Saint-Malo Voices, The Peoples News
April 3, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants
New Jersey bill would bar public funding for ICE detention facilities: The measure proposes that neither state nor local taxes can be used to help “construct, operate, or otherwise support” public and privately-run immigration detention centers.
https://jerseyvindicator.org/2026/04/01/new-bill-would-bar-public-funding-for-ice-detention-centers-in-nj/
ICE detains president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque: Attorneys of Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born green card holder, allege he was targeted for speaking out against Israel.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/wisconsin-mosque-president-detained-us-immigration
Federal government seeks to detain five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and father again, lawyer says: A DOJ attorney filed an appeal of a habeas corpus petition granted to the father and son, whose detention in Texas earlier this year drew national headlines.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/01/government-seeks-to-detain-liam-conejo-ramos-and-father-again-lawyer-says
Dallas community leader to be deported after losing immigration case
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-community-leader-omar-salazar-deported-immigration-case/
# Consumer Protection / Product Safety
White House scales back plan to dismantle the CFPB but still wants to slash staff by two-thirds. Under the new plan, the bureau’s headcount would be reduced from 1,700 authorized employees to roughly 550 staffers. The administration originally intended to shrink the bureau’s staff to around 200 employees.
https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/business/ap-us-cfpb-job-cuts-1st-ld-writethru
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: https://www.usa.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
National debt over 4x greater than reported, accounting group says. The U.S. Treasury says the national debt is roughly $39 trillion, but a nonpartisan accounting group estimates that the true number is $170.3 trillion. Unlike the Treasury’s calculations, Truth in Accounting included all of the federal government’s unfunded obligations in its debt assessment, including unfunded promises like Social Security and Medicare benefits.
https://www.aol.com/articles/national-debt-over-4x-greater-204600437.html
One Year of Trump tariffs prove corporate profits came before the public interest. The 2026 NTE Report makes it clear the Trump administration’s primary motivation behind its trade policy is to protect profits of big US companies.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-trade-attacks
# Education / Schools / Children / Youth
Community members step up to ensure students get to school safely amid ICE operations: ‘Walking bus’ groups and organized rides are just two ways that communities are acting to protect kids on their daily commutes. “There’s fear. There’s palpable fear by students, and they know what’s happening,” said Jason Kuhlman, the principal of Valley View Elementary,
https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/nx-s1-5692645/we-call-it-the-walking-bus-how-kids-are-getting-to-school-amid-ice-operations
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Interior incentivizes more staff departures after already cutting 20% of its workforce. The department becomes the first to offer a widespread “deferred resignation” this year. After a series of delays, DOI is preparing RIF lists as it looks to implement significant personnel cuts in the coming weeks.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/09/interior-department-taking-steps-implement-layoffs/408342/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
USDA Issues Public Health Alert: FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Frozen, Dinosaur-Shaped, Ready-To-Eat Chicken Nuggets Due To Traces Of Lead
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-frozen-dinosaur-shaped-ready-eat-chicken-nuggets-due
Popular Rice Brand’s Recall for ‘Possible Presence of Stones’ Just Got a Critical Updated: Ben’s Original Long Grain White, Whole Grain Brown, and Long Grain & Wild Ready Rice—were distributed to those retailers in the following states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin
https://www.today.com/food/recall/bens-original-rice-recall-rcna237782
# Gov / Politics
Pam Bondi’s humiliation grows as it’s revealed that she begged Trump not to fire her as Attorney General, but he did it anyway and threw her under the bus.
https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/pam-bondi-humiliated-donald-trump-36962977
By ousting Pam Bondi, Trump made the right call for the wrong reasons
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ousting-pam-bondi-trump-made-183543387.html
Trump Spews ‘More Threats of War Crimes’ as Iran Says It Shot Down US Fighter Jet
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-continues-threatening-war-crimes-221524854.html
Trump ‘Openly Flaunting His War Crimes’ as US Bombs Iran’s Civilian Infrastructure. “The president of the United States would like everyone to know that he is acting with criminal intent, in case there was any ambiguity,” a US law professor said of his social media post with bridge bombing footage.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-trump-war-crimes
Singham uses extensive CCP-aligned network in China as he finances global Marxist influence efforts. Some Republicans in Congress call for Roy Singham to be forced to register as a foreign agent of China. Just the News investigations have detailed the Marxist businessman’s Shanghai political ecosystem.
https://justthenews.com/world/asia/singham-uses-extensive-ccp-aligned-network-china-he-finances-global-marxist-influence
Trump nominates Texas federal prosecutors who carried torch on immigration crackdown. President Donald Trump nominated two more Texas prosecutors who have furthered his immigration enforcement goals to be federal judges, he announced on social media Wednesday evening.
https://www.keranews.org/government/2026-04-02/president-donald-trump-south-texas-federal-judge-nominations-immigration-enforcement-prosecutors-attorneys-border
Trump made ‘profound miscalculation’ that will harm rest of his presidency
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-energy-2676654729/
Trump’s mental acuity questioned after peculiar Davy Crockett post
https://www.alternet.org/trump-mental-2676657237/
Do States Have a Secret Weapon to Counter Trump’s Forest Service and Medicaid Cuts Before the Damage Becomes Permanent? All ten regional offices that have managed 193 million acres of American forests are closing.
