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• 该公司在伊朗战争推高航空燃料成本之前，一直在努力提高疫情后的需求 • 订阅 Breaking News US 电子邮件以在您的收件箱中获取时事通讯警报 • 在这家陷入困境的公司现金耗尽且 Trump administration 的救援尝试似乎陷入停滞后，Spirit Airlines 正准备停止运营

• 该公司在宣布 Cook 即将离职后的首份财报中报告了 1112 亿美元的营收 • Apple 在宣布首席执行官 Tim Cook 将卸任后的首份财报中表现远超华尔街预期 • Cook 报告了 Apple “有史以来最好的三月季度”，且“每个地理区域都实现了两位数增长”。他还指出“iPhone17 系列的需求异常强劲”。继续阅读...

• Lee Zeldin 在 Senate 面前声称 Trump administration 的计划将使 Environmental Protection Agency “更高效” • Senate Democrats 在周三举行的一次国会听证会上指责 Trump administration 正在放弃 Environmental Protection Agency 保护人类健康和环境的使命，并猛烈抨击该机构领导层提出的将其预算缩减一半的提案 • Lee Zeldin 在 Senate environment committee 的亮相是这位 EPA administrator 本周三场预算听证会中的最后一场，他在会上主张大幅削减该机构的资金，而在其领导下，该机构的人员编制已缩减至数十年来的最低水平

• Louisiana 州长 Jeff Landry 于 2026 年 4 月 29 日宣布，在法院针对国会选区地图的裁决加剧了选区重划分争端后，计划暂停 House 初选。 • 该决定源于围绕 racial gerrymandering 持续不断的斗争，在中期选举前还有数十起案件待理。 • 暂停可能会推迟选举并重塑该州的 GOP 策略。

Fadi Saqr 被指控在 Damascus 的 Tadamon 大规模杀害平民，民众表示他必须接受正义的审判 一个 Syrian 权利委员会正在准备针对 Assad 政权内的民兵领袖 Fadi Saqr 提起诉讼，指控其涉嫌参与危害人类罪和战争罪，一名 Syrian 高级官员向 Guardian 透露了这一消息。 Saqr 是 National Defence Forces (NDF) 民兵组织的前指挥官，被广泛指控在 Damascus 的 Tadamon 街区以及 Syrian 首都的其他地区参与了对平民的大规模屠杀和强迫失踪。 继续阅读...

• Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe 在承认与近期枪击事件无关的移民和枪支相关罪名后，被处以罚款并被驱逐出境。 • 在约翰内斯堡一个富裕郊区的 Mugabe 家庭住宅内，一名员工背部中弹三个月后，Robert Mugabe 的最小儿子在承认两项无关指控后被罚款并被命令离开南 Africa。 • 28 岁的 Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe 及其 33 岁的表亲 Tobias Mugabe Matonhodze 在 2 月 19 日该事件发生后，最初均被指控企图谋杀。阅读更多...

首相将在 2024-26 议会会期的最后一次 PMQs 中面对 Kemi Badenoch 及其他议员。早上好。最初 Keir Starmer 希望今天不需要举行 PMQs，但现在确定将举行一次，且这绝对是 2024-26 议会会期的最后一次。这将是 Starmer 回顾所有已通过立法的一个机会。政府轻松赢得了关于 Kemi Badenoch 要求将 Starmer 移交给特权委员会的投票，这让人们感到有些宽慰。以下是 Pippa Crerar、Ben Quinn 和 Jessica Elgot 为我们带来的隔夜报道。继续阅读...

• 在波士顿红袜队失去经理 Alex Cora 后的首场比赛中，一名新秀表现强劲，并将这一天形容为“旋风般”的经历。 • 该新秀对这一突然变动做出了积极反应，在球队过渡期间起到了稳定作用。 • Cora 的离职给红袜队带来了不确定性，在赛季初期考验着年轻阵容的韧性。

• 最近的一项研究表明，在过去的一个季节中，更新的疫苗配方使健康成年人的急诊就诊量和住院率降低了约 50%。 • 这一显著的有效性提升代表了疫苗研发和公共卫生防护策略的一次重大进步。 • 这些发现为美国不断演变的疫苗政策格局提供了支持，具体可见于 CIDRAP 2026 年 4 月 28 日发布的最新疫苗政策状态报告。

• 在此前关于国会听证证词的案件被撤销后，此次指控的具体内容尚不明确 • 美国政治实时报道 – 最新更新 • 订阅 Breaking News US 简讯邮件

Suspect in Saturday evening’s shooting – Cole Tomas Allen – expected to be formally charged in court todayGood morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics.The suspected gunman in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening, identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, from Torrance, California, is due to appear in court later today.He is expected to be formally charged with using a firearm during a violent crime and assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon. Continue reading...

Discrepancy in forecasts raises questions over government planning for net zeroOne vision of the UK’s future involves a decarbonised economy powered by clean, renewable energy. Another involves making the UK an AI superpower.The government departments responsible for these two visions do not appear to have agreed on their numbers. Continue reading...

Secondhand car buyers urged to carefully inspect vehicles, while owners told to beware tests that are suspiciously quickRise of the ‘ghost owner’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper recordsYou have just bought a secondhand car. It was older than you wanted, but were reassured because it had recently passed its MOT.Within a few days, you notice a problem with the steering and take it into a garage to be checked. As well as that issue, they find the tread depth of the tyres is so low it should not have passed the test. Continue reading...

