Month: May 2025

Voices, The Peoples News

May 3, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
At U.N., mining groups tout protections for Indigenous people. Mining Companies Must Obtain Free, Prior, Informed Consent, Partner with Indigenous Peoples to Ensure Responsible, Ethical Land Use, Speakers Tell Permanent Forum
https://press.un.org/en/2025/hr5491.doc.htm

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump Admin Laying Groundwork For Unilateral U.S. Military Action Against Cartels In Mexico: According to several sources, officials have discussed bombing cartels with or without Mexico’s consent.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-white-house-is-considering-using-drones-to-bomb-cartels-in-mexico-report/

Exiling Americans? This Isn’t Legal. It’s Not Even Close. Trump is openly floating the idea of banishing “homegrowns” to Salvadoran prisons, with zero legal basis. This isn’t “deportation.” It’s the kind of fascist lunacy that should be laughed out of the room—except his administration is actually considering it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-exile-americans-repeat-232214207.html

Georgetown Peace Scholar Being Held as a High-Risk Threat in ICE Jail. A federal immigration judge will rule on Badar Khan Suri’s case in the coming days.
https://truthout.org/video/georgetown-peace-scholar-being-held-as-a-high-risk-threat-in-ice-jail/

International Tribunal Condemns U.S. Border Officials for Torturing, Killing Immigrant. Case calls for sweeping reforms to police use-of-force, could set precedent for reexamining high-profile deaths.
https://capitalandmain.com/international-tribunal-condemns-u-s-border-officials-for-torturing-killing-migrant

Mom  said 20 agents forced her and her daughters outside in their underwear, into the rain before they had a chance to get dressed in Wrongful ICE Raid
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-force-family-underwear-oklahoma-2065984

The Trump administration has a tough new message for foreigners in the United States: One strike, and you’re out. Foreign nationals visiting or living in the country legally could lose their visa status if they run afoul of the law under the new and unforgiving so-called “catch and revoke” policy, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/02/foreign-visitors-one-strike-policy-rubio-trump/83413717007/

Trump Pulls the U.S. Post Office Into His Cruel Deportation Efforts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHX5lx2ws1Q

‘Madness!’ Experts aghast as Trump agency suggests deporting people over dismissed tickets
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2671883719/

Trump Is Quietly Using The U.S. Military In A Whole New Way. Since last month, Trump has authorized soldiers to detain “trespassers” on U.S. soil.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-border-roosevelt-reservation-national-defense-area_n_6815262ae4b0c553a15ccad7

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Is in Its AI Era. In its push for “efficiency,” DOGE has leaned increasingly on AI—regardless of whether it makes any sense. And it’s using it as an imperfect means to destructive ends.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-in-its-ai-era/

A DOGE recruiter is staffing a project to deploy AI agents across the US government. Anthony Jancso, cofounder of AccelerateX, a government tech startup, is looking for technologists to work on a project that aims to have artificial intelligence perform tasks that are currently the responsibility of tens of thousands of federal workers
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-recruiter-ai-agents-palantir-clown-emoji/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump’s budget proposal aims for sharp spending cuts. Trump’s plan aims to cut child care, disease research, renewable energy and peacekeeping abroad.
https://www.mcall.com/2025/05/02/white-house-trump-budget/

Despite Trump’s promised cuts, U.S. spent more than $200 billion more in first 100 days than last year
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-promised-cuts-spent-200-billion-more/

To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class. A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tax-cuts-congress-republicans-plan-slash-benefits

The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are working to finance their plans to cut taxes for the ultrawealthy—and they are cutting environmental protection and clean energy programs, endangering American lives and livelihoods, as part of this effort.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administration-and-congressional-republicans-plan-to-make-billionaires-richer-may-make-americans-sicker/

Republican Agenda’s “Triple Threat” to Low- and Moderate-Income Family Well-Being. The centerpiece of that agenda is far-reaching tax and budget legislation intended to be passed through the fast-track budget “reconciliation” process.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/republican-agendas-triple-threat-to-low-and-moderate-income-family-well-being

Tax Giveaways for Gouging: How the Trump Tax Law Fueled Corporate Profiteering. We review the failure of President Trump’s initial tax cuts to deliver on its grand promises and expose the large corporations Trump plans to reward for fleecing consumers.
https://groundworkcollaborative.org/work/corporate-profits-taxes/

The Trump Administration Thinks You Should Be OK With Being Poor. As the country’s economic outlook bleakens, Trump officials are trying to convince us that actually, being poor is a good thing.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-poverty-trade-war-economy_n_6814ee26e4b08575d39c9a8a

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Five million Americans forced to repay loans by May 5 as two new changes get the green light – or face huge penalties. This ends a years-long pause that has protected defaulted borrowers from some of the harshest financial consequences.
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14156217/five-million-americans-repay-student-loans-penalties/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump Just Cut the Minimum Wage for Hundreds of Thousands of Private Sector Workers. By tearing up a Biden-era executive order that set a minimum wage for workers on federal contracts, the Trump administration has made some private sector workers vulnerable to pay cuts of up to 25 percent.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trump-just-cut-the-minimum-wage-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-private-sector-workers/

Trump Is Trying to Axe Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Employees. If Trump’s order withstands the legal challenges against it, two-thirds of the federal workforce will lose union rights.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-trying-to-axe-collective-bargaining-for-1-million-federal-employees/

Trump Quietly Took Away a Living Wage From Thousands of Federal Workers. Companies can now illegally pay federal contractors less than the current minimum wage and face no consequences.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-quietly-took-away-a-living-wage-from-thousands-of-federal-workers/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=328624d432-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_01_04_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-328624d432-650963661

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
NASA issues warning after sudden change in the ocean surprises scientists: ‘Getting faster and faster’ “Every year is a little bit different.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/effects-of-rising-sea-levels-nasa-analysis/

Panthers, Owls, and More at Risk Under Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes for Endangered Species. The Trump administration proposed changing the interpretation of the Endangered Species Act to allow developers to alter the habitats of endangered species like panthers, sea turtles and owls
https://people.com/panthers-owls-turtles-at-risk-under-trump-administration-proposed-changes-endangered-species-act-11717386

# Gov / Politics
Trump says he’s attracted $7 trillion in private investments into the US: ‘Never seen anything like it.’ White House data shows companies like Apple, Stargate, TSMC and NVIDIA have committed hundreds of billions of dollars
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-attracted-7-trillion-private-investments-never-seen-anything-like-it

Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It. Donald Trump’s executive orders are attacking everything from the Smithsonian to Black sports history
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5326573/internet-archive-wayback-machine-trump

Trump Threatens to Take Over Congress’s Powers in Budget War. Donald Trump just released a radical budget proposal. And he’s threatening Congress if they don’t fall in line.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194802/trump-threatens-congress-impoundment-budget-plan

John Fetterman Seems Like a Risk to Himself and Everyone Around Him. A damning new report reveals how the Democratic senator appears to be endangering his own life, and those around him.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194783/john-fetterman-health-danger

‘A perfect mix of racism and dementia’: Donald Trumps hears ‘Harlem’ instead of ‘Harvard’ and leaves silence in his wake. Just days ago, he was bragging about acing his cognitive tests
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/a-perfect-mix-of-racism-and-dementia-donald-trumps-hears-harlem-instead-of-harvard-and-leaves-silence-in-his-wake/

‘The attacks are not random’: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says ‘affronts’ by Trump and his allies are ‘designed to intimidate’ judges who rule against the government
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/supreme-court-news-ketanji-brown-jackson-trump.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
From impeachments to exports, Communist China pressures a key American ally in South Korea. China last week threatened to punish South Korean companies that export products containing critical rare-earth metals to the U.S.
https://justthenews.com/government/diplomacy/south-korea

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Leaders of 764 Arrested and Charged for Operating Global Child Exploitation Enterprise. Arrests Mark Significant Takedown Within Violent Online Network
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/leaders-764-arrested-and-charged-operating-global-child-exploitation-enterprise

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
A Supreme Court Justice Finally Just Stood up to Trump. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the president’s unsettling attacks on the judiciary.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194781/supreme-court-justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-finally-just-stood-trump

