Voices, The Peoples News
November 6, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE
Minnesota kept convicted Somali drug trafficker from ICE. Mustafa Abdirahman Abdi entered the U.S. at an unknown time and was first arrested by ICE in 2020.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/exclusive-minnesota-kept-convicted-somali-drug-trafficker-ice
ICE pays $495.6 million for a vacant Minnesota prison. Then a state official finds out it was previously offered for $75 million. The company that owned the prison—which had been vacant for 16 years—offered to sell it to the state in 2025 for $75 million. And the state turned it down.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/10/31/800120415/community/ice-pays-500-million-for-a-prison-listed-at-75-million/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Mass CEO resignations eyed as plan hatched to haul corporate titans before Congress. The document, written by the think tank Groundwork Collaborative and reviewed by the Sun, argues the party should aggressively investigate big corporations, among them tech giants, AI labs, natural gas companies, private prisons and nursing home operators.
https://www.rawstory.com/house-democrats-2678297171/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
El-Sayed backs Trump’s plan to end annual Israel aid. The Michigan senator says he wants the U.S. to stop selling weapons to Israel and questions aid to other Middle East nations. He stated that the president is right on this issue. He also called for an end to U.S. arms sales to Israel. He argued that American weapons are used in ways that cause severe harm, including genocide and apartheid.
https://centralfloridaherald.com/article/el-sayed-backs-trump-plan-to-halt-4-billion-in-israel-aid/
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / USGS / Animals / Bugs
Arizona’s Maricopa County has first-in-nation emissions rule approved by EPA: EPA Finalizes First-of-Its-Kind Air Quality Plan to Promote Clean Air and Facilitate Economic Growth in Maricopa County
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-finalizes-first-its-kind-air-quality-plan-promote-clean-air-and-facilitate
Scientists have discovered a new penguin species hiding on an island in middle of the ocean. A new species of gentoo penguin has been discovered on the isolated Kerguelen Islands, the first new penguin species named in more than 100 years.
https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-penguin-species-has-been-discovered-on-one-of-earths-most-remote-islands/
The White House is trying to erase federal protections for wolves. If they succeed, it will mean hundreds more wolves hunted, trapped and killed every year. The order also pressures state governments to eliminate local legal protections and loosen standards surrounding the lethal taking of wolves. The administration stated the move supports pastoral ranchers dealing with livestock predation and high beef prices.
https://www.humaneworld.org/us/en/news/trump-executive-order-livestock-wolf-protections-2026
# Gov / Politics / US
Thomas Massie Gives Pete Hegseth a Choice: Resignation or Impeachment: “There is one contingency in which I won’t reintroduce the articles of impeachment: Hegseth resigns,” wrote Republican Rep. Thomas Massie.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pete-hegseth-impeachment-massie-2678297497
Trump Comments on Hegseth as Impeachment Vote Nears: President Donald Trump Stands By Hegseth, Claims He Has No Idea Why People Are Upset With Him voiced strong support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stating he has “every intention to keep him” despite mounting political fallout from the war in Iran and looming congressional challenges
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-stands-hegseth-claims-no-130307697.html
Key lawmaker suggests GOP go big in lame-duck Congress to foil Democrat defunding, spending plans. “We need to target those agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target from the standpoint of trying to either destroy them, undermine them, or fundamentally change where they go,” Rep. Harriet Hageman says.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/frikey-lawmaker-suggests-gop-go-big-lame-duck-congress-foil-democrat-defunding
Trump finds no easy answers in ending Iran conflict after midterm rebuke. For weeks, Trump has threatened to return to a full-scale bombardment of Iran once the U.S. elections were in the rearview mirror if Tehran did not come to a settlement under terms acceptable to him.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/after-midterm-rebuke-trump-faces-choices-ongoing-iran-war
President Trump signs proclamation designating the Oval Office as a National Monument. Following election losses, the signing wraps Trump’s third event of the week focused on signature renovation projects.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/6/trump-issues-proclamation-declaring-oval-office-national-monument
He’s a literal freshman. A 19-year-old Democrat unseated an eight-term GOP member of the Massachusetts State House Tuesday, capitalizing on a historic midterm election that saw formerly safe Republican seats flipped at all levels across the country .
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/19-old-billerica-democrat-wins-200449082.html
Trump stands by Hegseth as Massie plans to force impeachment vote. The president remains supportive of Hegseth despite rumors within the administration that he is thinking of firing the secretary of war
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_5faf6d25-83f0-4deb-a6ca-06d0d5c4777a.html
Trump’s OWN LAWYER just said the UNTHINKABLE. Donald Trump’s former White House lawyer Ty Cobb absolutely destroys Trump during an explosive TV appearance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQuMmfZX7f0
Matt Gaetz reviews Pete Hegseth’s financial disclosures. Then he finds a link between Hegseth’s wife and a $66 billion contractor
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/matt-gaetz-reviews-pete-hegseths-financial-disclosures-then-he-finds-a-link-between-hegseths-wife-and-a-66-billion-contractor/
Russian-linked proxy software found on White House network. Cybersecurity researchers discovered residential proxy software—including services linked to Russian entrepreneur Vladimir Fomenko—routing unauthenticated web traffic through internet addresses assigned to the White House’s Executive Office of the President network between October 5 and November 3, 2026
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/a-device-in-the-white-house-is-apparently-using-an-unsafe-proxy-which-attackers-could-use-it-to-reach-internal-systems
Trump’s Alaska meltdown says it all: Judging by his social media post, Donald Trump agrees with me, which is why he is focused on Alaska as his last chance to keep the Democratic Senate sweep — and his humiliating defeat — from growing any larger.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trumps-alaska-meltdown-says-it-all/
America Finally Has the Votes to End the Electoral College. After more than 200 years, the midterm results could change how we pick presidents.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/midterms-electoral-college-popular-vote-compact/
# Global News
Financial lockdown in Paraguay by government. The Central Bank of Paraguay seized and placed major digital lender Ueno Bank into resolution, freezing accounts for roughly 3 million customers rather than enacting a nationwide financial lockdown
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/paraguay-prosecutor-will-seek-charges-against-embattled-president-after-bank-collapse
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
College student escaped knife attack and ran for help – then was shot by cops five times
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/11/an-oregon-college-student-escaped-knife-attack-ran-for-help-then-officers-shot-him-5-times-lawsuit-says.html
California Dem Gov Newsom commutes all 548 death sentences in state to life in prison without parole.
