Voices, The Peoples News
April 2, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants
GOP splits DHS funding to push immigration plan without Democrats. Republican leaders have settled on a plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security after weeks of disruption.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gop-splits-dhs-funding-push-103135741.html
Trump’s birthright citizenship ban encounters skepticism at Supreme Court. With President Donald Trump watching from the gallery, a majority of Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical Wednesday about his ability to ban automatic citizenship for children born in the United States.
https://san.com/cc/trumps-birthright-citizenship-argument-meets-with-skepticism-at-supreme-court/
Texas is cutting undocumented immigrants off from school, work and driving. The changes are wreaking havoc on the 1.7 million people without documentation in Texas, as well as tens of thousands of refugees and people with protected legal status, like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/02/texas-immigration-crackdown-regulatory-legal-changes-undocumented-immigrants-daca/
Judge Orders Trump Admin to Restore Legal Status for Up to 900,000 Migrants. A federal judge in Boston has ordered the Trump administration to restore the legal status of up to 900,000 migrants after the government revoked their legal status through mass emails, finding the move exceeded its authority and did not follow required procedures.
https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/judge-orders-dhs-to-restore-legal-status-for-900000-migrants-says-terminations-were-unlawful
Supreme Court Justices Ask Where in Constitution Trump Is Getting This. Supreme Court Expresses Skepticism at Trump’s Effort to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/supreme-court-trump-eliminate-birthright-citizenship/
Plan For Texas Border Change Follows Attempts In Other States
https://www.newsweek.com/us-states-redraw-borders-11767803
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Bank of America, Chase, & Wells Fargo users risk full bank account being drained over $4 charge even if card not tapped. A TINY $4 charge could be the first sign a scammer is testing your card before going after a lot more money.
https://www.the-sun.com/money/16152263/bank-account-drained-charge-ghost-tapping/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
EPA Announces Plans To Dilute Gas In May
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/epa-plan-dilute-gas-help-204100972.html
Diluted gas waiver to impact just 3% of US gas stations. Trump Administration has announced a temporary emergency fuel waiver to allow the sale of E-15, gas blended with 15% ethanol, starting in May.
https://www.wavy.com/video/diluted-gas-waiver-to-impact-just-3-of-us-gas-stations/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Forest Service to move HQ out of DC, shutter regional offices in sweeping overhaul. The Trump administration will move the headquarters for the U.S. Forest Service from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City. Employees react with tears, warn of brain drain and call the changes “a pointless exercise.”
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/04/forest-service-move-hq-out-dc-shutter-regional-offices-sweeping-overhaul/412566/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Texas farmers struggle to grow crops amid severe drought: ‘A scary time to be farming right now.’ “My fear is that we start depending too heavily on Mexico.” Texas farmers face near-apocalyptic conditions: ‘It’s hard to even have any hope sometimes’
https://local.newsbreak.com/texas-state/4572492028661-texas-farmers-struggle-to-grow-crops-amid-severe-drought-a-scary-time-to-be-farming-right-now?s=dmg_local_email_bucket_1.web2_fromweb&emailId=L69CIMX&uid=380210659
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Jen Shah Says Prison Mate Ghislaine Maxwell Had ‘Complete Disregard’ for Jeffrey Epstein Victims
https://people.com/ghislaine-maxwell-has-no-remorse-for-epstein-victims-jen-shah-says-11936905
Hackers Threaten to Release Full Unredacted Epstein Files. An anonymous online threat is going viral, claiming hidden Epstein-related files, previously redacted by the Department of Justice, will soon be made public in full.
https://www.aol.com/exclusive-epstein-files-shocker-hackers-200933522.html
# Gov / Politics
Trump attacks Pope Leo XIV and gets a FIERY sermon in response that he won’t forget. Unfortunately for “Dementia Don,” he picked the wrong person. Standing in a historic venue, Pope Leo XIV didn’t just clap back — he delivered a moral reckoning.
https://trendify.jervisfamily.com/posts/donald-trump-attacks-pope-leo-xiv-but-explosive-sermon-response-vtien123456-team-apex-7fdb
Trυmp Reportedly Iпsυlts Carlos Saпtaпa — Bυt the Mυsic Legeпd’s Calm Respoпse Leaves Everyoпe Speechless..
https://goldflow.daily24.world/posts/trump-reportedly-insults-carlos-santana-but-music-legends-calm-response-linh123-team-spark-59f4
As Trump Threatens NATO Exit, Starmer to Host 35-Nation Talks on Strait of Hormuz—Without US: President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO. “The unspoken implication of the focus on diplomacy is that if Trump walks away without reopening the strait and without a deal with Iran, then Tehran holds the cards,” said one observer.