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/do-states-have-a-secret-weapon-to
Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom was just halted by a judge who said no law gives him the power to remake the White House without Congress. The judge said work on the $400 million project must halt pending congressional authorization.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/31/trump-white-house-ballroom-lawsuit-order-00852455
Colorado’s Bold Claim To New Mexico Lands Raises Eyebrows. Texas wants New Mexico, New Mexico wants El Paso … now Colorado wants New Mexico? Had to have been an April Fools Day thing. Right? As crazy as politics are these days, I’m not so sure
https://www.newsbreak.com/95-5-klaq-520670/4573103054146-colorado-s-bold-claim-to-new-mexico-lands-raises-eyebrows
Trump’s White House ballroom approved by planning commission. “We are not some sort of free-ranging ballroom justice commission,” said the National Capital Planning Commission’s chair in response to criticism of the president and plans for the project.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/trump-ballroom-planning-commission-approval-00856353
Let’s Be Very Clear: Trump’s Iran War Is Making You Poorer. In addition to reducing our security and jeopardizing the well-being of people around the world, his belligerence will cost us a huge amount of money. But at least he and his friends will get even richer.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/iran-war-makes-us-poorer
Trump threatens to “obliterate” Iran’s energy and water infrastructure
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/30/trump-threaten-iran-oil-energy-obliterate
# Gov / Politics / Global
French General Michel Yakovleff tells Trump and his team to “stop sniffing coke” after they hatch an insane plot to seize Iran’s uranium with a risky raid that would involve building a runway INSIDE of Iran.
https://x.com/ad_de_boer/status/2039777793647448141
[Video] Putin TAUNTS Trump, Then Drops ‘EXCLUSIVE’ Iran Deal
https://www.newsbreak.com/times-of-india-english-2283961/4572652348645-putin-taunts-trump-then-drops-exclusive-iran-deal-after-nato-s-brutal-snub-to-us-watch
# LGBTQ / Transgender
‘Kansas was going to be the first domino that fell’: Red states are making lists of trans people as surveillance ramps up. States including Kansas, Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee are looking to collect information about people who sought gender-affirming care or changed gender markers on documents
https://prismreports.org/2026/04/02/red-states-are-making-lists-of-trans-people-as-surveillance-ramps-up/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/judge-blocks-trumps-executive-order-to-end-federal-funding-for-pbs-and-npr
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Medicare to cover new blood test detecting dozens of cancers: A new way to get ahead of cancer
https://news.ohsu.edu/2025/12/26/blood-test-finds-seven-times-more-cancers-than-standard-screenings
Nearly 3 Million Seniors to Lose Medicare Advantage. Medicare Advantage insurers are dropping plans, forcing nearly 3 million Americans, especially in rural areas, into traditional Medicare.
https://cepr.net/publications/new-research-reveals-millions-will-lose-medicare-advantage-coverage-this-year/
New Medicare Changes Could Result In Some People Losing Coverage. A lot of retirees hear “Medicare changes” and assume that means higher premiums, new plan rules, or drug-cost updates. One of the biggest risks is more administrative than medical: changes tied to Medicaid and Medicare cost-assistance programs could make it easier for some eligible people to fall through the cracks, especially if they miss paperwork or state eligibility checks.
https://www.aol.com/articles/medicare-changes-could-result-people-172300880.html
Trump says it’s ‘not possible’ for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and daycare: ‘We’re fighting wars’
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-us-government-spending-cuts-medicare-daycare-iran-war-11772425
Trump Medicaid Cuts Put 446 Hospitals in Danger, Threatening Care for 6.6 Million: California, New York, Illinois and Washington Among the States Facing the Biggest Hit. The health centers employ around 275,000 direct patient care workers
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-medicaid-cuts-put-446-hospitals-danger-threatening-care-66-million-california-new-york-596265
The Big Ugly Threat to Safety Net Hospitals. Analyzing the hospitals put most at-risk by the Republican tax and budget reconciliation bill
https://www.citizen.org/article/big-ugly-threat/
Next week’s disability cuts will make people destitute: Cuts to disability benefits in autumn budget would plunge disabled people into deep poverty. Anela Anwar, chief executive of anti-poverty charity Z2K, sets out why the new government must scrap cruel and dangerous plans to cut payments for seriously ill and disabled people
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/labour-disability-cuts-universal-credit
# Medical / Science / Research / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry / FDA
President Trump 100% tariffs on imported brand-name drugs. The goal? Push pharma to lower prices and move manufacturing to the U.S
https://www.pharmexec.com/view/president-trump-imposes-100-tariffs-branded
FBI cracks down on alleged $60M hospice fraud in LA County. The probe, which reportedly includes an empty Los Angeles building that supposedly housed hospices.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_e6f29235-fea6-432c-8874-acce367779f7.html
Insurance Companies Already Deploying AI Systems to Deny Claims Faster Than Ever Before. But if they’re gonna use it to screw you, then wouldn’t the logic be that you can use it to screw them back? “I don’t think a corporation… should be telling people what they can and can’t do.”
