Voices, The Peoples News
September 22, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
From Austin to Minneapolis: Mapping the rise in DHS deadly force incidents. At least seven people have died in immigration related shootings since 2025. Here’s how the pattern keeps repeating — and who’s been held responsible.
https://san.com/cc/from-austin-to-minneapolis-mapping-the-rise-in-dhs-deadly-force-incidents/?lid=9uq4ju645igr&utm_term=Daily_NTK5&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=SAN_Daily_092226&utm_source=san-nl-daily
Charting the Crackdown: The misuse of crowd-control weapons in immigration enforcement protests across the United States, June 2025-June 2026
https://phr.org/charting-the-crackdown/
Department Of Homeland Security Shares Statement After DoorDash Delivery Driver Is Reportedly Shot By ICE Agent In Texas. The man is reportedly in serious but stable condition
https://theweek.com/crime/ice-shoots-migrant-driver-austin
Man shot by ICE moved from hospital to detention center ‘with a bullet in his back,’ lawyer tells CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/20/us/austin-texas-ice-shooting
CBP intercepts vessel with 13 Chinese nationals on board off the coast of Florida: Officials told the outlet that the 27-foot boat was carrying nearly two dozen foreign nationals, including 13 Chinese nationals, and that all passengers were taken into custody without incident last week.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/cbp-intercepts-vessel-13-chinese-nationals-board-coast-florida
Inside the Office of Remigration. It’s a division of 15 employees within the State Department who work each day to deport people to countries to which they have no prior ties. The Trump administration has spent more than $400 million to facilitate agreements with 31 countries to accept U.S. deportees.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2026/09/21/how-trump-turned-refugee-bureau-into-410-million-deportation-operation/
Immigration nation. The chaos at an immigration court in Massachusetts last week was no accident, advocates say. The Trump administration is intentionally changing court dates to make it harder for immigrants to exercise due process rights.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-09-16/immigration-legal-reps-decry-mega-master-hearings-lack-of-due-process-in-court
Report shows the Trump administration made secret deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to dump thousands of migrants in third-party nations
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/(FINAL%20-%20web)%20At%20What%20Cost%20-%20Inside%20the%20Trump%20Administration%27s%20Secret%20Deportation%20Deals_2.17.26.pdf
Stephen Miller leads new push to boot immigrant kids and accelerate third-country deportations. Architect of Trump’s anti-immigration is directing deportation deals with 30 countries as he accelerates deportations of migrant children
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-child-deportations-third-country-removals-b3053683.html
ICE Denounced for Enacting ‘Official Government Policy of Disappearing People.’ “Hiding prisoners from the courts is unconstitutional,” said one expert. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) faces sharp condemnation after quietly removing thousands of detainees with final deportation orders from its online locator database on September 15, 2026, effectively cutting off families and attorneys from tracking their whereabouts.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-detainee-locations-disappeared
President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, push for more ICE raids could cost U.S. citizens millions of jobs, new study finds: ‘Our economic future is being eroded,’ economist says
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-immigration-raids-impact-american-workers-midterms-12451699
ICE deportation officer says she reported detention conditions to a federal watchdog. Now she has lost her firearm authority and was put on leave
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/ice-deportation-officer-says-she-reported-detention-conditions-to-a-federal-watchdog-now-she-has-lost-her-firearm-authority-and-was-put-on-leave/
MAGA influencers call for Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar to be deported over ad saying President Donald Trump’s ‘immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far’
https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/deport-her-asap-maga-flips-012710867.html
# Children / Youth / Childcare / Interstate Child-Trafficking
Gabriel’s Law signed into law to protect kids in California welfare system, takes effect immediately. Named in memory of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, whose tragic 2013 abuse and death exposed critical oversight failures in Los Angeles County
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_b7936942-1ac7-48ab-bfb5-b5a4d2cdd98f.html
Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons. Lawmakers cited a recent WPLN and ProPublica investigation that found that juvenile justice facilities run by Tennessee businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious incidents to the state as required.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-private-youth-prisons-dcs-letter
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
The Netherlands is bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC
https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-eu-israel-netherlands-2c1cc314732f920c2de59396d3b556f6
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
From 1946 to 1993, the UK, France, Switzerland and others dumped 200,000 radioactive waste barrels in the Atlantic. Decades later, scientists are investigating the potential radioactive threat.
https://www.iflscience.com/200000-barrels-of-radioactive-waste-were-dumped-in-the-atlantic-decades-later-were-finally-learning-what-happens-when-they-leak-84512
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Texas seeks geothermal, small nuclear, and gas projects on state land to boost grid reliability. The next steps will depend on the feedback the agency receives.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/texas-energy-development-geothermal-nuclear-gas/
Trump Boasts “To the Victor Belong the Spoils” on Venezuelan Oil Again as Congress Says Pentagon Lacks Legal Authority for the Deal
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/inside-trumps-plan-to-give-the-pentagon-a-stake-in-venezuelas-oil-riches-f054cdc2
U.S. diesel shortage fears grow after gas stations report empty pumps. Reports of gas stations running out of diesel are adding to concerns about a possible U.S. diesel shortage, just as prices climb sharply.