https://www.militarynews.com/news/national/us-europe-rift-widens-as-trump-lashes-out-at-nato-allies-over-mideast-war/article_7cbbe0cd-e666-553b-90f6-fee28d023fbd.html
Trump vows more Iran strikes. Iran fires more missiles at Israel after United States President Donald Trump threatens to bomb Iran back to “the Stone Ages”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/4/2/iran-war-live-trump-to-address-nation-tehran-denies-seeking-ceasefire
Trump demands second ‘big beautiful bill’ on his desk by June 1. Seven weeks into the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, President Donald Trump is working with Republican congressional leaders to craft a party-line budget reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-demands-second-big-beautiful-191700684.html
Donald Trump Gets Bad News Minutes After Iran War Speech. The stock market has taken a hit since the Iran war started, contributing to the economic pain Americans are feeling, and it took another blow when Trump announced he’d continue the war for at least another few weeks
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-gets-bad-news-minutes-after-iran-war-speech-11772320
Former Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel Emerges as Democratic Presidential Hopeful With Plan to Shift Billions From ICE to Community College
https://www.latintimes.com/former-obamas-chief-staff-rahm-emanuel-emerges-democratic-presidential-hopeful-plan-shift-596223
‘Stark warning’: Trump’s ‘absolutely insane’ confession leaves analysts gobsmacked: “It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, and all of these individual things,” Trump said during Easter lunch at the White House. “They can do it on a state basis. We can’t do it on the federal [level]. We take care of one thing: military protection.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676652401/
Donald Trump stands alone as policies signal the worst GOP backlash since Great Depression. The numbers aren’t on Trump’s side. House Republicans are announcing they won’t seek reelection at numbers not seen since the Great Depression, and this 2026 House Republican retirement wave could spell trouble for President Trump in the 2026 midterm elections.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/donald-trump-stands-alone-as-policies-signal-the-worst-gop-backlash-since-great-depression/
Judge halts Trump ballroom project; Trump says work can go on. President Trump seemed to suggest work on the $400 million White House ballroom could continue despite a judge’s order to halt work, saying “safety and security” matters give him a way to continue.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/1/judge-halts-trump-ballroom-project-trump-says-work-can-go-on
The odds: a Democratic takeover in the Senate: CNN News Central’s John Berman and chief data analyst Harry Enten explore the odds of Democrats taking back control of the Senate in the November midterms.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-odds-a-democratic-takeover-in-the-senate/vi-AA1ZJ8n0?ocid=a2hs
30 members of Congress in Scotland on taxpayers’ dime amid shutdown. The group was captured on camera at Edinburgh Castle, a tourist location, while government workers go unpaid, according to a report on Wednesday.
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/congress-vacationing-shutdown-2676651282
‘Plz act NOW’: Adam Kinzinger caught something strange about Donald Trump, and now everything is adding up
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/plz-act-now-adam-kinzinger-caught-something-strange-about-donald-trump-and-now-everything-is-adding-up/
25th Amendment Shockwave Hits As Trump Brags About Bunker: This is about the secret bunker underneath the White House. When the East Wing of the White House was demolished by Donald Trump and talked about building the golden ballroom. Remember what we said on the Midas Touch Network? It had much more to do with the secret bunker underneath the White House than building a golden ballroom.
https://podcasts.happyscribe.com/the-meidastouch-podcast/trump-makes-shock-admission-on-his-secret-bunker
‘You weren’t there for us’: So Donald Trump helps Iran choke off the Strait of Hormuz, and now he’s telling the world to figure out their own oil supply. ‘Go get your own oil.’
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/mideast-conflict/article/go-get-your-own-oil-trump-tells-countries-upset-over-high-fuel-prices/
Trump Makes Bombshell Confession He Was Shocked at Middle East War Escalation. The comments came as insiders expressed dismay at the way the war has been carried out.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-makes-bombshell-confession-he-was-shocked-at-middle-east-war-escalation/
Texas Considers Plan To Expand State. The Texas legislature is considering a proposal that would expand the state into areas of neighboring New Mexico.
