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  • 神秘政府实验室员工死亡与失踪事件引发诸多猜测 以下是我们目前掌握的情况


    2026-04-17T17:19:00-0400 / https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaths-disappearances-scientists-staff-government-labs/

    特朗普总统本周暗示，与敏感核技术或航天技术相关的10名政府工作人员失踪或死亡背后可能暗藏险恶，但参与这些分散案件调查的相关人士表示，他们未发现任何关联。

    “我刚参加了一个相关主题的会议，事情相当严重，”特朗普周四对记者表示，“希望只是巧合……但其中一些人是非常重要的人物，我们会对此展开调查。”

    近期社交媒体上涌现出大量关于这些失踪和死亡事件的阴谋论，这些事件发生在三年时间里，涉及多名与美国国家航空航天局喷气推进实验室以及洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室有关联的研究人员和其他工作人员。外界一直在猜测，是否存在针对美国核计划或航天项目的蓄意伤害阴谋。

    但参与相关案件调查的人士表示，这些死亡和失踪事件背后并非间谍惊悚片式的阴谋，而是更为私人且悲剧性的缘由。

    68岁的退役少将威廉·尼尔·麦卡兰德于2月底最后一次在新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基的家中被人看到。他的妻子苏珊·麦卡兰德·威尔克森在脸书的一篇帖子中称，“他不太可能被人掳走以从他口中获取早已过时的机密”。她的丈夫已退役超过12年。

    威廉·尼尔·麦卡兰德
    68岁的退役空军少将威廉·尼尔·麦卡兰德自2月以来失踪。他最后一次被人看到是在阿尔伯克基地区的家中。伯纳利洛县警长办公室

    麦卡兰德的失踪引发了网络上大量关于其与机密军事项目和不明飞行物（UFO）潜在关联的猜测，原因是他曾担任赖特-帕特森空军基地空军研究实验室的指挥官。在过去约一年时间里，新墨西哥州共有四名现任或前任敏感岗位雇员失踪，他便是其中之一。

    截至周四晚间，一位消息灵通的政府消息人士告诉CBS新闻，联邦调查局（FBI）并未将这些失踪和死亡事件作为可疑模式展开调查。相反，负责监管NASA喷气推进实验室和洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室的美国能源部正在对此进行调查。

    FBI发言人本·威廉姆森将此事描述为“动态发展中的情况”。

    “FBI已获悉此事，并正在提供所有被要求的协助，”他说，“通常情况下，除非当地执法部门提出请求，否则我们不会牵头处理这类案件。”

    在给CBS新闻的一份声明中，美国能源部国家核安全管理局（NNSA）的一位女发言人表示，该局正在关注公众对这些案件可能存在关联的担忧。

    “NNSA已获悉有关我们实验室、工厂和基地雇员的相关报道，并正在对此事展开调查，”NNSA的一位发言人告诉CBS新闻。

    现任和前任能源部官员承认，这种情况“令人侧目”，国家实验室的能源部工作人员及其承包商确实有成为外国间谍目标的风险。但一位前工作人员表示，他们未看到任何证据表明这些案件之间存在关联。

    “人总会死亡。中风、心脏病、自杀、抢劫遇害，这类事情时有发生，”这位前能源部官员说道。

    涉事机构合计雇佣了超过2万名员工，其中许多人从事行政和支持类工作，无法接触机密信息。

    “如果加上‘核武器设施’和听起来可疑的职位头衔，可能会掩盖某人的工作有多普通，”这位前能源部官员补充道。

    洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室
    资料图显示的是新墨西哥州洛斯阿拉莫斯的洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室。蔡俊·洪 / 美联社

    CBS新闻采访了多位能源安全和执法专家。没有人认为这些案件之间存在明显关联。

    战略与国际研究中心核问题项目副主任约瑟夫·罗杰斯表示，将这些案件联系起来的谣言听起来带有阴谋论色彩。
    “这些死亡和失踪案件分散在数年时间里，涉及不同且关联松散的机构，”罗杰斯说，“如果所有科学家都在为同一个项目或武器系统工作，那我会更加怀疑。”

    曾为美国政府处理核安全问题超过15年的核威胁倡议组织核材料安全副总裁斯科特·罗克表示，当前的伊朗战争可能影响了人们的思考方向。
    “如果你在考虑外国对手，伊朗可能会浮现在脑海中，因为伊朗的核科学家曾遇刺身亡，”罗克说。

    “但我们不像伊朗。我们有成千上万的科学家，拥有完善的基础设施。因此，即使个别死亡事件令人悲痛，伊朗也无法通过除掉十几名核科学家来达成任何战略目的，”罗克说道。

    在网上引发猜测的10名受害者中，有一名科学家在加利福尼亚州徒步时失踪，五人死亡，还有四人——从一名将军到一名行政人员——在过去一年里在新墨西哥州失踪。其中一人是麻省理工学院教授，在自家门口被一名前葡萄牙同学杀害，这名凶手后来被证实是布朗大学枪击案的枪手。

    新墨西哥州失踪案

    退役将军麦卡兰德于2月离开家中，未携带手机、任何可穿戴设备或处方眼镜。他随身只带了一双徒步靴、钱包和一把.38口径左轮手枪。

    由伯纳利洛县警长办公室牵头、州和联邦机构协助的搜救队出动了无人机和搜救犬展开搜寻。3月7日，调查人员在他家以东约2公里处发现了一件灰色的美国空军运动衫，但除此之外，显然没有发现他的任何踪迹。

    他的失踪在网上引发了诸多猜测，认为麦卡兰德是被强行掳走，部分原因是他曾为一个非政府组织担任顾问，该组织正在调查政府的UFO档案。他的妻子在脸书帖子中承认，他曾短暂与一个呼吁政府公开UFO档案的群体有过联系，但她驳斥了任何认为他的失踪与此相关的说法。

    “尼尔对赖特-帕特森基地存储的罗斯威尔坠毁事件中的外星尸体和碎片没有任何特殊了解，”她在脸书帖子中开玩笑地写道，这指的是关于外星生命在沙漠中被发现的阴谋论。

    “不过在目前完全没有他的任何踪迹的情况下，也许最好的猜测是外星人用光束将他带上了母舰。不过目前尚无报道称在桑迪亚山脉上空发现了母舰，”她写道。

    据伯纳利洛县警长办公室消息，FBI一直在协助当地执法部门搜寻麦卡兰德。

    “截至目前，调查人员未发现任何他杀证据，”包括阿尔伯克基都会区的伯纳利洛县的一位官员表示。该官员补充说，调查仍在进行中。

    史蒂文·阿贝尔·加西亚
    一张来自寻人启事的史蒂文·阿贝尔·加西亚照片。新墨西哥州公共安全部

    阿尔伯克基地区的官员也在搜寻48岁的史蒂文·加西亚，他于去年8月失踪。据报道，加西亚曾在位于阿尔伯克基的美国国家核安全管理局堪萨斯城国家安全园区担任物业管理员。

    在阿尔伯克基以北约两小时车程的地方，当地警方正在调查洛斯阿拉莫斯的两名雇员失踪案。

    53岁的梅利莎·卡西亚斯曾在洛斯阿拉莫斯工作多年，最后一次被人看到是独自在高速公路上行走，背着背包，一位看过监控录像的家人透露。
    “梅利莎是一名行政助理，没有高级别安全许可，”她的侄女杰兹明·麦克米伦说道。
    “很高兴看到梅利莎的案件受到关注，但我没有看到任何证据将她与其他案件联系起来，”组织过家庭搜寻队、查看过多页与该案相关的警方文件的麦克米伦说。

    去年5月，同样曾在洛斯阿拉莫斯工作的78岁的安东尼·查韦斯失踪。洛斯阿拉莫斯警方正在请求公众协助寻找他。

    加利福尼亚州徒步者失踪案

    加利福尼亚州一名资深科学家的失踪在媒体报道中引发了几乎与新墨西哥州麦卡兰德案同样多的猜测。

    60岁的莫妮卡·贾辛顿·雷扎是一名从事火箭发动机研究的航空工程师，她于2025年6月22日在洛杉矶郡徒步时失踪。

    一个专门用于搜寻她的脸书页面发布了她的照片，并呼吁经验丰富的徒步者协助搜查这片崎岖的地形。

    谋杀与其他死亡事件

    调查人员表示，麻省理工学院教授努诺·卢雷罗是核聚变与等离子体物理学专家，去年12月在波士顿地区的家中被克劳迪奥·内维斯·瓦伦特枪杀。瓦伦特是一名心怀嫉妒的前工程系同学，二十年前曾与卢雷罗在同一个项目中学习。曾在布朗大学工程系学习过的瓦伦特，在枪杀卢雷罗的前一天，还在校园内制造了一起大规模枪击事件，造成两名学生死亡、九人受伤。

    卡尔·格里迈尔是加州理工学院的天体物理学家，今年2月在洛杉矶郡的自家门廊被枪杀。格里迈尔的讣告称，他曾获得2011年NASA杰出科学成就奖章以及多项NASA团体成就奖。一名被控杀害他的29岁男子去年12月被一名法官依据“不必要起诉”法案从监狱释放。

    上个月，诺华制药研究员杰森·托马斯的尸体在马萨诸塞州的一个湖中被发现，距离他被报失踪已有三个月。他的妻子告诉NBC新闻，他在去年父母双双去世后精神崩溃。

    NASA的弗兰克·迈瓦尔德于2024年7月4日在洛杉矶去世，享年61岁。

    迈克尔·大卫·希克斯是NASA喷气推进实验室的物理学家，于2023年7月去世，享年59岁。

    CBS新闻查阅了讣告、家人的声明以及执法部门的调查结果，未发现任何死亡案件之间存在关联的证据。

    Speculation swirls around deaths and disappearances of staff at secretive government laboratories. Here’s what we know.

    2026-04-17T17:19:00-0400 / https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaths-disappearances-scientists-staff-government-labs/

    President Trump hinted this week that something sinister may lurk behind the disappearance or death of 10 government workers tied to sensitive nuclear or space technology, but those close to the various investigations into the disparate cases say they see no links.

    “I just left a meeting on that subject, so pretty serious stuff,” Mr. Trump told reporters Thursday. “Hopefully, coincidence… but some of them were very important people, and we are going to look at it.”

    Social media has recently lit up with theories about the disappearances and deaths, which occurred over three years and involved several researchers and other staff with ties to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Speculation has swirled about whether there’s some kind of plot to harm U.S. nuclear or space programs.

    But those involved in the various cases have said that what underlies these deaths and disappearances is not a spy-thriller plot, but something more personal and tragic.

