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国务院强调香港维护国安斗争从未停止

发布/2026年2月10日 23:22 / 联合早报

黎智英因危害国家安全罪被判处20年监禁后，他的儿子黎崇恩星期一（2月9日）在伦敦市中心道蒂街律师事务所接受法新社采访。 （法新社）

香港壹传媒创办人黎智英违反《香港国安法》周一（2月9日）宣判刑期后，中国国务院新闻办公室随即在翌日发表白皮书，强调香港维护国家安全的斗争从未停止。受访学者认为，此举显示即使黎智英案审结，香港维护国家安全的工作也不会因此而结束。

这份全名为《“一国两制”下香港维护国家安全的实践》的白皮书，全文超过1.8万字。除了前言和结束语，共分为五个部分，包括香港维护国家安全的斗争从未停止、中央政府对香港国安事务负有根本责任、香港特区切实履行维护国家安全的宪制责任等。

白皮书强调，维护国家主权、安全、发展利益是香港“一国两制”方针的最高原则。面对香港局势动荡变化，中央政府坚持总体国家安全观，依照宪法和基本法有效实施对特别行政区的全面管治权，制定实施香港特别行政区维护国家安全法，落实“爱国者治港”原则，支持香港切实履行维护国家安全的宪制责任，依法有效防范、制止和惩治危害国家安全的行为和活动。

白皮书特别提及，黎案是“维护国安的判决”，以及截至1月已有98人依《香港国安法》被控、78人被定罪。内容强调，香港维护国家安全的实践，“本质上是坚持和发展‘一国两制’事业的实践”。中国发展环境面临深刻复杂变化，维护国家安全“只有进行时，没有完成时”。中央政府坚定支持香港特区持续筑牢国家安全屏障，以高水准安全护航“一国两制”实践行稳致远。

中国国务院港澳办公室发言人周二形容，白皮书正本清源、坚定信心，全面回顾了香港维护国家安全的实践历程，深入阐述了中央政府维护国家安全的原则立场，对全面准确、坚定不移贯彻一国两制方针，以高水平安全护航一国两制高质量发展，具有重大而深远的意义。

香港特首李家超同日在媒体会上表示，对白皮书表示欢迎，指白皮书意义重大，正合其时，特区政府会全力支持和履行白皮书的内容和要求。

李家超指出，黎案的判决向社会发出“严正警示”，表明任何勾结外部势力、危害国家安全的行为都将受到法律严惩。

黎智英的儿子黎崇恩则在星期一呼吁英国政府“做得更多”，以争取年迈父亲获释。他批评英国首相斯塔默在重启英中关系时，未将此案列为优先议题。

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，白皮书在黎智英案判刑次日公步，反映中央政府在维护国家安全上不会松解，“即使黎智英案审结后，香港维护国家安全的方向及相关工作亦不会因此而结束。”

孔永乐认为，黎崇恩及西方社会呼吁援助甚至释放黎智英的可能性不高，“对中国政府而言，维护国家安全非常重要。黎崇恩及国际组织、多国政府纷纷发声只会带来反效果，令北京政府认为联同外部势力影响中国内政。”

孔永乐表示，香港目前已有国安法及23条相关立法，相信西方国家难以轻易利用香港作为破坏中国国家安全的平台。但鉴于当前国际形势严峻复杂，港府仍要重视经济民生等发展，确保香港社会长期稳定。

中国全国港澳研究会顾问刘兆佳则认为，鉴于当前国际形势严峻，美西方遏制中国之心不死，仍会利用香港以不同方法危害国家和香港的安全。白皮书实际上指出中央政府在维护国家安全上不会松解，反而会严阵以待，不断防范与应对，并对敌对势力作出反击。

他表示，黎智英案审结，标志着香港回归后长时间的动乱基本结束，香港进入由治及兴新阶段，是适当时候回顾过去，面向未来。但各种各样的国家安全的威胁不会消失，仍要严阵以待。

