translationally Voices, The Peoples News
March 19, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
ICE has been deporting pregnant and postpartum immigrants. Now we know how many. The numbers offer the most detailed look at how many pregnant, postpartum and nursing people have been caught up in the immigration enforcement surge, despite federal policy discouraging the practice.
https://19thnews.org/2026/03/ice-deporting-pregnant-postpartum-immigrants-data/
Supreme Court unanimously backs the Trump administration and immigration judges in asylum cases
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4480220/supreme-court-rules-courts-defer-immigration-judges-asylum/
# Communications / Censorship
Trump Admin Ordered to Reinstate Over 1,000 Employees of Agency That Runs Voice of America. The ruling amounted to a rebuke of administration efforts to dismantle the international broadcast organization.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/17/voice-of-america-back-to-work-00833388
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
U.S. House tanks balanced budget amendment as debt tops $39T, increases by $1 trillion in less than 6 months
https://www.offthepress.com/39-trillion/
“A Polite Fiction”: Former Treasury Official Warns U.S. National Debt is Actually $100 Trillion, Blames Federal “Shell Game” for Masking Crisis
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/19ifivWY?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NzM4NzYyNTI4NzQ=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Treasury Department eases oil sanctions on Venezuela to boost world oil supply amid Iran war
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/international/2026/03/18/united-states-ease-oil-sanctions-venezuela-amid-iran-war-supply-increase
US Unveils Plans for First New Coal Power Plant Since 2013, the Alaska Coal Power Plant Project
https://constructionreviewonline.com/us-unveils-plans-for-first-new-coal-power-plant-since-2013-the-alaska-coal-power-plant-project/
President Donald Trump issued a 60-day temporary waiver of the 106-year-old maritime law known as the Jones Act to battle rising gas prices as a side effect of the war in Iran, the White House announced
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/03/18/jones-act-oil-iran/7211773846440/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USDA
New shopping law takes effect in 2 days impacting how customers pay for groceries. Retailers and food stores cannot refuse cash payments for in-person transactions.
https://www.themirror.com/money/new-york-cash-payment-protection-1746473
Trump’s Chicago Hotel Restaurant Failed Its Health Inspection (And Not For The First Time)
https://www.thetakeout.com/2124536/trump-chicago-hotel-fails-restaurant-inspection/
# Gov / Politics
A Paranoid President Is Unraveling as Allies Fade and Aides Flee
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/a-paranoid-president-is-unraveling
Trump upset as US partners reject call for Hormuz warship escorts
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-demands-others-help-secure-strait-hormuz-japan-australia-say-no-plans-send-2026-03-16/
Trump’s ‘Friendly Takeover’ of Cuba: Four Questions. Cuba may be next up for U.S. intervention amid economic and infrastructure collapses.
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2026-03-18/four-questions-about-trumps-friendly-takeover-of-cuba
Republican Rep. Warns The Party Will Go Through ‘Civil War’ If Trump Seeks To Pull Out Of NATO: ‘It Would Implode’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5789281-don-bacon-gop-nato-trump/
Trump told impeachment now the ‘least of your problems’: ‘Nothing will save you, Donald’
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2676280304/
A former Republican House Speaker just proposed fixing the Strait of Hormuz with a dozen nukes. Newt Gingrich has lost his mind. The plan you ask? Create a new channel with thermonuclear explosions of course!
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/a-former-republican-house-speaker-just-proposed-fixing-the-strait-of-hormuz-with-a-dozen-nukes/
Ray Dalio warns of ‘great disorder’ period for world economy, marked by ‘clash of great powers’—just like the 1930s. The international order is fracturing, giving way to what Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio calls “the law of the jungle,” where raw power, not diplomacy, determines global outcomes. Dalio predicts we’re headed in that direction.
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/19ic5GaK?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NzM4NzY1MzA4NjE=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel is publicly calling on Iranians to rise up, but a leaked cable shows Israeli officials privately told U.S. the protesters would be massacred. Israeli officials told US diplomats that the Iranian government is “not cracking” in a State Department cable.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-urging-iranian-uprising-while-privately-saying-theyd-get-slaughtered/
Allies to Trump: “No Thanks” — French General Torches Iran War Push: A senior French military figure issues a scathing rebuke of US efforts to draw NATO into the Iran conflict – comparing participation to “buying cheap tickets for the Titanic after it hit the iceberg”
https://www.michaelbociurkiw.com/p/allies-to-trump-no-thanks-french
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the United States made no formal request for naval assistance in the Strait of Hormuz
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/australian-treasurer-says-us-made-no-formal-request-for-naval-help-in-strait-of-hormuz-6000218
Media, lawmakers downplay threat from the Iran regime, but evidence shows the true scope of danger.