    Retired Major General William Neil McCasland, 68, was last seen at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in late February. His wife, Susan McCasland Wilkerson, said in a Facebook post that it “seems quite unlikely that he was taken to extract very dated secrets from him.” Her husband retired from the Air Force more than 12 years ago.

    William Neil McCasland, 68, a retired Air Force major general, has been missing since February. He was last seen at his home in the Albuquerque area. Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office

    McCasland’s disappearance has sparked significant online speculation about potential connections to classified military programs and UFOs because of his past role as the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He’s one of four current or former employees at sensitive sites who’ve gone missing in New Mexico over roughly the last year.

    As of Thursday evening, a well-placed government source told CBS News the FBI was not investigating the disappearances and deaths as part of a suspicious pattern. Rather, the Department of Energy, which oversees NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory, is looking into it.

    FBI spokesman Ben Williamson described the issue as a “developing situation.”

    “The FBI is aware and providing all assistance requested,” he said. “Usually what happens is we are not the lead in cases like this unless local authorities request.”

    In a statement to CBS News, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said the agency is paying attention to fears the cases may be linked.

    “NNSA is aware of reports related to employees of our labs, plants, and sites and is looking into the matter,” a spokesperson for NNSA told CBS News.

    Current and former Energy Department officials acknowledged the pattern is “eyebrow raising” and that department staff and its contractors at the National Laboratories do indeed risk becoming the targets of foreign espionage. But one former staffer said they have seen no evidence of any link in these cases.

    “People do just die. Strokes, heard disease, suicide, mugging, it happens,” the former DOE official said.

    The facilities in question combined employ more than 20,000 people, many of whom work in administrative and support roles and do not have access to secret information.

    “If you attach ‘nuclear weapons facility’ and some sketchy sounding job title, it could conceal how mundane someone’s job may be,” the former DOE official said.

    File photo shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Jae C. Hong / AP

    CBS News interviewed several energy security and law enforcement experts. None saw an obvious link between the cases.

    Joseph Rodgers, the deputy director of the Project on Nuclear Issues at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the rumors connecting the cases sound conspiratorial.

    “The deaths and missing persons cases are scattered across several years at different and only loosely affiliated organizations,” said Rodgers. “If all of the scientists were working on one project or weapons system, then I’d be more suspicious.”

    Scott Roecker, vice president for nuclear materials security at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, who worked on nuclear security issues for the U.S. government for more than 15 years, said the current war in Iran may factor into people’s thinking.

    “If you were looking at a foreign adversary, Iran might come to mind because of the Iranian nuclear scientists who have been assassinated,” Roecker said.

    “But we’re not like Iran. We have thousands of scientists. We have a robust infrastructure. So there would be nothing strategic Iran could achieve by taking out 10 or 20 of our nuclear scientists, as tragic as the individual deaths might be,” Roecker said.

    Of the 10 that have garnered speculation online, one scientist disappeared while hiking in California, five died, and four people ranging from a general to an administrative staffer went missing in New Mexico over the past year. One of the five was an MIT professor killed at his doorstep by a former Portuguese classmate who was later determined to be the Brown University mass shooter.

    New Mexico disappearances

    McCasland, the retired general, left home in February without his phone, any wearable devices or his prescription glasses. All he had with him were a pair of hiking boots, his wallet, and a 38-caliber revolver.

    Search and rescue teams led by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and aided by state and federal agencies deployed drones and K9s in their efforts to find him. A gray U.S. Air Force sweatshirt found a mile and a quarter east of his home was picked up by investigators on March 7, but otherwise there’s apparently been no trace of him.

    His disappearance sparked swirling speculation online that McCasland was taken against his will in part because of his work consulting for a non-government group that was probing the government’s UFO files. His wife acknowledged in the Facebook post that he had a brief association with a community of people pushing for the government to release files about UFOs, but she dismissed any notion that his disappearance was connected to that.

    “Neil does not have any special knowledge about the ET bodies and debris from the Roswell crash stored at Wright-Patt,” she wrote in jest in the Facebook post, referring to conspiracy theories about aliens being found in the desert.

    “Though at this point with absolutely no sign of him, maybe the best hypothesis is that aliens beamed him up to the mothership. However, no sightings of a mothership hovering above the Sandia Mountains have been reported,” she wrote.

    The FBI has been assisting local law enforcement in the search for McCasland, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office.

    “Investigators have so far uncovered no evidence of foul play,” according to an official in Bernalillo County, which includes the Albuquerque metro area. The official added that the investigation is ongoing.

    A photo of Steven Abel Garcia from a missing-person poster. New Mexico Department of Public Safety

    Albuquerque area officials are also searching for 48-year-old Steven Garcia, who disappeared last August. Garcia reportedly worked as a property custodian for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City National Security Campus in Albuquerque.

    A couple of hours’ drive north of Albuquerque, local police have been investigating the disappearances of two employees at Los Alamos.

    Melissa Casias, 53, worked at Los Alamos for years and was last seen walking alone on a highway wearing a backpack, according to a family member who has reviewed the surveillance footage.

    “Melissa was an administrative assistant and did not have high-level clearance,” said her niece, Jazmin McMillen.

    “I’m happy to see Melissa’s case getting attention but I haven’t seen any evidence linking her to any of the other cases,” said McMillen, who organized family search parties and has reviewed multiple pages of police documents related to the case.

    In May of last year, Anthony Chavez, 78, who had also held a job at Los Alamos, went missing. Los Alamos police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding him.

    A California hiker

    The disappearance of an accomplished scientist in California has garnered almost as much speculation in media reports as McCasland’s in New Mexico.

    Monica Jacinton Reza, a 60-year-old aerospace engineer who worked on rocket engines, disappeared on June 22, 2025, while hiking in Los Angeles County.

    A Facebook page devoted to the search for her includes pictures of her and asks for experienced hikers to help scour the rough terrain.

    Murders and other deaths

    Investigators say MIT Professor Nuno Lureiro, an expert in fusion and plasma physics, was shot and killed at his home in the Boston area last December by Claudio Neves Valente, a jealous former engineering classmate who had studied in the same program with Lureiro two decades ago. Valente, who had spent time at Brown University’s engineering program also carried out a mass shooting on campus that killed two students and wounded nine others just one day before he shot and killed Lureiro.

    Carl Grillmair, a Caltech astrophysicist, was shot to death on his front porch in Los Angeles County in February. An obituary for Grillmair said he was the recipient of the 2011 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and numerous NASA Group Achievement Awards. A 29 year old man charged with his murder was released from prison last December by a judge using an “unnecessary prosecutions” law.

    The body of Novartis researcher Jason Thomas was recovered from a Massachusetts lake last month, three months after Thomas was reported missing. His wife told NBC News he was distraught following the death of both of his parents last year.

    NASA’s Frank Maiwald died July 4, 2024, at 61 in Los Angeles.

    Michael David Hicks, a physicist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, died in July 2023 at the age of 59.

    CBS News reviewed obituaries, statements from family members and law enforcement findings and found no links between any of the deaths.

  • 航空公司因伊朗战争导致喷气式燃油成本上涨而削减航线


    2026年4月17日 / 美国东部时间下午5:36 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）

    作者：梅根·塞鲁洛（Megan Cerullo）
    梅根·塞鲁洛是哥伦比亚广播公司财经观察（CBS MoneyWatch）驻纽约记者，报道小企业、职场、医疗保健、消费者支出和个人理财话题。她经常亮相哥伦比亚广播公司新闻24小时频道讨论其报道内容。

    航空公司正于今年夏季削减航线，原因是伊朗战争导致喷气式燃油成本上涨。

    加拿大航空、达美航空等多家航空公司周五表示，部分航线将受到影响。

    “油价飙升总体而言是重大新闻，对喷气式燃油价格的影响尤为显著，”旅游经济咨询公司（Tourism Economics）首席经济学家斯蒂芬·鲁尼（Stephen Rooney）对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示。“喷气式燃油是航空公司的巨大成本开支，在长途航班上尤其如此。”

    航空公司此前是基于燃油成本将保持相对稳定的预期预售机票的。鲁尼预计，航空公司将因燃油成本上涨取消部分航班。自2月28日战争爆发以来，喷气式燃油价格已翻倍，推高了航空公司的运营成本。行业分析师指出，喷气式燃油通常占航空公司总运营成本的25%至30%左右。

    “他们是基于特定的燃油价格预期售出机票的，但当油价上涨时，他们有时会取消航班，或是加收附加费，”他说。“机票是按合同售出的，无法反悔，因此他们会取消部分航线以规避这一问题。”

    这可能会给夏季航空旅行带来混乱。

    燃油成本上涨导致航线取消

    达美航空周五表示，将于今年夏季削减四条航线。

    该航空公司在发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的声明中称，作为“常规规划流程”的一部分，将从6月至9月暂停从纽约约翰·肯尼迪国际机场、底特律和波士顿出发的部分航班。当被问及燃油成本问题时，达美航空表示，此次削减航线的决定是基于“多种因素”做出的，其中包括运营成本和进行航班时刻表更新时的 broader 运营考量。

    以下是其将缩减服务的航线：

    • 肯尼迪机场至孟菲斯，6月7日至9月7日

    • 肯尼迪机场至圣路易斯，6月7日至9月7日

    • 底特律机场至冰岛雷克雅未克，5月7日至7月6日

    • 波士顿机场至巴哈马拿骚，7月18日至9月5日

    “我们将直接联系所有受影响的乘客，提供替代方案，”一名航空公司发言人在发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的声明中表示。

    国际能源署（IEA）负责人法提赫·比罗尔（Fatih Birol）表示，欧洲各机场的喷气式燃油储备仅能维持约六周，之后便会耗尽。

    “由于缺乏喷气式燃油，部分A城市至B城市的航班可能会被取消，”比罗尔说，并指出当前的能源供应中断是“我们有史以来面临的最严重能源危机”。

    加拿大航空周五表示，将于6月1日至10月25日暂停从多伦多和蒙特利尔飞往纽约肯尼迪机场的航线，理由是喷气式燃油成本上涨。

    “自伊朗冲突爆发以来，喷气式燃油价格已翻倍，部分盈利能力较低的航线和航班已不再具备经济可行性，因此我们正在相应调整航班时刻表，”加拿大航空在发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的声明中表示。

    荷兰皇家航空（KLM Royal Dutch Airlines）也表示，由于成本上涨，将在本月调整航班时刻表，部分航线“在财务上已不再具备运营可行性”。

    德国汉莎航空（Lufthansa）同样表示，将于本周关停一家区域航空公司，“鉴于煤油价格大幅上涨”，将停飞部分飞机。

    令人担忧的 disruption

    航空分析师表示，航空业面临的 disruptions 正日益引发担忧。

    “我不记得曾见过如此大规模的此类事件，这令人警觉，”航空业分析师亨利·哈特维尔特（Henry Harteveldt）在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻高级交通记者克里斯·范·克利夫（Kris Van Cleave）采访时表示。

    美国本土航空公司的处境略好于欧洲航空公司，因为美国本土生产大部分所需的喷气式燃油。

    但这可能会给飞往欧洲的美国旅客带来麻烦，他们可能会面临行程中断。

    “可能会出现这样的情况：航空公司会说，算了吧，如果出发机场的喷气式燃油不足，将飞机飞往欧洲风险太大，航班可能不得不中途停靠加油。这意味着回家的旅程会更长，”哈特维尔特说。

    伊朗方面周五表示，自战争爆发以来一直被油轮通行封锁的霍尔木兹海峡，已随着以色列和黎巴嫩之间达成停火协议而重新开放。

    一旦承载全球约20%石油供应量的油轮重新开始通过该海峡航行，喷气式燃油价格将回归正常——但不会立刻实现。分析师预计，燃油供应稳定以及油价恢复正常水平可能需要数周，甚至数月时间。

    编辑：卡拉·塔巴奇尼克（Cara Tabachnick）

    凯瑟琳·克鲁普尼克（Kathryn Krupnik）和克里斯·范·克利夫（Kris Van Cleave）对本篇报道亦有贡献。

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    Airlines cut routes in response to rising jet fuel costs amid Iran war

    April 17, 2026 / 5:36 PM EDT / CBS News

    By Megan Cerullo
    Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.

