Voices, The Peoples News
August 15, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
‘Brazen act of self-dealing’: Trump regulator approves Trump family Crypto Firm’s bank application: “We have never seen financial conflicts or corruption of this magnitude.” The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) conditionally approved a national trust bank charter for World Liberty Trust Company, an entity linked to Donald Trump and his family’s crypto venture. Lawmakers like Senator Elizabeth Warren condemned the move as a severe conflict of interest
https://www.commondreams.org/news/world-liberty-financial-bank-charter
New Inflation Numbers Prove ‘Catastrophic Mismanagement of Our Economy’ by Trump. “Today’s report is yet another reminder that Trump’s promise to lower costs on ‘Day One’ was a lie,” said the House Budget Committee’s top Democrat.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-shares-misleading-inflation-chart-092823766.html
Trump Uses Deceptive Chart in False Inflation Boast
https://www.factcheck.org/2026/08/trump-uses-deceptive-chart-in-false-inflation-boast/
As Families Struggle, Trump Says US Economy ‘Doing Unbelievably From Standpoint of Wall Street’
“Trump’s right. His economy is a win for Wall Street. Meanwhile, while the rich get richer, millions of Americans cannot afford the basic necessities of life.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-wall-street-economy
Senators Accuse Trump of Taking ‘Cartoonish Bribe’: A 321-Diamond Ring From Belgium
The gaudy gift came just weeks before Trump exempted Belgium’s diamond industry from his sweeping tariff regime, which the senators said “fit seamlessly” into a pattern of relief for those who give him gifts.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-belgium-ring-bribe
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Thousands of comments passionately oppose Desert Southwest Gas Pipeline
https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2026/08/thousands-comments-shared-governor-katie-hobbs-passionately-oppose-desert
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Tyson closes more beef plants as cattle supply hits 75-year low. Thousands of jobs are being lost as a result of the closures. Experts warn that rebuilding the nation’s cattle herd could take years.
https://www.wsj.com/business/tyson-foods-to-exit-more-beef-plants-with-cattle-in-short-supply-2ebd2c41
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Lawyer and journalist Katie Phang warned that Melania Trump tops the subpoena list for lawmakers planning an Epstein probe.
https://www.rawstory.com/melania-trump-2677710475/
# Gov / Politics / US
Expert Explains the Real Danger Behind Trump’s Midterm ‘National Emergency’ Threat. Trump is “trying to scare people into thinking he has more power than he has,” said UCLA law professor Rick Hasen. “The United States Constitution does not give the president power over elections,” Hasen said. “We have a decentralised election system. Most of our election rules come from states, from state legislatures passing statutes.”
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/us-news/2026/08/13/donald-trump-election-emergency
US, Turkish Officials Suspect ‘Plot’ That Led to Trump Plane Switch Was Israeli Ruse
A former top US intelligence official said the reliance on apparently faulty Israeli intelligence was “a great example of how we got into the war with Iran.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-plane-switch-israel
‘Trump Is Scared’: DOJ Executive Privilege Memo Decried as Effort to ‘Shield’ Inner Circle. “This opinion is about protecting Trump and his allies from any real accountability, no matter where the questions come from—Congress, the courts, or investigators of any kind.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-heavyweights-throw-monkey-wrench-dem-plans-put-trump-allies-hot-seat
Dems Sound the Alarm Over Trump DOJ’s Attempt to Block Oversight: ‘He Knows Accountability Is Coming’: Top congressional Democrats on Tuesday pushed back on a new memo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) arguing that President Donald Trump can assert executive privilege over communications with advisors even if they do not work at the White House or within the government at all.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/dems-sound-alarm-over-trump-184132162.html
Enfeebled Democrats Are No Match for Corrupt, Cruel, Lying, Outlaw Trump. The establishment wing of the Democratic Party has proven it knows how to lose. Can the party turn itself around to put an end to Trump’s fascist advance once and for all?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/corporate-care-veto
A Strait of Hormuz Fee Is the Price of Trump’s Dumb, Illegal War. U.S. and Iranian officials continue to give conflicting accounts of where negotiations stand. Despite Trump’s repeated declarations that Tehran is begging for a deal, the Iranians stress no talks are occurring with the United States. Still, both sides seem to agree that any pending agreement will center on the Strait of Hormuz
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/straight-of-hormuz-toll/
Amid calls for unity, one left-of-center think tank wants dirt on Democratic Socialists of America. The organization has long targeted what it considers progressive candidates whose economic policies are out of line with the mainstream of the American electorate.
https://www.wsj.com/business/tyson-foods-to-exit-more-beef-plants-with-cattle-in-short-supply-2ebd2c41
Donald Trump has inadvertently created a physical swamp that serves as a potent metaphor for his administration’s corruption and incompetence. The man who popularized the phrase “drain the swamp” as a vow to rid politics of corruption, has failed to live up to his word.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-corruption-incompetence-reflected-national-204808377.html
Trump’s prosecutors investigate firm that was co-owned by daughter of judge in president’s hush-money trial: report. Trump and his allies have repeatedly attacked the Merchans, baselessly claiming the judge was biased and his daughter profited from his hush-money trial
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-merchans-daughter-investigation-hush-money-trial-b3033598.html
Trump appeared to forget the name of the woman he just endorsed to replace New York Attorney General Letitia James during a rally with law enforcement official on Long Island. Independent journalist Aaron Rupar responded on X, “Trump can’t remember the name of the woman he endorsed for New York AG.” According to The Daily Beast, ma’am” was Republican challenger Saritha Komatireddy, and federal prosecutor.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2677711372/
Republican Senator Accused of Refusing to Assist With Epstein Investigation — Despite Wanting to Hand Out Death Sentences for Predators.