https://wheninyourstate.com/usa/u-s-diesel-shortage-fears-grow-after-gas-stations-report-empty-pumps/
As diesel costs hit record highs, farmers turn on President Donald Trump, warn they ‘can’t survive’ current conditions
https://www.wonderwall.com/politics/farmers-turn-president-donald-trump-diesel-costs-hit-record-highs-cant-survive/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
The Epstein Diaries #22: Bannon and Epstein – The Trump bond…
https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-trump-2677906700/
# Gov / Politics / US
Trump set for UN speech with Iran in focus; White House media ban goes to court
https://san.com/cc/trump-set-for-un-speech-with-iran-in-focus-white-house-media-ban-goes-to-court/
US Senator Bernie Sanders warned in a speech that the world is hurtling toward “an extremely dangerous global oligarchy” whose unprecedented concentration of wealth and political power endangers democratic institutions, the environment, and humanity’s collective future
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-riverside-church
‘It’s crushing us’: Trump ‘contagion’ has GOP insiders running scared
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gop-contagion/
Trump Reverses Course on Joining Saudi Arabia in Strikes on Houthi Rebels in Yemen. Donald Trump has spectacularly flip-flopped on whether to help a key ally in the Middle East suffering from the fallout of his war with Iran.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-called-off-planned-us-strikes-on-houthis-at-last-minute-report/4063274
Trump ‘deciding’ whether to ‘blow the entire nation up’ in Iran threat: President Donald Trump told Fox News in a Sept. 20 interview that he is “deciding” on the possibility of escalating the U.S. war on Iran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/20/trump-blow-entire-nation-up-iran-threat/91861907007/
Feds arrest, indict hundreds in Trump voter fraud crackdown: ‘Catching it all over the country.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzAaQjrLJZ0
‘Beginning of the End’: Trump Advisers Reportedly Spooked He Will Increasingly ‘Act Out’ as He Loses His Grip on Power. President Trump feels and acts invincible: He acts on whims, however he pleases, precedent and restraints be damned. But Trump’s vincibility is being exposed. Courts restrain him more. GOP candidates criticize him more. The public turns on him more.
https://www.aol.com/articles/beginning-end-trumps-team-fears-222847000.html
Appeals Court Sides With Missouri Republicans on Redrawn House Map
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6102804-mo-court-reinstates-gop-house-map/
Federal appeals court revives Missouri’s GOP friendly redistricting map, despite SCOTUS ruling: Appeals court revives GOP gerrymander in Missouri that Supreme Court killed off twice. The 8th Circuit on Monday blocked a ruling from the state’s highest court that sharply rebuked the Republican secretary of state.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/21/missouri-map-ruling-midterms-01086519
Top psychiatrist says Trump behaves like a ‘toddler’ trying to be ‘ruler of the universe’ to fight feeling of helplessness. A prominent forensic psychiatrist is raising fresh concerns about President Donald Trump’s mental state, suggesting that his grip on reality is slipping further.
https://www.aol.com/articles/psychiatrist-says-fragile-trump-grip-140046000.html
‘He is kryptonite’: Republicans start breaking with Trump. Candidates in tight races are publicly distancing themselves from a president whose low approval rating is dragging the party down.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/20/he-is-kryptonite-republicans-start-breaking-with-trump-01085159
Trump Goon’s Secret Plot to Purge Treasured Gifts Revealed. The president’s loyalist sought to replace gifts honoring JFK with art chosen by Trump patrons. Ex – Kennedy Center boss Richard Grenell secretly tried to dump valuable gifts from the performing arts center to replace them with MAGA-approved art.
https://share.newsbreak.com/jn8i83xh
Trump triggers UN walkout with predicted demise of ‘failed’ neighbor and snaps at Kaitlan Collins ‘surprise.’ “We will continue to cover the president, despite their efforts to block CNN from accessing The White House grounds,” the journalist responds
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/politics/trump-cnn-kaitlan-collins-un-press-stop-white-house-ban/
Donald Trump asks South Dakota governor to add his face to Mount Rushmore. President Donald Trump urged South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden to add his face to Mount Rushmore during a press conference on Friday, sparking a social media frenzy with jokes and reactions from users online
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/donald-trump-asks-south-dakota-2030927
“Talarico’s team just admitted they are trying to bribe people for votes,” Texas AG Paxton accuses after Democratic Senate candidate’s PAC caught paying $25 to voters in undercover video
https://share.newsbreak.com/jn5xjx7a
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Judge Denies Efforts to End Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Racial Profiling of Latinos Persists. Deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate than white drivers, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-oversight-judge-ruling
‘My Baby!’: White Driver Arrested for Firing Into Black Mother’s Car with Her Children Inside, Killing 5-Year-Old Daughter in Alleged Road Rage. 47-year-old man has been arrested on a capital murder charge in connection with a suspected road-rage shooting that killed a 5-year-old girl in Texas on Saturday evening
https://people.com/man-arrested-on-capital-murder-charge-after-5-year-old-killed-in-suspected-road-rage-incident-12131921
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Trump admin rocked as UN human terror expert alleges ‘crimes against humanity of murder.’ Ben Saul stated that U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats may plausibly constitute “crimes against humanity of murder” under customary international law
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-bombs-boat-2677905541
Trump Weighs 3 Paths on Iran as US-Tehran on Collision Course at UN Assembly. President Trump says he’s weighing three options on Iran. They include more military strikes and “blowing the entire nation up.” The conflict with Iran will be a hot topic at the United Nations General Assembly this week, along with the summit meeting with China in Washington.
