El Dorado Hills Voices, The Peoples News
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
New ICE policy halts most vehicle stops nationwide, following shootings in Maine and Houston. The policy change follows two fatal shootings involving ICE officers during traffic stops in Texas and Maine and will remain in place until agents receive updated training on vehicle-stop tactics
https://www.news9.com/national-politics-oklahoma/ice-agents-halt-vehicle-stops-after-shootings-maine-texas
Trump reverses ICE policy halting most traffic stops: President Donald Trump forcefully pushed back against his own administration’s decision to temporarily halt most ICE traffic stops, stating on social media that the maneuver “CANNOT” happen on his watch
https://www.wilx.com/2026/07/15/trump-ice-should-continue-traffic-stops-after-recent-shootings-seeming-contradict-new-policy/
Trump’s ICE problem is back and risks spiraling out of control
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/ice-killings-maine-texas-trump
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencie
The ‘Dirty Little Secret’ Behind Trump Accounts That Could Change Retirement for Millions. Uncomfortable questions about the new Trump Accounts program and its implications for globally mobile American families
https://www.forbes.com/sites/virginialatorrejeker/2026/07/02/trump-accounts-are-the-dirty-little-secret-of-us-retirement-policy/
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
New Mexico AG Calls for Reform After Report Finds “Substantial Racial Disparities” in One School District
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-ag-report-gallup-mckinley-schools
Texas investigation finds thousands of arrests and citations involving young students. A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age of criminal responsibility and floods schools with even more police.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-school-arrests-crisis-kids-as-young-as-10/
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Eagles Kept Dying At These Wyoming Wind Farms – Until Automated Cameras Stepped In. While they should go hand in hand, wildlife conservation and clean energy projects often find themselves at odds.
https://www.bgr.com/2211862/wyoming-wind-farms-eagle-deaths-reduced-automated-cameras/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Mexico relies heavily on Texas natural gas. The Trump administration could imperil that relationship. Mexico relies on Texas for roughly 90% of its natural gas, a lifeline that fuels the country’s electricity and export economy. This arrangement is now highly imperiled by the Trump administration’s decision to back out of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/14/mexico-texas-energy-relations-natural-gas-2/
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Mystery parasite outbreak sickening Texans now has Taco Bell connection
https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/taco-bell-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak/
# General News
What They Found In The Drained Reflecting Pool
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/reflecting-pool-drained
# Gov / Politics / US
U.S. House votes to make daylight savings time permanent. U. S. House lawmakers voted 308 – 117 to pass a bill Tuesday making daylight savings time year-round, sending the legislation to the Senate.
https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/house-passes-legislation-to-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent
FCC Officials Took Gifts From Paramount While It Had Business Before Them. Months after Federal Communications Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.
https://www.propublica.org/article/paramount-mergers-fcc-kennedy-center-gala
What We Uncovered About the Sexual Assault of Alice Sebold and a City’s Buried Rape Crisis. Alice Sebold was brutally raped on the day she completed her freshman year at Syracuse University in 1981. ProPublica spent years investigating the attack on the bestselling author and the wrongly convicted man who lost decades of his life.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sebold-rape-syracuse-investigation-findings-documentary
National Roundup: U.S. announces end to military operations in Iraq as conflict in Iran ramps up
https://www.fox21online.com/news/national/u-s-announces-end-to-military-operations-in-iraq-as-conflict-in-iran-ramps-up/article_035bb5a3-bc29-5ac5-b077-cbe48e0d65ed.html
Texas agency investigating birth tourism, ‘HavemybabyinTEXAS.com. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is cracking down on birth tourism in response to a directive issued by Gov. Greg Abbott.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_20fe8af2-e359-4bdf-9e30-76ed2ec0cbc1.html
Congressional committee to hold hearing in Houston after ICE fatal shootings. A congressional field hearing is scheduled for the end of the month in Texas to address the fatal shooting of a Mexican national by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_a3890dbf-5970-4c96-b205-de58445d0083.html
One Republican senator is dead, another is still alive. The two Republican senators are central to recent conspiracy theorys. The lives, and deaths, of lawmakers in Congress have recently become the subject of debate.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/republican-senators-maga-conspiracy-theorists-204141009.html
Karoline Leavitt’s loose lips just handed the left a bomb to blow up the GOP
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/karoline-leavitt-communists/
The Todd Blanche Confirmation Will Be About Everything and Nothing. The Senate can’t stop Blanche from serving out the remainder of Donald Trump’s term, but that’s no reason it should bless the president’s contempt for the rule of law.
