president has sought to name these things after himself not by executive action, but through leverage — by effectively trading it as a political favor.

There’s good reason he appears to be going down that road. His previous bids to slap his name on buildings, like the Kennedy Center, are quite possibly illegal, and they could just as easily be reversed — especially once he leaves office. It would be altogether shocking if the next Democratic president didn’t remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.

A person and a dog walk in front of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on January 10.

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In order for the Trump brand to have lasting power on government entities, he really needs Congress to codify the changes. But Congress is not good at acting — especially when there’s not much in it for them.

Trump is not trying to leverage the New York infrastructure project for some conservative policy win — something that matters to the Republican base or GOP members of Congress ahead of the 2026 midterms. He’s trying to leverage it for his own personal tribute and glorification.

The president could seemingly use this as leverage for any number of other purposes, but he’s sought to use it for himself.

He has been transactional about lots of things, especially in his second term. He’s even used his leverage recently to get a Venezuelan opposition leader to gift him her recently awarded Nobel Peace Prize. As I wrote back then, that raised the prospect that Trump was in effect trading his personal glorification for major foreign policy decisions.

But usually his efforts to leverage his authority for personal glorification are a little more subtle like that — with the quid pro quo a little less direct. His proposition to Schumer practically slaps you across the face in its degree of blatant self-dealing.

Republicans should probably start asking themselves how much they’re willing to entertain this level of self service.

And it’s a political loser, too

But even beyond the “yuck” factor, there’s good reason to believe this is a rather poorly conceived move. Indeed, Trump’s efforts to glorify himself appear to be a major and growing problem for him right now.

We don’t have much high-quality polling on his bids to name things after himself specifically.

But polling early last year showed around two-thirds of Americans opposed his effort to unilaterally rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” That suggests Americans overwhelmingly don’t think he should just be able to do things like this by himself.

And a CNN poll last month asked about Trump “making changes to cultural institutions such as the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian.” Fully 62% of Americans said he had “gone too far” on this count.

That question wasn’t specifically about renaming the Kennedy Center, though it’s logical to assume many had heard the board had voted to add Trump’s name in December. About 7 in 10 independents and even 3 in 10 Republicans said the president was going too far with those cultural changes.

But that might not be the worst and most relevant finding from that CNN poll.

The survey also found Trump hitting a record low on the percentage of Americans who said he “cares about people like you.” Just 33% said that applied to Trump. A whopping 77% of independents disagreed.

And Americans said 63%-37% that they disagreed with the idea that Trump “puts the good of the country above his personal gain.”

To put a fine point on that: Nearly two-thirds of Americans said Trump is mostly out for himself.

That may be fueled, in part, by perceptions Trump is enriching himself financially in office. (The White House has repeatedly maintained it’s committed to ethics and transparency.) But potential conflicts of interest are a lot more difficult to explain than PLASTERS HIS OWN NAME ACROSS A BUILDING.

And Trump’s quest to name things after himself seems especially ill-timed given the state of the economy. We’re currently in the midst of what the vast majority of Americans regard as bad economic times, and about three-quarters of Americans don’t think he’s done enough to lower prices.

The usual course for a president in such times would be to focus like a laser on righting the ship — and making people view him as worthy of bestowing honors upon him. And then, at some later date, Congress does just that.

But Trump would apparently rather slap his name on whatever he can, however he can — and hope it somehow sticks.

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Wes Moore warns Noem ‘federal occupation’ of new ICE compound now under state investigation

By Charles Creitz | Fox News
Published February 6, 2026 2:43pm EST

Dem Maryland Gov. Wes Moore joins ‘The Sunday Briefing’ to discuss the response to the dangerous winter storm and his criticism of federal immigration enforcement operations after the deadly shooting in Minneapolis.

Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore warned Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Friday that her agency’s recent purchase of a warehouse-like building in Williamsport will be scrutinized by the Old Line State’s legal arm.

Moore, running for re-election this year, added his voice to the chorus of state Democrats expressing outrage over DHS’ reported plans to use the space to house illegal immigrants. Maryland has been front and center in the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda with the saga of illegal immigrant Kilmar Ábrego García.

Moore described DHS’ status at the property, sandwiched between the city of Hagerstown and the Potomac River on the West Virginia border, as a “federal occupation” of a space that was originally zoned as a commercial site.

