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Squad-endorsed socialist wins heated primary to represent America’s birthplace

2026-05-20 01:06 EDT / Fox News

The crowded Democratic primary in America’s most Democratic district drew endorsements from the Squad and city leaders

By Charles Creitz, Fox News

Published May 20, 2026 1:06am EDT

Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman and State Sen. Sharif Street speaks with Fox News Digital about the 2024 election in Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia’s Chris Rabb, a far-left state lawmaker backed by the “Squad,” won the crowded and at-times-heated Democratic primary contest for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District.

The district — rated the most Democratic in the nation — includes much of Center City, all of North Philadelphia and West Philadelphia, and is one of the few Black-majority districts in the country, with Tuesday night’s results essentially foreshadowing November’s likely outcome.

Rabb, whose district includes Mount Airy and West Oak Lane, celebrated endorsements from progressive figures, including members of the “Squad.

SOROS-BACKED PHILADELPHIA DA SURVIVES PRIMARY CHALLENGE, BUT POTENTIAL GOP WRINKLE AHEAD

The Liberty Bell, saved from the British by Lynnport farmer Frederick Leaser, is displayed in its Philadelphia shrine.(iStock)

State Sen. Sharif Street is the son of former popular yet controversial Mayor John Street, and is endorsed by several officials including his father’s predecessor Ed Rendell.

He is a former chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and appeared to characterize himself as the true Philadelphian in the race.

“People who are from, live and can vote in Philadelphia have supported me,” Street told the Penn Capital-Star. “People who are from outside the city, they’re cozying up to my opponents.”

Besides Rendell, Street had the endorsement of the state party, Mayor Cherelle Parker and other noted Philadelphians.

Street, who is Muslim, made news when he spoke out against a virulent anti-Israel protest in the city earlier this year, telling Fox News Digital at the time he “forcefully condemn[s] the antisemitic rally that took place today in Rittenhouse Square.”

Rep. Gregorio Casar, D-Texas, was one of several lawmakers to endorse Rabb, saying in a joint statement with Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., that Rabb is a “social justice activist [and] an educator who helped unionize 1,500 adjunct professors and a legislator who has taken on Republicans and the billionaire class to create a democracy that works for everyone rather than just the wealthy few.”

PHILLY’S FIREFIGHTERS UNION BACKS BOB CASEY’S RIVAL IN SENATE RACE

Pennsylvania State Rep. Chris Rabb, D-West Oak Lane, is shown.(Joe Lamberti/Getty Images)

Rabb, 56, said in a statement that he also welcomed the endorsement of the left-wing Working Families Party and the Justice Democrats — a group that has supported “Squad” members and other federal candidates of similar ideology.

“Our coalition is people-powered, and our allies are united in our fight to demand a prosperous future for the multiracial working class families and communities who are the heart of Philly and represent our city’s incredible strength and potential,” he said.

Rabb’s political history includes working with the first elected Black Democrat in the Senate, Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois, in the 1990s. Two Black Republicans had been elected previously in the 1880s from Mississippi.

Rabb was endorsed by Philadelphia City Council Minority Leader Kendra Brooks and Minority Whip Nicolas O’Rourke, both of the WFP. Republicans have just one member on council — longtime Northeast Philadelphia representative Brian O’Neill, whose presence is considered the “third party.”

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Pa. State Sen. Sharif Street speaks during a rally at the Capitol Building against life without parole on Oct. 25, 2017.

Dr. Ala Stanford was recently a Biden administration HHS appointee — as she led the agency’s “Region III” covering Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

The pediatric surgeon made news during her tenure for setting up a major 24-hour COVID-19 vaccine site at Temple University’s Liacouras Center at 15th Street and Montgomery Avenue and reportedly making house calls to offer testing.

With no clear Republican challenger, Tuesday night’s winner is expected to sail to victory in November in what is considered the nation’s most Democratic Congressional District.

Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.

He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.

Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.

Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.

