一辆标志性的古巴老爷车在哈瓦那街头缓缓驶过，一旁的巨幅广告牌上，依次展示着古巴已故领导人菲德尔·卡斯特罗、前领导人劳尔·卡斯特罗以及现任总统迪亚斯-卡内尔的肖像。 （路透社）

美国新闻网站Axios引述机密情报报道称，古巴已获得300多架军用无人机，并最近开始讨论利用这些无人机袭击美国关塔那摩湾基地、美国军舰以及可能位于哈瓦那以北90英里处的佛罗里达州基韦斯特的计划。

一位美国高级官员星期天（5月17日）透露，有情报显示，特朗普政府将古巴视为一大威胁，这不仅是由于无人机战的发展，也因为伊朗军事顾问在哈瓦那的存在。这份情报甚至可能成为美国采取军事行动的借口。

路透社未能立即核实这一报道。

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关税与伊朗战争推高物价 特朗普流失拉美裔支持

2026年5月17日 22:20 / 联合早报

分析指出，许多拉美裔选民曾支持特朗普，是希望他能降低生活费；但关税、大规模驱逐和伊朗战争等政策，被认为反而加剧了家庭对物价上涨的担忧。 （彭博社）

美国中期选举临近，生活费与通胀压力正成为拉美裔选民最关切的议题之一。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）公布的最新民调显示，七成受访者不满总统特朗普处理经济的表现，超过七成不认可他应对通胀和油价的方式；另有77%受访者认为，总统政策导致物价上涨。

在纽约一家拉美裔超市外，60岁的多米尼加裔家庭健康助理鲁斯坦德（Esmeralda Roustand）拎着两瓶橙汁和一份青香蕉鸡肉午餐说，这些东西已花去近20美元（约25.6新元）。她说，如今食品、房租和交通成本持续上涨，自己既要维持在美国的生活，也要定期寄钱给多米尼加的家人，压力越来越大。

鲁斯坦德的处境并非个例。虽然美国部分经济指标仍显示韧性，但许多拉美裔家庭感受到的压力，体现在越来越轻的购物袋、不断上涨的房租，以及被迫取消的外出和家庭活动上。

美国进步中心高级研究员、前白宫经济顾问内格隆（Michael Negrón）指出，通胀对拉美裔社区影响更大，因为这类家庭收入中较高比例用于食品、能源和交通等基本开销。

美劳工统计局数据显示，西班牙裔家庭近15%的预算用于食品，约8%用于能源，均高于全国平均水平。

在曼哈顿上城一家肉铺和杂货店工作七年的罗萨里奥（José Rosario）说，顾客消费习惯已明显改变。过去100美元可装满一辆购物车，如今只够买两小袋东西；一年前每磅99美分的木瓜，现在涨至1.99美元，有顾客甚至要求切开零售，以便少买一点。

内格隆认为，经济不满可能成为中期选举的重要变量。许多拉美裔选民曾支持特朗普，是希望他能降低生活费；但关税、大规模驱逐和伊朗战争等政策，被认为反而加剧了家庭对物价上涨的担忧。

对鲁斯坦德这样的普通消费者来说，政治争论远不如每周购物时的压力来得直接。她说：“我觉得经济每天都在变糟，但你还是得继续买东西，因为人总要吃饭。”

关税与伊朗战争推高物价 特朗普流失拉美裔支持

2026年5月17日 22:20 / 联合早报

分析指出，许多拉美裔选民曾支持特朗普，是希望他能降低生活费；但关税、大规模驱逐和伊朗战争等政策，被认为反而加剧了家庭对物价上涨的担忧。 （彭博社）

美国中期选举临近，生活费与通胀压力正成为拉美裔选民最关切的议题之一。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）公布的最新民调显示，七成受访者不满总统特朗普处理经济的表现，超过七成不认可他应对通胀和油价的方式；另有77%受访者认为，总统政策导致物价上涨。

