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A federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump¹ administration in its transfer of military money to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico. The 9th Circuit Court of appeals ruled Friday that diverting $2.5 billion from military construction projects to build the wall illegally sidesteps congress, which gets to decide how to use the funds.

一家联邦上诉法院裁定，特朗普政府无权动用军事资金来支付修建美墨边境墙的费用。第九巡回上诉法院周五裁定，从军事建设项目中挪用25亿美元非法修建隔离墙，这一做法绕开了国会，而国会有权决定如何使用这笔资金。

Texas and Florida clamped down on bars again Friday in the biggest retreat yet amid a virus surge across the South and West. The number of confirmed new coronavirus infections per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40,000.

周五，在病毒席卷南部和西部的情况下，德克萨斯州和佛罗里达州再次收紧对酒吧的营业限制，这是迄今为止最大的一次疫情倒退。美国每天新确诊的冠状病毒感染人数达到4万人，创历史新高。

The Democratic-controlled house approved a bill Friday to make the district of Columbia the 51st state, saying congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that the city's 700,000 residents are allowed full voting rights, no longer subject to "taxation² without representation."

周五，民主党控制的众议院通过一项法案，让华盛顿特区成为第51个州，称国会拥有道德义务以及宪法的权威，确保该特区的70万名居民享有完全的投票权，不再受制于“无代表权就不纳税”。

A spacewalking astronaut added to the millions of pieces of junk orbiting the Earth on Friday, losing a small mirror as soon as he stepped out the International Space Station for battery work. Commander Chris Cassidy said the mirror quickly floated away at about a foot per second.

周五，在环绕地球的数百万个太空垃圾中，一位进行太空行走的宇航员又新增了一块垃圾，当他走出国际空间站，进行电池作业时不慎丢失了一面小镜子。指挥官克里斯·卡西迪表示，镜子很快以每秒1英尺的速度飘走了。