Judge rules Trump order pulling security clearances from law firm unconstitutional
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/judge-blocks-trump-executive-order-targeting-elite-law-firm-a-blow-to-his-retribution-campaign/article_d09a1e9d-3142-5643-87fa-2920f87c712d.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
60 Minutes Isn’t Backing Down From Trump’s Threats. The news magazine is under fire from the president, but it’s still airing critical segments about his regime. Donald Trump also dragged The New York Times into his tirade.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194614/donald-trump-threatens-new-york-times-60-minutes-lawsuits

Reporters Without Borders Sounds Alarm on US Press Freedom Under Trump
https://www.courthousenews.com/alarming-deterioration-of-us-press-freedom-under-trump-says-reporters-without-borders/

‘Blatantly unlawful’: Furious PBS President tears into Trump, warns his funding cuts are a step toward authoritarianism. Public broadcasting costs taxpayers a whopping… $1.60 per person per year.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/blatantly-unlawful-furious-pbs-president-tears-into-trump-warns-his-funding-cuts-are-a-step-toward-authoritarianism/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Medicare Advantage Bribery Scheme Highlights ‘Bad Behavior’ Trump Wants to Reward. “The Trump administration recently announced it would substantially increase payments to private Medicare Advantage plans in 2026, rewarding their bad behavior.” “Privatized Medicare plans are denying patients the care they need, while defrauding the government of billions a year,” said one advocacy group. “Donald Trump is giving them even more taxpayer money.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-medicare-advantage-payments

# Military / General News
Marine AH-1Z Attack Helicopter’s Mystery Missiles Identified. The modular Red Wolf launched effects weapon could give Marine AH-1Zs a key new standoff strike tool and open the door to other capabilities.
https://www.twz.com/air/marine-ah-1z-attack-helicopters-mystery-missiles-identified

DOD building $400 million fuel storage facility in Papua New Guinea
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-05-01/papua-new-guinea-dod-fuel-storage-17640349.html

# NASA / Space
White House 2026 budget plan includes proposal to phase out funding for NASA rocket
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/05/03/proposed-24-percent-cut-to-nasa-budget-eliminates-key-artemis-architecture-climate-research/

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Trump plans to cut 1,200 jobs from CIA, other US spy agencies: Cuts will reportedly take place over several years and be accomplished through reduced hiring as opposed to layoffs.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/3/trump-plans-to-cut-1200-jobs-from-cia-other-us-spy-agencies-report

# Social / Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
What Trump has done with Social Security so far. In Trump has proposed or initiated changes to how Social Security functions, including closing offices and offering buyouts. Here’s an updated roundup.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/social-security/what-trump-has-done-with-social-security

Social Security under Trump live updates: DOJ Sues Three Medicare Advantage Plan Insurers and the May Payment Schedule. Social Security is undergoing big changes in 2025 under President Trump.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/social-security/live/medicare-trump-updates

Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years.
The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president.
https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump

Email Mistake Exposes Trump’s Dark Agenda on Child Welfare Programs. The Trump administration plans to terminate research on child welfare programs. The termination was revealed by a publicly released spreadsheet from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Over 150 research projects, including studies on Head Start and child care policy, are under consideration for termination.
https://san.com/media-miss/email-mistake-reveals-secret-plans-to-end-research-on-head-start-and-other-child-safety-net-programs/

Trump asks SCOTUS to grant DOGE access to social security data: SSA data includes Social Security numbers, medical records, mental health records, hospitalization records, drivers’ license numbers, bank and credit card information, tax information, income history, work history, birth and marriage certificates and home and work addresses
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-grant-doge-access-to-social-security-systems

Trump Social Security Cuts Will Result in New Burden for Millions. “When people can’t get their benefits for any reason, that is a benefit cut,” said one advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/social-security-direct-deposit-2-million

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
TerraStealerV2 and TerraLogger: Golden Chickens’ New Malware Families Discovered. The financially motivated cybercrime group, Golden Chickens-operating under the alias Venom Spider-has rolled out two new malicious tools, TerraStealerV2 and TerraLogger, marking a sharp escalation in credential and sensitive data theft operations in early 2025.
https://cyberpress.org/terrastealer-strikes-browser/

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
How to Get a Real ID License for Traveling on Airplanes. For Americans without a passport, a new type of driver’s license is required to board flights in the United States. Here’s how to update your license to the new Real ID standard.
https://www.usa.gov/real-id

Travelers horrified as TSA uses mystery device to access phones at airport checkpoints
https://www.themirror.com/travel/travelers-horrified-tsa-uses-mystery-1128486

# Veterans / VA
Trump to rename Veterans Day to ‘Victory Day for World War I,’ add ‘Victory Day for World War II’: In a late-night social media post, President Trump suggested the date was not sufficiently recognized in the U.S.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/life/holidays-and-celebrations/trump-says-he-will-rename-veterans-day-to-victory-day-for-world-war-i-commemorating-the-end-of-world-war-i

Veterans react to president’s desire to change name of Veterans Day. “Those days are set aside as a reminder of freedom and sacrifice. It is not about victory over an opponent or in war,” veteran advocate and retired Lt. Colonel John Paradise told us. “If this president thinks this is the right decision to be made on behalf of all our veterans, I will strongly question that.”
https://www.westernmassnews.com/2025/05/02/veterans-react-presidents-desire-change-name-veterans-day/

House VA Committee chairman urges investigation over ‘fake’ budget shortfall. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether former Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough and other agency leaders violated federal law when they made an urgent request for $3 billion to close a budget shortfall that did not exist.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-05-01/veterans-budget-shortfall-house-lawmakers-investigation-17646349.html

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Voices, The Peoples News

May 2, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
DeSantis asks Trump administration to allow Florida National Guardsmen to be immigration judges
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/733677-desantis-nat-guard-judges/

Judge says 18th-century wartime law can’t be used for deportations in first-of-its-kind ruling, and is likely to be swiftly appealed. The Alien Enemies Act, after all, had been invoked only three times before, most recently during World War II.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/1/court-rules-against-trumps-use-of-alien-enemies-act-to-deport-venezuelans#:~:text=In%20a%20first%2Dof%2Dits,law’s%20use%20in%20south%20Texas.&text=A%20United%20States%20judge%20has,deport%20Venezuelans%20from%20South%20Texas

Republican budget plan proposes $45 billion for ICE, $1,000 fee on asylum seekers. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal is still a work in progress, but the first markup already reveals potentially major changes to the immigration system and regulatory law.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_fdcf8690-01f5-45a5-989d-38213b6ad590.html

Judge rules Alien Enemies Act does not allow Trump to deport alleged gang members. Ruling is strongest pushback yet on use of 18th-century law. Plus, Black Sabbath give their first interview in two decades
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/first-thing-judge-rules-alien-enemies-act-does-not-allow-trump-to-deport-alleged-gang-members

# Business / Industry / Corporations
As Trump moves to tax small parcels, some retailers give up on US: The removal of “de minimis” – duty-free treatment of ecommerce packages worth less than $800 originating from China and Hong Kong exposes those goods to tariffs of 145% on most Chinese goods following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last month
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/as-trump-moves-to-tax-small-parcels-some-retailers-give-up-on-us/articleshow/120812814.cms

Temu blocks US shoppers from seeing products shipped from China. American version of Temu abruptly began to show only ‘local’ products days before the Trump administration was set to end a tariff loophole for small packages from China.
https://www.wired.com/story/temu-local-warehouses-tariffs/

# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
‘Rattled’ China knows world is on brink of truth about Covid lab leak – they are desperate to shift blame, say experts
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14146344/rattled-china-world-truth-covid-lab-leak/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Elon Musk says DOGE ‘should definitely’ investigate Federal Reserve after reports of $2.5B ‘Palace of Versailles’ HQ
https://www.aol.com/news/elon-musk-says-doge-definitely-162412523.html