在纽约一家拉美裔超市外，60岁的多米尼加裔家庭健康助理鲁斯坦德（Esmeralda Roustand）拎着两瓶橙汁和一份青香蕉鸡肉午餐说，这些东西已花去近20美元（约25.6新元）。她说，如今食品、房租和交通成本持续上涨，自己既要维持在美国的生活，也要定期寄钱给多米尼加的家人，压力越来越大。

鲁斯坦德的处境并非个例。虽然美国部分经济指标仍显示韧性，但许多拉美裔家庭感受到的压力，体现在越来越轻的购物袋、不断上涨的房租，以及被迫取消的外出和家庭活动上。

美国进步中心高级研究员、前白宫经济顾问内格隆（Michael Negrón）指出，通胀对拉美裔社区影响更大，因为这类家庭收入中较高比例用于食品、能源和交通等基本开销。

美劳工统计局数据显示，西班牙裔家庭近15%的预算用于食品，约8%用于能源，均高于全国平均水平。

在曼哈顿上城一家肉铺和杂货店工作七年的罗萨里奥（José Rosario）说，顾客消费习惯已明显改变。过去100美元可装满一辆购物车，如今只够买两小袋东西；一年前每磅99美分的木瓜，现在涨至1.99美元，有顾客甚至要求切开零售，以便少买一点。

内格隆认为，经济不满可能成为中期选举的重要变量。许多拉美裔选民曾支持特朗普，是希望他能降低生活费；但关税、大规模驱逐和伊朗战争等政策，被认为反而加剧了家庭对物价上涨的担忧。

对鲁斯坦德这样的普通消费者来说，政治争论远不如每周购物时的压力来得直接。她说：“我觉得经济每天都在变糟，但你还是得继续买东西，因为人总要吃饭。”

Is the answer to the housing crunch right in your own backyard?

May 17, 2026 / 9:15 AM EDT / CBS News

When the Almeda Fire tore through the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon back in 2020, it took thousands of homes with it. The result wasn’t just a moonscape, but a housing crisis on top of an already-tight rental market.

Gutted homes in the Medford Estates neighborhood in the aftermath of the Almeda fire, in Medford, Oregon, Sept. 10, 2020. ADREES LATIF/REUTERS

Artist and contractor Jacob Fry, and his wife Elize, were spared the flames, but not the desire to help.

They had to do something, so they took out a loan to build two small rental units in their own yard. It was never about getting income, Jacob says: “It was more about the community and needing infill housing for people that had been displaced; that really was the main thing.”

They’re called ADUs, or Accessory Dwelling Units – small, fully-functional secondary homes located on the same property as a main home, usually in the backyard. They’ve been called granny flats, carriage houses, or mother-in-law suites. A wave of reforms has made it faster, cheaper, and (in theory) legally simpler to add these ADUs almost anywhere.

Jacob and Elize Fry built two ADUs in their backyard, which they’ve rented out to young families just starting out. CBS News

In California, at least three modest-sized units are now allowed on a single-family lot. They can’t be used as short-term rentals (so, no Airbnbs). The law allows for only long-term tenants – and it’s become a booming industry.

“It’s had more impact than any other housing law in the last 10, 12 years,” said Dana Cuff, professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA, who helped push through the original legislation. According to her, there are now 82,000 building permits right now in California.

“Sunday Morning” met Cuff in her ADU, constructed in what used to be her backyard. “There was kind of a half-dead citrus tree probably right here, and a treehouse for our kids,” she said. “You know, we did lose something in building the house. But we gained a lot more.”

They rent their original home to mostly young tenants just starting out, and they live in the ADU designed by her husband to fit like a Tetris piece onto their long, skinny lot. “Sprawl has hit the wall now,” said Cuff. “You can’t keep going out. So then, I mean, the beauty of that, from an environmental and a housing and an urban perspective, is that then you start building back in.”

