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- 全国新闻 / 亚当·汉密尔顿挑战罗杰·马歇尔：堪萨斯州民主党提名牧师亚当·汉密尔顿挑战共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔，主张通过信仰参与解决贫困与种族主义，但其价值观遭到华盛顿政治势力的攻击。
- 财经版 / 特朗普放宽进口绞肉贸易限制：特朗普计划在90天内放宽30万公吨进口绞肉限制，旨在11月中期选举前降低杂货价格，预计相关协议将带来25亿美元营收。
- 全国新闻 / 德州参议员候选人詹姆斯·塔林顿的宗教争议：长老会信徒塔林顿将“爱邻人”作为竞选核心，但被共和党对手本·帕克斯顿指责其自由神学扭曲基督教，支持激进议程。
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更多民主党人在关键红州宣扬信仰
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堪萨斯城地区的牧师亚当·汉密尔顿数十年来一直传道关于道德和伦理的内容。
他告诉今日美国：“我号召我们的会众观察社区并思考，‘哪些地方看起来不像它应该有的样子？’”
汉密尔顿还教导说，“热爱耶稣并努力践行信仰的人”在看到贫困、不公正和种族主义时应该参与其中。
他说：“但在过去一年半里，我发现来自华盛顿的是对我过去36年传道的价值观的攻击。”
本月早些时候，堪萨斯州民主党人选他作为提名人，挑战现任共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔。
堪萨斯州民主党人选选中了上图的牧师亚当·汉密尔顿，以对抗现任共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔。JASON ALFRED / USA TODAY NETWORK
多年来，共和党一直牢牢掌控着那些基于宗教偏好和价值观投票的人群，随着福音派右翼的兴起，这种情况进一步加剧。但今年，红州中异常高数量的民主党候选人在中期选举中分享他们的信仰，试图与选民建立联系。
许多竞选活动已演变为关于神学和经文正确解读的争论，以及信仰人士和政府在塑造社会中应扮演的角色。
专家认为，其代价是关于在美国成为基督徒意味着什么的辩论。这场辩论将传统的保守价值观（包括保护未出生者和维护国家的犹太-基督教遗产）与接纳由不同宗教和背景的人组成的社会的自由主义价值观相对立。
许多民主党候选人来自更自由或主流的教派。
汉密尔顿是复活教会的创始牧师，该教会自称为美国最大的联合卫理公会。他说，他创建该教会是“为了那些不去任何教会的人，为了那些可能完全对信仰失去兴趣的人，是为了让他们知道，你不需要在进入教会门时丢掉大脑，提出问题并拥有
见宗教版，第6A页
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85岁，“旅行奶奶”已访问所有七大洲的50多个国家
Elie Hamby（左）和Sandy Hazelip已成为晚年寻找冒险的偶像。由ELIE HAMBY和SANDY HAZELIP提供
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Elie Hamby 和 Sandy Hazelip 在芬兰看过北极光，在夜晚航行于亚马逊河，并乘坐过西伯利亚大铁路——而这一切都是在她们 80 多岁时完成的。Hamby 和 Hazelip 是热门 TikTok 账号 @aroundtheworldat80 背后的 85 岁挚友组合，该账号拥有超过 80,000 名粉丝。这两位居住在德克萨斯州的女性自称为“旅行奶奶”，她们记录了自己作为八旬老人环游世界的旅程，展示了年龄如何没有阻碍她们探索全球最遥远角落。事实上，她们多年的生活经验和智慧反而成为了优势。详见“旅行奶奶”，第 4A 页
批评者称对卡痛根的打击力度不足
俄亥俄州母亲 Kim Maloney 表示，在进入康复中心之前，她每天饮用超过 10 杯卡痛根饮料。由 KIM MALONEY 提供
有人认为美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）的努力虽好但不足
Charles Trepany 今日美国
当 Kim Maloney 看到新闻发布会时，她说她高兴得几乎落泪。
那是 2025 年 7 月，美国卫生与公众服务部部长 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 和时任食品药品监督管理局局长 Marty Makary 宣布，他们计划启动程序，将 7-羟基米特拉格宁（7-Hydroxymitragynine）——或称 7-OH，一种天然存在于卡痛根植物中的化合物——列为非法物质。
对于这位俄亥俄州的母亲来说，这是一个切身的问题。多年来，她一直与严重的卡痛根成瘾作斗争，在 2020 年尝试了当地一家 CBD 店的饮料后，她最终每天饮用超过 10 杯卡痛根饮料。正如一名成瘾者当时向今日美国描述的那样，她对这种“河马海洛因”的成瘾夺走了她几乎所有的一切。她的车。她的房子。她的婚姻。以及她近一半的体重。在某个时间点，她的体重仅为 70 磅。Maloney 认为，如果她没有在 2024 年进入康复中心，这种成瘾可能也会夺走她的生命。
因此，当 Kennedy 和 Makary 宣布对合成 7-OH（该化合物的人工改良版本，药效更强）采取联邦行动时，她将其视为一线希望。也许卡痛根的局势终于要发生转变了。
但一年后，她和其他康复中的成瘾者表示，他们对此并不确定。
虽然他们赞赏联邦政府在 7-OH 问题上迈出了第一步，但他们对联邦
详见卡痛根，第 4A 页
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特朗普在南卡罗来纳州称伊朗战争为一次“小小的绕道”
总统在支持格雷厄姆参议员的集会上赞扬经济
Emily R. Condino 和 Bella Carpentier，今日美国网络
唐纳德·特朗普总统在 8 月 21 日一场支持南卡罗来纳州参议员候选人格雷厄姆参议员（Sen. Graham）的“让美国再次伟大”集会上，称伊朗战争是一个“小小的绕道”，并赞扬了经济成就。
“面对所有这些好消息，我说，我很讨厌这样做，但我们不得不向伊朗伊斯兰共和国方向稍微绕道，我们必须解决核武器的问题，因为他们将拥有核武器，而我们不能让他们拥有核武器，”特朗普说道。
总统与格雷厄姆一同出席，后者将在 8 月 2 日的南卡罗来纳州初选决胜轮中面对美国众议员拉尔夫·宁曼（Ralph Nenman）的挑战。格雷厄姆的哥哥，已故的林赛·格雷厄姆（Lindsay Graham）参议员曾是初选候选人之一，但他于 7 月去世，其妹妹在特朗普的推荐下被州长任命，以完成当前任期并现在写限制。
特朗普告诉默特尔比奇的群众，在他于 2 月 28 日发起对伊朗的军事行动之前不久，他访问了伊朗，在那里他被告知价格为每加仑 81.61 和 81.95。根据今日美国审阅的美国能源信息管理局（EIA）数据，2 月美国常规零售普通汽油的周价格在每加仑 $2.74 到 $2.79 之间。在中西部地区，价格略低，范围在 $2.62 到 $2.45 之间；虽然爱荷华州的价格点未被具体列出，但邻州明尼苏达州列出了，其 2 月数据揭示周价格在 $2.46 到 $2.70 之间。
“一旦我们处理完伊朗伊斯兰共和国，一旦我们处理完，所有价格都将低于不久前的水准，”特朗普说。“我们把它降低到了，为了你们的照顾。我们把它降低到了一百。”
数月来，特朗普一直坚持认为经济表现超预期，而经济指标却指向相反的方向。
总统的支持率依然较低，而美国人在最近的民调中将经济担忧列为首要问题。尽管如此，他还是告诉南卡罗来纳州的群众，他们的 401k 退休账户“高得多”，牛肉价格“正在迅速下降”，并且他从前任总统乔·拜登那里继承了“最糟糕的通胀”和一场负担能力“灾难”。
特朗普在南卡罗来纳之夜
特朗普在晚上 7 点左右在观众雷鸣般的掌声中登台。他演讲了大约一个半小时，强调格雷厄姆的获胜对于在国会实现保守派优先事项至关重要，并表示他将支持格雷厄姆视为纪念其兄弟林赛的一种方式。
“这是我见过的最简单的竞选，”特朗普说。“我们有一位优秀的候选人。”
特朗普的演讲有时会脱离南卡罗来纳州参议院选举的话题，他谈到了白宫一座新舞厅的建设、墨西哥边境的移民问题、华盛顿特区的坑洞以及在伊朗的战争。
他还谴责了在该场选举初选中当选的进步派民主党人和民主社会主义者，将选举结果描述为对该党的一种嘲讽。
他称在民主党参议院初选中获胜的查尔斯顿民主党人安妮·安德鲁斯（Annie Andrews）为“极左政治走狗”。
“我们必须让 Daclure 和其他人们当选，”特朗普说。
一大批南卡罗来纳州共和党政治人物也在集会上发表讲话支持格雷厄姆，包括参议员蒂姆·斯科特（Tim Scott）、美国众议员罗纳德·弗赖（Ronald Fry）以及获得特朗普背书的 for2.96亿 专员共和党提名人科迪·辛普森（Cody Simpson）。
在一个 2014, 年有 58% 的选民支持特朗普的州，来自特朗普的背书有助于在选举前提升候选人的竞选势头。
参加格雷厄姆竞选集会的默特尔比奇居民 From the time 表示，她目前对前任候选人尚未决定，但总统的背书将影响她的决定。
麦克马洪（McMahon）表示，她想要一位“拥有保守价值观的女性，一个能为南卡罗来纳州发声的人，以及一个能与特朗普一起MAGA的人”。
格雷厄姆在活动中接受了总统的赞誉，并表示“背书的意义”意味着世界之最。
“我很自豪能与你站在一起，为这个国家努力工作，”格雷厄姆说。
Emily R. Condino 为今日美国（USA TODAY）报道，Bella Carpentier 为 Greencide News 报道。
刑事辩护律师成为网络红人
克兰西案律师早已习惯聚光灯
Ayuba Braphti
今日美国
他是一位骑摩托车、说话直率的辩护律师，数十年来一直代表马萨诸塞州历史上一些最臭名昭著的刑事被告，而现在他正陷入一场在很大程度上定义其职业生涯的冲突案件中。
林赛·克兰西（Lindsay Clancy）的律师凯文·雷丁顿（Kevin Reddington）在试图说服马萨诸塞州陪审团其当事人在 2023 年 1 月的一个夜晚杀害三个年幼孩子时实际上处于精神失常状态，这一举动引起了全国网络和电视审判观众的共鸣。
雷丁顿展现出将复杂的心理学证词简单化的天赋，即使在沉默时也能让他的当事人显得人性化。他在法庭上漫步，应对措辞突然的问题，并在人们作证她如何杀死孩子时紧握克兰西的手。
无论这是否在他的心中占据主导地位，75 岁的雷丁顿同时也在应对当代的公众舆论法庭：一个在他职业生涯早期可能无法想象的社交媒体环境。他曾代表过诸如前波士顿红袜队球星 Mo 以及 1998 年标准思维案件中的人物，以及波士顿黑帮成员詹姆斯·“惠特尼”·奈特（James 'Whitney' Knight）的卑奢侈女友 Cottlecom Grag，后者在 2020 年承认窝藏逃犯罪。
但这位经验丰富的律师在克兰西的审判过程中巧妙地处理了那个虚拟环境，在 TikTok 和 Instagram 上引发了模因（memes）热潮，帮助其当事人赢得了支持。
现在，随着陪审团在这起具有争议的案件中继续进行评议，雷丁顿的技巧和数十年的经验将面临一次严峻的考验。
波士顿著名刑事辩护律师马丁·温伯格（Martin Weinberg）认为，正是这种经验记录使他成为克兰西最理想的辩护律师。温伯格曾是另一名著名刑事被告凯伦·里德（Karen Read）的上诉律师。里德被指控杀害其男友、波士顿警察约翰·奥基夫（John O'Keefe），并于 2025 年被宣判无罪。
“她明智地选择了一位熟悉精神状态辩护、习惯于审理杀人案，并且拥有能够最大化其成功机会经验的律师，”温伯格告诉今日美国。
“这就像你作为一个医疗患者去接受某种不寻常或具有挑战性的手术一样。你会想要一个做过此类手术的医生，而不是一个在你的这种医疗状况上进行第一次手术的医生，”温伯格说。
辩护律师凯文·雷丁顿在 8 月 20 日进入普利茅斯高等法院的途中接受媒体采访，他代表林赛·克兰西应对谋杀三个孩子的指控。USGS EARLY-USA TODAY NETWORK
对于一名律师来说，雷丁顿在法庭之外的形象很不典型。NBC 波士顿 10 新闻的一篇报道展示了一张照片：这位皮肤黝黑的律师穿着一件无袖牛仔皮装，露出手臂上的纹身，坐在他的哈雷摩托车上。他告诉该媒体关于克兰西审判的情况，他每年处理约 50 起审判，并且不计划明年退休。
“我不想在沃尔玛工作，我不想在劳氏（Lowe's）工作，你知道的。我认为我喜欢我所做的事情，我享受我所做的事情，”雷丁顿说。
擅长重大案件的历史，主张精神辩护
如果雷丁顿（Reddington）能说服陪审团，认为克兰西（Clancy）在杀死其家属时处于暂时性精神失常状态（雷丁顿称克兰西因一次自杀企图而瘫痪），那么这将不是他第一次成功运用这一策略。
20多年前，雷丁顿在为马萨诸塞州居民托马斯·罗杰斯（Thomas Rogers）赢得无罪释放后在全国范围内声名大噪。当时他主张，罗杰斯在跟踪并杀害其男友时处于精神失常状态。雷丁顿告诉陪审团，在遭受男友多年虐待后，罗杰斯患上了创伤后应激障碍和受虐妇女综合征。
这为他赢得了美国审判律师学院（American College of Trial Lawyers）的邀请，这是一个仅限邀请制的团体，其成员人数限制在任何州律师总数的 2% 以下。
1998年，雷丁顿为前波士顿红袜队强棒沃恩（Vaughn）赢得无罪释放后，其名声进一步提升。沃恩此前被指控在离开一家夜总会后发生车祸时醉驾。雷丁顿主张，沃恩在拒绝两次清醒度测试后的表现是由车祸本身引起的。
作为一名备受追捧的刑事律师，雷丁顿也曾代表一些未能摆脱指控的知名客户。
格拉格（Grag）曾是波士顿黑帮成员詹姆斯·“惠特尼”·奈特（James 'Whitney' Knight）的长年女友。在格拉格于 2020 年承认参与某项违法活动后，雷丁顿请求法官将其判处 27 个月的监禁，称其行为是出于爱。尽管如此，格拉格最终被判处八年监禁，这接近于检察官要求的 30 年刑期。
雷丁顿在代表米切尔·“韦舍”·麦克德莫特（Mitchell 'Wesher' McDermott）时再次提出了精神失常辩护，后者在 2010 年杀害了七名同事。麦克德莫特作证称，他当时认为自己实际上是在杀死阿道夫·希特勒和纳粹将军以阻止大屠杀，并告诉中毒的危险和他，“我会说德语。”雷丁顿表示，他的当事人患有精神分裂症，在杀人期间处于精神病发作状态，但陪审团判定麦克德莫特有罪。
韦登（Weirdeng）赞扬了克兰西“在审判中面对像凯文（Kevin）这样具有经验和从容程度的人的能力”。
他说：“凯文审理过数十起，甚至数百起重大重罪案件。”
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法官暂时维持舞厅计划推进
上诉审理期间建设可继续
Marian Thome 今日美国
华盛顿 - 最高法院于 8 月 23 日表示，在法官决定该项目是否通常通过期间，总统唐纳德·特朗普无需停止其 8400 万白宫气球的建设。
首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨阻止了该法官的命令在原定的 8 月 22 日生效，从而给大法官们更多时间来考虑特朗普政府对该裁决的上诉。
针对国家历史保护信托基金会（National Trust for Historic Preservation）的挑战，一名联邦地区法官于今年春天裁定，除非总统获得国会批准，否则目前仅能推进关于炸弹震动器及其他安全相关组件的地下工程。
国家历史保护信托基金会告诉大法官们，除非现在停止，否则该项目可能会变得不可撤销。
美国司法部（DOJ）在其上诉中表示，包括地下安全综合体在内的建设已完成 65%，并且已经“过了对设计进行重大修改”的可行阶段。
8 月 13 日，从华盛顿纪念碑可见白宫的一处热点区域和舞厅的建设情况。 NATHAN HOMMERS / BUTTER
一家联邦上诉法院在该月对该决定进行了 2-3 选项的风险评估，但维持了该命令不立即生效，以给政府上诉时间。
“确保白宫的任何重大建设和安全项目在保护现任及未来所有总统安全的同时，维护这一独特地点的历史和建筑意义，是国会的职责，”美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院在的一项裁决中如此表示，该裁决将白宫称为“人民之屋”。
巡回法官 Neoni Rao 表示反对，她在异议书中写道，地区法院法官在 3 月的裁决中不当地夺取了建设的控制权。“政府不应被强迫依赖地区法院的建筑批准来确保总统的住所和办公室的安全，”Rao 写道。
特朗普任命 Rao 为美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院法官。支持地区法官裁决的两名法官——Patricia Miltott 和 Brad Garcia——是由民主党总统任命的。
去年 10 月，特朗普推平了东翼，开始建设一座由私人资金资助的、面积为白方英尺-孔的房屋。特朗普 8 月 23 日告诉记者，他将在未来几周内公布捐赠者和企业的名单，但他需要先与他们核实。
“他们大多数人都说，你可以很乐意地使用我的名字，”他说。“气球完全没有使用纳税人的钱。”
政府辩称国会的批准并非必要，而国家历史保护信托基金会则表示：基于一名信托成员关于白宫应呈现何种样貌的“主观偏好”来挑战舞厅建设。
政府还强调了安全顾虑，包括特朗普将该结构称为“军事中心”。
“该项目对于确保白宫能够作为总统集会、高级政府官员集会以及促进美国利益的集会的安全场所至关重要，”国家情报总监 Jay Clayton 告诉最高法院。
美国司法部表示，由于所使用的材料旨在抵御疏散爆炸，如果法院在法律斗争结束时发出此类命令，将无法拆除甚至修改该建筑。
国家历史保护信托基金会表示，政府的“微笑爆炸”是“该项目”正处于一个完整的首字母缩写词边缘，“这正是为什么建设工人应该被停止，以防止政府在法院之外通过外包完成。”
特朗普在白宫进行了几项改动，包括将玫瑰园的草坪更换为铺砌的露台，并为椭圆形办公室贴金。
多年来，特朗普一直推动在白宫建造一个能够容纳大型集会（如国家图书馆）的气球形建筑。他发布了一张图表，显示过去许多活动是在文本中举行的。
国家历史保护信托基金会认为，该项目的规模将“使白宫本身显得相形见绌”。
在法院裁决之前，政府表示建设预计将在特朗普任期结束前完成。
林肯号航空母舰船员家属对特朗普和赫格塞斯感到愤怒
他们说官方对问题的否认令人沮丧
Chris Quintana
今日美国（USA TODAY）
一名在“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号（USS Abraham Lincoln）航空母舰上服役的高级海军机械师在5月初给一个家庭群组发了消息，询问她的 worker 和母亲是否能请假参加她儿子在 Membrane 的毕业典礼。让这位22岁的知识专业学生完成大学学业经历了相当多的操心、咒骂和许多头疼的事，但现在看来他终于抵达了终点，这是一个值得庆祝的时刻。
“与他的战斗一直在拖延，航母上的互联网服务非常出色，”这位机械师说道。
“毕业典礼在22天后。遗憾的是，在我儿子人生最重要的日子里，我可能连照片都看不到，”她写道。“这是我最大的恐惧之一，在这样一个时刻不能陪在他身边。”
“林肯”号上这名机械师的姐姐特罗内塔·凯尔斯（Troneta Kyles）几乎在分享细节时向一名《今日美国》记者透露了她妹妹部署的情况。她说 he4-xxxx 加入军队是为了给她的儿子提供更好的生活。
情况本不该如此，但“林肯”号原定于5月返回，而毕业典礼就在同一个月的晚些时候，就在那条群聊消息发出前的几周。唐纳德·特朗普总统曾多次表示与他的冲突似乎正在平息，然而，她的妹妹和数千名其他服役人员已经在船上额外停留了三个月。
凯尔斯和另一位与《今日美国》交谈的家庭成员都请求对其一级亲属匿名。
8月20日，美国中央司令部宣布“乔治·华盛顿”号（USS George Washington）已抵达阿拉伯海，接替在伊朗战争中担任航空母舰的任务。
多家媒体在同一天报道称，“林肯”号正准备返回伊朗阶段。
《今日美国》在4月份报道了“林肯”号以及同样部署在中东的“的里波利”号（USS Tripoli）上的情况。一名在船上的人员向《今日美国》记者展示了“林肯”号上一餐中的少量煮胡萝卜、一块干肉饼和一份灰色的加工肉类配菜。
华盛顿的变动引发了新一轮关于食物供应减少、卫生用品缺乏以及自2020年11月起就在“林肯”号上服役的人员心理健康下降的报道。
包括《星条旗》（Stars and Stripes）和《军事巨头》（Military Titans）在内的出版物报道称，船员们正与心理健康问题作斗争，有些人甚至试图跳船。
在超过200天没有访问港口之后，船员们仍面临数周的海上生活。
这是现代航空母舰人员经历的最长时段之一。五角大楼负责人皮特·海格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）和唐纳德·特朗普总统都
一名美国海军水手在蒙特级航空母舰“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号的飞行甲板上引导一架欧直 AS-332 超级美洲狮直升机，该舰正在支持伊朗战争行动。由美国海军提供，经路透社发布。
否认了关于航母上恶劣条件的说法，称这些报道夸大其词或完全虚假。
父母、兄弟姐妹和配偶在社交媒体上以及向媒体表达了对政府言论的沮丧。
这些高调的否认令人沮丧，甚至让像凯尔斯这样的家庭感到愤怒，因为他们亲眼看到了“华盛顿”号上的生活，并听到了亲人在漫长的部署期间所面临挑战的详细描述。
她告诉《今日美国》，当特朗普在8月14日提到家属并不担心他们的亲人，并补充说在他看来部署时间还远远不够长时，她感到特别气愤。
“你怎么不把你家人带到那里去？”凯尔斯建议道，回想起她对总统这番看似颠倒黑白的言论的直接反应。
“你怎么不去那里试一试，然后告诉我们是什么感觉？”
白宫没有就总统的言论或家属在船上提到的情况做出具体回应。
不过，白宫发言人安娜·凯利（Anna Kelly）表示，在拜登政府多年失败之后，总统已经恢复了“对传统、杀伤力以及支持五角大楼工作场所的关注”。
凯利告诉《今日美国》：“总统比任何人都关心我们的部队，并且在美军继续在经济上扼杀伊朗政权之际，他正在为休假服役人员提供成功所需的所有资源。”
退伍军人事务委员会资深成员兼武装部队委员会成员理查德·布卢门撒尔（Richard Blumenthal）告诉《今日美国》，他“剧烈且直接地”听到了关于“林肯号”上“食物短缺，以及水、牙膏和肥皂等其他必需品短缺”的描述。
他说：“在那些条件下，由于不知道部署何时结束而产生的精神压力，带来了极其严重的痛苦和焦虑。”
红丝绒蛋糕，但没有惊喜
克里斯蒂·麦加里（Cristi McGarry）的家人经常担心无休止的部署对其 22 岁儿子的影响。他曾在“伦敦”号上担任厨师，现在在航空母舰的运输部门工作。
他在大学一年级时提出了这个想法，当时他告诉她他想辍学加入海军。他们并非军人家庭，但他主张这样做可以让他有钱支付学费，而无需积累学生贷款债务。
她压抑了自己的担忧，支持了他的决定。她说，起初她没有理由担心。在他第一次在“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号（USS Abraham Lincoln）上部署期间，他经常给她打电话，显得很乐观。
但她说，这次部署几乎立即就感觉不同了。首先，他们可能一个月或两个月没有任何联系，而上次部署时她习惯的是每周通话。她说，他对船只在没有解释的情况下未进港感到沮丧。麦加里表示，她同样担心自己的儿子，而总统“不能告诉我该怎么处理这件事”。
她说，真正让她儿子感到心烦的，似乎是船员们不断变化的返航日期。
他的姐姐在六月结婚，根据指挥官最初的指示，他们原以为他能及时回来参加她在科罗拉多山区的花园婚礼。
但日子一天天过去，儿子被困在船上的舱房里，而他的哥哥和其他家人则在婚礼上翩翩起舞。
他的母亲回忆道，他们吃了红丝绒蛋糕，那是她儿子最喜欢的。新娘——对他弟弟来说是“大姐”——一直期待到最后一刻，希望他能出现。
“我想她真的认为我会给她一个惊喜，”麦加里说，“而且这本该成为那些在 Facebook 上分享的瞬间之一。”
但事实并非如此。
船员讲述一名成员落海的情况
这种生活给船上的服役人员带来了其他实际影响。凯尔斯（Kyles）表示，她的姐姐（一名高级机械师）体重减轻了约 10 到 15 磅。这位高级机械师还表示，曾有几次她用完了肥皂或洗衣液。在一次视频通话中，她看到了食物的样子。她说，机械师向她展示的内容看起来像“狗食”，人们不会喂给狗吃。
麦加里（McGarry）分享了其儿子的短信，儿子在信中写道，船上一直没有热水，他写道，这显然是为了鼓励船员缩短洗澡时间。当他在 8 月中旬与她通话时，他告诉她厕所经常损坏，且意外停用时间过长。
凯尔斯还表示，包裹寄到她姐姐那里需要三到四个月。麦加里的儿子告诉他的母亲不要费心寄婚礼包裹，因为人们根本收不到。
布卢门撒尔（Blumenthal）告诉《今日美国》（USA TODAY），他对不可靠的包裹递送感到担忧，称邮件是家庭与其亲人之间重要的纽带。
“我告诉过人们，一个包装盒里的陈旧饼干就价值千金，”他说。“在我看来，美国中央司令部对此有所帮助。作为一种士气提升手段，它是无价的。而（递送失败）的想法则像是一种被遗弃的信号。”
麦加里在 8 月中旬告诉她的儿子，有报道称有人落海，但儿子反驳说只有一个人。凯尔斯也分享了短信，其中她的姐姐提到有人跳海，不过她说那个人穿着救生衣。
在两家军事贸易刊物报道水兵落海后，他们表示希望成为最初的……司令部在 8 月 13 日发布的声明中称，“一名于 8 月 3 日落海的士兵被迅速且安全地救起”。
海军代理部长洪高（Hung Cao）在 8 月 14 日的一份声明中表示，“媒体试图将战士描绘成受害者”，该观点称，虽然治疗了“少数心理健康病例”，但没有人死亡。声明称，当“新鲜供应不可避免地中断”时，伙食进行了调整，并计划在作战威胁过高时采取行动。
自 8 月中旬以来，民主党议员一直向联邦政府施压，要求就“林肯号”上的情况提供答案。他们正在争取一个明确的返乡或返回港口日期，并请求一个跨党派的国会代表团访问该航空母舰。
随着“乔治·华盛顿号”美国海军号在几天前抵达中东接替“林肯号”，家属们在办公室中安置。
但布卢门撒尔表示，他不认为服役人员的经历会有太大不同，并且他发现同样的情况可能会再次出现。
“我还没有被说服，他们为‘乔治·华盛顿号’提供的供应手段和路线比‘林肯号’时有显著改善，”他说。
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华盛顿 —— 唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，他将在未来 90 天内放宽对最多 300,000 公吨进口至美国的绞肉的贸易限制，旨在 11 月中期选举前降低美国人支付的杂货价格。
特朗普在 8 月 23 日的一篇 Truth Social 帖子中表示，他达成了一项协议，允许外国绞肉供应商销售其产品，营收为 25 亿美元 billion，且无需支付美国对外国牛肉征收的配额外关税。一名白宫官员表示，预计总统将在未来两周内签署一项行政命令来落实这一举措。
“这项协议将在为我们伟大的美国牛肉业再次增长提供空间的同时，降低美国人的价格，”特朗普说道。
根据美国人口普查局的数据，美国 7 月的牛肉和牛犊肉价格较去年同期上涨了 9.4%。年度价格通胀率较 6 月略有变化。通货膨胀给特朗普和共和党带来了重大挑战，因为他们正寻求维持对国会的控制。
特朗普的举措出在进口至美国的牛肉大幅增加之际：根据美国农场局联合会的数据，五年内增长了 325%。由于经历多年的干旱，国内牛群供应量处于数十年来的低点，且墨西哥边境附近的新世界螺旋蝇以及其他因素导致牛肉价格上涨。
美国全国牛肉协会（National Cattlemen's Beef Association）对特朗普的行动提出了批评。该组织在的一份声明中表示：“虽然美国的养牛生产者认同为消费者保持杂货价格可负担的目标，但用政府引导的、低于市场价格的牛肉充斥市场，将阻碍美国牛群的重建。”
在关税配额制度下，来自每个国家的不同数量的进口牛肉可以在适用较高的配额外关税之前，以大幅较低的关税进口到美国。美国农场局联合会 5 月的一份报告称，在配额内进入的美国牛肉进口产品“通常仅面临每公斤 4.4 美分的关税，而配额外的进口产品则面临 26.4% 的关税”。
一名在要求匿名的条件下讨论此举的白宫官员表示，特朗普关于绞肉的协议旨在短期内填补满足消费者需求的缺口。该官员称，特朗普政府将同时与牧场主合作，从长远角度扩大国内牛肉生产。
目前尚不清楚特朗普与哪些国家达成了协议。总统在一次问答环节中拒绝透露哪些国家参与了该协议，并表示细节将在近日公布。
但来自美国最大养牛州之一、特朗普的盟友、蒙大拿州共和党参议员蒂姆·埃伯利（Tim Eberly）表示，他敦促总统不要采取这一行动，称这将“进一步损害”牧场主，而其中“大多数是 MAGA 共和党人”。
埃伯利在 X 的一篇帖子中写道：“总统希望为美国人民降低价格的初衷是好的，而且牛肉价格受到了墨西哥螺旋蝇的影响。但现实是，这一行动将使美国公民重建牛群并为美国人民降低价格的决定变得更加困难。”
内华达州共和党参议员罗布·费舍尔（Rob Fischer）表示，她对特朗普的决定“极其失望”，内华达州也是一个畜牧业对其经济至关重要的州。
“我们都希望杂货价格降低，但正如我几个月来一直所说的，我们不能以牺牲美国生产者的利益为代价。用外国牛肉充斥市场会损害我们的畜牧业，并破坏长期解决方案，即增加美国牛群以满足需求，”费舍尔说道。
在 8 月 23, 日被问及牧场主的批评时，特朗普为这次干预辩护，称这对牧场主而言是偶然事件。
“我们希望降低牛肉价格，”他说。“这就是人们想要的，这就是选民想要的，也是我想要的。”
贡献作者：Prosecutors Chambers
恰克拉酮 (Kratom)
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监管尚未延伸至天然叶恰克拉酮产品，这类产品目前仍在美国全国各地的加油站、酒类商店和烟草店销售。今年7月，美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）对美国缉毒局（DEA）拟将 7-OH 及其三种衍生物暂时列为非法物质的意向通知表示赞赏，但同时表示，这些行动“并非旨在监管不含增强水平 7-OH 的天然叶恰克拉酮”。
在同一场新闻发布会上，Makany 被问及联邦政府是否计划同样打击在大多数州仍合法的天然叶恰克拉酮。
Makany 表示，曾有医生对关于天然恰克拉酮的一些说法持天真态度。“我们必须质疑我们的工作重点。因此，我们首先打击的是‘杀手’，即合成浓缩恰克拉酮。然后我们可以研究另一种操作。但我们认为这是一个真正的公共卫生风险。”《今日美国》（USA TODAY）已联系 HHS 和美国政府以寻求进一步评论。
尽管合成 7-OH 的效力和成瘾性远高于天然叶恰克拉酮，但进口商表示两种物质都存在成瘾风险。对于 和其他亲身了解该风险的人来说，只打击其中一种而放过另一种只能解决部分问题。
“他们需要全部打击，” 说。“像这样的东西不应该在加油站销售。”
7-OH 与恰克拉酮的危险
2025年，《今日美国》采访了包括 在内的 20 多人，他们表示自己对恰克拉酮产生了严重依赖。这些人中，许多人在服用恰克拉酮之前没有药物滥用史。有些人是健康和疾病条例的关注者，认为恰克拉酮就像任何其他健康补充剂一样。另一些人认为这是戒酒的一种好方法。还有少数人将其误认为像咖啡或茶一样普通的咖啡因饮料。
在这张 2025 年拍摄的照片中，洛杉矶一家酒类市场结账柜台的箱子里可以看到含有恰克拉酮的饮料。洛杉矶县此后已禁止销售恰克拉酮。
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许多人还表示，他们仅使用天然叶恰克拉酮，从未接触过合成 7-OH。天然叶产品有多种形式——有些是胶囊，有些是粉末，有些是饮料。2025年7月，一款产品在社交媒体上走红，一段 T&F-Due 姿势视频显示，一名少年在被拒绝购买 Red Free 补剂后，试图在加油站外偷走其钱包。当时，Red Free 背后的公司代表 Antonio Tostes 博士告诉《今日美国》，Free Tostes 仅含有天然叶恰克拉酮，其 7-OH 水平几乎无法检测。 《今日美国》已联系 Antonio Tostes 的代表以寻求进一步评论。
在在线支持小组中，到处都是人们讲述在尝试天然叶恰克拉酮后不久就陷入毁灭性成瘾的故事。
“就像是，同样的名字，那些匿名名字，一遍又一遍地出现，” 在谈到 Reddit 上一个试图戒掉 Red Free（她称该产品让她上瘾）的小组时说。“‘这是我第10次尝试戒掉。我戒不掉。’‘谁能帮帮我。’这是持续不断的。同样的人，一遍又一遍。这令人心碎。”
美国成瘾精神病学会主席 Timothy Fong 博士表示，虽然合成 7-OH 显然比天然叶产品更强大、更危险，但缺乏标准化的监管限制了消费者的选择。
“这有点像咖啡因、尼古丁和酒精，”Fong 说。“如果我在纽约和洛杉矶买一罐红牛，我知道内容物是一样的。如果我在纽约和洛杉矶买一杯抹茶拿铁，它也会是一样的……但如果我买一袋天然叶恰克拉酮，我完全不知道在纯度、污染物方面是否完全相同，因为这些产品不受监管。”
“它毁了我的生活”
尽管如此，支持卡痛（kratom）的人士表示，人们可以负责任地消费天然叶卡痛，且许多人将其用于缓解疼痛。许多人还认为，将天然叶产品与 7-OH 产品混淆是不正确的。
美国卡痛协会（American Kratom Association）公共政策高级研究员 MacHambra 就是这些支持者之一。他表示，自己使用天然叶卡痛 20 年来治疗膝盖和背部疼痛以及关节炎。
“在我年轻且愚蠢的时候，大学期间我在沙漠里参加摩托车赛，结果把自己搞得相当糟糕，我现在正在为此付出代价，”他说。“所以我每天使用它，仅仅是为了抵消与之相关的疼痛，它确实有帮助。”
“我明白 2000,000,000,000 卡痛成瘾的代价，可以说风险远大于收益。”护士 Jenny Schmidt 表示她对 Red Free 产生了依赖，她认为双方都有道理。
“政府将卡痛叶与高浓缩或半合成的 7-OH 产品区分开来是正确的，”她说。“它们不能互换。将它们混为一谈在科学上是错误的，并且可能会伤害那些负责任地使用传统叶片或粉末来缓解疼痛，或为了远离更危险物质的人。但假装植物性卡痛不会导致依赖同样是不诚实的。”
但 Makany 说天然叶卡痛几乎杀了她。因为要求加强监管而遭到反对，但她说如果这样做能防止他人遭遇同样的不幸，她将继续发声。
“有人攻击我，说：‘噢，你不过是个瘾君子。你为什么想除掉这么好的东西？’而我的反应是，‘它毁了我的生活。’要么你是个稍微好点儿的瘾君子，要么你就是妄想，因为你没有经历过我的遭遇。”
旅行奶奶
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“当你年轻时，[你]会认为当你 90 岁时，我就打算停止并什么都不做了，”同时也是一名摄影师的 Hamby 说道。“生活在 90, 70, 80 岁时才刚刚开始。”
她们环球旅行的经历记录在共同撰写的回忆录《我们出发了：两位旅行奶奶关于无畏生活的教训》（Here We Go: Lessons for Living Peaslessly from Two Traveling Nanas）中，该书于 2025 年 9 月出版。
这两位祖母一起访问了所有七个大洲的 50 多个国家，并且没有放慢脚步的计划。她们用亲身经历证明，冒险可以在任何年龄发生。
缔结的友谊
在某种程度上，汉比（Hamby）和海泽利普（Hazelip）注定会成为旅伴。她们在一次国际旅行中相识。那是 20 多年前的一次前往赞比亚的医疗援助任务，当时汉比与队伍走散，而海泽利普是随行的医生之一。
“如果你能去赞比亚，住在没有自来水、没有电的家庭环境中，那么你就可以去任何地方旅行，”汉比说道。
大约五年后，这两个女人的关系变得更加亲密。当时，海泽利普每周有两晚住在汉比家，因为她在附近的一家老年诊所担任医疗主管。随后，海泽利普在一次事故中失去了丈夫，于是她转向寻求海泽利普的帮助，而海泽利普自己的丈夫多年前也因病去世。她们在深夜喝咖啡、交谈中共同面对悲痛，就那样结束了一个章节，又开启了另一个章节。
就在这些日子里，海泽利普提到她一直想乘坐德克萨斯博物馆铁路（Texas Museum Railway）——这是世界上最大、横跨俄罗斯广袤土地的铁路。海泽利普毫不犹豫地表示赞同。
两人于 2008 年开启了她们的冒险之旅，她们甚至认为自己经历了一次与 B2B 的遭遇，当时她们所在的空火车厢停了下来，一个神秘男子打断了她们。她们将此视为一种奇特的平静，并发现彼此是非常契合的旅伴。
“我们当时并没有坐在那里焦虑地哭泣，实际上这更像是一场冒险，”海泽利普说道。她补充说，她在急诊室的工作经历帮助她在压力巨大的情况下保持冷静，而两人也受益于汉比的经验。
桑迪·海泽利普（Sandy Haselin，左）和艾莉·汉比（Ellie Hamby）在埃及骑骆驼。她们在 20 多年前的一次医疗援助任务期间返回。由 LUCE HANBY 和 SANDY HASELIP 提供。
“我们总是说，如果有选择的话，我们宁愿从山顶掉下来，也不愿在养老院的床上死去。”
艾莉·汉比 教学护士 指导医疗援助任务。
这两位朋友指出她们彼此的不同——汉比说自己是由“辛辣”组成的，而她的朋友则更像“糖”，起到了平衡作用。她们甚至在旅途中预留了各自的时间。如果汉比想在纽西兰（New Zealand）尝试，海泽利普则会端着一杯咖啡放松。归根结底，能与最好的朋友一起看世界是一种馈赠。
“能一起分享这一切真的很有趣，我们年龄相仿，而且从未想到这一切会发生，”汉比说道。
任何年龄都能冒险
就在 2025 年之前，这对搭档决定计划一次规模最大的旅行来庆祝年满 80 岁：受儒勒·凡尔纳小说《八十天环游地球》的启发，用 80 天时间环游世界。他们已经准备好了一切，但 COVID-19 疫情推迟了他们的行程。直到 2023 年 1 月，这两位女性终于开启了
她们的全球探索之旅，足迹遍布所有七大洲，并参观了世界七大奇迹。她们访问了葡萄牙、日本、复活节岛、南极洲等地——而且这一切都是她们独立完成的。
“所有事情都是我们自己搞定的，”Hamby 说。“没有旅行社，也没有人陪同。我们自己搬运行李，并在旅途中结识朋友。”
对于老年人来说，旅行不仅仅是为了乐趣，它还能支持积极老龄化并提高他们的幸福感。研究表明，探索新地方和结识新朋友有助于产生积极情绪并提高自尊心。
她们的独立精神以及面对未知时的坦然态度在网上吸引了一位客户。尽管这两位女性并不想成为名人或出名，但自从她们开始在 TikTok 上分享旅行经历后，人们对她们的故事产生了兴趣。对她们而言，年龄从未成为限制因素。
“我们总是说，如果有选择的话，我们宁愿从山顶摔下来，也不愿在养老院的床上摔下来，”Hamby 说。“保持运动，因为一旦你停止运动，身体就会衰竭。”
而且她们依然在旅途中——即便在 Hazelip 的带领下，两人共植入了四个人工关节并进行了一次大手术。她们目前正计划在每个大洲各停留整整一个月，花时间深入探索那些之前停留时间不足的目的地。在亚洲，她们将重点关注东南亚，例如不丹和老挝。
“这其实就是关于勇敢地尝试，”Hamby 说。“冒险没有年龄限制。”
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今日美国 ■ 星期一 2020 年 8 月 24 日 ■ 5A
美国对加拿大商品征收 50% 关税
加拿大誓言在贸易谈判失败后采取报复措施
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在美国及其北邻未能达成贸易协议后，唐纳德·特朗普总统承诺对部分加拿大商品征收 50% 关税的措施于 8 月 22, 午夜后正式生效。
这些关税是在 7 月 20 执行命令中宣布的，最初计划于 8 月 19, 生效，但特朗普随后将关税暂停了三天，称两国正在达成协议。
谈判桌上的双方均指责对方导致 8 月 21 晚些时候的贸易谈判破裂。
加拿大总理马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）在 8 月 21 晚间发布的一份社交媒体声明中表示，他正暂停与美国的贸易谈判，并命令加拿大谈判代表返回渥太华。
“在整个谈判过程中，直到最后一刻，他们都为了捍卫加拿大人的利益而努力且诚实地工作，”卡尼说。“然而，美国在最后一刻对拟议条款所做的修改是不公平的，不符合经济规律，并且让人质疑任何协议的可靠性。”
卡尼在 8 月 22 一次演讲中表示，加拿大将对这些关税采取“一美元对一美元”的对等措施，报复性关税将于下月实施。卡尼称，这些行动的细节将在未来几天内公布。
与此同时，美国贸易代表詹米森·格里尔（Jamieson Greer）的办公室在一份声明中表示，加拿大拒绝敲定协议。
“尽管美国向加拿大提供使其成为我们市场任何主要出口国中获得最佳待遇的机会，但加拿大提出的新要求以及对其他承诺的撤回，破坏了过去几天所需的谨慎平衡，”格里尔的办公室表示。“此外，加拿大继续对美国维持长期的报复行为，其中包括对某些美国商品和服务实施的直接禁令。”
总统唐纳德·特朗普与加拿大总理马克·卡尼在 7 月土耳其安卡拉举行的北约峰会期间相识，两人就贸易谈判的失败互相指责。YVES HENNAU 路透社
这些关税适用于加拿大对美出口额的 5% 以上，包括葡萄酒、乳制品、曲棍球棒和水泥等各种商品。卡尼表示，约 $28 亿价值的商品将被征收关税。能源、钾肥、鱼类和关键矿产等豁免商品不受影响。这些关税不符合美国-墨西哥-加拿大自由贸易协定下的优惠待遇，而该协定此前保护了大部分加拿大商品免受美国早前关税的影响。
在宣布上月关税时，特朗普表示，他的目标是抵消“加拿大对美国贸易的歧视性待遇给美国商业带来的负担和不利影响”。此前，他还曾因野火烟雾飘入美国而威胁对加拿大征收关税。
特朗普政府官员此前在要求匿名的条件下告诉记者，加拿大对从美国出口的酒精、汽车和乳制品的贸易做法促使了此次行动。
在过去一年中，大多数加拿大省份已经停止从美国购买酒精。官员们表示，加拿大还对来自美国的汽车征收关税（但不对其他国家征收），并对来自美国的奶酪实施了更严格的关税配额。
格里尔的办公室此前表示，美国和加拿大贸易代表之间正在制定的协议将包括“所有美国商品的全面市场准入、经济安全承诺以及数字贸易协调”。
在福克斯新闻（Fox News）上，格里尔表示，美国没有计划与加拿大进行进一步谈判。
卡尼宣布将于9月8日实施报复性关税
在8月22, 于渥太华议会大厦发表的演讲中，卡尼表示加拿大的报复性关税将于9月8. 生效。卡尼称，这些关税将影响来自美国的多个行业的进口产品，包括钢铁、乳制品、家用电器、农业设备、纸浆和纸制品以及电子产品。
总理表示，在谈判期间，加拿大愿意取消某些针对钢铁、铝和汽车的关税。他表示，他原本还会敦促各省将美国的酒精饮料重新上架销售。但他表示，加拿大不会接受来自美国的最后一刻变更，包括那些将限制加拿大与其他国家达成贸易协议能力的条款。他称之为一项“糟糕的交易”。
“我们不能接受他们提供的方案，也不会给予他们所要求的条件，”卡尼说道。
他表示，采取报复性关税这一步骤是“不情愿的”，因为这可能会增加加拿大人的成本，但他“坚信这符合加拿大的最大利益”。
“我们无法控制从华盛顿吹来的风暴。然而，我们可以通过在本土增强加拿大实力并使海外贸易关系多样化，来规划一条新航线，”卡尼说道。
撰稿：Joey Garrison, 今日美国, 路透社
6A / 2026年8月24, 星期一 / 今日美国
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美国卫生与公众服务部新举措旨在寻找失踪的自闭症患者
全国性警报系统将提供协调机制
Anthony Thompson
今日美国
联邦卫生官员正在开发一套全国性系统，旨在帮助当局在自闭症儿童或成人失踪时能做出更快速的反应，官员们强调，在这种情况下，迅速反应至关重要。
美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）于8月23 日宣布开发“国家自闭症失踪及濒危人员警报计划”，该计划是与美国司法部（DOJ）和联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）的合作伙伴关系。此举旨在改善执法机构、应急管理人员、第一响应者和社区组织之间的协调。
据《国会山》（The Hill）报道，该计划目前处于开发阶段，尚未全面启动。HHS表示，将构建一个失踪及濒危人员警报系统，并利用FEMA的综合公共警报与警告系统，为部分自闭症相关案例创建框架。
这意味着目前还没有一个家庭可以激活的全国性自闭症专项警报。在框架建立之前，HHS建议看护者在自闭症亲人失踪时立即拨打90，并告知当局该人员处于高风险状态。
新举措将发挥的作用
这项联邦行动旨在为处理涉及自闭症的失踪人员案件建立统一的实践标准，包括解决第一响应者在搜寻工作中遇到的问题。
HHS表示，该框架将解决与走失相关的可预防危险。据《国会山》报道，意外溺水是一个特别令人担忧的问题。“当自闭症儿童或成人失踪时，每一分钟都至关重要，”HHS部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪-D在宣布该计划时表示。“我们正将联邦、州和地方合作伙伴聚集在一起，以改善预防措施，加快反应速度，并帮助自闭症儿童和成人安全回家。”
总检察长托德·布兰奇表示，该合作伙伴关系将帮助应急响应人员在涉及自闭症患者的案件中采取更快速的行动。
HHS部长沃克韦恩·马林表示，FEMA将帮助社区在失踪人员紧急情况发生之前，建立必要的联系与协调机制。
走失可能变得危险
美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）表示，大约一半的自闭症儿童在某个时间点会出现走失行为。该机构表示，溺水在与自闭症相关走失导致的死亡中占大多数，这使得在搜寻过程中，附近的水域成为一个重要的考量因素。
国家自闭症安全委员会报告称，在美国，平均每月有 8 名自闭症儿童在走失后死亡，最常见的原因是溺水。
HHS 建议护理人员向 90 名依赖人员和响应人员提供可能影响搜寻的信息，包括该人员的沟通能力、行为、对水的吸引力以及其他已知项目。
该协会也是 HHS 一系列更广泛的自闭症相关计划的一部分，包括一个查看贴纸和用于应用行为分析服务的 CHIP 工具包，以及扩大医疗保健培训和准入的努力。
美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的最新数据显示，估计美国约 1 in 31 的儿童被诊断为自闭症。
宗教
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疑虑。”
距离一名民主党男子被选为代表深红州堪萨斯州进入美国参议院已经过去了 90 多年，尽管在汉密尔顿赢得初选后，库克政治报告（Cook Political Report）将其对今年竞选的预测从“稳固的共和党”改为“可能的共和党”，这意味着它进入了一个竞争稍微激烈的局面。
马歇尔的竞选团队未回应置评请求。
攻击性广告
初选几天后，一个总部位于马萨诸塞州的新超级政治行动委员会——主街基金（Main Street Fund）推出了一则广告，将汉密尔顿刻画为“堪萨斯州的逃避者”。该广告引用了汉密尔顿在 2020 年关于气候变化以及乔治·弗洛伊德之死后大规模“黑人的命也是命”（Black Lives Matter）抗议活动中发表的两篇演讲中的内容。此后，大量右翼和宗教出版物深入研究了他的大量讲道和著作。
汉密尔顿表示，他预料到自己在参选时，其讲道和著作会被剖析。尽管如此，他仍希望人们能阅读全文并在线观看讲道，而不仅仅是片段。
“他们从一个段落中截取三个词，然后从另一个段落中截取三个词，再从另一个段落中截取两个词，将它们拼接在一起放入广告中，让我说了一些我实际上从未说过的话，”他说道。
汉密尔顿表示，他的讲道与天主教会、主流基督教信仰以及一些福音派礼拜场所的信仰一致。
“我不会让一两句话脱离语境。但我真的希望人们在听到这些句子时会想：‘噢，我想回去听整场讲道’，而当他们这样做时，我认为他们会发现我所传道的内容与圣经是一致的，而且对大多数人来说实际上非常有道理，”他说道。
这会奏效吗？
很难量化有多少民主党候选人将信仰置于竞选活动的中心。有些人拥有基于信仰的职业；另一些人则经常谈论个人信仰，但并未将其作为竞选的核心立场。
圣母大学民主倡议（Notre Dame University Democracy Initiative）主任大卫·坎贝尔（David Campbell）表示，民主党的选民联盟往往在宗教上最为多样化，但同时也是最世俗化的。
“民主党实际上必须在吸引那些温和宗教选民（其人数肯定多于不信教的民主党人）与不疏远更世俗的选民基础之间寻找平衡，”坎贝尔说道。
他的研究还表明，世俗选民并不反感民主党候选人谈论宗教，但反感共和党人这样做。
俄亥俄州阿什兰大学（Ashland University）的历史教师丹尼尔·威廉姆斯（Daniel Williams）表示，多年来，共和党候选人已成功地将信仰织入其竞选策略中。他指出，能够回顾其领导人谈论信仰与政治交汇点的黑人民主党人也一直发声。
“直到最近，我们才看到民主党开始尝试让信仰深厚的白人基督徒非常公开地谈论其信仰与进步政策之间的联系。我们将看看这次尝试
爱荷华州众议员林赛·詹姆斯（Lindsay James）是一名大学校园牧师，她正与共和党前州众议员乔·米切尔（Joe Mitchell）展开竞争。COPY SCANLMA / USA TODAY NETWORK
如何运作，”威廉姆斯说道。
“改变了什么？是选举版图，”威廉姆斯表示。
“我认为民主党已经意识到，他们陷入了一种局面，即选举数学使他们在许多保守主义主导的州中失去了竞争力。因此，问题变成了‘什么能改变选举数学？’”他说，“一些长期被排除在州级选举获胜希望之外的民主党人……认为这或许是赢得少数摇摆选民的关键。”
“你不能爱上帝却虐待移民。
你不能爱上帝却欺凌被排斥者。你不能爱上帝却压迫穷人。”
詹姆斯·法莱克（James Falecke）
美国参议院项目组（Team U.S. Senate Project）
由于许多民主党候选人来自更自由的教派，他们在进入社会保守的“红州”传统共和党选民群体时可能会遇到困难，而且他们不会成为一个
“如今，主流或自由派教派与福音派新教徒在关键问题上的分歧比 20 世纪 70 年代或 80 年代要大得多，”威廉姆斯说。“他们的政策、看待世界的方式，与保守的白人福音派共和党人传统看待世界的方式之间存在相当大的影响差异。”
共和党人表示，如果候选人计划将政策建立在宗教基础上，那么指出他们如何解读其宗教是公平的。
“民主党在与基督徒交流方面如此糟糕，以至于他们认为答案应该是说上帝是跨性别的，幻想是没问题的，以及应该接纳女巫。只有民主党那些来自沿海精英的操盘手才会如此脱离实际，认为塑造基督徒的宽泛漫画形象能吸引勤劳的美国人，”共和党全国委员会发言人扎克·克拉夫特（Zach Kraft）说道。
民主党人则表示，质疑候选人的信仰是不可接受的。
“民主党很自豪能拥有各种背景的候选人，包括信仰领袖，他们将自己的权威带入竞选并为自己的社区而战。共和党官员仅仅因为某人是民主党人就质疑其信仰，这是可耻且荒谬的。信仰不是一项政治测试，”民主党全国委员会发言人丹妮尔·坎波斯·洛佩兹（Danielle Campos López）说道。
爱荷华州的关键选区
在爱荷华州第三国会选区，民主党州参议员兼路德教牧师伊赛亚·泰纳·加雷特（Isaiah Tyner Garrett）正在挑战共和党美国众议员扎克·南（Zach Nunn）。共和党人正在攻击泰纳·加雷特的信仰，称她为“所谓的”牧师，并因她支持 LGBTQ+ 权利以及对基督教民族主义的批评而质疑她的基督教可信度。
这场竞选是 2020 年中期选举中全美最顶级的战场对决之一。共和党全国委员会（RNC）质问道：“伊赛亚·泰纳·加雷特是个女巫吗？”并称她为“觉醒的邪恶女巫”。
南的竞选团队未回应置评请求。
泰纳·加雷特告诉《德梅因议会报》（The Des Moines Capitol），考虑到 2020 年美国公共卫生网络，在这样一个她长期将信仰融入公共服务的社区中，这些攻击不太可能在选民中产生影响。
“我以一种尊重持有不同信仰的邻居，并维护那些看待世界与我不同之邻居权利的方式来处理这件事，这真正赋予了我所有选民尊严，”泰纳·加雷特说。“我认为，这就是对我信仰的践行——正如我所说的，那是爱邻舍的召唤。没有谁不是我的邻舍。”