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-annex-new-mexico-proposal-11755933
# Gov / Politics / Global
Iranian president issues open letter to American people amid Iran war
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/iranian-president-open-letter-diplomacy/
European Allies Say ‘No’ to Iran War: Why It Matters
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2026-04-01/european-allies-tell-trump-no-to-iran-war-why-it-matters
Iran Accuses Trump Allies of ‘Fascist Mindset’ Akin to Hitler. “Even though the US has no ancient empire, it now claims to represent the ‘West’ and uses European history to justify its brutal military aggression on the Iranian nation,” said a spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-fascist-mindset-empires
‘What This Describes Is Ethnic Cleansing’: Israeli Plan for Southern Lebanon Sparks Horror: “Israel will keep doing it as long as the world keeps looking away with their eyes while reaching out their hands to help fund it,” wrote one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-lebanon-ethnic-cleansing
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA / DHS
Man found dead inside police SUV after 3 days. ‘We want answers,’ family says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/want-answers-man-found-dead-183902272.html
New details emerge in death of man found in Azusa police car three days after his release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fImqDxQUjo
188 Custodial Deaths Reported in Texas Prisons This Quarter. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates 100 prisons across Texas. These prisons currently hold over 145,000 inmates. Most deaths still pending autopsy or investigation results
https://nationaltoday.com/us/tx/amarillo/news/2026/04/02/texas-prisons-report-188-custodial-deaths-in-early-2026/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Ex-GOP Congressman Eviscerates Ken Paxton: ‘Most Corrupt Attorney General We’ve Had in My Lifetime’
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ex-gop-congressman-eviscerates-ken-204547104.html
Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American man. Experts on Native American law say the Elk v. Wilkins ruling has no bearing on whether the children of immigrants without permanent legal status can be denied birthright citizenship.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-native-american-rcna263223
Not even Trump’s justices are crazy enough to side with him on birthright citizenship. The president’s arguments for restricting birthright citizenship ran into a wall of bewilderment, exasperation and even irritation from both liberal and conservative justices.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court_n_69cd5128e4b010aa5349907b/amp
Why was Trump hanging at the Supreme Court today? The case will likely prove to be an example of Trump going too far, even for this court.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-arguments-donald-trump/
The “Massive Human Consequences” of Ending Birthright Citizenship. If Trump wins at the Supreme Court, America will never be the same.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-consequences/
FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi named in federal lawsuit filed by three former FBI agents over alleged ‘retribution campaign’
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/31/fired-fbi-agents-lawsuit-patel-bondi-00852277
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
States Are Spending Millions To Rewire Medicaid, SNAP Systems As Trump’s New Law Could Push Millions Off Coverage: State governments are spending millions on contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum to comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which tightens eligibility for Medicaid and SNAP.
https://www.newsbreak.com/benzinga-520061/4566807983095-states-are-spending-millions-to-rewire-medicaid-snap-systems-as-trump-s-new-law-could-push-millions-off-coverage-report
“I’m a survivor of childhood polio,” McConnell said of his “no” vote on Thursday for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS secretary. “I will not condone the relitigation of proven cures, and neither will millions of Americans who credit their survival and quality of life to scientific miracles.”
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/mcconnell-trump-nominees-rfk-gabbard-tariffs
Why McConnell is voting against some Trump nominees. Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was the lone Republican no vote against Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence Wednesday and Thursday for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services. Despite this, the Republican Party has largely remained united in confirming President Trump’s Cabinet nominations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trA6gO80JcI
# Medical / Science / Research / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry / FDA
FDA Warns of Deaths Linked to Pulled Drug: FDA Ties Amgen’s Rare Inflammatory Disease Drug to Eight Deaths, Dozens of Liver Injuries
https://www.biospace.com/fda/fda-ties-amgens-rare-inflammatory-disease-drug-to-eight-deaths-dozens-of-liver-injuries
Full list of medicines currently in shortage after supply issues concerns raised amid Iran War.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/38694137/medicines-shortage-nhs-boss-uk-supply-issues-iran-war/
THE Iran war is raising fresh fears over medicine shortages as fighting disrupts shipping routes and airspace used to move drug ingredients and finished products. The ongoing US-Israel-Iran war is disrupting global medicine supply chains, affecting cancer drugs, insulin and essential aid.
https://www.ndtv.com/health/us-israel-iran-war-is-impacting-global-medicine-supply-chains-see-list-of-countries-affected-11284945
MAGA Furious as Trump Restores Planned Parenthood Funding. The Trump administration is restoring grants to Planned Parenthood after a series of legal challenges.