https://thedispatch.com/article/todd-blanche-attorney-general-senate-confirmation/
‘This is power’: Biographer reveals dark secret Trump wielded over Lindsey Graham. “I don’t think that there’s anybody in Washington at any informed level who was not aware that Lindsey Graham was gay, but Lindsey Graham was also in the closet.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lindsey-graham-2677224655/
These lies keep Trump in power, and he’s petrified they’re about to be exposed. The “Big Lie” and Election Integrity. Analysts at groups like the Brennan Center for Justice report that Trump’s administration actively implements unprecedented administrative and executive changes—such as attempting to influence redistricting and voting access rules—to tip the balance of power in Congress and protect his political agenda
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-threatens-to-jail-journalist/
A Trump scandal finally has the teeth to put him in real danger: And as obvious as that might seem to the average reader, the legal system itself often plays out in ways that are not obvious, nor sensible. Still, it’s not all that unusual for Trump to lose in court, and he’ll likely just appeal this decision like all others, never accepting “No” as an answer
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/todd-blanche-trump-2677215699/
The anti-voting crowd is over the moon about President Donald Trump’s firing of the members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a move election officials have said leaves them in “uncharted territory.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2HfbVu6_k
Trump’s 18 Worst Lies from his Blundering 18 Minute Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Z24OhKETY
Trump warns Iran that next targets will be power plants and bridges if no deal is reached
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-us-launches-fresh-wave-of-strikes/live-77960667
Rubio planning high-level meeting with delegates from 70 countries to address far-left terrorism
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-secretary-of-state-invites-other-nations-to-fight-far-left-terrorism-report/3994100
Could jail staff have saved an incarcerated mother’s life? Yes, state inspectors and video evidence indicate Jennifer Wade’s life could have potentially been saved. Ohio corrections officials found that jail staff delayed calling a nurse for hours and waited more than 15 to 20 minutes to begin CPR after discovering the mother unresponsive in her cell
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/14/cuyahoga-county-jail-deaths-ohio
Donald Trump accused of getting ‘more unhinged by the day’ as major news channel breaks Iran news: Viewers spot moment Donald Trump becomes ‘confused’ as he makes Iran threat live on air
https://www.aol.com/articles/viewers-spot-moment-donald-trump-103347000.html
Trump Administration Vows to Dismantle the International Criminal Court. The State Department has launched a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court over what Secretary of State Marco Rubio called a threat to American sovereignty.
https://time.com/article/2026/07/14/international-criminal-court-icc-trump-rubio-state-department/
Opinion: $6 million a day: Trump’s disclosures show he is the swamp’s biggest monster. He has obliterated the line between public service and personal enrichment.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5963054-trump-corruption-financial-disclosures/
Rep. Ansari Demands Impeachment Of Hegseth For “Repeatedly Impeachable Conduct” And War Crimes — Filing Formal Articles Of impeachment
https://share.newsbreak.com/j02qvggw
A majority of Americans believe Donald Trump has plunged the U.S. into a war with Iran and no longer believe assurances that the conflict will soon end
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4649020/trump-popularity-worsens-end-iran-ceasefire/
The Mitch McConnell mystery is solved. But it doesn’t look good for America
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/15/mitch-mcconnell-hospital-photo-silence
Trump is poised to attack voting systems and undermine elections during a primetime address
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-primetime-address-voting-machines-undermine-election/
# Global News
Cuba Accuses Trump Administration of ‘Criminal and Genocidal Intent’ After New Sanctions on Tourism, Energy Sector
https://www.latintimes.com/cuba-accuses-trump-administration-criminal-genocidal-intent-after-new-sanctions-tourism-598220
Beyond the Strait of Hormuz: How Gulf countries are preparing for life without the waterway
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/oman-uae-saudi-strait-of-hormuz-gulf-countries-b3015058.html
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Texas Woman Arrested Over Facebook Post: Epoch Times reporter Darlene Sanchez traveled to Trinidad, Texas, to document Jennifer Comb’s story about the Facebook post that landed her in jail and the ensuing 1st Amendment battle
https://www.fox4news.com/news/woman-arrested-facebook-post-concerning-trinidad-water-poisoning
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Constitutional alarm raised after DOJ records reveal Jack Smith got private texts from 44 lawmakers
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5968111-grassley-senators-texts-trump-probe/
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
23andMe customers in dozens of states will get paid after $150M data breach settlement. 23andMe customers impacted by the 2023 data breach will receive payouts following a $46.75 million class-action settlement and an $18 million multistate agreement with 41 states and D.C.
https://www.23andmedatasettlement.com/
# NASA / NORAD / Space / SpaceX
After Nearly 50 Years In The Depths Of Space, Voyager 1 Still Sends Messages That Take 23 Hours To Reach Earth
https://spacedaily.com/t-voyagers-signal-now-reaches-earth-as-a-whisper-measured-in-fractions-of-a-billionth-of/
# Science / Research
A Drug Already Proven Safe in Humans Just Reduced Multiple Signs of Alzheimer’s in Mice: Early in the progression of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, DNA inside neurons starts showing signs of weakness. Double-strand breaks – in which both ‘legs’ of the DNA ladder are snapped at the same point – are a serious problem, that can either cause a cell to die, or go rogue.
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-human-safe-drug-reduces-multiple-signs-of-alzheimers-in-mice
# Social Services Programs / Social Security / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Trump Said He’d Never Cut Social Security – The Trustees’ Report the Government Just Released Says Otherwise. For retirees trying to eliminate some stress living on Social Security, the new numbers are worth a closer look. The promise was simple, but the math isn’t.
https://financebuzz.com/trump-social-security-cut-trustees-report
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Hilarious video shows humanoid robot’s failed attempt at playing soccer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUe1zv0uuz8
xAI’s Colossus 2 Power Plant Operated Without Federal Air Permits. At least 57 of the turbines run in Southaven, Mississippi, minutes across the state line from the Memphis facility they feed. Their potential emissions land far above the threshold that triggers a federal permit requirement, in communities already carrying high rates of lung disease.
https://www.technology.org/2026/07/15/xai-59-unpermitted-gas-turbines-southaven-colossus-2/
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