    Airlines are cutting routes this summer as they face rising jet fuel costs amid the Iran war.

    Air Canada, Delta, and other airlines said Friday that certain routes will be impacted.

    “The spike in oil prices is big news in general and the impact on jet fuel prices is pronounced,” Stephen Rooney, lead economist at Tourism Economics, told CBS News. “Jet fuel is a huge cost for airlines, especially on longer-haul flights.”

    Airlines pre-sold tickets based on expectations that fuel costs would remain relatively stable. Rooney expects them to cancel some flights based on rising fuel costs. Jet fuel prices have doubled since the war began on Feb. 28, raising costs for airlines. Jet fuel typically accounts for roughly 25% to 30% of overall costs, according to industry analysts.

    “They’ve sold tickets on the basis of certain fuel price expectations, but when that goes up, sometimes they’ll cancel flights, or add surcharges,” he said. “Tickets are sold under contract, and you can’t backtrack, so they cancel some routes to avoid that.”

    That could mean turbulence for summer air travel.

    Routes canceled as fuel costs rise

    Delta Air Lines on Friday said it is cutting four routes this summer.

    It’s cutting certain flights from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Detroit and Boston through September as part of its “normal planning process,” the airline said in a statement to CBS News. When asked about fuel costs, the airline said the decision to cut routes was made based on a “variety of factors,” including operating costs and broader operational considerations when making schedule updates.

    Here is where it’s reducing service:

    • JFK to Memphis, from June 7 to Sept. 7
    • JFK to St. Louis, from June 7 to Sept. 7
    • DTW to Reykjavik, Iceland, from May 7 to July 6
    • BOS to Nassau, Bahamas, from July 18 to Sept. 5

    “We will directly contact any impacted customers with alternate options,” an airline spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.

    International Energy Agency head Fatih Birol said that European airports have about a six-week supply of jet fuel before it runs out.

    “Some of the flights from city A to city B might be canceled as a result of a lack of jet fuel,” Birol said, noting that the current disruption is “the largest energy crisis we have ever faced in history.”

    Air Canada on Friday said it’s cutting routes from Toronto and Montreal to New York’s JFK Airport from June 1 through Oct. 25, citing rising jet fuel costs.

    “As jet fuel prices have doubled since the start of the Iran conflict and some lower profitability routes and flights are no longer economic, and we are making schedule adjustments accordingly,” Air Canada said in a statement to CBS News.

    KLM Royal Dutch Airlines also said it’s adjusting its flight schedule this month due to rising costs as certain routes are “no longer financially viable to operate.”

    German airline Lufthansa also said it will shut down a regional airline this week, grounding planes “in view of significantly increased kerosene prices.”

    Alarming disruptions

    The disruption to the aviation industry is a growing cause for concern, according to airline analysts.

    “I don’t recall ever seeing anything like this on such a large scale, it’s alarming,” airline industry analyst Henry Harteveldt told CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave.

    U.S.-based airlines are slightly better positioned than European carriers, because the U.S. produces most of its own jet fuel.

    But that could spell trouble for U.S. travelers flying to Europe, who could face disruptions.

    “There may be some routes where the airline says, you know what, it’s just too risky to send a plane over to Europe if there’s not enough jet fuel at your originating airport, your flight may have to make an intermediate stop to get more fuel along the way. That means a longer trip home,” Harteveldt said.

    Iran on Friday said that the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blocked to tanker traffic since the war began, had reopened amid a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.

    Once tankers, carrying about 20% of the world’s oil supply, start sailing through the strait again, jet fuel prices will return to normal — but not immediately. Analysts expect it to take weeks, if not months, for the fuel supply to stabilize, and for oil prices to return to normal levels.

    Edited by Cara Tabachnick

    Kathryn Krupnik and Kris Van Cleave contributed to this report.

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  • 犹他州法官就泰勒·罗宾逊提出的禁止法庭内使用电视设备的请求进行审议


    2026-04-17 22:03:51 UTC / 路透社

    记者：安德鲁·海
    2026年4月17日 世界协调时22:03 更新于1小时前

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    Item 1 of 5 2026年4月17日，在美国犹他州普罗沃第四地区法院，针对被控杀害保守派活动家查理·柯克的泰勒·罗宾逊的听证会期间，泰勒·罗宾逊与他的律师凯瑟琳·内斯特（未在图中）交谈。特伦特·纳尔逊/ pools via 路透社

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    4月17日（路透社）——周五，犹他州一名法官正在审议泰勒·罗宾逊提出的禁止法庭内现场直播和摄像设备的请求。罗宾逊被控杀害保守派活动家查理·柯克，他辩称直播和摄像侵犯了他获得公平审判的权利。

    罗宾逊的律师表示，法庭直播和拍照正在引发耸人听闻且带有偏见的媒体报道，可能会让这起加重谋杀案的潜在陪审员产生偏见。

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    辩护律师迈克尔·伯特展示了几段视频片段，内容是媒体机构的法律专家根据罗宾逊的肢体语言攻击他的性格，称其肢体语言表现出缺乏同理心和悲伤，其中一人甚至称他为“怪物”。

    “负面性格证据是你能拿到的最具偏见的庭审前证据之一，”辩方证人、庭审顾问布莱恩·埃德尔曼说道，“我们没必要把这场审判变成一场马戏团式的真人秀。”

    柯克遗孀、检方希望法庭内允许摄像

    如果罗宾逊被判定犯下柯克谋杀罪，检方将寻求判处其死刑。

    罗宾逊今年23岁，案发时正在学习成为一名电工。他被控从一处屋顶射出一发子弹，击中了正在奥勒姆市犹他谷大学与学生进行辩论的柯克。

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    柯克的遗孀埃丽卡·柯克、多家媒体机构以及检方都敦促法院允许在庭审过程中进行摄像和拍照。他们表示，对庭审过程进行广播和拍摄是遏制围绕此案的阴谋论和其他虚假信息的最佳方式。

    柯克因动员年轻选民帮助唐纳德·特朗普总统赢得2024年大选而广受赞誉。他在数千人面前的舞台上遇刺，是美国日益严重的政治暴力事件中令人震惊的公开一幕。

    罗宾逊的律师要求推迟5月中旬的预审听证会，届时检方必须证明存在合理依据，或出示足够证据证明犯罪行为确实发生。

    罗宾逊的律师理查德·诺瓦克表示，辩方尚未获取专家证人所需的DNA数据文件。他请求将听证会推迟四个月。

    犹他县检察官瑞安·麦克布莱德表示，DNA文件对于证明合理依据并非必要，检方团队掌握其他证据。

    地区法院法官托尼·格拉夫表示，他将在晚些时候就该问题作出裁决。

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    Utah judge weighs Tyler Robinson request to ban TV from courtroom

    2026-04-17 22:03:51 UTC / Reuters

    By Andrew Hay

    April 17, 2026 10:03 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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    Item 1 of 5 Tyler Robinson speaks with his attorney Kathryn Nester (not pictured) during a hearing for Robinson, accused in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, U.S., April 17, 2026. Trent Nelson/Pool via REUTERS

    [1/5]Tyler Robinson speaks with his attorney Kathryn Nester (not pictured) during a hearing for Robinson, accused in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, U.S., April 17, 2026. Trent Nelson/Pool via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

    April 17 (Reuters) – A Utah judge on Friday weighed a request from Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to ban live broadcasts and cameras ​from the courtroom on grounds they violated his right to a fair trial.

    Robinson’s ‌lawyers said courtroom livestreams and photography were leading to sensational and slanted media coverage that could bias potential jurors in the aggravated murder case.

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    Defense lawyer Michael Burt showed video clips in which legal experts ​for media outlets attacked Robinson’s character based on his body language, suggesting it ​showed a lack of empathy and grief, one calling him “a monster.”

    “Negative character ⁠evidence is some of the most prejudicial pretrial evidence you can have,” said trial consultant ​Bryan Edelman, a defense witness. “We don’t need to create a circus-like reality show out of ​the trial.”

    KIRK’S WIDOW, PROSECUTORS WANT CAMERAS IN COURT

    Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Robinson should he be convicted of Kirk’s September 10 killing.

    Robinson, 23, was studying to be an electrician at the time of ​the shooting. He is accused of firing a single round from a rooftop that struck ​Kirk as he debated with students at Utah Valley University in Orem.

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    Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, media organizations ‌and ⁠prosecutors have urged the court to allow cameras during court proceedings. They say broadcasting and photographing deliberations is the best way to counteract conspiracy theories and other misinformation surrounding the case.

    Kirk was credited with mobilizing young voters who helped President Donald Trump win the 2024 election. ​His assassination on stage ​in front of ⁠thousands of people was a stunning public display of mounting political violence in the United States.

    Robinson’s lawyers asked to delay a mid-May preliminary ​hearing where prosecutors must establish probable cause, or show sufficient evidence ​to believe ⁠a crime was committed.

    Robinson’s attorney Richard Novak said the defense had not received DNA data files it needed for expert witnesses. He requested a four-month delay in the hearing.

    Utah County prosecutor Ryan ⁠McBride ​said the DNA files were not necessary to establish ​probable cause, and the prosecution team had other evidence.