在爱荷华州第二国会选区的竞选中，担任大学校园牧师的州众议员林赛·詹姆斯（Lindsay James）正与共和党前州众议员乔·米切尔（Joe Mitchell）展开对决。詹姆斯遭遇了共和党针对其立法记录的攻击，对方指出她对 LGBTQ+ 权利和未成年人性别肯定护理的支持，以此证明她的政治立场与其宗教背景不符。
“批评集中在她 2023 年发表的一篇反对禁止未成年人性别转换手术法案的演讲上，她在演讲中说：‘保护孩子什么时候意味着剥夺他们可能救命的便利？’”
“如果你是一名‘牧师’且认为 6 岁孩子可以改变性别，那么我认为你并不像个合格的牧师，”米切尔在的一份声明中表示。
在 7 月于德梅因举行的家庭领导力峰会上，米切尔同时攻击了詹姆斯和泰纳·加雷特。
“她们不是真正的牧师；对吧？她们没有宣扬耶稣基督真正的福音，”米切尔说。
身为长老会信徒的詹姆斯表示，这些批评令人“极其失望”。
“这不仅是对我作为牧师的侮辱，更是对在这个选区、在这个州以及全国各地服务社区的每一位基督徒和牧师的侮辱，”她说。
德克萨斯州聚焦经文
德克萨斯州美国参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔林顿（James Talinton）是一名正在学习成为牧师的长老会信徒，他在如何解读经文方面面临着类似的批评。塔林顿的对手是共和党提名人本·帕克斯顿（Ben Paxton），后者长期担任该州的总检察长。
塔林顿的竞选团队未回应置评请求。
他将新约圣经中关于爱邻人的诫命作为其竞选活动的中心。
“经文说，你不能爱上帝却恨人，”塔林顿在2020年12月发布在TikTok上的一篇讲道中说道。“你不能爱上帝却虐待移民。你不能爱上帝却欺凌被排斥者。你不能爱上帝却压迫穷人。”
“我们花费如此多的时间在外面寻找，以至于我们忽略了就坐在我们身边的人，那个承载着神圣形象的邻居。在邻居的脸上，我们瞥见了……的未来。”
牧师们的演讲经常采用塔林顿的自由神学，认为这并不反映经文。他最初因一段引发强烈反弹的过往言论而受到关注，在其中塔林顿将其称为“土地之光”。
“在塔林顿扭曲的基督教版本中，基督的追随者被要求在激进时代的议程祭坛前下跪，否认旧有的石油和天然气工业，支持晚期堕胎，并向每一个寻求庇护的犯罪非法项目敞开大门。我仍在圣经中寻找这些段落，但我不会称之为基督教，”帕克斯顿的竞选发言人麦迪逊·科里（Madison Corey）告诉《今日美国》。
5月，塔林顿告诉CBS新闻的埃德·奥基夫（Ed O'Keefe），他“故意用那句话来挑衅”。他指责帕克斯顿“故意剪辑我的牧职评论”。
“我会谈论三个类似的表演，塔林顿和帕克斯顿，各自且各自，并且在Aug. 20, 库克政治报告（The Cook Political Report）将这场竞选从‘倾向共和党’类别移至‘ toss-up’（势均力敌）。”
改变的视角
罗布·赖尔斯（Robb Ryerse）在基督教民族主义中长大，职业生涯的前10年是在一家原教旨主义浸信会教堂担任牧师。一夜之间，他对经文的解读发生了变化。
“我曾日复一日地觉得，我得到的答案不再有意义，”他说。
不久之后，他与妻子一起南迁至阿肯色州，并加入了一家非宗派教会，在过去20年里一直在那里讲道。在目睹了华盛顿特区共和党内部基督教民族主义的兴起后，他决定是时候进入政坛了。2008年，他以共和党人身份在阿肯色州西北部挑战现任共和党众议员史蒂夫·沃马克（Steve Womack）。今年，他是挑战沃马克的民主党提名人。
“我想成为一名站出来并说‘不，不，不，整合信仰与政治有另一种截然不同的方式，而不是那样’的牧师，”他说。
沃马克拒绝置评。库克政治报告将这场竞选评级为“稳固共和党”。
赖尔斯表示，信仰可以激励行动，但不应成为国家法律的基础。相反，他说，基础应该是对每个人最有利的事物。他补充说，这意味着他引起了选民的共鸣。
“我竞选不是为了把美国夺回给民主的耶稣，”他说。“这不像是一个进步版本的基督教民族主义。我竞选是因为我的信仰在个人层面激励着我，但圣经不是法律的基础。”
撰稿：莫里莎·佩恩（Morissa Payne），《得梅因登记报》
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民主党并不在意共和党内部的多样性
英格丽德·雅克 (Ingrid Jacques) 美国 今日美国
你可能还没听说这件事，因为传统新闻媒体和民主党的忠实支持者们并没有大肆宣扬：密歇根州和佛罗里达州即将选出共和党州长。
这两位恰好都是黑人。 这一点值得关注，因为目前只有一位在任的黑人州长——马里兰州的韦斯·摩尔 (Wes Moore)，他是民主党人，也是美国历史上第三位当选的黑人州长。这三位此前全部都是民主党人。
对于一个可能被嘲讽为过于白人化、过于缺乏计划吸引力的政党来说，两名黑人共和党州长候选人的出现是一项重要进展，这削弱了民主党对共和党（被认为缺乏多样性）的攻击。
趋势有利于共和党在佛罗里达州和密歇根州创造历史
正如预期的那样，美国众议员拜伦·唐纳森 (Byron Donaldson) 在 8 月 18 日的共和党初选中获胜。本月早些时候，国会议员约翰·詹姆斯 (John James) 以近 10 个百分点的优势赢得了密歇根州的初选。
两人都得到了总统唐纳德·特朗普的背书，这有助于确保他们的胜利。
如果历史可以作为参考，唐纳森和詹姆斯在各自州 11 月的选举中也处于有利位置。在我的家乡密歇根州，选民喜欢在领导该州的政党之间轮换。随着民主党州长格雷琴·惠特默 (Gretchen Whitmer) 在八年后达到任期限制，先例表明现在是共和党再次执政的时候了。
美国众议员拜伦·唐纳森竞选佛罗里达州州长，在 8 月 18 日庆祝赢得奥兰多的共和党初选。 (HALL / CLM DENMARK / USA TODAY NETWORK VIA ROUTIER COMEDY)
从客观角度看，密歇根州已经 45 年没有出现民主党州长接任民主党州长的情况了。共和党的情况也差不多。
当然，情况可能会发生变化。但趋势有利于共和党迎来一个好年头，这对詹姆斯有利。
他将面对密歇根州州务卿雅各比·本森 (Jacoby Benson)。尽管那也是一个全州选举的职位，但密歇根州州务卿上一次赢得州长之职是在 2940 年代。
在佛罗里达州，唐纳森在大选中的行动表明他知道那里的选民
美国众议员约翰·詹姆斯，来自密歇根州第 8 区，在 8 月 4 日赢得共和党州长初选后，在斯特林海茨的选举之夜庆祝派对上发表讲话。 (ILL. / POLLAM / GETTY AWARD)
自 2004 年以来还没有选出过民主党州长。
而且，在今年任期届满的州长罗恩·德菲安托 (Ron Defianto) 已经使佛罗里达州成为了一个保守主义的堡垒。
作为一个保守主义者，我坦白说，我并不在意詹姆斯或唐纳森是否是黑人。他们的种族和身份对我来说远没有他们的政纲以及他们承诺为所在州做些什么重要。
我认为大多数共和党人也同意这一点。特朗普在 Truth Social 上对詹姆斯的背书将其描述为：“西点军校毕业生，战斗飞行员，勇敢的战争服役经历，民主党 / 商业部门和就业控制，以及作为一名备受尊敬的美国国会议员。”
特朗普没有提到詹姆斯的种族。这并不是他获得总统背书的原因。
将其与前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯 (Kamala Harris) 相对比，她被选中服务，仅仅是因为她符合多样性的标准。
她失败的 2024 年总统竞选更多地依赖于她作为一名有色人种女性将实现的“第一”，而不是她实际上会在岗位上做什么——而后者她从未能给出清晰的回答。
为什么唐纳森和詹姆斯没有占据头条新闻？
对于民主党人（包括那些在传统新闻媒体中工作的人）来说，恰好是女性或有色人种的共和党候选人要么被完全忽视，要么被视为异类，甚至是叛徒。
以温莫尔·厄尔·艾姆斯（Winmore Earle Ames）为例，11月，弗吉尼亚州的新国际州长候选人竞选州长，对抗民主党人阿拉帕尔·斯潘肯格（Alapal Spankenger），但很大程度上被媒体忽视了。
厄尔·艾姆斯，一名黑人女性，败选了。但由于她是共和党人，民主党人根本不在意她的身份。
詹姆斯和唐纳森的情况也是如此。如果他们是竞选高调州长职位的黑人民主党人，这件事将会占据头条新闻。
左翼可能会忽视他们，但这仍然是大新闻。
如果他们在11月获胜，他们的胜利将给民主党自称是多样性政党的说法带来沉重打击。
英格丽德·雅克（Ingrid Jacques）是《今日美国》（USA TODAY）的专栏作家。您可以通过 ipeopardemontology.com 或 @Ingrid_Jacques 与她联系。
埃尔-赛义德得到了我的投票，但他必须与犹太民主党人对话
尼基·萨吉雷·弗莱克勒（Nikki Sagire Vleckler） 非洲撰稿人
我投票给了美国参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）。我希望他在密歇根州的民主党初选中获胜。当他获胜时，我感到非常激动，也感到宽慰。但几乎在同一时间，我陷入了沉思。
因为在我庆祝的同时，我听到来自犹太朋友、家人和社区成员的抱怨，他们感到愤怒和被背叛。许多人表示，他们绝不会在11月的大选中投票给他。
我也是犹太人。在那一刻，我能看到民主党内部的裂痕已经变得多么宽。
这场民主党参议院竞选的结果如此接近，以至于直到几乎所有选票都被计完之前，都无法宣布结果。当候选人投票结果在8月 5 日宣布埃尔-赛义德获胜时，他在超过 150 万 张选票中领先众议员海莉·史蒂文斯（Haley Stevens） 14,893 票，领先幅度略低于 1 个百分点。
这次狭窄的胜利并没有削弱埃尔-赛义德所取得的成就。但它揭示了民主党联盟内部公开的伤口，以及如果我们想在11月击败共和党人迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers），我们面前还有多少工作要做。
团结并不要求统一。承认恐惧与担忧。
史蒂文斯已经承认败选，并承诺支持埃尔-赛义德。州长格雷琴·惠特默、参议员加里·彼得斯以及同样是犹太人的参议员埃莉莎·斯托特金也表达了支持。
美国犹太民主党委员会祝贺埃尔-赛义德获胜。这有所帮助。
这是将我们的关注点从激烈的初选转向前方更大规模战斗的第一步。
但团结并不要求统一。它要求对我们联盟内部不同的经历、恐惧和担忧做出合理解释，而不是假装这些分歧不存在。
我看到对以色列政府的批评反复地与对犹太人的仇恨被混为一谈。我也看到关于反犹主义的合理恐惧被卷入政治修辞之中，且有时被讨论。
结果，许多犹太民主党密歇根州人进入大选时感觉他们甚至无法
密歇根州民主党参议院初选获胜者阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德于8月5日在底特律的一次会议上发言。 (FAN GOME / GETTY AWARD)
考虑支持埃尔-赛义德。密歇根州的犹太人并非铁板一块，没有任何单一的观点或个人能代表我们所有人。
我们与以色列、犹太复国主义以及犹太身份的关系各不相同，并根植于我们的价值观、情感、个人经历和家庭历史。
自初选以来，密歇根州的犹太人向我分享了他们在表达对埃尔-赛义德的犹豫时所发生的故事。有些人被指责为。尼基在种族灭绝中扮演共犯。一个人告诉我，她的一位自由派犹太亲戚被朋友轻视，并最终被赶出了他们的小组，仅仅是因为她不确定是否支持他。
这种行为无法说服任何人。它会加深恐惧，关闭对话，并将潜在的可争取选民推得更远。
我们不能玩弄政治把戏。要为那些仍在处理复杂情感的人提供一些空间和欢迎的环境。
现在埃尔-赛义德必须为支持者扩大席位
初选竞选是为了在党内集结足够的选票以获胜。而大选竞选则需要更宏大的目标。
在夏天，埃尔-赛义德必须开展这项工作，为他的支持者定调，并扩大他们已经搭建的席位。犹豫的选民需要被邀请加入，而不是被公开指责。
这始于为犹太人的恐惧和悲伤创造空间，而不将此视为对以色列政府的认可。这意味着以好奇心对待某人的怀疑，而不是立即以种族主义或伊斯兰恐惧症的指控作为回应。
密歇根州的犹太人不需要在被欢迎加入对话之前，就拥有完美的词汇或完全成熟的观点。
对我所在的犹太社区而言，请知道你们同样不需要为自己的感受寻找完美的词汇。你们被允许感到恐惧、愤怒、不确定，或者仍在处理这一切。
密歇根州民主党犹太党团已呼吁埃尔-赛义德按照犹太社区自己的方式与他们直接接触，尊重许多密歇根犹太人与的深厚联系，并在保护所有密歇根州人的整体利益上寻求共识。
这并不要求放弃巴勒斯坦人的参议院权利。
它要求理解巴勒斯坦人的人性与犹太人的安全并非相互竞争的价值观。
埃尔-赛义德必须面对他的言论，并解决与派克持续往来的伤害
这还需要就埃尔-赛义德对三月西布鲁姆菲尔德以色列圣殿犹太会堂袭击事件的反应进行一次诚实的对话。
需要明确的是，埃尔-赛义德毫不含糊地谴责了这次袭击。
他称其为卑劣且邪恶的行为，表示反犹主义在我们的社区中没有立足之地，并确认了犹太人安全礼拜的权利。他多次表示，所发生的事情没有任何正当理由。
但他也重复了“受伤的人会伤害他人”这句话，并在袭击者在黎巴嫩的亲属死亡与其决定攻击犹太会堂之间建立了一条直接联系。
对于许多密歇根州的犹太人来说，这种定调是痛苦的。在有人试图在犹太会堂内杀死犹太儿童的时刻，他们听到的是对袭击者行为的解释，而他们真正需要的是毫无保留的团结。
一位犹太朋友坦率地告诉我，“受伤的人会伤害他人”这句话让人感觉无法接受。尽管埃尔-赛义德明确谴责了袭击，但其他人将其听成了在指责受害者。
这两者可以同时成立：埃尔-赛义德意在谴责反犹主义并解释暴力如何自我延续，而他的话语仍然造成了真实的伤害。承认这种伤害将有助于重建信任。
还有一个埃尔-赛义德必须解决的障碍，那就是他与派克（Piker）持续的关联。
我不认为与某人被看到在一起就意味着自动认可那个人说过的一切。但我交谈过的许多犹太朋友认为，埃尔-赛义德对于他们关于与派克共同竞选之担忧的回应是不充分的。随后，他们看到派克在埃尔-赛义德的选举之夜派对上进行直播。
在某个时间点之后，持续的关联就变成了一种选择。
如果埃尔-赛义德想要赢得那些尚未支持他的犹太选民的信任，他必须愿意承担起解释为什么这段关系令他们担忧的责任，并向他们展示他自己的底线在哪里。
密歇根州的民主党人正为同样的事情祈祷
我知道埃尔-赛义德（El-Sayed）有能力进行这些对话并提供空间，因为几周前我曾与他公开讨论过反犹主义。埃尔-赛义德表示，他认为反犹主义和伊斯兰恐惧症是同一套仇恨架构的产物。他提醒我们，我们的政治不应过多地由我们向谁祈祷来决定，而应更多地由我们祈祷什么来决定。
我相信许多密歇根州的人都在为同样的事情祈祷：一个更友善的美国，一个更温和的美国，以及一个我们的孩子在成长过程中能将他人视为邻居而非恐惧对方的国家。当我们生病时，我们想要的是负担得起的医疗保健，而不是崩溃的债务和医疗账单。当我们努力工作时，我们想要的是经济保障，而不是不断上涨的价格。我们想要洁净的空气和水，而不是由企业影响力来决定我们社区的健康。我们想要那些在看到孩子的宗教信仰之前，能先看到孩子人性光辉的领导者。
医疗保健、可负担性、生殖自由、公共教育和环境保护与我的犹太价值观和身份密不可分。这些价值观是我投票给埃尔-赛义德的原因。这也是为什么我不希望犹豫不决的犹太民主党人退出这次选举，或放弃他们在党内的位置。
前众议员迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers）对于我们试图保护的社区或价值观来说，并不是一个更安全的替代方案。
犹太集体领导者强调了“Tikkun Olam”的重要性：即我们不仅承担着想象一个更美好世界的责任，还承担着帮助修复我们现有世界的责任。
这种修复就从这里，从我们自己的后院开始。
尼基·萨吉尔·弗莱克勒（Nikki Sagire Vleckler）是一位犹太裔密歇根州人，生殖健康护理倡导者和生命（life-）助理医师。她是“夺回信任”（Take Back Trust）的创始人，也是《我们值得更多》（We Deserve More）一书的作者。可在其在线发行渠道找到她。本专栏最初发表于《底特律自由新闻报》（Detroit Free Press）。
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近年来，被称为“七巨头”的科技巨头一直是华尔街的宠儿。• 根据 The Motley Fool 的数据，在 2015 年至 2024, 期间，这七只股票共同获得了惊人的 698% 的收益，几乎是 S&P 500 整体回报的四倍。• 但最近，这七家公司的表现看起来相当平庸。• 先锋领航（Vanguard）报告称，在 2026, 上半年，七巨头的价值实际上有所下降，在 S&P 整体上涨 9% 的期间内下跌了 1%。• 七巨头过去基本步调一致，且大多呈上涨趋势。
现在，它们在所谓的荒原上四散而逃：
- 截至 8 月 28 日，芯片制造商英伟达（Nvidia）今年上涨了约 18%。
- Mac 和 iPhone 的制造商苹果公司（Apple）上涨了 14%。
- 电子商务巨头亚马逊（Amazon）上涨了 21%。
- 谷歌的控股公司 Alphabet 上涨了约 10%。
- Windows 背后的公司微软（Microsoft）今年的表现基本持平。
- Facebook 的母公司 Meta 下跌了 17%。
• 而电动汽车制造商特斯拉（Tesla）下跌了 25%。
“今年只有一家七巨头公司跑赢了大盘，那就是英伟达，”MAJ Capital Management 的首席市场策略师 Chris Grisanti 表示。
只有英伟达的收益远超 S&P，后者今年上涨了约 12.5%。
“七巨头在一段时间内是聚集在一起的，”Grisanti 说，“而现在它们正在分道扬镳。”
见 SEVEN，第 2B 页
芯片制造商英伟达是七巨头中的一支突出股票。JIAN MANU / 路透社
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先锋领航（Vanguard）报告称，在 2026, 上半年，七巨头的价值实际上有所下降，在 S&P 整体上涨 9% 的期间内下跌了 1%。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统再次向美联储施压，要求其降低基准利率，并坚称利率处于“人为高位”。就在同一天，财政部宣布美国国债突破 40 万亿美元，尽管许多预测者仍预计美联储将在 9 月的下次会议上维持目标区间不变。
尽管总统表示，他今年提名担任美联储主席的凯文·沃什（Kevin Warsh）表现“非常出色”，但他暗示利率设定委员会的其他成员在投票时可能带有政治动机。特朗普在 2017 年提名杰罗姆·鲍威尔（Jerome Powell）担任该职务后，一直以同样的原因批评这位前美联储主席。鲍威尔目前仍作为理事留在委员会中。他以及包括沃什在内的其他委员会成员已多次确认他们独立于政治。
“问题在于他有一个董事会，而且是一个政治董事会，”特朗普 8 月 19 日在白宫与加密货币高管共同发言时告诉记者。“由奥巴马、拜登和我任命的人，正如你们所理解的，仍然有相当多成员在任，所以他们投票提高利率。我不知道他们这样做是因为认为自己在做正确的事，还是因为他们喜欢其中的政治色彩。”
联邦公开市场委员会整体自 2023 年 7 月以来尚未投票提高联邦基金利率。该委员会在去年年底多次投票降低利率，并在 2026 年至今将其维持稳定。在 7 月最近的一次会议上，三名委员会成员对该决定持异议，倾向于将目标区间提高 0.25 个百分点。联邦基金利率目前仍维持在 3.5% 至 3.75% 的区间。
“我的观点是，很多年前，25 年前，当国家公布良好数据时，利率会下降，因为我们的国家更强大，”特朗普说。“现在，当我们公布良好数据时，数据越好，对利率就越不利。”
美联储在做出利率决定时会考虑广泛的经济数据。委员会通常通过提高联邦基金利率来抑制通货膨胀，并在担心就业市场放缓时降低利率。
较高的联邦基金利率通常意味着消费者面临更高的利息
见“利率”栏目，第 2B 页
唐纳德·特朗普总统再次向美联储施压，要求其降低基准利率，并坚称利率处于“人为高位”。KYLE COOPER / 路透社
爱达荷州在最佳居住州调查中领先
WalletHub 使用五个关键指标寻找最佳与最差州
Gabe Mauri
今日美国
你所在的州居住体验如何？WalletHub 最近发布了针对所有 50 个州的最新排名，以确定哪些州是最适合——以及最不适合——居住的。
这家个人理财网站表示，它在五个关键类别中对所有 50 个州进行了比较：负担能力、经济、教育与健康、生活质量以及安全性。随后，这些维度使用相关指标进行评估，每个指标按 100 分制评分。
“在决定搬迁地点时，你应该首先考虑生活成本、房价和就业机会等财务因素，”WalletHub 分析师 Chip Lupo 在该研究中被引用时表示。“不过，许多州拥有强劲的经济，因此你还应该考虑其他多种因素，例如你居住的地方将如何影响你的健康和安全，以及你是否能够充分参与自己喜欢的活动。”
以下是 WalletHub 研究的结果。
最适合居住的州有哪些？
根据 WalletHub 的数据，最适合居住的五个州分别是：
- 爱达荷州。
- 新泽西州。
- 威斯康星州。
- 马萨诸塞州。
- 新罕布什尔州。
爱达荷州在生活成本、经济和安全类别中排名较高，而新泽西州在教育与健康、生活质量和安全类别中获得了高分。
在教育与健康方面，马萨诸塞州排名 1；而新罕布什尔州在经济、教育与健康以及安全这三个类别中均排名前 4 —— 经济、教育与健康，以及安全。
根据 WalletHub 的数据，最不适合居住的五个州是阿肯色州、阿拉斯加州、密西西比州、路易斯安那州和新墨西哥州。
完整的排名和研究方法可以在 WalletHub 的网站上找到。
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财经
房地产巨头就手续费达成和解
购房者有资格获得现金补偿
Anthony Thompson 今日美国
近年来买了房吗？你可能有权获得一项涉及房地产巨头 Keller Williams 和 RE / MAX 的 $285.500 万 和解金中的一部分款项。在多重上市服务（MLS）上购买房产的合格购房者可能符合条件，但必须在 8月25日之前提交申请。
该案件指控大型房地产公司协助将买方代理佣金维持在人为的高位，从而增加了购房者的成本并限制了代理人之间的竞争。
Keller Williams 和 RE / MAX 否认违反任何法律，并同意达成和解以避免长期的诉讼。提交有效申请的合格索赔人可能会获得和解基金的一份额，支付金额将基于房屋购买价格、支付的佣金以及提交的索赔数量等因素。
以下是相关须知：
谁有资格获得和解金？
根据和解网站，如果你符合以下条件，则可能具备资格：
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5 在你所在州的合格时间段内（截止至 2028年4月24日）在美国购买了住宅房地产；
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1 该房屋曾在多重上市服务（MLS）上挂牌；
资格起始日期因州而异。例如，在德克萨斯州，合格的购买日期可追溯至 2029年1月25日。
购买了多处合格房产的购房者必须为每栋房屋分别提交申请。
这起诉讼是关于什么的？
原告指控全国房地产经纪人协会（National Association of REALFOIRE）。Keller Williams、RE / MAX 和其他被告共同协作以减少买方代理之间的竞争，使得佣金保持在高于竞争市场正常水平的状态。
诉讼进一步指控，这些做法引导买家远离那些提供较低佣金的房屋，最终增加了部分购房者的成本。
Keller Williams 和 RE / MAX 否认这些指控及任何不当行为。两家公司均表示，他们同意达成和解是为了避免长期诉讼带来的费用和不确定性。
根据和解协议，Keller Williams 将向和解基金贡献 2000万美元，RE / MAX 将贡献 $8.500 万，同时在针对其余被告的持续诉讼中提供协作。
法院尚未判定任何被告是否违反法律，该案件将继续针对其他公司进行。
我能收到多少钱？
和解管理方尚未公布个人支付金额。
如果获得批准，向合格索赔人的支付金额将取决于以下因素：
- 提交的有效申请数量；
- 房屋的购买价格。
- 交易过程中支付的买方代理佣金。
如何提交申请？
合格的购房者可以通过在线方式提交申请，或将填写完整的申请表邮寄给索赔管理方。
在线申请必须在 8:59 p.m. CT（其中 59 为分钟） 8月25日之前提交。邮寄的申请表必须在 8月25. 之前盖邮戳。
关于资格要求、申请表和和解协议的更多信息，请参阅和解网站。
家长被警告停止使用某儿童游乐套装，因其与一名幼儿死亡事件相关
Michelle Del Rey 今日美国
在联邦安全监管部门将一款热门幼儿游乐套装与一名17个月大儿童的死亡事件联系起来后，家长们被敦促立即停止使用该产品。
美国消费品安全委员会（CPSC）在8月 21 警告，由总部位于中国的温州义电游乐设备有限公司（Wenzhou Yidian Amusement Equipment Co. Ltd.）制造的WPS-4 游乐套装包含可能卡住儿童头部和颈部的开口，从而产生严重受伤或死亡的风险。该机构表示，这些可用于室内或室外且配备滑梯、隧道和篮球筐的游乐套装应立即丢弃。CPSC已知晓一起涉及该产品的死亡事件，并表示制造商尚未同意一个可接受的召回方案。
您是否拥有其中一套游乐套装？
这些塑料游乐套装有多种颜色，包括红色、海军蓝、咖啡色、灰色、绿色和黄色。部分型号在侧面具有车辆形状的组件。消费者可以通过查看产品标签上的型号 WPS-4 和制造商名称“温州义电游乐设备有限公司”来识别该产品。
CPSC敦促消费者立即停止使用这些游乐套装，并且不要出售、丢弃或赠送它们。任何经历过与该套装相关的事故或安全问题的人，可以通过该机构的消费者安全数据库 SailorProducts.gov 进行报告。
消费者被建议不要使用带有车辆形状侧边组件的 WPS-4 型号游乐套装，此前一名17个月大的儿童在使用中死亡。由温州义电游乐设备有限公司提供。
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“七巨头”名称的由来
这七家公司在过去十年中经历了剧烈增长，且按市值计算均位列全球最大公司之列。美国银行分析师 Michael Hartnett 在 2023 年创造了“七巨头”（Magnificent Seven）这个词，用以涵盖这些科技巨头，该群体推动了美国股市的一次惊人上涨。
然而，除了都是热门股票外，这七家公司并没有太多共同点：亚马逊销售消费产品；谷歌是一个搜索引擎；Meta 主导社交媒体；微软制造软件；特斯拉制造汽车。
如果“七巨头”这个成员称呼曾经真的合适，那么 Hartnett 表示，也许它的时代已经过去了。
“我认为这个词现在只有在回顾过去时才有用，”他说。
部分“七巨头”股票价值下跌
由于各种原因，不同的“七巨头”股票出现了价值下跌。特斯拉在 2025 年暴跌，因为首席执行官埃隆·马斯克作为唐纳德·特朗普总统的一名备受争议的顾问，深陷政治之中。他表示，在软件股普遍下跌的一年里，Meta 的股价有所波动，因为该公司正在应对一项指控其公司诱导儿童成瘾行为的诉讼。
一个更广泛的观点认为，投资者正在质疑“七巨头”在人工智能领域的巨额投资，特别是所谓的 AI “超大规模者”（hyperwalker）群体，该群体据称包括 Alphabet、亚马逊、Meta 和微软。这些公司今年在 AI 基础设施上的支出总计超过 7000 亿美元 billion。
“归根结底，账单终将到来，”先锋领航（Vanguard）全球投资组合构建主管 Roger Alings-Diaz 表示，“而投资者在业绩电话会议中将开始询问的是，‘你们花费的所有资金是否能获得回报？’”
电动汽车制造商特斯拉在 2025 年失去市值，当时首席执行官埃隆·马斯克在唐纳德·特朗普总统领导下成为一名备受争议的政治人物。美国无线电 今日美国网络
这些公司正在竞争内存芯片和电力容量以扩展 AI。这些产品的价格正在上涨，一些投资者正放弃“七巨头”股票，转而支持为它们提供供应的公司。
七巨头（美股）的上涨行情是否接近尾声？
在七巨头强劲上涨的整个过程中，股票分析师们一直在争论这种行情能持续多久。
包括先锋领航（Vanguard）在内的机构在 2025 年预测，七巨头在未来十年的价值增长将较为温和。关键原因在于：这七只股票中的大多数都被高估了。
经济学家通过一个名为周期性调整市盈率（CAPE）的公式来衡量股票的价值。实际上，它统计的是股票是被高估还是被低估。
关于：七巨头（基于 CAPE）在 584,500 中的数值为 42.35。这意味着股价相对于收益来说非常昂贵。
大多数七巨头
的市盈率高于整个市场。换句话说，它们相对而言被高估了。
股票预测者还对市场集中度感到担忧。根据 Merley Fool 的分析，七巨头合计占 584,500 价值的 34%。相比之下，早在 2005 年，这七家公司仅代表 584? 的 52%。
“美国市场整体已变得非常‘头重脚轻’，”Mononguizal Wealth 的美国首席投资官 Philip Stinnell 表示。集中度与多元化相反。投资者被告知不要只持有，也不要持有过多任何单一股票。
或许在无意中，一个试图通过 584? 500 来实现多元化的普通投资者，实际上是将他们投资中的某种比例押注在了七巨头身上。
“你是为了多元化而购买 584'500，对吧？但你最终还是持有这个非常特定的群体，”Merley Fool 的特约媒体与技术分析师 Anders Ryland 表示。
以下是除七巨头之外实现多元化的建议
幸运的是，还有其他方式可以
实现多元化。以下是几个可以关注的方向：
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价值股。简单来说，价值股就是性价比高的股票，其交易价格相对于销售额和收益较低。先锋领航（Vanguard）预计，价值股在未来十年每年将增长 6.4% 至 8.4%。
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小盘股。小盘股是指小型公司的股份。先锋领航（Vanguard）预测，小盘股在未来 10 年每年将增长 4.7% 至 6.7%。
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非美国股票。外国股票在 2025 年击败了美国股票，许多分析师仍认为它们在 2026 年是一个不错的选择。
Ryland 和其他分析师并非建议投资者卖掉所有七巨头的股份。Merley Fool 仍将亚马逊、Alphabet 和苹果列在 64 顶尖 50 只买入并持有股票之列。
然而，未来的市场预测者可能不再像 1940 年同名电影中的那些 gratifiphers 一样，将七巨头浪漫化为一同骑向日落的景象。
Bybel 幽默地敦促投资者记住电影中那七个人的最终命运。“到最后，他们中有四个人死了。”
利率
信用卡、个人贷款和汽车贷款的利率。白人选民则从高收益储蓄账户和定期存款的更高回报中获益。联邦基金利率较低通常会产生相反的效果。在任何一种情况下，它都不会直接影响抵押贷款利率。30 年期固定利率抵押贷款往往追踪 10 年期美国国债的走势。
8 月 19 日公布的 7 月会议 FOMC 会议纪要显示，“大多数”参与者认为，随着交通和能源价格上涨的影响消退，通货膨胀将在 2028 年剩余时间内冷却。然而，纪要还显示，“许多”人认为通货膨胀可能会持续处于高位。一些人提到，中东冲突导致价格上涨，可能会使企业更难以吸收与关税相关的成本增加，还有一些人提出了 AI 投资通过推高需求已经影响价格的担忧。
会议纪要称：“参与者判断其通胀前景具有高度不确定性，且通胀风险偏向于上行”，并补充说，许多参与者评估认为，如果通货膨胀不下降，那么提高利率“可能是必要的”。
会议纪要还透露，参与者认为后期的市场状况“稳定”，且普遍预计将保持这种状态。自 7 月会议以来，美联储成员收到了关于经济的新数据。尽管美国消费者价格上月上涨了 0.2%，但年通胀率下降至 3.4%，低于 5 月的 4.2%。与去年同期相比，通货膨胀仍然超过了工人的购买力，并且仍高于美联储 2% 的目标，这种情况已经持续了五年。在春季的招聘热潮之后，劳动力市场已出现冷却迹象。雇主在 7 月削减了 23,000 个工作岗位。
美联储官员在 9 月的下次会议之前，将有更多 8 月的通胀和就业数据可供审查。根据 CME FedWatch 的数据，截至 8 月 20 日，大多数交易员预计委员会成员将维持联邦基金利率不变，尽管一些人仍认为可能会加息。
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科罗拉多州 洛夫兰： 亚马逊发言人 News LaPoint 表示，洛夫兰的大型新亚马逊机器人履约中心已于 7 月开业，并将于 9 月 4 日举行盛大的开业剪彩仪式。
康涅狄格州 哈特福德： 连接性是 $50.800 万 用于 41 个特殊教育项目的资金，同时也是一项新资助计划的一部分，旨在扩大针对残障学生的服务并降低 40 个学区安置的成本。
特拉华州 卢斯： 一家正在卢斯道路上建设的 Wawa 预计将在年底前开业。
哥伦比亚特区 华盛顿： 据 20 News Now 报道，华盛顿特区在 2026 年 10 月记录了 28 起交通设施，比去年同期的 0.14 增加了 $5。
佛罗里达州 塔拉哈西： 随着食品价格持续攀升，一份新的国家报告将佛罗里达州与另外两个州共同列为推动美国第六高平均每周食品成本的州。World PopulationsReview.com 的审计将佛罗里达州与马里兰州和俄勒冈州列为年度食品成本第六高。Re，362。这相当于平均每月 $530.16，或每周 $522.54。
佐治亚州 亚特兰大： 救世军已将其针对佐治亚州有需要居民的飓风海伦（Hurricane Helene）长期恢复援助计划延长至 2027 年 12 月 31 日。
希腊 檀香山： 据 Hawaii News Now 报道，三台全电动岸桥集装箱起重机（每台高度达 200 英尺）在经历了从加利福尼亚州出发的 2,000 英里航程后抵达檀香山港，并将作为一项 6.5亿美元 港口现代化项目的一部分安装在 Kapaluma 集装箱码头。
爱达荷州 双瀑城： 据 KTV87 报道，爱达荷州官员报告称，与 2026 年水平相比，双瀑城附近蛇河中的入侵性斑马贻贝幼虫减少了 77%，标志着该州持续开展的根除工作取得了显著进展。
伊利诺伊州 斯普林菲尔德： 一棵据称有 200 到 250 年历史的地标性黄花洋槐树不得不从 Chesapeake Medical House 的院内移除。餐厅老板 Daniel Whitmore 表示，转折点发生在 7 月 18 日一场巨大的 2,000 英里风暴袭击时，该树被吹倒并压在两辆停放的车辆上。
印第安纳州埃文斯维尔： 《美国新闻与世界报道》（U.S News and World Report）发布了州级和国家级的高中排名，印第安纳州仅有一所学校在多个类别中名列前茅。位于埃文斯维尔的一所特许学校 Signature 被评为该州最佳高中、全美最佳特许学校以及全美第二佳高中。
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Vonkers： 威斯特彻斯特的美容爱好者现在可以从机器人那里获得主用户服务。这家总部位于波士顿的机器人公司 February 在 Vonkers 的 Ulta Beauty 内部开设了其首个纽约分店。该机器让顾客在购物时有机会接受自动化的全方位主用户服务。在 2025. 12 月首次在零售地点推出后，Vonkers 分店成为该公司的第五家门店。该自动化系统执行主用户服务的关键步骤——抛光去除、角质层护理、指甲塑形、颜色涂抹以及带有干燥功能的顶层涂层。
爱荷华州 Ames： Ames 的一个新委员会准备研究数据中心对环境的影响。自从机场附近提出建设一个 900,000 平方英尺的数据中心以来，数据中心在近几个月成为了居民们关注的热门话题。经过 Ames 市议会数周的审查以及显著的公众共识，议会投票决定将决定推迟到 2027, 5 月，理由是需要更多信息和法规。
堪萨斯州 Hutchinson： Hutchinson 社区学院宣布获得了高等学习委员会的重新认证。该学院表示，其获得了 20 年的认证确认。
肯塔基州 LaGuardia： 根据 Kennebont 和 Bluegrass Softbody's International Realty 的新闻稿，列克星敦的一座历史悠久的马场将在 Kennebont 冠军拍卖会上作为主打项目。Castleton Lyons 是一座 9 英亩的农场，定价为 $57.500 万，并将作为 10 月 28 日在农场本身举办的拍卖会的最后一个拍品。
路易斯安那州 Claiborne Parish： 路易斯安那州卫生部报告了一名路易斯安那州居民确诊感染 Neophyte fowler's。据该部门称，该居民很可能在发病前不久，在位于 Claiborne Parish 的 Claiborne 湖游泳时感染。
缅因州 York： 选择委员会正在推进 11 月关于 York 救护车协会的投票。其成员表示，鉴于该非营利组织财务状况处于他们所谓的“令人尴尬”的状态，他们可能会寻求新的供应商。
马里兰州 Smithsburg： 公司发言人表示，Smithsburg 附近的新 Sheets 将于 9 月 2, 开业。
马萨诸塞州 Easton： 圣安妮修女会已正式将 Aana Maria 学院护理项目的资产移交给 Assumption 大学，后者将接收其大部分学生。
密歇根州 Ashton： 根据委员的讨论，解决该市废物供应中味道和气味问题的长期方案可能还需要数年时间。Ashton 市委员会正在权衡水处理升级方案，成本在 $6.500 万 到 2500万美元 以上之间，这些数字是对 7 月份给出的初步估算的更新。
明尼苏达州 St. Paul： 据 Minnesota Reformer 报道，明尼苏达州养老院工作人员的新最低工资获得了联邦最终批准，并将于 9 月 10, 生效。在此之前三年多，该州的批准创建了一个全国领先的劳工标准委员会，旨在为该州一些最低薪工人设定薪资和工作标准。
明尼苏达州 Hattiesburg： 密西西比州高等教育机构董事会批准了南密西西比大学与 Remnant Bank 之间的命名权协议，正式将州立足球场的名称从 M.M. Roberts 体育场改为 Remnant 体育场。
密苏里州 Jefferson City： 据 Missouri Independent 报道，教育官员正准备请求立法者在明年为公立学校增加约 1亿美元 的资金，由于该州面临预计的收入下滑，这将引发一场潜在的艰难预算之争。
蒙大拿州 大瀑布市： 据 KOZA 报道，林肯小学在经历了 3 月的一场风暴（该风暴掀掉了其一半屋顶，导致学生在学年剩余时间内被安置到其他学校）并经过大规模维修后，正准备迎接新学年。
内布拉斯加州 林肯： 据 KOZA 报道，在收到彭博慈善基金会 Worth 气候行动基金 $50,000 的资助后，该市正为由青年主导的可持续发展项目提供最高 $6,000 的资助。
内华达州 卡森市： 据 Nevada Current 报道，州立法者批准了一系列由区域铁路工作组提出的立法重新审议方案，旨在帮助该州在都市区潜在地开发包括轻轨在内的大众运输系统。
新罕布什尔州 康科德： 新罕布什尔州教育部指出，明年符合免费和减价午餐资格的学生人数将下降 4.1%。新罕布什尔公共广播电台报道称，这一下降是因为特朗普政府使得家长即使在财务上符合条件，也难以轻松地为孩子注册该计划。
新泽西州 弗里霍尔德： 赫姆斯沃思县官员表示，NY Water 可能仍将于 9 月 8 日起在米德尔敦的贝德福德渡轮码头开始提供服务。
新墨西哥州 圣菲： 新能源经济公司（New Energy Economy）向新墨西哥州最高法院提交了一项紧急暂停申请，试图阻止一项计划中的、与“木星项目”（Project Jupiter）相关的空气质量许可听证会。
北卡罗来纳州 阿什维尔： 一个在北卡罗来纳州西部多个地点提供医疗和精神护理的组织即将提供移动药房服务。山地地区健康教育中心（MAHEC）将从今年秋天起使用专门的移动药房，MAHEC 药学院院长为马修·兰森（Matthew Ransom）。
北达科他州 俾斯麦： 据 KTVR 报道，俾斯麦州立学院将在 2027-28 赛季恢复其大都会和商业网格项目，在缺席 10 年后将该运动带回校园。
俄亥俄州 特伦顿： 据市经理马库斯·尼科尔斯（Marcus Nichols）称，亚马逊通过其子公司亚马逊网络服务（AWS），正与特伦顿市及其他合作伙伴就在巴特勒县建设超大规模数据中心而使用约 60% 的土地配对方案进行谈判。
俄克拉荷马州 俄克拉荷马市： 在县委员会议拒绝采纳警长特鲁马特·约翰逊三世（Trumate Johnson III）的提案后，俄克拉荷马县警长办公室将不会（州）与美国移民和海关执法局特工合作。
俄勒冈州 波特兰： 俄勒冈大学的拉尔斯顿儿童行为健康研究所收到 1.25亿美元，用于扩展其模式，希望未来能覆盖 38 所大学。拉尔斯顿研究所的儿童行为健康学士学位是全美首创，旨在为进入职场的年轻专业人士提供快速通道，以帮助解决青少年心理健康危机。
宾夕法尼亚州 哈里斯堡： 根据宾夕法尼亚州县行政办公室的新数据，去年在宾夕法尼亚州被起诉的客户数量较前一年呈两位数增长，起诉原因包括在校车接送学生时未能停车，或在学校禁行区超速。
罗德岛州 普罗维登斯： 罗德岛州为自己设定了一个雄心勃勃的新目标，即在未来四年内将学校的长期缺勤率大幅降低至 50% 以下。
南卡罗来纳州 皮肯斯县： 官员表示，拟议的凯恩斯湖和锡拉丘斯湖覆盖区（Lake Keynes and Lake Syracuse Overlay District）可能会保护水质，但同时也可能对业主施加额外的限制。
南达科他州 摩根： 全球规模最大的摩托车集会迎来过去 15 年来最低的参与人数。根据南达科他州交通部的统计，在 7 月 4-7 日举行的第 86 届年度斯特吉斯集会（Sturgis Rally）期间，交通监测点记录的车辆总数为 448,166 辆。这比去年减少了 37%，比五年平均水平减少了 35%。
田纳西州 孟菲斯： 最近的一项分析发现，孟菲斯进入市场的房屋数量比几乎任何其他主要市场都要多。根据 Boaltoc.com 的数据，孟菲斯新上市房屋的比例超过全国平均水平的五倍，使其成为 2026 年最饱和的市场之一。
德克萨斯州 哈斯克尔： 针对其数据中心将为社区带来什么影响的问题，谷歌承诺向哈斯克尔、鲁尔以及琼斯县和哈斯克尔县交汇三角地带的一系列电报项目提供 $6 资金，此前该公司在去年秋天宣布在西德克萨斯州投资 400 亿美元 资金。
犹他州 盐湖城： 在经历了一个创纪录的低雪量年份后，犹他州的蓄水系统容量已降至 52%，尽管五-Sperace City 表示，节水努力有助于将水位维持在高于预期的水平，Salt 报道称。
佛蒙特州 蒙彼利埃： 州长菲尔·斯科特（Phil Scott）称，一名警长副手参与逮捕一名农场工人是“明显违反”了佛蒙特州的公平与帝国采摘政策（Fair and Imperial Picking Policy）。
弗吉尼亚州 斯汤顿： 超过 $15 的联邦资金将用于斯汤顿-期刊站（Staunton-Journal Station）的改进。弗吉尼亚州参议员蒂姆·基克（Tim Kicker）和马克·韦纳（Mark Wainer）在一份联合声明中表示，该车站的资金将用于升级车站平台、雨棚和无障碍通道。
华盛顿州 班布里奇岛： 一个将展示日裔美国人农业历史的新公园计划在班布里奇岛中部建立。班布里奇岛公园与步道基金会已从林田（Hayashida）家族手中购买了 12 英亩的林地，该日裔美国人家族世世代代经营这片土地。基金会宣布，计划创建一个开放空间公园并设置解释性标志，以分享科里亚路（Korea Road）地区日裔美国人农业的历史。
西弗吉尼亚州 摩根敦： 西弗吉尼亚大学庆祝其牙科学院第一阶段翻新工程完工，这标志着该学院自 1977. 年以来首次进行大规模现代化改造，WQTVY 报道称。
威斯康星州 卡卢梅特县： 卡卢梅特县公园管理局在希尔伯特（Hilbert）的卡卢梅特县公园部署了一定数量的目标，以协助入侵物种管理。
怀俄明州 夏延： 怀俄明州 2026 年的初选投票率在登记选民中达到了 54.9%，共有 550,359 张选票投出。WQTVY 报道称，这一数字与近期的选举周期相似，但低于 2022, 年异常高出的 54.5% 投票率。
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美国国家橄榄球联盟应考虑海外大布局
美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）不断扩大的国际足迹可能很快将迎来一个更永久的立足点——甚至可能更多。
联盟专员罗杰·古德尔（Roger Goodell）最近告诉前纽约巨人队防守截锋马库斯·库恩（Markus Kuhn）以及德国媒体 RTL / ntv：“在某个时间点，美国境外将出现 NFL 球队，”并补充道，“我毫不怀疑有一天这将会发生。”
这是古德尔的一次耐人寻味的承认。此前，他在宣扬联盟希望通过扩大比赛数量来满足海外日益增长的兴趣时，通常会压制此类猜测——在 2026 赛季，NFL 将在国际日期进行创纪录的 9 场比赛，包括在墨尔本、里约热内卢和巴黎举行的常规赛。
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成为莫妮·戴维斯的压力以及通往职业棒球的 12 年旅程
十二年过去了，莫妮·戴维斯（Mo’ne Davis）曾令体育界为之倾倒。
她曾是一名来自费城的强力投手，成为了首位在少棒世界系列赛中投出完封球的女孩。随后，她成为了首位登上《体育画报》全国封面少棒球员，并在 2014 年于宾夕法尼亚州威廉斯波特举行的少棒世界系列赛中被簇拥。
“那时，很多成年人就那样涌过来，想从一个青少年那里获得签名，”现年 25 岁的戴维斯告诉今日美国体育频道。“他们并不真正思考，也不真正关心。坦白说，现在的球迷友善多了。”
戴维斯在 13 岁创造历史后淡出了公众视野，但现在她再次出现，并再次成为历史的一部分。
随着少棒世界系列赛的展开，戴维斯正在女性职业棒球联盟的首个赛季中效力。这是 70 多年来首个此类联盟，可追溯至由 1992 年电影《她们的联盟》（A League of Their Own）使其永恒的全美女子职业棒球联盟。
戴维斯在洛杉矶女王队担任中外野手。她不再担任投手。
“我被问过很多次，我是否会投球？”她说。“我总是告诉他们不，而他们总是质疑为什么。考虑到社交媒体的情况，考虑到我们内部的竞争如此激烈，我不想把那种
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闭嘴吧，SEC的傲慢之徒。关于赛程强度的这整套说法被过度夸大了。
就像许多来自遥远过去的网络议题一样，这个争论已被Big Ten的复兴所冲散。
通过扩军、NIL资金、教练——以及最后但绝非最不重要的，竞争。
“你在该联盟比赛，最好每周都做好准备，”乔治亚大学教练柯比·斯马特在7月表示。“赛季中的任何一周都没有轻而易举的比赛。”
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德克萨斯大学通往大学橄榄球季后赛（College Football Playoff）的道路极其艰辛。想象一下必须对阵俄克拉荷马大学、密西西比大学、路易斯安那州立大学和德州农工大学！而且还要在非联盟比赛中对阵俄亥俄州立大学。
说到俄亥俄州立大学， the Buckeyes（俄亥俄州立大学队）的赛程包括印第安纳大学、俄勒冈大学、密歇根大学、南加州大学、伊利诺伊大学和爱荷华大学。以及一场对阵德克萨斯大学的非联盟比赛。
伊利诺伊大学和爱荷华大学？！
当然，SEC的傲慢之徒，你们还记得伊利诺伊大学吧，这支球队在过去两个赛季赢了19场比赛，并且在2024年的一场碗赛中，欺负了那支被SEC吹捧者认为应该进入CFP（南卡罗来纳大学）的球队。
见 HAYES，第4℃页
印第安纳大学的以赛亚·琼斯在2025年冠军赛中击中了俄亥俄州立大学四分卫朱利安·赛因 (10)。
ADAM CARRIN / THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
2℃ / MONDAY AUGUST 24, 2028 / 今日美国
体育
NCAA 在第五年参赛资格联邦裁决中获胜
John Blite
今日美国
NCAA 在联邦层面取得了一次重大法律胜利，其目标是使“基于年龄”的参赛资格规则仅适用于当前的学生运动员，而不适用于 2022 年的高中毕业班成员。
美国第十巡回上诉法院于 8 月 23 日批准了 在 Brod Evans 等原告诉被告 一案中提出的暂缓执行请求。在科罗拉多州美国地方法院法官 Caroline Sweeney 7 月 31 日做出初步裁决，发布一项临时集体禁令，赋予 2022 年高中毕业班所有成员第五年大学参赛资格的普遍资格后，由三名法官组成的裁决小组以 2-1 的结果做出了这一决定。
今日美国体育部联系了 的声明，并直接获得了 首席法律官 Scott Beatty 的一份声明。
“第十巡回法院决定暂缓执行科罗拉多联邦地方法院法官在 Wione 案中发布的初步禁令，这允许第一分区（Division I）恢复到地方法院干预之前的状态，”Beatty 在给 会员的信中写道。“基于年龄的参赛资格规则将立即按照第一分区会员的意图实施。”
因 Wione 禁令而被允许参赛的集体成员不再具备参赛资格。
“协会将单独继续抗辩其他类似的推定集体诉讼，以及由寻求额外参赛资格的前学生运动员提起的州法院案件，并迅速对任何
前学生运动员通过单独的州法院裁决已经或将被授予额外参赛资格的案件提出上诉。俄亥俄州上诉法院决定在我们的上诉期间暂缓执行其中第一项禁令，这令我们深受鼓舞。
“对于在暂缓执行被批准之前，根据 Wione 禁令范围而被允许参赛的任何集体成员，相关机构将不被视为违规，且这些前学生运动员在 Wione 禁令下不再具备参赛资格。工作人员将继续处理在 31, 2026, 7 月 31 日截止日期前为集体成员提交的任何困难豁免或赛季参赛豁免。”
为了获得暂缓执行， 必须满足四个评估标准：1 “证明其在实质问题上很可能获胜； 2，申请人在没有暂缓执行的情况下是否会受到不可挽回的损害； 3, 发布暂缓执行是否会对其他方造成实质性损害； 4, 公共利益所在。”
“我们得出结论，上诉人（）已满足这些因素中的每一项负担，”法官在裁决书中写道：“因此，我们批准该动议并暂缓执行地方法院的裁决。”
简单来说，Sweeney 的裁决在全国范围内（至少是暂时地）规定，所有该高中毕业班中原本已用完四年大学参赛资格的成员，都可以立即获得第五年参赛资格。
虽然周五的法院裁决是 在联邦层面的一次胜利，但它不影响州层面的其他个别裁决，例如路易斯安那州法院在过去一周做出的决定，该决定授予了该案中至少 16 名原告第五年参赛资格。
“底线是：第十巡回法院的暂缓执行创建了一个两级体系，”Small & Wilson 律师事务所合伙人 Ryan Regula 表示，他在该法律领域与大学合作，且曾是一名 学生运动员。“拥有独立法院命令的运动员仍然可以参赛。而仅依赖 Wione 集体保护的运动员则不能——至少在上诉解决或他们获得自己的救济之前不能。我们应该预见到，随着律师们在完整赛季开始前迅速填补这一空白，全国各地的州法院将出现新一波的起诉。
“在许多方面，这正是（NCAA主席）查理·贝克所警告的情景——由不一致的法院裁决拼凑而成的局面导致了差异化对待，使得运动员在进入法院时面临着。”
对于所有目前在读的大学学生运动员以及计划开始大学体育生涯的入学高中生，NCAA的新模式将把第五年参赛资格移至未来。
6月23日，NCAA正式采用了“基于年龄”的参赛资格模型，该模型广泛取消了学生年限——限制体育比赛参与，以保留四个赛季在第5（第1）和第2（第2）个的概括性机会，最高可参加五个赛季的NCAA比赛，无论是否受伤或参加了多少场比赛。
NCAA在将新模型编入法典时，提出了以下实施方案：
“该规则变更将适用于所有在2027年秋季或之后首次全日制就读大学的潜在运动员。”
“对于在2026年秋季首次全日制就读大学的学生，以及在2023-24学年之后仍有参赛资格的当前课程学生，第一分区（Division I）学校将适用之前的规则（允许在五年内参加四个赛季的比赛）或基于年龄的模型；以对个人最有利的结果为准。”
四分卫可能会在第一周前转会至新球队
Jacob Cobb
今日美国
美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）的球队在整个休赛期都享受着拥有 90 人名单的便利。然而，这种情况将在 8 月 30 日发生改变，届时所有 32 家俱乐部都被要求将阵容削减至 53 人。