The governor said the agency’s use of the area presents a “significant loss of economic opportunity” for Washington County and the state at large.

MINNESOTA SUES TRUMP ADMIN OVER SWEEPING IMMIGRATION RAIDS IN TWIN CITIES

The site stands near the confluence of Interstates 70 and 81, and Moore said it uses up precious space in an area key to the 4,000-job “manufacturing, logistics and distribution” sector across the region.

Moore said Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, a fellow Democrat, will be reviewing the purchase to “ensure full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws.”

“I have grave concerns about any holding facility that denies basic human needs and dignity,” Moore said.

NOEM DEPLOYS TO BOTH BORDERS, SAYS ICE WON’T BE DETERRED BY SANCTUARY OFFICIALS WHO ‘WANT TO CREATE CONFLICT’

Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks at the Mexican border, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Nogales, Ariz.(Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)

“I am directing state agency heads to assess all available actions to protect the community’s infrastructure, public safety, health and long-term economic stability, including review of permitting requirements; water and sewer demands; hazardous waste disposal; and the availability of emergency medical services, among other considerations.”

He added that Annapolis still seeks to work with the Trump administration on areas they can find common ground such as economic opportunity, crime and infrastructure, noting Maryland has a long history of being a federal partner, housing the headquarters of NASA-Goddard, USDA, NSA, NIH and installations like Fort George Meade and Andrews Air Force Base.

“We urge the administration to move past unilateral actions and join us in a transparent and collaborative effort to enhance the safety and well-being of Marylanders.”

Moore also criticized Noem’s refusal to grant FEMA funds for Maryland Panhandle communities ravaged by 2025 flooding from Georges Creek and the Potomac River.

In recent comments to Fox News Digital, former GOP state Del. Neil Parrott, who long represented the area where the ICE site sits, countered that it was Maryland Democrats’ posture toward the Trump administration that squandered the opportunity to get FEMA funds for his area.

Additionally, Total Wine billionaire David Trone, who is running for his prior U.S. House seat in the area where the future detention center will be, filmed a video outside its property saying DHS is “literally executing people on the streets.”

“We know one thing. We don’t need another ICE prison here or anywhere else in America,” Trone said.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in Annapolis, Md., Feb. 7, 2024.(AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Just across the Potomac River from the site, West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey told Fox News Digital the collective outrage over the new ICE center is a “representation of the generalized idiocy of most of the Democrats in Congress who have sat on their hands for the last 25 years and done nothing about the very immigration laws that they’re very angry about being enforced.”

To the south, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., echoed some of Moore’s concerns this week, saying in a statement that he spoke directly with Noem about concerns over a proposed ICE facility near the border with Tennessee.

“I relayed to her the opposition of local elected and zoning officials as well as economic development concerns. I appreciate her for agreeing to look elsewhere,” Wicker said of the planned transformation of a Byhalia, Mississippi, warehouse, which he said he “strongly oppose[s].”

“I am all for immigration enforcement, but this site was meant for economic development and job creation. We cannot suddenly flood Byhalia with an influx of up to 10,000 detainees.”

Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for comment.

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Trump called Sen. Tim Scott after lawmaker condemned image of Obamas

February 6, 2026 / 5:05 PM EST / CBS News

President Trump called Sen. Tim Scott on Friday after the South Carolina Republican publicly urged the president to remove a reposted video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, according to sources familiar with the call.

During the conversation, Mr. Trump told Scott, who is chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, that the repost was a staffer’s mistake and said he would take it down.

The post was removed shortly after the call. Scott, the Senate’s lone Black Republican and a close Trump ally, had earlier said on X that he was

Prediction markets soar ahead of 2026 Super Bowl

February 6, 2026 / 5:21 PM EST / CBS News

Sunday’s Super Bowl is expected to see a record $1.76 billion wagered with sportsbooks. Emboldened by loosened restrictions from federal regulators, a newer form of betting — prediction markets — will also be looking to cash in on the night.

Prediction markets have emerged in recent years as a platform to place “investments” on the answers to a dizzying array of unknowns — including wagers on outcomes relating to Sunday’s big game.

Two of the largest prediction markets, Kalshi and Polymarket, once were targets of federal enforcement actions under the Biden administration. But a decision last week from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, an obscure federal agency that oversees the burgeoning field, could give them a chance at a major payout come Sunday.