杨莉明：预算案将宣布如何加快 各行业和劳动队伍应用人工智能

2026年2月10日 23:31 / 联合早报

数码发展及新闻部长杨莉明说，政府不仅要打造一个蓬勃的数码经济，也希望建立一个稳定、可信赖的数码社会，让人们和不同群体能安心互动。 （陈斌勤摄）

总理兼财政部长黄循财星期四（2月12日）发表2026年财政预算案声明时，将就人工智能作出重要宣布，阐述政府如何推动各行业、企业，以及劳动队伍，加快应用这项科技。

数码发展及新闻部长杨莉明，星期二（10日）在谷歌的人工智能（AI）活动上致辞时，透露这个消息。

她指出，AI已成为当前最受关注的科技趋势之一，但新加坡在推动AI发展的同时，更重视整体的数码发展方向，而不仅仅是技术本身的进步。

杨莉明说，政府不仅要打造一个蓬勃的数码经济，也希望建立一个稳定、可信赖的数码社会，让人们和不同群体能安心互动。“这也包括数码安全，以及我们是否信任日常使用的系统和服务。”

她也指出，新科技一旦出现问题，往往会引发社会高度关注，因此相关系统在推出前，必须经过充分测试，并设有必要的保障机制。

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“在应对科技带来的影响时，政府在制定监管框架前，会优先检视现有法律是否足以处理潜在风险，再考虑是否有必要引入新的法规。”

谷歌本地设安全卓越中心 研究应对代理型AI等风险

谷歌星期二也宣布一系列加强网络安全的措施，包括在新加坡设立人工智能安全卓越中心。中心的研究工作，包括如何应对代理型AI等前沿领域可能带来的风险，以及提升在隐私保护及内容安全方面的能力。

谷歌也于近期在本地推出用户年龄验证措施，包括默认开启安全搜索，以及加强YouTube和Google Play应用商店的内容限制，为未满18岁的新加坡用户提供更安全的上网体验。

Google Play两年阻截290万次高风险应用安装

根据谷歌星期二发布的文告，公司与新加坡网络安全局在Google Play推出的保护机制功能，过去两年已阻止本地约67万个电子设备，尝试安装共290万次高风险应用。

此外，谷歌自2022年起，与资讯通信媒体发展局和媒体通识理事会合作，为约21万名家长和儿童提供网络安全培训，人数比原定目标多出一倍。

黄总理与退休议员捞鱼生 | 联合早报

发布时间：2026年2月10日 23:49 来源：联合早报

黄循财总理星期二（2月10日）与（左起）殷丹、王邦文等退休议员共进午餐，并在农历新年前一同捞鱼生。 （取自黄总理脸书）

黄循财总理星期二（2月10日）与多名退休议员共进午餐，并在农历新年农历新年前一同捞鱼生。

黄总理在社媒发文说：“我向来很期待这场年度聚会，这是大家重聚、交换意见，并且一同回顾新加坡发展历程的机会。我珍惜这些对话，以及他们分享的视角。”

根据黄总理发布的大合照，共有数十名退休议员出席在国会大厦的聚会，当中包括第一代内阁部长王邦文王邦文。王邦文是新马分家协议10名签字人之一，也是唯一在世的签字人。

其他出席者包括：荣誉国务资政吴作栋吴作栋、前副总理兼国家安全统筹部长张志贤张志贤、前副总理黄根成黄根成，以及前国防部长黄永宏黄永宏医生等人。国务资政李显龙李显龙也出席了活动。

黄总理在贴文中，感谢退休议员对新加坡的重要贡献，以及为新加坡和新加坡人付出的努力。

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数码发展及新闻部长杨莉明（右三）星期二出席谷歌新加坡活动时，聆听学生代表介绍有关“Majulah AI”计划的详情。右二为美国驻新加坡大使辛哈。 （陈斌勤摄）