‘We’re not afraid of Trump’: Toy store sues government over ‘unlawful and unconstitutional’ tariffs, lawsuit seeks refund
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/were-not-afraid-of-trump-toy-store-sues-government-over-unlawful-and-unconstitutional-tariffs-lawsuit-seeks-refund/

Another American ally just issued an economic warning because of the trade war. Another day, another piece of evidence that President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with friends and foes is hurting the global economy.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/another-american-ally-just-issued-110752493.html

The Slowdown at Ports Is a Warning of Rough Economic Seas Ahead. The maritime shipping industry is seeing a rise in “blank sailings,” a shift that one expert calls a “canary in the coal mine.”
https://www.wired.com/story/maritime-shipping-tariffs-blank-sailings/

Permanent halt to penny production gains bipartisan support. Two U.S. senators from opposing sides of the political aisle are pushing together to permanently do away with the U.S. Mint producing the penny, which the legislators argue will help to eliminate wasteful government spending.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/permanent-penny-production-bipartisan/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
What the dismantling of the Education Department means for its data. Former data staff from the agency say they’re especially concerned about large transfers of data and the future of grants administration, after already seeing mismanagement and delays.
https://fedscoop.com/what-the-dismantling-of-the-education-department-means-for-its-data/

The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall. Officials have expressed desire to withdraw from other orders they see as an unnecessary burden on schools
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/washington/the-justice-department-ended-a-decades-old-school-desegregation-order-others-are-expected-to-fall/article_88e5ee8f-671f-56a3-aa23-d1c7d41d2fd6.html

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from dismantling library services agency
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-administration-002306363.html

Thousands of children could lose access to child care if White House proposal to cut Head Start is approved
https://www.audacy.com/wccoradio/news/local/thousands-of-children-could-be-at-risk-if-head-start-is-cut

Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety programs. The document listed 150 research projects under consideration for termination by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
https://apnews.com/article/children-head-start-research-cuts-trump-hhs-ecfa2b140990057eb412e476dc875ffa

Visas reinstated for all University of Arkansas’ international students who had status revoked
https://arkansasadvocate.com/briefs/visas-reinstated-for-all-university-of-arkansas-international-students-who-had-status-revoked/

A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students. The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination

Trump says he’ll strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status. The president said revoking the university’s tax-exempt status is “what they deserve!”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-status-00323192

# Employment / Labor / Unions
House Republicans propose wage freeze for tens of thousands of CT employees: ‘Time to trim’
https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/ct-republicans-democrats-budget-cuts-wage-freeze-20304747.php

Hiltzik: Thanks to the Trump slump, Florida and other states are moving to eviscerate child labor protections
https://newrepublic.com/post/194687/trump-officials-hoarding-supplies-tariffs

Fired Federal Worker Reveals Chilling Trump-Era Condition To Get Job Back. People are “afraid to talk,” she told MSNBC’s town hall, with other former government employees pushed out amid Donald Trump’s slashing of public spending.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-condition-job-back-federal-worker_n_681462afe4b0f2e8a510e72b

Trump admin asks laid-off firefighter and coal mining safety research staff back temporarily
https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/niosh-firefighter-health-researchers-temporarily-reinstated-amid-federal-layoffs/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
The Trump admin is suing four states to stop them from holding fossil fuel giants accountable for climate damage. “These burdensome and ideologically motivated laws and lawsuits threaten American energy independence and our country’s economic and national security.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/climate/trump-climate-lawsuits-hawaii-michigan-new-york-vermont

Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after US-Iran nuclear talks are postponed. Trump’s social media threat came after Oman announced planned nuclear negotiations for this coming weekend had been postponed
https://www.tbsnews.net/world/trump-threatens-sanctions-against-buyers-iranian-oil-after-us-iran-nuclear-talks-are-postponed

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
An invasive venomous ant is spreading in the US — here’s where people should watch out because a sting can be fatal. People may suffer from an allergic reaction after a sting that can send them to the hospital without treatment. Symptoms can include difficulty breathing, a weak or rapid heart rate, vomiting, hives, fainting and tongue swelling.
https://www.aol.com/invasive-venomous-ant-spreading-us-175057440.html

# Food General News
Republicans Consider Shifting Cost Of Food Benefits To States, With Cuts Likely
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/snap-cuts-budget-reconciliation-beautiful_n_6813a6ffe4b0964363620874

FDA suspends milk quality testing amid health and human services cuts, adding that efforts are underway to resume testing. FDA remains committed to working with states to protect the safety of the pasteurized milk supply.”
https://www.food-safety.com/articles/10355-fda-suspends-milk-quality-testing-amid-health-and-human-services-cuts

Farmers raise urgent warnings as catastrophic floods wipe out more than 100,000 livestock: ‘The worst is yet to come’ “We don’t know what cattle we will have to sell or what the financial impacts are going to be.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/queensland-livestock-extreme-weather-flooding/

# General News
The Trump administration is systematically dismantling important federal agencies, jeopardizing access to crucial programs, and undermining civil rights protections for millions of Americans in favor of benefiting Trump and his allies. American Oversight is investigating these threats to Americans’ rights and access to federal benefits, which have disproportionate impacts on the most vulnerable populations.
https://americanoversight.org/investigation/the-trump-administrations-dismantling-of-federal-agencies-and-threats-to-important-social-services/

Agency by Agency, Federal Data Collection Is Being Dismantled. By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
https://undark.org/2025/04/29/trump-war-on-measurement/

The US government data purge is a loss for policymaking and research. Beyond the data loss, it’s about the loss of qualified technical staff, coding expertise, data visualization, mapping, methodologies, and the ability of the public and journalists to use the data.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-us-government-data-purge-is-a-loss-for-policymaking-and-research/

The Dismantling of US Statistical and Data Infrastructures by the Trump Administration. The Trump administration’s swift and systematic dismantling of statistical and data infrastructures has largely gone unnoticed.
https://revdem.ceu.edu/2025/03/25/dismantling-data/amp/

Regional boards for federal agency coordination officially disbanded. A recent Trump executive order mandated the end of federal executive boards, which have been around since 1961.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/03/regional-boards-federal-agency-coordination-officially-disbanded/403963/

# Gov / Politics
Trump officials: start ‘stashing cash’ and stockpiling supplies immediately – ‘it would be stupid not to!’
https://newrepublic.com/post/194687/trump-officials-hoarding-supplies-tariffs

Trump making a list of cities and states to target
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/sanctuary-cities-trump-executive-order

Trump Signs Order Requiring Nationwide List of Sanctuary Cities and States. Action comes after legal setbacks in president’s bid to target Democratic jurisdictions that don’t cooperate with immigration enforcement.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-to-sign-order-requiring-nationwide-list-of-sanctuary-cities-and-states-dbcc5ada

Republicans Have A ‘Catastrophic’ Plan Buried In Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’ For the first time, a Republican leader in Congress has publicly pledged to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-says-trumps-agenda-bill-will-defund-big-abortion_n_6813b695e4b0964363620ffa

“This Man’s Brain Is Cooked”: People Are Reacting To Donald Trump’s Latest Bizarre Rant And It’s Really…Something
https://www.buzzfeed.com/leemoran/donald-trump-town-hall-tangent

Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction
https://www.aol.com/trump-turns-civil-rights-upside-100051804.html

Trump Administration Civil and Human Rights Rollbacks Since 2017
https://civilrights.org/trump-rollbacks/

‘There’s no deal here,’ Dem rep. says of Ukraine mineral compact
https://www.tbsnews.net/world/trump-threatens-sanctions-against-buyers-iranian-oil-after-us-iran-nuclear-talks-are-postponed

Trump Is Plotting Shock-and-Awe ‘Purge’ of White House Staff
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-plotting-shock-and-awe-purge-of-white-house-staff/

Trump Plans to Celebrate 79th Birthday With Tanks and Troops. President has desired lavish Armed Forces spectacular in Washington ever since being impressed by France’s Bastille Day parade in Paris in July 2017
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-parade-birthday-plans-b2743593.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran Wants to Avoid Both Peace and War With the United States. Trump Isn’t Having It. The U.S. president’s push to “do a deal” or face military action challenges Tehran’s desire to have it both ways.
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/04/iran-trump-nuclear-deal-regional-influence?lang=en