https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-insurance-claims-denial
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD]
‘Prepare your family’: Marine Reserve commander gives warlike safety brief
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/02/prepare-your-family-marine-reserve-commander-gives-warlike-safety-brief/
‘Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants!’ Trump threatens Iran’s civilian infrastructure. “Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World, hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran,” rails U.S. president.
https://www.politico.eu/article/bridges-next-then-electric-power-plants-us-donald-trump-threatens-irans-civilian-infrastructure/
Hegseth boots Army chief of staff as Iran war intensifies: Pentagon officials have not given a reason for the departure, which comes during the Iran war and is the latest of more than a dozen firings of top generals and admirals.
https://www.militarynews.com/news/national/the-latest-hegseth-asks-us-army-s-top-uniformed-officer-to-step-down-during-iran/article_9e9901d3-ecd8-5313-8e1e-082b9011c14b.html
A recent Iranian strike on a U.S. military installation in Saudi Arabia has damaged a key $500 million surveillance aircraft and renewed concerns among defense experts about the United States’ ability to sustain a prolonged conflict in the region.
https://upolitics.com/news/after-trump-says-irans-military-is-decimated-iran-strike-destroys-key-500-million-u-s-surveillance-plane/amp/
# Military / Global
Russia issues new warning as Iran’s Bushehr nuclear site faces renewed strikes
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/russia-outraged-by-strikes-on-areas-near-iran-s-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant/3879450
Iran threatens to strike US-owned infrastructure in the Middle East. Tech companies Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta were among those targeted by the latest threats.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/31/iran-threatens-to-target-us-owned-infrastructure-in-the-middle-east-00852120
Iran responds to Trump address with missile attacks on Israel, Gulf states
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/04/02/iran-fires-missiles-israel-and-gulf-neighbors-trump-talks-of-winding-down-mideast-war.html
# NATO
U.S., NATO alliance on the line as Trump set to meet with Rutte. Tensions are running high between President Donald Trump and NATO leaders, as grumblings grow over the U.S. withdrawing from the alliance.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_28992d8a-aca5-49ea-8c14-227960cba53f.html
# Other Interestimg Stuff / Archaeology / Ancient Civilizations
Divers Snorkeling in Bender’s Cave in Comal County, Texas Found Ice Age Bones Scattered Across the Floor — Including Species No One Expected There. The haul reads like a roster of creatures most people associate with museum dioramas, not a flooded Texas cave: pieces of giant tortoise shell, armor from a pampathere (a large armadillo relative of the genus Holmesina), remains of giant ground sloths, saber-tooth cats, camels, mastodons and mammoth
https://www.miamiherald.com/living/article315213188.html#storylink=cpy
# Security / DHS
DHS sued over warrantless home entries in immigration enforcement: Lawsuit alleges that DHS and ICE violated the Fourth Amendment rights of immigrants and U.S. citizens by secretly instructing agents to enter homes without a warrant
https://www.acludc.org/press-releases/immigrants-and-u-s-citizens-sue-dhs-over-unconstitutional-home-entry-policy/
# Social / Communities
For each undocumented tenant removed, 3 eligible Americans could lose housing aid, including 35,000 kids. The Trump Administration will reportedly propose a rule that would bar families from receiving most forms of rental assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) if just one person in the household isn’t eligible for assistance because of their immigration status. These families would face an agonizing choice: give up the rental assistance they need to stay in their home, or split up their family.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/housing/administration-plan-targeting-immigrants-would-take-away-rental-assistance-create
# Transportation / Trucking
Diesel Prices Surge in Texas, Squeezing Truckers and Rippling Through Economy. Experts warn higher trucking costs could impact groceries, construction, and more as diesel prices climb nearly 50% in a month.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/tx/dallas/news/2026/04/01/diesel-prices-surge-in-texas-squeezing-truckers-and-consumers/
# Veterans / VA
‘The Most Anti-Veteran President in History’: VA Families Losing Homes After Trump Killed Loan Program. “It’s a struggle. Especially with everything else being inflated in the country,” said one US Army vet, “you know, with groceries, gas… I’m like, what the hell?”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/home-loan-assistance-for-veterans
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