https://radaronline.com/p/republican-senator-marsha-blackburn-epstein-investigation-death-sentence/
‘Menace to the World’: Trump Vows to Declare Strait of Hormuz a US Territory. https://radaronline.com/p/republican-senator-marsha-blackburn-epstein-investigation-death-sentence/
‘Insane’ detail flagged in Trump order: ‘Way more bizarre than anyone is saying.’ “The new birthright citizenship order is way more bizarre than anyone is saying. 1) The text requires agencies to deny citizenship docs if either parent is an alien enemy, foreign govt employee, regardless of their status at birth,” Bier wrote on X.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-birthright-citizenship-2677709464/
# Global News
Putin says Russia, North Korea coordinating on regional security, KCNA reports
https://theprint.in/world/putin-says-russia-north-korea-coordinating-on-regional-security-kcna-reports/3015477/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
This law has the teeth to jail Trump — and he’s desperate to defang it. Trump just took steps to make it very difficult to prosecute money laundering, a crime he and his real estate buddies may well have been committing much of their felonious lives.
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-money-laundering-2677709185
Trump DOJ surprises California prison reform advocates with crackdown on sexual abuse. Trump administration issued a sharp warning to California, giving the state 49 days to fix systemic failures that allowed staff to sexually abuse and harass female inmates at two major state prisons, or face a federal civil lawsuit
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6028473-doj-california-prisons-staff-sexual-abuse/
# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Trump Administration Joins Fight for Texas Newborn Whose Surrogate Mother Refused to Abort Him.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/surrogate-baby-texas-parents
The FDA changes the rules — rare disease patients pay with their lives. High-profile negative votes by advisory panels—such as the evaluation of treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy—have triggered sharp friction between patient advocates, biotech sponsors, and regulators
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4683299/fda-capricor-deramiocel-muscular-dystrophy/
A virus that terrified the world just resurfaced in the U.S: Six years after New Jersey last reported a case of Zika virus, state health officials have confirmed an infection in a Middlesex County resident, marking the state’s first known case since 2020
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/08/a-virus-that-terrified-the-world-just-resurfaced-in-the-us.html
A rare but dangerous tick-borne virus is on the rise across the U.S: The Powassan virus is spread mainly by the deer tick, the same one that carries Lyme disease. But unlike Lyme disease, which is transmitted by an infected tick that feeds on its host for 16 to 24 hours to pass on the bacteria, Powassan transmits in as little as 15 minutes, according to health officials.
https://www.cbs42.com/news/health/rare-but-dangerous-tick-borne-virus-on-the-rise-in-us/
Advocates Call for End of Deadly Tactic Used by For-Profit Health Insurers to Deny Treatment.
Researchers found prior authorization—which allows insurers to overrule physicians and deny coverage—acts as a “corporate care veto” that drains tens of billions of dollars each year that could go toward patients.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/corporate-care-veto
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
‘Oh my God!’ Wife of USS Lincoln sailor ‘infuriated’ after Trump accused families of lying
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/wife-member-rips-trump-administration-222339303.html
CNN flags White House’s ‘remarkable’ reaction to Trump’s dismissal of suffering sailors. Six sailors are reported to have attempted suicide, and others have jumped ship. Family members of the deployed sailors have attested to the poor conditions, with one slamming Trump.
https://www.rawstory.com/uss-abraham-lincoln-2677710343/
Trump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jets. President has suggested steam catapults every year since 2017, saying digital systems are too ‘complicated.’ The Navy spent years fighting the president’s push to go back to steam catapults
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/trump-orders-navy-to-restore-old-technology-in-aircraft-carriers-costing-billions-0055ec1b
Mysterious Attacks on Ecuadoran Fishing Boats Carried Out by Covert CIA Operation: Report
“It begs the question about why you would need to do this. What would be the purpose of the secrecy?” said a former US government official.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ecuador-boat-strikes-cia
# Military / Global
North Korea slams US-South Korea military drills and threatens strong response: North Korea threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea ahead of their upcoming military drills, which Pyongyang called a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year.
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-international/ap-north-korea-threatens-to-exercise-self-defense-as-it-slams-us-south-korea-military-drills/
Film Follows US Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals, Kills Staff, and Patients: According to Palestinian officials, Israeli attacks have killed about 1,700 healthcare workers in Gaza since October 2023. The documentary follows three U.S. doctors as they volunteer in Gaza hospitals.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/14/american_doctor_documentary
# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Data Centers / Secret Service
Texas Governor Greg Abbott paused 1,800 data center projects after grid requests hit 5 times the state’s all-time peak. The governor ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit all data centers wanting to connect to the state’s power grid.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/03/texas-data-center-project-audit-greg-abbott/
Documents show federal surveillance operation in Minnesota targeted progressive groups, unions. Two investigations dubbed “Operation Puppet Master” and “Project Whipple Shield,” which officials said were to track a ring of conspirators aiding “violent opportunists and agitators.”
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6030064-dhs-secretly-monitored-minneapolis-protesters/
# Veterans / VA
A computer glitch denied benefits to veterans for decades. The mistake may finally be corrected. A class-action lawsuit claims that tens of thousands of veterans claiming disability were affected by a computer glitch.
https://san.com/cc/a-computer-glitch-denied-benefits-to-veterans-for-decades-the-mistake-may-finally-be-corrected/
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