七国集团（G7）领导人峰会将于6月中旬在法国埃维昂（Evian）举行。 （法新社）

尽管美国与盟友在关税和伊朗战争等一系列问题上存在分歧和紧张关系，白宫官员称，总统特朗普仍会出席6月在法国举办的七国集团（G7）峰会。

法新社星期三（5月20日）引述一名白宫官员报道这个消息。美国新闻网站Axios也报道称，特朗普会赴法国参加G7峰会。

Axios称，特朗普希望在这次领导人会议上讨论包括人工智能、贸易和打击犯罪等议题。

美国特朗普政府与其他G7成员国之间在关税和伊朗战争等问题上发生摩擦。特朗普曾猛烈抨击美国盟友未能协助疏通霍尔木兹海峡。

G7等西方国家则指美国和以色列对伊朗的战争造成经济影响，尤其是这些国家正面临特朗普政府的关税压力。

G7成员国包括美国、英国、加拿大、法国、德国、意大利和日本，各成员国轮流担任主席国，每年组织峰会和部长级会议。

美国也是北约联盟的关键一员，但目前还未确认特朗普是否出席7月初在土耳其举行的北约峰会。

克宫：不排除普京特朗普APEC期间在华会晤

2026年5月20日 15:15 / 联合早报

莫斯科不排除俄罗斯总统普京与美国总统特朗普于11月在中国举行的亚太经济合作组织（APEC）峰会期间会晤的可能性。

根据路透社，国际文传电讯社报道称，克里姆林宫发言人佩斯科夫星期三（5月20日）在普京访华期间发表上述言论。

普京星期二（5月19日）展开为期两天的访华行程。这是普京第25次访华，上一次是去年9月赴天津和北京出席上海合作组织峰会和“九三”大阅兵。

今年APEC领导人非正式会议将于11月在深圳举行。

Raúl Castro expected to be indicted Wednesday — a prosecution in the works for 3 decades

2026-05-20T04:01:51.213Z / CNN

The Justice Department’s anticipated criminal charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro is a prosecution more than 30 years in the works, with federal prosecutors in Miami first drafting an indictment against him in the 1990s.

After three decades, criminal charges expected to be announced Wednesday at an event in Miami focus on the 94-year-old Castro’s role — years before his presidency — as defense minister and alleged role in ordering the 1996 shoot down of two civilian aircraft belonging to the Cuban-American group Brothers to the Rescue, according to people briefed on the matter.

Four people, three of them Americans, were killed in the attack by two Cuban MiG fighters in international airspace. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is expected to attend a ceremony honoring the victims of the shoot-down on a day that Cuban exiles celebrate as Cuba’s independence day, according to people familiar with the plans.

The original draft indictment, however, was built on the momentum of the successful prosecution of Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian leader convicted in 1992 of racketeering and drug trafficking.

“On the heels of the Noriega case, we frankly redoubled the efforts to move this case forward,” Guy Lewis, a former US Attorney in Miami, said of the early efforts in a telephone interview.

Years later, Lewis wrote a seven-page memo laying out a possible case against Castro that in recent months made its way to top Trump administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The memo was originally prepared in 2016 and later sent to then Attorney General Jeff Sessions. But no case materialized — until now.

George Fowler, whose family fled Cuba when he was 9-years-old and is a longtime attorney representing the Cuban American National Foundation lobbying group, says he wrote to President Donald Trump and included Lewis’ memo to make the case for taking action against Castro.

“I’ve been trying to get the Castros indicted since I was 9-years-old,” Fowler said in an interview with CNN.

Lewis, who helped prosecute Noriega, says some of the investigation to prepare for the Noriega prosecution helped develop evidence that Castro, brother of then-Cuban leader Fidel Castro, and others in the Cuban government took millions in payments from Colombian cartel leaders to protect their shipments.

Those efforts to bring charges came to a halt after the Miami Herald reported on the indictment draft, Lewis recalls from the time.

A new effort took root after the Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, as the FBI intensified its investigation of the Cuban intelligence spy ring that stretched from military installations in Miami and Tampa, to infiltrations of the Brothers to the Rescue group and even the offices of members of Congress.