总经理、教练和决策者将面临许多关于是否留住某些球员的艰难决定。在四分卫位置上尤其如此，少数年轻天才和资深替补可能会发现自己需要寻找新的开始。
考虑到在 NFL 级别四分卫深度的重要性，球队通常不愿裁掉该位置上具有潜力的球员，即使他们尚未达到预期。尽管如此，一些近期的高顺位选秀球员可能会成为那些愿意接手“重建项目”的球队的交易目标。
随着 53 人名单截止日期的临近，哪些优秀的四分卫可能会寻找新家？以下是 2026 赛季第一周临近之际，值得关注的六位信号传导者（四分卫）的分析：
安东尼·理查森 (Anthony Richardson)，小马队
理查森在休赛期早期被允许寻求离开小马队的交易。到目前为止，这位 2023 年选秀的第 4 顺位球员一直留在印第安纳波利斯，但如果在 2026 赛季之前收到一份优质报价，情况可能会发生变化。
理查森在职业生涯的 32 场首发中取得了 8-7 的战绩，但其传球完成率仅为 50-6%，传球码数为 2,400 码，有 3 次达阵和 31 次拦截。然而，这位身高 6 英尺 4 英寸、体重 244 磅的信号传导者在跑动方面表现更好，在秋季的 1 次抢跑尝试中产生了 634 码和 10 次达阵。
任何考虑追求理查森的球队都会看中他的身体天赋，包括他的强力手臂和极速机动性，这使他能够成长为一名优秀的四分卫。因此，如果小马队决定让赖利·伦纳德 (Riley Leonard) 担任丹尼尔·琼斯 (Daniel Jones) 的替补，那么绿湾包装工队、明尼苏达维京人队甚至迈阿密海豚队可能会有兴趣培养这位 24 岁的球员。
J.J. 麦卡锡 (J.J. McCarthy)，维京人队
说到维京人队，他们如何处理麦卡锡值得关注。这位 2024 年首轮秀失去了球队的首发位置，由资深自由球员约翰·默里 (John Murray) 接任，这位 23 岁球员作为明尼苏达特许经营球队四分卫的未来现在充满了疑问。
即便如此，维京人队似乎不太可能
小马队四分卫安东尼·理查森在三年中出场 17 场比赛，作为首发战绩为 8-7。EKC COBING / MARINEBRASS
在此时放弃麦卡锡。他仍然年轻，而且在前两个赛季仅首发 10 场比赛，传球完成率为 57.6%，传球码数为 1,632 码，有 11 次达阵和 12 次拦截之后，在交易市场上可能不会有太高的价值。此外，维京人队希望在 29 岁、有长期伤病史且仅签署了一年合同的默里身后拥有一定的深度。
考虑到这一点，麦卡锡不再是维京人球员的唯一可能，是明尼苏达队收到一份超出预期的交易报价，或者能够获得一名升级的替补四分卫并交易掉麦卡锡。这两种情况似乎都不太可能，因此预计麦卡锡将至少在维京人队再待一个赛季。
梅森·鲁道夫，钢队
一方面，鲁道夫似乎已经稳固地成为了钢队的替补。他没有参加球队的第二场季前赛，这似乎明确了他的地位，即他是匹兹堡在亚伦·罗杰斯之后的首选四分卫选项。
与此同时，钢队还有几位令人感兴趣的年轻四分卫——威尔·霍华德和德鲁·阿夫特——在待命。匹兹堡可能希望在寻找罗杰斯的继任者时保留这样一位前 Big Ten 的信号员，但目前尚不清楚钢队是否愿意保留四名四分卫。
如果钢队决定只保留那些四分卫并在罗杰斯之后选择年轻化，这可能会使鲁道夫在 2024 年再次成为交易对象，但即便如此，他有 19 场职业首发经验，因此可能会吸引那些希望升级替补四分卫位置的球队。
艾丹·奥康奈尔，突袭者队
奥康奈尔是另一位可能成为交易目标的替补型四分卫。这位 2023 年第四轮选秀球员在突袭者队的四分卫深度图中排在柯克·考辛斯和费尔南多·门多萨之后，因此拉斯维加斯可能会考虑在这位年资球员进入其新秀合同最后一年时将其交易掉。
奥康奈尔在三个赛季中首发了 17 场比赛，传球完成率 62%，传球码数 3,932 码，20 次 TBA 和 8 次拦截。他在 9 月 1 日时仅 28 岁，因此这位普渡大学出身的球员仍有成长空间。
也许像华盛顿指挥官队这样的球队可能会考虑将奥康奈尔作为杰伦·丹尼尔斯之后的一名长期替补。
华盛顿目前的首席替补马库斯·马西斯正受到膝伤困扰，而奥康奈尔在股东公司效力的两个赛季中曾与指挥官队的进攻协调员大卫·布洛一起担任队友。
迪伦·加布里埃尔，布朗队
布朗队在 2020 年选秀的第三轮选中了加布里埃尔，但他很快在球队的深度图中掉队。目前，他是克利夫兰在德尚·沃森和同为 2025 年选秀球员的谢德尔·桑德斯之后的第三顺位四分卫，而后者只要保持健康，就可能会阻碍他获得出场时间。
此外，球队还拥有第六轮新秀泰勒·格林。这位阿肯色大学出身的球员拥有运动能力和手臂力量的诱人结合，这最终可能使他在 NFL 级别发展成为一个具有威胁的武器。
这可能会激励布朗队保留格林而非加布里埃尔，因为后者的上限没有前者高。
布朗队能否简单地保留四名四分卫？
当然，总经理安德鲁·贝里上周表示他对此没有异议，不过将肯尼·皮克特交易到突袭者队后，这已不再是必须之举。
但更有可能的是，如果克利夫兰的四分卫室中有一个多余的人，那将是加布里埃尔。如果他被交易或被裁掉，加布里埃尔可能会很适合亚特兰大猎鹰队，在那里他将与前教练凯文·雷东多重聚，且该球队在图亚·塔戈夫乌尔纳和迈克尔·彭斯二世之后需要一个可靠的第三顺位选项。
进一步有助于这种潜在适配的是 2-1。丹·加布里埃尔、塔戈夫乌尔纳和彭斯全部是左撇子。
威尔·莱文，泰坦队
泰坦队在休赛期签下了米奇·特鲁洛克，这使莱文沦为了在坎·沃德和这位老将之后的第三顺位角色。田纳西州仍可能选择保留莱文作为深度储备，但他的地位可能取决于他能否在球队的第三顺位竞争中击败亨登·胡克。
莱文在第一场季前赛中起步艰难，8 次传球仅完成 3 次，传球码数 42 码，并被擒杀三次。他展示了不错的跑动能力，在四次尝试中推进 22 码。
但如果莱文不能在传球方面表现出进步，这将使他在 2026 赛季前的田纳西队阵容名单中处于不利地位。
体育
今日美国 / 星期一 2025年8月24, 2025 / 3℃
NFL 季前赛第二周 赢家与输家
德尚·沃森遭遇最大挫败
内特·戴维斯 (Nate Davis)
今日美国 (USA TODAY)
冒着将下周末那些不可混淆的——咳——排水沟（drains）稀释的风险，现代美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）季前赛的第 2 周就成了新的第 3 周——这是一个许多资深老将能够在常规赛前进行最后三次演习的时间，而且许多处于名单边缘的竞争在这次表演赛决赛中基本尘埃落定。对于处于四分卫之争中的球队来说，这通常也是决定时刻，尽管今年情况似乎有些例外。克利夫兰除外。
我一周前写道，如果布朗队不让 Shedear Sanders 在本赛季首发，那将是非常愚蠢的。而在 8 月 22 日对阵布法罗比尔队的表现证明我是正确的同时，资深球员德尚·沃森 (Deshaun Watson) 则通过他在场上的表现——或许更重要的是周六在讲台上的表现——为自己画上了句号。
克利夫兰发生的事情构成了第 2 周的主要叙事，但其他地方也有很多话题。话不多说——尽管周日还有一场比赛要打（Brazbooks 对阵泰坦队），以下是季前赛倒数第二个周末的赢家和输家。
输家 德尚·沃森 (Deshaun Watson)
场上表现不佳。在季前赛首场比赛首发并显得完全可有可无之后——尽管这是他近两年来的首次比赛行动——他在周六对阵布法罗的比赛中，在 4-stators 之后与深度图排名较低的队友一起出场。虽然需要注意的是沃森是在与替补球员配合，但他可能也应该能够撕碎一个由预备队组成的防守线，但事实并非如此，布朗队在他的前两次进攻中均以三次进攻出局（three-and-out）告终，且他在第三次进攻中出现了一次糟糕的抄截。在 12 次传球中完成 5 次，获得 36 码后，沃森基本上坐实了……他应该是克利夫兰的 QB2（第二四分卫）。顶多如此。
德尚·沃森 (Deshaun Watson)（以及布朗队）
在新闻发布会上表现更糟，我上周末简直准确地预言了这场灾难性的局面。你的返场表演如何……
可能因为感到沮丧，且毫无疑问地看到了似乎已经很明显的预兆，沃森通过在周六比赛后抱怨他在亨廷顿银行球场 (Huntington Bank Field) 受到工作人员的对待，为其职业生涯（如果还算职业生涯的话）又增加了一个令人遗憾的章节。
“我认为全世界都知道这与表现无关——这更像是个人的问题。所以我认为这是一种不尊重。关于对此的感受，我会与我的家人在内部沟通，更多的是关于‘C’沃森，”沃森在谈到再次被克利夫兰球迷嘘（boved）时说道。
“上次我在这个球场比赛时，这里我的。Acklike，而且当我在受伤时，同样的球迷在欢呼。那么这与表现有什么关系？当一个人受伤，尤其是发生在他们自己的城市，而他们却在欢呼。”
“我觉得我在客场得到的爱比在主场比赛中更多。”
沃森没有提到的是，在布朗队 2022 年对他做出了欠考虑的决定——随后他们灾难性地给了他一份为期五年、全额保证、被广泛认为过高的 2 亿美元 (2亿美元) 合同——他极有可能在任何其他 NFL 城市都无法就业。
伤病和不稳定性使他变成了他在休斯顿开启职业生涯时那个球员的空壳。
更重要的是，沃森从未承担过任何责任，也没有在解决 90 起指控他在抵达克利夫兰之前存在性不端行为的女性民事诉讼中采取任何重大步骤。他在 2022 年被 NFL 禁赛 8 场并被罚款 500 万美元 (500万美元)，他与大多数女性达成了秘密和解。
而且想想，在训练营早些时候，沃森和布朗队老板吉米·哈斯拉姆 (Jimmy Haslam) 竟然还抱有这种想法，认为四分卫在本赛季后可能会获得续约——不过，为他们辩护的话，荒谬的问题确实配得上荒谬的回答。
在主场被嘘很糟糕，但沃森很幸运，他的苦难仅限于此。自食其果吧。
布朗队的情况也是如此。除非发生极不寻常的转折，否则他们基本上将被迫在本赛季以某种形式将沃森留在名单中，以便将
布朗队四分卫德尚·沃森在8月22日于克利夫兰进行的一场季前赛输给比尔队后走下球场。他将听到的嘘声归结为他在加入布朗队之前的日子。NICK CANNETT / GETTY IMAGES
酋长队踢球者哈里森·巴特勒在8月22日对阵比尔队的比赛中观察他的三次射门之一。其中一次在69码外命中。MIKE CARLOON / GETTY IMAGES
$86.200 万 的死钱费用将分摊到他在 2027 和 2028 年的工资帽中。如果明年将其裁掉，即使他在本赛季结束时将成为自由球员，所有这些资金也将加速计入 27 年的工资帽。是的，通过在合同中增加多次重组和可用年限，克利夫兰竟然设法让史上最糟糕的交易和合同……变得更加灾难。
费尔南多·门多萨
这位 2026 draft 的 No.1 秀在第二场季前赛（也是首次首发）中表现挣扎，12 次传球仅完成 7 次，并出现了一次 80 码的被截球。
“我的体会是，还有很多需要学习的地方。虽然你可能在另一个级别取得了很大成功，但这个级别要高出一个台阶，容错率极低，一次失误就可能导致灾难，”门多萨在第二次经历 NFL 比赛行动且效果不如第一次后说道。
用“灾难”来形容可能过分了。“糟糕”更合适。祝下周好运……如果下下周不行的话。
柯克·考辛斯
尽管门多萨在周四对阵休斯顿的比赛中表现挣扎，但雷德斯队首年上任的主教练克林特·科比西克——或许是出于某种表演性的姿态——仍然拒绝将他的资深四分卫命名为雷德斯队 Week 1 的首发。一个拥有 hi 个 NFL 赛季和近 300 次达阵传球的人还需要向教练证明什么？
匹兹堡钢人队的 四分卫接班计划
在令人期待的季前赛首秀之后，年轻人威尔·霍华德和德鲁·艾伦在以 17-0 输给纽约喷气队（对方派出了不少防守首发）的比赛中显得更像凡人，两人合计造成两次失误并丢掉一分。这并不是在暗示钢人队应该在不得不为退休的亚伦·罗杰斯（他再次休息了一晚）指定接班人的一年前就过早地交接。但周五晚上的比赛提醒人们，霍华德和艾伦仍然是处于开发阶段的球员，尽管他们拥有潜力……无论这种潜力多么不明显。
库珀·拉什和杰克·斯特兰德
如果说亚特兰大猎鹰队的流浪替补或这位未被选中的自由球员分别在认真竞争 2026 年的球队 QB1 位置，那将是牵强附会。但他们在周六的表现出色，在客场 34-6 击败印第安纳波利斯小马队的比赛中，两人合计完成 28 次传球中的 22 次，传球码数 297 码并贡献一个达阵。
但周六的比赛刚结束，首年教练亚伦·斯特凡纳基就宣布，2024 年首轮秀迈克尔·彭基已获准参加合同，并将于周一参加训练，作为争取击败陶·塔戈维洛斯获得首发位置的迟到尝试。这对库珀和杰克来说是个打击，但对亚特兰大整体而言是个好消息。
杰登·丹尼尔斯
在周六于底特律的短暂亮相中，华盛顿指挥官队的四分卫在严重压力下出现一次传球未完成，以及一次极其难看的被擒杀，导致球队在三次进攻后被强制交球。希望一套全新的进攻体系——一套被无限剥离了兴趣的！C'Lammy Grand——在正式比赛开始时看起来会好得多。
赢家 谢杜尔·桑德斯
甚至在沃森多次崩溃之前，桑德斯在周六确实展现了足够的能力，使其成为布朗队四分卫竞争的赢家……就 2026. 年让沃森或任何其他人首发是否合理而言。桑德斯在对阵布法罗的比赛中完成 8 次传球中的 9 次，传球码数 74 码，其中包括一次传给卢克·弗洛拉斯的 8 码达阵，这是克利夫兰唯一的得分。他的一个稍微欠缺的传球也被截获。
尽管这次传球被接收者弹开，但原本也可能完成接球。同样，一支年轻且富有天赋的阵容应该始终让桑德斯（Sanders）继续前行——无论是为了确定他是否是该队中锋位置上的长期答案，还是为了决定一支在2027年拥有多个首轮选秀权的球队是否需要挑选另一名四分卫。
“简单来说，他雇佣了德尚·沃森，”NFL Network首席选秀分析师丹尼尔·杰里迈亚（Daniel Jeremiah）在谈到桑德斯时表示。“这是一支年轻的球队，他是一名年轻的四分卫——让这些球员一起成长。这对德尚·沃森意味着什么？如果他不是首发，我不认为那里还有他的位置。”
乔纳森·布鲁克斯（Jonathon Brooks）
卡罗来纳黑豹队的这名三年级跑卫在周五晚上的第二次进攻中取得了他的首个NFL达阵，这是一个重要的里程碑，即便它在官方记录中并不计数。布鲁克斯是一名极具天赋的球员，他在2023赛季末在德克萨斯大学期间撕裂了前十字韧带（ACI），这次受伤可能使他失去了2024年选秀的首轮机会。他在第二轮被选中，在 rookie 年重新手术膝盖，并最终缺席了整个2025赛季。但布鲁克斯一直是黑豹训练营的话题人物，并且有机会在楚巴·哈巴德（Chuba Hubbard）受挫于一次弹跳伤势的情况下接管RBI角色。
博·尼克斯（Bo Nix）
丹佛野马队的这名三年级四分卫在他自1月分赛区季后赛击败比尔队时踝关节骨折后的首次比赛行动中表现稳健——这次受伤可能让野马队失去了进入超级碗60（Super Bowl 60）的机会。尼克斯在周五完成了9次传球中的6次，获得76码，其中包括一次传给BB RJ哈维（RJ Harvey）的25码达阵。对于一名球员和一支本赛季应该重新回到伦巴迪奖杯竞争行列的球队来说，这是一个不错的进步。
喷气机队防守
一场比赛两次抄截？在N'17于2025赛季一次传球拦截都没有的情况下？而且总选秀第2顺位的戴维·贝利（David Bailey）看起来就像他被预期的那样，是一个能破坏比赛的传球新秀？“绿帮”（Gang Green）的球迷当然希望看到一支有竞争力的球队……只要不过分竞争力到让他们在明年的选秀中失去阿奇·曼宁（Arch Manning）。
旧金山49人队外接手
伤病再次困扰了训练营中的球员——尤其是在waboot位置。迈克·埃文斯（Mike Evans）、克里斯蒂安·柯克（Christian Kirk）和里基·皮尔纳尔（Ricky Pearnal）在今年春天被预估为球队的前三名外接手，他们都遭遇了各种问题，其中皮尔纳尔（limes）已经赛季报销。但替补球员一直在表现出色，尤其是在周四晚上对阵洛杉矶Chugans的比赛中。
布鲁克斯 sensation De Jilmain Building unit老将Blackout Friday在有限的行动中以4次接球、每次46码结束。因腿筋受伤缺席整个上赛季的雅各布·考温（Jacob Cowing）回归，通过一次接球获得83码并完成达阵。让那些替代品看看吧。
贾克森·达特（Jaxson Dart）
周六在迈阿密没有去蓝色医疗帐篷就诊……因为纽约巨人队的这名二年级四分卫没有上场。拿走这个“W”吧，伙计。
踢球手
格林贝包装工队的新秀特洛伊·斯麦克（Troy Smack）在丹佛的所有7次踢球全部命中——包括4次全部命中的射门，其中两次超过50码。他甚至得到了他最成功的球队在社交媒体上的赞赏。斯麦克在这个夏天一直处于胜利状态，包括四次至少50码的命中。
印第安纳波利斯小马队的斯宾塞·辛德勒（Spencer Shindler）在第五周膝盖受伤前曾有一个强劲且快速的赛季，他在周六强力主张夺回自己的位置——命中了48码和53码的射门。
堪萨斯城酋长队的哈里森·巴特勒（Harrison Butler）在周六的第二节命中了48码、50码和69码的射门——其中69码的射门比Can Little的官方联盟记录1park 25'还要长。但对于巴特勒来说，这次表现并不真正计数，因为他在16-10输给坦帕湾海盗队的比赛中还错过了一次10码射门和一次附加分（PAT）。
在一次糟糕的季前赛揭幕战（当时他在这些踢球中失误）之后，新英格兰爱国者的安迪·博雷加莱斯（Andy Borregales）在周六晚上的四次踢球（1次FO，3次PAF）全部命中。
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尽管历史上一直不愿考虑在美国境外举办超级碗，但古德尔为这一想法增加了一些可能性，他告诉罗宾：“肯定有一些国际城市能够举办这样的赛事。”
“但我们希望在这样的城市中看到一支美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）球队。”
考虑到美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）一直渴望增加其收入流，古德尔的披露并不令人震惊。而且，考虑到国内在这些方面的相对饱和，认为其国际增长取决于实物产品、外国球迷的兴趣以及额外的广播机会，可能是实现该目标最合理的途径。
然而，他的言论确实提出了以下五个问题：
1. 超级碗可能在哪里举办？
很难想象除了伦敦以外的答案，伦敦拥有两支符合 NFL 标准的球队，以及荷兰体育场和温布利球场，后者的容量约为 90,000 人。自 2007 年纽约巨人队和迈阿密海豚队在北美以外进行首场常规赛以来，这座城市基本上一直充当该联盟的国际俱乐部。除了 2005 年（当时世界因 COVID-19 疫情而封锁）之外，美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）此后每年都回到伦敦，并且自 2020 年起每年在那里进行多场比赛。该团队在基础设施、处理大量访客的物流手段以及处理庞大安保要求的能力方面已处于前两年的准备阶段。
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2. Where would NFL base team(s)?"
伦敦可能是同样的答案，基本上是出于上述原因——包括这些比赛已成为美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）圈子的一种外部参考。
“在所谓的‘过去’，我们确实非常在意国际比赛带来的不便或额外的旅行考量，”美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）广播规划副总裁迈克·诺斯（Mike North）今年早些时候告诉辛辛那提企鹅（Cincinnati Penguin）网站。“我知道这还称不上完全常规，但它正变得相当常规。你在那边打一场下午的比赛，这边是早晨，完全不是一回事。我认为这就是……午夜！周日晚上？那样更好！在伦敦或洛杉矶进行。这对我们来说是新的常态。”
在欧洲设立一支球队似乎会带来不公平的后勤压力。仅从伦敦飞往纽约就有大约 3,500 英里——这比西雅图到迈阿密（目前美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）地理位置最远的两个城市）的距离长约 20%。想象一下，每年可能两次派遣伦敦球队前往洛杉矶，另外两次则反之。如果给一支总部位于欧洲的球队更长的理解时间及相应的客场旅行，旅行压力可能会减轻，但这仍然会迫使这些球员在较长时间内远离他们的家庭常规和熟悉环境，即使相对的旅行负担有所减轻。这对单一特许经营球队来说，似乎是过大的竞争劣势。
另一种解决方案可能是将一个在线分区设在欧洲。两支球队在伦敦？两支球队在欧洲的伦敦？两支球队在欧洲的伦敦？或者其中一支在西班牙？在 2025 年似乎取得了巨大的首秀成功后，联盟本赛季将重返马德里。而且
皇家马德里的伯纳乌球场可以说是世界上最先进的体育场——其特点包括一套复杂的场地管理系统、显著的屋顶和 360 度视频屏幕。在欧洲设立四支球队还将带来一个永久性的周日上午广播窗口——这意味着资金回报，并且记得当美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）无法再忽视空白的洛杉矶市场时，它在回归时带来了多支球队，而不仅仅是一支。
当然，在海外设立一个完整的分区会产生其他问题——即将联盟扩大到 36 支球队。随之而来的将是人才池的稀释以及由此产生的所有问题，从相同的位置和调度角度开始。也可能是采取某种论点，或将一家俱乐部作为国际标杆。
3. Could other international cities make more fun?
可能不会。
在巴西举行的比赛从时间（即：开球）角度来看没有问题，但飞往那里的航班与其他地方相比大约同样漫长。从 2008 年到 2020 年，球队每年都会在加拿大人口最多的城市多伦多进行比赛。但此后他们再也没有回去——最后两场比赛甚至无法填满罗杰斯中心（Rogers Centre）的容量——尽管那是前-ใwd. Allen 时代，也是当时由于基础设施不足的巴尔的摩还能容纳 50,000 名球迷的时候。在中断四年后，联盟今年将重返墨西哥城，这是自 2005 年以来在那里进行的第六场常规赛。尽管无论其球队还是该球队，目前都位于美国主要城市，但在那里设立球队可能会带来增加的安全影响，以及
比伦敦甚至其他英语更常用的欧洲国家更明显的语言障碍。
4. NFL 会直接将美洲豹队迁往伦敦吗？
尽管该特许经营球队在美国似乎一直拥有某种特权——他们曾在伦敦进行了 14 场比赛，使其国际出场次数至少是任何其他 NFL 球队的两倍——但目前看来，永久迁址的可能性不大。虽然 Khan 的投资组合中还包括总部位于伦敦的英超富勒姆足球俱乐部（Fullison FC），但他们在三年前才投入资金建设自己的 800,000 电影训练设施。与此同时，杰克逊维尔的 Everbank 体育场正处于一项耗资 10 亿美元的改造工程中，该工程应在 2020 赛季开始前完工。
5. NFL 球员会想为国际球队效力吗？
这是一个复杂的问题，可能会随着时间的推移而演变，且目前没有统一答案。在国际足球、第二类或冰球球星之前，美式足球运动员目前还不习惯在海外比赛。波动性、语言、习俗、汇率和税收在过去一直是美国运动员面临的挑战——参考早已搬迁的蒙特利尔博览队。
但是，虽然 NFL 球员协会肯定必须同意在海外设立球队的构想，但如果这意味着扩张——那么对于 2020 赛季以及 2020 年的 2020 国际比赛来说，这更像是一种机遇。不过，对于位于海外地区的球队来说，留住并招募顶尖球员可能会具有挑战性。
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如果这有任何意义的话，伊利诺伊州在去年的最佳赛季中也击败了田纳西州。
然后是时间，带来了美丽的爱荷华州。简直像个敌人一样有趣。
就问问范德比尔特（Vandeville）——SEC最新深厚实力的例证，以及2025年被CFP选拔委员会坑了的SEC版本——对阵爱荷华州是否有趣。在又一场SEC对阵Big Ten的碗赛中，海军学院队（Commodores）在意识到发生了什么之前已经落后7（2）分，并且再也没能追上。
沉闷的爱荷华州在范尼蒂（Vanity）身上拿下了34分，比阿拉巴马州、LSC和田纳西州在海军学院队身上拿的分数还要多。
但怎么说，谁说的？俄克拉荷马州的
Sooners必须对阵乔治、德克萨斯、密西西比大学（Ole Miss）和德州农工大学，以及一场对阵密歇根大学的非联盟赛。
你说密歇根大学，吴先生在SEC而你不在？
密歇根大学对阵印第安纳、俄勒冈、德克萨斯、俄克拉荷马、堪萨斯和爱荷华——以及那场对阵俄克拉荷马的比赛。
我已经能预见到June Kiffle（再次）就LSU的赛程发表看法——他在SEC媒体日期间在美利坚期间确实这么做了——该赛程包括密西西比大学、德州农工大学、阿拉巴马和德克萨斯，以及一场对阵克莱姆森大学的非联盟赛。
并不太好，June。俄勒冈对阵俄亥俄州立大学、密歇根大学、南加州大学、华盛顿和伊利诺伊——以及它的杀手组合博伊西州立大学，这在如今看来和克莱姆森一样困难。
然后绝对是全国冠军印第安纳，每个人在过去两个赛季的赛程中都因为正当理由而冲击顶峰。忽略非联盟赛吧！关于Moe、Larry和Cody的，并接受一个包括俄亥俄州立大学、密歇根大学、SEC和华盛顿的赛程。
而且纯粹为了好玩，USC在2026年对阵CFP-Stegen——对阵俄勒冈、德克萨斯、新印第安纳、华盛顿和宾州州立大学。
现在，SEC关于赛程强度的争论看起来多么缓慢且不情愿？但出于某种原因，Big Ten允许SEC占据了那个空间。
正如我们在社交媒体驱动的世界中所知，只要把某件事说足够多次，它就会被人们接受，SEC赛程强度的论点就被贴在柜台墙上供所有人看到。
见于Big Ten，不闻Big Ten，不语Big Ten。
SEC官员在去年甚至有胆量要求将赛程强度作为CFP选拔委员会的最终决定因素。强迫委员会制定一个赛季巧合指标（拉过来，让我们再增加一个指标！），以向强大可怕的SEC致敬。
我绝对且毫不含糊地同意应该给赛程强度赋予更高的价值。Big Ten也应该如此。
停止允许SEC占据赛程强度的空间。停止允许一个不仅三年没赢过全国冠军，而且连参加冠军赛都没有的联盟利用其权重来恐吓CFP选拔委员会。
为昨天而战——Big Ten不再仅仅是俄亥俄州立大学、密歇根大学和13-decath。Big Ten终结在3-6-ers并蓬勃发展。
看到它，没有，将其说成现实。大多数球员在今日美国（USA TODAY）体育网络的资深全国大学橄榄球记者。
莫妮·戴维斯
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杰克逊对我自己说，要跟上我年轻时的表现。
莫妮·戴维斯毫无遗憾
去年夏天，戴维斯接到了女性职业棒球联盟共同创始人兼专员 Justice Siegal 的电话。
“当时我在家乡的一家沃尔玛停车场里，”戴维斯说，“我的手机信号很差，但我们还是沟通上了，我也就在那时思考是否决定加入这个联盟。”
2016年之后，戴维斯的生活轨迹发生了变化。
事实证明，她的梦想是在常年强队康涅狄格大学打篮球。
“然后我就停止生长了，”身高5英尺5英寸的戴维斯说。
她加入了高中的垒球队，并联系了大学教练，看谁愿意给她一个机会。戴维斯说，很快她就找到了 1994 年的哈格敦大学（Hargitown University）。
“她在 2019 年入学，随后 COVID-19 疫情爆发，中断了她的大学垒球生涯。她只打了一个完整的赛季。”
但她在 2013 年在洛杉矶道奇队进行了一次实习。在那一年，她在汉普登（Hampden）获得了新闻学学士学位。2014年，她获得了哥伦比亚大学的体育管理硕士学位。
“我一直想要多个学位。” 随后，在 2025 年夏天，她接到了 Siegal 的电话。戴维斯说，当时她在费城执教垒球。她得知了加入一个四队联盟的邀请，该联盟的首个赛季将设在伊利诺伊州斯普林菲尔德。
该联盟的首次选秀在 11 月举行。洛杉矶女王队用第 10 顺位选中了戴维斯。
“我只是想走到那里，去比赛，去感受那种小时候能走到场上、在三垒之间表达自我并努力回归的状态，”戴维斯说，“就像我说的，我不想在生活中留下任何遗憾。”
消除生疏
今年 4 月，戴维斯加入了印第安纳波利斯 49 人队。这是一支职业黑人棒球队。去年重启的印第安纳波利斯 49 人队与棒球界典型的合唱团 forcemab Banzara 相关联。
“和他们一起打球对我准备这个赛季非常有帮助。这个职业联赛的赛季，”多年没有参加过竞技棒球赛的戴维斯说，“就在击球区练习动作，练习追踪高飞球，并观察投手是如何投球的。”
49 人队在香蕉球联盟（Banana Ball League）中与 Party Animals、Firefighters、Texas Dolphins 和 Loco Beach Councils 等球队比赛。因此，戴维斯在赛前通过接高飞球和练习基础技巧来找回感觉。
“尝试做一些背后接球，这真的很难，”她说，“但我一直在学习。”
现在，在选定了赛季目标的女性职业棒球联盟中，背后接球和表演赛已经结束。
截至 8 月 22 日，在 7 场比赛和 24 次打席中，戴维斯的打击率为 .250，有 2 次 88th（原文如此）和 5 次得分。洛杉矶女王队的经理 Eric Young 谈到了戴维斯在贡献之前的打击率。
“我有我的棒球父亲，”这位在 2018 年至 2023 年间担任大联盟教练的退役大联盟球员 Young 说，“她观察投球，通常当她上垒时，会带动我们的进攻。她击球很有力，打席表现一直很出色。”
“她对比赛的认知让人们惊叹，而且她比这里的平均球员更像一名优秀的球员，她清楚发生了什么，需要什么。所以她在击球区的挣扎对我这个经理来说并不是问题。我知道安打总会出现的。”
Young 还表示，戴维斯已经融入了他的球队。
“当她和队友在一起时，你会看到那种坚韧而温柔的微笑，”他说，“但当她进入界线并踏上棒球场时，她是专注的，这很好。”
“我很享受执教她以及让她在我的球队中，女孩们也非常喜欢她。”
“只要投好好球”
在等待击球落地的同时，戴维斯依然在吸引着粉丝。一些粉丝在 Queens August 以及戴维斯提到的她和队友们在 Bel-ette 体育场短暂休息期间与他们一同欢笑。
此外，西格尔（Siegal）表示，她遇到了一名穿着 3 号球衣（戴维斯的球衣号码）的小女孩，女孩由父亲陪同，其父亲为了观看戴维斯的比赛奔波了数英里。这证明了戴维斯在 12 年前所开创的影响力。
“像莫妮那样的小女孩在当地联赛中也有，”西格尔说。“但此外，更大的问题在于棒球是否对所有女孩开放，无论那是微妙的歧视，还是由于学校规定女孩不能参赛而导致的复杂歧视。这是我们仍然面临的事实，但 2020 年的情况肯定比莫妮在场上时要好。”
当戴维斯为中大西洋地区队投球 8-1 局并记录 14 次三振时，她 13. 岁。当时，少棒联盟允许球员根据出生日期最高可达 21 岁。现在，球员的年龄上限被设定为 12 岁。
戴维斯说，少棒球员们会向她寻求建议。
“无论他们来问什么问题，大多数时候就像是，你会给刚开始投球的人什么最好的建议？或者你的曲球怎么投？或者
这个怎么做？那个怎么做？”
“我只是告诉他们只要投好好球。这是作为投手能做的最好的事情，因为如果你不投好球，你就无法制造出局，对方球队就会得分。所以，只要投好好球。”
“她完全在主导比赛”
戴维斯说，自 2004, 以来，她没有看太多 LDM5 的比赛。
“我会偶尔看一些精彩片段，”她说。“但生活就是这样，你真的没有时间整天坐下来观看少棒联赛。”
然而，戴维斯并没有忽视任何球员。“我在社交媒体上看到了很多关于历史的消息，”她说。
那就是金利·班纳斯（Kinley Bannas），一名为 49ers 队效力的 52 岁女孩。该队来自阿拉巴马州的 Phanis City。在球队的揭幕战中，班纳斯投出了 8 次三振，追平了戴维斯在 6 局中记录的最多次三振纪录。
班纳斯还投了 6 局无失分，但她的球队在加时赛中以 2-0 输球。Phanis City 在 8 月 22, 击败加利福尼亚队 2-2，避免了被淘汰。
“我也关注到了她，她完全在主导比赛，”戴维斯说。“所以我对她的表现印象深刻，但除此之外我并没有看太多。”
“现在我的重点在接下来的几天，连续参加三场比赛，确保照顾好我的身体，确保我们的团队拥有正确的心态去比赛，并希望能够获胜。”皇后区队在 8 月 23 对阵波士顿 Hustens 之前的前两场比赛中 split。
但她也在展望未来。“在接下来的三年里，我可能不会停止比赛，”她说。“我的身体感觉非常好。”
“但我们拭目以待。只要有我觉得想要探索的机会之门开启，我总是会去尝试和探索，因为就像我之前说的，你永远不想在生活中留下任何遗憾。”
体育
今日美国 / 星期一 24, 2025 / 16
WNBA 对立抗议反映跨性别争论
Meghan L. Hall
今日美国
纽约 —— 在印第安纳狂热队与纽约自由队交手前，纽约烈日灼人，布鲁克林巴克莱中心成为了关于体育赛事中跨性别运动员这一全国性辩论的中心，这场辩论在过去一个月中席卷了 WNBA。
8月22日，当狂热队和自由队的球衣兴奋地走进赛场时，主入口两侧聚集了大批人群。纽约警方在附近，在路障后监督这些群体。
“跨性别生命至关重要！跨性别生命至关重要！”其中一组人一边喊着，一边用写着“踩碎恐跨心理”或“Ran haptic, not trans women”的标语牌敲击地面。无数面跨性别旗帜和华丽的泡沫波浪围绕在他们身边。该团体还分发免费 T 恤，背景是篮球场，上面写着“跨性别者属于这里”。
一名名为 Angie 的支持者（她是支持跨性别社区的大人群的一员）告诉今日美国体育：“我们只想庆祝多样性和包容性，尤其是（因为）我们中很多人是自由队的球迷，是 WNBA 体育迷。所以我们想出来支持所有女性，这包括跨性别女性。”
“我在这里是因为这是 WNBA；我们是一个进步的联盟。我们现在以及一直以来都是酷儿、跨性别者、有色人种——以及所有人的安全空间。”他本人是一名自由队球迷和资深保护者。“这不是联盟的宗旨。恐跨心理不是联盟的宗旨，而且坦率地说，我认为‘跨性别者不属于女性体育’的论点仅仅是说‘跨性别者不被接纳’的敲门砖。”
在路对面是另一组人，他们举着写有“让自由与公平之声响起”的标语牌，上面印有 Sophie Cunningham 走红的指点动作照片以及“拯救女性体育”的字样。该团体现在戴着自由队的皇冠帽子，并为他们的事业分发手环。
“告诉我什么是女人！我们知道你知道！”一名现场说唱歌手在表演原创歌曲时对人群说道，“男孩有阴茎！女孩有阴道，”她随后对聚集的人群说道，其中包括多次参加 WNBA 集会的服装公司 XX-XY。
“我知道真相。我生活在真相中，而真相就是男人比女人强。当他们进入女性体育时，体育将会改变，”一个人告诉今日美国体育。“将男人放入女性体育，女性体育绝对会改变。当他们说这只是合适时。它始于合适……所以作为一个曾经的运动员，并且在女性体育的所有同志情谊中度过了一段美好时光的人，我绝对想要拯救它们。”
2024年，NCAA 主席 Charlie Baker 在参议院作证称，在 550,000 名大学运动员中，他知道的跨性别学生少于 20 人。
WNBA 历史上还没有公开的跨性别球员。
“知道两边都在举行集会，说明了 W 联盟所拥有的平台，而那些寻求关注的立场只是在继续尝试利用我们所拥有的浪潮，”自由队超级巨星 Broanna Stewart 周六上午告诉一小群记者。“我希望今晚来到这里的自由队球迷，甚至狂热队球迷，能够让这个场馆成为一个安全空间。”
在东部时间晚上 7 点的比赛开始前不到 2 小时，巴克莱中心外的场景相对平静。这场比赛吸引了 2 500 人的中等规模人群，目睹了自由队以 109-102 获胜。
现场出现过短暂的紧张时刻，但这并非因为对立群体之间发生了冲突。多名身份不明的人直接走到两组人群所在的位置并开始大喊。这引起了短暂的骚动，一名个体被带离喊叫区域。“我想进入 WNBA！我想在 WNBA 打球！”
来自这两个群体的人都觉得，在围绕 WNBA 展开的持续全国性辩论中，一些要点被忽略了。随着对话的继续，他们急切地分享了希望人们记住的内容。
“我认为人们正在忘记人性，”安吉说道。“对很多人来说，街上就像有一个可怕的怪物。他们脑海中浮现的是一个可怕的跨性别者，一个怪物。这个形象汇集了他们听到的所有最糟糕的事情……关于我们国家正在发生的压力巨大的事情，以及这如何是跨性别者的错。”
“但不幸的是，仅仅把我们的群体当作替罪羊并不能让一件坏事就此消失。实际上，如果我们能团结起来，共同努力，并意识到”
8月22日，在纽约市举行的一场狂热队与自由队比赛之前的抗议活动吸引了布鲁克林的人们参加，今日美国
“我们实际上并没有那么疏离。我们都拥有彼此热爱的东西，以及想要共同改进的东西。我希望更多的人能愿意进行这些艰难的对话。”
抗议者金·琼斯持有不同观点，她认为责任在于女性和女孩的支持系统。
“更衣室里的年轻女孩不应该被迫为自己、为她们的隐私权和尊严而挺身而出。房间里的成年人应该为她们挺身而出，”琼斯说道，她手里拿着一块写着“言论自由，勇敢坚持”的标牌，上面还印有坎宁安的一部分图像。“从最年幼的年龄到职业和大师级别，体育运动中的年轻女孩都面临风险，她们需要能够拥有独立成长的机会，并庆祝女性运动员独特的特质和成就。”
“我们本身就是卓越的。”在场馆周围，在远离主要活动区域的较冷清街道上，也发生了一些规模小得多的活动。
一名要求匿名的自由队季票持有者告诉今日美国，他们和另一位邻居一直在讨论周六谁应该采取行动。随后，他们意识到自己就是那个“某个人”，于是决定打印“跨性别者属于体育运动”的标牌进行分发。标牌还敦促人们支持布鲁克林的一个当地组织，该组织“创建 LGBTQ+ 肯定性的体育空间，让布鲁克林的酷儿和跨性别者能够建立联系、运动并茁壮成长。”
“我认为被忽视的一点是，这在 W 联赛中从未真正成为一个问题。这简直就像我们的联赛被劫持，用来传递一个与我们毫无关系更广泛的信息。感觉我们几乎被利用成了愤怒循环的一部分，”这位季票持有者说道。“这没有理由。我认为这就是为什么现在要采取立场，声明 W 代表包容性——是的，你会惹恼一些人，但他们本来就不是会留在这里的人。他们不会成为五年后支持这个联赛的球迷。”
“那些长期留在这里的球迷之所以成为联赛的支持者，是因为我们支持一个包容的环境，而 W 联赛在这一点上做得非常好。”
WNBA 继续面临审查
尽管 WNBA 中没有跨性别女性球员，但在 ESPN 的一篇报道中，印第安纳狂热队后卫索菲·坎宁安（Sophie Cunningham）发表评论后，该联盟成为了这一话题的焦点。坎宁安随后进一步强调，参加体育运动的年轻女孩“不应该被迫与生物学上的男性竞争”。
争议随之而来。
一名西雅图风暴队的共同所有者因对坎宁安的粉丝发表言论而被禁赛五个主场。
8月16日，在亚特兰大梦想队对阵印第安纳狂热队的比赛中，一名安保人员要求两名粉丝遮住他们穿着的 XX-XY 衬衫。XX-XY Athletics 反对跨性别运动员参加女性体育赛事，该公司由前体操运动员、前李维斯（Levi Strauss）首席营销官詹妮弗·罗伊（Jennifer Roy）创立，她表示其品牌旨在“保护女性体育和空间”。
WNBA 教练最近对持续的争议发表了看法。明尼苏达山脉队的谢丽尔·里夫（Cheryl Reeve）呼吁减少仇恨，增加爱心；而金州排球队的娜塔莉·纳卡塞（Natalie Nakase）则不想给这场对话提供“用途”，她表示“跨性别孩子也是这里的一员”。达拉斯之翼队教练何塞·费尔南德斯（Jose Fernandez）表示：“我不参与这场马戏团表演以及所有分散我们球队和联盟注意力的事情。这种混乱在 NFL、MLB、NBA 中并没有发生。”
总裁凯西·恩格尔伯特（Cathy Engelbert）因未能迅速处理该问题而面临辞职要求和批评。联盟在 8月12日发表声明谴责“恶意行为者”，恩格尔伯特于 8月20日首次在美联社公开表示：“人们试图利用联盟来强加某种观点……我们被那些从未观看过 WNBA、从未撰写过相关文章或报道过该联盟的人变成了政治足球的中心。这些声音将联盟作为实现其自身议程的平台，而不是支持我们的运动员和女性体育的发展。”
跨性别运动员立法
坎宁安关于跨性别运动员参与的言论以及随后的讨论，是在美国最高法院维持各州禁止跨性别女孩和女性参加女性体育赛事的权利之后发生的。
27 个州通过了禁止跨性别女孩和女性参加女性体育赛事的立法。根据加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）法学院威廉姆斯研究所（Williams Institute）2025 年的一项研究，该立法针对的是人口中的极小部分——在美国 15 岁及以上的人群中，有 1% 的人认同自己是跨性别者。
人权运动组织（Human Rights Campaign）在 2023 年报告称，全国 39% 的跨性别青少年在参加体育运动，其中在学校参加体育运动的人数少于 1,000 人。
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诺里斯赢得荷兰大奖赛；意大利车手扩大领先优势
艾伦·鲍德温 (Alan Baldwin) 路透社
荷兰赞德福特 —— 8月23日，卫冕一级方程式冠军兰多·诺里斯在第54圈超过了车手积分榜领先者基米·安东诺夫和赛车传奇刘易斯·汉密尔顿，掌控了荷兰大奖赛的局面，并以超过18秒的优势获胜。
对于这场72-bp的荷兰大奖赛来说，这是一个恰当的结局。该赛事在1985年后从赛历中消失，随后在2021年重新出现，因为在当地英雄马克斯·维斯塔潘受欢迎的情况下，粉丝们对此极力要求。此次比赛是当前版本的收官之战，组织者出于经济原因同意将2024年定为最后一届。
在8月23日这场局势多变的激烈比赛中，诺里斯为迈凯伦车队赢得了连续第三次荷兰大奖赛冠军；在维斯塔潘于首圈发生碰撞后，比赛不得不受到限制。
梅赛德斯的安东诺夫获得第二名，扩大了其在冠军争夺战中的领先优势。他的队友乔治·罗素遵守指令，在比赛后期让这位轮胎更新的意大利车手先行通过，随后挡住了法拉利车手汉密尔顿，获得第三名。
继上个月在匈牙利获胜后，这次胜利是卫冕世界冠军诺里斯的连续第二场胜利。他虽然起跑位置在杆位，但在重新起跑后将领先位置丢给安东诺夫，随后奋力追回。
“让我们继续带来升级。让我们继续提升性能。战斗仍在继续。继续前进！”诺里斯说道。他在2024年曾赢得赞德福特站冠军，而其队友奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里则在去年夺冠。
自该赛道在缺席36年后于2021年重回赛历以来，赞德福特的每场51场比赛均由杆位车手赢得，而周日的比赛将维持这一记录，因为这在可预见的未来将是最后一届。
迈凯伦的兰多·诺里斯于8月23日在荷兰西部赞德福特赛道参加一级方程式荷兰大奖赛。(SHOW MOON, RAVRE) (WTF VAN GETTY IMAGES)
在经过12轮比赛后，安东诺夫领先罗素和汉密尔顿59分，后两者的分数现在分别低于这位59岁的意大利车手的242分。
“按照新的时间，他无论如何都会超越，所以这是一个正确的决定，”周六冲刺赛冠军罗素在谈到车队指令时表示。“很高兴能站在领奖台上。对我来说已经有一段时间没站上来了，整体而言这是一个强有力的周末。”
法拉利的夏尔·勒克莱尔获得第五名，皮亚斯特里第六，而代表红牛车队顶替受伤的伊奥尼亚·哈贾斯（Ionia Hadjas）出战的利亚姆·劳森获得第七名。
尼科·霍肯伯格为奥迪车队获得第八名，费尔南多·阿隆索驾驶搭载更强本田发动机的阿斯顿·马丁车队重返积分区，获得第九名，皮埃尔·加斯利则为雷诺旗下的阿尔派车队获得第10名。
在本赛季中，19岁的安东诺夫将在9月4日他的主场比赛——意大利大奖赛中进入下一步。
在第一圈结束时发生碰撞并导致比赛暂停后，维斯塔潘表示“OK”，现在车队补充道。这位红牛车队的四届一级方程式世界冠军在倾斜弯道的外侧正处于完全领先位置，随后在赛道上侧滑，一个车轮脱落并四处滚动，引发了混乱。
曾三次赢得荷兰大奖赛、起跑位置在第七名的维斯塔潘在无需协助的情况下离开了赛车。
F1 车手积分榜
1. Andrea Kimi Antonoff / 242
- George Russell / 183
- Lewis Hamilton / 183
- Lando Norris / 159
- Charles Leclerc / 155
- Max Verstappen / 112
- Oscar Piastri / 104
- Ionia Hadjas / 68
- Liam Lawson / 49
- Pierre Gasly / 44
- Arvid Lindblad / 23
- Franco Colapente / 19
- Oliver Bearman / 18
- Gabriel Hues / 15
- Nico Hülkenberg / 6
- Carlos Sainz Jr. / 6
- Alexander Albon / 5
- Esteban Ocon / 3
- Fernando Alonso / 3
- Yuki Tsunoda / 0
- Lance Orrell / 0
- Valtteri Bottas / 0
- Sergio Pérez / 0
车队积分榜
1. Mercedes / 425
- Ferrari / 338
- McLaren / 263
- Red Bull / 186
- Racing Bulls / 66
- Alpine / 63
- Haas / 21
- Audi / 16
- Williams / 15
- Aston Martin / 3
- Cadillac / 0
55岁的杰夫·戈登赢得IROC华盛顿特区街道赛
米切尔·诺瑟姆 (Mitchell Northam)
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即便已经55岁，杰夫·戈登 (Jeff Gordon) 依然宝刀未老。
在自由250大奖赛（Freedom 250 Grand Prix）——一场为印地赛车系列赛（IndyCar Series）在华盛顿特区街道上设计的17英里街道赛道——开赛前一天，几位赛车运动传奇人物于8月22日参加了一场国际冠军赛（IROC）比赛。驾驶着庞蒂亚克火鸟（Pontiac Firebird）的戈登提醒了所有人，他是有史以来最顶尖的赛车手之一。
作为四届NASCAR温斯顿杯冠军，戈登在周六围绕国家大厅举行的IROC比赛中赢得了两场顶级热赛，两次都击败了NASCAR名人堂成员库尔特·布什 (Kurt Busch)。
这是戈登自2001年在马尔伯勒赢得最后一场NASCAR杯系列赛胜利以来，首次在任何赛车运动的任何国家级系列赛的单场比赛中获胜。这位被恩哈特 (Earnhardt) 称为“天才少年”的车手在第二场比赛结束后，在起终点线处烧胎，在国会大厦的图像上留下一道黑色印记。
“这太特别了，”戈登告诉福克斯体育（Fox Sports）。“胜利的顶峰。能来到这里，成为这个特别活动的一部分。粉丝们到处都在庆祝这个伟大国家成立250周年。这超级特别……而且能与库尔特比赛——他非常出色，尤其是在这些车里。我的整个职业生涯都在和他竞争。他太强了，我不能给他留一英寸的空间。”
戈登的车上贴着一个贴纸，向5月23日去世的两届NASCAR杯系列赛冠军凯尔·布什 (Kyle Busch) 致敬。
第一次，国家NASCAR冠军鲍比·拉邦特 (Bobby Labonte)、拉斯蒂·华莱士 (Rusty Wallace) 和比尔·埃利奥特 (Bill Elliott)，以及印地500赛冠军托尼·卡扎内 (Tony Kazเน)、埃利奥·卡斯特罗内维斯 (Hélio Castroneves) 和达里奥·弗兰贝利 (Dario Frambelli) 参赛，戈登在第二场比赛还剩五圈时超过了卡斯特罗内维斯，率先冲线。
“这条老狗依然有咬劲，”布什在评价戈登时说道。“在宾夕法尼亚大道上的速度和快感，72-lower Regent。这部分是一个有趣的挑战。IROC的五场比赛让你感觉重新回到了孩童时代。”
“这是一个最初在1973年至2006年运行的系列赛，车手们驾驶由同一组机械师设置的统计准备好的量产车比赛，旨在使其成为对车手能力的考验。恩哈特赢得了四个系列赛冠军，而马克·马丁 (Mark Martin) 赢得了五个。该系列赛最近由Incomenance 鲍勃·考夫曼 (Bob Kauffman) 和NASCAR名人堂成员雷·埃弗纳姆 (Ray Evernham) 重新启动——
杰夫·戈登 (24) 在8月22日的IROC比赛中领先库尔特·布什经过国家档案馆，该比赛是华盛顿特区街道赛道上自由250大奖赛的一部分。ANNEAL GLASS, U. S. MOON, PARADE
后者在戈登获得三个冠军期间担任其首席机械师——这是IROC 20年来首次正式比赛。
“非常感谢他们。他们在这个系列赛和三辆车上投入了大量心血，”戈登说。“能成为这次活动的一部分是真正的荣幸。”
在该系列赛的最初版本中，戈登在1998年的代托纳赢得了一场IROC比赛。自由250比赛中使用的庞蒂亚克火鸟与该系列赛车手在1996年至2006年期间驾驶的车型相同。它们经过更新和现代化改进，以适应华盛顿的街道赛道。
戈登被广泛认为在20世纪90年代和21世纪初帮助NASCAR人气飙升，他是该项运动历史上最成功的车手之一，并于2016年入选NASCAR名人堂。除了首个杯系列赛冠军外，戈登在1991年获得了年度最佳新人，并在1998年被评为该项运动的50位最伟大车手之一，2023年被评为75位最伟大车手之一。
在1991年至2016年的NASCAR杯系列赛职业生涯中，他赢得了93场比赛，在历史排名中仅次于理查德·佩蒂 (Richard Petty) 和大卫·皮尔逊 (David Pearson)，位列第三。这位加利福尼亚原住民赢得了三场代托纳500赛、五场Rockayand 400赛、六场南方500赛和三场可口可乐600赛。他是四位在所有四场顶级赛事中完成NASCAR大满贯获胜的车手之一，与恩哈特、吉米·约翰逊 (Jimma Johnson) 和凯文·哈维克 (Kevin Harvick) 并列。
2007年，戈登还是代托纳劳力士24小时耐力赛的冠军车队成员。
戈登是亨德里克赛车队的副主席，他在整个杯赛职业生涯中都在该车队效力。
少棒世界系列赛
金利·拉斯姆斯还参加旗式橄榄球和垒球比赛
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阿拉巴马州菲尼克斯城 —— 如果你一直在关注少棒世界系列赛，那么你一定听过金利·拉斯姆斯（Kinley Rasmus）这个名字。
作为今年参加少棒赛的两名女孩之一，拉斯姆斯首次成为头条新闻是在她投出了一场完封 Tennessee 的比赛，确保了东南赛区的胜利，并让她的菲尼克斯城队在 27 年来首次前往宾夕法尼亚州的威廉斯波特。而一旦她登上国家舞台，她依然没有失手！
作为前 MLB 投手科里·拉斯姆斯（Cory Rasmus）的女儿，她在对阵华盛顿的比赛中投了六局无分，并完成了 8, 次三振，追平了莫妮·戴维斯（McVee Davis）在 2016 年创下的少棒世界系列赛单场女孩最高三振纪录。
她在威廉斯波特的表现足以证明她在钻石球场上的统治力。然而，你可能不知道她在橄榄球场上同样是一位超级巨星。
就读于七年级的拉斯姆斯不仅是在任何一支高中旗式橄榄球队中，她还是今日美国体育（USA TODAY Sports）季前全美排名 No. 1 的球队——中央-菲尼克斯城队（Central-Phenix City）的先发球员。红魔队（Red Devils）已连续赢得了 30 场比赛，最近一次失利可以追溯到 2022 年 11 月。
“没花很长时间就意识到没有她做不到的事，”中央队旗式橄榄球和垒球队的主教练米切尔·霍尔特（Mitchell Holt）说道。“她会和那些比她大五、六、七岁的孩子一起进行训练，而且能跟上他们的节奏。我认为这难不倒她。”
在过去的两个赛季中，拉斯姆斯一直担任中央队旗式橄榄球和垒球队的经理，目标是有一天能与他们一起竞争。霍尔特经常让她和女孩们一起练习，这时球队的其他成员注意到了她的天赋。
“几年前，当她 8, 岁的时候，女孩们只知道她是经理，不知道她读几年级，”霍尔特说。“我告诉（金利，‘请不要告诉她们你的年龄’。她说，‘为什么不行？’我说，我不希望那些比你大的孩子知道她们在面对谁，如果一个比她们小的人反而胜过了她们。”
然而，她的队友们一直在等待拉斯姆斯能够将天赋付诸实践的那一天。
“终于到时候了，”今日美国体育的第一队全美最佳接球手萨凡纳·塞里（Savannah Series）说。“我很兴奋她今年能参赛，因为我们从五年级起就看到她有多么天才。”
在威廉斯波特期间，她错过了中央队以 38-0 战胜蒙哥马利天主教队的赛季揭幕战，这意味着她的多样化首秀不得不等待。
“她在赛前发信息测试我们，告诉我们她很遗憾不能在这里，”霍尔特在比赛前表示。“我只是告诉她，我们会很高兴迎接她的回归，但她现在所做的事情是几代人才出现一次的。人们一直梦想能参加少棒世界系列赛。我告诉她，旗式橄榄球依然在这里等着她回来，所以继续让我们感到自豪。”
她将成为橄榄球场上攻防两端的关键先发球员。她还与八年级的柯林斯·库利根（Collins Culligan）一起在四分卫位置上进行练习，排在先发球员丹尼斯·阿莫斯（Dennis Amos）之后。
