Blue state governor roasted as ‘arsonist’ putting out her own fire as she blames outside agitators at ‘siege’

June 2, 2026 5:30am EDT / Fox News

DOJ charged Nicholas Matthew Scelfo for allegedly threatening to murder a federal officer and his family

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As New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill blamed out-of-state agitators for unrest outside Newark’s Delaney Hall detention facility, critics pointed to the limited police presence around the site in the days leading up to the clashes.

During Fox News Digital’s time on scene at Delaney Hall through Thursday of last week, there were few, if any, visits by marked New Jersey State Police vehicles — an agency under Sherrill’s control. Likewise, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s hands-off sanctuary city policies were evident in the scarcity of Newark police cruisers around the facility.

Nonetheless, on Saturday, Sherrill said five of six people arrested Friday were from Pennsylvania and New York – the latter just a few miles from the protest.

That was not enough for critics, as the leading Republican seeking to challenge Delaney Hall critic Sen. Cory Booker in November called out Sherrill for trying to take credit for fixing a problem that should not have existed to begin with.

WATCH: POLICE ABSENT FROM DELANEY HALL CHAOS AS AGITATORS BLOCK ICE VEHICLES AND AGENTS USE PEPPER SPRAY

ICE agents clash with protesters outside Delaney Hall east of downtown Newark, N.J., on Thursday, May 28, 2026.(Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)

“Governor Sherrill, you are an arsonist complaining about the fire you helped start. Delaney Hall is under siege,” investigative journalist Alex Zdan said of the Democrat in a statement.

Zdan, who lists border security and better oversight of Big Pharma as his top issues, is considered the frontrunner in Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary to take on Booker — who notably preceded Baraka as mayor.

“Our brave state troopers are in harm’s way, and all you can do is complain to the media about outside agitators? Who asked them to go there, Governor?” Zdan went on.

“Who was told it was a moral duty to descend on Delaney Hall and assault our brave ICE agents and troopers? You, Andy Kim, and Cory Booker. This is your mess. Own it. Restore order now.”

The Department of Justice announced charges against a 27-year-old accused of shouting epithets at ICE personnel and threatening to murder an officer and his family after allegedly obtaining the officer’s identity, telling him he “ha[d] your face.”

Nicholas Matthew Scelfo appears to have ties to both New Jersey and New York. The FBI said agents raided his Morristown home, while a DOJ charging document described him as being “of Brooklyn.”

FBI ARRESTS PROTESTER WHO THREATENED TO KILL ICE OFFICER’S FAMILY AT NJ DETENTION CENTER PROTEST, BLANCHE SAYS

A protester gets treated after being hit with pepper spray outside Delaney Hall in Newark, N.J.(Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital.)

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark Special Agent in Charge Spiros Karabinas said the incident was not an example of protected protest, as “calling for murder of a federal law enforcement officer and his family is not speech safeguarded by the Constitution; it is a grave criminal offense that will not be tolerated.”

As Fox News Digital departed Delaney Hall on Thursday night, the first visible pair of New Jersey State Police cruisers appeared in the area — one conducting a checkpoint near Roanoke Avenue under the Pulaski Skyway and the other near New Jersey Transit’s Ironbound bus garage, which lies just south of Delaney Hall on then-agitator-ridden Doremus Avenue.

By the weekend, however, Sherrill’s police were out in force with riot gear, including mounted officers among their ranks. A video shared on social media Monday showed one man approaching officers outside the Ironbound garage and taking a seat on the curb while mouthing off to police, who let him vent for a moment before quickly detaining him and pulling him behind the line of riot-shielded officers.

Outside agitators were, however, among those who converged nightly on Delaney Hall, as one young man videotaped by Fox News Digital screaming at ICE was later interviewed by an independent news outlet and at one point recounted experiences “in Minnesota” — an apparent reference to similar riotous displays there.

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport has suggested most agitators had been peaceful until now while condemning a group wearing gas masks and helmets that “deliberately refused to comply with orders” and put the public “at risk.”

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., stand outside Newark, New Jersey’s Delaney Hall detention center during a protest on May 25, 2026.(Governor Mikie Sherrill)

However, in another statement over the weekend, she characterized the group as “overwhelmingly peaceful protesters who have been shining a light on the troubling conditions at Delaney Hall.”