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
‘Had to f—ing throw myself on the floor’: Inmate’s organs shut down after jail blamed ‘extreme’ stomach pain on ‘Hot Cheetos, Takis, and pickles,’ family says in lawsuit. According to the complaint, jail staff did not provide sufficient care for de la Cruz as there was only a medical doctor on hand to see inmates for just “six hours each week.”
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/had-to-f-ing-throw-myself-on-the-floor-inmates-organs-shut-down-after-jail-blamed-extreme-stomach-pain-on-hot-cheetos-takis-and-pickles-family-says-in-lawsuit/

Outrage Over John Scott, Jr.’s Arrest and Death Intensifies As Leaked Security Video Shows Officers Dragging His Body. The arrest of John Daniel “LJ” Scott Jr., a 39-year-old from Decatur, Alabama has sparked intense outrage after a disturbing leaked video shows the troubling treatment he received while in police custody, ultimately leading to his death.
https://hollywoodunlocked.com/outrage-over-john-scott-jr-s-arrest-and-death-intensifies-as-leaked-security-video-shows-officers-dragging-his-body/

# LGBTQ / Gender
Guantanamo Bay Guards Forced Trans Woman to Expose Herself to Male Detainees, Migrant Claims
https://www.latintimes.com/guantanamo-bay-guards-forced-trans-woman-expose-herself-male-detainees-migrant-claims-582127

LGBT+ community outraged after gay makeup artist with no criminal history is deported to mega-prison in El Salvador
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/gay-venezuelan-makeup-artist-deported-b2743321.html

Trump voters will have blood on their hands due to the administration’s lethal assault on queer kids. They knew instinctively, even then, what some adults refused to admit, and that is Trump’s reemergence would unleash an all-out assault on their rights, their dignity, and their very existence.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-voters-blood-hands-due-120003135.html

New 400-Page HHS Report Condemns Gender-Affirming Care For Youths. It’s unclear who wrote the report, which snubs the advice and recommendations of top medical groups. It was immediately criticized by pediatric groups and transgender rights advocates.
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/new-400-page-hhs-report-condemns-gender-affirming-care-for-youths/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to slash taxpayer funds to PBS and NPR, two media outlets the White House accused of being biased.
https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2025/05/02/trump-signs-executive-order-directing-federal-funding-cuts-to-pbs-and-npr/

# Medical / Health News
‘Health concerns are real’: Trump nixed program stopping human waste from going into homes
https://www.rawstory.com/dei-climate-change-alabama/

Aetna Is Leaving ACA Marketplace. Aetna will exit the individual markets in 2026, less than five years after making a return to this space.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/aetna-exit-aca-exchanges-2026#:~:text=Editor’s%20note%3A%20This%20story%20was,a%20return%20to%20this%20space

CVS confirms 1m patients across 17 states will lose coverage as CEO warns of ‘pharmacy deserts’
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14146485/cvs-lose-coverage-aetna-obamacare-ceo-pharmacy-deserts/

‘Last of Us’-style plant fungus infects a human in first-ever known case. Research previously revealed that back in 2023, a man contracted a serious case of silver leaf disease – a fungal infection which usually only affects plants.
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/fungus-infection-humans-2671877271

Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies. At the direction of the Trump administration, the federal Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies are purging its websites of information and data on a broad array of topics — from adolescent health to LGBTQ+ rights to HIV.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5282274/trump-administration-purges-health-websites

Texas Senate Approves Legislation to Clarify Exceptions to Abortion Ban. The bill, which must still go through the House, received unanimous approval from the upper chamber.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/29/texas-senate-abortion-ban-clarification-bill/

New York makes it easier to commit people with severe mental illnesses. The change, which Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed, points to broadening Democratic support for coercive approaches to mental health crises.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/new-york-makes-it-easier-to-commit-people-with-severe-mental-illnesses-00322145

# Medical Science
Study: Newly Discovered Cannabinoids From Cannabis Flowers Show Antitumor Potential Against Neuroblastoma. Researchers have announced that they’ve successfully identified a new cannabinoid—cannabielsoxa—produced by the marijuana plant as well as a number of other compounds “reported for the first time from the flowers of C. sativa.”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/researchers-announce-theyve-discovered-a-new-cannabinoid-in-marijuana/

# Military / General News
The secretary of defense has ordered the Army secretary to cut programs, reduce the number of general officers in the ranks and consolidate offices, commands and headquarters, including a four-star command formed in the previous Trump administration designed to reform its acquisition process.
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2025/05/01/secdef-wields-axe-to-brass-hqs-formations-to-fashion-leaner-army/

Air Force exercises in the Indo-Pacific may soon get even bigger and more robust, as lawmakers move to invest more than $620 million in such efforts.
https://subicbaynavalstation.com/air-force-exercises-in-pacific-could-expand-with-622-million-extra-from-congress/

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
CCA Fighter Drones Start Ground Testing Ahead of First Flights; New Organization Unveiled. The two prototypes for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program have started ground testing, Air Force Chief Staff Gen. David W. Allvin announced, ahead of a planned first flight this summer.
https://defensescoop.com/2025/05/01/air-force-cca-drones-ground-testing-general-atomics-anduril/

# Recycle / Repurpose / Reuse
Anyone who drinks coffee told not to throw away used granules because they have loads of uses
https://www.themirror.com/lifestyle/food-drink/anyone-who-drinks-coffee-told-1118392

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Sophisticated new ICE tracking system raises privacy concerns for public. President Donald Trump has set a goal of deporting 1 million people annually, and the new system aims to help prioritize who gets targeted.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/02/ice-deportation-tracking-palantir-thiel/83375538007/

Dystopian eye-scanning tech rolls out in five US states to track your money, identity and every move. At a buzzy event in San Francisco, World announced a series of Apple-like stores, a partnership with dating giant Match Group, and a new mini gadget to scan your eyeballs.
https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-eyeball-scan-launch-us/

Apple notifies victims in 100 countries of spyware targeting. Apple this week sent threat notifications advising users in 100 countries that their phones had been targeted by advanced commercial spyware, according to a victim of the attacks.
https://therecord.media/apple-spyware-victims-notified-countries

# Social Media / Internet
‘Huge’: Reporters in awe at potential impact of Trump’s latest social media threat
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2671879122/

# Space Force
Space Force Special Operations Command is on its way. Space Force already has at least one ‘Space Ranger’ and several “Space Cowboys” who’ve completed an infamous “spur ride” with 1st Infantry Division cavalry scouts. But now the newest military service will have its own special operations component.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/space-force-special-operations-command/

Data Is Fundamental to the Space Force. But Sharing It Is a Challenge. The Space Force relies entirely on data—but it lacks the systems and tools to analyze and share that data properly even within the service, let alone with international partners, officials said
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/data-sharing-space-force/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft wants users to ditch Windows 10 before its imminent death — Using Copilot+ PCs with Recall to upsell Windows 11. A new blog post extols the virtues of AI-ready Copilot+ PCs and paints them as the way forward for users who have unupgradable Windows 10 PCs.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2769726/microsoft-really-really-wants-windows-10-users-to-buy-copilot-pcs.html

Inside the Battle Over OpenAI’s Corporate Restructuring. A group of activists is turning to an old playbook to influence the future of one of the world’s most powerful AI companies.
https://www.wired.com/story/open-ai-nonprofit-transition-activism/

The Climate Crisis Threatens Supply Chains. Manufacturers Hope AI Can Help. The Covid-19 pandemic showed just how vulnerable global supply chains are. Climate shocks could pose an even greater risk.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:60BE95CB

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Drivers risk $50k fines and up to 30 years behind bars under new ‘Bobby’s Law’ – and it’s already being enforced. Montana lawmakers who have been advocating for stricter DUI consequences have passed a House bill that would address this issue, as reported by NBC affiliate KTVH.
https://www.the-sun.com/motors/14148195/bobbys-law-dui-penalty-montana-drunk-driving/