Dana Cuff now lives in an ADU constructed in her backyard, while renting out the main house. CBS News

It will come as no surprise when you’re talking about building in backyards that there are plenty of not-in-my-backyard critics. Some argue that parking, sewer and garbage – the infrastructure designed for single-family homes – is being stretched too thin. But in the aftermath of those Oregon fires, the Frys saw an opportunity.

“They say if you want to test your marriage, buy IKEA furniture,” said Jacob. His retort? “Built an ADU!”

It worked out – the Frys’ marriage survived, and so did the rental income from the ADUs. In fact, the buildings have almost paid for themselves, even though they continue to rent them well below market value.

“We want things to be affordable so that we can get people in that might not otherwise get a decent situation with a decent landlord,” said Jacob.

Elize Fry said, “Both the tenants that live there now are, like, young newlyweds. They’re in their early 20s and they both just got married.”

It’s compact living, to be sure, but if you design an ADU right, it can feel much bigger than it sounds. “It’s perfect,” said Kaetriauna Bowser-Smith. She, Jared Weber, and their nine-month-old daughter, Miller, have been living in these 400-square-feet happily for nearly three years now.

“We’ve tried to look at other places, just to even see what there is still on the market, and there’s nothing comparable to what we have,” said Bowser-Smith.

Jared Weber, Kaetriauna Bowser-Smith, and Miller in their ADU. CBS News

She said that were it not for the ADU option, they’d probably still be living at their parents’ houses.

Down the coast in Los Angeles, 72-year-old Mona Field turned her garage (which she said was being used for “everybody and their brother’s storage”) into a two-bedroom ADU. But she didn’t build the ADU for tenants; she built it for herself. “I knew I did not want to stay aging in a big house by myself,” she said. “I don’t feel cramped at all. I feel like I have a lot of space for one old lady!”

Mona Field converted her garage into an ADU, for herself. CBS News

The ADU was her retirement home, which allowed her to offer her house as affordable housing for her daughter and her family: Nadine Levyfield, her husband, Charlie Marshak, and their two small kids. But there was still a question, one asked by almost everyone in the ADU space. “Even though we had separate spaces, would we be able to, you know, cohabitate on the same property in a functional way?” asked Marshak.

The answer, for them anyway, has been a resounding yes.

“We have regular standing dinners with my mom and the kids,” said Levyfield. “My mom helps with child care. We spend time together. We say, ‘Hey, do you wanna join us for a stroller walk?’ It’s amazing. We’re so grateful.”

It used to be a home in the suburbs with a white picket fence and two-car garage was all anyone would want. Today, people need housing more than cars, and backyard barbecues might not need an entire backyard. They may not be for everyone, but these days every square foot matters. ADUs offer a different lifestyle for a different age.

As professor Dana Cuff put it, “We have to start imagining new ways of living together well.”

2025年10月，美国总统特朗普（左）在韩国庆州举行的亚太经合组织（APEC）领导人特别晚宴上，与韩国总统李在明（右）握手合影。 （档案照片）

韩国总统府青瓦台发表声明称，韩国总统李在明与美国总统特朗普星期天（5月17日）通电话，讨论了中美峰会的结果。

据路透社报道，青瓦台指出，特朗普向李在明分享了他与中国国家主席习近平会晤的成果，内容涵盖中美关系、经济和贸易协议、朝鲜半岛事务以及中东局势。

声明提及，李在明认为特朗普和习近平就朝鲜半岛事务进行了建设性会谈。

特朗普则向李在明承诺，他将通过与韩国的密切合作，为朝鲜半岛的和平与稳定做出贡献。

声明也指出，李在明向特朗普表示，稳定管理美中关系将有助于本地区和世界的和平与繁荣。同时，他还向特朗普表达了希望中东地区立即恢复和平与稳定的愿望。

此外，两位领导人还讨论了去年签署的双边贸易协议的顺利实施情况。

Senate parliamentarian rejects $1 billion in reconciliation bill for White House security, Trump ballroom

May 17, 2026 11:04am EDT / Fox News

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The Senate parliamentarian rejected the last item in the Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill — $1 billion in White House and Secret Service security funding tied in part to President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, considered nonpartisan since taking the role in 2012 during former President Barack Obama’s administration, ruled the funding provision could not be included as written under budget reconciliation rules, an outcome long expected from both sides of the aisle.