“We will continue to protect the constitutional right to peaceably protest, and we denounce any violent conduct that interferes with peaceful protesting,” Davenport said.

Efforts to reach Baraka and Essex County Sheriff Amir Jones prior to state police arrival were unsuccessful.

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Sherrill’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.

A DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital that as of Monday, the perimeter around the center is “fully closed” and that federal authorities will continue to prosecute suspects who obstruct proceedings, as ICE had to repeatedly rebuff angry agitators who leaped into action every time a federal vehicle or transport van appeared on Doremus Avenue.

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Iowa voters head to the polls to decide the candidates for a soon-to-be open U.S. Senate seat | CNN Politics

2026-06-02T11:45:26.307Z / CNN

Iowa voters head to the polls to decide the candidates for a soon-to-be open U.S. Senate seat

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Iowa voters head to the polls to decide the candidates for a soon-to-be open U.S. Senate seat

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研究：新口服药将晚期胰腺癌患者存活时间延长近一倍

2026年6月2日 16:36 / 联合早报

被视为最致命癌症之一的胰腺癌迎来治疗新进展，一款实验性新药可显著延长晚期患者的存活时间。 （示意图/iStock）

被视为最致命癌症之一的胰腺癌迎来治疗新进展，一款实验性新药可显著延长晚期患者的存活时间。 （示意图/iStock）

一项最新临床研究显示，一种名为daraxonrasib的实验性口服药物，可将部分晚期转移性胰腺癌患者的存活时间从约7个月延长至13个月，为长期缺乏有效治疗手段的胰腺癌患者带来新希望。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道，研究结果星期天（5月31日）发表在《新英格兰医学杂志》，并在美国临床肿瘤学会（ASCO）芝加哥年会上公布。

这项临床试验共招募了500名癌症已发生转移、且原有治疗已无效的患者，随机分成两组：一组改用daraxonrasib，一组继续化疗。结果显示，服用新药的患者中位生存期为13.2个月，而化疗组只有6.7个月。

参与研究的加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）医生温伯格（Zev Wainberg）指出，这是首款在这类患者身上显示出明显优于化疗的药物。

亚利桑那大学癌症中心医生施罗夫（Rachna Shroff）说，她从事胰腺癌治疗16年来，首次看到研究结果时甚至落泪。她指出，不少患者能够持续接受治疗，并从中获得持久且有意义的益处，疼痛减轻，生活质量也有所改善。

达纳—法伯癌症研究所医生沃尔平（Brian Wolpin）认为，这种药物有望成为既往接受治疗后仍出现转移性胰腺癌患者的新标准疗法。研究团队也将进一步探索在疾病更早阶段使用该药的可能性。

胰腺癌是死亡率最高的癌症之一，很大原因在于早期症状不明显，往往扩散后才被发现。美国癌症协会估计，今年美国将有约6万7000人确诊胰腺癌，超过5万2000人死于这一疾病，五年生存率仅13%。

研究人员指出，超过九成胰腺癌与KRAS（Kirsten Rat Sarcoma Viral Oncogene）等基因突变有关。这些突变就像卡死的汽车油门，不断驱动癌细胞生长。由于相关蛋白表面结构特殊，过去几十年来药物一直难以有效“抓住”它们。新药daraxonrasib则像“分子胶”一样黏附在这些突变蛋白上，切断癌细胞持续生长的信号。

KRAS是一种调控细胞生长的基因。正常情况下，它负责向细胞发出生长信号；但发生突变后，会持续驱动癌细胞增殖，因此被视为胰腺癌最重要的致癌因素之一。

美国食品药品管理局（FDA）已计划加快审评程序，并允许符合条件的患者通过“扩大使用”计划提前获得药物。专家认为，这项成果也为正在开发中的多种同类药物带来更多信心。

图为4月26日北京国际汽车展览会（Auto China）上展出的比亚迪海鸥电动车（BYD Seagull EV） （路透社）

（东京讯）由于中东战争推高燃油价格，消费者转向使用成本较低的汽车，全球电动车销量在多地明显上升。

标普全球汽车数据显示，在150个国家中，有37个国家在3月或4月创下电动车单月销量新高，其中28国在3月刷新纪录，九个国家在4月再创新高。3至4月期间，91%国家销量高于去年同期，为近两年首次出现如此广泛增长。