In a statement last week, agency chair Michael Selig announced the commission will move away from its 2024 rule proposal which sought to prohibit political and sports-related contracts. Instead, he said the agency would draft “clear rules and a clear understanding that the [federal government] supports lawful innovation in these markets.”

The decision reflects the Trump administration’s push to lift restrictions on alternative forms of currency and investment. Critics have noted that the two leading prediction market companies appointed the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., to formal advisory roles on their boards of directors.

Since the federal government has changed its position on prediction markets, the share of action relating to sports has expanded. Betting on sports represents roughly 90% of trading volume on Kalshi, says Dustin Gouker, a gaming industry consultant.

Gouker is also the publisher of the Closing Line, which provides analysis and breaking news on the gambling industry. He told CBS News he wasn’t surprised to hear the Trump administration’s change in course, saying rule-making will play a key role in solidifying prediction markets’ ability to grow in the future.

“It is saying out loud, ‘Hey the federal government wants prediction markets to exist,’” he said. “It’s a sign along the road toward prediction market growth, that this isn’t going away in the short term.”

He said he worries that sports-related contracts could further blur the lines between what is sports gambling — which is not legal in some states — versus investing.

“We now have not just sports betting, but betting on pretty much any event that you want in 50 states,” he said. “That’s a huge thing that we’ve basically done with very little thought.”

While the federal regulator, the CFTC, has seemingly cleared the way for political and sports-event related contracts, not everyone is on board with its sudden growth, including the NFL. The league announced a new move to prevent prediction markets from gaining even more traction during the game.

According to a source familiar with the league’s advertising policy, commercials relating to prediction markets will not be permitted to air during the Super Bowl this Sunday. The decision came a month after Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice president of public affairs and policy, testified before a House committee in December.

The league “has no plans to participate in prediction markets due to several outstanding legal, regulatory, and commercial concerns on how these markets operate and the possible impact on the integrity of sporting events,” Miller said in prepared remarks.

Miller warned that the large monetary push of sports-related gaming contracts could pose “substantially greater risks to contest integrity.”

Kalshi says it has safeguards in place, touting its “extensive in-house surveillance monitors for suspicious activity” alongside a partnership with IC360, an integrity monitoring firm that is used by sportsbooks and sports leagues across the nation.

CBS News has reached out to Polymarket for comment.

Jonathan Cohen, author of “Losing Big: America’s Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling,” told CBS News that he believes the consequences extend beyond sports integrity.

“Sports gambling companies are not required to do enough to protect consumers, and prediction markets are required to do even less to protect consumers,” he said.

Cohen worries that the rise in popularity of prediction markets, coupled with their nationwide access will have devastating impacts on young men. A 2024 poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University found that 24% of men reported at least one problem gambling behavior. That figure rose to 45% for men 30 and under.

“What we’ve done is unleashed a technologically supercharged version of gambling that can ensnare young men, and that puts young men and their finances and their mental health particularly at risk,” he said.

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欧盟对美国进口商品的关税暂停期限延长六个月

发布时间：2026年2月6日23:30 / 来源：联合早报

特朗普就格陵兰岛提出的主权声索以及加征关税的威胁缓和，欧盟决定把美国进口商品的关税暂停期限再延长六个月。（路透社）

根据欧盟官方公报发布的消息，由于美国总统特朗普就格陵兰岛提出的主权声索以及加征关税的威胁缓和，欧盟决定将对价值930亿欧元（1398.18亿新元）的美国进口商品的关税暂停期限再延长六个月。

路透社报道，特朗普威胁要针对八个欧洲国家（其中六个是欧盟成员）的格陵兰岛立场对它们加征关税，欧盟似乎准备采取一系列反制措施。然而，特朗普随后改变主意，撤回关税威胁，并表示就这个北极岛屿问题达成协议指日可待。

欧盟这套价值930亿欧元的方案涵盖了从玉米到洗碗机和摩托车等一系列美国商品，是在欧盟和美国于7月底达成贸易协议之前制定的。随后，协议暂停六个月，至上星期六（1月31日）。延长的暂停期限将从2月7日起至8月6日止。