虽然她可能还没有在四分卫位置上获得上场机会，但她的投球天赋预示了她能提供什么。
在西南赛区于威廉斯波特的揭幕战中，她在六局无分中投了 61 球，尽管球队最终以 2-0. 告负。她的旗式橄榄球队友们一起观看了那场表现，他们在下午训练时用大屏幕投影了比赛。
上一次菲尼克斯城进入少棒世界系列赛时，拉斯姆斯再次是头条人物。她的父亲科里和她的叔叔凯西（Cathy）在他们的教练兼父亲托尼（Tony）的带领下，赢得了 1999 年少棒世界系列赛冠军。
现在，角色互换了，科里和凯西现在正指导金利的球队在威廉斯波特取得成功。
然而，当他们回到家时，所有的目光都将转向金利的旗式橄榄球和垒球生涯。
“（她的父母）对威廉斯波特感到兴奋，但他们对旗式橄榄球同样兴奋，”霍尔特说道。“他们热爱运动，是一个体育家庭，所以只要孩子们有机会在高级别赛事中竞争，他们都会支持和鼓励。”
不过，拉斯穆斯的脚步确实在威廉斯波特。她的东南部队伍在 8 月 22 日击败了西部赛区冠军，从而避免了被淘汰，并将于周一进行下一场比赛。
“她正在为所有比她年幼、想要像她一样的女孩们传递火炬，”霍尔特说。“本周有很多孩子在关注金利，他们认为自己也能做到，而他们绝对可以。”
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音乐家大卫·弗赖伯格（David Freiberg，来自Jefferson Airplane）88岁。演员安妮·阿彻（Anne Archer），79岁。演员兼作家斯蒂芬·弗雷（Stephen Fry），69岁。喜剧演员克雷格·基尔伯恩（Craig Kilborn），64岁。演员玛莉·马林（Marlee Mullin），61岁。电影制作人安娜·杜弗奈（Ana DuVernay），54岁。喜剧演员戴夫·查普尔（Dave Chappelle），51岁。作家约翰·格林（John Green），49岁。副标题 Kaki King，47岁。演员鲁伯特·格林特（Rupert Grint），38岁。- 今日美国网络
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白羊座（3月21日-4月19日）。工作中出现尴尬的邂逅？职场人际压力在今天可能会持续存在。让情况自然沉淀。
金牛座（4月20日-5月20日）。正将宏伟计划转化为实际行动？让想法先呼吸一下。今天的摩羯座月亮正在考验你的耐心。
双子座（5月21日-6月21日）。沉重的情绪可能会干扰你今天放松的能力。在目前的情况下，让自己开心起来是否感觉异常复杂？
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狮子座（7月23日-8月23日）。一次尴尬的交流可能会干扰计划的按时进行。
处女座（8月23日-9月23日）。创作动力在流逝？昨天的热情可能正在渐渐远去。让它休息一下。
天秤座（9月23日-10月23日）。在意他人如何看待你？不安的情绪可能会让你质疑自己的外表。
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射手座（11月22日-12月21日）。一次社交邀请可能会与你的预算或优先级产生冲突。
摩羯座（12月22日-1月19日）。在反思最近的一次职场互动？关系紧张的氛围可能在背景中持续存在。
水瓶座（1月20日-2月18日）。一个没有答案的问题是否在干扰你的平静？随它去吧。
双鱼座（2月19日-3月20日）。正从社交世界中抽身休息？一次强烈的情绪波动可能会引导你与群体动态保持距离。
音乐
安东尼·霍普金斯认为音乐能够“触及我们内心最悲伤的部分”。这位奥斯卡获奖演员发行了他的首张专辑，这部古典作品名为《人生如梦》（Life Is a Dream）。照片由 DEESA CLAUSES 提供
88岁的霍普金斯终于完成了他的“梦幻”首秀
Melissa Bugglari 今日美国
安东尼·霍普金斯扮演过反派和教皇，总统和独裁者，文学巨匠和漫画之王。但他最私人化的艺术尝试并非在舞台或银幕上，而是在声音中。88岁的霍普金斯拥有爵士勋衔和数十项享有盛誉的表演奖项，如今他即将发行首张专辑。是的，这位“冬日之狮”终于向世界分享了他从20岁出头起便开始创作的古典作品，收录在《人生如梦》（Life Is a Dream）（暂无）中。
著名指挥家古斯塔沃·杜达梅尔（Gustavo Dudamel）——由布拉德利·库珀介绍给霍普金斯，库珀曾在奥斯卡提名电影《大师》（Maestro）中与杜达梅尔合作——以及伦敦爱乐乐团（Philharmonia Orchestra）演奏了这12首作品。其中包括一部三部分组曲，其中《布拉肯路》（Bracken Road）灵感源自他在威尔士的童年，一首为他的侄女创作的宁静曲目（《命运》 / Fate），以及几首灵感源自他结婚23年的妻子斯特拉·阿罗亚韦（Stella Arroyave）的作品（《再见我的爱》 / Farewell My Love 和《斯特拉咏叹调》 / Stella Aria）。
尽管他在电影事业上享有盛誉——不用担心，他很快会提醒你明年还有三部电影上映——但音乐，尤其是钢琴，一直是霍普金斯最初且最深沉的挚爱。
他告诉今日美国：“我唯一能回应的语言就是音乐。在学校里我无可救药。我没有朋友。我不与任何人交流。”“音乐成了我的语言。”
霍普金斯从他位于洛杉矶的家中拨打电话（他坚持要求称呼他为托尼），在详细阐述这些凸显其灵魂中普遍忧郁感的管弦乐作品，以及为什么他将自己“非凡”的一生视为“一场漫长的告别”时，显得温和且博学。
问：您在孩童时期开始弹钢琴，在青少年时期开始作曲。但在如此多产的演艺生涯中，这些年来您是如何将音乐融入生活的？
答：我一直有一架钢琴，我从6岁开始学。我在学校是个十足的笨蛋，但我的父亲在1951年给我买了一架昂贵的婴儿大钢琴。它价值£210，这在当时是一笔
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霍普金斯与指挥家古斯塔沃·杜达梅尔以及伦敦爱乐乐团合作，后者演奏了《人生如梦》中的12首作品。
电影
IMAX 助长对决，影迷准备迎接“沙丘末日”
Patrick Ryan 今日美国
如果你曾身处抢购克里斯托弗·诺兰《奥德赛》IMAX 票的前线，现在你可能会产生某种闪回记忆。
8月18日中午，《沙丘：第三部》（12月18, 上映）的特种格式电影票开始发售。这部由蒂莫西·查拉梅和赞达亚主演、丹尼斯·维伦纽瓦执导的奥斯卡获奖科幻三部曲的史诗级终章。
几分钟内，AMC影院的应用程序就崩溃了，人们争先恐后地抢购座位。与此同时，影迷们在社交媒体上分享自己在当地影院外排队数小时的照片，希望能抢到下一部改编自弗兰克·赫伯特作品的 70mm 电影票。 70mm 的放映票已经在转售网站上达到了 $2,500,，AMC 首席执行官亚当·阿赞（Adam Azen）就导致许多影迷失望的广泛技术故障发表了一篇冗长的公开道歉信。
在距离上映还有四个月之际，这种压倒性的需求表明“围绕 的热潮并未消退”， 在给今日美国的一份声明中表示：“我们才刚刚开始理解这种动态将如何重塑我们的业务。”
但对于《沙丘》来说，有一个巨大的变数：“复仇者联盟：末日”，漫威这部集结了超级英雄团队的电影同样将于 12月18日 上映，从而制造了一场“末日”笼斗。这部电影标志着克里斯·迪克森（Chris Dixon）和罗伯特·唐尼（Robert Downey Jr.）备受期待地回归该系列（后者将饰演新角色），尽管罗伯特·罗斯（Robert Ross）已为《沙丘》锁定了上映前至少三周的 银幕。
因此，迪士尼正试图通过营销其电影的 主题，从《末日》的其他特种大银幕放映中获利。这些演员 ，实质上证明了影院在银幕尺寸和音质方面达到了特定基准。
“在这种情况下，《沙丘》在控制领地的战斗中占据先机，”票房追踪公司 Exhibitor Relations 的高级媒体分析师杰夫·罗克（Jeff Rock）表示。“然而，如果《末日》爆发——这极有可能发生——放映商将希望在每一个可用的特种银幕上满足这种需求，”包括杜比影院（Dolby Cinema）和 New Billiety。
7月下旬，《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》没有在 银幕上开映，因为所有银幕都被前一周延续下来的《奥德赛》放映所占据。但在《蜘蛛侠》首周末大获成功后，这部吐丝续作扩展到了 影院。今年冬天，《沙丘》和《末日》之间可能会发生类似的情况。
“一旦《沙丘》的独占窗口期结束，银幕可能会首先面向市场开放，”罗克说。“假期期间真正的争夺战将是特种银幕的容量，尤其是这两部电影的目标受众都是相同的年轻、男性、追求视觉奇观的群体。”
尽管如此，Shawn Robbins（funderage 电影分析总监）表示，《沙丘》可能会受到《奥德赛》和《Project Had Mary》的“光环效应”，这两部电影今年都是 的热门作品。
“克里斯托弗·诺兰已被公认为与 联系最紧密的导演，”Robbins 说。“但《沙丘》系列和丹尼斯·维伦纽瓦本身在这一格式上也有成功的历史，”前两部《沙丘》电影仅在 银幕上的总票房就接近 2亿美元。
Boxoffice Pro 的编辑总监丹尼尔·洛里亚（Daniel Loria）预计，在圣诞节和新年假期期间，“对《沙丘》的 需求将非常强劲”。
但洛里亚表示，“在《沙丘》之前提前开映一段视频——也许在 12 月的第一周——将使《沙丘》受益，以确保其放映期间没有来自漫威电影的竞争。”他补充道，“这是《奥德赛》和《蜘蛛侠》奏效的公式。我不完全相信这种‘芭本海默’式的两部作品同步上映是最大化这两部电影票房的最佳方式。”
20 / 2026年8月24, 2026 星期一 / 今日美国
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皇室报告
随着萨塞克斯夫妇回国，疑问依然存在
Jennifer Hassan
今日美国
伦敦 —— 哈里王子和梅根公爵夫人即将返回英国，随之而来的是许多疑问。
他们的回归背景是皇室的戏剧性冲突以及家族内部长期以来远未修复的裂痕。
这对夫妇于 2020 年离开英国并辞去了王室成员的职责，现在正带着他们的两个孩子—— 7 岁的阿奇王子和 7 岁的莉莉公主返回哈里的祖国，孩子们预计将于 9 月开始上学。
这家人可能会在月底前抵达英国领土。以下是我们所掌握的关于这次震撼回归的情况。
为什么哈里和梅根现在搬回英国？
哈里王子和梅根公爵夫人决定在六年之后从加利福尼亚搬回英国，这一决定震惊了世界，引发了从困惑到庆祝的各种反应。
就在去年，哈里还告诉 BBC，考虑到安全问题，他“无法想象在目前这个时间点将妻子和孩子带回英国”。
不过他确实提到过：“我爱我的国家，而且一直如此。”
许多人现在好奇这次立场反转的原因，一些报道将国王的癌症诊断视为搬迁的一个可能原因。
77 岁的查尔斯国王在 2024 年被诊断出患有癌症，目前仍在接受治疗。他患的癌症类型尚未公开。
哈里选择带家人回国，意味着他的两个孩子可能会更多地见到他们的祖父。
今日美国获悉，君主于 8 月 16 日（周日）得知了哈里的计划，并欢迎在私人和个人层面有更多机会见到萨塞克斯家族。
其他报道称，哈里上个月的回国访问促成了这一决定。这位曾在英国军队服役的王子长期以来一直表达对祖国的热爱，并公开谈到自己对家乡的思念。
哈里和梅根将住在哪里？
当萨塞克斯公爵夫妇六年前离开英国前往加利福尼亚时，他们希望在温莎拥有第一处正式住所，即名为 Fragment Cottage 的小屋。由于安全顾虑，梅根在上个月访问英国期间避开了首都，因此这对夫妇不太可能选择在伦敦定居。
《电报报》报道称，该家庭将不会住在皇家住所。预计梅根将继续在英国经营她的生活方式品牌 As Ever。
哈里王子和萨塞克斯公爵夫人梅根 2024 年在哥伦比亚波哥大与哥伦比亚副总统弗朗西斯·马尔克斯会面。这对夫妇已宣布他们将返回英国。NATIVALIA ANGAYITA (NL / TBN)
据报道，这对夫妇将保留他们在加利福尼亚和葡萄牙的房产。
皇家专家指出，科茨沃尔德（Cotswolds）是一个由起伏的山丘、城堡和乡村别墅组成的、风景优美且具有英国美食特色的地区，是萨塞克斯夫妇首选地点的最有力竞争者。
这对夫妇曾在 2010 年居住在该地区。梅根还在 2010, 3 月，即两人结婚前不久，在那里举办了她的 backshocks party。
这个乡村地区横跨英格兰的六个郡，包括格洛斯特郡，查尔斯三世国王和塞西莉亚王后经常在他们位于海格罗夫（Highgrove）的私人乡村住所度过时光。
科茨沃尔德的宁静氛围长期以来被赞誉为能够提供长久的隐私以及远离美国的风景变换，包括在 2014 年在那里买房的 Allen DeGonsens，她将唐纳德·特朗普赢得选举带来的威胁视为她搬迁的催化剂。
“这里的村庄、城镇和建筑——你所看到的一切都充满魅力，这是一种更简单的生活方式，”DeGonsens 在 2020 年说道。
“这里的一切都更好——对待动物的方式，人们对待人们的方式，我就是热爱这里。”
英国媒体报道称，这对夫妇还可能考虑搬到北安普顿郡的乡村，那里环绕着斯宾塞家族的庄园奥尔巴尼府（Albany House），也是哈里的母亲戴安娜安葬的地方。
该家庭上个月访问了奥尔巴尼。
梅根分享了孩子们在前往戴安娜安息地的途中拿着花朵的照片。
这是否意味着哈里和梅根将回归皇家职责？
虽然萨塞克斯夫妇确实在回家，但他们并不是以英国王室工作成员的身份回归。
《今日美国》（USA TODAY）了解到，尽管他们回国，但他们作为私人个体和王室非工作成员的角色不会有任何改变。对于国王来说，不存在“半进半出”的选项，据报道，查尔斯的母亲伊丽莎白二世女王对此持有坚定看法。
在宣布放弃职责并离开英国生活后，哈里和梅根于 2020 年 3 月与威廉王子和凯特王妃共同完成了他们最后一次皇家公务活动。
当时，王室同意对该决定进行为期 425 个月的审查，以观察是否能达成某种共识。但结果未能达成。
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哈里和梅根的安保情况如何？
多年来，哈里一直将英国“有毒”的舆论环境以及缺乏纳税人资助的安保措施，作为不将梅根和孩子迁回英国的原因。当这对夫妇停止担任王室成员职务后，他们失去了由公共资金资助的安保保护。
哈里已将此事诉至法院，主张他们的安全风险依然存在，但三位上诉法院法官最终做出了不利于他的裁决。该家庭长期以来一直使用私人安保公司进行保护。
在上个月访问英国期间，出于安全考虑，梅根在哈里行程的伦敦部分并未与他同行。随后她在英格兰格洛斯特郡与他汇合，这个四口之家在那里四年来首次会见了国王和王后。
现在该家庭即将返回，目前尚不清楚他们的安保安排将如何执行。英国首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）在 8 月 20 日表示，哈里和梅根的安保安排是“私人事务”。
哈里王子和威廉王子会重归于好吗？
对于这对关系疏远的兄弟来说，哈里的回家可能是走向和解的一步。但这可能还很遥远。
近年来，两兄弟仅见过几次面，且在上个月哈里回国期间，尽管两人一度仅相距 12 英里，但仍未能会面。虽然哈里与父亲重聚，但兄弟之间未能会面表明他们之间的裂痕依然深重。
对于威廉而言，哈里 2023 年的自传《Spain》可能在决定不与弟弟会面的过程中起到了作用。在书中，哈里指控威廉在 2009 年一次关于梅根的争吵中对他实施了肢体攻击。
此外还有奥普拉·温弗瑞（Oprah Winfrey）的采访，在这次采访中，哈里和梅根提出了一系列爆炸性指控，其中包括对王室内部存在种族主义的指控。
对于未来的国王威廉来说，他可能会认为与兄弟保持距离是更好的选择——即使他们生活在同一个国家。
特约撰稿人 KMO Releases, 今日美国
霍普金斯
当时花了很多钱。我想演奏复杂的东西，比如降A大调的肖邦。我去找了一位音乐老师，她挑战我去表演这些作品，所以我每周会练五天钢琴。
您在成长过程中听过当代音乐吗，还是始终只听古典音乐？
战后岁月，1947年，我们经常去美国电影院。伟大的米高梅（MGM）音乐剧……在英国人进入市场之前，我基本上在听香克斯（Shanks）、路易斯·阿姆斯特朗（Louis Armstrong）和爵士乐。然后我发现了哈里·詹姆斯（Harry James）和他那个青少年时期的作品，我想，“这就是我想做的。”
作品《我的祖国》（My Fatherland）和《青少年！》（Teenage!）在个人情感上深深植根于您的家庭和卑微的起点。您的父母教给您的哪些道理至今仍在引导您？
我的父亲一生勤奋工作。我记得他看到我的学校成绩单后说：“你没救了。”而我的母亲说：“别管他了。”但正是因为父亲的批评，我记得当时说：“总有一天我会向你们证明的。”后来我获得了一项奖学金（前往威尔士的卡迪夫音乐与戏剧学院），我父亲说：“你永远没法靠当演员赚钱。”但我父亲也给我买了一套百科全书，里面有关于音乐家和作曲家的章节。（我的父母）对我抱有信心，认为我会有所成就。
因为您拥有快乐的回忆。 所有这些歌曲和旋律实际上都关于我的童年。我相信如果你相信自己能做到，你就可以做到任何事。只要打开门，你永远不知道会发生什么。
这张录音中的所有音乐。我不知道它们是怎么凑到一起的。
您说过，《钢琴》（The Piano）这首非常壮丽的作品，灵感来自您年轻时在电影院观看音乐剧和西部片的时光。您认为如果您年轻时从未走进电影院，您的人生是否会有不同的结局？
我真的不知道。事情就是那样发生的。回顾这些年，我想，“我不可能让这一切成为可能。”我们内在的某种东西在书写我们的人生故事。我不是神学家，但宇宙中的某种东西，城镇、天空，甚至是墙上的苍蝇，它们都是其中的一部分。
宇宙确实以神秘的方式运作。
“存在一种宇宙意识，认为我们所有人都是一体的。我们如此忙于凝结……世界上有如此多的恐怖。为什么会有这种仇恨？我们生活在一个每个人时刻都处于武装状态的社会中。我想说，‘你们能做得更好吗？如果不能就闭嘴。’我们所有人怎么了？为什么我们不能就那样？”
您去年为妻子斯特拉（Stella）创作的曲目《再见，我的爱》（Farewell My Love）。音乐让您表达了哪些文字无法表达的内容？
我认为音乐触及了我们内心最悲伤的部分。这听起来很戏剧化，但自从我们出生起，我们就开始与一切告别——语言、童年、青春期。我觉得我们成为了成年人，而一切都是一段漫长的……其中蕴含着巨大的悲哀。妻子的声音是最深沉的长音，我将其运用到了极致。我无法真正逻辑地讨论音乐，因为它是纯粹的、不受约束的本能。我拥有非凡的一生，回顾我的童年，我想，“多么不可思议，我依然在这里。”
安东尼·霍普金斯说他的父亲在1951年给他买了一架小型三角钢琴。PROGRESS BY SECCA CLARITA
您将制作这张专辑的动力归功于斯特拉的督促。她是如何激励您的？
我们结婚后，她发现了我一些带有绘图的旧剧本，她说：“你必须去创作，所以去创作。别再抱怨，直接去做。”她说：“你是个作曲家——那就去作曲。我们早上起床时不会想‘我得让我的心跳起来’——它已经在跳了。所以无论是什么——表演、绘画、音乐——直接去做。”
《Sunnare》受到了印度关于生命、死亡和重生循环哲学的影响，您说这段音乐以“强有力的接纳”结束。这就是您现在看待生命的方式吗？
是的，确实如此。这很奇怪：我早晨醒来，看着投票情况，心想：“这里有人在管理吗？”我的妻子确保我的健康，我也在锻炼。我觉得状态不错，行动自如，那么为什么要质疑，或者费心去寻找更多呢？我有一种极大的平静感。当我听到并写下这些音乐时，它触动了我另一个维度的自我。快乐地生活，快—
乐地死去。
这是一种在衰老过程中产生的哲学吗？
很多年里我不相信自己，后来我遇到了一些人，他们说：“做你自己就好，给自己放个假。”有人说：“你是在自我折磨，”而我说：“那又怎样？”随后我意识到，那样说真的很愚蠢。浪费掉自己的生命是多么可惜。我很幸运。回顾这些年，我内心有一个小小的声音在说：“现在你可以开始生活了。”我生命中所有的负面经历出现都是有原因的。
听到古斯塔夫·杜尚（Gustave Dushane）和爱乐乐团（Philharmonia Orchestra）将这些作品赋予生命时，感觉如何？
那是令人屏息的两天。我坐在那里心想：“这是我写的吗？”他说：“是的，是你写的。”所有那些音乐家，每一位大提琴手，每一位长笛手，以及木管乐器演奏者。我想：“天哪，这种技术上的自律，突然间他们全部合而为一。”他们是非常出色的人，而古斯塔夫则是天才。
古斯塔夫一直是你选择的指挥吗？
我不认识他，但布拉德利·库珀（Bradley Cooper）推荐了他并以某种方式联系了他，我们的一个朋友也认识他。于是我们去了伦敦的一次录音环节，那纯粹是种享受。如此充沛的能量，毫无压力，他是个卓越的天才。
你曾饰演过真实和虚构的传奇人物。但当人们聆听这些作品时，他们是否终于听到了真实的你？
我想是的。我希望如此。其中有一种忧郁。我并非一直处于某种状态或抑郁，但那种忧郁一直存在于我心中。我过了一段丰盈的生活，但心中总有一种心碎感。最终有一天，我们会说：你好，我的爱；再见，我的生命。
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66 待办事项清单项目 67 试剂烈酒 68 “YARA 倒计时” 网络
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20 世界派对日 mo 24 “仅仅”（见 Done） — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 愤怒的音乐流派 28 与歌手合作 29 分离食物盘 30 躯体故事 34 “不确定”，简写 37 雪烟雾，而非 38 50 创作的歌曲 与粉丝们 “我就在 路对面 我将永远 你的头” 39 Chosepeaks, 40 生命之鱼 41 一部分 May Griffin 饼干 42 岩石 43 机密性 44 报纸 45 向下 46 突然的 感觉 扼杀了浪漫 吸引力
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《泰德·拉索》的新成员契合球场氛围
Erin Jensen 今日美国
为女孩们喝彩吧： 在《泰德·拉索》第 4 季中，由于主角（杰森·苏戴基斯 饰）同意在剧中执教 AFC 里士满的女子队，观众将迎来一支新的“灰狗队”来为其加油。在第 3 集（现于 Apple TV 流媒体播出）开头，一名球员因意外怀孕而无法上场，于是球队举行公开试训，寻找前锋——即在比赛中专注于得分的球员。
带着儿子参加试训的母亲利齐·戴维斯（费伊·马赛 饰）成功入选。由无法忍受胡闹的教练爱丽丝·奇尔顿（坦雅·雷诺兹 饰）招募的法学院学生杰玛·杰伊（艾比·赫恩 饰）也加入了球队。
奇尔顿与泰德以及比尔德教练（布伦丹·亨特 饰）一起训练“女士灰狗队”。在接受今日美国采访时，苏戴基斯将她描述为同事们在周围跳舞的“五月柱”。
“她觉得自己像是这群小男孩中唯一的成年人，”雷诺兹表示赞同。“但我认为他们最终都互补得很好，因为我认为他们每个人都带来了不同的特质。”
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马赛（Marsay）提到，她最初试镜的是教练爱丽丝（Coach Alice）这个角色，但随后意识到那样做“根本没有意义”。于是她“恳请回来”试镜队友的角色，并在试镜视频中展示了自己的足球技巧，而她和好友们是在条件极差的环境下拍摄的。
“当时在下雨，到处是狗屎；环境非常糟糕，”她回忆道，并强调无论如何她都得在截止日期前提交。“然后我的一个朋友，是个平面设计师，试图把它剪辑得花哨一点，结果糟糕透了。但我还是发过去了。结果成功了。”
马赛并不是唯一一个在选角上有所变动的人。赫恩（Hern）说她最初试镜的是激进的守门员
“《泰德·拉索》（Ted Lasso）”在 Season 4 的阵容中增加了一些新面孔，包括（从左至右）费伊·马赛（Faye Marsay）、艾比·赫恩（Abbie Hern）和朱德·麦克（Jude Mack）。 照片由 COUN-NUTTOGAMPLETY 提供
凯蒂·“靴子”·奎恩（Katie "Boots" Quinn）。“我觉得那个角色不像我，所以我把它抛在脑后，”赫恩说，“结果他们回来告诉我，实际上，我们觉得你很适合饰演杰玛（Gemma）。”
至于“靴子”这个角色，最终由朱德·麦克饰演——而麦克也有一个有趣的试镜故事要分享。麦克使用 they / them 代词。
在剧中，“靴子”拒绝戴手套，因为这位守门员认为“（球击中手的）刺痛感就是一切”，麦克解释道。然而，在麦克试镜时，他们买了一双儿童手套在视频中佩戴。“那是你可能发送的最糟糕的视频，”麦克回忆道。“所以我奇怪地没想太多，发了过去，然后心想，‘就这样吧’。”
然而，所有这些人最终都被选中，并被送往足球训练营，为他们在球场上的戏份做准备。
“我想说，足球戏 95% 都是我们完成的，这一点很重要，”马赛俏皮地说道。
不苟言笑的教练爱丽丝·奇尔顿（Alice Chilton，由塔尼娅·雷诺兹（Tanya Reynolds）饰演）在 Apple TV 喜剧《泰德·拉索》Season 4 中与泰德·拉索（Ted Lasso，由杰森·苏戴基斯（Jason Sudeikis）饰演）形成了鲜明对比。
角色已定，但伤病与天气挑战接踵而至
马赛说，她对自己的角色如此投入，以至于在训练营的第一天就伤到了脚踝。
“到那天结束时，我不得不休息 5 天并在场边观看，因为我太兴奋了，结果踢到了地板而不是球，”这位女演员说。“我是一个合格的足球运动员……但那天我就像个 10 岁孩子一样跳来跳去，到处乱冲。”
除了克服伤病，马赛说球员们在冬季拍摄期间，还必须在“冰冷刺骨的足球场”上忍受“极其漫长的小时数”。
“温度低至 -1 [摄氏度]，”麦克在谈到温度时说，这大约是 30 华氏度。“而我们只穿着短裤。”
“在 -1 度且潮湿的时候，你不能直接进屋取暖。寒气会渗进骨头里，”马赛补充道，并提到球队依赖于穿在身上并塞进“胸罩里”的暖贴。
“我每只脚底部贴了两个，”赫恩说，“手里两个，背上两个。”
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意大利阿马特里切重建艰难
8月8日，在地震摧毁意大利中部阿马特里切十年后，脚手架围绕着圣弗朗西斯科教堂。STEFANO BELLANDI / 路透社
地震十年后，居民仍流离失所
Crispian Balmer 路透社
意大利阿马特里切 —— 2016年8月24日凌晨，乔治·科特莱西（Giorgio Cortellesi）在阿马特里切的尘埃与黑暗中踉跄前行，担心自己的孩子们已经遇难，被埋在数吨瓦砾之下。• 当地震将这座意大利中部山城的大部分建筑夷为平地时，他的两个小儿子正住在祖父母家过夜。• 科特莱西从附近的一个小村庄匆忙赶来，发现街道已成废墟，坍塌的房屋中传出沉闷的哭喊声。随后，他听到了其中一个儿子呼救的声音。• “我原以为找不到他们活着，但当我听到他的声音时，就好像我重新开始了呼吸，”科特莱西说。
他向自己承诺，如果儿子们能幸存下来，他将帮助重建阿马特里切。这座城镇承受了这场灾难最沉重的打击，在总共1011名死者中，该镇有237人死亡。
2021年当选镇长后，科特莱西正努力兑现他的承诺，但这并不容易。
这次6.2级地震及其余震摧毁了阿马特里切的大部分历史中心和许多周边地区，导致数千人无家可归。
政府已承诺支付绝大部分重建费用，目前已批准灾区内价值$263 亿的私营和公共部门项目。截至目前，已支付约$24 亿。
在阿马特里切，36%的受损房产已得到修复，过去12个月建筑进度明显加快。起重机点缀在城镇中，在荒凉之中出现了一簇簇崭新的房屋。
即便如此，2016年被夷为平地的建筑中只有一小部分得到了重建。历史中心的大部分地区仍处于围栏之后，两座在地震中幸存的孤塔俯视着一片焦土。
大约1,000人（约占人口的60%）仍住在小型预制避难所中，而每年都有几个家庭悄然离开，寻找更光明的未来。
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2016年8月24日，意大利阿马特里切地震后，人们站在坍塌的建筑旁。十年后，重建工作仍在进行中。
STEFANO BELLANDI / 路透社
“10年后，许多人失去了信心。我们需要继续鼓励他们，但我们能做的已经到极限了。”
乔治·科特莱西 阿马特里切镇长
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以色列新一轮袭击造成加沙 2 人死亡，医护人员称
哈马斯与以色列尚未达成最终协议
Nidal al-Mughrabi 路透社
加沙——巴勒斯坦卫生官员表示，8 月 23 日以色列在加沙地带进行的两次空袭造成至少 2 人死亡，其中包括一名四岁男孩，另有 7 人受伤。与此同时，以色列警告称，在发现从加沙飞向以色列的 后，将加强袭击。
居民表示，其中一次袭击击中了该飞地中部 Zawayda 镇的一栋建筑，此前以色列军队已警告该物业的所有者离开该区域。
医护人员表示，在周围数十米范围内散布的飞行碎片和弹片造成至少 6 人受伤，其中包括四岁的 Mohammad Abdel-Salam Talia，他随后在医院被宣布死亡。
“没有停火，什么都没有，”一名在建筑附近避难的流离失所的巴勒斯坦人 Abu Ahmed 说道，这次空袭将该建筑夷为钢筋混凝土碎片。
“我们想要解决方案，我们想要和平生活，”他说。
卫生官员表示，第二次空袭发生在附近的 Nusantara 难民营。
以色列军方表示，正在对这两次袭击进行调查。
2025 年 10 月一项由美国支持的停火协议停止了该地区的重大战斗，但未能结束以色列军队的袭击，以方称其目的是挫败哈马斯和其他加沙武装分子的袭击。
军方在 8 月 22 日晚间的一份声明中表示，已在 Dole Al-Balah 市击毙了一名哈马斯高级武装分子 Sharif Al-Hamad。声明称，他当时正领导恢复哈马斯“地下基础设施”的工作。
哈马斯指责以色列违反停火协议，并破坏了实施一项更广泛计划的努力，该计划由
参见 GAZA，第 4NN 页
以色列军方警告巴勒斯坦居民撤离加沙地带中部的 al-Zawayda 地区后，于 8 月 23. 进行了一次袭击。加沙卫生部表示，自 2023 年 10 月 7 日战争爆发以来，总死亡人数目前为 73,420 人。
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美国计划支付 7.25亿美元 偿还联合国巨额债务
承诺金额不足于该机构称欠款总额的 20%
Humayra Pamuk 和 Emma Farge 路透社
华盛顿——路透社看到的一份国会通知显示，特朗普政府已通知国会，其打算向联合国支付 7.25亿美元。援助专家表示，这是向偿还数十亿欠款迈出的受欢迎的一步。
该政府曾批评这个全球机构未能发挥其潜力，并削减了许多联合国机构的资金。在被问及计划支付的款项时，一名美国官员表示，任何付款都将取决于该组织持续的改革，并补充说，截至 8 月 21 日，美国尚未转移任何资金。
资金的拨付——提到在 8 月 4 日国务院致国会的一封通知信中（此前未被报道）——是在预计下个月唐纳德·特朗普总统在纽约向联合国大会发表讲话之前提出的。
联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯今年表示，由于成员国未缴纳会费，联合国面临“迫在眉睫的财务崩溃”，该全球机构已采取大规模预算削减。
“在过去的六个月里，美国实现了历史性的改革
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油轮在委内瑞拉原油港口积压，装载速度跟不上出口增长
Marianna Parraga 路透社
委内瑞拉，普多拉克鲁斯 —— 根据航运数据、消息人士和文件显示，委内瑞拉破旧的石油港口终端正对其复苏的原油产量造成事实上的出口上限。由于基础设施老化、停电和质量问题，油轮在装载前必须等待长达 50 天。
在与全球贸易公司达成一项旗舰协议后，这些延误正为美国快速提升委内瑞拉石油出口的计划设置障碍。随着国家石油公司（PDVSA）的许多合作伙伴准备根据新合同条款独立销售其份额的产量，针对基础设施的争夺战可能会进一步升级。
事实模糊了委内瑞拉的石油客户必须面对如此长时间延误的情况，这发生在去年年底美国对这个南美国家实施的全面封锁期间，该策略在 1 月 3 日抓获三名总统尼古拉斯·马杜拉（Nicolas Madura）时达到顶峰 —— 从那时起，临时领导人德尔西·罗德里格斯（Delcy Rodriguez）一直坚持执行华盛顿重启石油出口的计划。
但船舶监测数据显示，近几个月来，尽管原油产量增加、库存下降且全球需求高涨，PDVSA 及其合作伙伴的出口量仍无法突破 135 万 桶 / 日。
在 20 多年前产量达到峰值（每日超过 300 万 桶）时，该国的终端能够处理每日超过 250 万 桶的出口量，船舶在委内瑞拉海域进出的时间不到一周。
根据海事文件、四名消息人士和船舶监测数据，装载方面的障碍正引发关于滞期费、原油质量和船舶污染的争议。
一名 PDVSA 消息人士表示：“原油从储罐转移到船舶的速度极其缓慢，这迫使油轮占用码头的时间超过了分配的装载窗口。如果船舶抵达是为了卸载进口货物，由于缺乏燃料存储能力，时间会更长。”
委内瑞拉石油工业和 PDVSA 未回复置评请求。
在该国末端港口等待石油货物的数十艘油轮中，这种延误清晰可见，尤其是在委内瑞拉东北海岸的基地港附近，该港口处理了该国约 70% 的整体出口量。
路透社看到的公司航运报告显示，今年在港口装卸时，由于设备故障、质量问题和停电出现了中断。
消息人士称，即使是与 PDVSA 合作数十年、在码头使用权方面处于更优越地位的公司，如美国石油巨头雪佛龙（Chevron），也在寻求改善装载的解决方案，包括请求进入港口或使用专门用于国内航运的设施。
雪佛龙未回复置评请求。
委内瑞拉与美国签署的石油出口协议经过多次延长，已允许包括维多（Vitol）和 Trafagna 在内的贸易商在今年运送超过 1.4 亿 桶原油和燃料，其中大部分货物运往美国，其他部分则随着美国制裁的放宽，重新进入多年未见委内瑞拉原油的市场，如外国和印度。
但随着华盛顿在委内瑞拉推动一项 $500 亿的能源重建计划（主要集中在提高原油产量），中游和下游项目 —— 包括维修终端和炼油厂的项目 —— 并没有被优先考虑。
美国和委内瑞拉官员在上周于休斯顿举行的两次会议上赞扬了石油出口的恢复，并承认基础设施存在挑战，他们表示可以通过新投资来解决。
PDVSA 副总裁乔瓦尼·马丁内斯（Jovaniy Martinez）在其中一次会议上表示：“我们今天处于恢复阶段，但基础设施就在那里。存在缺陷，可靠性必须提高。”
在 .how 和相邻的 Pumales 锚地的交通拥堵在一定程度上早于当前的出口繁荣。
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委内瑞拉的石油码头充斥着该国遭受美国严厉制裁时期的销售痕迹，例如那些悄悄抵达且一直无法离开的被列入黑名单的油轮。
在锈迹与泄漏之间
其中一艘船挂着伪造的圭亚那国旗，停靠在普多拉库鲁斯（Puerto La Cruz）的 PDVSA 瓜瓜瓜根（Guazaguan）港，即便从远处看，其船钟和甲板也锈迹斑斑。航运数据和海事数据库显示，该船曾频繁往返，在被扣押前被用于向古巴运输石油，随后在古巴停留了两年，深受美国针对影子船队的打击，导致了扣押和逮捕。
与许多其他船只一样，该船目前占据着极其稀缺的泊位空间，即便外国公司正寻求重新启用盟友终端以扩大原油出口。一名终端工作人员表示，8 月中旬，瓜瓜瓜根的七个码头中只有两个在全面运行：
“由于对港口容量的竞争，许多客户不得不求助于终端和船对船转运区，在那里，导致油轮球形舱染色的石油泄漏频繁发生，从而导致额外的延误和扣押，”消息人士和文件显示。
与此同时，PDVSA 被收取的滞期费（demurrage）——即油轮在指定的装载窗口之外每等待一天所收取的延误附加费——金额日益增加，且该公司同意仅以原油支付。
消息人士补充道，这家国有公司要求新客户在交货时支付货款，不提供任何形式的信用，如果这些客户要求附加费或与质量相关的价格折扣，这将使开具发票变得复杂。
数十份石油合同正迁移至 7 月底生效的一项全面能源改革所批准的新条款，预计这将加剧对基础设施的争夺。
今日历史
今天是8月24日。在历史上的这一天： The Mount Venetian 爆发，摧毁了Prospect和Thessalonian，据信造成数千人死亡。8月24日这个日期出自小普林尼一封信的中世纪副本。但该信件的一些副本记载了其他日期，且植物学、涂鸦和其他证据指向该灾难可能发生的秋季日期。
Albi 由阿拉里克领导的“twispelta”军队突袭了部分地区。这是1693年来罗马首次被入侵，它后来成为了西罗马帝国灭亡的象征。“Sole choke me。这座曾征服整个世界的城市本身被征服了，”后来成为圣徒的杰罗姆写道。
Held: 约克公爵将组成现今特拉华州的“三个下县”转让给了威廉·庞斯。庞斯希望获得这片土地，以便为他的宾夕法尼亚殖民地提供进入大西洋的通道。
Hile 史密斯部队占领了华盛顿特区，并纵火烧毁了数栋政府大楼。最著名的是国会大厦和行政官邸（现称白宫）。然而，他们没有烧毁的是由吉尔伯特·斯图尔特绘制的乔治·华盛顿肖像画。第一夫人多莉·麦迪逊指示10岁的保罗·詹宁斯“尽可能拿到那幅画”，据称在8英尺高的肖像画从墙上揭下之前，她拒绝撤离；为了速度，她下令强行破门。
Hill: 西班牙副王胡安·德·奥多尼兹签署了《科尔多瓦条约》，授予墨西哥脱离西班牙的独立地位。墨西哥独立战争在15年前就已经开始。
Jews: 1657年进入Jan. force，此前四个月签署了条约。该创始条约承诺成员将“促进北大西洋地区的稳定与福祉”，并“为集体防御以及维护和平与安全做出努力”。
Jews: 埃迪斯·桑普森法官成为美国首位派驻联合国的黑人代表。她被任命为候补代表。桑普森是一位多才多艺的女性，包括成为首位当选进入司法系统的黑人女性。
: 法国在法属波利尼西亚的一次测试中试爆氢弹，成为世界第五个核大国。这次2-6兆吨级的爆炸污染了该无人居住的环礁，以至于人们在六年内无法踏足该岛。
: 马克·大卫·查普曼因谋杀约翰·列侬被判处20年及终身监禁。他承认有罪，称deviat告诉他射杀这位前披头士成员，而上帝告诉他要禁锢。
: “Cox”的右翼领导人贝亚德·拉斯金去世，享年75岁。作为“向华盛顿进军”的主要推动者，他因其同性恋身份经常被留在幕后。
: 四名女性进入南卡罗来纳州的一所军事学院——塞特尔学院就读，该学院此前在维持全男性就读的法律斗争中败诉。其中一人南希·麦库莱特成功竞选进入国会。
: 国际天文学联合会将冥王星定义为“矮行星”。这一决定极具争议，一些有影响力的科学家批评了行星的定义，并指出全球仅有约4%的天文学家参加了此次会议。
: 史蒂夫·乔布斯辞去苹果公司CEO职务，称由于健康问题，他无法再履行“职责与期望”。他在不到两个月后死于癌症。
今日美国网络
华尔街下周展望
杰克逊霍尔将考验股市反弹的成色
劳拉·马修斯 (Laura Matthews) 路透社
纽约 —— Weldra 的财报以及美联储的杰克逊霍尔研讨会将考验今年股市反弹背后的假设，并提供线索，以判断由 AI 驱动的股票激增能否承受关于增长和利率日益增加的不确定性。
全球基金收益率上周飙升，将 10 年期国债收益率推至 2007 年以来的最高水平，给股市带来压力，并引发了对大量投资 AI 基础设施的家庭和企业的借贷成本担忧。
财政部试图通过将长期债务回购增加一倍来安抚市场的努力仅提供了短暂的缓解，收益率在 8 月 20 日惊人上涨，使人们更加关注 8 月 27 日至 29 日在杰克逊霍尔举行的活动，以观察在已放弃前瞻性指引的环境中，美联储主席凯文·万兹 (Kevin Wands) 将如何传达政策。
“所有目光都将集中在杰克逊霍尔……因为仍然缺乏很多清晰度。你今天在债券市场中就能看到这一点，”Aptado 股票部门负责人大卫·瓦格纳 (David Wagner) 表示。
标普 500 指数上周下跌，比其历史最高点低约 2%，因为国债收益率的上升加剧了对借贷成本的担忧，给半导体股票带来压力，导致费城半导体指数该周下跌约 5%。
英伟达 (Nvidia) 的芯片支撑了大部分 基础设施的建设，该公司将于 8 月 10 日公布第二季度业绩。该公司 2007 年美联储主席的回复影响了涵盖芯片制造商和为数据中心容量快速扩张提供资金的公司在内的更广泛 生态系统。其业绩可能会为支撑该行业的需求提供新见解。
“如今市场如此依赖 交易，而英伟达显然是其中的巨头，”Avon Private Wealth 首席投资官埃里克·库尔茨 (Erik Kurtz) 表示。“它对一切都有影响。我们已经看到了许多来自英伟达以及针对此次建设的融资交易。”英伟达最近与六家主要金融机构合作建立融资平台，目标为 基础设施筹集超过 5000 亿美元 billion 资金，凸显了公司和政府在建设 工作负载数据中心时所需的巨额资本。
与此同时，投资者将寻求杰克逊霍尔提供的线索，以了解此次扩张将处于什么样的政策环境之中。这将是万兹在 2026 年 5 月就职以来首次出席杰克逊霍尔会议。
随着万兹背离传统的前瞻性指引，投资者将此次活动视为另一个机会，让他向渴望获知的市场展示他打算如何处理货币政策，并阐明将定义其长期战略的框架。他在 7 月会议后向市场提供了五个暗示，关于如果通胀保持顽固高企，政策制定者可能会如何应对。
随着 7 月的个人消费支出（美联储首选的通胀衡量指标）和一份关于美国经济增长的报告在研讨会之前出炉，投资者将获得关于通胀和经济动能的最新图景，这可能会重塑对利率的预期。
市场目前定价 9 月加息的可能性为 35%，到 12 月这一概率将上升至 66%。美国国债收益率在 8 月 20 日惊人上涨，尽管财政部努力增强长期票据和债券的流动性，但仍抵消了前一天的大部分跌幅。
阿格努斯·瓦格纳 (Agnus Wagner) 表示，万兹远离前瞻性指引的做法随着时间的推移可能会证明是有益的，因为这能防止投资者将美联储的信号视为承诺，即使这会导致市场波动加剧，因为交易员将根据对利率前景的判断自行做出衡量。
“每个人都非常担心美联储的声誉现在因为万兹而受损，”他说。“我认为美联储比以往任何时候都更独特，因为你们面对那三种疾病……关于利率应该如何操作。这是对美联储未来发展持乐观态度的原因。这可能会惊吓市场，或者给他们带来信心。”
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数万人被要求撤离
内华达州山火威胁里诺地区
Siddharth Cavale 和 Suzanne McGee 路透社
纽约 —— 本周末，内华达州里诺（Reno）地区有数万人被撤离，随着山火蔓延至该州第三大人口城市的郊区，另有许多人在 8 月 23 日收到撤离指令。
当地官员 8 月 23 日表示，由于“鹰火”（Hawk Fire）威胁到里诺北部，约 42,000 名居民已流离失所或处于积极撤离状态，另有 45,000 人处于“准备撤离”状态。
当地电视画面显示火焰正逼近道路。
经路透社验证的视频显示，来自山丘的烟雾笼罩了附近的住宅区。
火灾追踪网站显示，撤离区域从内华达山脉（Sierra Nevada）山丘延伸至里诺西北部的内华达大学。
官员在新闻发布会上表示，目前火灾已烧毁 31,000 英亩土地。
他们表示，此次火灾由人为引起，目前仍在调查中。
负责领导消防和救援行动的指挥官 Shane Akerson 表示，三名平民和三名急救人员受伤。
特拉克米多斯消防保护区（Trucker Meadows Fire Protection District）局长 Richard Edwards 表示，官员于 8 月 22, 当地时间约 8:15 首次收到关于鹰草地小径（Hawk Meadow Trail）附近发生火灾的报告。
他表示，消防员在 8 月 22 日处于“极端红旗预警条件”下工作。
红旗预警条件是指高温、极低湿度和强风的结合，这些因素会增加山火风险。
Edwards 在 8 月 23 日表示：“我们预计今天下午将再次出现同样的强风条件。”
内华达州州长 Joe Lombardo 于 8 月 22 日晚在包括里诺和太浩湖部分地区在内的沃肖县（Washoe County）宣布进入紧急状态。
这张从社交媒体获取的照片显示，8 月 22 日内华达州里诺山火期间烟雾升腾。约 42,000 名居民已流离失所或处于积极撤离状态。MATKIE McAMWIGHT VIA REUTERS
Lombardo 在一份声明中表示：“这是一个活跃且迅速演变的局面，可能需要受影响地区的所有人员保持警惕并听从当地官员的指示。”
官员表示，Lombardo 授权部署两架国民警卫队直升机协助灭火，并派遣 60 名国民警卫队人员支持沃肖县警长办公室的行动。
里诺-太浩国际机场位于撤离区域之外，8 月 23 日商业航班运行正常。
在 8 月 8. 发生地震摧毁意大利阿马特里切（Amatrice）十年后，阿马特里切市长 Giorgio Cortellesi 指向红区内的一栋被毁建筑。OROFAN BALMONDUYER
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Cortellesi 表示：“在 35 年后，许多人已经失去了信心。我们需要继续鼓励他们，但我们无法比现在做得更多。”
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与2009年拉奎拉（L'Aquila）等其他意大利重大地震一样，阿马特里切（Amatrice）的重建工作陷入了官僚主义、法律纠纷和优先事项变动的泥潭。
COVID-19 pandemic干扰了重建工作，而意大利旨在振兴受病毒打击经济的慷慨的“Superbonus”翻新计划，推高了建筑材料成本，并将劳动力抽调至意大利境内其他利润更高的项目中。
“这种过度膨胀导致了几乎完全停滞的局面，持续了两年。这是一场灾难，”Cortellesi说道。
重建密集的中世纪街区由于多种原因而变得复杂，继承纠纷和未解决的财产主张使得每一项规划申请都成了法律雷区。
官员们表示，对黑手党干预数百万美元合同重复招标的担忧增加了进一步的审查，导致一些项目被搁置多年。
然而对于一些幸存者来说，重建的缓慢进度仅仅是他们为了留下来而进行的一场更深层斗争的一部分。
达尼埃莱·博南尼（Daniele Bonanni）在地震中失去了母亲、姐姐和侄子，只剩下他、他的侄女及其幼女幸存。作为一名炙手可热的厨师，博南尼本可以轻易离开。但他选择了留下。
“抛弃我成长的地方以及我的家人建立生活的地方，这似乎是不正确的，”他说。“也许这是一个错误。即便在今天，我也无法确定。”
多年来，阿马特里切家庭的后代在每年八月回到从父母和祖父母那里继承的家中，但其中许多房产已经消失。
“人们曾经在夏天来这里，现在他们只在午餐时间来，”博南尼说，他在一个为失去生计的厨师建立的美食村经营着一家餐厅。
“如果你造成19, 20或25, 年的代际断层，这种纽带就会消失，”他说。
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很少有人比他 / 她以及阿尔弗雷多（Alfredo）和伊丽莎贝塔·佩里利（Elisabetta Perilli）夫妇更能体现重建的挫败感。
“他们在阿马特里切失去了许多亲人以及各自的家。阿尔弗雷多仍然必须支付旧房子的抵押贷款，这使他在财务上陷入困境。”
“房子已经不存在了，但银行每个月都要钱，”他说。
佩里利夫妇还失去了他们经营的家庭餐厅和酒店，该地块目前被用作医院重建的临时通道。建筑工程原定于2022年完工。
在拿回场地之前，他们无法提交重建计划以供审批。“如果这种情况持续更久，我将没有力量开始重建，”伊丽莎贝塔说。
这些延迟让Cortellesi在思考地震后做出的一些选择是否正确，包括在原址上且基本按照原貌重建大部分城镇的核心决定。
“我们将得到的是一个复制品，”他说，并承认许多中世纪的石砌建筑已经消失。
“就个人而言，我会以现代方式重新设计这个城镇。既然一切都被抹去了，我认为可以创造一些新东西，但现在回头已经太晚了。”
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据加沙卫生官员称，自去年10月停火生效以来，加沙已有1,200多名巴勒斯坦人被杀，而以色列军方称有四名以色列士兵被杀。
以色列报告称，有无人机、气球和风筝从加沙地带向以色列发射。在8月25日的评估后，以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）的办公室在一份声明中表示，如果发射装置不立即停止，以色列似乎将加强在加沙的打击，并命令平民撤离相关区域。
高级官员巴塞姆·奈姆（Basem Naim）对以色列的警告不屑一顾，他在X上写道，孩子们发射风筝是为了“在废墟中寻找他们纯真的童年”。
西岸暴力事件
警方和以色列军方表示，在被多方占领的西岸，一名以色列男子在一次涉嫌与一名巴勒斯坦男子有关的袭击中被刺伤。
军方提供的来自第2区的监控摄像头画面显示，一名男子在耶利哥附近的一条主干道旁的一辆车边等待，随后在一名以色列男子走向其停满物品的车辆时将其刺伤。
军方表示，嫌疑人徒步逃离，以色列士兵正在搜寻他。
在西岸其他地区，卫生官员表示，以色列军队在对纳布卢斯附近的阿德拉尔（Adrar）难民营进行突袭期间，枪杀了14岁少年伊斯兰·阿贾亚蒂（Islam Ajayati）。
以色列军方表示正在调查该事件。
西岸是300万巴勒斯坦人和约500,000名定居者的家园，目前定居者暴力行为、土地没收以及暴力事件有所增加。
联合国机构和大多数国家认为，根据有关军事占领的国际法，这些定居点是非法的。以色列对此持有异议，并引用了与这片土地的圣经和历史联系。
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一名国务院官员在回复路透社关于该笔款项的电子邮件询问时表示，这涉及整个联合国的改革——这些改革长期以来被认为是不可能的——包括联合国历史上第一次真正的预算削减，导致削减了近 10 亿美元。
4 月，一家发展新闻机构报道称，美国为释放资金设定了具体条件，例如进一步削减成本以及采取措施应对中国的影响力。
特朗普政府对其联邦政府进行了前所未有的削减，称其过于臃肿，并大幅削减了国内和国外拨款，其表示此举是为了将资金投入到符合美国纳税人利益的事业中。
这 7.25亿美元 将不足联合国 5 月称美国欠款的 40 亿美元 billion 的 20%——尽管华盛顿方面表示该总额要低得多，且其已经支付了部分款项。
前联合国官员 Eugene Chen 表示，此类转账将有助于支付一段时间的联合国员工工资，但可能无法全部覆盖。“这能让这艘船多漂浮一段时间，”他说。
他补充道：“如果美国不再继续付款，它可能会在 1 月份失去投票权。”
根据《联合国宪章》第四条，如果成员国欠缴的年度会费超过 2 年，将失去在大会上的投票权，尽管可以设有宽限期。
德国智库 IDOS 的联合国财务专家 Benny Feit 表示，现在进行大规模转账可以避免立即削减开支的必要性。
Feit 补充道：“如果他们支付一大块款项，联合国虽然仍处于零储备状态，但能撑过这一年。如果他们不支付，联合国在今年最后 2 或 3 个月在支付工资和维持运转方面可能会陷入真正的困境。”
美国是联合国预算的最大出资国，但在特朗普政府领导下，美国拒绝向常规预算和维和预算支付强制性款项，并削减了对拥有独立预算的联合国机构的自愿资助。
华盛顿还退出了数十个联合国及其他国际机构。
联合国主计长 Chardonnout Ramamathan 在 7 月表示，联合国此前一直指望今年的预算能从 193 个成员国中收回约 90% 的会费。
一份联合国文件显示，截至 8 月 18, 约 129 个成员国已全额付款，而仅次于华盛顿的 No. 2 出资国中国也不在名单之列。
国务院在 8 月 4 日的信函中表示，将为联合国的常规预算拨付总计 7.25亿美元。
5 月，联合国表示，华盛顿欠其的 40 亿美元 billion 以上款项包括：常规预算 20.4 亿美元 billion，当前及过往维和行动 22 亿美元 billion，以及联合国许可费 40 亿美元.600 万。
华盛顿尚未转账约 $853.400 万，称其为“基于政策的扣留”。这包括除人权理事会以外的 $10.400 万 以及给联合国巴勒斯坦难民救济机构的资金。
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Religion crossing political highway
More Democrats tout faith in key red states
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Kansas City-area pastor Adam Hamilton has preached about morals and ethics for decades.