数码发展及新闻部长杨莉明（右三）星期二出席谷歌新加坡活动时，聆听学生代表介绍有关“Majulah AI”计划的详情。右二为美国驻新加坡大使辛哈。 （陈斌勤摄）

新加坡人日后使用数码健康工具时，可能不再只是收到“多吃纤维、多吃蔬菜”这类笼统的建议，而是根据自身状况和生活习惯，得到更精准的饮食指导。

科技巨头谷歌与本地医疗科技起步公司AMILI合作，推出一项“精准营养”计划，旨在借助人工智能（AI）技术，为用户提供个人化的饮食和生活方式建议。

AMILI首席执行官林方源医生受访时指出，不同人对同一种食物的代谢反应差异很大，有人吃后血糖明显波动，有人却几乎没有影响，因此“一刀切”的饮食建议，实际效果有限。

他说：“随着肠道微生物分析等技术越来越成熟，我们可以更精细地追踪不同人对食物的反应，把这些数据累积起来，建立类似‘数码分身’的模型，预测一个人在不同时间、吃不同食物组合时，身体可能出现的反应。”

这项计划将结合AMILI过去几年收集的相关数据，以及谷歌的云端和AI技术，分析个人的健康、生活方式和肠道菌群特征，再把结果转化为具体建议，协助用户更清楚知道“该吃什么、什么时候吃、和什么一起吃”。

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本地多名医生采用 提取排泄物肠道菌群治肠道疾病 本地多名医生采用 提取排泄物肠道菌群治肠道疾病

例如，在多种坚果当中，系统可能判断某个人更适合吃核桃而不是腰果；系统也会根据年龄、身高、体重和饮食习惯等因素，分析哪一类蔬菜更有助改善肠道健康。

这项计划预计在今年4月或5月推出测试版本。谷歌和AMILI也正与本地医疗集群和机构探讨合作，希望未来能把相关工具，纳入更大规模的公共健康项目。

林方源也说，团队计划在下一阶段发展出更完善的机制，包括通过奖励方式，鼓励用户做出更健康的选择。

“例如在小贩中心，系统可以提醒你哪些选择更适合你，甚至提供积分或现金奖励，让健康选择变得更容易。”

谷歌扩大本地AI投资 推出多项教育与人才发展计划

这项与AMILI的合作，是谷歌星期二（2月10日）公布的多项AI计划之一。

谷歌当天也宣布，扩大在本地的AI投资规模，包括加强研发工作，并推出多个项目，借助AI推动教育、企业创新、人才培养及网络安全等领域的发展。

在企业合作方面，谷歌将设立谷歌云新加坡工程中心（Google Cloud Singapore Engineering Center），与本地及国际企业合作，共同开发机器人和洁净能源等前沿领域的解决方案。

谷歌也将推出“起步学校”（Startup School: Prompt to Prototype），教导没有编程背景的创业者，如何利用AI工具，把构想快速转化为可运作的原型产品。

在人力发展方面，谷歌宣布推出“Majulah AI”计划，协助不同群体掌握AI技能。

其中，谷歌将与教育部合作设立“Google AI Living Labs”，让学生和教师在实体创新空间学习AI技能。首个实验室已设于工艺教育学院东区学院，未来将扩大至南洋理工学院等学府，目标是未来两年让5万人接受相关培训。

谷歌也与资讯通信媒体发展局合作，在SG技能启动（Skills Ignition SG）计划下推出AI挑战，让约500名应届毕业生及中途转业者，通过为期三个月的课程，学习如何在会计、人力资源、法律及市场营销等非技术岗位上使用AI。参与者也将接受履历与面试培训，表现优异者有机会申请加入谷歌相关团队。

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Lutnick claims no relationship with Epstein amid calls to resign

February 10, 2026 3:01 PM UTC / Reuters

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick sought on Tuesday to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein, alleging he “barely had anything to do with” the financier and convicted sex offender amid calls for his resignation over new revelations about their ties.

The Justice Department in January released millions of new files related to Epstein, including emails that showed Lutnick apparently visited Epstein’s private Caribbean island for lunch years after he claimed to have cut off ties. Lutnick, appointed to his post by Republican President Donald Trump last year, now faces calls from both Democrats and Republicans to resign.

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Lutnick pushed back during a Senate hearing, telling lawmakers that the two men had exchanged only about 10 emails and met three times over 14 years. Lutnick said a lunch with Epstein took place only because he was on a boat near the island. Lutnick said his family was present for the lunch.