韩国、东南亚和欧盟市场增长明显，韩国销量同比激增140%，东南亚增长40%，电动车在当地市场占比升至16%。欧盟市场也回升40%。日本销量增长50%，但市场份额仍仅2%。

中国与美国则分别下降8%和20%。在两大市场拖累下，全球电动车销量仅增8%，但除中美之外地区增长达50%。

US lawmakers to grill Rubio, as Iran war enters fourth month

2026-06-02T10:06:38.131Z / reuters.com

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WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) – Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives get a rare chance this week to question Secretary of State Marco Rubio in public about President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, as his fellow Republicans have been showing signs of concern about the Iran war.

Rubio, who also serves as Trump’s national security adviser, will testify on the State Department’s budget request to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee and House and Senate appropriations subcommittees at two hearings over two days.

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The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval for its proposed 30% cut to the foreign affairs budget, as it seeks a 50% increase in military spending.

Rubio was a senator from Florida until January 2025, and lawmakers said they hoped their former colleague would spell out a strategy for ending the Iran conflict, which started with strikes by the U.S. and Israel on February 28.

Rubio has joined other top administration officials in speaking to members of Congress about the Iran war behind closed doors, but has not testified publicly on the conflict.

“We just need this war done, no matter the terms at this point,” Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut said on Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation program.

Murphy cited the impact of soaring gasoline prices on American consumers and businesses and criticized Trump for easing sanctions on Russian oil in an effort to control soaring energy prices triggered by the conflict.

Americans have voiced mounting frustration over rising prices, and Trump’s fellow Republicans hope he can get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, and get U.S. gasoline prices down ahead of November elections that will decide whether the party retains its slim majorities in Congress.

At the same time, Trump must contend with Iran hawks in his party who oppose any concessions to Tehran.

WILL THERE BE A DEAL TO END WAR?

Trump and his supporters insist the war will have been worthwhile if it keeps Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Trump also insists that gasoline prices will come down and has insisted for weeks that he will reach a good deal to end the conflict.

Lawmakers, including some of Trump’s fellow Republicans, have asked for more information from the administration about its strategy, on Iran and other foreign policy priorities.

Last month, the U.S. Senate voted to advance a war powers resolution that would end the Iran conflict unless Trump obtains Congress’ authorization. Days later, House leaders abruptly postponed a vote on a similar resolution when it looked likely to pass.

Members of Congress have said they want more information about Venezuela, after Trump sent U.S. forces to seize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, given that Maduro’s number two has been serving as Venezuela’s acting president and there are no current plans for elections.

They also have questions about U.S. forces firing on boats off Venezuela’s coast since September, in a campaign the administration says is intended to stop “narco-traffickers” that has killed more than 200 people.

There also have been questions about Trump’s plans for Communist-controlled Cuba, amid growing concerns about a possible U.S. military attack as his administration increases pressure on the island.

Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Editing by Don Durfee and David Gregorio

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能源危机推高油价 全球电动车销量普遍增长

2026年6月2日 16:41 / 联合早报

图为4月26日北京国际汽车展览会（Auto China）上展出的比亚迪海鸥电动车（BYD Seagull EV） （路透社）

（东京讯）由于中东战争推高燃油价格，消费者转向使用成本较低的汽车，全球电动车销量在多地明显上升。

标普全球汽车数据显示，在150个国家中，有37个国家在3月或4月创下电动车单月销量新高，其中28国在3月刷新纪录，九个国家在4月再创新高。3至4月期间，91%国家销量高于去年同期，为近两年首次出现如此广泛增长。

韩国、东南亚和欧盟市场增长明显，韩国销量同比激增140%，东南亚增长40%，电动车在当地市场占比升至16%。欧盟市场也回升40%。日本销量增长50%，但市场份额仍仅2%。

中国与美国则分别下降8%和20%。在两大市场拖累下，全球电动车销量仅增8%，但除中美之外地区增长达50%。

From reality TV to city hall? Trump-backed Spencer Pratt soars in LA mayor race as Californians vote

2026-06-02T04:00:09-04:00 / Fox News

Spencer Pratt responds to Newsom’s Bass endorsement, calls them ‘alleged criminal partners’

Kayleigh McEnany discusses Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s controversial Los Angeles homelessness program, highlighting reports of $418 million spent with only 10% effectively getting people off the streets. Spencer Pratt criticizes the alleged corruption, calls out the abuse of dogs on Skid Row, and details his faith-driven mission to make Los Angeles a safer city for mothers and children. Pratt’s mayoral campaign is surging in recent polls against Bass.