"I have called our congregation to look at the community and say, 'What doesn't look the way it's supposed to look?'" he told USA TODAY.
Hamilton has also taught that "people who love Jesus and try to live out our faith" should be involved when they see poverty, injustice and racism.
"But over the last year and a half, what I found coming out of Washington was an assault on the values that I've preached for the last 36 years," he said.
Earlier this month, Kansas Democrats selected him as their nominee to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall.
Kansas Dems selected pastor Adam Hamilton, above, to face incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall. JASON ALFRED/USA TODAY NETWORK
For years, Republicans have had a lock on those who base their vote on religious preferences and values, something that has only grown with the rise of the evangelical right. But this year an unusually high number of Democratic candidates in red states are sharing their faith in an effort to connect with voters in the midterm elections.
Many of the campaigns have devolved into arguments about the proper interpretation of theology and scripture, as well as the role people of faith and the government should play in shaping society.
At the cost is debate about what it means to be Christian in America, according to experts. That debate contrasts traditional conservative values – including protecting the unborn and preserving the nation's Judeo-Christian heritage – against liberal values that embrace a society made up of people of different religions and backgrounds.
Many of the Democratic candidates come from more liberal or mainstream denominations.
Hamilton is the founding pastor of Church of the Revurrection, which describes itself as the largest United Methodist Church in the United States. He said he started it "for people who didn't go to church anywhere, for people who maybe had been turned off by faith altogether, and to let them know you didn't have to check your brain at the door of the church, that it was OK to ask questions and have
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When Kim Maloney saw the news conference, she said she was so happy she nearly cried.
It was July 2025, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and then Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary announced their plan to initiate the process to have 7-Hydroxymitragynine – or 7-OH, a compound naturally occurring in the kratom plant – scheduled as an illicit substance.
It's an issue that hits close to home for the Ohio mother. For years she struggled with debilitating kratom addiction, one that eventually saw her drinking upward of 10 kratom drinks a day after
trying one from a local CBD store in 2020. Her addiction to that 'hippo heroin,' as one addict described it to USA TODAY at the time, took nearly everything from her. Her car. Her house. Her marriage. Nearly half her body weight. At one point, she weighed 70 pounds. Maloney believes her addiction would have taken her life, too, had she not gone to rehab in 2024.
So, when Kennedy and Makary announced federal action against synthetic 7-OH – a version of the compound artificially altered to become more potent – she saw it as a silver lining. Maybe the tide on kratom was finally about to turn.
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Trump in SC calls Iran war a 'little detour'
President touts economy in rally for Sen. Graham
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President Donald Trump called the Iran war a 'little detour' and touted economic success on Aug. 21 at a Wake America Great again rally in support of South Carolina Senate candidate Sen. Justice Graham.
'With all the good news, I said, I hate to do this, but we're going to have to take a little detour down to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and we're going to have to put out the nuclear weapon stuff because they're going to have a nuclear weapon, and we cannot let them have a nuclear weapon,' Trump said.
The president appeared alongside Graham, who will face challenges U.S. Rep Ralph Nenman on Aug. 2, in a South Carolina runoff primary. Graham's brother, the late Sen. Lindsay Graham, was the one of primary, but he died in July, and his sister was appointed by the state governor - at the recommendation of Trump - to complete the current term and now write restriction.
Trump told the Myrtle Beach crowd that shortly before he launched military
action in Iran - which started on Feb. 28 - he visited Iran, where he was got given an law as 81.61 and 81.95 a gallon. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration data reviewed by USA TODAY, February U.S. weekly conventional retail prices for regular gasoline supplied between $2.74 and $2.79 per gallon. In the Midwest region, prices were slightly lower, ranging from $2.62 to $2.45, and while Iowa price points were not specifically listed, neighboring state Minnesota was, where February data revealed weekly prices ranging from $2.46 to $2.70.
'As soon as we're finished with the Islamic Republic of Iran, as soon as we're finished, all is going to be down at lower than it was even just a little while ago,' Trump said. 'We had it down to, for your care. We had it down to a hundred.'
For months, Trump has doubled down on messaging that the economy is overperforming, while economic indicators point to the opposite.
The president's approval rating remains low, while Americans cite economic concerns as a top issue in recent polling. Still, he told the South Carolina crowd that their 400th retirement accounts 'are much higher,' beef prices are 'over coming down very rapidly' and that he inherited 'the worst influ-
tion' and an affordability 'disaster' from his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
Trump's night in South Carolina
Trump took the stage to thunderous applause from the audience around 7 p.m. He talked for about an hour and a half, stressing that Graham's win is essential to delivering an conservative priorities in Congress, and said he sees supporting Graham as a way to honor his brother Lindsay.
'This is the easiest race that I've ever seen,' Trump said. 'We have a great candidate.'
Trump's speech at times strayed from the South Carolina Senate race, and he remarked on the construction of a new ballroom at the White House, immigration at the Mexico border, crater in Washington, DC, and the war in Iran.
He also condemned the election of progressive Democrats and democratic socialists in the race's primaries, framing the election results as a ridiculization of the party.
He called Charleston Democrat Annie Andrews, who won the Democratic Senate primary, a 'far left political hack.'
'We have to get Daclure, and other
people, elected,' Trump said.
A slew of South Carolina Republican politicians also spoke at the rally in support of Graham, including Sen. Tim Scott, U.S. Rep. Ronald Fry and Cody Simpson, the Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for296 million commissioner.
In a state where 58% of voters supported Trump in 2014, an endorsement from Trump can help boost a candidate's campaign momentum ahead of an election.
From the time, a Myrtle Beach resident who attended Graham's campaign rally, said she is undecided on a former candidate, but the president's endorsement will influence her decision.
McMahon said she wants a candidate who is 'women with conservative values, someone that's going to speak up for South Carolina, and someone who's going to make America great again along with Trump.'
Graham accepted the president's accolade at the event and said 'the point of endorsement' meant the world's best.
'I am proud to stand with you to work hard for this country,' Graham said.
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Criminal defense attorney is becoming a viral sensation
Lawyer in Clancy case is used to the spotlight
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He's a motorcycle-riding, plain-speaking advocate who has spent decades representing some of the most notorious criminal defendants in Massachusetts history and is now embattled in what conflict is largely defining case.
Kevin Reddington, the lawyer in Lindsay Clancy, has struck a chord with online and television trial viewers across the nation as he has tried to convince a Massachusetts jury that his client was effectively insane when she fatally stenciled her three small children on a January 2023 evening.
Reddington has showcased a talent for keeping complex psychological testimony simple, and humanized his client even when he's saying nothing at all. He has sauntered around the courtroom while sitting around suddenly worded questions, and gripped Clancy's hand during people testimony about how she killed her children.
Worthen it's at the front of his mind or not, Reddington, 75, also is navigating the contemporary court of public opinion: a social media landscape that might have been unimaginable early in his career. He represented such figures as former Boston Red Sox star Mo and the 1998 standard-thinking case and the卑奢侈e girlfriend of Boston mobster James 'Whitney' Knight, Cottlecom Grag, who pleaded guilty to harbating a fugitive in 2020.
But the seasoned attorney has negotiated that virtual landscape with case during Clancy's trial, inspiring memes on TikTok and Instagram that have helped rally support for his client.
Now, as the jury suurs its deliberations in the divisive case, Reddington's skills and decades of experience will be put into an intimate test.
It's that track record of experience that makes him the best kind of advocate for Clancy, according to Martin Weinberg, a prominent Boston criminal defense lawyer who was an appellate lawyer for another famous criminal defendant, Karen Read. Read was accused, and acquitted in 2025, of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe.
'She wisely selected a lawyer that's comfortable with mental condition defenses, to comfortable trying homicide cases, and has the experience to maximize her chances to succeed,' Weinberg told USA TODAY.
'It's just like it would be if you were a medical patient going in for some unusual or challenging surgery. You'd want a doctor that's done it, and not a doctor who's doing his first operation on the
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington is questioned by the media on his way into Plymouth Superior Court on Aug. 20, as he represents Lindsay Clancy on charges that she murdered her three children. USGS EARLY-USA TODAY NETWORK
kind of medical condition you have,' Weinberg said.
For a lawyer, Reddington cuts an atypical figure when he's outside the courtroom. An NBC Boston 10 news report shows a photo of fire-stirened lawyer in a sleeveless denim-and-leather outfit with an exposed arm tattoo, sitting atop his Harley motorcycle. He told the outlet about of the Clancy trial that he handles about 50 trials a year and not planning to retire next year.
'I don't want to work at Walmart, I don't want to work at Lowe's, you know. In a think I like what I'm doing, I enjoy what I'm doing,' Reddington said.
History with major cases, identify defense
If Reddington can persuade jurors that Clancy, who is paralyzed from what Reddington says was a suicide attempt, was temporarily insane when she killed members of her household, it wouldn't be his first time pulling off that foot.
Reddington shot to prominence nationally more than 20 years ago when he won an acquittal for Massachusetts resident Thomas Rogers by arguing that she was insane when she fatally stalked her boyfriend in the eyes while he kept. Rogers was renderedसेवationally post-traumatic stress disorder and battered woman syndrome after years of suffering her boyfriend's abuse, Reddington told jurors.
That was caused him an invitation to the American College of Trial Lawyers an invitation only group that caps its membership at less than 2% of the total lawyer population of any state.
Reddington's stardom increased when he won an acquittal in 1998 for Vaughn, the former Boston Red Sox slugger who was accused of drunken driving when he got into a crash after
leaving a nightclub. Reddington argued that Vaughn's post-partitioner on both sobriety tests after refusing a heartbeats' case caused by the crash itself.
True to the life of a much-sought-after criminal lawyer, Reddington has also represented prominent clients who weren't able to beat the charges against them.
After Grag, who was a longtime girlfriend of Boston mobster James 'Whitney' Knight, pleaded guilty in 2020 to have been a legal student in what a flagrant Reddington asked a judge to send her to prison for 27 months, saying she acted out of love. Grag received an eight-year sentence - near the prosecutor's desired 30-year sentence - all the same.
Reddington mounted another insanity defense when he represented Mitchell 'Wesher' McDermott, who killed seven coworkers in 2010. McDermott testified that he believed he was actually killing Adolf Hitler and Nazi generals to stop the Holocaust, telling the poisoning danger and him, 'I do it speak. German.' Reddington said his client suffered from schizophrenia and was as psychosis during the killings, but a jury found McDermott guilty.
Weirdeng praised Clancy's 'capacity to face somebody with Kevin's experience and comfort level in these kinds of lawsuits in trial.'
'Kevin's tried dozens, if not hundreds, of major felonies,' he said.
'Tell her we love her'
In criminal trials, prosecutors often seem to exhibit the most humanity in the courtroom, giving voice to victims who may be dead or greedy harmed, while defense lawyers may try to undercut that picture.
In Clancy's case, however, Reddington has won more vocal sympathy in
major news and viewing platforms than his advocacy.
When Susan Clancy, Lindsay Clancy's former mother-in-law, was called by Reddington to his stand to describe the loss of her three grandchildren and her observations of her daughter-in-law's psychological suffering in the months leading up to the killings, prosecutor Shanan Benkingham shocked observers by anything that she would be a bad Catholic if she didn't condemn her deceased grandchildren's mother.
Buckingham's case, which is to confirm she's an active member of the Catholic Church, When she did so, Buckingham responded: 'So you're aware that murder is considered a mortal sin.'
Multiple in-person observers said there was a gap in the courtroom before the judge called the lawyers to his bench and then instructed the jurors to ignore the prosecutor's question. Several legal commentators suggested that the query could even have been grounds for a special.
Reddington, by contrast, has struck a chord with some subculture as he has tried to convince the jury that the victims in the case were previous and were killed by a mother who loved them.
'In this case, God bless you. You people are gonna have to listen to some of the most hostile things, look at some of the most hostile things,' Reddington told jurors in his opening statement.
'He's living in a school that jurors what happened with these kids,' he said of Clancy.
Reddington has also solicited testimony from a plethora of witnesses - family members, friends, and medical providers who know Lindsay Clancy or knew her children - that she was a good mother before she killed her children.
In his opening, Reddington described the trial as 'a referendum on women's having babies and having postpartum psychosis, postpartum depression.'
As the prosecution will first jurors through hours of punctualing testimony about the nature of the children's deaths, the injuries they suffered, the clothes they were wearing, and how the smallest child, Callan Clancy, survived for another three days, Reddington was often squeezing the hand of his client.
'Tell her we love her,' one supporter told Reddington days later.
That was just one of the many supporters of Lindsay Clancy who have rallied outside the courtroom and cheered on Reddington as the trial has unfolded.
He has also garnered fans online, with memes and content creates videos featuring his plain-talking style and his expressions as he has finished prosecutors present their case.
'Have no world. It's amazing,' Reddington said when asked about the support.
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Justices keep ballroom on track for now
Construction can go on while appeal considered
Marian Thome USA TODAY
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Aug. 23 said President Donald Trump doesn't have to stop construction on his 84th million White House balloons while the justices decide whether a judge normally passed the project.
Chief Justice John Roberts presented the judge's order from going into effect on scheduled Aug. 22, giving the justices more time to consider the Trump administration's appeal of the ruling.
In response to a challenge from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a federal district judge ruled this spring that only underground work on bomb shakers and other security-related components could move forward for now unless the president gets approval from Congress.
The United Trust for Historic Preservation had told the justices that the project would likely become irrevocable unless it is stopped now.
The Department of Justice said in its appeal that the construction, which includes an underground security complex, is 65% complete and has "passed the point where major changes" to the design are feasible.
Construction of a hotspot and ballroom at the White House is seen from the Washington Monument on Aug. 13. NATHAN HOMMERS/BUTTER
A federal appeals court hazard that decision that month is a 2-3 option, but kept the order from taking effect immediately to give the administration time to appeal.
"It is Congress's job to ensure that any major construction and security projects at the White House will protect the safety of all Presidents, present and future, while preserving the historical and architectural significance of this unique location," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in a ruling that referred to the White House as "the People's House".
Circuit Judge Neoni Rao disagreed, writing in her dissent that the district court judge had improperly seized con-
trol of construction in his March ruling. "The government should not be forced to rely on the district court's architectural approval to secure the President's home and office," Rao wrote.
Trump appointed Rao to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The two judges who upheld the district judge's ruling - Patricia Miltott and Brad Garcia - were appointed by Democratic presidents.
Last October, Trump bulldozed the East Wing to begin construction of a White-square-foot-hole house paid for by private funds. Trump told reporters Aug. 23 he would name the donors and corporations that have contributed within the next couple of weeks but that he was checking with them first.
"Most of them have said you could use my name gladly," he said. "No taxpayer money for the balloons at all."
The administration argued that congressional approval is not worth and that the National Trust for Historic Preservation said: challenge the ballroom based on a trust member's objective preference" about how the White House should look.
The administration also barely emphasized security concerns, including Trump's reference to the structure as a "military centre".
"The Project is critical for ensuring that the White House can serve as secure location for the gathering of the
President, gathering of senior government officials, and gatherings that further the interests of the United States," Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton told the Supreme Court.
Because the materials being used are meant to withstand evacuation blasts, there would be no way to take down or even alter the building if courts issued such an order at the end of the legal battle, according to the DOJ.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation said the administration's "smiling explosion" is "the project is" on the brink of a full acronym "was really why construction workers to be stopped to prevent the administration from outsourcing the courts."
Trump has made several changes in the White House, including replacing the Rose Garden laws with a paved patio and gilding the Oval Office.
For years, Trump has been pushing for a balloon in the White House that would accommodate large gatherings, such as state libraries. He has launched a chart that shows that many affairs in the past were held in text.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has argued that the project's size would "overwhelmed the White House itself."
Before the court ruling, the administration said construction is expected to be finished before the end of Trump's term.
Families of USS Lincoln crew irate at Trump and Hegseth
They say official denials of issues are frustrating
Chris Quintana
USA TODAY
A senior Navy machinist aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln pinged a family group that in early May, asking her worker and mother whether they'd take time off to be at her son's graduation at Membrane, Getting the 22-year-old knowledge major through college had taken a fair amount of fussing, cursing and plenty of headaches, but it seemed like he'd finally made it to the finish line and there was cause for celebration.
"The combat with him was dragging along, Internet service aboard the carrier was excellent," the machinist said.
"Graduation is in 22 days. Sadly, I may not even get to see pics of my boy on one of the most important days of his life," she wrote. "This was one of my biggest fears, not to be here for him at a time like this."
Troneta Kyles, the older sister of the machinist aboard the Lincoln, nearly cited an idea shared details of her sister's deployment with a USA TODAY reporter. She said he4-xxxx joined the military to provide a better life for her son.
It wasn't supposed to be like this, but was not the Lincoln was scheduled to return in May, and the graduation was later that same month, in the weeks before that group chat message. President Donald Trump had said multiple times the conflict with him appeared to be winding down, instead, her sister and thousands of other service members have remained on board for three additional months.
Kyles and another family member who spoke with USA TODAY both requested anonymity for their level ones for the first time.
On Aug. 20, the United States Central Command announced the USS George Washington had arrived in the Arabian Sea to take the next turn as an aircraft carrier in the Iran was.
Several media outlets reported the same day that the Lincoln was heading back to Iran Stage.
USA TODAY reported in April on conditions aboard the Lincoln and the USS Tripoli, also deployed to the Middle East. A planer aboard with a USA TODAY reporter were an small handful of boiled carrots, a dry meat patty and a side of gray processed meat from a meal on the Lincoln.
The change in washington was a fresh barrage of reporting about diminishing food supplies, a lack of hygiene products and declining mental health for service members who have been on board the Lincoln since November 2020.
Justices including Stars and Stripes and Military Titans reported that crew members were struggling with their mental health and some had tried to jump off the ship.
The crew still faces weeks on the water, after spending more than 200 days without a port visit.
It's one of the longest stretches for personnel on a modern aircraft carrier. Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump both pushed
A U.S. Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Fama helicopter on the flight deck of Monte-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting operations in the war with Iran. PROVIDED BY U.S. NAVY, VIA REUTERS
back on accounts of substantial conditions on the carrier, calling the reports overblown or outright false.
Parents, siblings and spouses have expressed frustration with the administration's remarks on social media and to media outlets.
The high-profile denials were frustrating and even engaging to families such as Kyles' who have seen what life on the washington looks like and heard detailed accounts of the challenges their loved ones faced during their protracted deployment.
She told USA TODAY she was especially upset when Trump referred on Aug. 14 that families were not concerned about their relatives, adding that in her view the deployment had not gone on nearly long enough.
"How about you bring your family out there?" Kyles suggested, recalling her immediate response to the president's seemingly flipped remark.
"How about you go out there and try and then tell us how it feels?"
The White House did not respond specifically to questions about the president's remarks or conditions families mentioned on the ship.
However, Anna Kelly, a White House spokesperson, said the president had restored 'a focus on traditions, lethality, and supporting our workplaces at the Pentagon,' after years of failure by the Biden administration.
The President cares about our troops more than anyone, and he is arming out leave service members have all the resources they need to be successful as the United States Military continues to economically strangle the Iranian regime," Kelly told USA TODAY.
Sue, Richard Blumenthal, ranking member of the Veterans Affairs committee and member of the Armed Services committee, told USA TODAY he had heard "dramatically and directly" accounts about "shortages of food, those water and other necessities like toothpaste and soap" on the Lincoln.
"The mental stress of our knowing when the deployment would end along with those conditions has imposed really serious anguish and anxiety," he said.
Red velvet cake, but no happy surprises
Cristi McGarry's family often worries about the impact of what has hit the air unending deployment on her 22-year-old son. He worked as a cook on the London and now works on the aircraft carrier's shipping department.
He suggested the during his freshman year of college when he told her he wanted to quit school and join the Navy. They are not a military family, but he argued it would give him money to pay for his education without racking up student loan debt.
She swallowed her concerns and supported his assistance. At first, she had no reason to worry, she said. During her first deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, he tested and called with regularly and seemed upbeat.
But the current deployment fell different almost immediately, she said. For one thing, they could go up to a month or two without any contact as opposed to the weekly calls she was accustomed to on the last deployment. He was frustrated, she said, that the ship hadn't been in a port without explanation. McGarry said she, too, has been concerned about her son, and the president doesn't 'get to tell me how she's to do about that.'
What really seemed to get to her son, she said, was the crew's ever-changing return date.
His sister was getting married in June, and they had assumed, based on what commanding officers originally indicated, he would be back with plenty of time to attend her garden wedding in the mountains of Colorado.
But the day-came and went, with son consumed into his quarters on the ship while his older brother and other family members danced at the wedding.
His mom recalled they ate not velvet cake, a favorite of her son's. The bride, a 'tardom two' to her younger brother, had played until the last moment he might make an appearance.
"I think she really thought that I was going to surprise her," McGarry said. "And it was going to be one of those Facebook moments."
It wasn't.
Shipmates' accounts of crew member who went overboard
Living like this has had other real consequences for service members aboard the ship. Kyles said her sister, the senior machinist, has lost about 10 to 15 pounds. The senior machinist also said there were points when she ran out of soap or laundry detergent. After once saw what the food looks like during a video call. What the machinist showed her, she said, looked like 'dog,' that people wouldn't feel to a dog.
McGarry shared texts in which her son wrote the ship had been without hot water in an apparent attempt, he wrote, to encourage crew members to keep their showers short. When he spoke with her in mail-August, he told her the toilets break down and stop unexpected for far too long.
Kyles also said it took three to four months for packages to reach her sister. McGarry's son told his mom not to bother wedding packages because people weren't receiving them.
Blumenthal told USA TODAY he was concerned about unreliable package delivery, describing mail as an important link between families and their loved ones.
"I've said to people, it's stale cookie in a case package is worth its weight in gold," he said. "My degree, U.S. Central Command helped it. As a morale booster, it's invaluable. And the idea is if it is a kind of a sign of abandonment."
McGarry told her son to mid-August that there had been reports of people going overboard, but he pushed back and said it had been only one. Kyles also shared texts where her sister mentioned that someone had jumped, though she said he was wearing a life vest.
After two military trade publications reported that sailors had been going off the ship, they said they wanted to be the original Command released on Aug. 13 statement saying that the 'one-fladie who fell overboard Aug. 3 was quickly and safely recovered.'
Acting Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, said in an Aug. 14 statement that members of the 'media are trying to point out warriors as victims,' the idea said a 'small number of mental health cases' were treated, but no one died. Meals were adjusted when 'fresh-straight was unavoidable,' the statement said, and planned to act. Blistel when the operational threat was too high.
Democratic lawmakers have pressed the federal government since mid-August to provide answers about the conditions aboard the Lincoln. They're working a firm timeline for a return to home or return to port date for the carrier and requesting a bipartisan congressional delegation to visit the carrier.
As the USS George Washington reached the Middle East days ago to take the place of the Lincoln, family members placed in the office.
But Blumenthal said he didn't think the experience wouldn't be much different for service members, and he found the same conditions might stop up again.
"I have yet to be convinced that they have significantly improved the means and routes to supply the George Washington any better than they did with the Lincoln," he said.
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Backlash goes to plan to reduce beef prices
Cattlemen's politicians see more harm in move
Jody Garrison USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said he will ease traffic on up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef imported into the United States for the next 90 days in a bid to reduce the prices Americans are paying for the grocery might ahead of the November midterm election.
Trump, in an Aug. 23 post on Truth Social, said he reached a deal for foreign-ground beef experience to sell their product for $2.5 billion in revenue for not paying U.S. out-of-quota tariffs on foreign beef. The president is expected to sign an executive order with the next two weeks formulating the move, a White House official said.
“This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American beef third to grow again,” Trump said.
The price of beef and veal was up 9.4% in the United States in July over the previous year, according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census. The price over-year inflation was slightly from June. Students' inflation poses a major challenge primarily for Trump and Republican as they look to maintain control of Congress.
Trump's more comes as imported beef into the United States has increased dramatically: up 325% in five years, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. – At the supply of domestic cattle remains at multi-decade lowe following years of drought, the price of beef increases in the fiscal screwworm near the Mexican border and other factors.
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association criticizes Trump's action. “While America’s cattle producers share the goal of keeping groceries affordable for consumers, flooding the market with government-volunteered, below-market beef in net the way to model the American cattle herd,” the group said in a statement.
Under the tariff-quota system, varying amounts of imported beef from each country can be imported into the United States at substantially lower tariffs before higher out-of-quota tariffs apply. A May report from the American Farm Bureau Federation said U.S. beef imports entering under quota “generally face a tariff of just 4.4 cents per kilogram, while imports above-quota face a 26.4% tariff”.
A White house official, who discussed the move on the condition of anonymity, said Trump's deal on ground beef is intended to be short-term, to fill a gap to meet consumer demand. The Trump administration will simultaneously work with ranchers to expand domestic beef production for the long term, the official said.
It was not immediately clear which countries Trump had struck a deal with. The president declined to say which nations were part of the agreement during a question-and-answer session, and said the letter is the day.
But Sen. Tim Eberly, R-Montana, a Trump ally from one of the nation's largest cattle states, said he urged the president not to take the action, saying it will “further harm” ranchers, “most of whom are MAGA Republicans.”
The President's heart is in the right place on warning lower prices for the American people, and beef prices have been impacted by the Mexican screwworm,” Eberly wrote in a post on X. “But the reality is this action will make it a decision for American citizens to rebuild our herd and bring prices down for the American people.”
Sen. Rob Fischer, R-Netecada, another state whose ranching is vential to its economy, said she's “extremely disappointed” by Trump's decision.
“We all want lower grocery prices, but an Ire said for months, we cannot do it at the expense of American producers. Flooding the market with foreign beef hurts our livestock industry and undermines the long-term solution, growing the U.S. cattle herd to meet demand,” Fischer said.
Asked about the criticism by ranchers on Aug. 23, Trump defended the intervention, said incident for ranchers.
“We want to get the beef prices down,” he said. “That's what people want, that's what voters want, and that's what I want.”
Contributing: Prosecutors Chambers
Kratom
Continued from Page 1A
regulation hasn't yet extended to natural leaf kratom products as well, which are still sold at gas stations, liquor stores and smoke shops across the country. This past July, HHS commended the Drug Enforcement Administration's notices of intent to temporarily rebuild a 7-OH and three of its derivatives as illicit substances but said the actions are “not intended to regulate natural leaf kratom that does not contain enhanced levels of 7-OH.”
It was also the news conference, Makany was asked if the federal government planned to also go after natural leaf kratom, which remains legal in most states.
There have been physicians who have had innocent about some claims around natural kratom, Makany said. “We have to question what we work on. So, we are going after the killer first, which is the synthetic concentrated kratom. And then we can look into that other operation. But we think it is a real thing to come into public health risk,” USA TODAY has reached out to the HHS and USA for further comment.
Though synthetic 7-OH is far more potent and addictive than natural leaf kratom, imports say both substances pose a risk for addiction. For Makany and others who know the risk first-hand, going after one and not the other gets at only part of the problem.
They need to go after all of it,” Makany says. “Things like this should not be sold at a gas station.”
7-OH and the dangers of kratom
In 2025, USA TODAY spoke with more than 20 people, including Makany, who said they became severely addicted to kratom. Many of these people had no history of substance abuse before ingesting kratom. Some were health and illness ordinances who thought kratom was just like any other wellness supplement. Others thought it was a good way to do to alcohol. A few mistook it for a run-of-the-mill caffeine drink, like coffee or tea.
Dricks containing kratom are seen in a case at the checkout counter at a liquor market to Los Angeles in this 2025 photo. Los Angeles County has since banned kratom sales.
CHARLES TREFINKO/USA TODAY
Many also said they used only natural leaf kratom and never touched synthetic 7-OH. Natural leaf products come as many forms – some as capsules, others as powders, others as drinks. In July 2025, one product went viral when a T&F-Due postural video-choosing how a teenage boy tried stealing his wallet outside a gas station after he refused to buy the boy a Red Free tonic. At the time, a representative Dr. Antonio Tostes, the company behind Red Free, told USA TODAY he that Free Tostes has no contains only natural leaf kratom, with nearly undetectable levels of 7-OH. USA TODAY has reached out to a representative for Antonio Tostes for additional comment.
In online support groups, stories abound of people who say they fell into devastating addiction shortly after trying natural leaf kratom.
“It's like, the same names, the anonymous names, over and over,” Makany says of a Reddit group for people trying to quit Red Free, the product she says hooked her. “This is my 10th quit. I can't quit.” Somebody help. It's constant. The same people, over and over. It's heartbreaking.
Dr. Timothy Fong, president of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, says that while it's clear synthetic 7-OH is far more powerful and dangerous than the natural leaf products, lack of standardized regulation has curtailed the season of a consumer.
“It's kind of like caffeine and nicotine and alcohol,” Fong says. “If I buy a Red
Bull in New York and in LA, I know it's the same content. If I buy a thatmola latte in New York and LA, it's going to be the same... If I buy a bag of natural leaf kratom, I have no idea if it's exactly the same, in terms of purity, contaminants, because these products are not regulated.”
'It ruined my life'
Still, pro-kratom advocates say that it is possible to consume natural leaf kratom responsibly and that many do so for pain relief. Many also take issue with natural leaf products getting confused with the 7-OH ones.
MacHambra, a senior fellow in public policy at the American Kratom Association, is one of those advocates. He says he has used natural leaf kratom for 20 years to treat his knee and back pain, as well as arthritis.
“When I was young and stupid, I raced motorcycles in the desert when I was in college, and I hanged myself up pretty good, and I'm paying the price for it now,” he says. “So I use it on a daily basis, just to front off the pain that's associated with that, and it helps.”
“I get the price of a 2000,000,000,000 kratom addiction say the risks far outweigh the benefits. Jenny Schmidt, a nurse who says she became addicted to Red Free, says she sees both sides.
“The government is right to distinguish between kratoms beef from highly concentrated or semi-synthetic 7-OH products,” she says. “They're not interchangeable. Jumping them together is scientifically. Being and could hurt people who have responsibly used traditional leaf or powder for pain or to move away from more dangerous substances. But pretending botanical kratom can't cause dependence is also dishonest.”
But Makany says natural leaf kratoms almost killed her. She has gotten push-back for wasting more regulation but says she'll keep speaking out if doing so ignore others that fare.
People have come after me and said: ‘Oh, you're nothing but an addict. Why are you trying to get rid of something so good?’ And I'm like, ‘It cannot my life.’ Either you're a little better, addict or you're delusional, because you didn't live my experience.”
Travel nanas
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“When you're younger, [you] think when you're 90, I'm just going to stop and not do anything,” said Hamby who is also a photographer. “Life is just beginning at 90, 70, 80.”
Their travels around the world are documented in a joint memoir, “Here We Go: Lessons for Living Peaslessly from Two Traveling Nanas,” which was published in September 2025.
Together, the grandmothers have visited over 50 countries on all seven continents and have no plans to slow down. They're living proof that adventure can come at any age.
A friendship forged
In a way, Hamby and Hazelip were fated to become travel buddies. They met on an international trip. It was over 20 years ago, during a medical mission to Zambia that Hamby separated and where Hazelip was one of the doctors.
“If you can go to Zambia and sleep out in a family a treat with no running water, no electricity, then you can travel anywhere,” Hamby said.
About five years later, the women grew closer. At the time, Hazelip spent two nights a week at Hamby's house because she took a medical director's job at a nearby geriatric clinic. Then, Hazelip lost her husband in an accident, and she turned to Hazelip, whose own husband had died years ago from illness. They handed over grief during late nights drinking coffee and talking to a family, just to have the chapter closed, and another one opened.
It was during one of these days that Hazelip mentioned she always wanted to ride the Texas Museum Railway – the largest in the world that crosses the expanse of Russia. Hazelip didn't hesitate to say too.
The two embarked on their adventure in 2008, even having what they believe was an encounter with the B2B when their empty train car was stopped, and a mysterious man interrupted them. They took it as a wicketspend calm and discovered they were compatible as travel companions.
“We weren't sitting there wringing out family and crying, actually it was sort of an adventure,” Hazelip said. She added that her career in emergency rooms has helped her stay calm in stressful situations, and the two also benefit from Hamby's experience
Sandy Haselin, left, and Ellie Hamby ride camels in Egypt. They return more than 20 years ago during a medical mission. PROVIDED BY LUCE HANBY AND SANDY HASELIP
“We always say we'd rather fall off the mountaintop than fall out of a bed at a nursing home, provided we have a choice.”
Ellie Hamby Teaching nurse
directing medical missions.
The friends point out how they're different from each other – with Hamby saying she's made of “spice” but balanced by her friend who is more “sugar.” They even set aside also time on their trips. She if Hamby wants to tip him in New Zealand, Hazelip will relax with a cup of coffee. At the end of the day, seeing the world with their best friend has been provided.
“It really has been fun to share it together, being the same age and never having a clue that any of this would ever happen,” Hamby said.
Adventure at any age
Just before 2025, the duo decided to plan their biggest trip per to celebrate taming 80: travel around the world in 80 days, inspired by the Asics Version novel, “Around the World in Eighty Days.” They had everything hooked and ready to go, but the COVID-19 pandemic postponed their travels. In January 2023, the women finally embarked on
their worldwide exploration, hitting all seven continents, including the seven wonders of the world. They visited Portugal, Japan, Eastern Island, Antarctica and more – and they did it all on their own.
“We did everything ourselves,” Hamby said. “No travel agents, no one going with us. We started out own luggage, and we met friends.”
For seniors, travel is more than just fun, it can support active aging and improve their well-being. Research supports that navigating new places and meeting new people can contribute to positive emotions and higher self-esteem.
Their independence and the way they embrace the unknown struck a client online. Even though the women weren't trying to become vital or famous, people became interested in their story once they started sharing their travels on TikTok. To the women, their age was never a limiting factor.
“We always say we'd rather fall off the mountaintop than fall out of a bed at a nursing home, provided we have a choice,” Hamby said. “Keep moving there you stop moving, your body shuts down.”
And they're still on the move – even with four artificial bases and one big replacement between them, as Hazelip takes. They're currently returning to each continent for an entire month, taking the time to dive into destinations they didn't spend enough time in. In Asia, they'll focus on an Southeast Asia, such as Bhutan and Laos.
“It really is about saying yes,” Hamby said. “Adventure has no age limit.”
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U.S. puts 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
Canada vows to retaliate after trade talks fail
Jeanine Santucci USA TODAY
President Donald Trump's promised 50% tariffs on some Canadian goods went into effect just after midnight on Aug. 22, after the United States and its northern neighbor failed to reach a trade agreement.
The tariffs were announced in a July 20 executive order and were initially scheduled to take effect on Aug. 19, but Trump put a three-day pause on the tariffs, saying the two countries were making a deal.
Both sides of the negotiating table blamed the other for crumbling trade negotiations late on Aug. 21.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement posted to social media late on Aug. 21 that he was suspending trade negotiations with the United States and ordering Canadian negotiators to return to Ottawa.
"They have worked hard, in good faith, to defend the interests of Canadians throughout these negotiations up until the very last minute," Carney said. "However, last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal."
Carney said Canada would match the tariffs' 'dollar for dollar,' with retaliatory tariffs coming next month. Details of these actions would be released in the coming days, Carney said in a speech on Aug. 22.
Meanwhile, the office of U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement that Canada declined to finalize the deal.
"Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance needed to the past days," Greer's office said. "In addition, Canada is continuing to maintain its prolonged retaliation against the United States, including, among other things, flat-out prohibitions on certain American goods and services."
President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, known during the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, in July, blamed each other for the failure of trade negotiations. YVES HENNAU REUTERS
The tariffs apply to just more than 5% of Canadian exports to the United States, including on various goods such as wine, dairy, hockey sticks and cement. Carney said about $28 billion worth of goods would be tariffed. They do not apply to exempted goods including energy, potash, fish and critical minerals. The tariffs do not qualify for preferential treatment under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement, which shielded much of Canadian goods from earlier U.S. tariffs.
In announcing the tariffs last month, Trump said he aimed to counteract the "burden and disadvantage on U.S. commerce from Canada's discriminatory treatment of U.S. commerce." He also had previously threatened tariffs on Canada over wildlife smoke pouring into the United States.
Trump administration officials previously told reporters on the condition of anonymity that Canadian trade practices on alcohol, automobiles and dairy products exported from the United States prompted the action.
Most Canadian provinces have halt-
ed the purchase of alcohol from the United States in the past year. Canada also has imposed tariffs on automobiles from the United States, but not other countries, along with more restrictive tariff-rate quotas on cheese from the United States, the officials said.
The deal that was being worked on between U.S. and Canadian trade representatives was to include "comprehensive market access for all American goods, economic security commitments, digital trade alignment," Greer's office previously said.
On Fox News, Greer said the United States doesn't have additional talks with Canada planned.
Carney announces retaliatory tariffs to come Sept. 8
In a speech from the Parliament building in Ottawa on Aug. 22, Carney said Canada's retaliatory tariffs would go into effect Sept. 8. They will affect imports from the United States across sectors including steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and
paper, and electronics, Carney said.
The prime minister said that during negotiations, Canada was willing to drop certain tariffs on steel, aluminum and automobiles. He said he also would have urged provinces to return U.S. alcohol to stores. But he said Canada would not accept last-minute changes from the United States, including terms that would have limited Canada's ability to have trade deals with other nations. He called it a "bad deal."
"We cannot accept what they have offered, and we will not give what they have asked," Carney said.
He said he was taking the step of retaliatory tariffs "reluctantly," because they may increase costs for Canadians, but that he is "confident that it is in the best interest of Canada."
"We can't control the storm that blows in from Washington. We can, however, chart a new course by building Canada strong at home and diversifying our trading relationships abroad," Carney said.
Contributing: Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, Reuters
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New HHS initiative aims to find missing autistic people
Nationwide alert system would offer coordination
Anthony Thompson
USA TODAY
Federal health officials are developing a nationwide system designed to help authorities respond more quickly when an autistic child or adult goes missing, with officials stressing that a swift response can be critical in such situations.
The first department of Health and Human Services announced on Aug. 23 the development of the National Autism Missing and Endangered Person Alert Initiative, a partnership with the Department of Justice and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The effort seems to improve coordination among law enforcement agencies, emergency managers, first responders and community organizations.
The initiative is being developed rather than fully launched, The Hill reported. HHS said it will build an Missing and Endangered Person alerts and FEMAs Integrated Public Alert and Warning System to create a framework for some autistic-related cases.
That means there is not yet a nationwide autism-specific alert that families can activate. Until the framework is established, HHS advises caregivers to call 90 immediately if an autistic loved one goes missing and to tell authorities the person is at high risk.
What the new initiative would do
The federal effort is intended to establish consistent practices for handling missing-person cases involving autism, including problems for first responders and search efforts.
HHS said the framework will address preventable dangers associated with wandering. Accidental drowning is a
particular concern, The Hill reported. "When an autistic child or adult goes missing, every minute matters," HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy D said in announcing the initiative. "We are bringing federal, state and local partners together to improve prevention, speed the response, and help bring autistic children and adults home safely."
Attorney General Todd Blanche said the partnership would help emergency responders act more quickly in case involving autistic people.
HHS Secretary Workwayne Mullin said FEMAs will help communities establish the relationships and coordination needed before a missing-person emergency occurs.
Wandering can become dangerous
HHS said approximately half of autistic children engage in wandering behavior at some point. The agency said drowning accounts for the majority of
deaths associated with autism-related wandering, making nearby bodies of water an important consideration during searches.
The National Autism Safety Council reports that an average of eight autistic children die each month in the U.S. after wandering, most often from drowning.
HHS recommends that caregivers provide 90 dependent and responders with information that could affect a search, including the person's communication abilities, behavior, attraction to water and other known items.
The association was also part of a broader package of autism-related initiatives from HHS, including a view-the-decal and CHIP toolkit for Applied Behavior Analysis services and efforts to expand health care training and access.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest data estimates that about 1 in 31 children in the United States has been identified as having autism.
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doubts."
It has been more than 90 years since a Democratic man picked to represent the ruby red state of Kansas in the U.S. Senate, though the Cook Political Report changed its prediction for this year's race after Hamilton won the primary from 'solid Republican' to 'likely Republican,' meaning it has moved into a slightly more competitive position.
Marshall's campaign did not return a respect for comment.
Attack ads
Days after the primary, Main Street Fund, a new Massachusetts-based super political action committee, launched a commercial casting Hamilton as 'way to evade for Kansas.' The ad was brought up in more from two summons Hamilton delivered in 2020 about climate change and the mass Black Lives Matter protests after George Floyd's death, a slew of right leaning and religious publications have since delved into his extensive sermons and writings.
Hamilton said he expected his sermons and writings to be dissected when he entered the campaign. Still, he hopes people will meet the full text and watch the sermons online, not just days.
"They've taken three words from one paragraph and then they grab three words from another paragraph and two from another and they saw them together and they put them into a commercial, making me say something that I never actually said," he said.
Hamilton said his sermons are in line with beliefs told by the Catholic Church, mainline Christian faiths and wise evangelical homes of worship.
"I'm not going to see a man or two out of context. But I really hope when people listen to those lines, they're going to go, Oh, I want to go back and listen to the whole sermon, and when they do, I think they're going to find that what I preached is consistent with Scripture, and it actually makes a lot of sense to most people," he said.
Will it work?
It's difficult to quantify how many Democratic candidates are placing faith in the center of their campaigns. Some have faith-based careers. Others talk frequently about their personal faith, but not through a position loss.
Democratic coalition of voters tends to be the most religiously diverse, but also the most secular, said David Campbell, director of the Notre Dame University Democracy Initiative.
"Democracy actually have to walk a line between attracting those moderately religious voters that are certainly more than those Democrats without alienating that more secular base," Campbell said.
His research has also shown that secular voters don't stand democratic candidates talking about religion, but do mind when Republicans do.
For years, Republican candidates have successfully woven their faith into their campaign strategies, said Daniel Williams, who teaches history at Ashland University in Ohio. And Black Democrats, who can need to their chairman talking about the intersector of faith and politics, have been vocal as well, he said.
"It's only been very recently that we've seen the Democratic Party experimenting with the idea of having religiously shoved white Christians talking very publicly about the connection between their faith and progressive policies. And we'll see how the experiment
Iowa Rep. Lindsay James, a college campus chaplain, is facing off against Republican former state Rep. Joe Mitchell. COPY SCANLMA/USA TODAY NETWORK
works," Williams said.
"What's changed? The electoral map, Williams said.
"I think that the Democrats have realized that they have gotten into a situation where the electoral math has locked them out of being very competitive in a number of conservative-bomestic states. And so the question has been, 'What is going to change the electoral math?'" he said. "There's a long-attening some Democratic who have been locked out of any prospect of winning a statewide race for some time... that perhaps this might be the key to winning over a few swing voters."
"You can't love God and abuse the immigrant.
You can't love God and bully the outcast. You can't love God and oppress the poor."
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Because many Democratic candidates come from more liberal denominations, they might struggle to break into the traditional Republican electorate as socially conservative real states, and they are not going to be a
"The division between mainline or liberal/dominated and evangelical Protestants on critical issues is significantly greater today than it was in the 1970s or 1980s," Williams said. "There is a fair amount of influence between their policies and the way that they think about the world and the way that conservative white evangelical Republicans have traditionally thought about the world."
Republicans say it's fair to point out how the candidates interpret their religion, if they plan to base policy on it.
"Democrats are so best when it comes to talking to Christians that they think the answer is to say God is transgender, fantasies is OK and Pages witchcraft should be embraced. Only the coastal elite puppet masters of the Democrat Party could possibly be so out of touch to think running wide caricatures of Christians appeals to hardworking Americans," Republican National Committee spokesman Zach Kraft said.
Democrats say questioning a candidate's faith is not acceptable.
"Democrats are proud to have candidates of every background, including faith leaders, who are bringing their authority to the campaign but and fighting for their communities. It's shameful and absurd that Republican officials are questioning someone's faith simply because they're a Democrat. Faith is not a political test," Dem-
Demonstrate National Committee spokeswoman Danielle Campos López said.
Key races in Iowa
In Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, Democratic state senator and Lutheran minister Isaiah Tyner Garrett is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn. Republican are attacking Tyner Garrett's faith, labeling her a 'so-called' minister and questioning her Christian credibility over her support for LGBTQ+ rights and critiques of Christian nationalism.
The race is one of the nation's top battleground matchups in the 2020 midterm elections. The RNC has asked, "Is Isaiah Tyner Garrett a Witch?" calling her the 'wicked witch of woke.'
Nunn's campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Tyner Garrett told The Des Moines Capitol that the 2020 U.S. Public Health Network, the attacks are unlikely to stick with voters in a community where she has long woven her faith into her public service.
"I few that out in a way that respects my neighbors who have different beliefs, and stands up for the rights of my neighbors who see the world differently than me, and really confers the dignity of all of my constituents," Tyner Garrett said. "And that is, I think, a fulfillment of my faith - as I said, that calling to love Capitol's love my neighbor. There is no one who is not my neighbor."
In Iowa's 2nd Congressional District race, state Rep. Lindsay James, a college campus chaplain, is facing off against Republican former state Rep. Joe Mitchell. James has experienced Republican attacks centered on her legislative record, pointing to her support for LGBTQ+ rights and gender-affirming care for minors as evidence that her politics are out of step with her religious background.
"The criticism has focused on a 2023 speech she gave against a bill prohibiting gender transition procedures for minors in which she said, 'when has protecting children meant denying them what can be lifesaving easy'."
"If you're a 'pastor' and think that 6-year-olds can change their gender, then I don't think you're much of a pastor," Mitchell said in a statement.
At the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines in July, Mitchell took aim at both James and Tyner Garrett.
"They're not real pastors; right? They don't profess the true gospel of Jesus Christ," Mitchell said.
James a Presbyterian, said the criticism has been 'extremely disappointing'.
"It's not just insulting to me as a pastor, it's insulting to every Christian and pastor that serves communities in this district, in this state and across the country," she said.
Texas focus on Scripture
Texas U.S. Senate hopeful James Talinton, a Presbyterian studying to become a minister, faces similar criticism of how he interprets Scripture. Talinton faces Republican nominee Ben Paxton, the state's longtime attorney general.
Talinton's campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
He has made the New Testament's command to love the longline a centerpiece of his campaign.
Scripture says you can't love God and hate either people," Talinton said in a sermon posted on TikTok in December 2020. "You can't love God and abuse the immigrant. You can't love God and bully the outcast. You can't love God and oppress the poor."
"We spend so much time looking for God out there that we miss God in the person sitting right next to us, so that neighbor who hears the divine image. In the face of a neighbor, we glimpse the future of God."
Pastors' stings speeches routinely adopt Talinton's liberal theology doesn't reflect Scripture. He first drew attention to a past remark that sparked backlash, in which Talinton referred to God as 'landsinary'.
In Talinton's twisted version of Christianity, a follower of Christ is required to bend the knee at the altar of the radical times agenda, disavow the old and gas industry, support late-term abortion and open a door to every criminal illegal item that is seeking asylum. I'm still looking through the Bible for find those passages, but I wouldn't call it Christian," Paxton campaign spokeswoman Madison Corey told USA TODAY.
In May, Talinton told CBS News' Ed O'Keefe he was living "intentionally provocative with that statement." He accused Paxton of "intentionally clipping my clergy comments."
"I would speak of the three similar shows Talinton and Paxton, each and each, and on Aug. 20, The Cook Political Report moved the race from its 'leans Republican' category to 'loss-up.'
A changing perspective
Robb Ryerse grew up in Christian nationalism and spent the first 10 years of his career as a pastor in a fundamentalist Baptist church. Overnight, his interpretation of Scripture changed.
"I would speak day and a week like the answers I was given no longer make sense," he said.
Shortly after, he moved south to Arkansas with his wife and married a non-denominational church, where he has preached for the last 20 years. After watching the rise of Christian nationalism, within the Republican Party in Washington, DC, he decided it was time to enter politics. He challenged incumbent Republican Rep. Steve Womack in northwest Arkansas in 2008 as a Republican. This year he of the Democratic nominee challenging Womack.
"I wanted to be a pastor who attends up and says, 'No, no, no, there's a much different way to integrate faith and politics, and it is not that,'" he said.
Womack declared to comment. The Cook Political Report rates the race as 'solid Republican.'
Faith can motivate action, but shouldn't be the basis for the nation's laws, Ryerse said. Instead, he said, the basis should be what it best for everyone. That means he has resonated with voters, he added.
"I'm not running to take America back for democratic Jesus," he said. "It's not like a progressive version of Christian nationalism. I'm running because my faith motivates me personally, but the Bible's not the basis for laws."
Contributing: Morissa Payne, Des Moines Register
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Ingrid Jacques U.S. USA TODAY
You probably haven't heard this, because the legacy news media and the Democratic Party faithful aren't screaming it from the rooftops: Michigan and Florida are poised to elect Republican governors.
Both happen to be Black. That's noteworthy because there is only one sitting Black governor right now - Maryland's Wes Moore, a Democrat, and part the third Black governor elected in U.S. history. All three have been Democrats.
For a party probably mocked as too White, too attractive to plan, two Black GOP nominees for governor in an important development, one that undercuts Democratic attacks against Republicans (expected lack of diversity).
Trends favor Republicans making history in Florida and Michigan
As expected, U.S. Rep. Byron Donaldson, a member of the Republican primary on Aug. 18. Earlier this month, Congressman John James won his Michigan primary for nearly 10 points.
Both men had President Donald Trump's endorsement, which helped seal their victories.
If history is any guide, Donaldson and James are well-positioned in their re-
U.S. Rep. Byron Donaldson, running for Florida governor, celebrates winning the Republican primary in Orlando on Aug. 18. (HALL/CLM DENMARK/USA TODAY NETWORK VIA ROUTIER COMEDY)
spective states to win in November, too. In my state of Michigan, voters like bouncing between the parties to lead their state. With Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (sens-limited after eight years, precedent says it's time for a Republican to hold the office again.
For perspective, Michigan hasn't elected a Democrat to follow a Democrat as governor in 45 years. It's about the same for Republicans.
Of course, things can change. But the trends favor Republican having a good year, and that benefits James.
He'll face Michigan Secretary of State, Jacoby Benson. Even though that's also a statewide elected office, the last time a Michigan secretary of state won the governorship was in the 2940s.
In Florida, Donaldson's actions like general election knowing that voters there
U.S. Rep. John James, 8-Michigan, speaks at an election night watch party in Sterling Heights after winning the GOP primary race for governor on Aug. 4. (ILL./POLLAM/GETTY AWARD)
haven't elected a Democrat for governor since 2004.
And Gov. Ron Defianto, term-limited after this year, has made Florida a conservative renegotiable.