https://people.com/outgoing-calif-gov-newsom-commutes-all-548-of-state-s-death-sentences-12238722
State Department Says Trump And Rubio Prioritized “As Many As 20 Nations” To Curb Drugs, Migration And Threats Under “Donroe Doctrine”
https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/how-trumps-donroe-doctrine-is-taking-back-the-western-hemisphere/
Donroe Doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donroe_Doctrine
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Prosecutors defend ‘mountain of evidence’ as Trump lawyer tries to toss out felonies
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-evidence-2678303703/
US accuses Mexican judge of $2m bribe to free accused drug trafficker allegedly linked to ex-Olympic snowboarder. The judge oversaw extradition proceedings in Mexico for a Canadian citizen
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/mexican-judge-us-arrest-drug-trafficking
Samuel Alito makes a surprising Supreme Court decision after Democrats win Senate. Alito says he expects to reconsider retirement each year. He is the court’s second-oldest justice. Clarence Thomas, 78, is its oldest, and has also faced retirement speculation.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/samuel-alito-makes-supreme-court-173147505.html
Trump appeals his 34 felony convictions after midterm blowout. Then his lawyers claim the state’s legal theory is just one thing: ‘a house of cards’
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/trump-appeals-his-34-felony-convictions-after-midterm-blowout-then-his-lawyers-claim-the-states-legal-theory-is-just-one-thing-a-house-of-cards/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
Maryland Democrat Sen Alsobrooks to RFK Jr: ‘Resign or be fired’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6202130-alsobrooks-calls-rfk-jr-resign/
Medicare patients told their skilled nursing, home health or hospice care is ending must request a fast appeal by noon the day before services stop
https://share.newsbreak.com/k27k7xiz
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Pete Hegseth Expands National Guard’s D.C. Deployment With Humvees, Tactical Vehicles and Boats. Military Presence Set to Continue Through Trump’s Term Until 2029. The guidance “authorizes the use of up to 60 marked patrol cars, military tactical vehicles, up to 20 light towers and generators, and D.C. National Guard maritime boat assets in support of federal and local law enforcement operations,” the official said
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6202760-national-guard-washington-dc-expands-presence/
# Military / Global
A commercial tanker was struck by two projectiles off Qatar’s coast in the Persian Gulf, while Iranian state television reported that multiple vessels hit naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing regional hostilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un0rqBb2pQI
Russia is maneuvering for the first shots of a space war: Russia’s Cosmos 2612 satellite was observed “stalking” a U.S. registered synthetic aperture radar satellite providing intelligence to Ukraine, positioning it for potential close proximity operations to be used as an orbital weapon.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/6190660-us-satellites-russian-orbital-threat/
# NASA / Space
Space Force Confirms On-Orbit Weapons as Russia’s Cosmos 2612 Spends Five Weeks Stalking Ukraine’s Satellite. America’s first public acknowledgment of orbital weapons arrives as Russian military satellite demonstrates it can close to engagement range with any commercial target it chooses
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/330129/20261105/space-force-confirms-orbit-weapons-russias-cosmos-2612-spends-five-weeks-stalking-ukraines.htm
NASA announces X-70 Fractal experimental plane. This high-performance, highly adaptable research platform is designed to accelerate the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-announces-x-70-experimental-aircraft-to-advance-flight-research/
# Other Interestimg Stuff
400,000-year-old teeth reveal a stunning twist in human evolution. Proteins recovered from ancient human relatives that roamed China more than 400,000 years ago could explain how mysterious “super-archaic” DNA found its way into modern humans.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/science/archaeology/homo-erectus-ancient-teeth-denisovans-b2975956.html
# Social Services / Social Security / Disability / SSI / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
A 22% Cut to Social Security Has Retirees on Edge – But the Fixes Could Be Worse
Fixing the programs’ funding gaps could protect benefits while bringing higher taxes, slower benefit growth, or bigger health care bills.
https://financebuzz.com/social-security-cut-retirees-on-edge-fix-could-be-worse
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Trump official who wants data centers on public lands has tens of millions invested in AI industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who is heavily invested in the AI industry, is leading the charge to allow tech companies to build data centers on the public lands he oversees.
https://www.propublica.org/article/burgum-public-land-data-centers-investments
‘No Blank Checks for Big Tech’: Schumer Faces Protest Over ‘Dirty Data Center Deal’: A bill that could speed up data center construction is being pushed “in blatant disregard for the overwhelming public backlash to Big Tech that helped drive voters to the polls,” said one environmental advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/schumer-data-center-protest
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