https://newrepublic.com/post/208449/maga-furious-trump-restores-planned-parenthood-funding
Pro life org to Trump: Taxpayers should not be forced to fund killing of unborn children
https://www.aol.com/articles/pro-life-org-trump-taxpayers-222500580.html
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD]
Pentagon commits to tripling Patriot missile production at $4 million per. Boeing is partnering with the Department of War to triple its production of seekers for Patriot missiles, according to a joint announcement
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/pentagon-signs-deal-triple-patriot-152430104.html
U.S. is drawing up possible ground assault plans on Iran, but Israel is reportedly sitting out the war
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/u-s-is-drawing-up-possible-ground-assault-plans-on-iran-but-israel-is-reportedly-sitting-out-the-war/
# Military / Global
Iranian strikes target the infrastructure behind US airpower. Iran has struck radar systems, satellite communications and mission-critical aircraft at US bases across Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2026/04/01/iranian-strikes-target-the-infrastructure-behind-us-airpower/
Iran destroys $300 million US E-3 Sentry radar plane on Saudi base. Several other military planes also were damaged and at least 10 service members were injured in the March 27 strike at the Prince Sultan Air Base in Al-Kharj.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/31/destruction-us-radar-plane-saudi-base-raises-surveillance-concerns
Iran warns U.S. forces as Marines deploy — tensions rise fast. Iran warns its forces ‘waiting’ as U.S. marines arrive in region. You’ve seen this kind of situation before. It starts with a deployment, a warning, and a handful of statements that don’t sound like much on their own. Then you step back and realize how quickly things are stacking up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUzki-wP3O8
# NATO
Terrifying reality of US pulling out of Nato laid bare as Trump’s chilling threat sends security chiefs into blind panic. Donald Trump pulling the US out of Nato would be among the “worst crises in the alliance’s history” and spark months of panic, experts warn. The US has the majority of the pact‘s nuclear weapons, tanks, aircraft and troops meaning if Trump was serious about leaving for good
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16167230/trump-nato-threat-sends-security-chiefs-into-panic/
Mitch McConnell Takes Stand Against Donald Trump. The Kentucky Republican was joined by Delaware Democrat Chris Coons in showing the Senate’s support for NATO.
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-takes-stand-against-donald-trump-nato-11771203
U.S. President Donald Trump has been fuming about NATO, musing about leaving the alliance, ratcheting up his criticism of European leaders and exposing a wider rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance — this time over the Iran war. “NATO treated us very badly, and you have to remember it because they’ll be treating us badly again if we ever need them,” Trump said Wednesday at a private White House lunch for the upcoming Easter holiday that was posted online by a Business Insider reporter.
https://www.cbs17.com/news/ap-transatlantic-rift-widens-as-trump-lashes-out-at-nato-allies-over-unpopular-mideast-war/
# Nuclear
The Trump Administration Is Doing Something Horrifying to Workers at Nuclear Facilities. It’s not “doing ‘Spider-Man’ experiments on them,” but also, not far off. It isn’t just the guys handling plutonium who need to worry about radiation — every US nuclear worker, from the plumbers patching leaks to the janitors mopping floors, has a reason to be on guard.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-doing-something-horrifying-202055435.html
# Other Interestimg Stuff / Archaeology / Ancient Civilizations
Archaeologists stunned after receding waters reveal 11,000-year-old structure amid Turkish drought: The newly discovered tombs are believed to date back to the Hellenistic or Hellenistic-Seleucid period. “So far, we have discovered approximately 40 tombs,” Bekas Brefkany said on Saturday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/31/drought-in-iraq-unearths-more-than-2000-years-old-tombs
# Security / DHS
Congressional Republicans reach crucial DHS funding deal. The deal omits DHS funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, but the agencies are being funded through the One Big Beautiful Bill, which provides funds for the agencies for four years.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/01/dhs-tsa-shutdown-update-deal/89424584007/
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security
Trump’s Coming for Your Social Security | First Draft with Susan Demas and Oldster Magazine’s Sari Botton. “I’m very resentful because all my life, a big portion of my, the significant portion of my income has gone to Social Security. And I have relied on having it there when it’s time.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-coming-for-your-social-security
# Technology / AI
Those Black Boxes Near Traffic Lights Aren’t Cameras – Here’s What They Really Do. At first glance, it’s easy to assume they’re just another type of camera, but this isn’t exactly the case. These are multi-lane radar (MLR) sensors that rely on microwave radar technology rather than traditional cameras to control the flow of traffic. Using microwave beams, MLR sensors are able to “see” an intersection and change traffic light behavior based on factors like vehicle count, speed, and distance.
https://www.slashgear.com/2116982/what-are-the-black-boxes-near-traffic-lights/
# Travel / Tourism / TSA
Air travelers face higher ticket prices as Iran war drives up oil prices. With the war in Iran driving up the global price of oil, air fares and fees are rapidly increasing ahead of the summer travel season.
https://travel.yahoo.com/news/articles/air-travelers-face-higher-ticket-162439954.html
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