“I did not have any relationship with him. I barely had anything to do with that person,” Lutnick told a Senate panel under questioning by Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen.

Lutnick is one of a host of powerful men in politics, business and entertainment, including Trump himself, who are under fire for their ties with Epstein, in a reflection of the elite circles Epstein inhabited. Lutnick also is in the hot seat over apparent contradictions between the newly released documents and his prior remarks about Epstein, who lived next door to the former Cantor Fitzgerald CEO in New York at the time.

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Lutnick previously claimed he vowed never to “be in a room” with Epstein following a 2005 incident in which the financier showed Lutnick a massage table at his townhouse and made a sexually suggestive comment.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick arrives to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 10, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

But in addition to the 2012 lunch, the emails showed that Epstein’s assistant forwarded him an invitation from Lutnick to a fundraiser in November 2015 at his financial firm for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Trump defeated Clinton in the 2016 U.S. election.

Lutnick on Tuesday did not address the apparent contradictions during his testimony, cited by Democratic Senator Adam Schiff in his call for Lutnick to step down, opens new tab.

Republican Representative Tom Massie told CNN on Sunday that Lutnick should “make life easier on the president, frankly, and just resign.”

“I know and my wife knows that I have done absolutely nothing wrong in any possible regard,” Lutnick said at the hearing.

Lutnick also noted that he had no knowledge of Epstein being interested in meeting his nanny.

The hearing was held a day after Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions at a deposition before a U.S. House of Representatives panel, according to lawmakers, drawing criticism from Republican and Democratic members of the committee.

Reporting by David Lawder, Alexandra Alper and Courtney Rozen; Writing by Alexandra Alper; Editing by Will Dunham

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Republican US Senator Susan Collins announces bid for re-election

By David Morgan
February 10, 2026 4:38 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago

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WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced on Tuesday that she will seek a sixth term in November’s midterm elections, setting up a high-stakes battle for her seat in Maine.

Her decision to run defies recent attacks from President Donald Trump, whose opposition to Collins complicates the Republican strategy to keep its fragile Senate majority. She presented her candidacy as a choice between problem solving and counterproductive confrontation.

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“At a time when Washington seems broken and trust is low, Maine needs experienced, steady leadership and a senator committed to the hard work it takes to get things done,” Collins said in an op-ed column in the Bangor Daily News.

The 73-year-old centrist, seen as the most vulnerable Senate Republican in this year’s campaign, faces a toss-up bid for re-election in a state that Trump lost by nearly seven points in 2024. Her top Democratic contenders include Maine Governor Janet Mills and progressive Graham Platner, who have both polled strongly against Collins, according to RealClearPolitics.com, which tracks political polls.

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Collins’ formal declaration dispelled uncertainty about her plans, after Trump attacked her and four other Senate Republicans over their support for a resolution to bar him from taking further military action in Venezuela without congressional authorization, following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.

Republicans have a 53-47 seat majority in the Senate and are favored to keep control of the chamber in the final two years of Trump’s presidency. But in recent months, Democrats have become more hopeful about their chances of reducing the Republican majority or even taking control of the chamber, with Collins viewed as a leading target for ouster.

Trump maintains a tight hold on the Republican Party and his influence in party primary elections can often make or break a candidate. On his Truth Social website, the president attacked the five Republicans who supported the Venezuela resolution, saying they “should never be elected to office again.” Of the five, only Collins faces re-election this year.

Collins, seen as the only Republican who can win the November general election in Maine, responded to news of the Trump attack by telling reporters that she guessed Trump “would prefer to have Governor Mills or somebody else.”

Trump’s attack on Collins helped raise Democratic hopes of capturing the seat. But there has been no sign of the president backing a primary challenger.

Collins, one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, was able to win re-election in 2020 despite Trump attacks over issues including her opposition to Republican healthcare legislation and his Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.

Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Lisa Shumaker

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Governors to skip Trump meeting after White House invited only Republicans, source says

February 10, 2026 6:50 PM UTC / Reuters

By Jasper Ward

Item 1 of 2 Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt speaks at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo

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WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – The National Governors Association cancelled a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump later this month after the White House excluded Democratic governors, chairman Kevin Stitt told members on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Governors from across the U.S. gather every year in Washington for the NGA meeting. It is tradition for the president to host the governors at the White House for a session with Cabinet secretaries, among other officials, and a black-tie dinner for the governors and their spouses.

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“To disinvite individual governors to the White House sessions undermines an important opportunity for federal-state collaboration,” Brandon Tatum, CEO of the bipartisan association representing U.S. governors, said in a statement.

“At this moment in our nation’s history, it is critical that institutions continue to stand for unity, dignity and constructive engagement.”

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The White House meeting, which was scheduled for February 20, was slated to be part of the association’s annual winter gathering. The association’s leadership is made up of nine members, including Republican Stitt and Democratic Maryland Governor Wes Moore, who serves as vice chairman.

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The New York Times reported last week that Trump still planned to hold a separate, bipartisan dinner for governors and their spouses at the White House.

However, according to the newspaper, Trump personally blocked invites for Moore and Democratic Colorado Governor Jared Polis, who is also a member of the association.

“The National Governors Association has a long tradition of bipartisan gatherings to trade best practices and ideas, regardless of party affiliation. It’s what Americans expect and deserve and unfortunately, the White House does not seem to feel the same,” said David Turner, a spokesperson for Moore.

A spokesperson for Polis did not immediately respond when reached for comment.

Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; editing by Michelle Nichols and Mark Heinrich

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Trump allegedly thanked police for probing Epstein in 2000s, warned Ghislaine Maxwell is ‘evil’: FBI doc

February 10, 2026 11:24am EST / Fox News

President Donald Trump allegedly called the Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department in the mid-2000s to thank them for investigating Jeffrey Epstein while simultaneously warning them to stay focused on “evil” Ghislaine Maxwell, according to an FBI document recapping an interview with the local department’s former chief.

“TRUMP called the PBPD (Palm Beach Police Department) to tell him ‘thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,’” reads an FBI document reviewed by Fox News Digital recounting a 2019 interview with former Palm Beach, Florida, Police Chief Michael Reiter.

When approached for comment, however, an official with the Department of Justice pushed back Tuesday that the office was “not aware of any corroborating evidence that the President contacted law enforcement 20 years ago.”

Reiter served as the police chief in Palm Beach from 2001 to 2009. Reiter’s name was redacted from the FBI document released by the Department of Justice (DOJ), but confirmed to the Miami Herald that he was interviewed by the FBI in 2019 and that Trump called the police department regarding Epstein in July 2006, according to the outlet.

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President Donald Trump reportedly called the Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department in 2006 to thank them for investigating Jeffrey Epstein.(Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to Reiter and a security and crisis management firm he operates, called Michael Reiter and Associates, Tuesday morning. Reiter declined to comment on the matter.

The FBI document was among the millions of files, photos and emails released by the DOJ following Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act in late 2025. The DOJ released its latest batch of files on Jan. 30.

The Florida police department began investigating Epstein in 2005 after receiving a call that a 14-year-old girl was allegedly molested by the financier, the Miami Herald reported. The call led to police uncovering other similar sexual abuse allegations and pulled Reiter into the investigation, the outlet wrote Monday.

The FBI document recapping Reiter’s reported interview with federal officials contends that Trump allegedly called Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate, “evil” and warned that police should “focus on her.”

“TRUMP told him people in New York knew [EPSTEIN] was disgusting,” the FBI document continued of the interview with the former police chief. “TRUMP said MAXWELL was EPSTEIN’s operative, ‘she is evil and to focus on her,’”

“TRUMP told (redacted) that he was around EPSTEIN once when teenagers were present and TRUMP ‘got the hell out of there.’ TRUMP was one of the very first people to call when people found out that they were investigating EPSTEIN.”

Fox News Digital also reached out to the White House Tuesday morning for comment on the alleged phone call and FBI document.

