V oices, The Peoples News
December 15, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
First Nation reservation grappling with transnational crime. A First Nation reservation located in upstate New York and extends into Canada says it is grappling with transnational and illegal border crosser crime. One of its law enforcement chiefs came to Texas seeking help.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/article_ade96b94-221d-41e0-bbc6-ddb925fb1635.html
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation receives backlash for signing $30 million deal with DHS: The tribe’s chairman, Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick, released a video on Friday to address concerns and discuss efforts to exit the contract.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/native-americans-draw-shocked-response-161324902.html
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Cuban Detainees Report Beatings and Abuse After Refusing Deportation to Mexico, Human Rights Watchdog Says. Detainees were allegedly driven to the Mexican border and pressured by masked officials to cross or face imprisonment and beatings
https://www.latintimes.com/cuban-detainees-report-beatings-abuse-after-refusing-deportation-mexico-human-rights-watchdog-592364
Administration officials are reportedly changing up tactics as public approval for immigration operations sinks to 38 percent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/border-patrol-immigration-raids-b2883954.html
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says ICE agents pulled over her son – US politics live. Somali-born Minnesota representative says her son was let go once he produced his ID
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/15/ilhan-omar-trump-immigration-politics-latest-updates
DHS ends Family Reunification Parole program for nationals from seven countries: The move will impact hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Honduras.
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/dhs-ends-the-abuse-of-the-humanitarian-parole-process-and-terminates-family-reunification-parole
Trump Deportation Push Continues With TSA-ICE Partnership and Move to Strip Legal Status. “We will continue to fight alongside all immigrants and their families who are unjustly targeted by this callous administration,” vowed the legal director at Justice Action Center.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-deportations?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=1c9902e63d-Weekend+Edition+%7C+Sun.+12%2F14%2F25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Congress drags on full year funding bills, risking second govt shutdown
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_6eb22521-d543-407b-b17c-326eeddd13bd.html
‘Fodder for a recession’: Top economist Mark Zandi warns about so many Americans ‘already living on the financial edge’ in a K-shaped economy
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-economist-mark-zandi-recession-151857768.html
# Education / Schools
‘We Don’t Have to Live This Way’: Deadly Brown Shooting Spurs Calls for Action on Guns. “Our lawmakers fail us every day that they refuse to take action on gun violence,” said Students Demand Action.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5648379-murphy-defends-gun-reform-trump/
# FEMA / USAID
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Trump officials were told that cutting aid to South Sudan would exacerbate a deadly cholera epidemic. They did so anyway.
Even as lifesaving programs closed in South Sudan, Rubio and other officials maintained they were still active and that no one had died. We found that wasn’t true. After the funding cuts, cases in South Sudan spiked. It’s the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USDA
Economists question necessity of farm bailout, say tariffs don’t help. The Trump administration last week announced it would be giving about $12 billion in direct cash assistance to American farmers, similar to how it assisted farmers in 2018 – only, its stated reasons for doing so are different.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2498e31c-1312-4510-a788-c491095a4cbb.html
USDA received overwhelmingly negative feedback on its reorg plan from employees, lawmakers and locals governments. The department solicited comments and those who wrote in said a potential exodus of staff and loss of local interaction would prove harmful to farmers.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/12/usda-received-overwhelmingly-negative-feedback-its-reorg-plan-employees-lawmakers-and-locals-governments/410143/
# General News / Boat Strikes
Commander in Charge of US Military Operations in Caribbean Retires After Clashes With Hegseth Over Boat Strikes
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-12-12/admiral-holsey-southern-command-boat-strikes-20069944.html
Former House intelligence chair: Trump administration has not communicated with Congress on Venezuela goals
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5648785-turner-trump-venezuela-policy-criticism/
# Gov / Politics
“I Don’t Recognize My Country Anymore” — Americans Are Revealing Why They Marched In The Streets In 2025, And Their Reasons Will Make You Want To Grab A Protest Sign
https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/americans-share-why-they-protested-in-2025?origin=morebf
Kristi Noem has deportation claim shut down in seconds in â absolutely devastating momentâ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TthGDv9Fzg
‘Who would have imagined?’ Ex-GOP governor in awe as defiant GOP sends Trump clear message
https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-defy-donald-trump/
Major US cities on high alert after US strikes Iran. NYPD increases patrols at religious, cultural sites amid threat concern . Expert warns Iran capable of cyber attacks on US infrastructure. Officials fear terrorist cells may already be active in United States
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/war-in-israel/major-us-cities-high-alert-strikes-iran/
Sen. Chris Murphy says Trump engaged in a ‘deliberate campaign’ to ‘make violence more likely in this country.’ “But this is not shocking because, over the last year, President Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country. He is restoring gun rights to felons and people who have lost their ability to buy guns. He eliminated the White House Office of Gun Violence Protection, and he has stopped funding mental health grants and community anti-gun violence grants that Republicans and Democrats supported in that 2022 bill,” Murphy added.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5648379-murphy-defends-gun-reform-trump/
# Gov / Politics / Global
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF
FBI arrests alleged pro-Palestinian group members accused of planning New Year’s Eve bombings in LA
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/fbi-arrests-5-los-angeles-new-years-eve-new-orleans/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Supreme Court Rulings May Be ‘Based on Threats’ to Justices—Court Papers
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-rulings-may-be-based-on-threats-to-justices-court-papers-11193351
Judge Issues New Order to DOJ in James Comey Case
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/12/court-orders-doj-to-return-data-seized-from-comey-friend-00689956
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
USPS sends back over 800 packages meant for US troops in ‘disgraceful move,’ what went wrong with new shipping rule. U.S. customs rejected them citing “incomplete forms.” The nonprofit paid $10,000 in shipping costs.
https://www.aol.com/articles/over-800-holiday-care-packages-025319970.html
# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware / Secret Service
DHS moves to rescind TSA bargaining agreement covering 47,000 workers: The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) says it plans to challenge the decision in court
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2025/12/dhs-moves-to-eliminate-tsa-collective-bargaining-agreement-again/
Labor Leaders Blast DHS Chief Noem’s Union-Busting Attack on TSA Workers. “Noem’s decision to rip up the union contract for 47,000 TSA officers is an illegal act of retaliatory union busting that should cause concern for every person who steps foot in an airport,” said the AFGE president.
https://san.com/cc/dhs-moves-to-rescind-tsa-collective-bargaining-agreement-union-to-fight-this/
# Transportation / Shipping
Trump administration threatens to take $73 million and all trucker licenses from NY
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/12/trump-duffy-truck-drivers-license-revoked-new-york
# Travel / Tourism
TSA Is Forwarding Names, Photos, and Flight Details to ICE. The secret airport deportation program denies victims any semblance of due process.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/tsa-ice-deporting-traveler-flight-details/
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