欧盟此前的文件说，将根据欧美贸易关系的发展情况，持续评估暂停期限，也可能采取进一步行动。

汽车业生产疲软 德国工业产出连续第四年萎缩

发布时间：2026年2月6日 23:47 / 来源：联合早报

工业产出持续走弱使得德国经济增长乏力。图为位于德国拉施塔特的德国汽车制造商梅赛德斯-奔驰的生产线。 （路透社）

德国联邦统计局公布的数据显示，受汽车行业生产疲软等因素影响，2025年德国工业产出较前一年下降1.1%，为连续第四年下滑。

新华社引述统计局星期五（2月6日）公布的数据说，2025年德国建筑业产出下降1.7%，剔除建筑业和能源业后的其他工业部门产出下降1.3%。其中，汽车行业和机械设备制造业等关键领域产出降幅较为明显，分别下降1.7%和2.6%。

受劳动力和能源成本高企以及外部需求疲软等制约，德国工业产出连续多年萎缩，2023年和2024年分别下降1.5%和4.5%。在国防、基础设施建设等领域国内需求支撑下，德国工业生产在2025年第四季度出现局部改善迹象。不过，德国工商总会星期五指出，结构性问题仍持续制约工业发展，整体经济层面尚未出现能够带动工业品需求全面增长的复苏势头。

工业在德国经济中占据重要地位，工业产出持续走弱被普遍认为是近年来德国经济增长乏力的重要原因之一。基尔世界经济研究所最新报告显示，过去七年中，德国工业生产仅在2021年实现增长，2025年产出水平仍较2018年低约14%，其中汽车行业降幅在20%以上。

尚穆根新书汇集近40年演讲与报道 为历史学者提供视角

发布时间：2026年2月6日 23:53 / 来源：联合早报

荣誉国务资政吴作栋（左）是国家安全统筹部长兼内政部长尚穆根新书《政策、公平与同情心》的首发仪式主宾。 （陈渊庄摄）

自1988年步入政坛以来，国家安全统筹部长兼内政部长尚穆根在最前线见证了新加坡在社会、文化、经济，以及法律制度上的深刻转变。他希望新出版的演讲与媒体报道等合集，能为未来有意研究本地这一发展阶段的历史学者提供切入点。

主要选录尚穆根从政近40年演讲与媒体报道的《政策、公平与同情心》（Policy, Fairness, and Compassion），星期五（2月6日）在新报业媒体礼堂发布。大约300名政界、商界和法律界人士、各宗教代表，以及尚穆根负责的义顺集选区忠邦区基层领袖，出席这场发布会。

尚穆根致辞时说，多年前他曾接到出版邀约，但他当时以“没时间”和“有些话还没到说的时候”为由婉拒。后来出版方提议选录演讲，他觉得这或许可行：“我的观点将作为未来的历史学家试图了解这一时期的新加坡时，可以参考的其中一个数据点和视角。”

尚穆根否认出书乃政治生涯谢幕告别之作

他也强调，这本书不是一本回忆录，在多年前就决定作为慈善筹款项目出版，并在三四周内就筹足经费，只不过最终花了较长时间才出版。

尚穆根还否认出书是政治生涯谢幕的告别之作。他在活动对话环节回答《商业时报》音频负责人克莱莎蒙泰罗（Claressa Monteiro）的相关问题时说：“我认为政治生涯分为两条不同的轨道。从上任到退休，每个阶段都有自身的节奏，而我的退休方式也将遵循历代部长的传统。这本书的出版既不代表也不决定我的政治生涯，两者没有关联。”

律师出身的尚穆根在1988年29岁时步入政坛，代表人民行动党竞逐三巴旺集选区国会议席，并在当选后负责忠邦区事务至今。忠邦2011年改划入义顺集选区，尚穆根也从那个时候开始担任这个集选区的领军部长。

他早年当选国会议员后继续执业，一直到2008年受委为内阁部长，先后掌管律政部、内政部和外交部，并从2025年5月开始，担任国家安全统筹部长。

尚穆根也是我国独立以来的第三任律政部长，出掌律政部17年，一直到2025年全国大选后，才交棒给现任部长唐振辉。

为新书作序的是荣誉国务资政吴作栋。他作为发布会主宾发言时，评价尚穆根“作为后座议员的演讲就很有影响力，作为部长的贡献更是巨大”。

这些贡献包括更新刑事诉讼程序、制定应对网络危害的法律，在个人权利和社会稳定之间，寻求新的平衡；以及作为内政部长，维护国家安全、社会凝聚力和种族与宗教和谐。

吴作栋说：“尚穆根坚决抵制外国干涉和网络操纵，并就超出职责范围的社会议题发声，例如针对妇女和性别不平等，以及离婚与伴侣暴力所带来的创伤，倡导人们在保护妇女和其他弱势群体方面从根本上转变思维方式。”