Republicans are aiming to break longtime losing streaks by taking first steps toward winning elections for governor and Los Angeles mayor as voters in Democrat-dominated California head to the polls on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s clout over the GOP will once again face a ballot box test, in a gubernatorial showdown in Iowa, while the Hawkeye State’s Democratic Senate nomination is the latest battle between the establishment and progressive wings of the party.

California and Iowa are two of the six states holding primary contests from coast to coast during the first week of June, in elections that will impact November’s midterms, when the GOP’s slim Senate and razor-thin House majorities will be up for grabs.

The election arguably grabbing the most headlines nationally is in Los Angeles, where it’s been three decades since a Republican won a mayoral contest in the nation’s second most populous city. Spencer Pratt, a reality TV star and online influencer-turned-mayoral candidate, is gaining traction, thanks in part to his populist pitch and viral videos.

THE CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS BOOSTING SPENCER PRATT IN THE LOS ANGELES MAYOR SHOWDOWN

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt hosted a campaign “block party” event on May 20, 2026, in Los Angeles, California.(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Pratt, a Republican running as an independent in the left-leaning city, is backed by Trump. His rise is also fueled in part by his well-known status as one of the victims who lost their homes in last year’s devastating wildfires, when over 17,000 homes in Los Angeles County were destroyed, as well as his right-leaning focus on homelessness, crime and government accountability in a city long run by Democrats.

“I keep saying I become the mayor because of moms. Moms are getting me elected. Moms do not feel safe in Los Angeles. Not just feel safe, they are not safe. Nobody’s safe really in LA unless you’re the drug dealer. The drug dealers and the people giving them the needles, the city, our taxpayer money, the needle givers, they’re safe, the meth pipe givers. They’re safe. Everyone else is not safe in LA,” Pratt argued this past weekend in an interview on Fox News’ “Saturday In America with Kayleigh McEnany.”

Pratt is targeting Mayor Karen Bass, a former Democratic congresswoman seeking a second four-year term steering Los Angeles. Bass, who has been endorsed by former Vice President Kamala Harris, a former California senator and state attorney general, as well as the state’s two Democratic senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, last week landed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom’s backing.

IS THERE A ‘GROWING REVOLT’ AGAINST CALIFORNIA’S ONE-PARTY RULE?

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass campaigns ahead of Tuesday’s primary election as she seeks a second term in office.(Louise Barnsley for Fox News Digital)

Bass is attempting to fend off challenges from the right from Pratt and on the left from progressive City Council member Nithya Raman. If no candidate tops 50% in Tuesday’s nonpartisan mayoral election, the top two finishers will face off in November.

In the race for governor, a whopping 61 candidates are running to succeed Newsom in steering the nation’s most populous state and the world’s fourth-largest-economy.

But heading into the jungle primary, where all candidates regardless of party affiliation appear on the same ballot, with the top two finishers advancing to the general election, only a handful of contenders have a good chance of making the cut.

Among them are Democrats Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer and Republican Steve Hilton.

Becerra, a former longtime congressman and California attorney general who later served as a Cabinet secretary in former President Biden’s administration, would become the first Latino Golden State governor in modern history. Steyer, meanwhile, is a billionaire hedge fund founder turned environmental activist who unsuccessfully ran for his party’s 2020 presidential nomination.

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Hilton is a one-time British political strategist turned American conservative commentator and former Fox News Channel host who is backed by Trump.

Also in the race is Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican. Hilton and Bianco are both hoping to become the first California Republican win a gubernatorial election since then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2006 re-election two decades ago.

Bianco has argued that he’s the most conservative candidate in the race.

But Hilton, in an interview on Fox News’ “The Big Weekend Show,” reiterated his argument that “Chad is just too far behind. He can’t make it into the top two. So every vote for him actually helps the Democrats. We have got to make sure of this. We can’t let this opportunity for change slip away.”

Democratic candidates former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, are among the other better-known contenders.