Ryan Wrasse, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said in a social media post that Republicans would keep trying to revise the legislation to try to gain the parliamentarian’s approval.

“Redraft. Refine. Resubmit,” Wrasse wrote on X. “None of this is abnormal during a Byrd process.”

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The decision deals a blow to efforts to pass the money with a simple majority as part of a broader roughly $72 billion package focused largely on immigration enforcement after Democrats forced those budgetary items under the longest shutdowns in American history.

MacDonough ruled that the security funding provision falls under chamber rules that require 60 votes to pass most legislation, according to the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., the Senate Budget Committee ranking member.

“While we expect Republicans to change this bill to appease Trump, Democrats are prepared to challenge any change to this bill,” Merkley said.

REPUBLICANS EYE PICKING UP $400M TAB FOR TRUMP’S BALLROOM AS SOME DEMS OPEN TO ‘DISCUSS’ IDEA

Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough forced Senate Republicans to rewrite the $72 billion reconciliation bill with regard to the $1 billion for White House security and ballroom backing.(Getty Images/Reuters)

The parliamentarian interprets Senate rules, including whether legislative provisions are permitted. While MacDonough is nonpartisan by Senate standards, she served as former Vice President Al Gore’s advisor in the Bush v. Gore 2000 election challenge that was resolved in the Supreme Court.

Her ruling came days after several Senate Republicans questioned the Trump administration’s $1 billion request, with some saying they needed far more detail before backing taxpayer funding connected to a project Trump has said would be privately financed.

“It was one thing when private dollars were building it,” Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, told Fox News Digital before a closed-door briefing with Secret Service Director Sean Curran. “If you’re asking me for a billion dollars, I have some really hard questions.”

TRUMP CLAIMS DONOR FUNDED WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM INCLUDES HIDDEN BUILD BELOW WITH SECURITY FOCUS

President Donald Trump holds rendering of the White House ballroom in an Air Force One media scrum.(Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Curtis added that if an employee brought him a billion-dollar project with little explanation, he would respond: “You made that number up.”

The request included $220 million for “White House complex hardening,” including above- and below-ground security enhancements for the ballroom, according to a one-page breakdown obtained by Fox News Digital. Those upgrades included bulletproof glass, drone detection technology, chemical filtration and detection systems and other national security measures.

Another $180 million was proposed for a White House visitor screening center, while $600 million would go toward Secret Service training, protection for Trump and other officials, counter-drone measures and other security needs after Trump dodged an unprecedented third assassination attempt last month.

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Republicans defending the request have argued Democrats and critics are mischaracterizing the funding as a direct ballroom subsidy.

“What was clear today is this whole statement, ‘It’s a billion dollars for a ballroom.’ Anyone who prints that is printing something they know is a lie,” Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital. “It’s not a billion dollars for the ballroom.”

Still, other Republicans said the administration had not fully explained how it arrived at the number. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., said officials needed to provide “more details about exactly how they arrived at the figure,” while Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said the administration would have to explain to taxpayers what return they would get for the spending.

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The White House and GOP supporters have framed the funding as a national security matter, citing threats against Trump and the need to modernize protective infrastructure at the White House. The administration has said the ballroom would reduce reliance on temporary outdoor structures for large events while improving security for the president, his family and visitors.

The ballroom project has faced opposition since Trump ordered the demolition of the White House’s East Wing last year to make way for the new facility. The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued, arguing the administration lacked authority to tear down the historic structure or build a major new facility without explicit congressional approval. A federal appeals court in April allowed construction to continue while the legal fight proceeds.

Trump has said the ballroom itself would be funded by $400 million in private donations and completed around September 2028, near the end of his second term. The parliamentarian’s ruling does not end the broader spending bill, but it complicates GOP efforts to keep the White House security money in a package Republicans hope to pass along party lines.