他也流露出对国家领导层接班与人才流失的深切忧虑，指出社交媒体带来的严苛审视，以及从政所须付出的巨大机会成本，要说服处于事业巅峰的顶尖人才投身政治愈发困难。“要找到另一位愿意在20年间放弃数千万元收入来担任部长的尚穆根，绝非易事，而内阁需要不止一个尚穆根。”

《政策、公平与同情心》近400页，由海峡时报出版社出版，售价36元6角。

【日本大选】选前预测：高市领军 自民党胜券在握 | 联合早报

符祝慧 东京特派员
发布/2026年2月6日 23:18

日本星期天（2月8日）举行众议院选举投票。图为秋田县选民提前在1月30日到投票站投票。 （彭博社）

日本众议院选举星期天（2月8日）投票，日本多家主流媒体最新公布的终盘民调显示，首相高市早苗领导的自民党选情看俏，选后很可能再度形成自民党在众院独大的格局。

日本众院有465个议席。自民党在选战开打时设下目标，希望与执政伙伴日本维新会合计拿下过半数的233席。随着选情发展，自民党支持度持续上扬，主流媒体预估自民党有望单独拿下至少261席。若预估成真，自民党与日本维新会联手，可能合计超过310席，掌握众院三分之二优势，使执政联盟在众院表决中几乎可确保所有法案获通过。

《日本经济新闻》分析指出，从各年龄层支持度来看，自民党在多数年龄层中都处于领先地位，整体选情较2024年选举更有利。这意味着自民党议席数有望在原有基础上进一步增加。

高市穿着风格引年轻人追捧

多项民调显示，高市支持率约在六成左右，其中在30岁以下选民中的支持率超过九成。高市在社交媒体也相当活跃，其X账号拥有约260万名追随者。她的穿着风格与公开形象在部分年轻群体中引发讨论和追捧，被视为拉近政治人物与年轻世代距离的因素之一。

不少选举观察人士认为，高市的个人魅力、善用社媒与直接沟通的风格，是自民党本次选战占上风的重要原因之一。

在选前最后一个工作日（2月6日），高市走访栃木、岩手和宫崎等县，为党内候选人站台拉票。她在演说中强调将致力于缩小地区差距、改善地方生活条件。“我们要让日本列岛强大而繁荣，无论你住在47个都道府县的哪一个角落，都能安心生活，获得所需的医疗、福利及高质量的教育。我希望打造一个具备这种潜力的日本，请把这一切交给高市内阁。”

高市内阁去年10月上台，11月通过总额达21.3万亿日元（约1800亿新元）的经济配套，重点包括应对物价上涨、支援半导体与人工智能等关键产业发展，并将部分预算纳入“经济安全保障”及国防相关支出。

反对党批评这一规模庞大的经济配套将进一步加重日本财政负担。高市在国会与接受媒体访问时多次为政策辩护，强调相关支出是“面向未来的投资”。她说：“如果放眼未来，这是一笔对未来的投资，是为了建设一个更强大、更繁荣的日本。”

日本企业对高市的财政配套反应正面。《每日新闻》与日本商工团体“东京商工会议所”联合进行的调查显示，逾七成受访企业对高市内阁的经济刺激措施持肯定态度，约四成企业希望政府继续透过政策扩大国内需求。

特朗普对高市表达“全力支持”

在外交方面，美国总统特朗普近日在社交媒体发文，公开对高市表达“全力支持”，称日美在安全与贸易谈判上保持紧密合作，并高度评价高市的工作表现。他透露，计划于3月19日在白宫与高市举行峰会，称“期待在华盛顿欢迎高市早苗首相”。