Democratic candidates Antonio Villaraigosa, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer and Xavier Becerra and Republican candidates Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco participate in a California gubernatorial debate at East Los Angeles College Auditorium in Monterey Park, Calif., on May 5, 2026, ahead of the June 2 primary elections.(Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)

Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Alex Padilla mulled launching Democratic bids for governor, but both last year announced they would take a pass. That resulted in the lack of a clear Golden State gubernatorial frontrunner for the first time in more than a quarter century.

And the race was overshadowed for much of last year, as the devastation from the LA wildfires and Trump’s immigration raids grabbed headlines in California.

But the showdown for governor entered the spotlight earlier this year when one of the leading candidates, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, dropped out of the race and then resigned from Congress following a political implosion after facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct that he continues to deny.

Swalwell’s exit from the race opened the door for first Steyer and then Becerra to rise in the polls. Steyer shelled out more than $200 million of his own money to blanket the airwaves and the internet with ads.

Bianco, who launched his campaign for governor in April of last year, was among the top contenders in the race until Trump’s endorsement of Hilton in early April blunted his momentum.

Iowa showdowns

In Iowa, the retirements of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and GOP Sen. Joni Ernst along with the rough political midterm climate facing Republicans, have Democrats optimistic they can flip the seats in a one-time battleground state that turned red the past decade.

Trump, who carried Iowa by 13 points in his 2024 presidential election victory, last week weighed in on the competitive GOP gubernatorial primary,

The president endorsed Rep. Randy Feenstra in a race that also includes entrepreneur and private school co-founder Zach Lahn, who is backed by the influential conservative group Turning Point USA, state Rep. Eddie Andrews, former state Rep. Brad Sherman and former state administrative services director Adam Steen.

President Donald Trump, right, last week endorsed Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra in Tuesday’s GOP gubernatorial primary in Iowa.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Cody Scanlan/The Register/USA Today Network)

The winner will face Democratic state Auditor Rob Sand, who is unopposed in his primary. Sand is the only Democrat currently elected to statewide office.

The brute force of the president’s endorsement power and the immense grip he has on the Republican Party has been on display in GOP primaries the past month, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas.

Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa is the overwhelming frontrunner to secure her party’s Senate nomination in the race to succeed retiring Ernst.

Hinson, a former TV news anchor who is in her third term representing Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, is facing a long-shot challenge from former state senator and former U.S. Senate candidate Jim Carlin. Hinson is backed by Trump, Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is the campaign arm of the Senate GOP. Hinson, who in 2020 flipped a Democratic-held seat that covers the northeastern portion of Iowa, is seen as a rising star in the party.

Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa sits for a Fox News Digital interview in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 4, 2025. She is running in the 2026 race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Joni Ernst.(Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)

The Republican-controlled seat in Iowa is a top target for Democrats and the race is one of about a dozen crucial showdowns in this year’s midterm elections that will determine whether the Republicans hold on to their current 53-47 majority in the chamber.

Hinson will face off in the general election against the winner of an expensive and contentious Democratic Senate primary between state Rep. Josh Turek, a Paralympian, and state Sen. Zach Wahls.

Wahls, a progressive who Republicans have likened to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has the backing of liberal champion Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Turek, the more moderate Senate contender who flipped a GOP-held Iowa House seat in 2022, is backed by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. He also has the tacit support of longtime Senate Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. And VoteVets, an establishment-aligned outside group, has spent big bucks on behalf of Turek.

Primaries in Iowa’s 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts will set up general election showdowns in crucial GOP-held seats that Democrats are aiming to flip.

Other showdowns

It’s the same story in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, another purple seat Democrats are eyeing as they try to regain the House majority.

The Republican incumbent, Rep. Tom Kean Jr., has been in the national headlines after being absent from Congress and the campaign trail for three months due to a “a personal medical issue.”

In New Mexico, the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is taking top billing.

Former Rep. Deb Haaland, who served as Interior Secretary in former President Joe Biden’s administration and made history as the nation’s first Native American woman to serve as a Cabinet secretary, who’s to make history again as the first Native American woman elected as governor. She faces off against Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman. Three major Republicans are seeking their party’s gubernatorial nomination.

Montana voters will select nominees in Tuesday’s primary to replace departing Republican incumbent Sen. Steve Daines.

