今日快速点击。
Today’s edition of quick hits.
- 一系列致命船只袭击事件中的最新一起：“美国军方表示，周日在加勒比海袭击了一艘涉嫌用于走私毒品的船只，造成四人死亡，特朗普政府继续对拉丁美洲涉嫌贩毒者进行为期一年的行动。”
- The latest in a series of deadly boat strikes: “The U.S. military said it attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, killing four people, as the Trump administration continues its yearlong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.”
- 正在进行的反对新闻自由的运动：“Politico发言人向MS NOW证实，白宫周一阻止Politico访问空军一号，导致该新闻媒体在唐纳德·特朗普总统前往内布拉斯加州期间无法履行其共同职责。”
- The ongoing campaign against the free press: “The White House blocked Politico from accessing Air Force One on Monday, leaving the news outlet unable to fulfill its pool responsibilities as President Donald Trump travels to Nebraska, a Politico spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW.”
- 这是一个值得关注的故事：“两名美国官员周日表示，在指挥官收到有关伊朗支持的针对该基地的阴谋的新威胁后，美国周末匆忙从英格兰南部的一个空军基地撤回了所有12架B-1轰炸机。这次撤军是极不寻常的：在距离战区数千英里的和平时期国家，盟军空军基地很少如此迅速地采取这样的行动。”
- This is a story worth watching: “The United States rushed over the weekend to withdraw all 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from an air base in southern England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation, two U.S. officials said on Sunday. The withdrawal was highly unusual: Such moves are rarely made so quickly from an allied air base in a peacetime country thousands of miles from a combat zone.”
- 一项可能会被证明是重要的诉讼：“民主党全国委员会周四向华盛顿联邦地区法院提起诉讼，指控国防部试图通过修改用于投票和要求邮寄选票的表格来剥夺海外选民的权利。”
- A lawsuit that’s likely to prove consequential: “The Democratic National Committee filed a lawsuit on Thursday in Federal District Court in Washington, accusing the Defense Department of trying to disenfranchise overseas voters by altering a form used to to vote and request mail ballots.”
- 鉴于目前的情况，很难知道在这种情况下审查是否有道理，或者高度政治化的司法部是否正在针对白宫批评者：“参议员鲁本·加列戈的领导政治行动委员会已被传唤，作为联邦调查的一部分，该调查针对亚利桑那州民主党人使用竞选资金来资助奢华的生活方式，根据Politico获得的传票副本。”
- Given the circumstances, it’s tough to know in situations like these whether the scrutiny has merit or whether a hyperpoliticized Department of Justice is targeting a White House critic: “Sen. Ruben Gallego’s leadership PAC has been subpoenaed as part of a federal investigation into the Arizona Democrat’s use of campaign cash to fund a luxurious lifestyle, according to a copy of the subpoena obtained by Politico.”
- 人们很难不怀疑大卫·里维拉是否会成为最新一位获得总统赦免的人：“周五，佛罗里达州前国会议员、国务卿马可·卢比奥的政治导师被判处十年联邦监狱监禁，原因是他在一场耗资5000万美元的秘密竞选活动中所扮演的角色。代表委内瑞拉政府游说华盛顿官员。”
- It’s hard not to wonder whether David Rivera will be the latest to get a presidential pardon: “A former Florida congressman and political mentor to Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced to a decade in federal prison Friday for his role in a secret $50 million campaign to lobby officials in Washington on behalf of the Venezuelan government.”
- 哈斯特尔特在家中自然死亡：“丹尼斯·哈斯特尔特是美国任职时间最长的共和党众议院议长，他帮助乔治·W·布什总统转变了大部分立场。一名验尸官周一表示，布什在担任摔跤教练期间猥亵高中运动员、并于周末死亡的指控永远扰乱了布什的政治遗产。他84岁了。”明天见
- Hastert died of natural causes at his home: “Dennis Hastert, the nation’s longest-serving Republican House speaker, who helped turn much of President George W. Bush’s agenda into law before his own political legacy was forever fouled by allegations that he molested high school athletes when he was a wrestling coach, died over the weekend, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.”See you tomorrow.