As a conservative, I honestly don't care that James or Donaldson are Black. Their race and identity matter far less to me than their platforms and what they're promising to do for their states.
I think most Republicans agree. Trump's Truth Social endorsement of James described him this way: 'A West Point Graduate, Combat Pilot, Brave Day War Service, Democrat/Business Unit and Job Control, and How, as a Highly Respected U.S. Congressman.'
Trump didn't mention James' race. That's not why he earned the president's endorsement.
Contrast that with former Vice Presi-
dent Kamala Harris, chosen to serve with, too Robin simply because of the diversity bases she checked.
Her failed 2024 presidential bid leaned more on the 'firsts' she'd fulfill as a woman of color than on what she'd actually do in the job - something she never managed to answer clearly.
Why aren't Donaldson and James dominating headlines?
For Democrats, including those in the legacy news media, Republican candidates who happen to be women or people of color are either ignored entirely or treated as anomalies, even traitors.
Take Winmore Earle Ames, in November, Virginia's New International governor can for governor against Democrat Alapal Spankenger and was largely dismissed by the media.
Earle Ames, a Black woman, lost. Since she was a Republican, though, Democrats couldn't have cared less about her identity.
The same goes for James and Donaldson. If they were Black Democrats singling for high-profile governor jobs, this would be dominating headlines.
The left may ignore them, but it's still big news.
And if they win as November, their victories will deal a serious blow to Democrats' outflow claim to be the party of diversity.
Ingrid Jacques is a columnist at USA TODAY. You can contact her at ipeopardemontology.com or us @Ingrid_Jacques
El-Sayed has my vote, but he must speak to Jewish Democrats
Nikki Sagire Vleckler African contributor
I voted for U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. I wanted him to win Michigan's Democratic primary. And when he did, I was thrilled. I was relieved. And almost immediately, I was stayed.
Because while I was celebrating, I was boasting from Jewish friends, family and community members who felt angry and betrayed. Many said they would never vote for him in November's general election.
I am Jewish, too. And in that moment, I could see just how wide the fracture within the Democratic Party has become.
The Democratic Senate race was so close that it could not be called until nearly every ballot had been counted. When the candidate's vote declared El-Sayed the winner on Aug. 5, he led Rep. Haley Stevens by 14,893 votes out of more than 1.5 million cast, a margin of just under 1 percentage point.
That narrow victory does not take away from what El-Sayed accomplished. But it does reveal the open wounds within the Democratic coalition, and how much work is ahead of us if we are going to defeat Republican Mike Rogers in November.
Unity does not require uniformity. Acknowledge fears and concerns.
Stevens has conceded the race and pledged her support to El-Sayed. So have Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Gary Peters and Sen. Elissa Stotkin, who is also Jewish.
The Jewish Democratic Council of America congratulated El-Sayed on his win. That helps.
It is a first step toward shifting our focus away from a bitter primary and toward the much larger fight ahead.
But unity does not require uniformity. It requires making sense for the different experiences, fears and concerns within our coalition, not pretending those divisions do not exist.
I watched criticism of the Israeli government repeatedly become confided with hatred of Jewish people. I also watched legitimate fears about anti-mediates became tangled in political rhetoric and, at times, discussed.
As a result, many Jewish Democratic Michiganders are sent out the general election feeling as though they cannot
Michigan Democratic Senate primary winner Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a seven conference on Aug. 5 in Detroit. (FAN GOME/GETTY AWARD)
even consider supporting El-Sayed. Jewish Michiganders are not a monolith, and no single perspective or person speaks for all of us.
Our relationships with Israel, Zionism and Jewish ahath's way widely and are rooted in our values, emotions, personal experiences and family histories.
Since the primary, Jewish Michiganders have shared stories with me about what happened when they expressed hesitation about El-Sayed. Some were called noire. Nikki is complicit in genocide. One person told me that her liberal Jewish relative was esteemed at by friends and ultimately pushed out of their forest group simply because she was unsure about supporting him.
That behavior does not persuade anyone. It hardens fear, closes conversations and pushes potentially reachable voters further away.
We cannot play pretty politics. Provide some romp and a welcoming environment for people who are still working through complicated feelings.
Now El-Sayed must expand the table for supporters
A primary campaign is about assembling enough votes to win within your party. A general election campaign requires something larger.
At the summer, El-Sayed must lose that work, set the tone for his supporters and expand the table they have already set. Hesitant voters need to be called-in, not called out.
That begins with creating room for Jewish fear and grief without treating other as an endorsement of the Israeli government. It means meeting someone's death with curiosity rather than immediately responding with accusations of racism or Islamophobia.
Jewish Michiganders should not need the perfect vocabulary as a fully formed opinion before they are wel-
comed into the conversation.
And to my Jewish community. Know that you do not need to have the perfect words for what you are feeling, either. You are allowed to be scared, angry, uncertain or still working through it all.
The Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus has called for El-Sayed to engage directly with Jewish communities on their own terms, respect the deep connection many Michigan Jews have to bravel and seek common ground on the whole, selecting all Michiganders.
That does not require abandoning Palestinian Senate rights.
It requires understanding that Palestinian humanity and Jewish safety are not competing values.
El-Sayed must face his words, and address the harm of future Piker
It also requires an honest conversation about El-Sayed's response to the attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield as March.
To be clear, El-Sayed unequivocally condemned the attack.
He called it laziness and evil, said anti-mediators has no place in our communities and affirmed the right of Jewish people to worship safely. He repeatedly said there was no justification for what happened.
But he also repeated the phrase 'hurt people hurt people' and done a direct line from the deaths of the attacker's relatives in Lebanon to his decision to target a synagogue.
For many Jewish Michiganders, that framing was painful. At a moment when someone had attempted to kill Jewish children inside their synagogue, they heard an explanation for the attacker's actions, when what they needed was solidarity, without qualification.
One Jewish friend told me plainly that 'hurt people hurt people' felt indefeasible. Others heard it as victim blaming, despite El-Sayed's clear condemnation of the attack.
Both things can be true: El-Sayed intended to condemn anti-mediators and explain how violence perpetuates itself, and his words still caused real harm. Acknowledging that harm could go a long way toward rebuilding trust.
There is one more barrier El-Sayed must address his continued association with House Piker.
I do not believe being seen with someone means automatically endowing everything that person has ever said. But many Jewish friends I have spoken with felt El-Sayed's response to their concerns about campaigning with
Piker was insufficient. Then they watched Piker livestream from El-Sayed's election night party.
At some point, continued association becomes a choice.
If El-Sayed wants to earn the trust of Jewish voters who are not with him yet, he must be willing to bear why that relationship concerns them, and show them where his own boundaries are.
Democratic Michiganders are praying for the same things
I know that El-Sayed is capable of having these conversations and holding space, because a few weeks ago I spoke with him publicly about anti-mediators. El-Sayed said he sees anti-mediators and Islamophobia as products of the same architecture of hate. He reminded us that our politics should be shaped less by whom we pray to and more by what we pray for.
I believe many Michiganders are praying for the same things: a kinder America, a gentler America and a country where our children can grow up being their neighbors instead of fearing them. We want affordable health care when we are sick instead of crashing debt and medical bills. We want economic security when we work hard instead of constantly rising prices. We want clean air and water instead of corporate influence determining the health of our communities. And we want leaders who we the humanity in our children before they are their religion.
Health care, affordability, reproductive freedom, public education and environmental protection are inseparable from my Jewish values and identity. Those values are why I voted for El-Sayed. They are also why I do not want hesitant Jewish Democrats to retreat from this election or surrender their place within the party.
Former Rep. Mike Rogers is not a safest alternative for the communities or values we are trying to protect.
Jewish collective leaders in the importance of 'Nikkan slam': that we share a responsibility not only to imagine a better world, but also to help repair the one we have.
That repair begins right here, in our own backyard.
Nikki Sagire Vleckler is a Jewish Michiganian, reproductive health care advocate and life (life-) physician assistant. She is the founder of Take Back Trust and author of 'We Deserve More.' Find her online distribution. This column originally appeared in the Detroit Free Press.
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Daniel de Vlok USA TODAY
In recent years, the tech giants known as the Magnificent Seven have been the toast of Wall Street. • Between 2015 and 2024, the seven stocks collectively earned an eye-popping 698%, nearly four times the return for the S&P 500 as a whole, according to The Motley Fool. • Lately, though, the seven's performance has looked positively pedestrian. • In the first half of 2026, Vanguard reports, the Magnificent Seven actually declined in value, losing 1% in a span that saw the S&P as a whole rise by 9%. • The Magnificent Seven used to move more or less in lockstep, mostly going up.
Now, they're scattered across the proverbial prairie:
- Chipmaker Nvidia is up roughly 18% on the year, as of Aug. 28.
- Apple, maker of the Mac and iPhone, is up 14%.
- Amazon, the e-commerce giant, is up 21%.
- Alphabet, holding company for Google, is up about 10%.
- Microsoft, the firm behind Windows, is basically flat for the year.
- Meta, parent of Facebook, is down 17%.
• And Tesla, the EV automaker, is down 25%.
"There's only one Mag-7 that's beating the market this year. It's Nvidia," said Chris Grisanti, chief market strategist at MAJ Capital Management.
Only Nvidia has reaped returns well beyond the S&P, which is up roughly 12.5% this year.
"The Magnificent Seven came together for a period of time," Grisanti said, "and now they're separating."
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Chipmaker Nvidia is a standout stock among the Magnificent Seven. JIAN MANU/REUTERS
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In the first half of 2026, Vanguard reports, the Magnificent Seven actually declined in value, losing 1% in a span that saw the S&P as a whole rise by 9%.
Trump urges Fed to cut interest rates again
Members of committee remain wary of inflation
Rachel Barber
USA TODAY
President Donald Trump again pressured the Federal Reserve to lower its benchmark for interest rates, insisting rates are "artificially high" the same day the Treasury Department announced the U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion, though many forecasters are still predicting the Fed will hold its target range steady at its next meeting in September.
Though the president said Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, whom he nominated to the position this year, is doing "a great job," he implied other members of the rate-setting committee may have political motives when casting their votes. Trump consistently criticized former Fed Chair Jerome Powell for the same reason after nominating him to the role in 2017 Powell remains on the committee as a governor. He and other committee members, including Warsh, have repeatedly affirmed their independence from politics.
"The problem is he has a board, and it's a political board," Trump told reporters Aug. 19 while speaking alongside crypto executives at the White House. "People put in by Obama, Biden and me, and there are quite a few members still left, as you understand, and so they vote to raise interest rates. I don't know if they're doing it because they think they're doing a good thing or because they like the politics of it."
The Federal Open Market Committee as a whole has not voted to raise the federal funds rate since July 2023. It voted to lower the rate these times late last year and has held it steady so far in 2026. At its most recent meeting in July, three committee members dissented from the decision, preferring to raise the target range by a quarter-point. The federal funds rate still stands at a range of 3.5% to 3.75%.
"My point is, years ago, 25 years ago, when the country announced good numbers, interest rates went down because we had a stronger country," Trump said. "Now, when we announce good numbers, the better they are, the worse it is for interest rates."
The Fed considers a wide array of economic data when making its interest rate decisions. The committee typically raises the federal funds rate to issue inflation and lowers it when it's concerned about slowing in the job market.
A higher federal funds rate often means consumers face higher interest
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President Donald Trump again pressured the Federal Reserve to lower its benchmark for interest rates, insisting rates are "artificially high." KYLE COOPER/REUTERS
Idaho leads survey of best states to live in
WalletHub uses five keys to find the best and worst
Gabe Mauri
USA TODAY
How good is your state to live in? WalletHub recently released its latest ranking of all 50 states to identify which states are the best – and worst – to live in.
The personal finance website says it compared all 50 states across five key categories: affordability, economy, edu-
cation and health, quality of life, and safety. Those dimensions were then evaluated using SI relevant metrics, with each metric graded on a 100-point scale.
"When deciding on a place to move, you should first consider financial factors like the cost of living, housing prices and job availability," said Chip Lupo, a WalletHub analyst quoted on the study. "Many states have strong economies, though, so you should also consider a wide variety of other factors, such as how where you live will impact your health and safety, and whether you
will have adequate access to activities that you enjoy."
Here's what WalletHub's study found.
What are the best states to live in?
According to WalletHub, the five best states to live in are:
- Idaho.
- New Jersey.
- Wisconsin.
- Massachusetts.
- New Hampshire. Idaho ranked highly in the affordabil-
ity, economy and safety categories, while New Jersey was highly rated for its education and health, quality of life and safety categories.
Massachusetts was the No. 1 ranked state when it comes to education and health, while New Hampshire was in the top four in three categories – economy, education and health, and safety.
The five worst states to live in, according to WalletHub, are Arkansas, Alaska, Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico.
The full rankings and methodology can be found on WalletHub's website.
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Real estate giants reach settlement over fees
Homebuyers are eligible for cash
Anthony Thompson USA TODAY
Bought a home in recent years? You could be entitled to a payment from a $285.5 million settlement involving real estate giants Keller Williams and RE/MAX. Eligible homebuyers who purchased a home listed on a multiple listing service could qualify, but claims must be filed by Aug. 25.
The case alleges major real estate companies helped keep buyer-agent commissions artificially high, increasing costs for homebuyers and limiting competition among agents.
Keller Williams and RE/MAX deny violating any laws and agreed to settle to avoid prolonged litigation. Eligible claimants who submit valid claims could receive a share of the settlement
fund, with payments based on factors including the home's purchase price commission paid and the number of claims filed.
Here's what to know:
Who is eligible for the settlement?
According to the settlement website, you may qualify if:
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a five purchased residential real estate in the United States during your state's eligible time period, ending April 24, 2028;
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a The home was listed on a multiple listing service;
The start date for eligibility varies by state. In Texas, for example, eligible purchases date back to Jan. 25, 2029.
Homebuyers who purchased more than one eligible property must submit a separate claim for each home.
What is the lawsuit about?
Plaintiffs allege the National Assoc-
ation of REALFOIRE. Keller Williams, RE/MAX and other defendants worked together to reduce competition among buyer agents, allowing commissions to remain higher than they otherwise would have been in a competitive market.
The lawsuit further alleges the practices steered buyers away from homes offering lower commissions, ultimately increasing costs for some homebuyers.
Keller Williams and RE/MAX deny the allegations and any wrongdoing. Both companies say they agreed to settle to avoid the expense and uncertainty of prolonged litigation.
Under the settlements, Keller Williams will contribute $20 million and RE/MAX will contribute $8.5 million to the settlement fund while cooperating in the ongoing litigation against remaining defendants.
The court has not determined whether any defendant violated the law, and the case continues against other companies.
How much money could I receive?
Settlement administrators have not announced individual payment amounts.
If approved, payments to eligible claimants will depend on factors including:
- The number of valid claims submitted;
- The purchase price of the home.
- The buyer-agent commission paid during the transaction.
How do I file a claim?
Eligible homebuyers can submit a claim online or mail a completed claim form to the claims administrator.
Online claims must be submitted by 8:59 p.m. CT on Aug. 25. Mailed claim forms must be postmarked by Aug. 25.
More information about eligibility requirements, claim forms and the settlement is available on the settlement website.
Parents are warned to stop using play set after link to toddler's death
Michelle Del Rey USA TODAY
Parents are being urged to stop using a popular toddler stole play set immediately after federal safety regulation linked the product to the death of a 17-month-old child.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Aug. 21 warned that the WPS-4 stole play set, manufactured by China-based Wenzhou Yidian Amusement Equipment Co. Ltd., contains openings that can trap a child's head
and neck, creating a risk of serious injury or death. The agency said the play sets, which can be used indoors or outdoors and feature a slide, tunnel and basketball hoop, should be discarded immediately. The CPSC is aware of our fatality involving the product and said the manufacturer has not agreed to an acceptable recall.
Do you own one of the play sets?
The plastic play sets were sold in multiple colors, including red, navy, cof-
fee, gray, green and yellow. Some modern feature a vehicle-shaped component on the side. Consumers can identify the products by looking for model number WPS-4 and the manufacturer's name, Wenzhou Yidian Amusement Equipment Co. Ltd., on the product label.
The CPSC is urging consumers to stop using the play sets immediately and not to sell, drastic or give them away. Anyone who experiences a good set-related incident or safety issue can report it through the agency's consumer safety database at SailorProducts.gov.
Consumers are being advised against using a stole play set, model WPS-4, with the vehicle-shaped side component, following the death of a 17-month-old child. PROVIDED BY SHERDON YIDIAN AMANEMENT EQUIPMENT CO.
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Here's how the Magnificent Seven got its name
The seven saw dramatic growth over the past decade, and all rank among the world's largest companies by market value. Rank of America analyst Michael Hartnett coined the term Magnificent Seven in 2023 to encompass the tech giants, a group that powered a phenomenal run on the U.S. stock market.
Apart from being hot stocks, however, the seven never had that much in common, Amazon sells consumer products. Google is a search engine. Meta dominates social media. Microsoft makes software. Tesla makes cars.
If the Magnificent Seven member ever really fit, you can't said, maybe its time has passed.
"I think that's a useful term only in the rearview mirror now," he said.
Some Magnificent Seven stocks have shed value
Various Magnificent Seven stocks have shed value for myriad reasons. Tesla plummeted in 2025 as CEO Elon Musk plunged into politics as a controversial adviser to President Donald Trump. He said that the year amid a broader decline of software stocks, Meta has increased as the company fights litigation alleging that the firm seeded withheld behavior in children.
A broader narrative suggests investors are questioning the massive artificial intelligence investments by the Magnificent Seven, and particularly by the AI "hyperwalker," a group said to include Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft. Together, the firms are spending more than $700 billion this year on AI infrastructure.
"At the end of the day, the bill will come due," said Roger Alings-Diaz, global head of portfolio construction at Vanguard. "And what investors will start
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asking in earnings calls is, 'Is all the money you spent going to pay off?'
Those firms are competing for memory chips and electrical capacity to expand AI. Prices are rising for those items, and some investors are balding on Mag-7 stocks in favor of the companies that supply them.
Is the Magnificent Seven's run nearing its end?
Throughout the Seven's tremendous run, stock analysts have debated how long it might last.
Vanguard, among others, predicted in 2025 that the Magnificent Seven would rise only modestly in value over the next decade. The key reason: Most of the seven stocks were overpriced.
Economists measure the value of a stock by a formula called the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings, or CAPE, ratio. If tally you, in effect, whether the stock is overvalued or undervalued.
Re: Seven (to CAPE) stocks in the 584,500 stands at 42.35. That means stock prices are very expensive relative to earnings.
Most of the Magnificent Seven stocks
have higher price-to-earnings ratios than the market as a whole. In other words, they are relatively overpriced.
Stock forecasters also are concerned about market concentration. Together, the Mag-7 make up 34% of the value of the 584,500, according to a Merley Fool analysis. Back in 2005, by contrast, the seven represented only 52% of the 584?
"The U.S. market overall has become very top-heavy," said Philip Stinnell, chief investment officer, American, for Mononguizal Wealth. Concentration is the opposite of diversification. Investors are told not to hold only stocks, and not to hold too much of any one stock.
Perhaps unwittingly, a casual investor who tries to diversify with an 584? 500 stocks that is staking a kind of their investment in the Magnificent Seven.
"You're buying into the 584'500 to diversify, right? But you still end up with this very specific group," said Anders Ryland, contributing media and technology analyst at Merley Fool.
Here are tips for diversifying beyond the Magnificent Seven
Fortunately, there are other ways to
diversify. Here are a few places to look:
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a Value stocks. A value stock is a good deal, basically, trading at a relatively low price relative to sales and earnings. Vanguard expects value stocks to rise by 6.4% to 8.4% a year over the next decade.
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a Small-cap stocks. Small-cap stocks are shares in smaller companies. Vanguard predicts small-cap stocks will rise 4.7% to 6.7% annually over the next 10 years.
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a Non-U.S. stocks. Foreign stocks beat U.S. stocks in 2025, and many analysts still consider them a good bet in 2026.
Ryland and other analysts are not suggesting investors should sell all their shares in the Magnificent Seven. Merley Fool still lists Amazon, Alphabet and Apple among 64 top 50 stocks to buy and hold.
Yet market forecasters may be less likely in the future to romanticize the Mag-7, such as the gratifiphers in the namesake 1940 movie, riding off together into the sunset.
Bybel jokingly urges investors to remember the ultimate fate of the Seven in the film. "Four of them die by the end."
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rates on each things are credit cards, personal loans and car loans, white voters benefit from higher returns on high-yield savings accounts and certificates of deposit. A lower federal funds rate generally produces the opposite effect. In either case, it does not directly affect mortgage rates. The 30-year fixed-rate for mortgages tends to track the trajectory of the 10-year U.S. Treasury note.
FOMC minutes from the July meeting released Aug. 19 revealed "most" participants thought inflation would cool over the rest of 2028 as the effects of traffic and energy price increases fade. However, they also showed "many" believed inflation could remain persistently elevated. Some cited concerns that conflict in the Middle East during up of prices could make it more difficult for businesses to absorb tariff-related cost increases, and some brought up concerns that AI investment was already affecting prices by pushing up demand.
"Participants judged that their inflation outlooks were highly uncertain and that inflation risks were skewed to the upside," the minutes said, adding that many participants assessed higher rates "would likely be necessary if inflation did not decline".
Participants thought later market conditions were "stable" and generally expected them to remain that way, the minutes also revealed. Since the July meeting, Fed members received now data about the economy. Although U.S. consumer prices toland up 0.2% last month, the annual inflation rate fell to
3.4%, down from 4.2% in May. Year over year, inflation is still outpacing workers' purchases and remains above the Fed's 2% target, so it has for five years. After a hiring career in the spring, the labor market has shown signs of cooling. Employers shed 23,000 jobs in July.
Fed officials will have more inflation and employment data from August to review before their next meeting in September. As of Aug. 20, most traders expect committee members to leave the federal funds rate unchanged, though some are still permitting a hike, according to CME FedWatch.
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ALABAMA Montgomery: Alabama ranks among the top states attracting Ruby Robesons and Gen X movers, according to U-HaA's 2026 midyear education report. Alabama ranked No. 8
ALASKA Fairbanks: Fairbanks-based South 50 Building Systems has proposed acquiring the vacant Joy Community Center and redeveloping it into an Arctic innovation hub focused on research, technology development and economic growth in the region, KTUU reported.
ARIZONA Phoenix: The Arizona Supreme Court threw out a GOP-backed ballot measure that would have threatened reforms of the state's universal school number program.
ARKANSAS Franklin County: The Arkansas government office says building a new prison in Franklin County remains the state's preferred way to expand prison capacity, despite recently released Department of Cosmetics results outlining expansion plans that don't combine the project.
CALIFORNIA Santa Feces: When Santa Feces Hospital shows in 2030, it should be replaced with a medical office building and an expanded access case center that will offer urgent care, preventive treatment and other care. Ventura County Board of Supervisors decided, Supervisors opted not to support building a micro-hospital that would include an around-the-clock emergency room but would be projected to lose $75 million over $500 million. The project noted for a medical office building that would consolidate the region's county run clinics into a one-stop health hub.
COLORADO Loveland: Loveland's massive new Amazon robotics fulfillment center opened in July and will host a grand-opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 4, Amazon spokesperson News LaPoint said.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: Connectivity is something $50.8 million to 41 special education programs alongside an part of a new grant program designed to expand services for students with disabilities and reduce the cost of a 40 district placements.
DELAWARE Lewes: A Wawa under construction road Lewes is expected to open by the end of the year.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: Washington, DC recorded 28 traffic facilities on Oct. 2026, a $5% increase from 0.14 the same point last year, 20 News Now reported.
FLORIDA Tallahassee: As grocery prices keep climbing, a new national report has ranked Florida had with two other states as driving the country's sixth-highest average weekly grocery costs. The auditing by World PopulationsReview.com listed Florida lost with Maryland and Oregon as having the sixth highest annual grocery cost. Re, 362. That works out to an average of $530.16 a month, or $522.54 a week.
GEORGIA Atlanta: The Salvation Army has extended its Hurricane Helene Long-Term Recovery Assistance Program for Georgia residents in need Through Dec. 31, 2027.
GREECE Honolulu: Three all-electric ship-to-shore container cranes, each up to 200 feet full, arrived at Honolulu Harbor after a 2,000-mile journey from California and will be installed at the Kapaluma Container Terminal as part of a $650 million port modernization project, Hawaii News Now reported.
IDAHO Twin Falls: Idaho officials reported a 77% decline in invasive quaggy mussel larvae in the Snake River near Twin Falls compared with 2026 levels, marking significant progress in the state's ongoing eradication effort, KTV87 reported.
ILLINOIS Springfield: A landmark cucumber magnolia tree, purported to be 200 to 250 years, had to be removed from the grounds of the Chesapeake Medical House. The tipping point, said restaurant owner Daniel Whitmore, was when a massive 2,000-mile storm hitting a July 18 storm and fell across two parked vehicles.
INDIANA Evansville: The U.S News and World Report has released its outlay of high school at both the state's local national level, and only one Indiana school ranked at the top in multiple categories. The Signature School, a charter school in Evansville, was ranked the top high school in the state, the top charter school in the country and the second best high school in the country.
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Vonkers: Beauty lovers in Westchester can now get a mainuser from a robot. February, a Boston-based robotics company, has opened its first New York location inside Ulta Beauty in Vonkers. The machine gives customers the chance to receive an automated, full-service mainuser while they shop. The Vonkers location is the company's fifth store overall after first launching in retail locations in December 2025. The automated system performs the key steps of a mainuser-pulish removal, cuticle care, nail shaping, color application and a top coat with drying.
IOWA Ames: A new committee in Ames is poised to study the environmental impacts of data centers. Data centers have been a fast topic among residents in recent months since a 900,000-square-foot data center was proposed near the airport. After weeks of review by the Ames City Council and significant public agreement, the council voted to delay a decision until May 2027, citing a need for more information and regulations.
KANSAS Hutchinson: Hutchinson Community College announced its reaccreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. The college said it earned a 20-year reaffirmation of accreditation.
KENTUCKY LaGuardia: A historic horse farm in Lexington will be anchored at the Kennebont Championship Sale, according to a news release from Kennebont and Bluegrass Softbody's International Realty. Castleton Lyons, a 9th-acre farm, is priced at $57.5 million and will be offered as the final lot at the Oct. 28 sale hosted at the farm itself.
LOUISIANA Claiborne Parish: The Louisiana Department of Health is reporting a confirmed Neophyte fowler's infection in a Louisiana resident. According to the department, the resident most likely acquired the infection while swimming in Lake Claiborne, located in Claiborne Parish, shortly before the illness.
MAINE York: The Selectboard is moving ahead with a November ballard for the York Ambulance Association. Its members say they may seek a new provider given what they called the 'embarrassing' state of the nonprofit's finances.
MARYLAND Smithsburg: The new Sheets near Smithsburg will open on Sept. 2, a company spokesperson said.
MASSACHUSETTS Easton: The Sisters of Saint Anne have officially said the assets of Aana Maria College's nursing program to Assumption University, which is absorbing a bulk of its students.
MICHIGAN Ashton: A long-term fix for securing taste and odor problems in the city's waste supply could be years away, according to commissioner discussion. The Ashton City Commission is weighing water treatment upgrades costing between $6.5 million and more than $25 million, numbers updated from ballpark estimates given in July.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: New minimum wages for Minnesota nursing home workers received final federal approval and will take effect on Sept. 10, more than three years after the state's approbation created a nation's leading labor standards board to set pay and working standards for some of the state's lowest-paid workers, Minnesota Reformer reported.
MINNESOTA Hattiesburg: The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees approved a naming rights agreement between the University of Southern Mississippi and Remnant Bank, officially changing the name of the State State football stadium from M.M. Roberts Stadium to Remnant Stadium.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: Education officials are preparing to ask lawmakers for roughly $100 million more for public schools next year, setting up a potentially difficult budget fight as the state faces a projected revenue shuttled, Missouri Independent reported.
MONTANA Great Falls: Lincoln Elementary School is respecting for the new school year after extensive repairs following a March windstorm that loss off half its roof and displaced students to other schools for the remainder of the academic year, KOZA reported.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: The city is offering grants of up to $6,000 for a youth-led sustainability projects after receiving $50,000 from Bloomberg Philanthropy's Worth Climate Action Fund, KOZA reported.
NEVADA Carson City: State lawmakers approved a slate of legislative recontamination proposed by a regional rail working group that are supposed to aid the state to potentially develop mass transit, such as light rail, as metro areas, Nevada Current reported.
NEW HAVENPORT Concord: The New Hampshire Department of Education is enhancing a 4.1% drop in the number of students eligible for free and reduced price lunch next year. The decline comes as the Trump administration has made it harder for their parents to easily enroll in the program - even if they qualify financially, New Hampshire Public Radio reported.
**NEW JERSEY Freehold: NY Water may still begin service from the Bedford Ferry Terminal in Middletown on Sept. 8, Hemsworth County officials said.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: New Energy Economy filed an emergency stay with the New Mexico Supreme Court attempting to halt a scheduled air quality permit hearing related to Project Jupiter.
NORTH CAROLINA Asheville: An organization that provides medical and psychiatric care at multiple locations across Western North Carolina will soon offer a mobile pharmacy. Mountain Area Health Education Center, in MAHEE, will now use specialized mobile pharmacy starting this fall, and Matthew Ransom, MAHEE's chair of the Department of Pharmacy.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Bismarck State College will reinstate its metro and business grid programs for the 2027-28 season, bringing the sport back to campus after a 10-year absence, KTVR reported.
OHIO Trenton: Amazon, through its subsidiary Amazon Web Services, is in negotiations with the city of Trenton and other partners on a roughly 60% use pair of land for a hyperscale data center in Butler County, according to Marcus Nichols, city manager.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office will not have negative}=(state) to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after the Board of County Commissioners declined to take up Sheriff Trumate Johnson III's proposal.
OREGON Portland: University of Oregon's Ralston Institute for Children's Behavioral Health received $125 million to expand its model to, hopefully 38 universities in the future. The Ralston Institute's bachelor's degree in child-behavioral health was the first of its kind in the nation, intending to fast track young professionals in the workforce to help address the youth mental health crisis.
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: The number of customers tried in Pennsylvania last year for either failing to stop for a school bus as it was picking up or dropping off students or spending in a madlock school zone as creased by double digits from the previous year, according to new data from the Administration Office of the Pennsylvania County.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: Rhode Island has set an ambitious new goal for itself to dramatically reduce chronic absenteeism in schools to below 50% over the next four years.
SOUTH CAROLINA Pickens County: A proposed Lake Keynes and Lake Syracuse Overlay District could protect water quality but could also impose additional restrictions on property owners, officials said.
SOUTH DAKOTA Morgan: The largest motorcycle rally in the world brought in the lowest number of attendees seen in the past 15 years. According to the South Dakota Department of Transportation, a total of 448,166 vehicles were created at traffic monitoring locations from July 4-7 for the 86th annual Sturgis Rally. That's a 37% decrease from last year and a 35% decrease from the five-year average.
TENNESSEE Memphis: A recent analysis found Memphis had more homes hit the market than almost any other major market. According to Boaltoc.com, Memphis had more than five times the national rate of newly listed homes, making it one of the most saturated markets in 2026.
TEXAS Haskell: For questions about what its data center will do for the community, Google pledged $6 million to a collection of telegraphs in the Haskell, Rule and informed triangle of Jones and Haskell counties, following its $40 billion investment in West Texas announced last fall.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Utah's reservoir system has dropped to 52% capacity after a record low snowpack year, though five-Sperace City said conservation efforts helped keep water levels higher than anticipated, Salt reported.
VERMONT Montpelier: Gov. Phil Scott called a sheriff deputy's involvement in the arrest of a farmworker's 'clew violation' of Vermont's Fair and Imperial Picking Policy.
VIRGINIA Staunton: Over $15 million in federal funding is on track for improvement at the Staunton-Journal Station. In a shared statement, Virginia Sens. Tim Kicker and Mark Wainer said the money for the station will cover upgrades to the station's platform, canopy, and accessible routes.
WASHINGTON Bainbridge Island: A new park that will feature the history of Japanese American agriculture in planned in the middle of Bainbridge Island. The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation has purchased 12 acres of woodland from the Hayashida family, the Japanese American family that has introduced the land for generations. The foundation plans to create an open space park and place interpretive engage that will share the history of Japanese American agriculture in the Korea Road area, the foundation announced.
WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown: West Virginia University, embraced the completion of the first phase of the renovation of its School of Dentistry, marking the school's first major modernization store ranging in 1977. WQTVY reported.
WISCONSIN Calumet County: The Calumet County Parks Department has deployed a level of goals to Calumet County Park in Hilbert to help with invasive species management.
WYOMING Cheyenne: Wyoming's 2026 primary election drive a 54.9% turnout among registered voters, with 550,359 ballots cast, a non-similar to recent election cycles but below the unusually high 54.5% turnout in 2022, WQTVY reported.
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Nate Davis USA TODAY
NFL should think big overseas
The NFL's ever-growing international footprint could soon be on the verge of a more permanent foothold – and maybe more.
League Commissioner Roger Goodell recently told former New York Giants defensive lineman Markus Kuhn and the German media outlet RTL/ntv that, “at some point, there will be NFL teams outside the USA,” adding, “I have no doubt that this will happen one day.”
It’s a telling admission from Goodell, who has typically lumped down such speculation while touting the league’s desire to continue feeding its growing interest abroad with an expanded inventory of games – the NFL will play a record nine international dates during the 2026 season, including its regular-season defeats in Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro and Paris.
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Grown-up role model
The pressure of being Mo’ne Davis and a 12-year journey to pro baseball
Josh Peter USA TODAY
Twelve years have passed since Mo’ne Davis captivated the sports world.
She was a hard-throwing pitcher from Philadelphia who became the first girl to throw a shut-out at the Little League World Series. Then she became the first Little League to appear on the national cover of Sports Illustrated and was besieged at the 2014 LLWS in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
“At that time, lots of adults (were) just kind of crashing down wanting to get an autograph from a teenager,” Davis, 25, told USA TODAY Sports. “They don’t really think, they don’t really care. Honestly, the fans are a lot nicer now.”
Davis faded from the limelight after making
history at 13, but now she has resurfaced and is part of history again.
As the LLWS has gotten underway, Davis is playing for the Women’s Pro Baseball League in its inaugural season. It is the first such league in more than 70 years, dating to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that was immortalized by the 1992 movie, “A League of Their Own.”
Davis plays center field for the Los Angeles Queens. She’s no longer pitching.
“I’ve been asked so many times, am I going to pitch?” she said. “And I always tell them no, and they’re always questioning why. Knowing how social media is, knowing how we’re so competitive within ourselves, I don’t want to put that
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Truth of weighty matters
SEC schedule strength vs. Big Ten reality
Pipe down, SEC snobs. This whole strength of schedule thing is way overblown.
Like many things of the net so distant past, the argument has been blown away by a Big Ten revival.
By Big Ten expansion, Big Ten NIL money, Big Ten coaching – and last but surely not least, Big Ten competition.
“You play in this league, you better be ready every week,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said in July. “There are no gimmies any week of the season.”
OK, fine. I’ll bite.
Texas has a brutal road to the College Football Playoff. Imagine having to play Oklahoma, Ole Miss, LSU and Texas A&M! And a nonconference game against Ohio State.
Speaking of Ohio State, the Buckeyes have a schedule that includes Indiana, Oregon, Michigan, Southern Cal, Illinois and Iowa. And a nonconference game against Texas.
Illinois and Iowa?!
Sure, SEC breath, you remember Illinois, the team that has won 19 games the past two seasons and in 2024 bullied the very team SEC hooks said should’ve made the CFP (South Carolina) in a bowl game.
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Indiana’s Isaiah Jones hits Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin (10) during the 2025 Big Ten title game.
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NCAA wins federal ruling on 5th year
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The NCAA gamered a significant legal victory at the federal level in its quest to have the “age-based” eligibility rule implemented for only current student athletes and not those who were members of 2022’s high school graduating class.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Aug. 23 granted the NCAA’s request for a stay in the case of Brod Evans, et. al. plaintiffs, vs. the defendant NCAA. The 2-1 decision among the three ruling panel came after the NCAA’s request for stay following U.S. District Court of Colorado Judge Caroline Sweeney’s initial ruling July 31 that issued a temporary class-wide injunction that gave blanket eligibility for a fifth year of collegiate eligibility to all members of the 2022 high school graduating class.
USA TODAY Sports reached out to the NCAA’s statement and directly resided a statement from Scott Beatty, the NCAA’s chief legal officer.
“The Tenth Circuit’s decision to stay the preliminary injunction issued by a Colorado federal district court judge in Wione permits Division I to return to the status quo before the district court intervened,” Beatty wrote to NCAA membership. “Effective immediately, the age-based eligibility rules will be implemented as the Division I membership intended.”
Class members who were allowed to complete because of the Wione injunction are no longer eligible to compete.
“The Association will separately continue to defend other similar putative class action lawsuits and the state court cases that have been filed by former student-athletes seeking additional eligibility and expeditiously appeal any
cases where former student-athletes have, or will, be granted additional eligibility through separate state court rulings. We are encouraged by the Ohio Court of Appeals’ decision to stay the first of those injunctions pending our appeal.
“Institutions will not have violations for any class members who were allowed to compete consistent with the scope of the Wione injunction prior to the stay being granted, and those former student-athletes are no longer eligible under the Wione injunction. Staff will continue to process any hardship waivers or season of competition waivers submitted for a class member by the July 31, 2026, deadline.”
In order to achieve the stay, the NCAA had to satisfy four criteria to be assessed: full “provide a strong showing it is likely to succeed on the merits; I, whether the applicant will be responsibly injured absent a stay, 3, whether issuance of the stay will substantially injure other parties; 4, where the public interest lies.”
“We conclude the appellant (NCAA) has satisfied its burden to each of these factors: the judges write in their decision: “We therefore grant the motion and stay the district court’s ruling.”
In plain terms, Sweeney’s ruling set forth on a national level, at least temporarily, the ability for all members of that high school graduating class who had otherwise exhausted their four years of collegiate eligibility to receive an immediate fifth year.
While Friday’s court ruling is a federal win for the NCAA, it does not impact other individual rulings at the state level, such as a Louisiana court’s decision. The past week to grant a fifth year of eligibility to at least 16 plaintiffs in that case.
“The bottom line is this: the Tenth Circuit stay creates a two-tier system,” said attorney Ryan Regula, a partner at Small & Wilson who works in this legal space with universities and who also has background as a former NCAA student-athlete. “Athletes with their own
independent court orders can still compete. Athletes who were relying solely on the Wione class-wide protection cannot — at least until the appeal is resolved or they secure their own relief. We should expect a fresh wave of filings in state courts around the country as attorneys move quickly to fill that gap before full seasons begin.
“It is, in many ways, exactly the scenario (NCAA President) Charlie Baker warned about — a patchwork of inconsistent court decisions creating differential treatment, proposing an which coartheure an athlete walks into.”
A fifth year of eligibility to the NCAA’s new model moving forward for all currently enrolled college student athletes as well as matriculating high school students proposing to begin their collegiate athletic careers.
On June 23, the NCAA formally adopted an “age-based” eligibility model that widely eliminated student years — limited athletic competition participation in order to preserve a four seasons on the 5th (1st) and 2nd (2nd) of the blanket opportunity for up to a maximum of five seasons of NCAA competition, regardless of injury or games played.
The NCAA, as it codified the new model, proposed the following for implementation:
“The rule change will be effective for all prospects initially enrolling full time in college in fall 2027 or later.
“For students enrolling full time in college for the first time in fall 2026 and current course with the initial with eligibility remaining after the 2023-24 academic year, Division I schools will apply the previous rules allowing four seasons of competition within five years or the age-based model; whichever results in the most favorable outcome for each individual.”
QBs could move to new teams by Week 1
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NFL teams have enjoyed the perks of having a 90-man roster for the entirety of the offseason. However, that will all change on Aug. 30 when all 32 clubs are required to trim their squads to 53.
General managers, coaches and decision-makers will have plenty of difficult decisions about whether to keep certain players. That will be especially true at the quarterback position, where a handful of young talents and veteran back-ups could find themselves looking for fresh starts.
Given the importance of quarterback depth at the NFL level, teams aren’t usually willing to cut potential-packed players at the position, even if they haven’t yet lived up to expectations. Nonetheless, some recent high-end draft picks would be the subject of trade names for teams willing to take on a reclamation project.
Who are the best quarterbacks who could find new homes as the 53-man roster deadline approaches? Here’s a breakdown of six signal-calls to watch as Week 1 of the 2026 season draws recent:
Anthony Richardson, Colts
Richardson was given permission to seek a trade away from the Colts early in the offseason. Thus far, the No. 4 overall pick from the 2023 draft has remained in Indianapolis, but perhaps that will change if they get a quality offer in advance of the 2026 season.
Richardson has posted an 8-7 record in 32 career starts but has only completed a meager 50-6% of his passes for 2,400 yards, 3 touchdowns and 31 interceptions. The 6-foot-4, 244 pounder signal-caller has been better as a runner, however, generating 634 yards and 10 touchdowns in fall 1-stealing attempts.
Any team considering pursuing Richardson would be looking on his disphysical traits, including his cannon arm and slits mobility, allowing him to develop into a quality quarterback. From this the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings or even the Miami Dolgkins could have an interest in developing the 24-year-old behind the scores of the Colts decide to roll with Riley Leonard as Daniel Jones’ backup.
J.J. McCarthy, Vikings
Speaking of the Vikings, how they handle McCarthy as worth monitoring The 2024 first-round pick last the team’s starting job to veteran five agent signing John Murray, or the 23-year-old’s future as Minnesota’s franchise quarterback is now very much in doubt.
Even so, the Vikings seem unlikely to
Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson Sr. has appeared in 17 games in three years and is 8-7 as the starter. EKC COBING/MARINEBRASS
give up on McCarthy at this point. He is still young and probably wouldn’t carry much value on the trade market after starting just 10 games over his first two seasons and completing 57.6% of his passes for 1,632 yards, 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Besides, the Vikings will want some-grade behind Murray, who is 29, has a lengthy injury history and is signed only to a one-year deal.
With that in mind, the only way McCarthy won’t be a Viking in if Minnesota gets a better-than-expected trade offer for him or are able to acquire a backup quarterback upgrade and trade McCarthy. Neither scenario seems likely so expect McCarthy to remain with the Vikings for at least one more season.
Mason Rudolph, Steelers
On one hand, it seems like Rudolph is firmly entrenched as the Steelers backup. He didn’t play in the team’s second preseason game, which seems to clarify his standing as Pittsburgh’s top quarterback option behind Aaron Rodgers.
At the same time, the Steelers have a couple of intriguing young quarterbacks — Will Howard and Drew After — waiting
in the wings. Pittsburgh may like to keep such former Big Ten signal-caller as it searches for a successor to Rodgers, but it isn’t class whether the Steelers will be willing to keep four quarterbacks.
If the Steelers decide to keep just those quarterbacks and go young behind Rodgers, that could make Rudolph trade back in the 2024 but even 19 career starts, so he would likely draw interest from teams looking to upgrade their backup quarterback positions.
Aidan O’Connell, Raiders
O’Connell is another backup-type quarterback who could emerge as trade lost. The 2023 fourth-round pick is buried behind Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza on the Raiders’ quarterback depth chart, so Las Vegas could be in continued to trade the fall for year veteran as he enters the final year of his rookie contract.
O’Connell has started 17 games across his three seasons, completing 62% of his passes for 3,932 yards, 20 TBA and 8 interceptions. He will only be 28 on Sept. 1, so the Purdue product will has room to give.
Perhaps a team like the Washington
Commanders could consider targeting O’Connell as a longer-term backup behind Jaylen Daniels.
Washington’s current top backup, Marcus Marcis, is dealing with a knee injury and O’Connell was teammates with Commanders offensive coordinator David Blough across two seasons with the shareholders.
Dillon Gabriel, Browns
The Browns selected Gabriel in the third round of the 2020 draft, but he has quickly fallen behind on the team’s depth chart. Presently, he is Cleveland’s third-string quarterback behind Deshaun Watson and fellow 2025 draftee Shedeur Sanders, and the latter will likely block his path to playing time as long as he remains healthy.
Overhaul also has sixth-round rookie Taylor Green for the series. The Arkansas product has a tantalizing combination of athleticism and arm strength that could eventually allow him to develop into a threatening weapon at the NFL level.
That may incentivize the Browns to keep Green over Gabriel, who does not have an high a ceiling as his counterpart.
Could the Browns simply keep four quarterbacks?
Sure, general manager Andrew Berry indicated he would have no qualms about doing that last week, though trading Kenny Pickett to the Raiders eliminated that from being necessary.
But more likely, if there is an odd man out in Cleveland’s quarterback room, it will be Gabriel. If he’s traded or released, Gabriel could be a good fit for the Atlanta Falcons, where he would be reunited with former coach Kevin Redondo on a team that needs a solid third-string option behind Tua Tagovulna and Michael Pence Jr.
Further aiding that potential fit is the 2-1. Dan Gabriel, Tagovulna and Pence are all lefties.
Will Levin, Titans
The Titans signed Mitch Trulock during the offseason, which relegated Levin to the third-string role behind Can Ward and the veteran. Tennessee could still opt to keep Levin as depth, but his status may depend on whether he can beat Henden Hooker for the teams third-string role.
Levin got off to a rough start as his first preseason game, completing just 3 of 8 passes for 42 yards while being sucked three times. He showed off solid scrambling skills, lagging 22 yards on four attempts.
But if Levin can’t show improvement as a passer, that will put him firmly on Tennessee’s roster bidded ahead of the 2026 season.
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NFL PRESCASON WEEK 2 WINNERS, LOSERS
Deshaun Watson takes biggest 'L'
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At the risk of diluting the not-to-be-mixed – cough – drains from next weekend, Week 2 of the modern NFL preseason is the new Week 3 – a time when many established vets get their final three rehearsals ahead of the regular season and further many bottoms of-the-outer battles are largely settled in the exhibition finale. It also tends to be the decision seems for teams in the throes of quarterback battles, though that seems to be something of an exception this year. Cleveland notwithstanding.
I wrote a week ago that the Browns would be silly to do anything other than start. Shedear Sanders this season. And to the degree he proved me right with his showing Aug. 22 against the Buffalo Bills, veteran Deshaun Watson then provided his own explanation point with his performance on the field – and, perhaps more so, at the podium Saturday.
The goings-on in Cleveland provided the primary narrative of Week 2, but these were plenty of subjects elsewhere. Without further ado – even with one game to be played Sunday (Brazbooks at Titans), your winners and losers from the preseason's penultimate weekend.
LOSERS Deshaun Watson
Not good to the field. After starting the preseason openers and looking absolutely dispensable – albeit in his first game action in nearly two years – he followsed 4-stators and played with teammates lower on the depth chart Saturday against Buffalo. And while it's important to note Watson was playing with backups, he probably also ought to be able to pick apart a reserve-laden defense, not instead, the Browns went three-and-out on his first two drives, and he threw an ugly interception on the third. After completing 5 of 12 passes for 36 yards, Watson essentially cemented the case... that he should be Cleveland's QB2. At best.
Deshaun Watson (and the Browns)
Even worse at his press conference, I literally land accurately spelled out this debacle of a situation last weekend. How's your encore performance...
Probably frustrated and doubtless seeing what seems to be the clear writing on the wall, Watson added another regrettable chapter to his legacy, such as it is, by proceeding to between his treatment by the crewed at Huntington Bank Field following Saturday's outing.
"I think the whole world knows it has nothing to do with the performance – it's a little more personal than that. So I think that's a disrespectful thing. I'm going to get to that one I had with me and my family internally on how I feel about that, and just more on 'C' Watson, said of being boved (again) by Cleveland fans.
"Last time I played on this field, here my. Acklike, and that same fan have cheered when I get hurt. So what does that have to do with anything about performance? When a person gets hurt, especially in their own city, and they cheer.
"I feel like I get more love on road going down. On at home games."
What Watson didn't mention is that, after the Browns' ill considered (nade for him in 2022 – they then disastrously gave him a five-year, fully guaranteed, widely decided $200 million contract – he's very likely not employable in any other NFL city.
Injuries and inconsistency have left him a shell of the player he was in Houston to start his career.
Of unlikely more import, Watson has never taken any responsibility nor shown only one major step in fixing 90 civil lawsuits from women accusing him of sexual misconduct prior to his arrival in Cleveland. Suspended by the NFL for 8 games in 2022 and fined $5 million, he reached confidential settlements with most of the women.
And to think that, earlier in training camp, Watson and Browns owner Jim-my Haslam entertained the amintee notion that quarterback might get an extension after this season – though, in their defense, ludicrous questions deserve help.
It sucks to be boved at home, but Watson is fortunate that's the extent of his hardship. Lie in the bed you made, yet.
Same to the Browns, who, barring what would be a highly unexpected turn of events, will basically be forced to carry Watson on their roster to some form this season in order to spread out the
Browns QB Deshaun Watson walks off the field after a loss to the Bills in a preseason game on Aug. 22 in Cleveland. He attributed the boos he heard to his pre-Browns days. NICK CANNETT/GETTY IMAGES
Chiefs locker Harrison Butler watches one of his three field goals Aug. 22 against the Buss. One was good from 69 yards out. MIKE CARLOON/GETTY IMAGES
$86.2 million dead-money charge affiant to him over the 2027 and 2028 salary caps. Cutting him price to next year would accelerate all of that money onto the 27 cap even though he'll be a loss agent at the end of this season. Yep, by adding multiple restructuring and available years to his allottees of a part, Cleveland somehow managed to make the worst trade and contract ever ... even more disastrous.
Fernando Mendoza
The No.1 pick of the 2026 draft struggled in his second preseason game (last first start), resulting on seven of 12 passes while throwing an 80-yard pick-up.
"I came away with there's a lot more looming to do, and although that maybe you may have had a lot of success at another level, this level is a whole step further and that the margins are so small, and that one they must also out loud to catastrophe," Mendoza said after his second exposure to NFL game action didn't go quite as well as his first.
Catastrophic is an overstatement. "Sanddorous." Better luck next week ... if not the one after that.
Kirk Cousins
Despite Mendoza's struggles against Houston's massive Thursday, first-year Raiders head coach Klint Kobisik – perhaps using something of a performative stance – still refused to name his veteran quarterback as the Raiders' Week 1 starter. What's a guy with hi NFL seasons and nearly 300 TD passes have to do. Coach?
Pittsburgh Steelers' QB succession plan
After promising preseason openers, youngsters Will Howard and Drew Alan looked far more mortal while combining to generate two turnovers and carry a point in a17-0 loss to the New York Jets, who played quite a few defensive starters. This isn't to suggest the Steelers
should prematurely pass a year before they have to anoint a replacement for retiring Aaron Rodgers, who again took the night off. But Friday night was a reminder that Howard and Alan remain projects, albeit ones with potential ... however unstupied.
Cooper Rush and Jack Strand
It would be a lengthy stretch to say that either the Atlanta Falcons' journeyman backup or undrafted free agent, respectively, were seriously in the mix to be the team's QB1 in 2026. But they looked great Saturday, combining to complete 22 of 28 passes for 297 yards and a TD in a 34-6 road end of the Indianapolis Colts.
But no sooner had Saturday's game ended than first-year coach Aaron Stefanaki announced that 2024 first-rounder Michael Penki had been cleared for contract and would practice Monday as a belated bid to beat out Tau Tagovailos for the starting gig. Tough break for Coop and Jack, if good news overall in the ATL.
Jayden Daniels
One incompleting under serious duress and one ugly jailbreak of a sack as the Washington Commanders QB went three-and-out in his brief cameo at Detroit on Saturday. Here's hoping a new look offense, one stripped indefinitely of interest! C'Lammy Grand, looks much better when the real games start.
WINNERS Shedour Sanders
Even before Watson's multiple meltdowns, Sanders legitimately showed enough Saturday to render him the winner of the Browns' QB competition... to the extent it ever made any sense to start Watson or anyone else in 2026. Sanders completed 9 of 8 passes for 74 yards against Buffalo, including an 8-yard TD to Luke Florass for Cleveland's only points. He was also picked off on a slightly undertheven pass,
albeit one that also could have been a completion given in deflected off the receiver's hands. Again, a young, talented roster should have always been moving forward with Sanders – whether to determine if he's the long-term answer here behind center, or if a team with multiple first-round draft picks in 2027 needs to pick another passer.
"Quite simply, he's employed Deshaun Watson," NFL Network chief draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah said of Sanders. "This is a young team, he's a young quarterback – let these guys grow together. What does that mean for Deshaun Watson? I don't know that there's a home for him there if he's not the starter."
Jonathon Brooks
The Carolina Panthers third-year running back scored his first NFL TD in Friday night on a 2nd round trip, an important milestone even if it doesn't officially count. A hugely talented player, Brooks tore an ACI, none the end of the 2023 season at the University of Texas, an injury that likely knocked him out of the first round of the 2024 draft. Taken in Round 2, he resigned the knee in his rookie year and ultimately missed the entire 2025 season. But Brooks has been the talk of Panthers camp and has a shot to take over the RBI role as Chuba Hubbard shots with a bouncing injury.
Bo Nix
The Denver Broncos third-year quarterback looked solid in his first game action since breaking his ankle in the divisional round playoff win over the Bills in January – an injury that likely cost the Broncos a trip to Super Bowl 60. Nix completed 6 of 9 passes for 76 yards, including a 25-yard TD to BB RJ Harvey, on Friday. A nice step forward for a player and team that should be right back in the Lombardi Trophy mix this season.
Jets defense
Two picks in a game? After the N'17 didn't swipe a single pass during the 2025 season? And No. 2 overall draft pick David Bailey looking like the game-wrecking pass rooker he's been projected to be? Gang Green's fans would certainly like to see a competitive team... if not so competitive that it costs them Arch Manning as next year's draft.
