Ifanadiana Voices, The Peoples News
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Lawyers unveil new, disturbing details of overcrowding in holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza: A federal judge is considering shutting down detention at the courthouse following trial proceedings where even a U.S. attorney admitted to overcrowding and inhumane conditions. ICE officials texted about the “gross” health concerns that brewed in the makeshift immigration jail, including a “guy with monkeypox.”
https://www.courthousenews.com/inside-26-federal-plaza-trial-reveals-deplorable-conditions-at-ice-facility/
Sherrill says health inspector denied full access to Delaney Hall: The New Jersey Department of Health reported only being able to inspect a “limited portion” of the immigration jail amid an ongoing detainee hunger strike and clashes between protesters and ICE agents outside
https://newjerseyglobe.com/immigration/sherrill-says-state-health-inspectors-denied-full-access-at-delaney-hall/
Dem Governor Calls to Shut Down ICE Jail After Wild DHS Interference. New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherill has called for an end to Delaney Hall amid mass protests outside the detention center.
https://newrepublic.com/post/211061/democratic-governor-sherill-nj-shut-down-ice-jail-delaney-hall
Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights deportation to Liberia after criminal charges dropped: The Maryland resident who was wrongly deported to El Salvador’s brutal megaprison CECOT last year has filed a petition to be removed to Costa Rica, which has agreed to accept him as a refugee.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/federal-judge-dismisses-human-smuggling-charges-against-kilmar-abrego-garcia
ICE Kept Immigrants Illegally Detained for Months as It Searched for Countries to Deport Them To, Judges Rule. The Trump administration has justified detaining immigrants indefinitely on claims that it can soon find a third country to send them to, part of a pattern of due-process violations.
https://documentedny.com/2026/05/26/deportation-third-country-removal-immigrant-ice-detention-habeas/
ICE will be at the World Cup. Some LA soccer fans are boycotting. LA sports fans plan World Cup protests amid concerns of ICE at stadiums, travel restrictions, and the ongoing Iran war
https://lapublicpress.org/2026/05/ice-world-cup-soccer-boycott-la/
If ICE Shows Up at the World Cup, Essential Service Workers Are Ready to Strike. Hotel staff and food service workers who keep SoFi stadium functioning say they’ll walk off the job if ICE is present.
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/5/19/los-angeles-world-cup-stadium-workers-threaten-strike-over-ice-deployment
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump sitting on ‘ticking time bomb’ poised to send US into ‘permanent’ recession: expert
https://www.rawstory.com/recession-2676941558/
Trump White House overhauls distribution of $1T in taxpayer cash with English requirements, E-verify. The Trump White House’s budget office is tightening a rule for the distribution of up to $1 trillion in federal grant-making authority, ensuring taxpayer dollars are better protected from use by non-citizens and speeding up the process by which wasteful spending can be canceled.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-white-house-overhauls-distribution-143811000.html
Inflation Jumps to 3-Year High as Critics Say Trump Economic Promises Have Turned to Dust. “If an economic policy will make life harder for American families, you can count on President Trump to try it,” said one leading House Democrat.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/inflation-trump-iran-war
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Chevron to California: Relax Regulations or We Leave. The oil company and the future of the wider fossil fuel industry have emerged at the center of the California governor’s race.
https://thehill.com/business/5800963-chevron-threatens-california-refineries/
‘I need Chevron’: The oil company at the center of the California governor’s race
California is trying to phase out fossil fuels, but it still needs gas. That makes for messy politics.
https://grist.org/politics/chevron-oil-california-governor-becerra-steyer/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Trinity River Authority declares ‘potential failure watch’ on Lake Livingston Dam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIfUK7obSow
Texas acquires 54,000-acre ranch to create its second-largest state park: The 54,000-acre Silver Lake Ranch, straddling Kinney and Edwards counties, has a 30-acre spring-fed lake. An opening date hasn’t been determined.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/27/texas-new-state-park-silver-lake-hill-country/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump Refiles $10B Lawsuit Over WSJ Epstein Story. Trump has denied writing the 2003 letter. The letter was released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after it was provided with a range of documents tied to the disgraced financier’s estate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5899382-trump-sues-dow-jones-epstein/
# Gov / Politics / US
Trump Is Spending Millions to Cover Four Horse Statues in Gold
Donald Trump is rushing to cover Washington, D.C., in gold before America’s 250th anniversary.