The spy ring known as La Red Avispa, or Wasp Network, had planted Cuban intelligence officers inside Miami’s anti-Castro Cuban community, including the Brothers to the Rescue, which began as a group of airborne spotters who identified Cuban refugees who needed rescue at sea.

In a 2000 trial, five members of the Cuban spy ring, including its leader Gerardo Hernandez, were found guilty of espionage and other charges. A separate US indictment included murder and other charges against the Cuban MiG pilots and a Cuban general who allegedly ordered the unarmed civilian planes to be shot down.

Hernandez, then serving a life sentence in a US prison, was among a group that was returned to Cuba as part of a prisoner exchange in 2014, sparking outrage in south Florida, home of the largest Cuban-American community.

“My reaction was anger,” Lewis says. “It was like spitting in the face of these families and the memory of these men. Three US citizens who were murdered in cold blood.”

While the effort to charge Castro appeared to fizzle because of shifts in political priorities, prosecutors involved in the investigation and current officials say they never closed the books on the Castro brothers. The prisoner exchange helped spark a renewed push when Trump won the 2016 election.

David Buckner, who helped lead the Cuban espionage prosecution, said prosecutors looked into charging anyone involved in the murder of the Brothers to the Rescue pilots.

“We followed the evidence as far as it could take us,” he said. “We looked at everybody. Our goal was to obtain justice for these families.”

Buckner says that the investigation showed that the Cuban government carried out the attack as a message to dissidents on the island who at the time were gaining ground with funding from European governments.

At the time of the 1996 attack, Brothers to the Rescue planes were known to fly just outside Cuban airspace and release thousands of fliers with anti-Cuban government messages intended to reach Havana residents. On the day of the attack, spies in Miami had informed the Cuban military of the planned flight and had ensured that Hernandez, the ring leader, wasn’t on one of the planes, prosecutors said during the trial.

“This was not a one-off, it wasn’t a spur of the moment thing, this was a planned out homicide,” Buckner said. “It was supposed to intimidate the people of Cuba.”

伊朗战争爆发后 首艘韩国船只穿越霍尔木兹海峡

2026年5月20日 15:15 / 联合早报

韩国官员说，这是自伊朗战争爆发以来，首次有悬挂韩国国旗的船只通过霍尔木兹海峡。 （路透社）

韩国官员说，这是自伊朗战争爆发以来，首次有悬挂韩国国旗的船只通过霍尔木兹海峡。 （路透社）

韩国外交部说，一艘韩国油轮正在穿越霍尔木兹海峡。这是伊朗战争2月底爆发以来，首艘通过这道海峡的韩国船只。

法新社报道，韩国外交部长赵显星期三（5月20日）在国会说：“就在此刻，我们的油轮正在穿越霍尔木兹海峡。”

一名韩国外交部官员告诉法新社：“这是自伊朗战争爆发以来，首次有悬挂韩国国旗的船只通过霍尔木兹海峡。”

传播追踪网站Marine Traffic显示，悬挂韩国国旗的油轮宇宙赢家号（Universal Winner）位于霍尔木兹海峡东侧、阿曼湾入口附近。

这艘船从科威特米纳哈迈迪港（Mina Al Ahmadi port）出发，正在驶向韩国东南部蔚山市。

半个月前，一艘韩国运营的船只在霍尔木兹海峡附近遭两架不明飞行器袭击，船尾附近左舷压舱的外板被击中，导致机舱起火。

这起事件加剧首尔对波斯湾地区韩国船舶安全问题的担忧。韩国政府强烈谴责此次袭击，并称希望彻底调查，查明幕后黑手。

伊朗战争爆发后 首艘韩国船只穿越霍尔木兹海峡

2026年5月20日 15:15 / 联合早报

伊朗战争爆发后 首艘韩国船只穿越霍尔木兹海峡

韩国官员说，这是自伊朗战争爆发以来，首次有悬挂韩国国旗的船只通过霍尔木兹海峡。（路透社）

韩国外交部说，一艘韩国油轮正在穿越霍尔木兹海峡。这是伊朗战争2月底爆发以来，首艘通过这道海峡的韩国船只。

法新社报道，韩国外交部长赵显星期三（5月20日）在国会说：“就在此刻，我们的油轮正在穿越霍尔木兹海峡。”

