Voices, The Peoples News
September 29, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Over 450 Haitians deported back to dangerous island since US ended protections
https://myfox8.com/news/report-over-450-haitians-deported-back-to-dangerous-island-since-us-ended-protections/
Federal judge finds DHS in contempt for deporting teenage asylum seeker in violation of court orders, directs Trump admin to bring him back
https://www.newsweek.com/judge-finds-dhs-in-contempt-orders-deported-teen-be-returned-12492308
ICE paid $1.07 billion for 11 detention warehouses and now plans to sell seven after more than $20 million in costs it can’t recover, GAO found
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ice-has-wasted-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-with-uninformed-detention-plans-gao-finds
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump Announces Largest Ever US Steel Plant. The steep tariffs imposed on foreign steel have encouraged domestic manufacturing, with a mega plant set to break ground in Iowa. Once it’s up and running, the plant is projected to produce 10 million tons of steel per year.
https://apnews.com/article/steel-plant-trump-mesabi-essar-be31b94688c769a4a5c1098e1b85f3af
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
‘Nobody knows anything.’ Displaced IRS staff move from one project to another with few details why. IRS employees who completed a stint in taxpayer services are moving onto their next assignment, and some IT executives coming back from an extended period of paid administrative leave
https://www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/irs-reshuffling-staff-without-telling-them-why
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
The End of Gifted Education. Schools are ending gifted and talented programs. They will no longer separate kids by ability. Why?
https://www.the74million.org/article/many-school-gifted-programs-are-unfair-shutting-them-will-make-inequities-worse/
Trump’s Dismantling of Student Loan Aid Is Crashing Down on Debtors This Week. Organizers are calling to stop the collections, the wage garnishments, and the credit score reductions.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-dismantling-of-student-loan-aid-is-crashing-down-on-debtors-this-week/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Guess Who Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell. You’ve probably seen or clicked on something this guy owns, unfortunately!
https://abcnews.com/video/78493783/
From Trump to Prince Andrew: All the famous names embroiled in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial
Maxwell’s accusers testified they found her famous connections both alluring and intimidating
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-prince-andrew-prison-b2267523.html
# Gov / Politics / US
Trump revenge plot implodes as multiple insiders jump ship: The Justice Department’s sprawling probe into an alleged “grand conspiracy” against President Donald Trump unraveled from the inside Monday as a second senior Trump loyalist walked out on the administration, and as many as eight prosecutors are now gone from the Florida-based team.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-revenge-plot/
Republicans ‘brace for losing everything’ as wipeout comes for heart of Trump country: As GOP alarm about the midterms worsens, a progressive data researcher explains the deeper reasons voters are so angry and dissatisfied right now—especially in red states with big Senate races.
https://newrepublic.com/article/215952/trump-erupts-wild-panic-gop-midterm-leaks-grow-urgent-wipeout
A fierce Washington monument war just started as Senator John Kennedy tries to ban Donald Trump from branding historic buildings
https://attackofthefanboy.com/news/a-fierce-washington-monument-war-just-started-as-senator-john-kennedy-tries-to-ban-donald-trump-from-branding-historic-buildings/
Sen. Ed Markey Says Trump Is “Selling Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia” Even Though Intelligence Shows the Saudis “Still Want a Bomb,” Calls It “Trump Corruption at the Expense of US National Security”
https://share.newsbreak.com/jpsge8l4
‘Delusional Fantasy Land’: Critics Rip Trump Over His Most Blatant Lie Yet. The president doesn’t seem to know what Americans are facing in the supermarket right now.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-prices-reax_n_6ab9db74e4b0d1543f54b468/amp
‘Unhinged, Corrupt Egomaniac’: Critics Rip ‘Sick’ Trump After Unsettling New Post
https://www.aol.ca/articles/unhinged-corrupt-egomaniac-critics-rip-065121000.html
Trump’s slurred, confused Oval Office announcement really should concern Republicans. The president seemed like he was struggling, writes Holly Baxter, and through the struggle he forgot to claim that the Iran war isn’t a war and that the $5,000 midterms payment isn’t a mass voter bribe
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-oval-office-iran-midterms-republicans-b3057849.html
‘Abuse of Power!’ Ethics Watchdogs Blast Trump for Running Back a 2024 Campaign Ad as a Government-Funded Promo Spot
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/abuse-power-ethics-watchdogs-blast-215601820.html
“It’s theft. It’s un-American” – Ex-ABC correspondent Terry Moran reacts to the Trump ad on Fox News ahead of midterms. In the ad, President Trump said that it was the final battle and one of the aspirations is to “demolish the deep state.”