https://newrepublic.com/post/211083/trump-spending-millions-cover-four-horse-statues-gold-dc
Voter confusion and headaches for election officials follow hasty GOP push to redraw US House seats
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-republicans-voting-primaries-black-voters-c12196b188922ae2c03319bcb9533431
Citing legal requirement, senator wants a designated inspector general to provide oversight of Iran war. The law says an IG must be appointed when an “overseas contingency operation” surpasses 60 days.
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/05/iran-war-inspector-general/413828/
Judge thwarts bid to immediately stop Trump’s mail voting order: A federal judge said it’s too soon to block President Donald Trump’s latest push to restrict mail voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Experts largely believe the executive order is unconstitutional.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-denies-attempt-to-stop-trumps-mail-voting-order/
‘Logical Conclusion’ of Citizens United as Delaware Judge Lets Corporations Vote in Local Elections. Delaware is home to more corporations than people. Human people, that is, as under longstanding state law and the US Supreme Court’s infamous 2010 ruling, corporations are people, too.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/corporations-can-vote-in-delaware
Why Regime Change in Cuba Is Imminent and We Should Be Worried. Cuba looks set to see a repeat of the Venezuelan playbook, as President Donald Trump has said he will be “the one” to finally act on Cuba. The message from Washington is clear: Cuba is next.
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/trump-cuba-squeeze-regime-change
Trump Nominee Refuses to Say If President Can or Cannot Do “Whatever He Wants.” Matthew Schwartz, a former lawyer for Trump, has been nominated to be a judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-nominee-refuses-to-say-if-president-can-or-cannot-do-whatever-he-wants/
Biden-Era Advisors Who Oversaw Gaza Genocide Regroup to Shape Democrats’ Foreign Policy
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/25/democrats-gaza-genocide-accountability/
Trump Calls Somali Americans “Crooks” in Racist Cabinet Rant. The president has a long history of spewing racist rhetoric: The Allegations: During a televised White House Cabinet meeting, Trump stated: “They’re all crooks, the Somalians… What they’ve done to Minnesota, the Somalians, they’re crooked as hell.”
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-calls-somali-americans-crooks-in-racist-cabinet-rant/
Why Conservatives Are Trying to Kill the Voting Rights Act. On this week’s “More To The Story,” New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie examines the conservative movement’s yearslong effort to challenge the right to vote across the country.
https://revealnews.org/podcast/conservative-voting-rights-act-jamelle-bouie/
Americans know something is deeply wrong. They’re not imagining it. Surveys and data confirm a country in crisis — stressed and divided, but not yet ready to give up. The evidence is clear: Donald Trump’s return to power is taking a deep toll on the American people’s psychological and overall health.
https://www.salon.com/2026/05/28/americans-know-something-is-deeply-wrong-theyre-not-imagining-it/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia Threatens to Kill European Diplomats. “[Russia’s] threat to foreign citizens & diplomats to leave Kyiv is an unacceptable escalation,” EU External Action Service spokesperson Anitta Hipper wrote
https://www.politico.eu/article/with-missiles-falling-on-kyiv-european-diplomats-stay-put/
Dual Iraqi-Iranian citizen charged with plotting nearly 20 terror attacks across U.S., Europe
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dual-iranian-iraqi-national-indicted-providing-material-support-terrorist-organizations
‘A War Criminal Admitting to His Crimes’: Netanyahu Says He Ordered Military to Seize 70% of Gaza. The head of a pro-Israel lobbying group called it “a blatant violation of the ceasefire and clear undermining of any plan for post-conflict Gaza.” Speaking in West Bank settlement, Israeli PM, who is fighting for political survival before elections, says ‘we are squeezing Hamas’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/netanyahu-orders-israeli-army-seize-70-gaza-strip-violating-ceasefire-deal
Workers, Students, Indigenous Movements Shut Down Bolivia in Popular Rebellion. The popular revolt has mounted a broader challenge to neoliberalism, austerity, and US imperialism in Latin America.