New ‘mobile’ bill could see drivers risk $100 fines – even if they’re not holding cell phone. Under House Bill 1357, fines would rise to $100 to $200 for a first offense and $200 to $300 after that.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-house-bill-could-increase-224751301.html

How Insurance Companies Are Quietly Penalizing Drivers With Older Cars. While you’re patting yourself on the back for being financially savvy, your insurance bill may be creeping up, often without explanation. Understanding how and why this happens could save you hundreds each year.
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/insurance-companies-quietly-penalizing-drivers-223010233.html

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# Indigenous
A Daughter’s Reckoning With the Indian Boarding School System. Mary Annette Pember’s mother​ attended an Indian residential school through the eighth grade. It forever changed her—and her children.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/daughter-reckoning-indian-boarding-school-100000571.html

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
The Trump administration has cut billions of dollars in university research funding and laid off thousands of employees at federal health agencies, these cuts have profound consequences for the lab animals that serve as the basis for biomedical research. “There are going to be a lot of animals that are going to end up being sacrificed — killed,” said Paul Locke
https://www.rawstory.com/animal-research/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Military zone along border means new — potentially harsher — penalties for newly detained migrants
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/30/migrants-face-novel-criminal-charge-new-border-zone-new-mexico.html

US begins prosecuting migrants for breaching ‘military zone’ near border. The court filings follow a decision to designate a strip of border land in New Mexico as a ‘national defence area.’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/30/us-begins-prosecuting-migrants-for-breaching-military-zone-near-border

UN Experts: Trump Admin’s Deportations to El Salvador Violate International Law. The group of 20 human rights experts signed the statement demanding an end to the “unlawful” deportations.
https://truthout.org/articles/un-experts-trump-admins-deportations-to-el-salvador-violate-international-law/

Justice Department asks Supreme Court to end protected status for 300K Venezuelan migrants. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who was appointed to the court by former President Barack Obama, ordered the challengers to respond to the administration’s request by May 8.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/01/trump-supreme-court-venezuelan-migrants-protected-status/83394942007/

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark. The Environmental Protection Agency just hid data that mapped out the locations of thousands of dangerous chemical facilities, after chemical industry lobbyists demanded that the Trump administration take down the public records.
https://www.levernews.com/the-governments-chemical-disaster-tracking-tool-just-went-dark/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Trusted College Kid to Dismantle Regulations With AI: DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations. A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
11 Ways Americans Are Already Seeing The Real-Life Impact Of Trump’s Tariffs So Far. “$89 tariff charges on $64 worth of merchandise. It has begun.” Temu shared a statement, saying, “Due to recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs, our operating expenses have gone up. To keep offering the products you love without compromising on quality, we will be making price adjustment starting April 25, 2025.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/trump-tariff-affects-april-2025

Trump’s economic suicide mission is driving America off a fiscal cliff
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5275242-trump-economic-cliff/

Trump’s Recession Has Begun. It’s already in Seattle. It will now travel east.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194655/trump-recession-begun-shipping-tariffs

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
The US government has a new policy for terminating international students’ legal status: The Trump administration updated its immigration policy to allow visa revocations to trigger immediate termination of international students’ legal status in the U.S. A newly released internal memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that Student and Exchange Visitor Program personnel may now terminate Student and Exchange Visitor Information System records if the State Department revokes a student’s visa.
https://san.com/cc/new-government-policy-for-revoking-international-students-legal-status/

Scholarship For Black Med Students Scrapped From University of Alabama at Birmingham As Trump Administration Cries Discrimination
https://www.blackenterprise.com/uabs-scholarship-for-black-med-students-canceled-over-lawsuit/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Too many workers die on the job every year. Trump’s attacks on OSHA will kill more.
https://www.epi.org/blog/too-many-workers-die-on-the-job-every-year-trumps-attacks-on-osha-will-kill-more/

Workers Overheated and Died Under Trump’s Workplace Safety Nominee. As David Keeling led companies’ safety operations, workers fell ill and died amid extreme temperatures. Now he could dismantle federal heat protections.
https://www.levernews.com/workers-overheated-and-died-under-trumps-workplace-safety-nominee/

Trump Quietly Took Away a Living Wage From Thousands of Federal Workers. Companies can now illegally pay federal contractors less than the current minimum wage and face no consequences.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-quietly-took-away-a-living-wage-from-thousands-of-federal-workers/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Offshore oil platforms release toxic pollution into oceans and the air, new global study finds. A groundbreaking investigation led by SkyTruth has plotted and ranked the world’s most polluting offshore oil and gas facilities using advanced satellite technology to highlight the worst persistent oil slicks and greenhouse gas emissions around the world.
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/offshore-oil-platform-pollution-exposed-in-world-first-for-ocean/

Trump greenlights deep-sea mining as U.S. companies clash with global law and environmental warnings. Trump’s deep-sea mining order targets China’s mineral advantage, sparking backlash over unethical environmental practices.
https://www.tovima.com/climate/trump-greenlights-executive-order-to-boost-deep-sea-mining/

Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Executive Order: The Race for Critical Minerals Enters Uncharted Waters
https://www.csis.org/analysis/trumps-deep-sea-mining-executive-order-race-critical-minerals-enters-uncharted-waters

Trump Administration, Ukraine Reach Landmark Minerals Deal. US and Ukraine signed a new economic partnership agreement on Wednesday to establish the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/30/trump-admin-ukraine-mineral-deal/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump’s first 100 days bring sweeping rollbacks to climate protections and environmental oversight
https://www.dailyclimate.org/trumps-first-100-days-bring-sweeping-rollbacks-to-climate-protections-and-environmental-oversight-2671877102.html

EPA moves to cancel nearly 781 climate justice grants issued under Biden
https://www.ecowatch.com/environmental-justice-grants-cancellations-trump-biden.html

Federal employee cuts igniting fears for fire risks at national parks. The Trump administration has slashed more than 10 percent of the agency’s workforce, with more layoffs expected.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/crazy-forest-service-cuts-ignite-fear-fury-over-wildfire-risks-00301499

Outrage grows over new law that opens door to widespread destruction of country’s natural lands: ‘This is gravely concerning’
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3985200898107-outrage-grows-over-new-law-that-opens-door-to-widespread-destruction-of-countrys-natural-lands-this-is-gravely-concerning?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDYxMDU5NDg3NDI%3D

# Food General News
GOP proposal could slash food aid for millions, new analysis warns. As House Republicans push for deep SNAP cuts and expanded work requirements, experts warn the proposal would strip food assistance from millions of low-income people—including families, older adults, and veterans—without improving employment.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/05/01/gop-proposal-could-slash-food-aid-for-millions-new-analysis-warns/

# Gov / Politics
Exiling Americans? This Isn’t Legal. It’s Not Even Close. Trump is openly floating the idea of banishing “homegrowns” to Salvadoran prisons, with zero legal basis. This isn’t “deportation.” It’s the kind of fascist lunacy that should be laughed out of the room—except his administration is actually considering it.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366178/trump-deport-jail-u-s-citizens-homegrowns-el-salvador

Trump Dismisses Doug Emhoff. President Donald Trump has dismissed some members of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, the White House confirmed on April 30.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-fires-biden-appointees-holocaust-museum-board-198c359268f4d12eba95933d18914063

Trump says ‘I know what I’m doing’ before stepping back from global tariffs. President says at National Republican Congressional Committee dinner that world leaders are ‘kissing my ass’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-address-republicans-china-tariffs?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-politics_2025-04-30&utm_term=us-politics&email_hash=3dd0206c24c775c2eb150b32a14844e789cd9d26

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Jail staff laughed at dying veteran left strapped to chair in Texas, suit says: The family of Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., a 33-year-old U.S. Army veteran needed immediate medical attention but was instead taken to jail and strapped to a restraint chair until he was no longer responsive, is suing over his death, according to their legal counsel.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article305304016.html#storylink=cpy

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump’s DOJ to focus on voter fraud, not voting rights: The Justice Department (DOJ) is quietly dismantling its voting section and redirecting it to target voter fraud, marking an alarming departure from the unit’s longstanding purpose of protecting ballot access.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trumps-doj-to-focus-on-voter-fraud-not-voting-rights/