一名韩国外交部官员告诉法新社：“这是自伊朗战争爆发以来，首次有悬挂韩国国旗的船只通过霍尔木兹海峡。”

传播追踪网站Marine Traffic显示，悬挂韩国国旗的油轮宇宙赢家号（Universal Winner）位于霍尔木兹海峡东侧、阿曼湾入口附近。

这艘船从科威特米纳哈迈迪港（Mina Al Ahmadi port）出发，正在驶向韩国东南部蔚山市。

半个月前，一艘韩国运营的船只在霍尔木兹海峡附近遭两架不明飞行器袭击，船尾附近左舷压舱的外板被击中，导致机舱起火。

这起事件加剧首尔对波斯湾地区韩国船舶安全问题的担忧。韩国政府强烈谴责此次袭击，并称希望彻底调查，查明幕后黑手。

中美原则同意讨论对等降税安排 规模各为300亿美元或以上

2026年5月20日 11:47 / 联合早报

中国商务部披露，中美双方原则同意在贸易理事会项下讨论同等规模产品对等降税框架安排，规模各为300亿美元或以上。图为北京一大屏幕显示中国国家主席习近平和美国总统特朗普5月14日出席国宴。 （法新社）

中国与美国举行经贸磋商后，中国商务部披露，双方原则同意在贸易理事会项下讨论同等规模产品对等降税框架安排，规模各为300亿美元（384亿新元）或以上。

美国总统特朗普5月13日至15日对中国进行国事访问，并与中国国家主席习近平会面。与此同时，中美经贸团队5月12日至13日在韩国举行经贸磋商，为两国元首会晤作了经贸领域的准备。

中国商务部星期三（5月20日）在官网发布声明称，中美双方就成果具体内容进行了密集磋商，取得了积极共识。

声明称，中美经贸团队在本次磋商中围绕关税问题深入沟通，就有关双边关税做出安排。双方原则同意在贸易理事会项下讨论同等规模产品对等降税框架安排，规模各为300亿美元或更多；对双方商定的彼此关注产品，有望适用最惠国税率甚至更低。

中国商务部也呼吁美国信守承诺，未来无论以何种理由加征或替代对华关税，美对华关税水平都不能超过吉隆坡经贸磋商联合安排的水平，并通过后续磋商，进一步取消对华有关单边关税，为双方拓展经贸合作创造积极条件。

声明指出，中美同意成立政府间贸易理事会和投资理事会，为双方务实讨论贸易和投资领域彼此关切提供平台，有利于双方交流政策、拓展合作、管控分歧。

在农产品领域，中美就推动解决双方部分农产品非关税壁垒和市场准入问题达成一系列共识，并原则同意将相关产品纳入对等降税框架安排，同时还设定了扩大农产品双向贸易的指导性目标。

中国商务部说，期待双方通过共同降低关税、减少非关税壁垒、扩大市场准入等方式，为双向农产品贸易创造有利条件，推动恢复并不断拓展农产品领域贸易合作。

关键矿产方面，中美就稀土等关键矿产出口管制问题进行沟通交流，双方将共同研究解决彼此合理合法关切。

航空领域方面，中国商务部说，将按商业原则引进200架波音飞机，并指美国将为中国提供充足的发动机、零部件供应保障。

台湾总统赖清德星期三（5月20日）在执政满二周年的记者会上说，台湾是台海和平稳定的守护者，中国大陆才是台海和平稳定的破坏者。 （路透社）

台湾总统赖清德在执政满两周年的记者会上，回应美国《华尔街日报》提问时表示，台湾是台海和平稳定的守护者，中国大陆才是台海和平稳定的破坏者。

星期三（5月20日）是赖清德执政满两周年，他当天上午亲自主持记者会并说明执政成果。《华尔街日报》记者提问，在“习特会”后，美国总统特朗普在“空军一号”上受访时说，想要跟现在治理台湾的人谈谈，所以有些看法跟解读认为是，特朗普希望跟赖清德直接通话，“所以想请教总统您会愿意跟川普总统对话吗？如果您愿意的话，最想跟川普总统说什么？”