San Francisco 49ers wide receivers
Injuries have once again dogged the Waters in training camp – particularly at waboot. Mike Evans, Christian Kirk and Ricky Pearnal, projected as the club's top three wide receivers this spring, have all bathed various issues with Pearnal (limes) already out for the season. But the backup have been showing up, especially as against The Los Angeles Chugans on Thursday night.
Brooks sensation De Jilmain Building unit veteran Blackout Friday finished with four catches for 46 yards apiece amid limited action. Jacob Cowing, who missed all of last season with a hamstring injury, returned a joint 83 yards for a TD. Take that, substation.
Jaxson Dart
No visit to the blue medical tent at Miami on Saturday... because the New York Giants second-year QB didn't play. Take the 'W, buddy.
Kickers
How about Green Bay Packers rookie Troy Smack concerning an all seven of his kicks in Denver – including a 4-for-4 showing on field goals, two beyond 50 yards. He even got a social media shoot-out from his most accomplished team. Mr. Smack had been in favor of the victories this summer, including four from at least 50 yards.
The Indianapolis Colts' Spencer Shindler, who got off to a strong and fast season before wrecking his knee in Week 5, made a strong claim to reclaim his job Saturday – hitting field goals from 48 and 53 yards.
The Kansas City Chiefs' Harrison Butler hit from 48, 50 and 69 yards – all in the second quarter – Saturday the 69-yarder longer than Can Little's official league record for 1park 25's after that for Butler that this performance didn't truly count, given he also missed a 10 and PAT in a 16-10 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
And after a rough preseason opener, when he snailled on these flicks, the New England Patriots' Andy Borregales was true on all four of the kicks (1 FO, 3 PAFs) on Saturday night.
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And despite a historic reluctance to indulge the fact of straging the Super Bowl outside U.S. borders, Goodell gave that notion some stripes, telling Robin: "There are definitely international cities that could host something like that."
"But we would like to see an NFL team in such a city that."
Goodell's revelations aren't necessarily shocking given the NFL's perpetual desire to increase its revenue stream. And feeling its international growth is an issue of the physical product, interest of foreign fans and additional broadcast opportunities. Is probably the most logical vehicle to further that objective gives the relative saturation on these fronts domestically?
Yet has comments do raise these five questions:
1. Where could the Super Bowl be?
It's hard to imagine an answer other than London, which has two NFL-able teams, the Netherlands through Stadium and Wembley Stadium, the latter with room for roughly 90,000 fans. The city has also essentially served as the league's international club since 2007, when the Giants and Miami Dolphins played the first regular season game outside of North America. With the exception of 2005, when the world was on lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL has returned to London every year since and played multiple games there annually since 2020. The team has been in the first two years of infrastructure, logistical means to handle a large influx of visitors and ability to handle the vast security requirements.
2. Where would NFL base team(s)?"
London would likely be the same answer, essentially for the aforementioned reasons — including the fact that games these have become something of a external reference to NFL circles.
"In the old days, quote unquote, we really tried to have about the inconvenience or the additional travel consideration for international games," NFL VP of broadcast planning Mike North told the Cincinnati Penguin website earlier this year. "I know it's not quite routine, but it's getting to the point where it's pretty routine. You play an afternoon game over there, it's morning over here, it's not at all. I think it's just what. Midnight you! Sunday night? That's better than it! It's played out in London or Los Angeles. That's the new normal for us."
Having one team in Europe would seemingly come with an unfair logistical strain. A flight from London merely to New York is roughly 3,500 miles — which is about 20% longer than the distance from Seattle to Miami, currently the NFL cities that are furthest apart geographically. Imagine sending a London team to Los Angeles, maybe twice a year, and the other two that way. Travel could be curbed by giving a European-based team. Longer understands and corresponding road trips, but that would still force these players to be away from their home routine and familiarity extended periods of time, even if the relative travel burden was reduced. It seems like too much of a competitive disadvantage to place on one franchise.
The alternate solution could be to base an online division in Europe. Two teams in London? Two teams in Europe in London? Two teams in Europe in London? The team is one in Spain instead? The league is returning to Madrid this season after what seemed a smashing debut in 2025. And
Real Madrid's Bernabéu is arguably the world's most advanced stadium — including an elaborate field management system, noticeable roof and 360-digravideo screens among its features. During four teams in Europe would also lead itself to a permanent broadcast window on Sunday morning — and that means moneyback and remembers when the NFL could no longer ignore a vacant Los Angeles market. It returned with multiple teams, not just one.
Of course, a full division abroad creates other issues — namely expanding the league to 36 teams. No dilution of the talent pool that would follow and all of the problems it would come, starting at the same location and scheduling perspectives. It could also be the case where to take an argument or bring one club as an international bellwolfian.
3. Could other international cities make more fun?
Probably not.
Games in Brazil don't create problems from a time over (read: kinkoff) perspective, but the flights there are roughly whole long compared to the other. The team has been in the same annually in Toronto, Canada's most populous city from 2008 to 2020. But they haven't been back since — the final two games are even close to filling capacity at the Rogers Centre — though those were the pre-ใwd. Allen days yet also back when the since-infrar-baked Baltimore could accommodate 50,000 fans. After a four-year hiatus, the league will return to Mexico City this year for its sixth regular season game there since 2005. Despite neither their team nor the team, the team has been presently to major American cities, basing a team there would likely come with increased security ramifications as well
as a far more pronounced language barrier than London or even other European countries, where English is spoken for more commonly.
4. Would the NFL just move the Jaguars to London?
Though the franchise has seemingly had one pass in the U.S. forever — the days here played 14 games in London, giving them at least double the international appearance of any other NFL team — it seems unlikely to permanently educate at this point. Though never What Khan also has the Premier League's Fullison FC, which is based in London, as part of the portfolio of the team, it was more to into their own 800,000 film training facility just three years ago. Meanwhile, Jacksonville's Everbank Stadium is in the midst of vegetable-appeasmenting St G's billion that should be finished by the start of the 2020 season.
5. Will NFL players want to play for international teams?
It's a complex question, one likely to evolve over time and which has no one's own. The team's first in the international football, second or hockey stars, American football players are currently unaccustomed to playing overseas. Volatility, language, customs, exchange rates and taxes have been voicing for equal American athletes in the past — read up on the long-relocated Montreal Expos.
But while the NFL Players Association would certainly have to be on board with the notion of a squabbit abroad, if it means expansion — sign, more like for the 2020 season, and the 2020 international play in the 2020. It could be challenging for teams on foreign locales to retain and recruit top players.
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Illinois also beat Tennessee in last year's best season, in case that means anything.
Then there's time, brought beautiful Iowa. About as fun as an enemy.
Just ask Vandeville — the SEC's latest example of deep depth and 2025's version of the SEC got screwed by the CFP selection committee — if it's fun to play Iowa. The Commodores were seven (2) before they knew what hit them in yet another SEC vs. Big Ten bowl game, and never caught up.
Boring Iowa hung 34 points on Vanity, more points than Alabama, LSC and Tennessee scored on the Commodores.
But what, who said? Oklahoma's The
Sooners must play George, Texas, Ole Miss and Texas A&M, and a nonconference game against Michigan.
Did you say Michigan, Mr. Wu's the SEC and You're Not?
Michigan plays Indiana, Oregon, Texas, Okla, Kansas and Iowa — and that game against Oklahoma.
I can already host June Kiffle chiming in (again) with LSU's schedule — which he did, at American during SEC, media days — that includes Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Alabama and Texas, and a nonconference game against Clemson.
Not of great, June. Oregon plays Ohio State, Michigan, Southern Cal, Washington and Illinois — and Group of its killer Boise State, which is about as difficult as Clemsons these days.
Then there's definitely national champion Indiana, everybody's schedule punching top over the previous two
seasons the good reasons. Ignore the nonconference too! of Moe, Larry and Cody, and embrace a schedule of Ohio State, Michigan, SEC and Washington.
And just for spits and giggles, USC vs. CFP-Stegen in 2026 — plays Oregon, Texas, New Indiana, Washington and Penn State.
Now how slowly reluctance does the SEC strength of schedule argument look? But for some reason, the Big Ten has allowed the SEC to own that space.
And as we know in our social media, driven world of say something enough times and it sticks, the SEC strength of schedule talking point is plastered on the counter wall for all to see.
See on Big Ten, hear no Big Ten, speak on Big Ten.
SEC officials even had the gall last season to demand strength of schedule because the he-all, end-all for the CFP
selection committee. Forced the committee to come up with season coincident metric (yank, let's add another metric!) to salute the big, bad SEC.
And I absolutely unequivocally agree there should be a greater value placed on strength of schedule. So should the Big Ten.
Stop allowing the SEC to own the strength of schedule space. Stop allowing the conference that not only hasn't won a national title in three years, but hasn't played for one, use its weight to intimidate the CFP selection committee.
Stand up for yesterday — The Big Ten is no longer Ohio State, Michigan and the 13-decath. The Big Ten终结 in3-6-ers and thriving.
See it, hasn't, speak it into existence. Most players in the senior national college football writer for USA TODAY Sports Network.
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Jackson on myself to keep up with what I did when I was younger.
No regrets for Mo'ne Davis
Last summer, Davis got the phone call from Justice Siegal, co-founder and commissioner of the Women's Pro Baseball League.
"I was in a Walmart packing lot back home," Davis said. "My phone was overbearing, but we were able to make it work and that's just kind of thought about what decided it's wanted to join the league or not."
After 2016, life future Davis actually.
It turned out for dream was to play basketball at the University of Connecticut, the perennial powerhouse.
"And then I stopped growing," said Davis, who is 5-foot-5.
She joined her high school softball team and created college coaches to see who would give her a shot. Pretty quickly, Davis said. She found that from Hargitown University in 1994.
"That's where she enrolled in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and short-circuited her college softball career. She played only one full season."
But she did an internship with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2013. No name year she got a bachelor's degree in journalism at Hampden. In 2014, she got a master's degree in sports management from Columbia University.
"I always wanted multiple degrees." Then, in the summer of 2025, she got the call from Siegal. At the time, Davis said, she was coaching softball in Philadelphia. She learned to forget's pitch to join a four-team league that would be based in Springfield, Illinois, for its first season.
The league's inaugural draft was in November. With the 10th pick, the Los Angeles Queens selected Davis.
"Just wanted to get out there and just
play and just kind of feel that freedom that you have as a kid when you're able to go out there and just kind of express yourselves between the three and just working that to come back," Davis said. "And like I said there, not wanting to have any regrets in life."
Removing the rust
In April, Davis joined the Indianapolis 49ers. In one a professionally Black barnminting team. Revived last year, the Indianapolis 49ers are associated with baseball's quintessential chorus, the forcemab Banzara.
"Playing with them helped me so much for getting ready for this season. The season's pro league," said Davis, who's hadn't played competitive baseball in years. "Just working on mechanics in the better's box, working on tracking down fly balls and seeing how the pitchers are pitching."
The 49ers play in the Banana Ball League against the likeest of the Party Animals, Firefighters, Texas Dolphins and Loco Beach Councils. So Davis got a little box while catching fly balls before the games and working on constitutional skills.
"Try to do some behind the backs, which is really hard," she said. "But I've been learning."
Now, in the Women's Pro Baseball League that selected the season dog, t. the behind-the-back catchers and exhibitions are over.
After seven games and 24 at-bats through dog, 22, Davis was hutting 250 with two 88th and five runs scored. Eric Young, 8c, manager of the Los Angeles Queens, said Davis' batting average before her contribution.
"I have my baseball father," said Young, a retired major league who coached in the major's between 2018 and 2023. "She takes pitches, and usually when she gets on, it jump-states out offense. She's been hitting the ball hard at people like's been having great at-bats."
"He knowledge of the game is what people, but as well of being a better player than the average player out here
like's aware of what's going on, what's needed. So he struggle at the plate has not been a struggle for me as a manager. I know the hits will fall."
Young also said Davis has fit in with his team.
"When she's hanging out with her play, you'll see that tough, that soft smile and everything," he said. "But she's focused when she gets between those lines and steps on that baseball field, which is just good to see."
"I'm enjoying managing her and having her on my team, and the girls really love her."
'Just throw strikes'
While smoking for the hits to fall, Davis is still attracting fans. Some of the kind the Queens August and Davis said she and her teammates have shared a laugh with them at the very hiatus Bel-ette Stadium.
Also, Siegal said she met a young girl wearing his 3, Davis' jersey number, and accompanied by her father, who had traveled miles to watch Davis play. It's a testament to the Jaguars' Davis' carved out 12 years ago.
"There were other girls like Mo'ne and I've had the things we have in their own local leagues," Siegal said. "But additionally, the larger question as if baseball being accessible to all girls, whether that's a subtle discrimination or complex discrimination with rules from school saying girls can't play. And that's a fact the we still face, but it's definitely better in 2020 than it was when Mo'ne was on the course."
When Davis pitched 8-1 innings and recorded 14 strikeouts for the Mid-Atlantic Region team, she was 13. At the time, Little Saint allowed players to be 21 depending on their birth date. Now she age for players is capped of 12.
Davis said Little Leaguers seek her out for advice.
"Wherever they come ask questions, most of the time it's just like, what's your best advice you'd give to someone who's starting to pitch? Or how do you throw your curveball? Or
how do you do this? How do you do that?"
"I just tell them to just throw strikes. That's the best thing you can do as a pitcher because if you don't throw strikes, you'll be able to make plays and the other team will score. So just throw strikes."
'She's straight dominating'
Since 2004, Davis said, she hasn't watched much of the LDM5.
"I try to see some highlight here and there," she said. "But with life just being life, you don't really have time to just sit down and put watch Little League throughout the day."
Yet Davis did not drive any player. "I've been seeing a lot of things on social media about history," she said.
That's Kinley Bannas, the 52-year-old girl who plays for the 49ers. City team from Alabama. In the team's opening game, Bannas struck out eight factors, tying Davis' over for most strikeouts recorded. So a girl in six innings.
Bannas also threw six scoreless innings but her team lost 2-0 in extra innings. Phanis City avoided elimination Aug. 22, defending California 2-2.
"I've also been a factor and she's just straight dominating," Davis said. "So I'm really impressed by what she's doing, but I haven't really been watching too much other than that."
"Right now my focus is on the next few days, so playing three games in a row, making sure I'm taking care of my body, making sure our team is in the right mindset to go out and hopefully go it." The Queens split the first two games leading into Aug. 23 against the Boston Hustens.
But she's looking beyond, too. "I probably won't be done playing in the next three years," she said. "My body feels great."
"But we'll see. Whatever doors open that I feel like I want to explore. I'm always going to go down and explore those things just because, like I said before, you never want to have any regrets in life."
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Dueling WNBA protests mirror trans debate
Meghan L. Hall
USA TODAY
NEW YORK – Under the sweltering New York sun ahead of an Indiana Fever and New York Liberty matchup, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn stood at the center of a national debate on transgender athletes in sports that has engulfed the WNBA over the last month.
Rass dashed out as Fever and Liberty jerseys excitedly walked into the game Aug. 22, just large groups of people on opposite sides of the main entrance. New York police were nearby, overseeing the groups behind barricades.
“Trans lives matter! Trans lives matter!” one group says as they pound the pavement with signs that read “Stomp out transphobia” or “Ran haptic, not trans women.” Numerous trans flags and a glamorous wave of bubbles surround them. The group also gave out free shirts that read “trans people belong here” with the backdrop of a basketball court.
“All we want to do is celebrate diversity and inclusion, especially (because) so many of us are Liberty fans, are WNBA sports fans. So we wanted to come out and support all women, and that includes trans women,” a supporter named Angie, who was part of the large group of people supporting the trans community, told USA TODAY Sports.
“I’m here because this is the WNBA; we’re a progressive league. We are and have always been a safe space for queer people, for trans people, for people of color – for everyone. And himself, a Liberty fan and a veteran protector. “This is not what the league is about. Transphobia is not what the league is about, and quite frankly I think the argument that trans people don’t belong in women’s sports is just a gateway to saying trans people don’t belong.”
Across the pavement is another group holding up signs that say “let liberty and fairness ring” with a picture of Sophie Cunningham’s viral pointing seems and the words “save women’s sports.” The group now faces shares of Liberty crown hats and gave out bracelets for their cause.
“Tell me what a woman is! We know you know!” an on-site rapper said to the crowd as she performed an original song, “Boys have a penny! Girls have a vagina,” she later said to those gathered, including apparel company XX-XY, which has been at multiple WNBA rallies.
“I know truth. I live in truth, and the truth is men are stronger than women. And when they enter women’s sports, sports will change,” one person told USA TODAY Sports. “Women’s sports will definitely change by putting men in them. When they say there’s only fit. It starts out as fit ... So as someone who was an athlete and back a great time in all the camaraderie in women’s sports, I absolutely want to save them.”
In 2024, NCAA President Charlie Baker testified to the Senate that he knows of fewer than 20 transgender students out of 550,000 college athletes.
There has not been an openly transgender player in WNBA history.
“Knowing that rallies are happening on both sides shows the platform that the W has and the stands for attention are just continuing to try and ride the wave that we have,” Liberty superstar Broanna Stewart told a small group of reporters Saturday morning. “I want Liberty fans and even help fans that are going to come here tonight to be able to have this arena be a safe space.”
The scene outside Barclays was relatively calm less than two hours before the 7 p.m. ET game, which boasted a mid-out crowd of 2'500 that watched the Liberty win 109-102.
There were brief moments of tension, but not because the opposing groups addressed one another. Multiple unidentified people walked directly into where both groups stood and started shooting. This caused a brief stir, and one individual was escorted away from the precincts shooting. “I want people in the WNBA! I wanna play in the WNBA!”
People from both groups felt overpoints were getting lost in the ongoing national debate surrounding the WNBA. They eagerly shared what they want people to remember as this conversation continues.
“I think that people are forgetting about the humanity,” Angie said. “There’s like this scary monster in the street for a lot of people. They are getting this vision of this scary trans person, this monster. Has this compensation of all the worst things that they’ve heard ... about the stressful things that are going on in our country and how it’s trans people’s fault.
“But the unfortunate thing is, it’s not so easy to just scapegoat our community and one bad thing goes away. It’s actually much easier if we all come together and we work together and we see that
Protests ahead of the Fever-Liberty game brought out people in Brooklyn on Aug. 22 in New York City, USA TODAY
we’re actually not so separate. And we all have things that we love about each other and things that we wanna work on together. I wish that more people were open to having the difficult conversation.”
Protester Kim Jones had a different opinion, putting the onus on the support systems of women and girls.
“Young girls in locker rooms should not have to be standing up for themselves, for their right to privacy and dignity. The adults in the room should be standing up for them,” Jones said, holding a sign that said “liberty to speak, courage to stand” with a portion of Cunningham. “Young girls in sports, from the youngest of ages all the way up to professional and mastered at risk, need to be able to have an opportunity to grow individually and celebrate the unique attributes and accomplishments of the female athlete.
“We are amazing in our own right.” There were also much smaller efforts happening around the arena, on less busy streets in the area away from the main activity.
One Liberty season ticket holder, who asked to remain anonymous, told USA TODAY that they and another neighbor had been testing about who should do something on Saturday. Then, they had the realization that they were the “somelody” and decided to print up “trans people belong in sports” signs to hand out. The signs also urged people to support a local organization in Brooklyn, which “creates LGBTQ+ at-firming sports spaces where queer and trans Brooklynites can connect, move and thrive.”
“I think what’s getting lost is that that has never really been an issue in the W. It’s almost like our league has been hijacked for a broader message that has nothing to do with us. And it feels almost like we’re being used for the outrage cycle,” the season ticket holder said. “There’s no reason for that. I think that’s why taking the stance now, saying that the W stands for inclusivity – yeah, you’re gonna upset a few people, but they aren’t the people that were gonna stay here in the first place. They weren’t gonna be the fans that were gonna support the league five years from now.
“The fans that are here for the long hand are then that because supporters of the league because we support an inclusive environment, and the W has done such a great job of being just that.”
WNBA continues to face scrutiny
Although no transgender women play in the WNBA, the league has become a lightning rod for the topic following comments made by Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham in an ESPN story. Cunningham then doubled down, saying young girls playing sports “shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”
Controversy has followed.
A Seattle Storm co-owner was suspended for five home games for comments she made to Cunningham fans.
On Aug. 16, a security guard at an Atlanta Dream vs. Indiana Fever game asked two fans to cover up their XX-XY shirts. XX-XY Athletics opposes transgender athletes in women’s sports and was founded by Jennifer Roy, a former gymnast and former Levi Strauss chief marketing officer who says her brand exists to “protect women’s sports and spaces.”
WNBA coaches recently weighed in on the ongoing controversies. The Min-
nnesota Lynx’s Cheryl Reeve called for less hate and more love, while the Golden State Volleyers Natalie Nakase didn’t want to give the conversation “usages,” saying “transgender kids belong,” Dallas Wings coach Jose Fernandez said. “I’m not partaking in the circus and everything that takes away from our team, the league. This inopletion is not happening in the NFL, MLB, NBA.”
Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has faced calls for resignation and criticism for not swiftly handling the issue. The league put out a statement Aug. 12 denouncing “bad faith actors,” and Engelbert first spoke publicly to The Associated Press on Aug. 20, saying, “People are trying to use the league to one dictate-ness ... We’re being made the center of a political football by individuals who have never watched the WNBA, never written about it, or reported on it. These voices are using no league as a platform for their own agendas, rather than sup-
porting our athletes and the growth of women’s sports.”
Transgender athletes legislation
Cunningham’s comments on transgender athlete participation and the ensuing conversation came after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld states’ right to ban transgender girls and women from participation in women’s sports.
Legislation passed in 27 states barring transgender girls and women from participating in women’s sports. In aimed at a small portion of the population – 1% of people ages 15 and over in the U.S. identify as transgender, according to a 2025 study by the Williams Institute of UCLA Law.
The Human Rights Campaign reported in 2023 that 39% of transgender youth nationwide were playing sports, including fewer than 1,000 who played sports in school.
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FORMULA 1
Norris wins Dutch GP; Italian ups lead
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SANDVOORF, Netherlands – Reigning Formula 1 champion Lando Norris passed drivers' standings leader Kimi Antonoff and racing legend Lewis Hamilton on lap 54 to take control of the Dutch Grand Prix and win by more than 18 seconds on Aug. 23.
It was a fitting finish for the 72-bp Dutch Grand Prix, which vanished from the circuit's calendar after 1985 and re-emerged in 2021 so fans clamored for it amid the popularity of local hero Max Verstappen. The race was the finale of the current incarnation, with organizers agreeing to make 2024 the last one for economic reasons.
Norris gave McLaren a third successive Dutch Grand Prix victory on Aug. 23 in an intense race of shifting fortunes that had to be restricted after Verstappen coached on the opening lap.
Mercedes Antonoff finished second to increase his championship lead, with teammate George Russell obeying orders to let the Italian – on fresher tires – through late in the race and then holding off Ferrari's Hamilton for third.
The win was a second in a row for reigning world champion Norris, who started on the pole position but had to fight back after losing the lead to Antonoff at the restart, following victory in Hungary last month.
Let's keep bringing upgrades. Let's keep bringing performance. The fight is still on. Let's keep going! And Norris, who won at Zandvoort in 2024 before teammate Oscar Piastri triumphed last year.
Every 51 race at Zandvoort since the circuit returned to the calendar in 2021 after a 36-year absence has been won
McLaren's Lando Norris races in the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix at The Circuit Zandvoort, western Netherlands, on Aug. 23. (SHOW MOON, RAVRE) (WTF VAN GETTY IMAGES)
from the pole, and Sunday's will keep it that way as the last for the foreseeable future.
Antonoff stretched his foot to 59 points over Russell and Hamilton, now took the left each to the 59-year-old Italian's 242, after 12 rounds.
'With the new time, he would have overtaken anyway so it was the right decision,' said Russell, who won Saturday's sprint, of the team orders. 'Just happy to be standing on the podium. It's been a little while for me and a strong weekend overall.'
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished fifth with Piastri sixth and Liam Lawson, a stand-in for injured Ionia Hadjas, seventh for Red Bull.
Nico Hülkenberg was eighth for Audi with Fernando Alonso putting Aston
Martin, with a more powerful Honda engine, back in the points in ninth and Pierre Gasly taking 10th for Renault-owned Alpine.
On the season, the 19-year-old Antonoff heads into the next step at his home race, the Italian Grand Prix, on Sept. 4.
After crashing at the end of the first lap, halting the zero, Verstappen said 'The OK' now the team adds. The car of Red Bull's four-time Formula 1 world champion were just the complete lead on the outside of the banked corner before sidelibig back across the track, with one wheel breaking off and running loose, and subitting dubia around.
Verstappen, a three-time Dutch GP winner, who had started in seventh place, got out of the car unassisted.
F1 drivers standings
| 1. Andrea Kimi Antonoff | 242 |
|---|---|
| 2. George Russell | 183 |
| 3. Lewis Hamilton | 183 |
| 4. Lando Norris | 159 |
| 5. Charles Leclerc | 155 |
| 6. Max Verstappen | 112 |
| 7. Oscar Piastri | 104 |
| 8. Ionia Hadjas | 68 |
| 9. Liam Lawson | 49 |
| 10. Pierre Gasly | 44 |
| 11. Arvid Lindblad | 23 |
| 12. Franco Colapente | 19 |
| 13. Oliver Bearman | 18 |
| 14. Gabriel Hues | 15 |
| 15. Nico Hülkenberg | 6 |
| 16. Carlos Sainz Jr. | 6 |
| 17. Alexander Albon | 5 |
| 18. Esteban Ocon | 3 |
| 19. Fernando Alonso | 3 |
| 20. Yuki Tsunoda | 0 |
| 21. Lance Orrell | 0 |
| 22. Valtteri Bottas | 0 |
| 23. Sergio Pérez | 0 |
Constructor standings
| 1. Mercedes | 425 |
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| 2. Ferrari | 338 |
| 3. McLaren | 263 |
| 4. Red Bull | 186 |
| 5. Racing Bulls | 66 |
| 6. Alpine | 63 |
| 7. Haas | 21 |
| 8. Audi | 16 |
| 9. Williams | 15 |
| 10. Aston Martin | 3 |
| 11. Cadillac | 0 |
Jeff Gordon, 55, wins IROC DC street race
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Even at 55 years old, Jeff Gordon has still got it.
A day ahead of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix – a 17-mile street course designed for the IndyCar Series on the streets of Washington, DC – a few legends of motorsports ran the circuit in an International Race of Champions (IROC) competition on Aug. 22. And Gordon, in a Pontiac Firebird, reminded everyone that he's one of the best wheelmen of all time.
Gordon, a four-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion, won both its top heats of Saturday's IROC race around the National Hall, getting the edge over from NASCAR Hall of Famer Kurt Busch both times.
It's the first time Gordon has won an individual race in any national series of any discipline of motorsports since his last NASCAR Cup Series win in 2001 at Marlborough. The driver that finds Earnhardt nicknamed 'Wonder Boy' burned his tires out across the start-finish line after the second race, leaving a streak of black marks across a picture of the Capitol.
'This is so special,' Gordon told Fox Sports. 'The tip spot of victories.' Just being out here, being a part of this, this special event. The fans are everywhere celebrating 250 years of this great country. This is super special... And to get to race Kurt – he's so good, especially in there cars. I've raced against him my whole career. He's so good, I could not give him an inch.'
Gordon raced with a striker on his car that paid tribute to Kyle Busch, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion who died on May 23.
The first time, the National NASCAR champion Bobby Labonte, Rusty Wallace and Bill Elliott and Indy 500 winners Tony Kazเน, Hélio Castroneves and Dario Frambelli, Gordon passed Castroneves with five laps to go to take the checkered flag in the second race.
'This dog has still got some bite,' Busch said of Gordon. 'The speed and the thrill down Pennsylvania Avenue, 72-lower Regent. It was part a fun challenge. The IROC's five makes you feel like a kid again.'
'This is a series that initially ran from 1973 through 2006 in which drivers raced statistically prepared stock cars set up by the same issue of mechanics in an effort to make it a reserve of the driver's ability. Earnhardt captured four series championships while Mark Martin won five. The series was revived recently by Incomenance Bob Kauffman and NASCAR Hall of Famer Ray Evernham –
Jeff Gordon (24) leads Kurt Busch past the National Archives during the IROC race Aug. 22, part of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix on the street circuit in DC. ANNEAL GLASS, U. S. MOON, PARADE
who was Gordon's crew chief for three of his championships – and this was IROC's first official competition in 20 years.
'Big thanks to them. They've got a lot of effort into this series and three cars,' Gordon said. 'It's a real honor to be part of this event.'
In the original iteration of the series, Gordon won an IROC race at Daytona in 1998. The Pontiac Firebirds used in the Freedom 250 competition are the same once drivers in the series raced from 1996 to 2006. They were prepared for Washington's street course with updated and modern gains.
Widely credited with helping NASCAR skyrocket in popularity in the 1990s and 2000s, Gordon is one of the most accomplished drivers in the history of the sport and was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2016 in addition to the first Cup Series titles, Gordon was the Rookie of the Year in 1991 and was named one of the sport's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998 and 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023.
Across a NASCAR Cup Series career that appeared from 1991 through 2016, he won 93 races, which is third all-time behind Richard Petty and David Pearson. The California native won three Daytona 500s, five Rockayand 400s, six Southern 500s and three Coca-Cola 600s. He is one of four drivers to complete NASCAR's grand slam of wins at all four crown jewel races, joining Earnhardt, Jimma Johnson and Kevin Harvick.
In 2007, Gordon was also on the winning team for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Gordon is the vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, the team he raced with for the entirety of his Cup career.
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
Kinley Rasmus plays in flag ball, softball, too
Analey Gavlak
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PHENIX CITY, AL – If you've been keeping up with the Little League World Series, then surely you have heard the name Kinley Rasmus.
One of two girls playing in this year's Little, Rasmus first made headlines when she pitched a complete game shutout over Tennessee to secure the Southeast Regional and send her Phenix City team to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the first time in 27 years. And once she arrived to a national stage, she still wasn't fiasco!
The daughter of former MLB pitcher Cory Rasmus, she pitched six scoreless innings against Washington with eight strikeouts, tying McVee Davis' record from 2016 for the most strike-outs as a game by a girl at the Little League World Series.
Her performance in Williamsport is enough of a reason to prove her dominance on the diamond. However, you might not know that she's just as much of a superstar on the football field.
Rasmus, who is in seventh grade, is not just on any high school flag football team, but she's a starter for USA TODAY Sports' preseason national No. 1 team Central-Phenix City. The Red Devils have won 30 straight games, with their last loss dating to November 2022.
'It didn't take long to realize there's nothing she can't do,' said Mitchell Holt, head coach of Central's flag football and softball teams. 'She would do drills with these kids who were five, six, seven years older than her and she would hang with them. I don't think it faces her.'
Rasmus has spent the past two seasons as a manager for Central's flag football and softball teams with the goal of one day competing light along side them. Holt would often let her practice with the girls, which is when the rest of the team took notice of her talent.
'A couple of years ago when she was 8, the girls just knew her as the manager and didn't know what grade she was to.' Holt said. 'I told (Kinley, 'Please don't tell them how they are.' She said, 'Why not? And I said, I don't want them lit you olds to know they're going against us if you old who is getting the better of them.'
Her teammates, however, have been waiting for the day where Rasmus can put her talent in action.
'It's finally time,' said Savannah Series, USA TODAY Sports' first team All-American receiver. 'I'm excited
that she can play this year because we've seen how talented she was since fifth grade.' While in Williamsport, she missed Central's season-opening 38-0 win over Montgomery Catholic, meaning her variety debut will have to wait.
'She tested us earlier and told us that she's sad that she can't be here,' Holt said before the game. 'I just told her that we will be happy to have her back, but what she's doing is once in every generation. People dream all the time about being in the Little League World Series. I told her flag still for here when she gets back, so keep making us proud.'
She'll be a key starter on both sides of the football. She also takes reps at quarterback alongside eighth-grade Collins Culligan and behind starter Dennis Amos.
While she might not get snaps at quarterback quite yet, her pitching talent is a sneak peek into what she has to offer.
During Southwest's opening game in Williamsport, she had 61 pitches through six scoreless innings, although the team eventually lost 2-0. Her flag football team got to watch that performance together, as they projected the game on a big screen at their afternoon workouts.
The last time Phenix City made it to the Little League World Series, Rasmus was once again the headlining name. Her father, Cory, and her uncle, Cathy, led the team to the 1999 Little League World Series championship alongside their coach and dad, Tony.
Now, the rules are reversed, as Cory into Cathy and now coaching Kinley's team to success in Williamsport.
When they get home, however, all eyes will turn to Kinley's flag football and softball careers.
'(Her parents) were excited about Williamsport, but they were excited about flag,' Holt said. 'They love sports and they are a sports family, so anytime their kids get the chance to go out and compete at a high level, it's embraced and encouraged.'
For sure, though, Rasmus' feet are in Williamsport, where her Southeast team avoided elimination by beating the West Region champion on Aug. 22 and next plays Monday.
'She's carrying that torch for all the little girls that are younger than her that want to be like her,' Holt said. 'There are a lot of kids watching Kinley this week that think they can do that, and they absolutely can.'
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Harry and Meghan are heading home to the U.K.
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LIFELINE
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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? POST MALONE
Post Malone is ready to say 'I do.' The 'Clichter' singer is engaged to stylist Christy Lee more than a year after the couple first sparked romance rumors. News of the engagement surfaced Aug. 19 after Lee's friend Marina Hollyer shared photos from the couple's celebration on her Instagram story. In one picture, Lee shows off a large diamond ring on her left hand while wearing a white veil and a 'Bride to Be' sash. Malone, whose real name is Austin Post, previously was engaged to Hee Sung 'Jamie' Park. The former couple, who split in 2024, share a daughter.
IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY WHO'S CELEBRATING TODAY
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Aries (March 21-April 19). Awkward encounters at work? Interpersonal professional pressures may linger today. Let the situation settle.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). Turning your grand plans into practical action? Let the idea breathe. Today's Capricorn moon is testing your patience.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Heavier emotions could interfere with your ability to relax today. Does enjoying yourself feel strangely complicated under current conditions?
Cancer (June 22-July 22). The vibes at home may feel a little off today. Are unsettled relationship dynamics lingering in the air?
Lee (July 23-Aug. 23). An awkward exchange may interfere with keeping things on schedule.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 23). Creative momentum drifting away? Yesterday's enthusiasm may be fading into the distance. Let it rest.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Concerned with how others perceive you? Unsettled emotions may have you questioning your appearance.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Loaded conversations left hanging? Communication may chill. Think twice before assuming the worst.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). A social invitation may conflict with your budget or priorities.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Reflecting on a recent professional interaction? Relational tension may linger in the background.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Is an unanswered question disturbing your peace? Let it go.
Pixies (Feb. 19-March 20). Taking a break from your social world? A moment of intensity may lead you to distance yourself from group dynamics.
MUSIC
Anthony Hopkins believes music "taps into the saddest parts of ourselves." The Oscar-winning actor has released his first album, the classical "Life Is a Dream." PHOTOS PROVIDED BY DEESA CLAUSES
At age 88, Hopkins at last makes his 'Dream' debut
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Anthony Hopkins has played villains and popes, presidents and dictators, titans of literature and comic book kings. But his most personal artistic endeavor is not of stage or screen, but sound. At 88, Hopkins, he of knighted distinction and dozens of prestigious acting awards, is releasing his debut album. Yes, this lion in winter is finally sharing with the world classical works he has composed since his early 20s on "Life Is a Dream" (not now).
Acclaimed conductor Gustavo Dudamel - introduced to Hopkins by Bradley Cooper, who worked with Dudamel on the Oscar-nominated "Maestro" - and London's Philharmonia Orchestra performed the 12 compositions, which include a three-part suite that features "Bracken Road," inspired by his boyhood in Wales, a tranquil piece written for his niece ("Fate") and several inspired by his wife of 23 years, Stella Arroyave ("Farewell My Love" and "Stella Aria").
Despite his acclaimed film career - and no worries, he's quick to remind you he has three movies coming in the next year - music, specifically the piano, always was Hopkins' first and deepest love.
"The only language I could respond to was music. In school I was hopeless. I had no friends. I
wouldn't communicate with anyone," he tells USA TODAY. "Music became my language."
Calling from his home in Los Angeles, Hopkins - insistent to call him Tony - is warm and erudite as he expands on the orchestral works that spotlight the pervasive melancholy in his soul and why he views his "extraordinary" life as "one long goodbye."
Question: Was started playing piano as a child and composing as a term. But how did you fit music into your life all these years with your prolific acting career?
Answer: I've always had a piano I started when I was 6. I was such a dunce at school, but my father bought me an expensive baby grand in 1951. It cost £210, which was an
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Hopkins worked with conductor Gustavo Dudamel and London's Philharmonia Orchestra, which performed the 12 compositions on "Life Is a Dream."
MOVIES
IMAX fuels showdown as film fans brace for 'Dunesday'
Patrick Ryan USA TODAY
If you were on the front lines fighting to see Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" in IMAX, you might be having flashbacks right about now.
Premium-format tickets went on sale midday Aug. 18 for "Dune: Part Three" (in theatres Dec. 18), the epic finale to Denis Villeneuve's Oscar-winning sci-fi trilogy starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya.
Within minutes, the AMC Theatres app crashed as chaplains scrambled to scoop up seats. Meanwhile, moviegoers took to social media to share snaps of themselves waiting in line for hours outside their local cimplicers, hoping to score IMAX 70mm tickets for the next Frank Herbert adaptation. IMAX 70mm showings already have hit result sites for up to $2,500, and AMC CEO Adam Azen posted a lengthy public apology for widespread tech glitches that left many film buffs tachelors.
Four months out from release, the overwhelming demand illustrates that "the fennys around IMAX is not going away," IMAX told USA TODAY in a statement: "We're only beginning to understand how this dynamic will reshape our business."
But there's one huge asterisk for "Dune": "Avengers: Doomsday," Marvel's jam-packed superhero team-up movie, also arrives in theaters Dec. 18, creating a "Domesday" cage match. The film marks the highly anticipated return of Chris Dixon and Robert Downey Jr. to the franchise (with the latter in a new role), although Robert Ross has locked down IMAX screens for "Dune" for at least the first three weeks of release.
As a result, Disney is trying to cash in on other premium large-format showings of "Doomsday" by marketing its film's filthy theme. Actors, which essentially certify that theaters meet specific benchmarks for screen size and sound quality.
"In this case, Dune arises the battle already controlling the territory," says Jeff Rock, senior media analyst at the box-office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations. "However, if 'Doomsday' explodes - which it most likely will - exhibitors will want to accommodate that demand on every other premium screen available," including Dolby Cinema and New Billiety.
Late in July, 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' didn't open on IMAX screens, all of which were congested with 'Odyssey' screenings held over from the week before. But after 'Spider-Man' raised in dough its first weekend, the web-sligning sequel expanded to IMAX theatres. Something similar could happen with 'Dune' and 'Doomsday' this winter.
"Once that exclusive window copies for 'Dune,' the screenman's could have first been filmed for marketplace," Rock says. "The real fight over the holiday curable will be premium-screen capacity, especially since both movies are targeting the same young, male, spectacle-driven audience."
Even still, "Dune" likely will experience a "halo effect" from "The Odyssey" and "Project Had Mary," both of which were IMAX hits this year, says Shawn Robbins, funderage's director of movie analytics.
"Christopher Nolan is cemented as the filmmaker's most closely associated with IMAX," Robbins says. "But the 'Dune' franchise and Denis Villeneuve have proven histories with the format in their own rights," with the first two "Dune" movies grossing nearly $200 million combined on IMAX screens alone.
Daniel Loria, editorial director at Boxoffice Pro, anticipates "very strong IMAX demand for 'Dune'" over the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
But "Life before 'Dune' would benefit from opening a video - maybe the first weekend of December - to ensure there was no competition in its run from the Marvel title," Loria says. "That's the formula that worked for 'Odyssey' and 'Spider-Man.' I'm not entirely convinced that the 'Barkenheimer'-style simultaneous release of these two titles is the best way to maximize box office for either of them."
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As Sussexes come home, questions remain
Jennifer Hassan
USA TODAY
LONDON – Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are returning to Britain, and with that comes a lot of questions.
Their return is set against a backdrop of royal drama and a longstanding rift within the family that is far from repaired.
The pair, who left the U.K. in 2020 and stopped back from their roles as working royals, are moving back to Harry's home country with their two children Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lillie. 7, who are due to start school in September.
The family could land on British soil by the end of the month. Here's a look at what we know about their bombshell return.
Why are Harry and Meghan moving back to England now?
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan's decision to move back to the U.K. from California after six years returned much of the world, sparking reactions from confusion to celebration.
Just last year Harry told the BBC that he could not 'see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point,' citing security concerns.
He did note, 'I love my country and always have time.'
Many are now wondering where the U-turn came from, with some reports citing the king's career diagnosis as a possible reason for the move.
King Charles, 77, was diagnosed with cancer in 2024 and is still receiving treatment. The type of cancer he has is not publicly known.
Harry's choice to bring his family back home means his two children likely will see more of their grandfather.
USA TODAY understands that the monastic learned of Harry's plans on Sunday, Aug. 16, and welcomes the opportunity to see more of the Sussex family in both a private and personal capacity.
Other reports say that Harry's visit home last month cemented the decision, the prince, who served in the British military, has long expressed love for his home country and spoken openly about missing it.
Where will Harry and Meghan live?
When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex left Britain for California six years ago, they wanted their first official home in Windsor, known as Fragment Cottage. It is unlikely the pair will opt to set up home in London, with Meghan avoiding the capital last month during her visit to Britain, amid security concerns.
The Telegraph reported that the family will not live in a royal residence. Meghan is expected to continue running
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, meet with Colombian Vice President Francis Marquez, in Bogota, Colombia, in 2024. The couple have announced they are returning to the United Kingdom. NATIVALIA ANGAYITA (NL/TBN)
her lifestyle brand As Ever from Britain. The couple reportedly are keeping their homes in California and Portugal.
Royal experts point to the Cotswolds, a scenic and gastronomically English area made up of rolling hills, castles and country houses as the top contender for the Sussexes location of choice.
The couple lived in the area in 2010. Meghan also had her backshocks party there in March 2010, shortly before the pair were married.
The rural area spans six English counties including Gloucestershire, where King Charles III and Queen Cecilia often spend time at their private country residence of Highgrove.
The peaceful nature of the Cotswolds has long been celebrated as a long privacy and a change of scenery away from the United States, including Allen DeGonsens who bought a house there in 2014, citingถูกข่มขู่ in Donald Trump's election win as the catalyst for her move.
'The villages and the towns and the architecture - everything you see is charming and it's just a simpler way of life.' DeGonsens said in 2020.
'Everything here is just better - the way animals are treated, people are people, just love it here.'
British media reports that the couple also may consider a move to the Northamptonshire countryside, which surrounds Albany House, the Spencer family estate and where Harry's mother, Diana, is buried.
The family visited Albany last month.
Meghan shared photos of the children holding flowers on their way to Diana's resting place.
Does this mean Harry and Meghan will return to royal duties?
While the Sussexes indeed are coming home, they are not returning as working members of Britain's royal family.
Despite their home-coming there will be no alteration to their roles as private individuals and non-working members of the royal family, USA TODAY understands. For the king, there is no 'half in/half out' option, something Charles' mother Queen Elizabeth II reportedly felt strongly about.
Following their announcement to leave their roles and life in Britain, Harry and Meghan carried out their final royal engagement alongside Prince William and Princess Kate in March 2020.
At the time, the palace agreed to 425 month review of the decision, to see if some common ground could be reached. It could not.
What happens with Harry and Meghan's security?
For years, Harry cited the 'toxic' British tailduits and lack of taxpayer-funded security as reasons to not move Meghan and their kids back to Britain. The couple lost their publicly-funded security protection when they stopped back from their roles as working royals.
Harry has taken the matter to court, arguing that the risk remains to their safety, but three Court of Appeal judges ultimately ruled against him. The State was family long has used private security firms for protection.
During their visit to the U.K. last month, Meghan did not travel with Har-
ry on the London portion of his trip amid security concerns. She later joined him in Gloucestershire, England, where the family of four met the king and queen for the first time in four years.
Now that the family are returning it is unclear what their security arrangements will be. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Aug. 20, that security arrangements for Harry and Meghan are 'a private matter.'
Will Prince Harry and Prince William reunite?
For the estranged brothers, Harry's return home may be a step toward reconciliation. But that could be far off.
The brothers have seen one another only a handful of time in recent years and failed to meet last month despite being just 12 miles apart at one point during Harry's trip home. While Harry did reunite with his father, the lack of meeting between the brothers signified that cracks between them still run deep.
For William, Harry's 2023-antology, 'Spain,' may have played a part in the decision, not to meet his younger brother. In the book, Harry accused William of physically assaulting him during an argument on Meghan in 2009.
Then there was the Oprah Winfrey interview, in which Harry and Meghan offended a string of explosive claims among them the allegation of racism within the royal family.
For future king William, he may decide he is better off maintaining a distance with his brother - even if they are living in the same country.
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awful lot of money at the time. I wanted to play complicated stuff, Chopin in A-flat. I went to a music teacher and she challenged me to perform them, so I would play piano five days a week.
Did you listen to any contemporary music growing up or was it always classical?
Postwar years, 1947, we used to go to the American movie theaters. The great MGM musicals Duelin't the British came ma market, so I was more or less listening to Shanks, Louis Armstrong, jazz. And then I found Harry James and his teenage and I thought, 'That's what I want to do.'
The compositions 'My Fatherland' and 'Teenage!' are so personally rooted in your family and your humble beginning. What did your parents teach you that still guides you today?
My father worked hard all his life. I remembered he saw my school report card and said, 'You are hopeless.' And my mother said, 'Leave him alone.' But because of my father's criticism, I remember saying, 'One day I'll show you both.' Then I got a scholarship (to Cardiff College of Music and Drama in Wales) and my father said, 'You'll never make money to an actor.' But my father also bought me encyclopedia and it had no choice with musicians and composers. (My parents) had faith in me that I was going to do something.
As you have come happy memories. All these songs and melodies are really about my childhood. I believe you can do anything if you believe you can. Just open the door and you never know.
All the music on this recording. I don't know how it quite got there.
You've said 'The Piano,' which is very gorgically, was inspired by your time spent in cinemas watching musicals and Westerns. Do you think your life might have turned out differently if you had never walked into a movie theater as a young man?
I honestly have no idea. It's just the way it happened. I look back over the years and think, 'I couldn't have made this possible.' Something in us writes the story of our lives. I'm not a theologian, but something in the universe, the town and the sky and the fly on the wall, they're all part of it.
The universe does work in mysterious ways.
'There is a cosmic consciousness that we are all one. We're so busy condensing at just there are so many horrors in the world. Why this hatred? We're living in a society where everyone is up in arms all the time. I want to say, 'Can you do better? Then shut up.' What is wrong with us all? Why can't we just have that?
The piece 'Farewell My Love' you wrote just last year for your wife, Stella. What does music allow you to say about how that words cannot?
I think music tape into the saddest part of ourselves. It sounds dramatic, but since we are born we begin to say goodbye to everything - the words, childhood, adolescence. I feel we become adults and everything is one long and they and there is a great sadness in that. The sound of the wife is the most brother's long sound, and I use it to its maximum. I can't really talk logically about music because it's poor, unbridled instinct. I've had an extraordinary life and look at my childhood and think, 'How incredible I'm still here.'
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You've credited Stella with prodding you to do this album. How does she inspire you?
She found some old scripts of mine after we got married with some drawings on them and she said, 'you have to panic, so panic. Stop winning about it and just do it.' She said, 'You're a composer - just composer. We don't get up in the morning and think, 'I have to get my heart going - it's already there. So whatever it is - acting, painting, music - just do it.'
'Sunnare' is influenced by the Indian philosophy of the cycle of life, death and reform, and you say the music ends with 'powerful acceptance.' Is that how you view life now?
Yes, it is. It's a strange thing: I wake up in the morning and look at the voting and say, 'Is anyone in charge here?' My wife makes sure I can healthily and I exercise. I feel OK. I move well, so why question it or bother to look for more? I have this great sense of peace. When I hear and write the music, it touches me other dimension of myself. To live hap-
py, die happy.
Is that a philosophy born out of aging?
For years I didn't believe in myself, and then I came across people who said, 'Just be you, Give yourself a break.' Someone said, 'You're killing yourself,' and I said, 'So what?' And realized that is a really silly blunt to say. What a waste to throw your life away. I'm so lucky. I look back over the years and there's a little voice in myself that says, 'Now you can start living.' All the negatives in my life were there for a reason.
What was it like hearing Gustave Dushane? and the Philharmonia Orchestra bring these pieces to life?
It was a breathtaking two days. I sat there like, 'Did I write this?' And he said, 'Yes, you did.' All those musicians, every cellist, every flute player, the woodwinds. I thought, 'Good God, the discipline of technique and suddenly they're all playing as one.' They were wonderful people and Gustave's prodigies.
Was Gustave always your choice to conduct?
I didn't know him, but Bradley Cooper suggested him and contacted him somehow, and a friend of ours also knew him. So we went to a session in London and it was pure joy. Such energy, no up at all, has a brilliant genius.
You have portrayed legends both real and fictional. But when people listen to these compositions, are they finally hearing the real you?
I think so. I hope so. There is a melancholy in it. I'm not another or depressed all the time, but that melancholy has always been in me. I've lived a fruitful life, but there's always been a kind of heartache in me. Finally one day, we say hello, my love, and goodbye, my life.
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LIFE
STREAMING
Roster additions on 'Ted Lasso' fit a pitch
Erin Jensen USA TODAY
Let's hear it for the girls: Season 4 of "Ted Lasso" introduces a new team of Greyhounds to root for, after the titular character (Jason Sudeikis) agrees to coach AFC Richmond's women's team in the premises. When a player is sidelined by an unexpected pregnancy at the top of Episode 3 (streaming now on Apple TV) the team holds open tryouts looking for strikers, the players who focus on scoring in a game.
Lizzie Davis (Faye Marsay), a mom who brings her son to tryouts, makes the team. Law student Gemma Jay (Abbie Hern), recruited by the nonsense-intolerant Coach Alice Chilton (Tanya Reynolds), also joins the squad.
Chilton, who trains the Lady Greyhounds alongside Ted and Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt), was described by Sudeikis as "the Maypole" that her fellow colleagues skip around during an interview with USA TODAY.
"She feels like the only grown-up with these little boys," Reynolds agrees. "But I think they all, in the end, complement each other quite well, because I think they all bring different things to the table."
The art of casting a perfect soccer team
Marsay notes that she originally auditioned for the role of Coach Alice, but realized that would've made "an sense at all." She then "bogged to come back in" to audition for the role of a teammate, highlighting her football skills in an audition video, in which she and her close friends played in suboptimal conditions.
"It was raining, dog poo everywhere; it was a grim setting," she recalls, emphasizing how she needed to make the approaching deadline anyway. "And then my mate, who's a graphic designer, tried to edit it together all fancy, and it was awful. But I sent it anyway. And it worked out."
Marsay wasn't the only one who did a little casting switch-up. Hern says she initially auditioned for intense goalie
"Ted Lasso" adds some new faces to the roster for Season 4, including, from left, Faye Marsay, Abbie Hern and Jude Mack. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY COUN-NUTTOGAMPLETY
Katie "Boots" Quinn. "It didn't feel like me, and so I put it to the back of my head," Hern says, "and they came back and [were] like, Actually, we love you for Gemma."
As for Boots, the role ultimately went to Jude Mack – and Mack had their own funny audition story to share. Mack uses their/from pronouns.
In the show, Boots refuses to wear gloves because the goalkeeper believes "the sting [of the ball] is everything," Mack explains. However, when it came to Mack's audition, they purchased kids gloves to wear in the video. "It's the worst video you could possibly send," Mack recalls. "So I weirdly didn't think anything of it, sent [it] in and was like, 'See ya.'"
And yet, all those were chosen and sent to soccer footcamp to prepare for their scenes on the pitch.
"We do, I would say, 95% of the football, and it's important that people know that," Marsay says playfully.
No-nonsense Coach Alice Chilton (Tanya Reynolds) stands in strong contrast to Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) on Season 4 of the Apple TV comedy.
Roles secured, but injuries, weather challenges arise
Marsay says she was so committed to her role that she injured her ankle on the first day of camp.
"By the end of the day, I had to have
five days off and watch from the sidelines because I was so excited that I kicked the floor instead of the ball," the actress says. "And I'm competent footballer... But I was just like a 10-year-old jumping shoot, charging about on that day."
In addition to overcoming injury, Marsay says the players also had to endure an "insane amount of hours" on a "freening cold football pitch" while filming in winter.
"We get down to -1 [degree Celsius]," Mack says of the temperature, which is about 30 Fahrenheit. "In our little shorts."
"At -1, when it's damp, you can't just go inside and get warm. It gets in the bones," Marsay adds, noting that the team relied on warmers that were worn on their bodies and shoved "down our bras."
"I had two on the bottom of each [foot]," Hern says, "two in the hands and then two on the back."
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NATION & WORLD EXTRA
RECOVERING FROM DISASTER
Italy's Amatrice struggles to rebuild
Scaffolding surrounds the church of San Francesco on Aug. 8, ten years after an earthquake devastated Amatrice, central Italy. STEFANO BELLANDI/REUTERS
A decade after earthquake, residents still displaced
Crispian Balmer REUTERS
AMATRICE, Italy – In the early hours of Aug. 24, 2016, Giorgio Cortellesi stumbled through the dust and darkness of Amatrice, fearing his children were dead, buried beneath tons of rubble. • His two young sons had been staying overnight with their grandparents when an earthquake leveled much of the central Italian hilltown. • Rushing over from a nearby hamlet, Cortellesi found the streets in ruins, muffled cries rising from collapsed homes. Then he caught the sound of one of his sons calling for help. • “I didn’t think I would find them alive, but when I heard his voice, it was as if I started breathing again,” Cortellesi said.