The Department of Justice released a trove of Epstein documents on Dec. 19, 2025, following President Donald Trump’s signature on the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025.(Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

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Trump long has maintained that while he did at a time brush elbows with Epstein, he “threw him out” of his Mar-a-Lago resort back in the 2000s as details of his web of sex trafficking and pedophilia circulated.

Reiter’s interview with the FBI also backed up Trump’s long-standing comments that he ended any ties to Epstein in the early 2000s.

“Mar-A-Lago is a mixture of everyone,” the FBI document reads. “DONALD TRUMP told (redacted) that he threw EPSTEIN out of his club.”

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was a well-connected financier with a lengthy Rolodex of billionaires and celebrities who floated in and out of his orbit across the years.(Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Epstein was a well-connected financier with a lengthy Rolodex of billionaires and celebrities who floated in and out of his orbit across the years. He was convicted of sex trafficking minors in 2008 and served just more than one year of incarceration, which also included a controversial work-release arrangement under a plea agreement.

He was arrested again in 2019 on charges of sex trafficking before he was found dead by suicide in his Manhattan jail cell.

Jeffrey Epstein was seen in a handful of personal images in the second data set released by the Department of Justice on Dec. 19, 2025, including on boats and near helicopters.(Department of Justice)

Reiter’s interview with the FBI was held just two months after Epstein’s death, according to the Herald.

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Trump signed legislation in November 2025 that required the Justice Department to release files related to the late convicted sex offender, with the DOJ releasing tranches of the documents since December 2025.

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Unearthed docs undercut Dem warnings of harm from Trump executive order blocking trans surgery for minors

VP of America First Legal slams ‘unfounded attempts to clog the federal courts as part of state lawfare against the Administration’

By Alec Schemmel
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Published February 10, 2026 10:57am EST

FIRST ON FOX: Conservative lawfare group America First Legal (AFL) has been filing records requests after 15 Democratic-led states and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, D, sued to block President Donald Trump’s executive order banning sex changes for minors, in an attempt to find out whether the harm being alleged in their lawsuit is actually happening.

Fox News Digital reported last month on how AFL’s more than a dozen records requests to state departments of health were either ignored, or did not include any responsive records documenting the harms the Democratic states’ lawsuit warns stem from the president’s executive order.

One of the states that AFL said ignored its records requests, Connecticut, did subsequently return to them with responsive records. However, according to AFL, the documents provided by Connecticut’s health department continue to lend evidence that the harm being cited in Democrats’ multi-state lawsuit is nonexistent.

“I don’t see any impact to HSS funding or federal grants related to this executive order,” said an email that was among what appeared to be three records that the Connecticut Department of Public Health provided to AFL, plus an additional final page that was entirely redacted.

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Protesters wave pride flags outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments on a case involving transgender athletes, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

The email came from Elizabeth Frugale, a section chief for health statistics and surveillance at the Connecticut public health department, in response to a question from a grants management and budget supervisor, Aaron Knight, inquiring whether President Trump’s executive order on transgender surgeries “adversely impacts any of your Federal grants.”

Frugale’s response stands in contrast to claims in the lawsuit against the president’s executive order on sex changes, which argued the directive had “immediately” jeopardized federal funding and disrupted public health systems.

“If Connecticut was not financially impacted by the Executive Order, it should have declined to join a lawsuit,” said Dan Epstein, vice president of America First Legal. “To challenge, without cause, Executive Order 14187’s assurance that taxpayer dollars are not used for chemical and surgical mutilation of children, forces the courts to adjudicate political grievances, not actual disputes. AFL will continue to expose unfounded attempts to clog the federal courts as part of state lawfare against the Administration.”

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The third record given in response to AFL’s records request was just an employee notice asking folks to review a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) halting Trump’s executive directive on trans surgeries for minors.

A nationwide preliminary injunction halting Trump’s executive order on transgender surgeries was issued just a few months after it came down.

Minnesotans hold a rally at the Capitol on March 6, 2022, to support transgender kids around the country.(Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

When asked how plaintiffs could show proof of harm for a policy measure that has been halted by the courts, Epstein said the plaintiffs in the case still must show “standing” for a court to provide a remedy. He noted that just because the plaintiffs filed their suit early does not mean this responsibility disappears.