Tehran’s actions include organizing assassination plots against an American president, steadfastly refusing to cease its nuclear program, and seeking deadly anti-ship missiles from China to directly threaten U.S. naval vessels.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/media-and-lawmakers-downplay-threat-iran-regime-public-evidence-shows-true
Costa Rica’s President Cuts Off Diplomatic Ties With Cuban Regime. Costa Rica closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba’s communist government to pull its diplomats from San José.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/costa-rica-rejects-legitimacy-cuban-government-orders-embassy-closure-2026-03-18/
Iran parliament speaker says Middle East post-war order will exclude US: “This cycle must be broken”: “The order here will change, but it will not be an order in which the will of the United States prevails,” Mr Ghalibaf said in a recorded video interview, carried by Tasnim news agency and other media.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/iran-parliament-speaker-says-mideast-post-war-order-will-exclude-us
Russia says it supports Cuba after Trump says he will ‘take’ the island
https://san.com/media-miss/russia-says-it-supports-cuba-after-trump-says-he-will-take-the-island/
China’s icy silence on Trump’s Strait of Hormuz plea exposes a terrifying truth about his global standing
https://www.themarysue.com/chinas-icy-silence-on-trumps-strait-of-hormuz-plea-exposes-a-terrifying-truth-about-his-global-standing/
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
US agencies to investigate nonprofit groups for suspected links to domestic terrorism: FBI, IRS to spearhead investigations to ensure nonprofits have no ties to groups promoting political violence
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-agencies-to-investigate-nonprofit-groups-for-suspected-links-to-domestic-terrorism-report/3870495
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Federal Judge Richard Leon heavily criticized the Trump administration on March 17, 2026, regarding the demolition of the White House East Wing to make way for a new, privately funded, $400 million ballroom project
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/politics/white-house-east-wing-alteration-brazen-interpretation-laws-vocabulary#:~:text=He%20took%20issue%20on%20Tuesday,the%20losing%20side%20was%20likely.
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Amazon said USPS backed out at the ‘eleventh hour’ in contract negotiations to increase package volume. The way millions of Amazon packages move across the country could shift dramatically.
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-delivery-says-usps-exited-deal-talks-at-eleventh-hour-2026-3
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Dr Oz says Florida is next target in Medicaid fraud crackdown
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5789035-florida-medicaid-fraud-investigation/
# Medical / Science / Research / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is spreading doubts about the safety of vaccines and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how vaccine-preventable diseases can roar back when trust in shots or access to them have faltered.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD]
‘Hell No’: Pentagon Wants $200 Billion to Fund Trump’s Illegal Iran War. “We are seeing the Iran war become a quagmire in real time,” said one analyst.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/hell-no-pentagon-wants-over-200-billion-to-fund-trump-s-illegal-iran-war
US Fires Bombs Near Strait of Hormuz: The U.S. military said on March 17 that it had carried out strikes on hardened Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz using multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5789279-strait-hormuz-oil-supply/
Pentagon’s new military education list includes school filled by Hunter Biden laptop letter signers. Pentagon removed leftwing Ivy League schools from military fellowship program, a replacement school has an entire center staffed by Trump foes, many of whom participated in what could only be called a “disinformation” campaign to deny the legitimacy of Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/pentagons-new-military-education-list-includes-school-filled-hunter-biden
Iran choked 27% of global energy. So the U.S. answered with 5,000-pounds of ‘let’s make it worse’: The U.S. military dropped 5,000-pound bunker buster bombs on underground Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz. The strike came as Iran’s ongoing blockade of the Persian Gulf waterway has severely disrupted global shipping and rattled international energy markets.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/iran-choked-27-of-global-energy-so-the-u-s-answered-with-5000-pounds-of-lets-make-it-worse/
Top U.S. General Says Mexican Cartels Are Making Death Threats To U.S. Troops After Killing of El Mencho
https://www.latintimes.com/top-us-general-says-mexican-cartels-are-making-death-threats-us-troops-after-killing-el-mencho-595797
Sen. Joni Ernst reveals $77B in ‘secret’ defense spending kept from taxpayers. The sum included funds for radio equipment, shipbuilding, COVID-19 vaccine development, test kits and therapeutics paid to companies like AstraZeneca and Microsoft between fiscal years 2021 and 2025.
https://www.offthepress.com/sen-ernst-reveals-77b-in-secret-defense-spending-kept-from-taxpayers/
# Military / Global
Mideast experts on Trump’s push to reopen Strait of Hormuz. Iran is still blocking the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump is now demanding that NATO allies act to help reopen it.
https://www.thirteen.org/programs/pbs-newshour/donegan-tocci-dis-1773697625/
Israel bombs world’s largest gas field in Iran war escalation with massive implications. Asaluyeh, Iran – Israel bombed a major Iranian gas field on Wednesday in the latest escalation of a war waged jointly with the US that is threatening to spiral out of control.
https://www.tag24.com/topic/iran-war/israel-bombs-worlds-largest-gas-field-in-iran-war-escalation-with-massive-implications-3481901
# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware / Secret Service
Trump’s new DHS nominee promises some changes, adequate staffing amid shutdown-induced departures.
DHS will be “adequately staffed” after the shutdown, Markwayne Mullin says, though he warns the ongoing shutdown could have significant mission impacts
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/03/trumps-new-dhs-nominee-promises-some-changes-adequate-staffing-amid-shutdown-induced-departures/412215/
# UFO / UAP Disclosure / Ancient Civilizations
Disclosure Day Is Bigger Than You Think: The latest UFO / UAP news covers Steven Spielberg’s shocking public admission at SXSW 2026 that he believes we are not alone on Earth right now, breaking down the real UAP events, including the 2017 Pentagon UFO report, the 2023 congressional hearings, Obama’s viral alien comment, and NASA’s 20-page warning letter, that shaped his upcoming film Disclosure Day, releasing June 12, 2026.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XTTc2onuPs
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