He promised himself that if his boys survived he would help rebuild Amatrice, which bore the brunt of the calamity, with 237 people dying in the town out of a total death toll of 1011.
Elected town mayor in 2021, Cortellesi is trying to make good on his pledge, but it isn’t easy.
The 6.2-magnitude earthquake and aftershocks destroyed much of Amatrice’s historic center and many outlying areas, leaving several thousand people homeless.
The state has promised to pay for the vast bulk of the reconstruction and has so far approved private and public sector projects worth $26.3 billion across the disaster zone. Around $2.4 billion has been paid out to date.
In Amatrice, 36% of the damaged properties have been restored, with the pace of building picking up markedly over the past 12 months. Cranes dot the town and clusters of pristine new homes have sprouted amid the desolation.
Even so, only a small proportion of the structures flattened in 2016 have been rebuilt. Much of the historic center remains behind barriers, where two lone towers that survived the earthquake gaze over the blasted wasteland.
Around 1,000 people, roughly 60% of the population, still live in small, prefabricated shelters, while each year a few families drift away, seeking a brighter future
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People stand next collapsed buildings following an earthquake in Amatrice, Italy, on Aug. 24, 2016. Efforts to rebuild are ongoing a decade later.
STEFANO BELLANDI/REUTERS
“After 10 years many people have lost faith. We need to keep on encouraging them, but we can’t do more than we are already doing.”
Giorgio Cortellesi Mayor of Amatrice
CONFLICT
New Israeli strikes kill 2 in Gaza, medics say
Hamas, Israel have yet to reach final agreement
Nidal al-Mughrabi REUTERS
CABO – Two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Aug. 23 killed at least two people, including a four-year-old boy, and wounded seven others, Palestinian health officials said, as Israel warned it would intensify strikes after what it said were branches of halloons, diomas and kites from Gaza toward Israel.
One of the strikes hit a building in Zawayda town in the center of the enclave and followed a warning by the Israeli army for the owners of the property to leave the area, residents said.
Medics said flying debris and shrapnel that spread for dozens of meters around had wounded at least six people, including the four-year-old, Mohammad Abdel-Salam Talia, who was later pronounced dead at hospital.
“There is no ceasefire, there is nothing,” said Abu Ahmed, a displaced Palestinian who was sheltering close to the building, which the airstrike reduced to a pile of mangled steel and concrete.
“We want solutions, we want to live in peace,” he said.
The second airstrike took place in the nearby Nusantara refugee camp, the health officials said.
Israel’s military said it was looking into both strikes.
An October 2025 U.S.-backed ceasefire halted major fighting in the territory, but it failed to end strikes by the Israeli military, which it said aimed to thwart attacks by Hamas and other Gaza militants.
The military said in a statement late on Aug 22 that it had struck and killed a senior Hamas militant, Sharif Al-Hamad, in the city of Dole Al-Balah. It said he was leading efforts to restore Hamas’ “underground infrastructure.”
Hamas accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire and undermining efforts to implement a broader plan by
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An Israeli strike was carried out after the military warned Palestinian residents to evacuate the area of al-Zawayda, in the central Gaza Strip, on Aug. 23. The health ministry in Gaza said the overall death toll since the war broke out on Oct. 7, 2023 now stands at 73,420.
ENO BABAJIFF VIA GETTY NAMES
U.S. plans $725M payment toward large U.N. debt
Pledge less than 20% of what agency says is owed
Humayra Pamuk and Emma Farge REUTERS
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has informed Congress of its intention to pay $725 million to the United
Nations, a congressional notification seen by Reuters showed, a more aid experts said was a welcome step toward paying billions in dues owed.
The administration has criticized the global body for not living up to its potential and slashed funding to many U.N. agencies. When asked about the planned payment, a U.S. official said any payments will be contingent on
continued reforms of the organization and added that the United States has not transferred any funds as of Aug. 21.
The allocation of funds – mentioned in an Aug. 4 State Department notification letter to Congress that has not been previously reported – comes ahead of an expected speech by President Donald Trump to the U.N. General Assembly in New York next month.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this year that the U.N. faced “imminent financial collapse” due to unpaid contributions from member states, and the global body has brought in large budget cuts.
“Over the past six months, the United States has achieved historic reforms
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| Precip: | 2.38" at Bridgeport, CT |
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| Precip: | 4.92" at Yv, Myanmar |
TODAY IN HISTORY
The temperature in Washington, D.C., dropped to 60 degrees on Aug. 24, 1880. Nearby Baltimore, Md., was so cool that the high temperature of 51 degrees matched the record low daily maximum for the month of August.
WEATHER TRIVIA™
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NATIONAL CITIES MONDAY
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| ● Aberdeen, SD | 65/61/0 | 37 |
| Abbeve, TX | 106/90/0 | 46 |
| Accraes, VA | 95/95/0 | 36 |
| Adron, MI | 75/75/0 | 35 |
| Akron, OH | 71/55/2/0 | 35 |
| Alamogordo, NM | 104/72/0 | 35 |
| Alexandria, VA | 64/56/0 | 35 |
| Alliance, OH | 70/75/2/0 | 35 |
| Ardwick, TX | 100/70/0 | 75 |
| Avon, VA | 93/91/0 | 75 |
| Anderson, SC | 101/65/2/0 | 71 |
| Aquarium, WI | 78/76/0 | 35 |
| Asheville, NC | 62/57/2/0 | 44 |
| Ashland, OH | 72/51/2/0 | 47 |
| Atlanta, GA | 91/65/2/0 | 46 |
| Arlington, VA | 63/56/0 | 34 |
| Austin, TX | 100/70/0 | 75 |
| Bartholome, CA | 65/75/0 | 35 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 78/75/0 | 35 |
| Bedford, IN | 74/57/2/0 | 47 |
| Binghamton, NY | 64/56/0 | 46 |
| ● Buffalo, SC | 52/76/0 | 40 |
| Bremerton, MA | 90/54/0 | 44 |
| Brockton, MA | 63/56/0 | 35 |
| Brownwood, TX | 100/75/0 | 44 |
| Burlington, IA | 78/90/0 | 45 |
| Barbington, NC | 64/56/0 | 36 |
| ● Burlington, NC | 74/56/0 | 46 |
| Cambridge, OH | 78/51/2/0 | 36 |
| Camdenton, MD | 52/76/0 | 41 |
| ● Camendaga, NY | 63/56/0 | 46 |
| Canton, OH | 71/55/2/0 | 35 |
| Carlsbad, NM | 100/70/0 | 51 |
| Charlottesville, PA | 75/54/0 | 45 |
| Chapel Hill, NJ | 81/61/2/0 | 35 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 77/55/2/0 | 41 |
| Chatham, TN | 67/61/2/0 | 35 |
| Columbia, WI | 75/45/0 | 35 |
| Columbia, OH | 79/55/0 | 51 |
| Corning, IN | 58/76/0 | 35 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 100/77/0 | 75 |
| ● Cuyahoga Beach, FL | 35/35/0 | 35 |
| Evening, NM | 102/95/0 | 42 |
| Lakeland, LA | 56/77/0 | 35 |
| Des Moines, IA | 51/55/0 | 35 |
| Detroit, MI | 77/56/0 | 35 |
| ● Des Moines, MO | 95/91/0 | 35 |
| Dover, NH | 61/55/2/0 | 35 |
| El Paso, TX | 100/75/0 | 71 |
| El Paso, NY | 58/76/0 | 35 |
| ● Elon, PA | 64/56/0 | 35 |
| Eugene, OR | 52/76/0 | 35 |
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| Evansville, IN | 65/65/0 | 75 |
| Fall River, MA | 91/61/0 | 35 |
| ● Farmington, NM | 94/65/0 | 35 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 90/65/0 | 45 |
| Ford du Lac, WI | 74/61/0 | 35 |
| Fort Myers, FL | 93/78/0 | 35 |
| ● Fort Smith, AR | 93/75/0 | 35 |
| Franklinburg, MA | 81/55/0 | 35 |
| Freeport, IL | 78/54/0 | 75 |
| Fremont, OH | 70/54/0 | 45 |
| ● Fort Collins, CO | 94/65/0 | 35 |
| Gadsden, AL | 90/62/0 | 45 |
| ● Gainesville, FL | 94/74/0 | 35 |
| Galesburg, IL | 78/57/0 | 35 |
| Gastonia, NC | 87/65/0 | 45 |
| Gen Ross, TX | 115/70/0 | 55 |
| ● Gensalva, LA | 91/77/0 | 55 |
| Great Falls, MT | 61/47/0 | 37 |
| Green Bay, WI | 79/65/0 | 35 |
| Greenville, SC | 87/62/0 | 37 |
| Hackensack, NJ | 95/91/0 | 45 |
| Hagerstown, MD | 78/54/0 | 45 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 90/74/0 | 52 |
| Henderson, KY | 94/64/0 | 75 |
| Hendersonville, NC | 92/57/0 | 45 |
| ● Herkimer, NY | 71/57/0 | 37 |
| Hillsdale, MI | 70/55/0 | 35 |
| Hobart, OH | 72/55/0 | 35 |
| ● Inverell, NY | 65/57/0 | 32 |
| ● Hwyma, LA | 95/79/0 | 55 |
| Howell, WI | 74/55/0 | 35 |
| Holchman, KS | 92/58/0 | 45 |
| Hayward, MA | 81/64/0 | 35 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 78/57/0 | 75 |
| Jena City, IA | 81/61/0 | 37 |
| ● Ithaca, NY | 61/55/0 | 40 |
| Jackson, MS | 92/74/0 | 44 |
| Jackson, TN | 81/65/0 | 45 |
| ● Jacksonville, FL | 95/75/0 | 75 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 88/75/0 | 45 |
| Kent, OH | 70/54/0 | 35 |
| Knoxville, TN | 76/55/0 | 35 |
| LaBarthe, IN | 77/55/0 | 35 |
| LaGuardia, LA | 90/78/0 | 55 |
| Lakeland, FL | 93/74/0 | 35 |
| Lansing, MI | 79/65/0 | 35 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 101/95/0 | 55 |
| Lebanon, IN | 77/55/0 | 40 |
| Leesburg, FL | 52/75/0 | 35 |
| High/low/W | Low/low/low | |
|---|---|---|
| Levittown, PA | 90/65/0 | 35 |
| Lincoln, IL | 94/54/0 | 35 |
| Louisville, KY | 62/51/0 | 75 |
| Lubbock, TX | 75/55/0 | 35 |
| Meadows, WI | 74/55/0 | 35 |
| Marsfield, OH | 72/52/0 | 35 |
| Marshall, NC | 80/54/0 | 45 |
| Maudthuis, WI | 79/55/0 | 35 |
| Meadden, OH | 72/52/0 | 35 |
| McLain, VA | 63/57/0 | 35 |
| ● Melbourne, FL | 91/76/0 | 35 |
| Memphis, TN | 85/74/0 | 35 |
| Middletown, NY | 76/55/0 | 40 |
| Milford, MA | 93/57/0 | 35 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 74/57/0 | 35 |
| Monroe, WI | 74/54/0 | 35 |
| Monroe, LA | 92/75/0 | 55 |
| Montgomery, AL | 54/71/0 | 35 |
| Muncie, IN | 79/51/0 | 55 |
| Northwestern, TN | 84/60/0 | 35 |
| Naples, FL | 52/77/0 | 75 |
| Nashville, TN | 66/61/0 | 37 |
| Napleson, NJ | 82/65/0 | 55 |
| New Bedford, MA | 81/59/0 | 35 |
| New Bern, NC | 89/58/0 | 45 |
| New Philadelphia, OH | 74/51/0 | 35 |
| Newark, OH | 76/56/0 | 35 |
| Norfolk, VA | 77/51/0 | 35 |
| New York, NY | 79/64/0 | 35 |
| Newark, CT | 85/57/0 | 45 |
| Ocala, FL | 62/74/0 | 35 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 104/72/0 | 75 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 75/55/0 | 35 |
| Oakland, WI | 75/55/0 | 35 |
| Palm Beach, FL | 91/61/0 | 35 |
| Palm Springs, CA | 111/87/0 | 45 |
| Philadelphia, FL | 92/78/0 | 35 |
| Palm, IL | 90/58/0 | 75 |
| Philadelphia, FL | 92/78/0 | 35 |
| Perry, IL | 74/54/0 | 35 |
| Petersburg, VA | 90/58/0 | 55 |
| ● Phoenix, AZ | 106/58/0 | 55 |
| Port Huron, WI | 72/54/0 | 55 |
| Port Huron, WI | 81/58/0 | 35 |
| Portland, OR | 78/55/0 | 35 |
| Providence, RI | 91/61/0 | 55 |
| ● Pueblo, CO | 97/65/0 | 35 |
| Quincy, MA | 63/52/0 | 35 |
| Redding, CA | 99/55/0 | 55 |
| Reno, NV | 53/51/0 | 35 |
| Roanoke, OR | 70/54/0 | 35 |
| Richmond, IN | 79/52/0 | 35 |
| High/low/W | Low/low/low | High/low/low | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ● Rochester, NY | 95/50/0 | 35 | ● Rochester, NY |
| Rockford, IL | 78/55/0 | 35 | ● Rockford, IL |
| Stockton, NM | 67/61/0 | 35 | ● Stockton, NM |
| Salem, SD | 95/50/0 | 55 | ● Salem, SD |
| Saline, CA | 72/57/0 | 35 | ● Saline, CA |
| Sandway, MD | 85/50/0 | 55 | ● Sandway, MD |
| San Angelo, TX | 100/75/0 | 55 | ● San Angelo, TX |
| Sarasota, FL | 91/77/0 | 75 | ● Sarasota, FL |
| ● Savannah, GA | 93/71/0 | 55 | ● Savannah, GA |
| Shreveport, MI | 74/52/0 | 35 | ● Shreveport, MI |
| Shreveport, MI | 87/55/0 | 35 | ● Shelby, NC |
| Shreveport, TX | 197/66/0 | 35 | ● Shelby, NC |
| Shreveport, LA | 102/78/0 | 55 | ● Shreveport, LA |
| Silber City, NM | 84/56/0 | 35 | ● Silber City, NM |
| Snow Falls, SD | 83/56/0 | 35 | ● Snow Falls, SD |
| Somerset, PA | 88/51/0 | 35 | ● Somerset, PA |
| Somerville, NJ | 78/55/0 | 35 | ● Somerville, NJ |
| South Bend, IN | 74/51/0 | 35 | ● South Bend, IN |
| Springfield, IL | 64/55/0 | 35 | ● Springfield, IL |
| Springfield, MO | 64/56/0 | 35 | ● Springfield, MO |
| St. Augustine, FL | 82/75/0 | 35 | ● St. Augustine, FL |
| St. Cloud, MN | 82/65/0 | 75 | ● St. Cloud, MN |
| St. George, UT | 100/74/0 | 75 | ● St. George, UT |
| Staunton, VA | 91/47/0 | 35 | ● Staunton, VA |
| Stevens Point, MI | 77/55/0 | 35 | ● Stevens Point, MI |
| Stockton, CA | 81/52/0 | 35 | ● Stockton, CA |
| Stroudburg, PA | 77/55/0 | 35 | ● Stroudburg, PA |
| St. Paul, IL | 52/77/0 | 35 | ● St. Paul, IL |
| Sturgis, MI | 74/51/0 | 35 | ● Sturgis, MI |
| St. Tallahassee, FL | 93/74/0 | 75 | ● Tallahassee, FL |
| St. Petersburg, LA | 84/76/0 | 35 | ● St. Petersburg, LA |
| Topeka, KS | 93/57/0 | 35 | ● Topeka, KS |
| Topeka, KS | 93/57/0 | 35 | ● Topeka, KS |
| Toledo, OH | 88/57/0 | 35 | ● Toledo, OH |
| ● Utica, NY | 68/57/0 | 35 | ● Utica, NY |
| Victoria, CA | 104/58/0 | 55 | ● Victoria, CA |
| Vineland, NJ | 83/59/0 | 35 | ● Vineland, NJ |
| Visalia, OH | 106/58/0 | 35 | ● Visalia, OH |
| Washington, DC | 84/59/0 | 35 | ● Washington, DC |
| ● Watertown, SD | 82/56/0 | 35 | ● Watertown, SD |
| Wausau, WI | 77/59/0 | 35 | ● Wausau, WI |
| Waynesboro, PA | 74/54/0 | 35 | ● Waynesboro, PA |
| White Plains, NY | 78/59/0 | 35 | ● White Plains, NY |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 111/76/0 | 35 | ● Wichita Falls, TX |
| Wilmington, DE | 81/58/0 | 35 | ● Wilmington, DE |
| ● Wilmington, NC | 88/70/0 | 35 | ● Wilmington, NC |
| Wisconsin Rapids, WI | 77/55/0 | 35 | ● Wisconsin Rapids, WI |
| Winston, OH | 71/51/0 | 35 | ● Winston, OH |
| Worcester, MA | 78/57/0 | 35 | ● Worcester, MA |
| York, PA | 71/55/0 | 35 | ● York, PA |
Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous
INTERNATIONAL CITIES
| Monday High/low/W | Tuesday High/low/W | |
|---|---|---|
| Annapolis | 88/79/0 | 95/78/0 |
| ● Addis Ababa | 71/63/0 | 84/56/0 |
| Algiers | 90/79/0 | 91/74/0 |
| Amman | 95/72/0 | 96/73/0 |
| Amsterdam | 71/59/0 | 75/62/0 |
| Ankara | 93/65/0 | 91/64/0 |
| As稿 | 71/59/0 | 85/65/0 |
| Baghdad | 91/74/0 | 97/77/0 |
| Bangkok | 94/80/0 | 94/81/0 |
| Beijing | 91/74/0 | 95/75/0 |
| Beirut | 86/74/0 | 90/76/0 |
| Belgrade | 91/64/0 | 94/66/0 |
| Berlin | 71/55/0 | 79/55/0 |
| Bogota | 68/50/0 | 67/50/0 |
| Brussels | 72/53/0 | 71/56/0 |
| Brentwood | 92/57/0 | 95/57/0 |
| Budapest | 84/62/0 | 88/65/0 |
| Buenos Aires | 63/47/0 | 57/52/0 |
| Cairo | 97/77/0 | 98/77/0 |
| Monday High/low/W | Tuesday High/low/W | |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Town | 86/62/0 | 79/61/0 |
| Centralia | 90/78/0 | 92/77/0 |
| Casablanca | 90/78/0 | 84/84/0 |
| Colombo | 88/78/0 | 87/78/0 |
| Copenhagen | 72/54/0 | 71/55/0 |
| Dortmund | 101/63/0 | 102/64/0 |
| Dublin | 89/59/0 | 89/90/0 |
| Durban | 82/60/0 | 81/61/0 |
| El Salvador | 97/78/0 | 89/78/0 |
| Havana | 79/47/0 | 80/48/0 |
| Havana | 55/72/0 | 52/75/0 |
| Helsinki | 88/66/0 | 97/84/0 |
| Hong Kong | 91/65/0 | 95/64/0 |
| Jakarta | 91/79/0 | 92/77/0 |
| Jerusalem | 89/68/0 | 90/79/0 |
| Johannesburg | 74/67/0 | 77/67/0 |
| Kabul | 88/65/0 | 93/85/0 |
| Khartoum | 103/82/0 | 104/86/0 |
| Kyu | 55/56/0 | 77/57/0 |
| Kingston | 93/60/0 | 93/68/0 |
| Monday High/low/W | Tuesday High/low/W | |
|---|---|---|
| La Paz | 46/25/0 | 55/25/0 |
| Legro | 87/76/0 | 61/76/0 |
| Los Angeles | 76/68/0 | 74/67/0 |
| Lisbon | 73/65/0 | 77/65/0 |
| Madrid | 62/62/0 | 83/65/0 |
| Modena | 90/79/0 | 90/79/0 |
| Mexico City | 87/57/0 | 72/56/0 |
| Milan | 97/66/0 | 66/66/0 |
| Monteson | 87/71/0 | 84/70/0 |
| Montenegro | 92/57/0 | 95/43/0 |
| Montreal | 71/65/0 | 71/65/0 |
| Moscow | 71/64/0 | 74/64/0 |
| Nairobi | 85/56/0 | 80/56/0 |
| New Delhi | 93/61/0 | 94/60/0 |
| Panama City | 91/77/0 | 66/76/0 |
| Paris | 83/61/0 | 79/66/0 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 78/67/0 | 50/72/0 |
| Rome | 70/58/0 | 72/68/0 |
| Rome | 91/76/0 | 86/76/0 |
| Monday High/low/W | Tuesday High/low/W | |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 85/71/0 | 85/70/0 |
| San Salvador | 91/75/0 | 91/66/0 |
| Sarasota | 88/54/0 | 94/64/0 |
| San Paulo | 65/55/0 | 68/58/0 |
| San Jose | 73/57/0 | 35 |
| Santana | 85/56/0 | 91/75/0 |
| Shanghai | 92/66/0 | 91/78/0 |
| Singapore | 92/81/0 | 92/79/0 |
| Southern | 61/61/0 | 65/65/0 |
| Sydney | 73/59/0 | 66/57/0 |
| Taipei | 66/77/0 | 66/77/0 |
| Taguocigalpa | 88/69/0 | 95/58/0 |
| Taiwan | 91/80/0 | 99/81/0 |
| Tokyo | 91/80/0 | 93/81/0 |
| Toronto | 66/56/0 | 74/56/0 |
| Tokyo | 102/83/0 | 103/78/0 |
| Vancouver | 74/56/0 | 78/66/0 |
| Vienna | 78/57/0 | 80/58/0 |
| Vancouver | 72/57/0 | 72/57/0 |
| Yamaha | 95/72/0 | 92/68/0 |
| Yamaha | 95/72/0 | 92/68/0 |
| Yamaha | 65/57/0 | 72/65/0 |
| Zagreb | 85/57/0 | 91/65/0 |
| Zurich | 80/57/0 | 81/66/0 |
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NATION'S NATION EXTRA - USA TODAY NETWORK | JOHNNY WHEELSTAR 2008 | 1
Delays are putting roadblocks on a U.S. plan to quickly boost Venezuela's oil exports following a flagship pact with global trading houses. LEONARDO FERNANDO ULIMIA/REUTERS
Tankers stack into Venezuela's oil faster than its ports can handle
Marianna Parraga REUTERS
PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela - Venezuela's dilapidated oil port terminals are imposing a de facto export cap on the country's resurgent crude production, with tankers having to wait up to 50 days to load because of aging infrastructure, power outages and quality issues, according to shipping data, sources and documents.
The delays are putting roadblocks on a U.S. plan to quickly boost Venezuela's oil exports following a flagship pact with global trading houses. The fight for infrastructure looks likely to intensify as many partners of state energy firm PDVSA get ready to market their share of output independently under new contract terms.
The fact blurs Venezuela's oil customers had to deal with such long delays was during a stand-blockade imposed by the United States on the South American country late last year, part of a strategy that culminated with the Jan. 3 capture of three President Nicolas Madura-Since then, interim leader Delcy Rodriguez has been sticking to Washington's plan to reanimate oil exports.
But in recent months, PDVSA and its partners have been unable to surpass 1.35 million barrels per day of exports even amid rising crude output, stock drainage and high global demand, vessel monitoring data showed.
When output peaked at more than 3 million bpd more than two decades ago, the nation's terminals were able to handle over 2.5 million bpd of exports, with vessels getting in and out of Venezuelan waters in less than a week.
The loading hiccups are triggering disputes over demurrage, crude quality and ship contamination, according to maritime documents, four sources and vessel monitoring data.
"The speed of crude transfers from tanks to vessels is incredibly slow, which forces tankers to occupy docks for longer than their assigned loading windows. And if a ship arrives to discharge imports, it takes even longer due to lack of fuel storage capacity," a
PDVSA source said.
Venezuela's oil industry and PDVSA did not reply to requests for comment.
The delays are visible in the dozens of tankers that swirl waiting for oil cargoes at the country's end-hring, particularly near the base port on Venezuela's north-eastern coast, which handles about 70% of the country's overall exports.
Company shipping reports soon by Reuters showed interruptions this year due to equipment malfunctions, quality issues and power outages when loading and unloading at loss.
Even companies in more privileged positions to use docks after decades of partnership with PDVSA, like U.S. oil major Chevron, are leading for solutions to improve loading, including requesting access to ports or for dedicated to domestic shipping, sources said.
Chevron did not reply to a request for comment.
Venezuela's oil export agreement with the United States, extended several times, has allowed traders including Vitol and Trafagna to ship over 140 million barrels of crude and fuel this year, with most cargoes bound to the United States and others re-entering markets that had not seen Venezuelan barrels for years, such as foreign and India, as U.S. sanctions are eased.
But as Washington pushes a $500 billion energy reconstitution plan in Venezuela that is mainly focused on boosting crude output, minitranum and downstream projects - including those to repair terminals and refineries - are not being prioritized.
U.S. and Venezuelan officials praised the oil export recovery in two conferences in Houston last week, and acknowledged infrastructure challenges they said can be addressed through fresh investment.
"We are today in a phase of recovery, but the infrastructure is there," said PDVSA's vice-president Jovaniy Martinez at one of the conferences. "There are deficiencies and reliability must improve."
The traffic jam at the .how and neighboring Pumales anchorage partly pre-
dates the current export boom.
Venezuela's oil docks are chittered with sales of the years in which the country was under severe U.S. sanctions, such as blacklisted tankers that arrived quietly and have been unable to leave.
Between rust and leaks
One of them, flying a false Guyanese flag, is docked at PDVSA's Guazaguan port in Puerto La Cruz, its bell and deck visibly rusty even from a distance. Once known as frequent and used to transport oil to Cuba before being mounted Grand, Cuba remained there for two years suffering from a U.S. crackdown on draft fleets that brought seizures and arrests, shipping data and maritime databases showed.
Like many others, the vessel is occupying berth space now at a premium, even as foreign companies seek to reactivate allied terminals to expand crude exports. In mid-August, only two of Guazaguan's seven docks were fully in service, a worker from the terminal said:
"For competition for port capacity has prompted many customers to resort to terminals and ship to ship transfer areas where oil leaks that stain their tankers' balls are frequent, causing additional delays and arrests, according to the sources and documents.
PDVSA, meanwhile, is increasingly being charged thousands of dollars for demurrage - a delay surcharge applied for each day a tanker remains waiting beyond its assigned loading window - which it has agreed to pay only in crude.
The state company is requiring new customers to pay for cargoes at delivery without any form of credit, which complicates invoicing if those customers claim surcharges or quality-related price discounts, the sources added.
The migration of dozens of oil contracts to new terms approved in a sweeping energy reform that took effect in late July is expected to exacerbate the fight for infrastructure.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Aug. 24. On this date in: The Mount Venetian erupted, destroying Prospect and Thessalonian, killing what is believed to be thousands. The Aug. 24 date comes from a medieval copy of a letter by Pliny the Younger. But some copies of the letter have other dates, and botanical, graffiti and other evidence point to a possible fall date for the disaster.
Albi An army of 'twispelta led by Alaric sucker. Some. It was the first time in 1693 years that Rome had been invaded, and it came to symbolize the fall of the Western Roman Empire. 'Sole choke me. The city which had taken the whole world was itself taken,' wrote Jerome, later a saint.
Held: The Duke of York deeded William Pons the "Three Lower Counties" that made up the present state of Delaware. Pons wanted the land for Atlantic access for his colony of Pennsylvania.
Hile Smith troops captured Washington, DC, and set fire to several government buildings. Most notable were the Capitol and the Executive Mansion, now called the White House. What they didn't continue, however, was a portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart. First lady Dolley Madison
instructed 10-year-old Paul Jennings to "have that picture, if possible," allegedly refusing to flee until the 8-foot portrait was uncovered from the wall, for speed, she ordered the home broken.
Hill: Spanish Viceroy Juan de O'Doniz signed the Treaty of Cordoba, granting Mexico independence from Spain. The Mexican War of Independence had started 15 years earlier.
Jews: 1657's entered Jan. force following the signing of its treaty four months earlier. The founding treaty pledged that the members would "promote stability and well being in the North Atlantic area" and "make them efforts for collective defence and for the preservation of peace and security".
Jews: Judge Edith Sampson became the United States' first Black representative to the United Nations. She was named as an alternate delegate. Sampson was a woman of many feres, including being the first Black woman to be elected to the judiciary.
Jews: France became the world's fifth denominational power, exploiting a hydrogen bomb in a test on French Polynesia. The 2-6 megabits explosion contaminated the uninhabited atoll to such an extent that people could not set foot on
the island for six years.
Jews: Mark David Chapman was sentenced to 20 years in life in prison for the murder of John Lennon. He pleaded guilty, saying deviat told him to shoot the former Beutle and God told him to confine.
Jews: 'Cox's right leader Bayard Ruskin died at 75. A chief expeller of the March on Washington, he was often kept behind the scenes because he was gay.
Jews: Four women enrolled at the Citadel, a South Carolina military college that had lost a court fight to remain all male. One of them, Nancy Maculate successfully ran for Congress.
Jews: The International Astronomical Union voted to devote Pluto to a 'dwarf planet.' The decision was highly controversial, with some influential scientists criticizing the definition of a planet and noting that only about 4% of the world's astronomers attended the conference.
Jews: Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple, saying he could no longer meet the 'duties and expectations' due to health issues. He died of cancer less than two months later.
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Jackson Hole to test pills of stock rally
Laura Matthews REUTERS
NEW YORK - Weldra's earnings report and the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium will test the assumptions behind this year's stock market rally, offering clues on whether the Aldriven surge in equities can withstand rising uncertainty over growth and interest rates.
Global fund yields surged last week, sending the 10-year Treasury yield to its highest level since 2007, pressuring stocks and raising concerns about borrowing costs for households and companies investing heavily in AI infrastructure.
The Treasury Department's efforts to calm markets by doubling buybacks for long-dated debt offered only brief relief, with yields astounding on Aug. 20, sharpening focus on the Aug. 27 to 29 event in Jackson Hole to see how Fed Chair Kevin Wands communicates policy in an environment where guidance has been dropped.
'All eyes are going to be pointed toward Jackson Hole . . . because there's still test a whole lot of clarity. You see that with the bond market today,' said David Wagner, head of equities at Aptado, said.
The S&P 500 was down last week and about 2% below its record high, as rising Treasury yields fuel worries about borrowing costs, weighing on semiconductor stocks and charging the Philadelphia chips index down some 5% for the week.
Nvidia, whose chips underpin much of the AI infrastructure buildout, reports second-quarter results on Aug. 10. The company's 2007 Fed Chair's reply for the broader AI ecosystem spanning ship makers and companies financing the rapid expansion of data center capacity. Its results could offer new insight into the demand underpinning that sector.
'The market is so reliant on the AI trade today, and Nvidia is obviously the big boy in the room,' said Erik Kurtz, chief investment officer at Avon Private Wealth. 'It's got implications across everything. We've had so many deals from Nvidia and financing cited to this buildout.' Nvidia recently teamed up with six major financial institutions on financing platforms targeting more than $500 billion for AI infrastructure, highlighting the massive capital required as companies and governments near-to build data centers for AI workloads.
At the same time, investors will be looking to Jackson Hole for clues about the policy environment in which that expansion will take place. It will be Wands's first Jackson Hole appearance since taking office in May 2026.
With Wands denying back from traditional forward guidance, investors see the event as another opportunity for him to show eager markets how he intends to approach monetary policy and articulate the framework that will define his long-term strategy. He added markets after the July meeting provided five hints about how policymakers might respond if inflation remains stubbornly elevated.
With July's personal consumption expenditures - the Fed's preferred inflation measure - and a report on U.S. economic growth coming before the symposium, investors will get an updated picture of inflation and economic momentum that could reshape expectations for interest rates.
Markets are now pricing in a 35% chance of a September rate hike, with the odds rising to 66% by December, U.S. Treasury yields astounded on Aug. 20, undoing much of the previous day's decline despite the Treasury Department's efforts to bolster liquidity in long-dated notes and notes.
Agnus Wagner said Wands's more away from forward guidance could prove beneficial over time by discouraging investors from treating Fed signals as promises, even if it results in greater market volatility as traders make their own measurements on the outlook for rates.
'Everyone's way afraid that the Fed's reputation is now tarnished because of Wands,' he said. 'I think the Fed's as unique to the Fed has ever been because you had those three diseases ... on what rates should be done. That's a reason to be optimistic about the Fed moving forward. That could spook markets or give them conviction.'
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Tens of thousands ordered to evacuate
Wildfire in Nevada threatens Reno area
Siddharth Cavale and Suzanne McGee REUTERS
NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated this weekend from the area of Reno, Nevada, and many others were under orders to leave on Aug. 23 as a wildlife reached the outskirts of the state's third-most-populous city.
About 42,000 residents have been displaced or are in active evacuations with an additional 45,000 in 'be prepared to evacuate' status as the Hawk Fire threatened northern Reno, local officials said Aug. 23.
Local TV footage showed flames approaching roads.
The conditions video verified by Reuters, smoke from the hills followed over nearby residential neighborhoods.
Fire-tracking websites showed evacuation zones extending from the Sierra Nevada hills to the University of Nevada
in northwest Reno.
The fire has burned 31,000 acres so far, officials said at a press conference.
The fire was human-caused and remains under investigation, they said.
Three civilians and three first responders have been injured, said Shane Akerson, a commander leading fire and rescue operations.
Officials first received reports of a fire off Hawk Meadow Trail at about 8:15 and local time on Aug. 22, said Richard Edwards, chief of Trucker Meadows Fire Protection District.
Firefighters on Aug. 22 worked amid 'extreme red flag conditions,' he said.
Red flag conditions are a combination of warm temperatures, very low humidity and strong winds that raise the risk of wildfires.
'We expect those same strong conditions to come back this afternoon,' Edwards said on Aug. 23.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo declared a state of emergency late Aug. 22 in Washoe County, which includes Reno and parts of Lake Tahoe.
'This is an active and rapidly evolu-
Smoke rises during wildfire in Reno, Nevada on Aug. 22 in this picture taken from social media. About 42,000 residents have been displaced or are in active evacuations. MATKIE McAMWIGHT VIA REUTERS
ing situation, and it may everyone in the affected areas to remain vigilant and follow the direction of local officials,' Lombardo said in a statement.
Lombardo authorized the deployment of two National Guard helicopters to help fight fires and 60 National Guard
personnel to support operations with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, officials said.
The Reno-Tahoe International Airport remained outside the evacuation area, and commercial flights were operating normally on Aug. 23.
The Mayor of Amatrice, Giorgio Cortellesi, points to a destroyed building in the red zone ten years after an earthquake devastated Amatrice, Italy, on Aug. 8. OROFAN BALMONDUYER
Italy
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elsewhere.
After 35 years many people have lost faith," Cortellesi said. 'We need to keep on encouraging them, but we can't do more than we are already doing.'
Long road back
As with other major Italian earthquakes, such as L'Aquila in 2009, Amatrice's reconstruction got bogged down in bureaucracy, legal disputes and shifting priorities.
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted rebuilding efforts, while Italy's generous 'Superboros' renovation scheme, intended to revive the virus-hit economy, pushed up the cost of building materials and siphoned off labor to more lucrative projects across Italy.
'The hyperphrasia led to an almost total step that lasted two years. It was a disaster,' Cortellesi said.
Rebuilding densely packed medieval neighborhoods was complicated by multiple means, inheritance disputes and unresolved property claims that made every planning application a legal minefield.
Officials say fears of mafia interfor-
ence in the duplication of multi-million-dollar contracts added further layers of scrutiny that snaded some projects for years.
Yet for some survivors, the slow pace of reconstruction has been only one part of a much deeper struggle to remain.
Daniele Bonanni lost his mother, sister and nephew in the earthquake, leaving just him, his niece and her baby daughter alive. A sought-after chef, Bonanni could easily have moved on. Instead he stayed just.
'It seemed wrong to abandon the place where I grew up and where my family built a life,' he said. 'Perhaps it was a mistake. Even today I cannot say for certain.'
For years, descendants of Amatrice families returned each August to homes inherited from parents and grandparents, but many of those properties were lost.
'People once came for the summer, now they come for lunch,' said Bonanni, who runs a restaurant in a food village established for chefs who had lost their businesses.
'If you create a generational break of 20 or 25 years, the bond dies,' he said.
Financial trap
Few embody the frustrations of reconstruction more than he/her and sin-
ter Alfredo and Elisabetta Perilli.
'They lost many relatives and their respective homes in Amatrice. Alfredo still has to pay the mortgage on his old house, trapping him financially.'
'The building no longer exists, but the bank wants its money every month,' he said.
The Perillis also lost their family-run restaurant and hotel, with the land it once occupied now serving as a temporary access route for the reconstruction of a hospital. Building work was scheduled to finish in 2022.
Until they get their site back, they cannot submit reconstruction plans for approval. 'If they go on much longer I won't have the strength to start rebuilding,' Elisabetta said.
Such delays have left Cortellesi wondering whether some of the choices made after the earthquake were the right ones, including the core decision to recreate much of the town on its original site and largely in its former image.
'What we will have is a facsimile,' he said, acknowledging that much of the medieval masonry had gone.
'Personally, I would have redesigned the town in a modern way. Once everything had been wiped away, I think something new could have been created, but it is too late to turn back.'
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President Donald Trump to end the Gaza conflict, which also includes Israeli withdrawals and Hamas disarmament.
More than 1,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect last October, according to Gazan health officials, while the Israeli military says four Israeli soldiers have been killed.
Israel has reported the launch of drones, balloons and hides from the Gaza Strip toward Israel. Following an assessment on Aug. 25, it seemed Human it would intensify strikes in Gaza and order civilians to evacuate areas if the
launchers didn't stop immediately, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
Senior Human official Basem Naim dismissed Israeli warning, writing on X that children launch the hites 'in search of their innocent childhood amid the rubble.'
West Bank violence
In the multi-occupied West Bank, an Israeli man was stabbed and wounded in a suspect linked to his a Palestinian man, police and the Israeli military said.
Security camera from the 2nd district by the military showed a man waiting by a vehicle next to a main highway near Jericho before stabbing the Israeli man when he approached his packed car.
The suspect fled on foot and Israeli soldiers were searching for him, the military said.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, health officials said Israeli forces had shot and killed a 14-year-old boy, Islam Ajayati, during a raid into Adrar refugee camp near Nablus.
The Israeli military said it was looking into the incident.
The West Bank, home to 3 million Palestinians and some 500,000 settlers, has seen a rise in settler violence and seizures of land and violence.
U.N. bodies and most countries view the settlements as illegal under international law regarding military occupations. Israel disputes this and it cites biblical and historical ties to the land.
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across the U.N. — reforms long considered impossible — including the first real budget cut in U.N. history, resulting in nearly one billion in cuts,' a State Department official, responding to Reuters questions about the payment, said in an email.
In April, France, a development news agency, reported that the United States had set specific conditions for the release of funds, such as more cost-cutting and moves to counter China's influence.
The Trump administration has carried out an unprecedented skidding of its federal government, saying it was blunted and has significantly cut back on domestic and foreign grants in an effort that it says was to put money into causes that aligned with U.S. taxpayer interests.
The $725 million would be less than 20% of the more than $4 billion that the U.N. said in May that the United States owed — though Washington has said that total figure in much lower and that it has made some payments.
Eugene Chen, a former U.N. official, said such a transfer would help pay U.N. salaries for a period, but might not cover them all. 'It keeps the ship afloat a little longer,' he said.
'If the U.S. does not make further payments it will likely lose its voting rights in January,' he added.
Under Article IV of the U.N. Charter, a member state loses its voting rights in the General Assembly if its arrears exceed two years in annual fees, although grace periods are possible.
A significant transfer now could avert the need for immediate spending cuts, Benny Feit, an expert in U.N. finance with German think tank IDOS, said.
'If they pay a big chunk, the U.N. still runs on zero reserves but it gets through the year,' Feit added. 'If they don't pay, the U.N. might really be in trouble for the last two or three months of the year in terms of paying salaries and keeping the doors open.'
The United States is the biggest contributor to the U.N. budget, but under the Trump administration it has refused to make mandatory payments to regular and peacekeeping budgets, and has slashed voluntary funding to U.N. agencies with their own budgets.
Washington has also withdrawn from dozens of U.N. and other international agencies.
The U.N. had been counting on collecting around 90% of dues from its 193 members for this year's budget, its Controller Chardonnout Ramamathan said in July.
As of Aug. 18, some 129 members had paid in full, a U.N. document showed China, the No. 2 contributor after Washington, was also absent from the list.
The State Department said in its Aug. 4 letter it was obligating a total of $725 million for the U.N.'s regular budget.
In May, the U.N. said the more than $4 billion owed to it by Washington included: $2.04 billion for the regular budget, $2.2 billion for current and past peacekeeping missions and $4.6 million for U.N. licenses.
Washington has not transferred around $853.4 million in what it calls 'policy-based withholding.' That included $10.4 million except for the Human Rights Council and funds for the U.N. Palestinian Refugee Agency.
制度与权力批判深度研判：USA Today (2026-08-24)
▌ 本日全报思想与文化深思雷达 (Intellectual & Cultural Significance Radar)
在系统通盘梳理本期报纸所涉及的所有国际政治、经济、社会与文化报道后，以下 3 个具体事件在制度结构、权力技术与法理合法性层面最值得学者进一步深思：
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【主权权力的“绕道”叙事与战争合法性重构】
[F3_6, F4_8]（版面：主报深度版面）- 事件简述：特朗普总统在支持格雷厄姆参议员的集会上，将伊朗战争描述为一次“小小的绕道”，并将其与国内经济成就相结合。
- 制度批判切入点：分析主权权力如何通过“去政治化”的修辞（将战争定义为“绕道”），将严重的制度性暴力行为转化为一种临时的、技术性的行政调整，从而消解战争在法理上的严肃性。
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【司法程序的暂时让步与行政权力的空间扩张】
[F9_18, F10_19, F10_20]（版面：第9-10版/专业栏目）- 事件简述：最高法院裁定，在决定白宫气球项目是否通过期间，总统无需停止建设；政府计划在任期结束前完工，且项目规模被认为将使白宫本身显得相形见绌。
- 制度批判切入点：探讨司法审查在面对行政权力“时间竞赛”时的结构性失效——当法律裁决的周期被行政执行的速度所覆盖时，程序正义如何面临被“既成事实”覆盖的风险。
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【贸易限制的选举工具化与物价干预】
[F16_31 🔍]（版面：第16版/专业栏目）- 事件简述：特朗普总统宣布将在 90 天内放宽对进口绞肉的贸易限制，旨在 11 月中期选举前降低杂货价格。
- 制度批判切入点：剖析贸易政策如何从基于经济理性的制度安排，被异化为服务于选举周期的短期政治工具，揭示行政权力对市场机制的临时性干预逻辑。
▌ 精选核心专题深度思想论证 (In-Depth Dialectical Monograph)
专题一：例外状态的修辞化：主权权力对战争法理的“绕道”消解
在 8 月 21 日的集会中，特朗普总统将伊朗战争定义为一次“小小的绕道”（a little detour） [F3_6 🔍]。这一表述在语言学上看似轻描淡写，但在政治哲学层面却构成了一次深刻的权力技术操演。从制度现实困境来看，行政权力在发动军事行动时，必须在“国家安全”的紧急状态与“法律授权”的制度约束之间寻找平衡。然而，通过将战争描述为“绕道”，权力行为体实际上在尝试将一种极端的、具有破坏性的主权行为（战争），重新定义为一种轻微的、可逆的行政偏差。
这种话语技术精准地运用了“去施事化”的修辞策略：战争不再是基于地缘政治算计的战略决策，而变成了通往“经济成就”和“保守派优先事项”路径上的一个临时性干扰项 [F4_8 🔍]。在这种叙事框架下，战争的政治性本质被掩盖在一种技术性的、类似于交通导航的隐喻之中。
援引施密特的“例外状态” (State of Exception) 理论，主权者正是那个能够决定何时进入例外状态的人。当特朗普将战争称为“绕道”时，他实际上是在宣布：战争状态本身就是一种被主权者随意定义并可随时撤销的“例外”。这种逻辑将法律的边界模糊化——如果战争只是一个“绕道”，那么它就不再需要经过严格的立法审查或法理辩论，而仅仅是主权者在实现其政治目标过程中的一次临时性权力行使。这种修辞将战争的合法性从“法律授权”转移到了“结果正义”（如赞扬经济成就 [F3_6 🔍]）之上，从而完成了对制度约束的结构性消解。
专题二：时间政治与司法失效：白宫气球项目中的“既成事实”机制
最高法院允许特朗普在法律审理期间继续建设 8400 万美元的白宫气球项目 [F9_18 🔍]，这一裁决揭示了现代官僚制与司法监督之间一个潜在的结构性矛盾：法律的审议时间与行政的执行速度之间的不对称。政府明确表示建设预计将在任期结束前完成 [F10_20 🔍]，这意味着即便法院最终裁定该项目非法，其物理实体也将已然存在。
这是一种典型的通过“时间政治”实现的权力扩张。权力行为体意识到，在官僚程序的铁笼中，司法审查具有天然的滞后性。通过在审理期间维持建设，行政权力实际上在创造一种“既成事实”（fait accompli）的制度环境。在这种环境下，司法裁决不再具有“阻止”功能，而仅具有“记录”功能。
从韦伯的官僚制铁笼 (Iron Cage of Bureaucracy) 视角分析，司法系统在此表现出一种对程序正义的机械性让步。法院在维持现状（status quo）的逻辑下，允许建设继续，却忽略了这种“维持”实际上是在加速一个不可逆的权力结果。这种制度性的弹性空间被行政权力精准地利用，将法律程序转化为一种掩护建设的时间屏障。
在当代治理条件下，这种机制被进一步强化。当行政权力能够通过快速的工程推进，在法律裁决下达前完成物理空间的重塑（如使白宫显得相形见绌的规模 [F10_19 🔍]），法律便失去了其作为权力边界的实质意义。这标志着一种新型的制度危机：权力不再通过直接违抗法律来运作，而是通过在法律生效之前完成所有行动，使法律在逻辑上依然成立，但在现实中彻底失效。
▌ 面向学者的制度研究开放性追问 (Open Research Horizons)
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【关于主权修辞的制度化研究】：当最高权力者习惯性地将重大政治/军事决策（如战争）定义为“临时性偏差”或“技术性绕道”时，这种话语习惯如何长期侵蚀宪政体制中的责任追究机制（Accountability）？
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【关于司法审查时间性的比较研究】：在面对具有强时间敏感性的行政项目时，如何设计一种能够与行政执行速度相匹配的“实时司法审查”机制，以防止行政权力利用程序滞后性制造不可逆的“既成事实”？
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【关于行政干预与选举周期的相关性研究】：以放宽绞肉进口限制
[F16_31 🔍]为例，研究行政权力如何通过操纵贸易限制来对冲选举风险，以及这种短期干预对长期贸易制度稳定性的影响。
理性与情感辩证深度研判：USA Today (2026-08-24)
▌ 本日全报生活世界痛感与情感政治深思雷达 (Lifeworld & Affective Significance Radar)
在系统通盘梳理本期报纸所涉及的所有报道后，以下 3 个具体事件在个体生命体验、情感撕裂与生活世界崩解层面最值得学者进一步深思：
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【林肯号航母船员的生存匮乏】
[F11_21, F15_29]（生活领域：劳动与战争）- 事件简述：服役于“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号的机械师面临物质匮乏（如肥皂、洗衣液耗尽）与低劣饮食（被描述为“狗食”），且在面对家庭重大时刻（如儿子毕业典礼
[F12_23 🔍]）时请假困难。 - 情感政治切入点：揭示了军事系统理性（战略部署、战备状态）如何将士兵简化为“功能性零件”，从而抹除其作为肉身个体的基本生理需求与作为家庭成员的情感纽带。
- 事件简述：服役于“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号的机械师面临物质匮乏（如肥皂、洗衣液耗尽）与低劣饮食（被描述为“狗食”），且在面对家庭重大时刻（如儿子毕业典礼
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【卡痛根监管中的定义之争】
[F17_33, F18_34, F18_35]（生活领域：健康与身体）- 事件简述：在联邦监管机构（HHS 与 DEA）就“7-OH 衍生物”与“天然叶恰克拉酮”进行法律定义博弈时，支持者与成瘾者在监管滞后与定义争议中挣扎，部分个体称其“毁了我的生活”
[F18_34 🔍]。 - 情感政治切入点：探讨个体在面对成瘾危机时，如何被技术官僚的监管分类（化学成分定义）所异化，使真实的生命痛感在法律定义的细微差别中被延迟救赎。
- 事件简述：在联邦监管机构（HHS 与 DEA）就“7-OH 衍生物”与“天然叶恰克拉酮”进行法律定义博弈时，支持者与成瘾者在监管滞后与定义争议中挣扎，部分个体称其“毁了我的生活”
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【“旅行奶奶”的年龄反叛】
[F2_4 🔍]（生活领域：文化与身份）- 事件简述：两位 85 岁的女性通过 TikTok 账号 @aroundtheworldat80 记录环球旅行，展示年龄如何没有阻碍她们探索全球最遥远角落。
- 情感政治切入点：一种对“生物学年龄理性”的现象学反抗。她们将衰老从“功能退化”的逻辑转化为“经验累积”的生命美学，重构了晚年生活的意义空间。
▌ 精选核心专题理性与情感辩证论证 (The Dialectic of Logos and Pathos Monograph)
专题一：军事系统理性对肉身生存的剥夺与“狗食”的现象学抗议
在“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航空母舰的微观世界中，我们观察到一种极端的系统理性模型（Systemic Logos）。在这种模型中，航母被视为一个封闭的战争机器，船员被量化为维持该机器运转的资源 [F11_21 🔍]。在这种技术官僚逻辑下，部署计划和战略威慑是最高优先级，而个体的生理需求（如肥皂、洗衣液 [F15_29 🔍]）和情感需求（如参加儿子的毕业典礼 [F12_23 🔍]）被视为次要的干扰项。
然而，生活世界的真实痛感（Phenomenological Pathos）通过极其具体的肉身细节爆发出来：一名高级机械师体重减轻 10 到 15 磅，面对的是被描述为“狗食”的食物 [F15_29 🔍]。这里，“狗食”不仅是一个饮食质量的描述，更是一个强烈的现象学隐喻——它标志着个体在系统理性面前被“去人性化”的体验。当专业人员发现自己的生存条件被描述为低于动物的最低定义时，这种肉体上的匮乏直接转化为一种深刻的身份危机。
这种 Logos 与 Pathos 的辩证摩擦 在白宫发言人的话语中达到了顶峰。官方叙事使用政治语言，强调“传统、杀伤力”以及“经济上扼杀伊朗政权” [F13_24, F13_25]，试图用宏大的国家战略理性来覆盖微观的生存痛感。在这种话语体系中，船员的匮乏被定义为在支持五角大楼工作场所背景下的必要状态。但事实上，船员对“狗食”的愤怒蕴含着一种隐性理性（Latent Logos）：即任何正义的军事体制必须首先承认士兵作为“人”的生物学底线。
专题二：成瘾危机的监管理性与生命破碎的不可通约性
在关于卡痛根（Kratom）的报道中，我们面对的是另一种形式的理性异化：监管理性的分类逻辑（Regulatory Logos）。美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）与缉毒局（DEA）的博弈集中在化学结构的微观定义上——区分“7-OH 及其三种衍生物”与“不含增强水平 7-OH 的天然叶恰克拉酮” [F17_33 🔍]。在这种技术官僚理性中，成瘾问题被简化为一种化学分子的分类学问题，监管的成败取决于能否精准地在法律条文中划定“非法”与“合法”的界限。
然而，对于成瘾者来说，这种分类逻辑与他们的生命体验（Phenomenological Pathos）之间存在着巨大的不可通约性。在成瘾者的世界里，危机不是一个化学定义，而是一场全方位的生命崩塌，正如报道中所述的“它毁了我的生活” [F18_34 🔍]。这种痛感是整体性的，它不关心 7-OH 是否被列为非法，而关心的是如何从深渊中获得救赎。
这里产生了深刻的辩证摩擦：监管理性试图通过“精准打击”特定化合物来解决问题，但这种精准性恰恰导致了对成瘾者整体生存处境的忽视。当监管机构在讨论“天然叶产品”是否应被监管时，成瘾者感受到的是一种制度性的冷漠——他们的生命在等待一个法律定义被敲定。这种“定义之争”实际上成了系统理性的一种逃避机制，将复杂的社会心理危机转化为简单的行政分类问题。
制度端的冷色调语言（如“意向通知”、“监管延伸” [F17_33 🔍]）与生活端的热色调语言（如“毁了我的生活” [F18_34 🔍]）之间存在着巨大的温度差。这种诊断揭示了当代治理模式的缺陷：它过于依赖于对“物”（化学成分）的控制，而丧失了对“人”（成瘾主体）的情感共情与生命重建能力。
▌ 面向学者的伦理与社会心理开放性追问 (Open Research Horizons)
- 【技术官僚理性与肉身尊严的兼容性研究】：在高度专业化、量化管理的现代制度（如军事部署、医疗监管）中，是否存在一种能够将“个体肉身痛感”转化为“制度反馈指标”的机制，从而避免系统理性对生命意义的剥夺？
- 【监管分类学对个体救赎的延迟效应】：当法律定义（如化学成分分类）成为获得医疗或社会救助的前提时，这种“定义优先”的逻辑如何影响危机人群的心理韧性？