https://truthout.org/articles/workers-students-and-indigenous-movements-shut-down-bolivia-in-popular-rebellion/
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
FBI and DOJ concerns on Mar-a-Lago raid bolster Florida-based anti-Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ inquiry. A southern Florida-based grand jury is plugging away at looking into claims of a grand conspiracy targeting Donald Trump, as new details emerge about the district’s centrality to a number of anti-Trump efforts.
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/fbi-and-doj-concerns-mar-lago-raid-bolster-florida-based-anti-trump-grand
Trump’s attorneys general are racking up ethics complaints. Trump’s attorneys general can’t stop amassing ethics complaints as they aggressively weaponize federal law enforcement — and those complaints don’t appear poised to stop anytime soon.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-attorneys-general-justice-department-watchdog-ethics-complaints/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Donald Trump Walked Away From His IRS Lawsuit In Exchange For A $1.8 Billion Fund, But Retired Judges Aren’t Letting The Story Die
https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/05/52834844/donald-trump-walked-away-from-his-irs-lawsuit-in-exchange-for-a-1-8-billion-fund-but-retired-judges-arent-letting-the-story-die
Supreme Court rules for Black death row inmate from Mississippi over racial bias in makeup of jury. “In this case, whether due to confusion, oversight, an overly hurried jury selection process, or some other cause, things broke down,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the court. Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s three liberal justices joined with Kavanaugh.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-death-penalty-racial-discrimination-a95ba2fd8163923ecd62e0d8384e89c5
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
‘No War With Cuba’: As Pentagon Mobilizes US Forces, Dems Move to Block Illegal Trump Attack.
“This administration is rushing toward another disastrous war, putting countless American and foreign lives at risk,” said Rep. Nydia Velázquez. “Congress must reassert its constitutional authority.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-cuba-war-powers-resolution
Pentagon puts building blocks in place for Cuba invasion. The Navy’s presence in the Caribbean has not reduced despite the Iran war.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/27/cuba-us-military-attack-00938740?amp;utm_source=dlvr.it
U.S., Iran reach deal for 60-day ceasefire extension, nuclear talks. The memorandum of understanding, which would enable further negotiations, still requires Donald Trump’s final approval.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/28/us-and-iran-reach-tentative-deal-for-60-day-truce-extension-officials-say
# Pharmaceutical
‘They’re murder pills’: Mich. mom lost two sons to fentanyl: On “Morning in America,” Kiessling said she thought that just one death from fentanyl coming across the southern border would be enough to sound the alarm. However, since the deaths of her two sons, the CDC reported an increase of nearly 15% in fentanyl deaths from 2020 to 2021.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/michigan-mom-fentanyl/
Common Drug Recalled Nationwide: The FDA, which included the alert in its recall database during the week of May 27, labeled the recall as Class II… Recalled drugs include Xanax XR (alprazolam) 3mg tablets, ketamine, fentanyl, and DOXOrubicin Hydrochloride Liposome Injection
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/recalls/xanax-anxiety-medication-recall/
# Social / Communities / Housing
NYC Plans to Seize and Redistribute Housing. “Block by Block: The Housing Plan for A New Era.” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani just announced a plan for housing in the big city. He wants to seize properties from negligent landlords, then redistribute them to tenants, nonprofits, or community
https://www.ntd.com/ntdplus/nyc-plans-to-seize-and-redistribute-housing_1148526.html
# Travel / Tourism / TSA
DHS threatens to halt customs processing at airports in sanctuary cities
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/international-airport-sanctuary-cities-dhs/
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