Former U.S. District Attorney Kurt Alme is running for the GOP Senate nomination in Montana, in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Steve Daines.(Alme Campaign)

The senator and Trump are backing former U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme, who jumped into the race in March immediately after Daines announced his retirement just ahead of the state’s filing deadline, in what appeared to be a carefully choreographed move. Alme faces two longshot rivals for the nomination.

Former state Rep. Reilly Neill appears to be the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in the solidly Republican state.

The Republican and Democratic nominees will face off in the general election against former University of Montana president Seth Bodnar, who is running as an independent and has outraised everyone else in the race.

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In GOP-dominated South Dakota, Gov. Larry Rhoden faces a crowded and competitive field as he seeks a full term as governor.

Rhoden was lieutenant governor in early 2025 when he assumed the top job after then-Gov. Kristi Noem stepped down to become Department of Homeland Security secretary in the Trump administration.

Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.

Tuesday’s wild races for California governor and Los Angeles mayor, and other elections to watch

2026-06-02T09:00:07.862Z / CNN

• Six states hold primaries Tuesday, including races for California governor and Los Angeles mayor.
• Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is hoping to advance in LA’s mayoral race against incumbent Karen Bass and progressive Nithya Raman.
• Democrats hope to expand their Senate map in Iowa and Montana despite challenging political terrain.

AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.

Six states will hold primaries on Tuesday: California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.

Here’s what we’re watching for when the results start rolling in Tuesday evening.

It’s been one of the wildest races in recent memory. First, a procession of big-name Democrats like former Vice President Kamala Harris declined to run. Then, it looked like the state’s unusual top-two primary system could produce two Republicans in the general election. Then, front-running Democrat Eric Swalwell dropped out following allegations of sexual assault that he has denied, sharply recasting the race.

On Tuesday, we see what it all means. And it’s possible we could learn who’s likely to be California’s next governor.

The latest polls show three candidates atop the field: two Democrats — former US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and businessman Tom Steyer — and Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host.

Becerra surged after Swalwell’s exit, seemingly in part because he was viewed as a steady pick with a solid political resume.

The top two finishers regardless of party will advance to November. Hilton has in recent days urged Republicans who support Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to unite around his candidacy, arguing a two-Republican race is no longer possible.

That’s notable because Hilton would seem to have little chance of becoming governor but for a two-Republican race. He seems to be more focused on just making the general election, in other words.

If Hilton does make the general election, the Democrat he faces would be a heavy favorite. If it’s two Democrats, then it’s game on.

This might be, even more so than the governor’s race, the one where Republicans have dared to dream.

Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt, whose campaign has focused on dissatisfaction over Democratic Mayor Karen Bass’ response to devastating recent wildfires and the city’s homelessness crisis, is all the rage in national Republican circles and on conservative media.

The question now is whether he can make the general election against either Bass or Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a democratic socialist. The three of them are running close to one another, with a recent UC Berkeley-Los Angeles Times poll finding Bass at 26%, Raman at 25% and Pratt at 22%.

Of course, making the final two and becoming mayor are two very different things.

Pratt will hope for a matchup against the unpopular Bass. But this is still heavily blue Los Angeles, and the poll showed 57% of likely voters disliked Pratt — the same as Bass’ unfavorable rating.

In a hypothetical runoff, Pratt trailed Bass by 18 points and Raman by 17. With a number of respondents undecided, both Democrats were held below 50%, which is remarkable. But Pratt would still face an uphill battle.

Given the tough Senate map they face, Democrats would badly like to expand it. And Tuesday’s primaries feature two states where that could at least plausibly be the case.

The bigger one is Iowa, which will hold an open-seat race with GOP Sen. Joni Ernst retiring. Paralympian and state Rep. Josh Turek and populist state Sen. Zach Wahls are battling for the right to face GOP favorite Rep. Ashley Hinson.

Wahls has, notably, been campaigning hard against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

President Donald Trump carried Iowa by 13 points in 2024, but Democrats hold out hope that his tariffs might cost the GOP votes in a farming-heavy state that used to be more competitive.

Montana is more of a wild card. There, some prominent Democrats would seem to prefer to have a weaker nominee in order to rally support behind independent Seth Bodnar, the former president of the University of Montana.