https://www.primetimer.com/news/ex-abc-correspondent-terry-moran-reacts-to-the-trump-ad-on-fox-news-ahead-of-midterms
‘Judicial intervention’ and a ‘firm’ sanctions threat are needed as Trump ‘continues to disregard’ discovery in his own lawsuit
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/judicial-intervention-and-a-firm-sanctions-threat-are-needed-as-trump-continues-to-disregard-discovery-in-his-own-lawsuit-court-filing/
# Global News
Canada could steal the one prize Trump wants most. Mark Carney led humanitarian organizations as the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on a popular prediction market
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/canada-mark-carney-nobel-peace-prize-trump-b3057876.html
Saudi Arabia is reaping a massive oil windfall, making it perhaps the Iran war’s only winner. Tehran’s proxies actually ‘did Saudi a favor’
https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/saudi-arabia-reaping-massive-oil-163024899.html
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Feds hold 1.4 billion gun records on Americans, congressman asks Trump to protect privacy. “No one in their right mind can look at ATF’s digital, searchable 1.4 billion record database of firearm transactions and tell me that isn’t a gun registry,” says the Gun Owners of America’s Federal Affairs Director. The DOJ has been asked to look into use of the database, and Second Amendment advocates are knocking on Trump’s door.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/jtn-exclusive-atf-holds-more-14-billion-gun-records-americans-congress-urges-trump
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Trump’s DOJ is daring judges to stop it: President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is facing an unprecedented wave of pushback from federal judges as the administration repeatedly tests the limits of court orders and challenges judicial authority, according to legal watchdogs
https://protectdemocracy.org/work/the-trump-administrations-conflict-with-the-courts-explained/
Jack Smith faces senators whose records were gathered in Trump probes. Republicans want answers about records gathered during Arctic Frost, the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Ex-Trump prosecutor Smith will tell senators he won’t ‘be silenced’ by threats of prosecution
https://apnews.com/article/jack-smith-trump-congress-5739c9cd8bee9652bdeedbd10336492b
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
More Hospitals Are Being Bought by Private Equity. Here’s How It’s Changing Healthcare. When private equity firms buy a hospital, they typically use a leveraged buyout model—funding a small portion with cash and loading the rest of the purchase price as debt onto the hospital itself.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZxTku_KZwqY
New warning: Social Security cuts will be larger than predicted, feds say. Looming cuts to Social Security could be deeper than previously predicted, according to a new federal report.
https://www.al.com/news/2026/09/new-warning-social-security-cuts-will-be-larger-than-predicted-feds-say.html
Suze Orman says Medicare leaves retirees on the hook for $185,500 in health
https://finance.yahoo.com/healthcare/articles/suze-orman-says-medicare-leaves-110000316.html
U.S. health insurance premiums jumped 78% since 2011 — now even doctors and nurses are canceling their own coverage
https://finance.yahoo.com/healthcare/articles/u-health-insurance-premiums-jumped-104500341.html
# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals
New horizons in cell and gene therapies beyond cancer. Cell and gene therapies are entering a new era, with research expanding into autoimmune disorders, rare genetic diseases, and other unmet needs.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11365499/
A mosquito-borne illness that’s typically found in other countries has reached a new high in the US.
Florida health officials have declared a local state of emergency over dengue fever, nicknamed “breakbone fever” for causing such agonizing pain in the joints and bones that they feel like they’re breaking. The viral illness has become more common in the US in recent years.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/28/health/florida-officials-warn-of-disease-outbreak-declare-state-of-emergency/
# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp / CBD
The National Institute of Standards and Technology noted how the development of a marijuana breathalyzer is being boosted with a technique to capture specific compounds from air samples for analysis that was created to detect bombs after 9/11.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/federal-agency-explains-how-marijuana-breathalyzer-development-was-boosted-by-post-9-11-bomb-detection-technology/
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a pair of bills revising various state cannabis laws related to product testing, tracking, consumer access to information and cannabinoid content.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/california-governor-signs-bills-on-marijuana-testing-tracking-and-consumer-access-to-information/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Rep. Thanedar Says the U.S. Is Fighting a War “to Reopen a Strait That Only Closed Because of That Very Same War” After Trump Rejects Iran’s Hormuz Deal
https://share.newsbreak.com/jpqd5ywx
‘What the hell?’ Fury as Marines’ ‘brain injuries’ kept hush-hush by Trump admin. A combat veteran on what Trump doesn’t understand about the “invisible wounds” suffered by soldiers in the Iranian attack
https://newrepublic.com/article/156366/lies-tell-soldiers-traumatic-brain-injuries
Eight U.S. Marines were wounded when an Iranian anti-ship missile struck a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and the Pentagon didn’t disclose the attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srpeZdU_ETk
Pete Hegseth Given 48 Hours to Explain Billions in Iran War Spending as Senators Zero In on ‘Administration Priorities’ Fund, According to Court Docs. Lawmakers demanded the Defense Secretary provide a detailed accounting of the costs of military operations against Iran, as well as explain exactly how the administration intends to use its massive $67billion supplemental funding request.
https://radaronline.com/p/pete-hegseth-given-48-hours-explain-iran-war-spending-administration-priorities-fund/
# Social / Communities / Housing
Trump moved to cancel $56 million in HUD housing counseling support for nonprofit groups in his pocket rescission. Lawmakers and the Government Accountability Office have asserted that pocket rescissions violate the Impoundment Control Act
https://nlihc.org/resource/trump-administration-announces-plans-cancel-nearly-1-billion-spending-approved-congress
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Abbott pauses new Texas data center permits as state studies water and power use
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/abbott-pauses-texas-data-center-211008598.html
# Transportation / Trucking / Travel / Tourism / TSA / FAA
No national truckers’ strike Thursday. While there’s no denying diesel fuel prices are hammering away at the nation’s trucking industry, rumors of a strike coinciding with the first of the month have no legitimacy.
https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/no-truckers-strike-thursday-220600320.html
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