# LGBTQ / Gender
Democrats push bill to ban discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community. “It’s about time here in America,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said at a press conference. The “Equality Act” aims to add protections for sexual orientation and gender identity to law when it comes to employment, housing, public spaces and more.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3985025137533-democrats-push-bill-to-ban-discrimination-against-the-lgbtq-community?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDYxMDYwMzQyNDg%3D

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
FCC commissioner: Trump on a mission to ‘censor and control’ media
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/fcc-democrat-slams-chairman-for-aiding-trumps-campaign-of-censorship/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Those Medicaid Cuts We’ve Been Hearing About Are Starting to Come Into View
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/medicaid-cuts-republicans-trump-budget-bill.html

# Medical / Health News
‘Parkinson’s is a man-made disease.’ A condition shaped less by genetics and more by prolonged exposure to toxicants like air pollution, industrial solvents and, above all, pesticides.
https://www.politico.eu/article/bas-bloem-parkinsons-pesticides-mptp-glyphosate-paraquat/

RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research. NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by RFK Jr.’s department.
https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-niaid-irf-ebola-disease-research-stop/

# Medical Recalls
# Military / General News
Marine Reserve planning largest mobilization drills in decades
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2025/04/29/marine-reserve-planning-largest-mobilization-drills-in-decades/

‘This is going to be a challenge’: Military services steeling for impact from civilian resignations. Tens of thousands of civilian employees who work for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force are voluntarily resigning as part of the Defense Department’s effort to trim its workforce, forcing the services to restructure to minimize operational gaps
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-30/military-civilians-resignations-17637481.html

Trump has issued a number of orders affecting the military. Here’s what they do
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5277155/trump-military-transgender-dei-iron-dome-orders

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
This unit will be the next to field the Corps’ ship-killing missile
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2025/04/29/this-unit-will-be-the-next-to-field-the-corps-ship-killing-missile/

# Military / General News / Global
INTERPOL Used by CCP for Global Repression. Inside China’s machinery of repression — and how it crushes dissent around the world. Interviews with more than 100 victims in 23 countries, along with internal government documents, reveal the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders.
https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-targets/china-transnational-repression-dissent-around-world/

# Nuclear
Exposing Iran’s Leverage in Nuclear Talks With the US: Can the US Strike a Deal?
https://www.ntd.com/exposing-irans-leverage-in-nuclear-talks-with-the-us-can-the-us-strike-a-deal_1061550.html

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
U.S. Companies Honed Their Surveillance Tech in Israel. Now It’s Coming Home. After deploying AI tools in Israel and on the U.S. border, American tech companies are now powering domestic repression.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/30/israel-palestine-us-ai-surveillance-state/

# Social / Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Walmart reinstates minimum basket fee for SNAP orders. The move to reinstate the fee, which was waived during the COVID-19 pandemic, comes as the largest U.S. retailer is bracing for a tough year ahead as its customers, who typically skew low income, temper spending.
https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-04-30/walmart-reinstates-minimum-basket-fee-for-snap-orders

Worsening SNAP’s Harsh Work Requirement Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income People. Families With Children, Older Adults, Veterans Among Those Who Would Be Harmed
https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/worsening-snaps-harsh-work-requirement-would-take-food-assistance-away

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
GOP megabill would hit vehicle owners with new annual charge: ‘Are you out of your fricking mind?’ Republicans balk at new passenger car fee proposal. It doesn’t bode well for a proposal championed by the chair of the House Transportation Committee.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/29/congress/republicans-balk-at-new-car-fee-proposal-00317701

Why federal lawmakers charge you $20 for driving your car. Proposed fee part of effort to get rid of federal gas tax
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/fee-car-hybrid-electric-vehicles-b2741794.html

# Veterans / VA
After recent years of reform, vets fear Trump cuts to VA will undo lifeline health care, research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uToE5nBg_8U

# Water
Trump administration weighs rollback of PFAS drinking water rules amid court challenge
https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2025/04/the-pfas-drinking-water-rule-under-the-second-trump

Thousands of Water Systems Across US Have Dangerous Cancer-Causing Chemicals. Millions of people across the United States could be drinking water contaminated with dangerous levels of substances created when utilities disinfect water tainted with animal manure and other pollutants.
https://truthout.org/articles/thousands-of-water-systems-across-us-have-dangerous-cancer-causing-chemicals/

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
ICE raids wrong Oklahoma home, seizes life savings and leaves family ‘traumatized for life.’ The state agreed earlier this year to increased cooperation with federal immigration agents
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/oklahoma-ice-raid-wrong-person-b2741808.html

Marco Rubio, Other Latino Republicans Blasted in New Florida Campaign: “Deporting Good Immigrants Back To Dictatorships Is Cruel.’ The Trump administration has sought to end TPS for Venezuelans and the CHNV parole program
https://www.latintimes.com/marco-rubio-other-latino-republicans-blasted-new-florida-campaign-deporting-good-immigrants-581898

Federal judge slams Border Patrol: ‘You can’t just walk up to people with brown skin’
https://www.rawstory.com/border-patrol-2671865798/

Haitian woman dies in US immigration detention
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/haitian-national-ice-custody-passes-away

Judge skeptical of Trump administration argument that federal courts can’t review border declaration
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-asylum-lawsuit-trump-border-aclu-74fcdfbdb598d7e1b350afe03e821fa8

US judge bars Border Patrol from some warrantless arrests of suspected undocumented residents
https://apnews.com/article/border-patrol-warrantless-arrests-lawsuit-farm-workers-321076295ec01b40576b79c695550b6d

San Diego attorney, U.S. citizen, receives deportation letter. Reports have emerged that some U.S. citizens—including immigration attorneys, doctors and nonprofit advocates for refugees—have received deportation notices amid the administration’s sweeping crackdown
https://www.newsweek.com/california-man-self-deport-birth-certificate-2063447

Rachel Maddow Calls Trump’s 170-Mile U.S. Border-Mexico Military Base a ‘Big Red Flag’ of ‘Authoritarian Takeover’
https://www.thewrap.com/rachel-maddow-us-mexico-border-military-base-msnbc/

House GOP wants to pump billions into Trump’s deportations and detentions as part of tax bill. Republicans in Congress are pumping billions of dollars into Trump’s mass deportation and border security plan with nearly 20,000 new officers, stark new $1,000 in fees on migrants seeking asylum and $46.5 billion for a long-sought border wall.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tax-cuts-bill-deportations-asylum-fee-68e358a73e01941af50984de8c85ea31

The Pentagon is preparing to deploy counter-drone capabilities around the U.S.-Mexico border as part of its ongoing support of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and security mandates there
https://defensescoop.com/2025/04/29/dod-counter-small-drones-u-s-mexico-border-cartels-surveil-troops/

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on April 28 directing his administration to create and publish a list of sanctuary cities accused of obstructing federal immigration law enforcement
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-statement-on-executive-order-targeting-sanctuary-cities-officials-accused-of-obstructing-law-enforcement

Border buoys may be deployed near Canadian border: Buoys have been used in the Rio Grande amid controversy. The floating barriers would help border agents patrol lakes. Canadian border crossings have dropped
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/border-buoys-montana-cananda-border-exclusive/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Now Runs US National Parks — What It Means For America’s Treasures
https://www.thewrap.com/rachel-maddow-us-mexico-border-military-base-msnbc/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Largest port in the US becomes a ghost town thanks to Trump’s tariffs
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/we-told-you-he-would-be-a-train-wreck-largest-port-in-the-us-becomes-a-ghost-town-thanks-to-trumps-tariffs/

Debt crisis deepens as 1 in 4 Americans forced to choose between bills and basics. 23% of Americans claim to have ‘unmanageable’ debt, according to Experian data
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/debt-crisis-deepens-1-4-americans-forced-choose-between-bills-basics

How much revenue has the US earned from Trump’s tariffs? President Donald Trump said this month that his tariffs were bringing in $2bn a day already. The real number turned out to be $192m per day at the time.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/4/29/how-much-revenue-has-the-us-earned-from-trumps-tariffs