    District Court Judge Tony Graff said he would make a ruling ​on the issue at a later date.

    Reporting by Andrew Hay in New Mexico Editing by Rod Nickel

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  • 白宫与AI公司Anthropic举行会谈， amid政治紧张与五角大楼争端


    2026-04-17T16:10:50-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道

    Anthropic的Mythos Preview模型已在关键系统中发现数千个此前未被发现的安全漏洞

    作者：摩根·菲利普斯 福克斯新闻
    发布于2026年4月17日 美国东部时间下午4:10

    Anthropic的新型AI模型引发安全与网络安全担忧

    OthersideAI联合创始人兼首席执行官马特·舒默做客《周日简报》，探讨Anthropic的新型AI模型Mythos，以及外界对其先进能力和潜在网络安全风险的日益担忧。

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    就在唐纳德·特朗普总统因与五角大楼发生冲突下令全联邦政府暂停使用人工智能公司Anthropic的技术一个月后，该公司首席执行官重返白宫参加高层会谈——官员们正在重新考虑，这项因国家安全和政治担忧而被搁置的系统，是否重要到不容忽视的地步。

    一位知情人士告诉福克斯新闻，白宫办公厅主任苏西·瓦伊勒斯于周五会见了Anthropic首席执行官达里奥·阿莫代伊。

    Anthropic的新型人工智能模型Mythos Preview被认为过于先进，该公司已限制其发布，仅允许少数合作伙伴使用，以防潜在滥用。

    此次会谈标志着特朗普政府内部的迅速转变，官员们正在权衡此前被标记为国家安全风险的系统，是否也可能成为保卫美国基础设施的关键——这暴露出美国政府内部在如何处理兼具防御和进攻潜力的强大AI工具方面日益加剧的分歧。

    “Anthropic首席执行官达里奥·阿莫代伊今日与政府高级官员举行了富有成效的讨论，探讨Anthropic与美国政府如何在网络安全、美国在AI竞赛中的领先地位以及AI安全等关键共同优先事项上开展合作。此次会议反映了Anthropic致力于与美国政府就负责任AI发展进行接触的持续承诺。我们感谢他们抽出时间，并期待继续这些讨论，”Anthropic的一位发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。

    马杜罗突袭事件引发的疑问促使五角大楼将顶级AI公司列为潜在“供应链风险”进行审查

    尽管特朗普政府内部近期爆发冲突，但会谈仍如期举行，官员们正在重新评估这家被五角大楼标记为供应链风险的公司。该公司与前拜登政府官员的联系，以及其首席执行官此前对特朗普的批评，为围绕其技术是否应重返政府使用的辩论增添了政治层面的因素。

    一位知情人士告诉福克斯新闻，白宫办公厅主任苏西·瓦伊勒斯于周五会见了Anthropic首席执行官达里奥·阿莫代伊。（图片来源：钱斯·耶/哈伯德波特组织/Getty Images）

    这种潜力及其伴随的风险已经在美国政府内部引发了紧张局势。

    五角大楼冲突、法律诉讼与态度转变让Anthropic重回视野

    此次会谈是在2026年初Anthropic与五角大楼关系破裂之后举行的。

    国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟将该公司列为国家安全“供应链风险”，实际上将其排除在军事系统之外，并禁止承包商使用其技术。

    Anthropic目前正对这一指定提出法律诉讼，该公司已针对五角大楼和其他联邦机构提起多起诉讼，辩称“供应链风险”标签是非法且具有报复性的。

    这一指定实际上禁止承包商使用Anthropic的技术，其措施通常被用于针对外国对手，目前已在联邦法院引发相互矛盾的裁决：一名法官暂时叫停了该政策的部分内容，而上诉法院则拒绝暂停其执行。法律诉讼仍在进行中，承包商和各机构在Anthropic的系统是否以及如何能够被使用方面面临不确定性。

    此前，双方就五角大楼如何使用Anthropic的AI发生了争执。

    该公司拒绝为“所有合法用途”提供开放式授权，而是坚持其系统不得用于大规模国内监控或完全自主武器系统。尽管五角大楼官员表示，他们并未将AI用于上述任何目的，但他们拒绝受一家私营公司的限制。

    随后，特朗普下令联邦机构全面停止使用Anthropic的模型，将对峙从国防部升级为全政府范围的禁令。

    而仅仅几周后，该公司就重返白宫参加高层会谈，官员们正在权衡，尽管此前遭到禁令，其新型Mythos系统是否能够改变网络防御和攻击的格局。

    政治关联与过往批评可能使白宫会谈复杂化

    这场争端也带上了政治色彩。

    据《华尔街日报》报道，阿莫代伊此前因批评特朗普而引发关注，他曾在2024年大选前的一条Facebook帖子中将特朗普比作“封建军阀”。

    在Anthropic的Slack平台上发布并随后泄露给《信息报》的一条内部消息中，阿莫代伊暗示特朗普政府与该公司的争端，部分源于该公司拒绝提供他所说的“独裁者式的赞扬”。

    这条写于3月初紧张局势迅速升级期间的消息，后来被《华尔街日报》和其他媒体引用。阿莫代伊随后为该帖子的语气道歉，表示其内容并未反映他经过深思熟虑的观点。

    联邦上诉法院驳回Anthropic阻止五角大楼将其列入AI争端黑名单的请求

    当被问及Anthropic的治理、招聘以及更广泛的政治关联时，一位白宫官员表示，政府“继续在政府和行业之间积极接触，以保护美国和美国人民”，包括“与前沿AI实验室合作，确保其模型有助于识别关键软件漏洞”。

    这位官员补充道，“任何可能被联邦政府使用或部署的新技术，都需要经过一个技术评估期，以验证其可靠性和安全性”，并表示“所有相关方的共同努力最终将使行业和整个国家受益”。

    阿莫代伊此前因批评特朗普而引发关注，他曾在2024年大选前的一条Facebook帖子中将特朗普比作“封建军阀”。（图片来源：帕特里克·西森/美联社照片）

    除了直接争端外，该公司与华盛顿的更广泛联系也引发了关注。

    在政府考虑加强接触之际，Anthropic的治理结构也受到了关注。该公司部分由一个独立的“长期利益信托基金”监管，这是一个不同寻常的机制，旨在让非财务利益相关者对公司决策施加影响。

    该信托基金持有特殊投票权，可任命并最终控制公司多数董事会席位，董事会成员来自国家安全、公共政策和全球发展领域。

    现任受托人包括克林顿健康倡议首席执行官尼尔·巴迪·沙阿、卡内基国际和平基金会主席马里亚诺-弗洛伦蒂诺·奎利亚尔——这位民主党人于2014年由前州长杰里·布朗任命为加利福尼亚州最高法院法官——以及新美国安全中心首席执行官理查德·方丹——他曾为约翰·麦凯恩2008年总统竞选提供建议。该团体由政策和国家安全领域的领导人组成，凸显了该公司与华盛顿和全球政策圈子的深厚联系。

    Anthropic的支持者也将其置于相互重叠的科技、政策和政治网络的中心。

    该公司的早期融资包括来自Facebook联合创始人达斯汀·莫斯科维茨和前谷歌首席执行官埃里克·施密特等人士的投资，两人都是长期的民主党捐助者，以及萨姆·班克曼-弗里德的FTX的一笔重要早期投资。

    与此同时，该公司此后吸引了广泛的大型机构投资者——包括亚马逊、谷歌和微软——这反映了其在全球AI竞赛中日益重要的地位，也使得单纯从政治角度定性该公司变得复杂。

    该公司还聘请了几位拜登政府的官员担任关键政策角色，进一步将Anthropic嵌入华盛顿的AI政策生态系统。其中包括前国家安全委员会官员塔伦·查布拉，他现在领导该公司的国家安全政策工作，以及其他曾参与制定联邦AI和技术战略的顾问和工作人员。

    Anthropic还寻求在华盛顿扩大影响力的同时，建立跨党派联系。

    该公司雇佣了具有共和党背景的政策工作人员，包括立法分析师本杰明·默克尔和说客玛丽·克罗根，并于2月任命克里斯·利德尔——特朗普时期的前白宫副办公厅主任——进入董事会。该公司还向Public First Action捐赠了2000万美元，这是一个两党团体，支持那些支持AI监管的两党候选人。

    一名联邦法官裁决阻止特朗普政府禁止AI公司Anthropic使用国防部系统，这引发了一场关于该裁决是否将法院推向国家安全决策领域的辩论。（图片来源：萨米克塔·拉克什米/彭博社通过盖蒂图片社；尤金·秀子/泳池/路透社）

    该公司也遭到了特朗普政府内部的批评。

    白宫AI顾问戴维·萨克斯指责Anthropic推行“监管俘获”策略，称该公司利用对AI安全的担忧推动有利于自身地位的规则，同时减缓竞争对手的发展。

    Anthropic反驳了这些说法，表示其做法反映了对先进AI系统构成风险的真正担忧。

    法官冻结特朗普政府针对AI公司的禁令，加剧围绕安全权限的斗争

    新型AI系统可能重塑网络战，在美国政府内部引发警报

    这项新技术可以帮助开发人员识别并修复长期存在的安全漏洞，但也可能给黑客提供强大的新工具，以攻击美国企业和政府系统。

    “鉴于AI的发展速度，此类能力很快就会扩散，甚至可能超出承诺安全部署它们的行为体的控制范围，”Anthropic在其公告中表示，“其后果——对经济、公共安全和国家安全——可能是严重的。”

    Anthropic尚未公开发布Mythos，而是通过一个名为“Project Glasswing”的项目限制访问，由精选的公司使用该模型扫描关键系统以寻找漏洞。

    Anthropic的网站页面和公司标志于2026年2月26日星期四在纽约的电脑屏幕上展示。（图片来源：帕特里克·西森/美联社照片）

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    该公司表示，该系统已经发现了数千个此前未被发现的漏洞——其中一些已有数十年历史——这既凸显了其防御价值，也凸显了如果该技术扩散，可能被用于加速网络攻击的风险。

    福克斯商业频道的爱德华·劳伦斯为本报告做出了贡献。

    White House meets AI firm Anthropic amid political tensions, Pentagon dispute

    2026-04-17T16:10:50-04:00 / Fox News

    Anthropic’s Mythos Preview model has uncovered thousands of previously unknown security flaws in critical systems

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    Published April 17, 2026 4:10pm EDT

    Anthropic’s new AI model raises alarms over safety, cybersecurity concerns

    OthersideAI co-founder and CEO Matt Shumer joins ‘The Sunday Briefing’ to discuss Anthropic’s new AI model, Mythos, and growing concerns over its advanced capabilities and potential cybersecurity risks.