美国现任总统在外国大选期间公开表态，被日本舆论视为相当罕见的举动。日本内阁副秘书长佐藤启在记者会被问及特朗普言论时，仅表示政府“不予置评”。有日本外交人士指出，相关言论可能被视为对日本选举的直接介入，在日本选民眼中未必是加分，甚至可能引发反感。

反对党也迅速抓住这一课题，批评高市政府对美国表态“态度暧昧”。日本共产党委员长田村智子指责，自民党若默许特朗普的表态，就等同于“让日本在国际上被视为（美国的）从属国”。

相较之下，另一保守主义政党参政党党首神谷宗币则以另一种角度解读，称“高市的人气实在强劲，就连海外的特朗普都公开声援”，试图借此凸显高市在国际舞台上的能见度。

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Toronto police officers arrested after investigation reveals mob-linked murder plot, bribery and drug trafficking

February 6, 2026 / 10:07 AM EST / CBS/AP

Seven Toronto police officers and one retired officer have been arrested and charged in an organized crime investigation involving bribery, conspiracy to commit murder and drug trafficking, authorities said Thursday.

Police officials at a news conference said the officers had collected personal and private information unlawfully and distributed it to organized crime figures, in some cases for bribes, and that mobsters then carried out shootings and other violent crimes.

“This is a painful and unsettling moment,” Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said. “When organized crime penetrates the Toronto Police Service, the harm goes far beyond the immediate wrongdoing.”

York Police Deputy Chief Ryan Hogan said the investigation began in June when police uncovered a murder plot involving a corrections management employee who was being targeted by mobsters. He said the suspects had passed information to the mobsters about the employee.

Several suspected mobsters went to the corrections manager’s home for the purpose of murdering him, but encountered a separate contingent of police officers who were protecting the employee and who arrested the suspected mobsters after they rammed a police car, Hogan said.

Hogan said it was the third time within 36 hours that suspects had gone to the home, and the incident sparked the investigation that revealed Toronto officers had accessed personal information and leaked it to members of an organized crime group.

Investigators allege that Toronto police Const. Timothy Barnhardt gave personal information to Brian Da Costa, a man suspected of several drug trafficking and bribery offenses who was among several suspects allegedly seeking confidential information from officers.

York Police Deputy Chief Ryan Hogan speaks during a news conference at York Regional Police headquarters in Aurora, Ontario, Feb. 5, 2026. Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP

“We allege that Mr. Da Costa is a key figure in a criminal network operating within the Greater Toronto Area, with in fact significant international ties,” Hogan said.

Barnhardt, 56, is also accused of accepting bribes to protect illegal cannabis dispensaries as well as being involved in cocaine trafficking, CBC News reported.

Toronto police officers Derek McCormick, Elias Mouawad, John Madeley Jr. and his father, retired constable John Madeley Sr., are among those charged in the investigation.

Last month, police announced charges against Madeley Sr. in an extortion investigation related to illegal gaming and betting tied to organized crime.

McCormick, 57, is accused of stealing government-issued identification, passports and bank cards that were taken to police, CBC News reported. He was arrested last month.

Toronto police officers Barnhardt, Robert Black, Saurabjit Bedi and Carl Grellette were also charged, and were allegedly involved in bribery schemes orchestrated by Da Costa, Hogan said.

“We allege that these officers in particular were involved with Mr. Da Costa in supporting illegal cannabis dispensaries by accepting bribes to provide, ultimately, protection from law enforcement investigation,” he said, adding some of the accused officers were also allegedly involved in cocaine trafficking.

In addition to Da Costa, 18 other suspects were arrested in the investigation, including two youths.

Demkiw said the officers who were suspected of wrongdoing have been suspended and that he’s seeking suspension without pay for at least four of them.

York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween said it was a “deeply disappointing and sad day” for police.

“This investigation also underscores the insidious corrosive of organized crime. It highlights how these criminals find a way even the most well protected institutions across our society.”

Clayton Campbell, the president of Toronto’s police association, said he was disturbed by the allegations and said legal support for members charged in criminal cases is not guaranteed and is determined on a case-by-case basis.

“In fact, there is nothing our members or the (Toronto Police Association) hate more than a corrupt cop,” Campbell said in a statement.

A statement from the Toronto Police Service Board, which oversees the police, said it has asked the inspector general to look into issues including supervision, recruitment screening, access to databases and more.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said residents of Toronto deserve to know that the police officers they deal with every day can be trusted.