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Democrats have cast the project as excessive and politically tone-deaf, arguing Republicans are trying to steer taxpayer money toward Trump’s signature construction project while Americans face rising costs.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the ballroom “a disgrace” and said Republicans should reject the funding.

“The bottom line is, this ballroom is a disgrace,” he said. “The Republicans know it. Let’s see if they have the guts to do what they know is right, both substantively and politically, and tell Trump we don’t need a God — we don’t need a damn ballroom.”

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Notably, the ballroom would not be finished until 2028, the last year of Trump’s second, and last, presidential term by constitutional law. Trump argues it would serve Democrat and Republican administrations equally.

Fox News’ Alex Miller and Reuters contributed to this report.

Eric Mack is a writer for Fox News Digital covering breaking news.

赖清德称捍卫“中华民国”现状 没有台独问题

2026年5月17日 20:28 / 联合早报

AI摘要

• 赖清德称捍卫“中华民国”现状，没有“台独”问题。
• 强调台湾是台海及区域和平稳定的维护者，不会挑衅或在压力下放弃主权与尊严。
• 指出大陆是区域不稳定及改变现状的根源，持续扩张军事活动。
• 表示台美安全合作与军售是维护区域和平稳定的关键要素。
• 强调台湾是全球核心利益之所在，台海和平稳定绝不会被牺牲或交易。

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台湾总统赖清德星期天（5月17日）晚在脸书发文称，捍卫“中华民国”现状，没有“台独”问题。（赖清德脸书）

美国总统特朗普告诫台湾不要走向独立后，台湾总统赖清德星期天（5月17日）晚在社媒发文称，捍卫“中华民国”现状，没有“台独”问题，并表示维持台海及区域和平稳定现状，是“中华民国”一贯且坚定的立场。

赖清德星期天晚在脸书发文，他提到这几天特朗普访华，并和中国大陆领导人习近平进行会晤，外界非常关心“习特会”提到的台湾问题；同时，注意到美国政府包括特朗普、国务卿鲁比奥等也多次重申，美国长期以来对台政策并没有改变。

赖清德说，他对此要感谢美国政府持续关注台海和平与稳定与对台湾的支持。

赖清德称，他在稍早时听取了国安团队，包括国家安全会议、外交部、国防部、陆委会、国安局等相关机关的报告，就最新情势进行完整了解与讨论，并以有关五点向台湾民众说明。

赖清德表示，第一，台湾是台海及区域和平稳定现状的维护者。他说，维持台海及区域和平稳定现状，是“中华民国”一贯且坚定的立场，也是2300万台湾人民最大共识。

赖清德说，他曾经多次公开表示，作为区域及两岸负责任的一方，台湾不会挑衅，不会升高冲突，但也不会在压力下放弃“国家主权”与尊严，以及民主自由的生活方式。“台湾从来都是两岸现状的坚定维护者，而不是改变现状的一方。”

第二，大陆才是区域不稳定及改变现状的根源。赖清德指出，近年来，大陆在台海及周边海域持续扩张军事活动，包括军机舰扰台、大规模军演、灰色地带胁迫，以及对周边国家施加各种军事、政治与经济压力。

赖清德续称，这不只是台湾独自面对的问题，更是整个第一岛链与印太区域共同面对的迫切安全挑战，而大陆才是破坏区域和平稳定，改变现状的根源所在。

赖清德说，第三，捍卫“中华民国”现状，没有“台独”问题。他进一步说，“‘中华民国台湾’是一个主权独立的民主国家”，他已多次重申，坚持自由民主的宪政体制，坚持“中华民国”与中华人民共和国互不隶属，坚持主权不容侵犯并吞，坚持“中华民国台湾”的前途，必须要遵循全体台湾人民的意志。