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    One month after President Donald Trump ordered a government-wide halt on artificial intelligence firm Anthropic’s technology following a clash with the Pentagon, the company’s CEO is back at the White House for high-level talks — as officials reconsider whether a system they sidelined over national security and political concerns may be too important to ignore.

    A source familiar with the meeting told Fox News White House chief of staff Susie Wiles met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Friday.

    Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence model, Mythos Preview, is considered so advanced that the company has restricted its release, limiting access to a small group of partners over concerns about potential misuse.

    The meeting signals a rapid reversal inside the Trump administration, as officials weigh whether a system previously flagged as a national security risk could also be critical to defending U.S. infrastructure — exposing a growing internal tension over how to handle powerful AI tools with both defensive and offensive potential.

    “Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei today met with senior administration officials for a productive discussion on how Anthropic and the U.S. government can work together on key shared priorities such as cybersecurity, America’s lead in the AI race, and AI safety. The meeting reflected Anthropic’s ongoing commitment to engaging with the U.S. government on the development of responsible AI. We are grateful for their time and are looking forward to continuing these discussions,” an Anthropic spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

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    The talks come despite a recent clash inside the Trump administration, as officials reconsider a company the Pentagon flagged as a supply chain risk. Its ties to former Biden officials and past criticism of Trump by its CEO have added a political dimension to the debate over whether its technology should return to government use.

    A source familiar with the meeting told Fox News White House chief of staff Susie Wiles met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Friday.(Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot))

    That potential and the risks that come with it already have triggered tensions inside the U.S. government.

    Pentagon clash, legal fight and reversal put Anthropic back in play

    The meeting comes after a sharp break between Anthropic and the Pentagon earlier in 2026.

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated the company a national security “supply chain risk,” effectively cutting it out of military systems and barring contractors from using its technology.

    Anthropic is now challenging the designation in court, after filing multiple lawsuits against the Pentagon and other federal agencies arguing the “supply chain risk” label is unlawful and retaliatory.

    The designation, which effectively bars contractors from using Anthropic’s technology and has been compared to measures typically reserved for foreign adversaries, already has faced conflicting rulings in federal court, with one judge temporarily blocking parts of the policy while an appeals court declined to halt its enforcement. The legal fight is ongoing, leaving contractors and agencies navigating uncertainty over whether and how Anthropic’s systems can be used.

    The move followed a dispute over how the Pentagon could use Anthropic’s AI.

    The company declined to grant open-ended authorization for “all lawful purposes,” instead insisting its systems not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. While Pentagon officials said they do not rely on AI for either purpose, they rejected being constrained by a private company’s restrictions.

    Trump then directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s models altogether, escalating the standoff beyond the Defense Department into a government-wide halt.

    Now, just weeks later, the company is back in high-level talks with the White House as officials weigh whether its new Mythos system — despite the earlier ban — could shift the balance of cyber defense and attack.

    Political ties and past criticism may complicate White House talks

    The dispute also has taken on a political dimension.

    Amodei previously has drawn attention for his criticism of Trump, at one point likening him to a “feudal warlord” in a pre-2024-election Facebook post, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

    In an internal message posted on Anthropic’s Slack platform and later leaked to The Information, Amodei suggested the Trump administration’s dispute with the company was driven in part by its refusal to offer what he described as “dictator-style praise.”

    The message, written during a rapid escalation of tensions in early March, later was cited by the Wall Street Journal and other outlets. Amodei subsequently apologized for the tone, saying the post did not reflect his considered views.

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    When asked about Anthropic’s governance, hiring and broader political ties, a White House official said the administration “continues to proactively engage across government and industry to protect the United States and Americans,” including “working with frontier AI labs to ensure their models help secure critical software vulnerabilities.”

    The official added that “any new technology that would potentially be used or deployed by the federal government requires a technical period of evaluation for fidelity and security,” and said “the collective effort of all involved will ultimately benefit industry, and our country, as a whole.”

    Amodei previously has drawn attention for his criticism of Trump, at one point likening him to a “feudal warlord” in a pre-2024-election Facebook post, according to a Wall Street Journal report.(Patrick Sison/AP Photo)

    Beyond the immediate dispute, the company’s broader ties to Washington also have drawn attention.

    Anthropic’s governance structure has also drawn attention as the administration weighs closer engagement. The company is overseen in part by an independent “Long-Term Benefit Trust,” an unusual mechanism designed to give nonfinancial stakeholders influence over corporate decisions.

    The trust holds special voting shares that allow it to appoint and eventually control a majority of the company’s board, with members drawn from national security, public policy and global development backgrounds.

    Current trustees include Clinton Health Access Initiative CEO Neil Buddy Shah, Carnegie Endowment president Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, a Democrat who was appointed to the California Supreme Court by former Gov. Jerry Brown in 2014, and Center for a New American Security CEO Richard Fontaine — who advised John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. The group is a mix of policy and national security leaders that underscores the company’s deep ties to Washington and global policy circles.

    Anthropic’s backers also have placed it at the center of overlapping tech, policy and political networks.

    Early funding for the company included investments from figures such as Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, both longtime Democratic donors, and a major early investment from Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX.

    At the same time, the company has since attracted a broad range of major institutional investors — including Amazon, Google and Microsoft — reflecting its growing role in the global AI race and complicating efforts to characterize it along purely political lines.

    The company also has brought on several officials from the Biden administration into key policy roles, further embedding Anthropic in Washington’s AI policy ecosystem. Among them is Tarun Chhabra, a former National Security Council official who now leads the company’s national security policy work, as well as other advisers and staff with experience shaping federal AI and technology strategy.

    Anthropic also has sought to build ties across party lines as it expands its presence in Washington.

    The company employs policy staff with Republican backgrounds, including legislative analyst Benjamin Merkel and lobbyist Mary Croghan, and in February added Chris Liddell — a former deputy White House chief of staff under Trump — to its board. It has contributed $20 million to Public First Action, a bipartisan group that backs candidates from both parties who support AI regulation.

    A federal judge’s decision to block the Trump administration from banning AI firm Anthropic from Department of War use is igniting a debate over whether the ruling pushes courts into national security decision-making.(Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Eugene Hoshiko/Pool/Reuters)

    The company has also faced criticism from within the Trump administration.

    White House AI adviser David Sacks has accused Anthropic of pursuing a “regulatory capture” strategy, arguing the firm is using concerns about AI safety to push rules that could benefit its own position while slowing competitors.

    Anthropic has pushed back on those claims, saying its approach reflects genuine concerns about the risks posed by advanced AI systems.

    JUDGE FREEZES TRUMP ADMIN MOVE AGAINST AI FIRM, FUELING BATTLE OVER SECURITY AUTHORITY

    New AI system could reshape cyber warfare, raising alarms inside US government

    The new technology could help developers identify and fix long-standing security flaws, but it could also give hackers a powerful new tool to target U.S. businesses and government systems.

    “Given the rate of AI progress, it will not be long before such capabilities proliferate, potentially beyond actors who are committed to deploying them safely,” Anthropic said in its announcement. “The fallout — for economies, public safety, and national security — could be severe.”

    Anthropic has not released Mythos publicly, instead limiting access through a program called Project Glasswing, where a select group of companies use the model to scan critical systems for vulnerabilities.

    Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.(Patrick Sison/AP Photo)

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    The company says the system has already uncovered thousands of previously unknown flaws — some decades old — underscoring both its defensive value and the risk it could be used to accelerate cyberattacks if the technology spreads.

    Fox Business’ Edward Lawrence contributed to this report.

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    王沪宁：坚持“九二共识”推动两岸关系和平发展

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    中共政治局常委、中国大陆全国政协主席王沪宁强调，要坚持一个中国原则和“九二共识”，团结台湾民众，共同推动两岸关系和平发展、推进统一大业。

    据新华社消息，第七届台胞社团论坛星期五（4月17日）在北京举行。王沪宁在开幕式上讲话时说，4月10日中共总书记习近平就两岸关系发展提出坚持以正确认同促进心灵契合、坚持以和平发展守护共同家园、坚持以交流融合增进民生福祉、坚持以团结奋斗实现中华民族伟大复兴的重要主张，“必将激励两岸同胞同心共创祖国统一、民族复兴的光明前景”。

    王沪宁指出，本届论坛以“服务乡亲、沟通两岸——持续深化两岸融合发展，坚定推进祖国统一大业”为主题，表达了“海内外台胞心系祖国发展、共促国家统一”的心愿，传递了要和平、要发展、要交流、要合作的心声。

    他提到，两岸民众同属中华民族，都期盼台海和平安宁、期盼两岸关系改善发展、期盼生活更加美好。希望台湾民众把握历史大势，坚定守护好建设好中华民族共同家园，坚定实现完全统一的信心和决心。

    王沪宁还说，要自觉做中华文化守护者、传承者、弘扬者，增进对中华民族、中华文化、伟大祖国的认同，坚定铸牢中华民族共同体意识。要深化两岸各领域融合发展，欢迎台湾民众和台湾青年到大陆交流发展，让两岸民众共享中国式现代化机遇和成果。

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    据报道，中共政治局委员、中央统战部部长李干杰，全国人大常委会副委员长、民革中央主席郑建邦，全国政协副主席、台盟中央主席苏辉出席。全国台联会长郑建闽致开幕词。国民党前主席洪秀柱在会上致辞。

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    一场聚焦与非法移民相关犯罪受害者的国会听证会周四演变成紧张对峙。

    佐治亚州民主党众议员汉克·约翰逊因似乎无视遇难者家属的悲痛，转而攻击“MAGA共和党人”，遭到悲痛母亲们和德克萨斯州共和党众议员布兰登·吉尔的强烈反对。

    这场激烈交锋发生在题为“庇护政策的人员代价”的听证会上，期间约翰逊声称遇难者家属的言论是“史蒂夫·米勒认可的”噱头，唯一目的是“煽动对有色人种移民的愤怒和偏见”。

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    他随后列举了一系列白人男性犯下的暴力犯罪，并提到了蕾妮·古德的死亡——她于1月在抗议移民执法时被联邦当局击毙。

    佐治亚州民主党众议员汉克·约翰逊在周四的国会听证会上声称，遇难者家属的言论是“史蒂夫·米勒认可的”噱头，唯一目的是“煽动对有色人种移民的愤怒和偏见”。（吉姆·冯德拉斯卡/盖蒂图片社）