Rallying behind independents has become an increasingly common strategy in states like Nebraska where Democrats stand little chance of winning, and Bodnar’s campaign has ties to Democratic former Sen. Jon Tester.

So some are trying to elevate little-known Democrat Alani Bankhead, while other Democrats, such as former Gov. Brian Schweitzer, are backing former state Rep. Riley Neill, a better-funded candidate.

Democrats were inflamed after GOP Sen. Steve Daines announced his retirement at the last minute in a gambit intended to foreclose a strong Democratic nominee and to anoint Republican Kurt Alme, a former US attorney, as his replacement.

The governor’s race in Iowa might be even more interesting. That’s because Democrats have high hopes for State Auditor Rob Sand and think he could one day be a national contender — and also because governor’s races tend to be less partisan.

Perhaps recognizing that, Trump on Friday inserted himself into a crowded and contentious Republican primary, endorsing Rep. Randy Feenstra over businessman Zach Lahn and others.

That should make Feenstra the favorite. But a key factor to watch for is whether any of the five candidates gets 35% of the vote. If nobody does, the nominee would be chosen at a state party convention.

With so many states voting, it can be difficult to pick which House primaries matter most. But here are a few to keep an eye on:

• In California’s 22nd District, the question is which Democrat makes the general election against GOP Rep. David Valadao in a very competitive district — establishment favorite state Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains or political science professor Randy Villegas, a favorite of the Bernie Sanders/Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wing of the party.
• In California’s 40th District, Republican Reps. Young Kim and Ken Calvert are battling for the same House district after state Democrats redraw maps last year.
• In California’s 13th, does Democratic Rep. Adam Gray face Republican businessman Vin Kruttiventi or GOP former Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln in a Democratic-leaning district?
• In California’s Democratic-leaning 45th, who on a crowded GOP side faces Democratic Rep. Derek Tran?
• In California’s 11th District, we’ll start to learn who will succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who recently backed Democratic San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan.
• In New Jersey’s 7th District, Democratic former Navy helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett appears to be the favorite to face GOP Rep. Tom Kean, who has been missing from Congress for months with little explanation. But she faces some well-funded opponents. (Kean might have faced primary trouble, but he is running unopposed on the GOP side.)

It’s quite possible in South Dakota.

Gov. Larry Rhoden got promoted from lieutenant governor last year when Kristi Noem left to become Trump’s homeland security secretary.

But he’s got a dogfight on his hands with other GOP candidates like Rep. Dusty Johnson, businessman Toby Doeden and state House Speaker Jon Hansen.

As in Iowa, the 35% threshold looms large. If none of the four candidates gets there, the top two would go to a runoff on July 28.

专家警告：即便停战 原油供应年底前难完全恢复

2026年6月2日 17:21 / 联合早报

专家警告：即便停战 原油供应年底前难完全恢复

伊朗学生通讯社（ISNA）周一发布照片显示，伊朗人在阿巴斯港面向霍尔木兹海峡的岸边戏水。美伊谈判仍僵持不下，海峡继续封闭。 （法新社）

（维也纳／东京综合电）石油业专家评估，即使霍尔木兹海峡迅速重开，海峡关闭造成的供应阻断影响仍将持续至今年底。

石油业顾问和分析师星期一（6月1日）出席石油输出国组织及盟友（OPEC+）在维也纳总部召开的技术会议。两名出席者向彭博社透露，专家们在会上警告，石油生产还需多个月才能回到美伊冲突爆发前的水平。

这个评估与阿布扎比国家石油公司（Adnoc）的看法一致，Adnoc首席执行长贾比尔（Sultan Al Jaber）称，即使美伊冲突立即结束，中东的原油产出直到明年都不会完全恢复。

OPEC+星期二（2日）召开经济委员会会议，技术专家向各产油国部长分析市场情况，部长会议将于星期天（7日）召开。

消息人士告诉路透社，OPEC+部长到时预计将同意进一步上调7月的目标产量，即便美伊冲突至今已导致几个成员国的产量无法达到之前几个月所协议的产量增幅。

延伸阅读

中国允许部分民营炼厂减产 显示北京更有信心应对石油供应冲击

霍尔木兹海峡持续封锁 全球原油库存料降至不足100天需求量

来临的会议若再度达成增产协议，意味着即便在霍尔木兹海峡关闭和阿拉伯联合酋长国在5月突然宣布退出的情况下，OPEC+仍维持着“一切如常运作”的态度。

OPEC+的七个核心成员，也就是沙特阿拉伯、俄罗斯、伊拉克、科威特、阿尔及利亚、哈萨克斯坦和阿曼，此前在4月至6月份共将日产量增加近60万桶。不过实际上，它们的整体石油生产已因波斯湾产油国的出口被切断而崩盘。根据OPEC数据，相对于2月份战争爆发前的4277万桶，4月份的总日产量已减至3319万桶。