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Trump administration launches investigation into Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success Plan
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/29/trump-administration-investigates-cps-black-student-success-plan/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
The federal minimum wage is officially a poverty wage in 2025. Trump Admin Has No Plans to Increase It
https://www.epi.org/blog/the-federal-minimum-wage-is-officially-a-poverty-wage-in-2025/

Federal agencies plan for mass layoffs as Trump’s workforce cuts continue. Federal agencies have begun to announce plans to implement President Trump’s request for large-scale job cuts and the elimination of government functions.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5328721/reduction-in-force-rif-federal-workers-job-cuts-musk-doge-layoffs

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Experts predict that oil refineries worldwide could soon face closure: ‘I think you’ll see more consolidation’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/european-oil-refineries-future-outlook/

Panel: More European oil refineries will close or convert in the next 10 years. A panel of executives at the Financial Times Commodities Global Summit held in Lausanne, Switzerland on Monday said that European oil refineries would have to adapt to energy transition by 2035 or risk closure.
https://energynews.oedigital.com/fossil-fuels/2025/03/24/panel-more-european-oil-refineries-will-close-or-convert-in-the-next-10-years

Interior secretary tilts energy policy toward fossil fuels, sidelining renewables. A push for fossil fuel dominance is reshaping U.S. energy policy under Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, leaving wind, solar, and carbon capture outside fast-tracked development plans.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/interior-secretary-tilts-energy-policy-toward-fossil-fuels-sidelining-renewables-2671870998.html?vgo_ee=tAkpEGRQN2v%2F3mPCFOmOrBJ%2BDL8r96aCWL5R%2BPSFimzGKD0%2B4ngeYo1JNe8%3D%3A%2FXMZUDsvQNf%2BPJ3X6qoWQ%2Bdg5b4OtvPn

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
EPA reopens early-exit offers as Trump administration moves to shrink agency staff
https://www.ehn.org/epa-reopens-early-exit-offers-as-trump-administration-moves-to-shrink-agency-staff

‘It’s a huge loss’: Trump administration dismisses scientists preparing climate report
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-04-29/national-climate-assessment-authors-dismissed

Alaska’s St. Paul Island struggles to survive as warming seas erase ice and upend life
https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/ice-all-but-disappeared-from-this-alaskan-island-it-changed-everything

Montana Republicans move to weaken environmental protections after youth climate lawsuit victory: When the state’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in the nation’s most successful youth climate suit, it sparked a Republican backlash that could lead to fundamental changes in Montana’s courts and environmental laws.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28042025/montana-republican-legislators-fight-back-after-youth-climate-lawsuit/

# Food General News
Experts warn global crisis is deepening as soaring food costs push millions to the brink: ‘We are at a breaking point.’ “For millions of families, food is not just expensive, it is out of reach.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/global-food-prices-rising-impact-poor-communities/

# Gov / Politics
‘Nothing will stop me’: Trump ‘hopes’ Supreme Court will back him — but makes grim vow. President Trump stirs up further controversy by claiming he ‘could’ return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador in a heated ABC News interview
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-100-days-rally-interview-amazon-tariffs-live-updates-b2742089.html

It was supposed to be a tax and border bill. It could also hand Trump vast new executive powers. Legislation written by the House Judiciary Committee would allow Trump to delete reams of regulations from the federal rulebook.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/29/trump-executive-powers-reins-act-ftc-antitrust-00317105

Trump administration tells Congress it plans to label Haitian gangs as foreign terror organizations. The State Department similarly labeled eight Latin American crime organizations in February as it ratcheted up pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. and anyone assisting them.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/trump-administration-tells-congress-it-plans-to-label-haitian-gangs-as-foreign-terror-organizations/

Trump Admits He ‘Could’ Bring Back Abrego Garcia and Comply With Supreme Court – But Still Refuses
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-admits-he-could-bring-back-abrego-garcia-and-comply-with-supreme-court-but-still-refuses/

Trump says voters unhappy about the economy and his China trade war should deal with it because ‘they did sign up for it, actually’
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-voters-signed-up-for-tariffs-when-they-backed-him-2025-4

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries Questions Whether Trump is Cognitively ‘Fit’ to Be President
https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/house-democratic-leader-hakeem-jeffries-questions-whether-trump-is-cognitively-fit-to-be-president/

House Democrat unveils articles of impeachment against Trump. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) introduced seven long-shot articles of impeachment against President Trump.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/articles-of-impeachment-trump-shri-thanedar

Donald Trump Responds to New Articles of Impeachment in First 100 Days Speech: ‘What the Hell Did I Do?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E88BQU9X8c0

‘Insurrection was a turning point’ Pa. bill looks to punish political violence with life in prison
https://www.wtaj.com/news/regional-news/insurrection-was-a-turning-point-pa-bill-looks-to-punish-political-violence-with-life-in-prison/

Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government: Government abuses of power do not solely rest with the Executive Branch. It can come from the Legislative Branch as well. On our present course this exercise seems little more than a political stunt designed to inject extremist politics into the legislative oversight function and the justice system. The American people deserve better than that.
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115294/text

Trump’s most absurd executive order yet. This document has mostly gone under the national radar, undoubtedly due to the ceaseless parade of headline illegalities pouring out of the White House. But the order’s legal and practical implications are massive.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5271523-this-might-be-trumps-most-absurd-executive-order-yet/

Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats’ top fundraising platform. The latest example of Trump using the tools of the government to go after his political opponents.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-actblue-democratic-fundraising-9f990e668572709ce0e3260bbdb6f61b

Fact Check: Yes, Trump signed order targeting Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue. The Trump administration is calling for investigations into unlawful “straw donor” campaigns and foreign contributions in U.S. elections.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-memo-actblue/

Donald Trump Left Everyone Scratching Their Heads With His Bizarre Response About Running For A Third Term. Trump Tells Crowd: ‘We Actually Already Served Three’
https://time.com/7281485/is-trump-seeking-a-third-term-rally-comments-election-denial/

Mistakes Were Made. And Made. And Made Again. Donald Trump only needed 100 days to break the government. Good luck putting it back together.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/donald-trump-100-days-to-break-the-government-doge-musk/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-04-29-2025

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump’s Latest Order Wants to Use Military for Terrifying Purpose. Donald Trump wants to turn the military into his personal police force.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194538/donald-trump-executive-order-military-police-force

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strengthens America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens. Increase the provision of surplus military assets to support local law enforcement and evaluate their use in crime prevention. Use recently established Homeland Security Task Forces (HSTFs) to advance Federal and local coordination.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strengthens-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Illinois judge slams arrest of Wisconsin judge as ‘reminiscent of Hitler.’ “The administration practiced jack booted, ham handed, procedures to arrest Judge Dugan at the courthouse. Reminiscent of King George, Hitler and Mussolini.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_aa9631af-36a1-417b-abba-623d07b32a51.html

New lawsuit argues Trump and DOGE’s government overhaul is unconstitutional. “Three months into this Administration, there can be no real doubt that impacted federal agencies are acting according to the direction being given by President Trump through DOGE, OMB, and OPM,” the lawsuit states
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380783/trump-doge-lawsuit-federal-workers-cities

City Of Chicago Joins Nationwide Coalition in Lawsuit to Challenge the Trump Administration’s Unlawful Firing of Federal Employees. The Johnson administration joins cities, counties, union organizations, and non-profit groups in opposing the sweeping cuts by DOGE that are disrupting vital City services.
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2025/april/CoC_Joins_Nationwide_Coalition_in_Lawsuit.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘Face to the cruelty’: MSNBC sees Trump repeating same error that crashed last presidency
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-approval-immigration/

‘One sweeping act of executive overreach’: Trump ‘illegally’ fired board members at Corporation for Public Broadcasting, lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/one-sweeping-act-of-executive-overreach-trump-illegally-fired-board-members-at-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-lawsuit-says/

UPS announces 20,000 job cuts, 73 facility closures amid fewer Amazon shipments. As UPS and Amazon scale down their partnership, UPS faces a challenging market, prompting significant workforce reductions and facility closures.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/economy/ups-announces-job-cuts-and-facility-closures-as-amazon-reduces-volume