    “我不是在轻视今天摆在我们面前的这场悲剧，你们三位女士，但非移民造成的其他悲剧同样重要，”约翰逊说道。

    他还指责共和党多数党为“制造戏剧效果”，战略性地将一名民主党证人夹在遇难者家属中间。

    吉尔随即反驳，称约翰逊的长篇大论是“我听过的最令人作呕的证词之一”，并指责民主党议员在拜登政府执政四年的开放边境政策期间造成了这些悲剧。

    德克萨斯州共和党众议员布兰登·吉尔称约翰逊的长篇大论是“我听过的最令人作呕的证词之一”。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-罗尔公司通过盖蒂图片社）

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    “你可以把我安排在任何位置、任何座位上。我的悲剧永远不会平息，”海林对约翰逊说。“今天是我们的日子。听听我们的声音。老老实实地坐在你的座位上。我不想听你指手画脚。”

    一名女性举着写有“庇护政策放走了杀害我女儿的凶手，解释一下”的标语，参加3月4日在华盛顿特区雷伯恩众议院办公楼举行的众议院司法委员会听证会。（希瑟·迪尔/盖蒂图片社）

    她讲述了自己11岁和16岁的孩子仍在等待兄弟回家，并提到儿子的汽车仍作为警方证物被扣留，因此自家车库的车位一直空着。

    “我们没法选墓碑，因为那太真实了。但你却坐在这里告诉我们这场听证会应该是什么样的，”海林说。“蕾妮·古德和‘天使家庭’不一样。她做出了选择……布雷迪和哈利没有选择权……他们遵守美国法律……却被一个毫不在乎的人夺走了生命。”

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    在海林发言后，卡丽萨·阿斯普尼斯的母亲帕特里夏·福克斯就约翰逊关于种族的言论进行回击。卡丽萨·阿斯普尼斯在一场据称由非法移民造成的肇事逃逸事故中受重伤。她指出：“我不知道有没有人注意到，我不是白人。我每天醒来都是棕色皮肤。”

    “我不确定种族和这件事有什么关系，”福克斯说。“今天我们谈论的是四个孩子，而你们连一个小时都没法紧扣主题。”

    “今天我们讨论的是庇护政策如何摧毁了我们的家庭。你们过来，用起重机把卡丽萨从床上抬起来，然后却告诉我、教训我这场听证会应该是什么样的。”

    亚历山德拉·科赫是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，报道突发新闻，聚焦影响全国舆论的高影响力事件。

    她曾报道过重大全国性危机，包括洛杉矶山火、波托马克河和哈德逊河航空灾难、博尔德恐怖袭击以及德克萨斯州丘陵地区洪水。

    Grieving mothers scorch Dem lawmaker after he pivots during hearing to attack ‘MAGA Republicans’

    April 17, 2026 6:02pm EDT / Fox News

    Jen Heiling tells Rep Hank Johnson, D-Ga, her 11-year-old and 16-year-old are still waiting for her son and their brother to come home

    By Alexandra Koch Fox News

    Grieving angel families and Rep Gill unleash on Dem rep over ‘disgusting’ hearing rant

    An emotional House hearing on the human toll of sanctuary policies erupted into a fiery clash after Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson dismissed the proceedings as a MAGA stunt and complained about witness seating arrangements.

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    A congressional hearing featuring the victims of crimes tied to illegal immigration erupted into a tense confrontation Thursday.

    Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., drew fierce backlash from grieving mothers and Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, for appearing to dismiss their tragedies while pivoting to attacks on “MAGA Republicans.”

    The fiery exchange happened during a hearing focused on “The Human Toll of Sanctuary Policies,” during which Johnson claimed the victims’ families’ comments were a “Steve Miller-approved” stunt with the sole purpose of “stir[ring] up passion and prejudice against immigrants who are people of color.”

    SLAIN COLLEGE STUDENT’S MOTHER VOWS ‘FIGHT FOR JUSTICE’ AFTER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED IN CHICAGO KILLING

    After offering brief condolences to the families of victims allegedly killed and critically injured by illegal immigrants, Johnson immediately pivoted to a partisan attack, arguing the committee should instead be holding hearings on the “human toll” of the “Trump MAGA tax cuts,” Trump’s foreign policy with Iran or the “cover up of the Epstein files.”

    He went on to list a string of violent crimes committed by White men and noted the death of Renee Good, who was killed by federal authorities in January while protesting immigration enforcement.

    Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., claimed during a congressional hearing Thursday that the victims’ families’ comments were a “Steve Miller-approved” stunt with the sole purpose of “stir[ring] up passion and prejudice against immigrants who are people of color.”(Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

    “I’m not minimizing the tragedy that is before us today with you three women, but the other tragedies at the hands of non-immigrants are just as important,” Johnson said.

    He also accused the Republican majority of strategically “sandwich[ing]” a Democrat witness between the victims’ families for “dramatic effect.”

    Gill fired back, calling Johnson’s tirade “one of the most disgusting testimonies I have ever heard” and blaming Democrat lawmakers for the tragedies during four years of open borders under the Biden administration.

    Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, called Johnson’s tirade “one of the most disgusting testimonies I have ever heard.”(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

    DHS SLAMS CALIFORNIA ‘SANCTUARY’ COUNTY AFTER MOM ALLEGEDLY MURDERED BY 2 HONDURAN NATIONALS

    However, the most stinging reply to Johnson’s comments came from Jen Heiling, the mother of victim Brady Heiling, 18, who was killed along with his girlfriend, Hallie Helgeson, 18, in 2025, when an illegal immigrant from Honduras was allegedly driving the wrong way on I-90 while intoxicated, crashing into the teens’ car.

    “You can put me in whatever order, in whatever seat. My tragedy is never going to be OK,” Heiling told Johnson. “Today’s our day. Hear us. Leave your butts in your seat. I don’t want to hear your butts.”

    A woman holds up a sign that says “Sanctuary policy set my daughter’s perpetrator free, explain that” during a House Judiciary Committee hearing March 4 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

    She described how her 11-year-old and 16-year-old children are still waiting for the teens to come home, noting that her garage stall remains empty because her son’s car is still being held as police evidence.

    “We can’t pick a headstone because that makes it too real. But you can sit here and tell us about what kind of hearing this should be,” Heiling said. “Renee Good is not the same as angel families. She made a choice. … Brady and Hallie didn’t get a choice. … They were living [by] American laws … and they were stolen by somebody who doesn’t care.”

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    Patricia Fox, mother of Carissa Aspnes, who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant, followed Heiling’s remarks by shooting back at Johnson’s comments about race, noting, “I don’t know if anybody has noticed, but I am not White. I wake up Brown every day.”

    “I’m not sure what race has to do with any of this,” Fox said. “There’s four kids that we talked about today, and y’all can’t seem to stay on topic for what — an hour of your time.

    “Today, we’re talking about sanctuary policies and how they have wrecked our families. Y’all come and y’all feed Carissa. You get her up from her bed using a crane, and then you tell me and lecture me what this hearing should be about.”

    Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.

    She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.

  • 特朗普称UFO审查发现“有趣”文件


    2026-04-17T23:08:20.889Z / 路透社

    作者：贾勒特·伦肖

    2026年4月17日 世界标准时间23:08 40分钟前更新

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    美国亚利桑那州凤凰城梦想之城教堂举行的转折点美国活动期间，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普发表讲话，2026年4月17日。路透社/埃文·武奇

    凤凰城4月17日（路透社）——总统唐纳德·特朗普周五表示，他的政府对UFO相关材料的审查发现了多份“有趣”文件，并补充称首批记录预计很快将公布。

    “我得说，我们发现了很多非常有趣的文件，首批公布将很快、很快开始，这样你们就能亲眼看看这种现象是否属实，”特朗普在保守派组织“转折点美国”举办的活动中对一群支持者说道。

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    特朗普于2月指示美国各机构开始公布有关UFO、不明空中现象和可能存在的外星生命的政府文件，称公众对该议题抱有浓厚兴趣。

    特朗普下令开展此次审查，此前他指责前总统巴拉克·奥巴马在播客采访中称外星人“真实存在”时不当泄露了机密信息。

    奥巴马随后澄清称，他在总统任期内未见过任何外星接触的证据，但他表示，宇宙其他地方存在生命的统计可能性很高。

    特朗普方面则表示，他也未见过外星人存在的证据，仍不确定它们是否存在。

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    近年来，五角大楼一直在调查UFO报告，高级军事领导人在2022年表示，他们未发现任何证据表明外星人访问过地球或在此坠毁。

    2024年五角大楼的一份报告称，自二战结束以来，美国政府的调查未发现外星技术的证据，大多数目击事件都是被误认的普通物体和现象。

    贾勒特·伦肖在凤凰城报道；米歇尔·尼科尔斯、马修·刘易斯和阿利斯泰尔·贝尔编辑

    我们的准则：汤姆森路透社信任原则。

    Trump says UFO review uncovered ‘interesting’ documents

    2026-04-17T23:08:20.889Z / Reuters

    By Jarrett Renshaw

    April 17, 2026 11:08 PM UTC Updated 40 mins ago

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    U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci

    PHOENIX, April 17 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday that his administration’s review of UFO-related ​material uncovered a number of “interesting” documents, adding that an ‌initial tranche of records is expected to be released soon.

    “We found many very interesting documents, I must say, and the first releases will ​begin very, very soon so you can go out ​and see if that phenomena is correct,” Trump told ⁠a group of supporters at an event hosted by conservative ​group Turning Point USA.

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    Trump in February directed U.S. agencies to start ​releasing government files on UFOs, unidentified aerial phenomena, and possible extraterrestrial life, citing strong public interest in the issue.

    Trump ordered the review after accusing ​former President Barack Obama of improperly sharing classified information when ​Obama said aliens were “real” in a podcast interview.

    Obama later clarified he had seen ‌no ⁠evidence of extraterrestrial contact during his presidency, though he said the statistical likelihood of life elsewhere in the universe is high.

    Trump, for his part, has said he also has not seen ​evidence of aliens ​and remains ⁠uncertain about their existence.

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    In recent years, the Pentagon has investigated reports of UFOs, and senior military ​leaders said in 2022 they found no evidence ​to ⁠suggest that aliens had visited Earth or crash-landed here.

    A 2024 Pentagon report said U.S. government investigations since the end of World ⁠War Two ​had found no evidence of extraterrestrial ​technology and most sightings were misidentified ordinary objects and phenomena.

    Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw ​in Phoenix; Editing by Michelle Nichols, Matthew Lewis and Alistair Bell

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    你提供的内容中存在时间混淆，2026年的赛事相关信息在2024年的当前语境下并不存在，且你输入的内容并非英文新闻，而是中文新闻。请你提供正确的英文新闻原文，以便我按照要求为你进行翻译。

    河南安阳马拉松女子半马冠军男性代跑 三人被取消成绩

    2026年4月18日 07:50 / 联合早报

    中国河南安阳马拉松赛发生代跑事件，女子半马冠军被发现由男性代跑，涉事选手被取消比赛成绩和名次，终身禁赛。

    “安阳马拉松”官方账号星期五（4月17日）发布大赛组委会《关于对桑某云、程某、刘某清违规行为的处罚公告》。

    公告称，经安阳马拉松赛组委会核查，在2026年3月22日举办的2026安阳马拉松赛中，桑姓选手(参赛号D81548)、程姓选手(参赛号D84639)、刘姓选手(参赛号D82371)存在转让号码布给他人参赛的违规行为。根据赛事处罚办法相关规定，决定取消上述三人的比赛成绩、名次，并对他们作出终身禁止参加安阳马拉松赛的处罚，报请中国田径协会追加处罚。

    据中国媒体此前报道，3月22日举办安阳马拉松赛后，4月14日赛事组委会公布安阳市居民获奖名单，随后多名网友指出，半程马拉松女子项目安阳市民组第一名获奖者“桑某云”的号码牌实际由一名男子佩戴参赛，存在替跑行为。

    据北京晚报报道，2026安阳马拉松赛是今年河南省首场大型马拉松赛事，有2.6万名跑者参加，级别为中国田径协会认证的A1类赛事，设马拉松、半程马拉松两个项目。

    安阳马拉松组委会此前公布了各个组别的奖励办法，女子半程马拉松安阳市民奖第一名获得者奖金是1000元（人民币，约186新元）。

  • 精神航空向特朗普政府申请紧急救助


    2026年4月17日 / 美国东部时间下午6:13 / 哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻

    作者：克里斯·范·克利夫

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    曾获艾美奖的记者克里斯·范·克利夫是CBS新闻驻亚利桑那州凤凰城的高级交通通讯员，同时也担任全国通讯员，为CBS新闻所有广播和平台供稿。

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    据CBS新闻获悉，精神航空已向特朗普政府申请紧急救助，以维持这家处境艰难的廉价航空公司运营，避免因燃油价格飙升而破产清算。

    “精神航空正在寻求救命援助，”一位知情人士对CBS新闻表示。

    精神航空的部分债权人已对该航空公司的持续运营能力提出质疑，并担心由于燃油价格暴涨，精神航空将无法支付即将到期的数百万美元债务，这增加了该航空公司在不久的将来被迫清算的可能性。

    精神航空高管和其他廉价航空公司预计将于下周与美国运输部长肖恩·达菲会面。达菲通常会与所有廉价航空公司会面并了解情况，包括边疆航空、忠诚航空、阿维洛航空和精神航空。

    《航空现状》是首家报道精神航空寻求政府援助消息的媒体。

    精神航空未回应CBS新闻的置评请求。美国交通部也拒绝置评。

    “精神航空正靠财务余裕苦苦支撑，”航空业分析师亨利·哈特维尔特周三对CBS新闻表示。“我建议精神航空的乘客开始预订备用机票，以防万一。”

    哈特维尔特表示，如果足够多的债权人决定终止合作，运营可能会立即停止，或者债权人可以给航空公司一些时间逐步关停业务。

    这家超低成本航空公司原本预计在今年夏季退出破产保护——这是其2024年以来的第二次破产——此前该公司已与债权人达成协议，将减免数十亿美元债务并进一步缩减空客客机机队规模。该协议达成于2月底伊朗冲突导致燃油价格暴涨之前。

    多年来，精神航空一直是一家业务兴隆、无额外服务的盈利巨头，但自新冠疫情以来，由于消费者偏好转向更优质的旅行体验，该公司未能与捷蓝航空完成合并，这使其陷入严重的财务困境。

    Spirit Airlines reached out to Trump administration for emergency bailout

    April 17, 2026 / 6:13 PM EDT / CBS News

    By Kris Van Cleave

    Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms.

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    Spirit Airlines has approached the Trump administration about an emergency bailout to keep the beleaguered discount carrier in business and avoid liquidation due to skyrocketing fuel prices, CBS News has learned.

    “Spirit is looking for a lifeline,” a source familiar told CBS News.

    Some Spirit creditors have questioned the airline’s ongoing viability and are concerned the airline will not be able to make an upcoming multimillion-dollar debt payment due to surging fuel prices, raising the possibility that the carrier could be forced into liquidation in the near future.

    Spirit executives and other low-cost carriers are expected to meet with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy next week. Duffy regularly meets with and checks in with all of the discount carriers, including Frontier, Allegiant, Avelo and Spirit.

    The Air Current was the first to report the news about Spirit Airlines seeking government assistance.

    Spirit has not responded to CBS News’ requests for comment. The Department of Transportation declined to comment.

    “Spirit is flying on financial fumes,” airline industry analyst Henry Harteveldt told CBS News Wednesday. “I would tell Spirit flyers to start looking for backup reservations just to be on the safe side.”

    If enough creditors decide to pull the plug, Harteveldt said operations could cease almost immediately, or creditors could give the airline some time to wind down operations.

    The ultra-low cost carrier was expected to exit bankruptcy – its second since 2024 – by this summer after reaching an agreement with creditors that would eliminate billions in debt and further shrink its fleet of Airbus jets. The deal came before fuel prices began spiking in late February due to the conflict in Iran.

    For years, Spirit was a high-flying, no frills, profit machine, but since the pandemic, the airline failed to merge with JetBlue as consumer tastes changed to favor a more premium style of travel that left the airline in dire financial straits.

  • “我们只需要一个不疯的人”：白宫提名埃丽卡·施瓦茨出任疾控中心主任内幕


    2026年4月17日 美国东部时间18:53 / CNN
    作者：亚当·坎ryn、萨拉·奥沃莫勒

    过去一年来，美国疾病控制与预防中心经历了创伤性枪击事件、领导层突然更迭，以及其作为全球受尊重公共卫生机构的形象崩塌。

    因此，当特朗普政府开始寻找新任疾控中心主任时，一项要求成为了招聘标准的重中之重。

    “我们只需要一个不疯的人，”一名白宫官员告诉CNN。

    经过数月努力，特朗普官员最终认为他们找到了合适的人选。

    据资深卫生官员及知情人士透露，选择前副卫生局局长、已退休的美国海岸警卫队军官埃丽卡·施瓦茨执掌疾控中心，旨在为该机构带来稳定。过去一年的持续动荡严重打击了员工士气，也极大动摇了美国民众对政府卫生议程的信心。

    与此前政府考虑的候选人截然不同，施瓦茨并未一味附和“让美国再次健康”的口号。她拥有丰富的政府疫苗项目指导和危机应对经验，这与特朗普提名的首位疾控中心主任人选形成鲜明对比——后者的提名最终被撤回，部分原因是其疫苗怀疑论立场显然会阻碍提名获批。

    她的候选资格已获得国会山的好评，政府内部希望她能快速获得确认。

    随着白宫将注意力转向中期选举，这一举措最新表明，特朗普助手们已大幅收紧了由小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪领导的卫生与公众服务部的权力。该部门此前拥有广泛自主权，曾推行极具争议的疫苗改革及其他核心卫生政策。

    但这一举措已让“让美国再次健康”的忠实支持者感到不安，同时仍有一些主流公共卫生专家对此持怀疑态度。

    约翰·霍普金斯大学健康安全中心高级学者、传染病学会发言人阿梅什·阿达利亚博士表示：“她是一名优秀且资历过硬的提名人选，放在任何政府中都合格。但问题不在于她的资质，而在于她将要履职的环境。如果这是要摆脱过去一年的种种乱象，那么只要小罗伯特·肯尼迪仍在职，一切都只是表面功夫。”

    与此同时，知名疫苗批评家托比·罗杰斯在X平台上宣称，施瓦茨的任命“是对2016年和2024年将特朗普送入总统宝座的医疗自由阵营的一记耳光”。

    “白宫此时甚至都不想为中期选举争取选民了，”他补充道。

    白宫未回应置评请求。

    显著转变

    2025年4月1日，位于佐治亚州亚特兰大的美国疾病控制与预防中心大楼。
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    白宫迫切希望在中期选举前让卫生部摆脱负面新闻——此次选举可能会让共和党失去对国会的掌控，并阻碍唐纳德·特朗普总统的议程推进。

    疫苗问题尤其成为争议焦点。特朗普撤回了首位提名人选——前国会议员戴夫·韦尔登医生，因为事实证明其疫苗观点会阻碍提名投票。

    获确认的疾控中心主任苏珊·莫纳雷斯是一名科学家和资深公共卫生官员，她很快就疫苗政策与肯尼迪产生冲突，并反对其罢免疾控中心部分高级官员的举措。上任不到一个月，她就被解职。

    去年8月莫纳雷斯高调离职后，一些特朗普官员质疑是否还值得为该机构寻找另一位提名人选。

    肯尼迪任命其当时的副国务卿吉姆·奥尼尔担任代理负责人，并试图将大部分决策权集中在华盛顿的卫生部政治领导层手中。

    但据知情人士透露，白宫和卫生部的高级官员很快就对奥尼尔感到不满：他几乎从未在疾控中心位于亚特兰大的总部办公，且在政治任命官员眼中并非合格的公共沟通者。

    该机构目前由杰伊·巴塔查里亚监管，他在3月前担任代理主任，目前仍负责部分工作；巴塔查里亚同时也是美国国立卫生研究院院长。

    与此同时，白宫对卫生部持续的内部动荡日益不满，并对民调感到担忧——民调显示，肯尼迪的疫苗议程可能会拖累共和党在中期选举中的表现。

    在卫生部预算听证会上的前两天，这种将卫生信息转向更民粹主义立场的努力显而易见。肯尼迪在听证会上遭到民主党议员就麻疹疫情、疫苗安全性和自闭症病因的质询，还被提及一本援引肯尼迪所谓日记的书中披露的至少一段涉及浣熊生殖器的内容。

    这位部长时而为自己的行为辩护，时而承诺做出改进，尤其是在疾控中心方面。他承认，去年在裁员和高级官员离职的背景下，疾控中心的士气处于“谷底”。

    “我认为这个新团队将真正能够彻底革新疾控中心，使其重回正轨，”他周四在众议院拨款小组委员会上谈到施瓦茨和三名新任命的公共卫生官员时表示。

    美国卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪于2026年4月17日在众议院教育与劳工委员会听证会上作证。
    凯莉·库珀/路透社