https://cbn.com/news/world/trump-weighs-3-paths-iran-us-tehran-collision-course-un-assembly
Justice Department Escalates Trump’s “Grand Conspiracy” Probe. The DOJ is pushing forward its “grand conspiracy” investigation—even after the lead prosecutor suddenly quit.
https://newrepublic.com/post/215657/justice-department-escalates-trump-grand-conspiracy-probe
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
White House unveils ‘Trump TV’ amid legal battle over media coverage
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6103061-white-house-launches-trump-tv/
Defiant White House slaps down journalists: ‘Access is a privilege – not a right.’ “No President is required to host a hostile operation on the grounds. Access has always been a privilege — and President Trump is applying that rule,” the statement read.
https://voz.us/en/just-the-news/260921/39290/defiant-white-house-slaps-down-journalists-access-is-privilege-not-right.html
Trump’s desperate for TV cameras until they tell the truth. Donald Trump landed in New York today ahead of the UN General Assembly. But he may no longer be the star of his favorite media hits: major TV networks just halted their press pool coverage of presidential events.
https://thehill.com/homenews/6100754-live-updates-trump-white-house-media-ban-united-nations-general-assembly/
Experts Spot The Most Frightening Part Of Trump’s Press Ban. “Donald Trump is far from the only thin-skinned and vindictive official in the country. He’s just the one with the highest office,” one expert warned.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-media-ban-dangerous-legal_l_6ab14fabe4b043d6b5674d97
Fox News joins rival networks in suspending pooled coverage after White House turns away CNN: “The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting,” the pool members, including Fox, said in a statement.
https://tennesseestar.com/tech-media/fox-news-joins-rival-networks-in-suspending-pooled-coverage-after-white-house-turns-away-cnn/jtnews/2026/09/21/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Hegseth to lead new Pentagon advisory board on Homeland Defense. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will now oversee a new Pentagon advisory committee focused on homeland security and defense — the first such department panel to do so.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6102879-hegseth-establishes-pentagon-homeland-defense-board/
# Military / Global
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Sunday, September 20, 2026, following recent joint military drills by the U.S., Japan, and South Korea
https://www.the-sun.com/news/17033880/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles/
# Science / Research
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control. The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/19/nih-grants-trump-vought-bhattacharya-harvard-01085413
Fat From Cadavers Now Being Used for Cosmetic Fillers. Cadaver Fat Is the Next Big Thing in Regenerative Aesthetics. Learn all about the use of cadaver fat in aesthetics before it takes over
https://www.newbeauty.com/view/cadaver-fat-in-regenerative-aesthetics
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Texas Gov. Abbott orders a halt on all data center permit. The Republican governor directed state environmental regulators to stop issuing permits to data centers while an electricity audit is ongoing.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/21/abbott-texas-data-center-permits-halt-01086398
Microsoft is making hundreds of additional layoffs and moving work on the next “Halo” game to Activision. The cuts total about 600 globally, including about 300 in Washington state. Worldwide, 268 of the layoffs are in Xbox Game Studios, continuing the Xbox restructuring. AI, cloud and marketing roles are among those being cut across the company.
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-cuts-hundreds-more-jobs-shifts-next-halo-game-to-activision-in-xbox-overhaul/
# Transportation / Trucking / Travel / Tourism / TSA / FAA
Diesel at $6.48 per gallon pushes truck drivers to spend $3,500 a week on fuel, forcing some to quit
https://moneywise.com/news/economy/diesel-prices-truck-drivers-fuel-costs
Indiana Diesel Prices Top $7 and Consumers May Feel It Next. Rising fuel prices, driven in part by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, are affecting not only car owners but also farmers and the agriculture sector – an untimely issue amid harvest season.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/indiana-diesel-prices-top-7-200100805.html
# Veterans / VA
The VA is suspending life insurance premiums for 457,000 veterans for three months: The Department of Veterans Affairs will stop collecting premiums from more than 457,000 Veterans’ Group Life Insurance policyholders for three months this fall and winter
https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-announces-insurance-premium-holiday-that-will-save-veterans-nearly-150-million/
Meta is donating Ray-Ban Meta glasses to every blind veteran in America. Because the future is for everyone – especially those who risked their lives for our country.
https://bva.org/glasses/
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