Al-Qaida-linked group JNIM claims responsibility for strikes on airport in capital, Bamako, and four other citiesIslamic militants and separatists attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities on Saturday in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years.The al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM claimed responsibility for the attacks on Bamako’s international airport and four other cities in central and northern Mali on its website Azallaq. It said the attacks were carried out jointly with the Azawad Liberation Front, a Tuareg-led separatist group. Continue reading...

Former Liberal party senator, who was elected to state upper house in March, says flights ‘worth every cent’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s South Australian leader has paid back Australia’s richest person for private flights he took while campaigning in the state’s recent election.Cory Bernardi confirmed on Saturday that he had reimbursed a “substantial” sum of money to Gina Rinehart’s company S Kidman & Co, to comply with new state laws that prohibit political parties and candidates from receiving electoral donations or gifts from individuals, businesses or unions. Continue reading...

Move creates conflict between state and administration as Trump seeks federal framework over states handling issueSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US justice department said on Friday it had intervened in a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s xAI challenging a Colorado law aimed at regulating artificial intelligence systems.In its intervention, the justice department said the law violates the 14th amendment’s equal protection guarantee by requiring companies to guard against unintended discriminatory effects while allowing some discrimination aimed at promoting diversity. Continue reading...

Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectationsBritain should start talking about rejoining the EU, according to a former senior civil servant who ran the Brexit department.Philip Rycroft, who was permanent secretary of the Department for Exiting the EU, said the “argument was there to be won” about going back into Europe, adding that a “clear-headed appraisal of what is in the country’s best interests” was needed. However, he said rejoining the bloc could be a “long and windy” road. Continue reading...

The department of justice has refused to hand over key evidence from the Jeffrey Epstein files and could delay Scotland Yard’s criminal inquiry.Good morning. The UK criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson has reportedly ground to a halt after the US justice department refused to hand over evidence contained in the Epstein files.The documents relate to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which Scotland Yard believes could hold key evidence related to Mandelson, who served as business secretary and US ambassador. While the Met has asked for voluntary disclosure, the US department of justice is insisting on a Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) request, a legal back and forth between countries to obtain evidence, the Telegraph has reported. Continue reading...

• The acting Attorney General announced charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center alleging fraud in its informant program. • Authorities assert that the SPLC's informant program paid sources to "stoke racial hatred," suggesting deliberate misuse of funds and inflammatory activities. • The investigation remains ongoing with the possibility of future indictments naming SPLC executives as defendants.

Mandated release of files was marred by missed deadlines, leaked victims’ information and excessive redactionsUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Department of Justice’s office of the inspector general (OIG) announced on Thursday that it is launching an audit of the justice department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.In a news release, the deputy inspector general William M Blier, who the statement said is performing the duties of the inspector general, said that the “preliminary objective” of the internal probe “is to evaluate the [justice department’s] processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act”. Continue reading...

Proposal at heart of offer made during a 30-country two-day meeting jointly organised by FranceMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain is prepared to deploy a squadron of RAF Typhoons based in Qatar to patrol over the strait of Hormuz as part of a multinational mission to keep open the strategic waterway once the Iran war comes to an end.The UK military also offered to deploy mine-hunting drones and specialist divers to help clear the strait mined by Iran – but no decision has been made on whether HMS Dragon or another warship would also be deployed. Continue reading...

Exit of John Phelan, navy’s top civilian official, comes a week after Pete Hegseth fired army’s top officerThe Pentagon announced on Wednesday that the navy’s top civilian official, John Phelan, the secretary of the navy, is leaving his job.In a statement posted to social media, Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesperson, said Phelan was “departing the administration, effective immediately” Continue reading...

Newspaper broke embargo on confidential briefing note about the royal couple’s movements five days before they arrived in Melbourne for their Australia visitThe Daily Mail’s “aggressive” approach to reporting on Prince Harry and Meghan’s Australian visit has “irreparably damaged” the Sussexes’ ability to brief press ahead of trips, Guardian Australia has been told.The Daily Mail broke the embargo by publishing the royal couple’s movements five days before they landed in Melbourne, despite that information being strictly non-publishable until they arrived. Continue reading...

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Release of new Claude model, so far limited to US firms, will expand to British institutions in coming daysBritish banks will be given access in the next week to a powerful AI tool that was deemed too dangerous to be released to the public, as a series of senior finance figures warned over its impact.Anthropic, which has so far limited the release of the new model to a small clutch of primarily US businesses, including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, said it would expand that to UK financial institutions in the coming days. Continue reading...

Democratic representative from California has suspended gubernatorial campaign and resigned from CongressThe US Department of Justice (DoJ) has opened an investigation into Eric Swalwell following his resignation from Congress, according to a source familiar with the matter.The news of a federal investigation comes days after the Democratic representative from California stepped down due to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Continue reading...

• The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against cartel-linked casinos and key associates operating on the U.S.-Mexico border on April 14, 2026. • The action represents a continued enforcement effort targeting financial networks connected to organized crime along the southwestern border. • The sanctions highlight the Treasury's commitment to disrupting illicit financial flows and money laundering operations tied to criminal organizations.

As treasurer Jim Chalmers weighs ‘extreme uncertainty’, one economic scenario sees global growth plunging to just 2% in 2026Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe International Monetary Fund has warned the US-Israel war on Iran risks creating an “energy crisis of an unprecedented scale” that could tip the global economy towards recession.The grim warning contained in the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook comes as Jim Chalmers prepares to attend the organisation’s spring meetings in Washington DC this week, where he said he would be “joining with other countries continuing to call for an enduring end to the war”. Continue reading...