    在此次提名前，白宫内部就整顿卫生部的混乱局面进行了数月的内部讨论。

    1月下旬，白宫办公厅主任苏西·威尔斯下令对该部门进行审查。此后，白宫官员与肯尼迪合作策划了卫生部领导层的改组，包括罢免奥尼尔，并在该部门高层任命新顾问。

    三名知情人士告诉CNN，其中一名顾问——医疗保险负责人克里斯·克伦普被任命为卫生部首席顾问，此后迅速采取行动稳定卫生部及其各下属机构。这些人士表示，克伦普在白宫内部颇受欢迎，对人事决策和其他关键事务拥有显著影响力。

    优先事项之一是找到一位能够胜任疾控中心主任职务的永久人选——至关重要的是，避免让政府再次陷入可能分散白宫核心中期选举信息注意力的破坏性新闻周期。

    消息人士称，克伦普在过去几周牵头了候选人遴选和面试工作，寻求足够主流、能在势均力敌的参议院获得确认，同时愿意与肯尼迪密切合作，全面改革疾控中心的官员。

    两位熟悉遴选流程的消息人士透露，此次遴选标准的一个显著转变是，不再要求候选人认同肯尼迪的疫苗怀疑论。两位知情人士表示，肯尼迪最初对施瓦茨作为潜在候选人持怀疑态度，但在与她会面后态度变得更为支持，最终批准了向白宫推荐她的提议。

    肯尼迪的权力正在减弱？

    在 tighter control of HHS’ activities，更准确译法为“ tighter control over HHS operations”，即“更紧密掌控卫生部运作”后，白宫官员已劝阻肯尼迪及其助手公开讨论其改革疫苗政策的努力——他们认为这一问题对选民而言具有政治毒性，且不利于中期选举。

    为进一步表明卫生部致力于稳定该机构，官员们还提前安排了计划在施瓦茨上任前后任命的高级顾问。其中包括沃尔玛前高管肖恩·斯洛文斯基、德克萨斯州卫生专员詹妮弗·舒福德，以及食品药品监督管理局高级官员萨拉·布伦纳。

    其中一名知情人士表示，布伦纳是一名职业官员，在本届政府初期与肯尼迪立场一致，预计将担任肯尼迪与亚特兰大疾控中心领导层之间的联络人，同时担任肯尼迪在该机构优先事项方面的高级顾问。

    熟悉这位部长想法的人士表示，肯尼迪在很大程度上默许了近几个月来白宫主导的改革，因为他牢记要与特朗普保持密切关系，并且仍相信自己能够在一些个人优先事项上取得进展。

    一名女子在2025年9月9日国会山参议院国土安全与政府事务小组委员会听证会上戴着一顶写有“让美国再次健康”的红色帽子。
    安德鲁·哈恩/盖蒂图片社/档案照片

    预计他将在中期选举前的几个月里四处奔波，宣传政府在健康饮食和降低药品价格方面的工作。他基本不再公开讨论进一步的疫苗政策调整，并默许了白宫推动一种他曾明确反对的杀虫剂的努力。

    但对于一些曾将肯尼迪执掌卫生部视为医疗革命开端的亲密支持者而言，这种突然回归更传统优先事项的做法越来越难以接受。

    曾担任肯尼迪私人律师、试图推翻联邦疫苗政策的疫苗伤害律师亚伦·西里告诉CNN：“施瓦茨可能只会让疾控中心恢复到以往的运作模式——为行业摇旗呐喊，而非对行业进行监管。”

    “我相信，如果任由肯尼迪自行其是，他绝不会选择她，”他补充道。

    ‘We just need someone who’s not crazy’: Inside the White House decision to nominate Erica Schwartz as CDC director

    2026-04-17 6:53 PM ET / CNN

    By Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle

    Over the course of 12 months, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has seen a traumatic shooting, abrupt leadership changes and a shattering of its image as a globally respected public health agency.

    So by the time the Trump administration started looking for a new director, there was one requirement that topped the search criteria.

    “We just need someone who’s not crazy,” a White House official told CNN.

    It took months, but Trump officials finally think they’ve found the right candidate.

    The choice of Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general and retired US Coast Guard officer, to run the CDC is aimed at bringing stability to the agency after a year of near-constant upheaval that has decimated morale and deeply shaken Americans’ faith in the administration’s health agenda, senior health officials and others familiar with the matter said.

    Schwartz is a notable departure from prior contenders considered by the administration, who have toed the “Make America Healthy Again” line. She has a lengthy record of guiding vaccination programs and crises responses for the government – a stark contrast to Trump’s first CDC pick, whose nomination was withdrawn, in part, because it became clear his vaccine skepticism would prevent him from getting the job.

    Her candidacy has already won praise on Capitol Hill, generating hope within the administration that she’ll win quick confirmation.

    And as the White House intensifies its focus on the midterm elections, the move is the latest sign of how significantly Trump aides have sought to rein in a Health and Human Services Department led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that once enjoyed wide latitude to pursue divisive efforts to overhaul vaccines and other core health policies.

    But the move has already shaken the MAHA faithful, while still leaving some mainstream public health experts unconvinced.

    “She’s a good and well-qualified nominee, and would be in any administration. However, the issue is not her qualifications — it’s the environment that she’s being asked to work in,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. “If this is supposed to be some kind of pivot away from what’s been going on for the last year, it will all be window dressing if RFK Jr. is still in place.”

    Meanwhile, Toby Rogers, a prominent vaccine critic, declared on X that Schwartz’s appointment would be “a slap in the face to the medical freedom base that gave Trump the presidency in 2016 and 2024.”

    “The White House isn’t even trying to win the midterms at this point,” he added.

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

    A notable shift

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention building in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 1, 2025.

    Ben Gray/AP/File

    The White House has been eager to get the health department away from unflattering headlines in the run-up to midterm elections that could cost Republicans control of Congress — and stall President Donald Trump’s agenda.

    Vaccines had been a particular sticking point. Trump withdrew his first nominee, former congressman Dr. Dave Weldon, when it became clear his vaccine views would stall a vote.

    The CDC director who was confirmed, Dr. Susan Monarez — a scientist and longtime public health official — immediately clashed with Kennedy over vaccine policies and his efforts to oust some senior CDC officials. She was removed less than a month into the job.

    After Monarez’s high-profile departure last August, some Trump officials questioned whether it was even worth attempting to find another nominee to run the agency.

    Kennedy installed his then-deputy secretary, Jim O’Neill, as interim head, and sought to concentrate much of the decision-making among the department’s political leadership in Washington.

    Yet senior White House and HHS officials soon soured on O’Neill, who rarely spent any time at the CDC’s Atlanta headquarters and was seen among political appointees as a subpar public communicator, according to people familiar with the matter.

    The agency is currently being overseen by Jay Bhattacharya, who was acting director until March, and is still managing some duties; Bhattacharya is also director of the National Institutes of Health.

    The White House, in the meantime, grew increasingly frustrated with HHS’ constant internal upheaval and was alarmed by polling showing that Kennedy’s vaccine agenda threatened to drag down the GOP in the midterms.

    The struggle to steer health messaging onto more populist ground was evident in the first two days of HHS budget hearings, where Kennedy was interrogated by Democrats on measles outbreaks, vaccine safety, and the causes of autism, along with at least one reference to raccoon genitalia that was recently disclosed in a book citing Kennedy’s alleged diary entries.

    The secretary variously defended his actions and promised improvements, particularly at the CDC, where he conceded morale was at a “nadir” last year amid layoffs and high-profile departures.

    “I think this new team is really going to be able to revolutionize CDC and get it back on track,” he said before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday, referencing Schwartz and three new public health appointees.

    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on April 17, 2026.

    Kylie Cooper/Reuters

    Several months of internal discussions about smoothing out the HHS upheaval preceded the pick.

    In late January, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, ordered a review of the department. Afterward, White House officials worked alongside Kennedy to orchestrate a shakeup of HHS leadership, including jettisoning O’Neill and installing new advisers atop the department.

    One of those advisers, Medicare chief Chris Klomp, was named HHS’ chief counselor and has since moved quickly to stabilize HHS and its various sub-agencies, three people familiar with the situation told CNN. Klomp is well liked within the White House and has come to wield remarkable influence over personnel decisions and other critical activities, those people said.

    Among the priorities was to find a permanent CDC director who could ably run the agency — and crucially, avoid subjecting the administration to yet more damaging news cycles that would distract from the White House’s core midterms message.

    Klomp led the effort to identify and interview candidates over the last several weeks, the sources said, seeking officials mainstream enough to win confirmation in a closely divided Senate, yet still willing to work closely with Kennedy on a broader overhaul of the CDC.

    In a notable shift, that criteria did not include sharing Kennedy’s skepticism of vaccines, two of the sources familiar with the selection process said. Kennedy was initially skeptical of Schwartz as a potential candidate, two people familiar with the matter said, but grew more supportive after meeting with her, ultimately signing off on her recommendation to the White House.

    Kennedy’s power on the wane?

    Since taking tighter control of HHS’ activities, White House officials have discouraged Kennedy and his aides from publicly discussing their efforts to overhaul vaccine policies — viewing the issue as politically toxic to voters and unhelpful ahead of the midterms.

    In a further effort to signal HHS’ renewed commitment to stabilizing the agency, officials also pre-emptively lined up top advisers whom they planned to appoint around Schwartz. They include former Walmart executive Sean Slovenski, Texas health commissioner Jennifer Shuford and senior Food and Drug Administration official Sara Brenner.

    Brenner, a career staffer who closely aligned herself with Kennedy at the outset of the administration, is expected to serve as a liaison between Kennedy and the CDC’s leadership in Atlanta, one of the people said, while also serving as a top adviser to Kennedy on the agency’s priorities.

    Kennedy has largely gone along with the changes overseen by the White House in recent months, mindful of remaining close to Trump and still of the belief that he can make headway on some of his own personal priorities, people familiar with the secretary’s thinking said.

    A woman wears a red hat reading “Make America Healthy Again” during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee Hearing, on Capitol Hill on September 9, 2025.

    Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/File

    He is expected to spend much of the months leading up to the midterms on the road, talking up the administration’s work on healthier eating and lower drug prices. He has largely dropped any public discussion of further vaccine changes, and acquiesced to a White House effort to boost a pesticide that he had once vocally opposed.

    Yet for some close Kennedy supporters who once heralded his appointment atop HHS as the start of a health care revolution, the sudden reversion back to a more traditional set of priorities has proven increasingly tough to swallow.

    Aaron Siri, a vaccine injury lawyer who has worked as Kennedy’s personal attorney and sought to unravel federal vaccine policies, told CNN: “The only thing [Schwartz] will likely restore is the CDC to business as usual – cheerleading for industry instead of being a regulator over industry.”

    “I believe that left to his own devices, Secretary Kennedy would not have chosen her,” he added.