赖清德表示，这就是台湾全体人民的最大共识，“也是我们所要捍卫的现状，没有所谓的‘台独’问题”。

至于第四点，是台美安全合作与军售，是维护区域和平稳定的关键要素。赖清德称，台美长期安全合作与军售建立在《台湾关系法》的基础之上，这不仅是美国对台湾的安全承诺，也是长久以来，反制破坏区域和平稳定的最重要吓阻力量。

赖清德表示，感谢特朗普自第一任期以来，对台海和平稳定的持续支持，包括对台军售规模与金额持续提升，协助台湾强化自我防卫能力。

他也要重申，近年来台湾持续提升国防预算，推动国防改革、强化不对称战力、全力提升后备动员与社会韧性，为的就是捍卫全体台湾人民的自由与安全，善尽区域成员的责任。

他还说，台湾是印太安全及防卫第一岛链关键枢纽，在大陆始终不放弃武力并吞台湾，且持续扩充军力，企图改变区域及两岸现状下，美国持续对台军售，并深化台美安全合作，乃至为必要，也是维护区域和平稳定的关键要素。

赖清德说，最后一点是，台湾是全球核心利益之所在，台海和平稳定绝不会被牺牲或交易。他强调，台湾是印太安全的重要节点，也是全球人工智能（AI）与半导体发展的核心，更是全球供应链重整不可或缺的一环。

他说，台湾是全球核心利益之所在，任何破坏台海和平稳定的行为，不只是对国际规则与秩序的公然挑衅，更将对印太安全、全球供应链及世界经济带来重大冲击。所以，确保台海和平稳定一直是台美及全世界民主国家的高度共识与共同利益之所在，台湾绝不会被牺牲或交易。

赖清德最后在贴文中写道，他要再次强调，和平是要靠实力，要靠台湾人守护自由民主的意志，要靠与友盟国家的坚定合作。台湾会继续肩负起提升自我防卫力量的责任，坚定守护民主自由，不卑不亢、维持现状，为区域与全球的和平繁荣作出积极贡献。

此前，习近平在“习特会”上就台湾问题发出严厉警告后，特朗普在接受美媒采访时，告诫台湾不要走向独立，并强调不希望有人因认定美国撑腰而搞台独引发战争。

另据《联合报》、三立新闻网等报道，今年是民进党创党40周年，身兼党主席的赖清德在星期天的一场纪念活动上重申“台独”两大意涵，即台湾不属于中华人民共和国的一部分，以及“中华民国”和中华人民共和国互不隶属。

2025年10月，美国总统特朗普（左）在韩国庆州举行的亚太经合组织（APEC）领导人特别晚宴上，与韩国总统李在明（右）握手合影。 （档案照片）

韩国总统府青瓦台发表声明称，韩国总统李在明与美国总统特朗普星期天（5月17日）通电话，讨论了中美峰会的结果。

据路透社报道，青瓦台指出，特朗普向李在明分享了他与中国国家主席习近平会晤的成果，内容涵盖中美关系、经济和贸易协议、朝鲜半岛事务以及中东局势。

声明提及，李在明认为特朗普和习近平就朝鲜半岛事务进行了建设性会谈。

特朗普则向李在明承诺，他将通过与韩国的密切合作，为朝鲜半岛的和平与稳定做出贡献。

声明也指出，李在明向特朗普表示，稳定管理美中关系将有助于本地区和世界的和平与繁荣。同时，他还向特朗普表达了希望中东地区立即恢复和平与稳定的愿望。

此外，两位领导人还讨论了去年签署的双边贸易协议的顺利实施情况。

5月15日，美国总统特朗普（左）在从中国返回美国的“空军一号”总统专机内向随行媒体发表讲话，新任美国贸易代表格里尔（Jamieson Greer，右）在侧旁听。 （法新社）

美国贸易代表格里尔说，我们看到中国已开始采取措施，便利从美国进口。

路透社星期天（5月17日）引述哥伦比亚广播公司报道，格里尔说：“我们预计与中方达成新协议后，农产品总采购量将达到数百亿元（double-digit billions）。”

格里尔补充称：“中国人知道我们将会有一定水平的关税来控制进口。”