消息指，OPEC+预计会将7月份的日产量提高约18万8000桶，与6月份一样，都是考虑了另一核心成员阿联酋退出后，从原本的20万6000桶相应调减。

高市再呼吁伊朗让所有船只通行

日本首相高市早苗星期一与伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬第三次通电话，再度呼吁让“所有船只，包括属于日本和其他亚洲国家，都可尽快获准自由与安全地在霍尔木兹海峡通行”。

高市早苗过后向媒体透露，她表达了希望伊朗可继续展现最大的灵活性，尽快与美国达成协议。

佩泽希齐扬过后一度在社媒X贴文说，伊朗将确保日本船只可“更容易及没有问题”地通过海峡，并说主要的问题源自美国限制了伊朗的船只和贸易。不过这则贴文从周二上午即消失，并不清楚是否被删除。

伊朗学生通讯社（ISNA）周一发布照片显示，伊朗人在阿巴斯港面向霍尔木兹海峡的岸边戏水。美伊谈判仍僵持不下，海峡继续封闭。 （法新社）

（维也纳／东京综合电）石油业专家评估，即使霍尔木兹海峡迅速重开，海峡关闭造成的供应阻断影响仍将持续至今年底。

石油业顾问和分析师星期一（6月1日）出席石油输出国组织及盟友（OPEC+）在维也纳总部召开的技术会议。两名出席者向彭博社透露，专家们在会上警告，石油生产还需多个月才能回到美伊冲突爆发前的水平。

这个评估与阿布扎比国家石油公司（Adnoc）的看法一致，Adnoc首席执行长贾比尔（Sultan Al Jaber）称，即使美伊冲突立即结束，中东的原油产出直到明年都不会完全恢复。

OPEC+星期二（2日）召开经济委员会会议，技术专家向各产油国部长分析市场情况，部长会议将于星期天（7日）召开。

消息人士告诉路透社，OPEC+部长到时预计将同意进一步上调7月的目标产量，即便美伊冲突至今已导致几个成员国的产量无法达到之前几个月所协议的产量增幅。

延伸阅读

中国允许部分民营炼厂减产 显示北京更有信心应对石油供应冲击 霍尔木兹海峡持续封锁 全球原油库存料降至不足100天需求量

来临的会议若再度达成增产协议，意味着即便在霍尔木兹海峡关闭和阿拉伯联合酋长国在5月突然宣布退出的情况下，OPEC+仍维持着“一切如常运作”的态度。

OPEC+的七个核心成员，也就是沙特阿拉伯、俄罗斯、伊拉克、科威特、阿尔及利亚、哈萨克斯坦和阿曼，此前在4月至6月份共将日产量增加近60万桶。不过实际上，它们的整体石油生产已因波斯湾产油国的出口被切断而崩盘。根据OPEC数据，相对于2月份战争爆发前的4277万桶，4月份的总日产量已减至3319万桶。

消息指，OPEC+预计会将7月份的日产量提高约18万8000桶，与6月份一样，都是考虑了另一核心成员阿联酋退出后，从原本的20万6000桶相应调减。

高市再呼吁伊朗让所有船只通行

日本首相高市早苗星期一与伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬第三次通电话，再度呼吁让“所有船只，包括属于日本和其他亚洲国家，都可尽快获准自由与安全地在霍尔木兹海峡通行”。

高市早苗过后向媒体透露，她表达了希望伊朗可继续展现最大的灵活性，尽快与美国达成协议。

佩泽希齐扬过后一度在社媒X贴文说，伊朗将确保日本船只可“更容易及没有问题”地通过海峡，并说主要的问题源自美国限制了伊朗的船只和贸易。不过这则贴文从周二上午即消失，并不清楚是否被删除。