赖清德对此回应说，其实台湾跟美国的沟通管道向来畅通，但如果有机会，“我有责任说说台湾社会的心声”。

赖清德进一步说，他会强调几点。第一，台海的和平稳定是世界安全和繁荣的必要元素，台湾政府不卑不亢维持现状，台湾也是台海和平稳定的守护者；第二，中国大陆才是台海和平稳定的破坏者，大陆持续在东海和南中国海扩军，军演也已经到西太平洋，引起了印太区域紧张形势的升高；第三，台湾有感于威胁日益严重，所以增加国防预算。“我们相信只有实力可以带来和平。也就是说，国防力量的提升，对美的军事采购，是维护台湾安全之外，也是维护台海和平稳定的必要手段。我们希望这项军购能够持续进行。”

赖清德也说，没有任何一个国家有权利并吞台湾，台湾人民追求民主自由的生活，民主自由也不应该被视为挑衅。因此，非常期待台美以及台湾跟民主国家能共同合作，促进台海的和平稳定，以及区域的和平安全。

全球瞩目的“习特会”上周在北京结束后，特朗普于返美途中，在空军一号上受访，与媒体谈到台湾问题。

特朗普称，在与“管理台湾的人”谈过之后，他很快就会对是否批准140亿美元（约178亿新元）对台军售做决定。他透露，自己未就台湾问题向中国国家主席习近平作出任何承诺；习近平有问他，若台海发生冲突，美国是否会介入协防台湾，他没有正面回答，相当于守住战略模糊底线。

习近平：中俄以乱云飞渡仍从容的勇气捍卫国际公道正义

2026年5月20日 11:39 / 联合早报

中国国家主席习近平星期三（5月20日）与俄罗斯总统普京会谈时表示，中俄关系之所以一步一个脚印走到今天这个高度，就是因为双方能以“千磨万击还坚劲”的毅力不断深化政治互信和战略协作，能以“乱云飞渡仍从容”的勇气捍卫国际公道正义、推动构建人类命运共同体。

据央视新闻客户端报道，习近平星期三上午在北京人民大会堂同赴华进行国事访问的普京举行会谈。

习近平说，今年是中俄战略协作伙伴关系建立30周年和《中俄睦邻友好合作条约》签署25周年。中俄关系之所以一步一个脚印走到今天这个高度，就是因为双方能够以“千磨万击还坚劲”的毅力不断深化政治互信和战略协作，能够以“更上一层楼”的精神拓展各领域合作，能够以“乱云飞渡仍从容”的勇气捍卫国际公道正义、推动构建人类命运共同体。

习近平也说，当前国际形势变乱交织，单边霸权逆流横行，但求和平、谋发展、促合作仍是民心所向、大势所趋。作为联合国安理会常任理事国和世界重要大国，中俄两国要着眼战略长远，以更高质量的全面战略协作助力各自国家发展振兴，推动构建更加公正合理的全球治理体系。

美国特朗普政府希望欧洲盟友为自身防务承担更多责任。图为特朗普首个总统任期内于2018年12月27日访问德国拉姆施泰因美军空军基地时，一名美军士兵朝他挥舞印有“让美国再次伟大”口号的帽子。 （法新社档案照片）

美国战争部宣布，将美军驻欧洲旅级部队数量从四个减至三个，规模恢复2021年的水平。

法新社报道，美国战争部星期二（5月19日）发声明说：“已将派驻欧洲的旅级战斗部队（Brigade Combat Teams）总数从四个减少到三个。”

美国国会的报告显示，一个旅级战斗队由4000人至2700人组成。

特朗普政府正在施压欧洲各国，要求欧洲盟友为自身防务承担更多责任。

路透社早些时候引述三名知情人士报道，特朗普政府计划星期五（22日）通知北约盟国，华盛顿会缩减在重大危机中可用于协助北约欧洲成员国的军事能力储备。