USPS warns of price changes and closures under July 13 overhaul after customers left fuming over delays and lost mail. Mail price rates could jump up by 7.4% as the USPS tries to achieve financial stability
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14131642/usps-price-changes-overhaul-july-13-delays/

The U.S. Postal Service today filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of mailing price changes take effect July 13. New rates include increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents.
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/local-releases/de/2025/0409-usps-recommends-new-prices-for-july.htm

Justice Dept. Wants to Make Seizing Journalists’ Records Easier.  The Justice Department is ramping up its confrontations against the media with a new policy that could make it easier for U.S. attorneys to seize reporters’ records and compel their testimony.
https://www.thewellnews.com/law/justice-dept-wants-to-make-seizing-journalists-records-easier/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Potential Medicaid Cuts Could Impact Long-Term Care and Family Caregivers. NPR reports ‘profound effects’ on health expected if Medicaid budget cuts eliminate services for older and vulnerable Americans.
https://www.thestreet.com/retirement-daily/your-money/potential-medicaid-cuts-long-term-care-family-caregivers

Caregivers express concern over potential Medicaid cuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JQuTgFMtI8

House GOP faces dilemma over Medicaid cuts
https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2025/04/29/energy-commerce-committee-medicaid-budget

Republicans Say Medicaid ‘Work Requirements’ Don’t Count As Cuts. Medicaid coverage for unemployed adults is on the line to help pay for President Donald Trump’s tax cut bill.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/medicaid-work-requirement-republican-bill_n_6811214fe4b0d4c3d8e31c0a

AOC Hits Back At GOP Medicaid Claims With Blistering Last Word
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-medicaid-republicans-trump-cuts_n_68115449e4b00bb8ae4b9ff1?origin=top-ad-recirc

It’s time for the US to guarantee healthcare to all: ‘Absurd’: Sen. Sanders on access to U.S. healthcare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBgl7n10CS0

Sen. Sanders reintroduces Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, Says Sanders, Would Show American People ‘Government Is Listening to Them.’ “The goal of the current administration and their billionaire buddies is to pile on endless cuts,” said one nurse and union leader. “Even on our hardest days, we won’t stop fighting for Medicare for All.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicare-for-all-reintroduction-2025

‘Infuriates me’: MAGA senators turn on GOP over ‘life and death’ plan. Both ideas amounted to “cutting benefits,” Moreno told Semafor, adding, “We don’t need to cut benefits. And it actually really infuriates me to hear people here talking about that, because it stresses people out. This is life and death for them.”
https://www.rawstory.com/medicaid-cuts-2671865029/

# Medical / Health News
Map shows states with most drug overdose deaths as RFK puts an end to life saving narcan program. Although drug deaths are decreasing across the US, experts point to federal programs around overdose-reversing drug Narcan, which now face cuts from the Trump administration
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/map-overdose-drugs-heroin-rfk-1120294

Is RFK Jr. Creating an ‘Autism Registry’? No official announcement has been made, though the report comes after Kennedy promised a large research effort to find the cause of autism.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-04-23/is-rfk-jr-creating-an-autism-registry-what-to-know#google_vignette

Advocates still alarmed even as HHS walks back autism registry announcement. 100s of researchers, advocates call on Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to abandon discredited beliefs about ‘cures,’ adhere to scientific standards.
https://www.the74million.org/article/advocates-still-alarmed-even-as-hhs-walks-back-autism-registry-announcement/

Study links chemicals in plastic to cardiovascular deaths. The study published in the Lancet eBioMedicine journal, focused on a phthalate chemical called DEHP, used to make food containers, medical equipment and to soften plastic, “DEHP exposure contributed to 356,238 deaths, or more than 13 percent of all global mortality from heart disease in 2018 among men and women ages 55 through 64,” a statement said.
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/4/29/study-links-chemicals-in-plastic-to-cardiovascular-deaths-0717

# Military / General News
Global arms spending made biggest post-Cold War jump in 2024: Money for weapons flows amply as the world contends with wars and crises.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/2025/04/29/global-arms-spending-made-biggest-post-cold-war-jump-in-2024-report/

The US Army is weighing a massive overhaul that would see a reduction in the number of general officer billets and restructure the service’s organizations charged with developing requirements and buying weapons
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/04/falling-stars-army-weighing-massive-cut-to-generals-peo-offices-and-afc-power/

House Armed Services Committee approves extra $150B for Pentagon. It requires the Pentagon to spend the additional funds by October 2034, including nearly $9 billion on renovations to barracks and unaccompanied housing, allowance increases and other quality-of-life improvements for service members.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/04/hasc-approves-150b-defense-increase-as-gop-shuts-down-amendments-to-curb-hegseth-doge/

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
Anduril announces lighter, smaller Pulsar jammer. The system is about the size of a shoebox and weighs less than 25 pounds, allowing users to quickly deploy it against enemy threats, like drone swarms
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/04/29/anduril-announces-lighter-smaller-pulsar-jammer/

Anduril unveils ‘Copperhead’ line of autonomous underwater vehicles designed to meet military and commercial needs for larger fleets of uncrewed maritime vessels.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/naval/2025/04/07/anduril-unveils-copperhead-line-of-autonomous-underwater-vehicles/

# Military / General News / Global
Russia threatens NATO nations with revenge nuclear strikes as Putin expands military bases along Finnish border
https://nypost.com/2025/04/29/world-news/russia-threatens-nato-nations-with-revenge-nuclear-strikes-as-putin-expands-military-bases-along-finnish-border/

The Russian Military Moves That Have Europe on Edge. Putin is expanding bases and preparing to move more troops to European border regions far from Ukraine; ‘we’re expecting some conflict with NATO’
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-military-nato-europe-finland-ff53b912

Russia Builds Up Military Bases Along Finland Border, Satellite Images Show
https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-builds-up-military-bases-along-finland-border-satellite-images-show-7927

New Russia-Finland war; Putin is massing a large army on the borders of this European country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI9lmqG1zDU

NATO practices seizing Russia’s Baltic exclave, nuclear apocalypse approaches – Putin’s aide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2yOkBWODYM

Unprecedented rise in global military expenditure as European and Middle East spending surges
https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2025/unprecedented-rise-global-military-expenditure-european-and-middle-east-spending-surges

# Social / Social Services / SNAP [Food Stamps]
5 Public Benefits That Are Slowly Being Taken Away While No One Watches
1. SNAP Benefits Have Been Cut Back in Many States
2. Medicaid Redetermination Is Kicking Millions Off Coverage
3. Affordable Housing Vouchers Are Failing to Keep Up
4. Social Security Offices Are Harder to Access
5. Unemployment Benefits Are Less Generous and Harder to Get
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/5-public-benefits-slowly-being-204635370.html

‘Giving the middle finger to service’: Trump is ‘without authority’ to unilaterally dismantle AmeriCorps, lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/giving-the-middle-finger-to-service-trump-is-without-authority-to-unilaterally-dismantle-americorps-lawsuit-says/

Advocates Fight Largest Federal Homeless Encampment Sweep in Decades arguing that displacing more than 150 people from Oregon’s Deschutes National Forest without offering housing will only deepen the homelessness crisis.
https://invisiblepeople.tv/advocates-fight-largest-federal-homeless-encampment-sweep-in-decades/#:~:text=Advocates%20are%20seeking%20a%20restraining,only%20deepen%20the%20homelessness%20crisis.

President Trump Just Made Another Social Security Change That Could Affect More Than 485,000 Americans.  The secretary of the Treasury would stop issuing paper checks for all federal payments, including Social Security benefits. The stated goal is to reduce the risk of mail fraud and trim the government’s costs.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-just-made-another-100000625.html

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Trump Issues New Safety Requirement for All Commercial Vehicle Operators. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday requiring truck drivers to pass English literacy tests as a “non-negotiable safety requirement.”
https://www.thetrucker.com/trucking-news/business/trucking-industry-reacts-to-trumps-elp-executive-order-for-drivers

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