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• 前 FBI 局长 James Comey 于 2026 年 4 月 29 日向当局自首并出庭，因涉嫌通过社交媒体上的贝壳照片威胁 President Trump 的生命而面临 DOJ 指控。 • 检察官声称该帖子象征着某种威胁，在政治局势高度紧张的情况下，这促使联邦政府迅速采取了行动。 • 此案突显了 Trump 盟友与前任官员之间不断升级的言辞对抗，可能影响 2026 年中期选举的态势。

• 2026年第一季度的电力需求增长受到了屋顶太阳能记录级产出的缓冲。 • 根据澳大利亚 Energy Market Operator 的数据，更多的数据中心以及更温暖的气候促使今年前三个月的电力需求达到了历史最高水平，而电池储能的增长则使平均批发价格保持在低位。 • 来自家庭、商业和工业的电力需求在2026年第一季度达到了25GW的历史最高点，较去年同期增长1.2%。在整个电网中，这一增长被屋顶太阳能的记录级产出所抵消。阅读更多...

Hinckley says ‘bad things keep happening’ at Washington Hilton and it was ‘not a secure place to hold big events’US politics live – latest updatesThe man who shot Ronald Reagan at the Washington Hilton in 1981 has said it was “spooky” for him to learn of Saturday’s shooting at the hotel during a prestigious media gala attended by Donald Trump and senior members of the president’s administration.In an interview with TMZ published on Monday, John Hinckley Jr also observed that “bad things keep happening” at the hotel and maintained it was “just not a secure place to hold big events”. Continue reading...

Queensland and NSW set for lower than usual rainfall in May, June and July, while temperatures in most of the country likely to be higher than normalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLarge parts of south-east Australia look set for drier and hotter conditions over the next three months as a potential El Niño weather phenomenon takes shape in the Pacific Ocean.Much of Queensland and New South Wales are forecast to have lower than usual rainfall in May, June and July, with almost the entire country likely to experience hotter than average maximum temperatures. Continue reading...

Nearly 1 million Californians supported push by Republican Carl DeMaio but it faces historic opposition from DemocratsCalifornia voters will decide in November whether to require photo identification to cast a ballot, making California the latest battleground in a long-running effort by conservatives to push voter ID laws that have been bolstered in recent years by Donald Trump’s repeated and unfounded accusations of widespread voter fraud.Nearly 1 million Californians signed on to support the ballot measure championed by Carl DeMaio, a Republican state representative from San Diego. Continue reading...

Staff are handing over sandwiches from behind a theft-proof counter as the high street fights backGreggs has axed self-service display cabinets in bakery stores that have been most severely hit by shoplifters.The move is the latest aimed at combating a problem plaguing the high street. Last year official figures revealed annual shoplifting offences in England and Wales had passed half a million offences for the first time, and since then many retailers have reported high levels of crime in their shops. Continue reading...