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接替 Gavin Newsom 的選戰局勢劇烈波動，在 Democrats 陷入混亂之際，這位 Republican 前 Downing Street 顧問在民調中領先。他真的能成功嗎？在過去二十年裡，很少有政治抱負比作為 Republican 競選 California 全州性公職更顯徒勞。然而 Steve Hilton —— 這位移居當地的英國人、昔日的企業家、David Cameron 的前 Downing Street 顧問，以及自稱與 Donald Trump 半數內閣成員交好的前 Fox News 主持人 —— 卻進展得異常順利。在初選僅剩不到六週之際，這場初選已被證明既富戲劇性又難以預測，大多數民調顯示，在接替 Gavin Newsom 職位的競爭中，Hilton 略微領先於四分五裂的 Democrats 陣營。在一個 Democrats 在州議會擁有絕對多數席位，且選民登記人數對 Republicans 具有二比一優勢的州，這是一個令人驚訝的轉折。 Continue reading...

Move to back the Republican candidate could dash party’s hopes of locking Democrats out of the November runoffDonald Trump has endorsed Republican former Fox News host Steve Hilton in the California governor’s race, a move that could dash Republican hopes of locking Democrats out of the November runoff.Trump announced his backing on Monday on Truth Social, writing that Hilton “has my COMPLETE & TOTAL ENDORSEMENT” and pledging federal support for his candidacy. “Steve can turn it around, before it is too late, and, as President, I will help him to do so,” he wrote. Continue reading...

This blog has now closed. Follow our Middle East blog hereBoth Pete Hegseth and Dan Caine were asked today about energy secretary Chris Wright’s comments to CNBC on Thursday, where he said that the US Navy cannot escort ships through the strait of Hormuz now but it was “quite likely” that could happen by the end of the month.Gen Caine appeared to agree with Wright’s assessment, calling the waterway a “tactically complex environment”. Continue reading...