“Because standing is necessary for any federal court to provide a remedy, plaintiffs must plead concrete evidence of harm in their complaint,” Epstein asserted. “Here, plaintiffs’ complaint failed to show an actual, traceable loss tied to the federal action, beyond merely speculative claims of harm or generalized concerns. Filing suit early does not eliminate this requirement to establish standing.”

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AFL’s records requests to all the health departments belonging to states listed in the lawsuit, which was filed on Aug. 1, sought an array of records. Among them were documents showing the states had actually experienced the harms they claimed in their lawsuit, such as evidence of prosecutions or penalties for providers, clinic closures, reduced services and increased medical or mental-health crises for transgender adolescents.

The group also asked for records showing higher costs for services like counseling, crisis intervention or hospitalizations, worsened mental and physical health outcomes or the states’ inability to meet legal obligations to provide medical care for minors in state custody. AFL asked for any internal communications specifically referencing the executive order and its alleged effects as well.

Democrat-led states that are suing over alleged “harm” caused by one of President Trump’s executive orders tied to transgender minors are being pressed for proof of their claims.(Getty Images)

Only four states — Massachusetts, Illinois, Nevada and Connecticut — have provided any sort of response thus far. Furthermore, the responses that did arrive indicated there were no responsive records relating to AFL’s requests, even though they asked for documents pertaining to precisely what the multi-state lawsuit against Trump’s executive order alleges.

Trump’s Executive Order 14187 is also being challenged for alleged discrimination in a lawsuit against the Health and Human Services Department led by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Fox News Digital reached out with questions to the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office and the state’s public health department in response to AFL’s allegations, but did not receive a response in time for publication.

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Democrats introduce ‘Virginia’s Law’ alongside Epstein victims

By Nolan D. McCaskill and Richard Cowan
February 10, 2026 5:49 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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[1/3]Epstein survivors and the family of Virginia Giuffre attend a press conference to introduce Virginia’s Law, legislation that aims to eliminate the statute of limitations for sex traffickers and abusers, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 10, 2026. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Tuesday that they said would eliminate the statute of limitations that has shielded sex traffickers such as the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez announced the proposal alongside Epstein victims and Virginia Giuffre’s family. The proposal — Virginia’s Law — is named after Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers, who died by suicide last year.

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The bill’s fate in the Senate and House of Representatives, which are both controlled by Republicans, is unclear.

However, a bipartisan effort was successful last year to compel the Department of Justice to release all unclassified files in its Epstein investigation.

“Virginia’s dream was to inspire and empower survivors to come forward in a world that too often turns away from abuse and pushes it into the shadows. She wanted to bring light,” said Sky Roberts, Giuffre’s brother.

A teary-eyed Roberts, speaking at a press conference in the U.S. Capitol, was asked about a photograph that has been made public showing former UK Prince Andrew with his arm around Giuffre.

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“I think he should show up in front of our Congress,” Roberts responded, adding, “He has a lot of questions he needs to answer.”

The Democrats’ new bill would end the statute of limitations for adult victims or their survivors bringing civil suits, which would include many of Epstein’s alleged victims. It broadens victims’ legal recourse in additional ways, including covering applicable sex crimes occurring beyond U.S. soil if a U.S. court has jurisdiction.

Though Epstein died in 2019, transparency and accountability for victims of his abuse have led to oversight investigations and passage of the Epstein files law.

DOJ said it has released nearly 3.5 million pages of documents, though some files are heavily redacted. Members of Congress began reviewing unredacted files on Monday.

Schumer has been calling for all the unreleased files, which he said number in the millions, to also be made public.

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The House Oversight Committee interviewed Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell virtually on Monday in a private deposition. Maxwell, who was found guilty in 2021 for her role in helping Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, refused to answer questions. She is serving a 20-year prison sentence.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are set to testify separately behind closed doors in the committee’s Epstein investigation later this month.

Reporting by Nolan D. McCaskill and Richard Cowan; Editing by Alistair Bell

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