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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-03

Voices, The Peoples News

May 3, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
At U.N., mining groups tout protections for Indigenous people. Mining Companies Must Obtain Free, Prior, Informed Consent, Partner with Indigenous Peoples to Ensure Responsible, Ethical Land Use, Speakers Tell Permanent Forum
https://press.un.org/en/2025/hr5491.doc.htm

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump Admin Laying Groundwork For Unilateral U.S. Military Action Against Cartels In Mexico: According to several sources, officials have discussed bombing cartels with or without Mexico’s consent.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-white-house-is-considering-using-drones-to-bomb-cartels-in-mexico-report/

Exiling Americans? This Isn’t Legal. It’s Not Even Close. Trump is openly floating the idea of banishing “homegrowns” to Salvadoran prisons, with zero legal basis. This isn’t “deportation.” It’s the kind of fascist lunacy that should be laughed out of the room—except his administration is actually considering it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-exile-americans-repeat-232214207.html

Georgetown Peace Scholar Being Held as a High-Risk Threat in ICE Jail. A federal immigration judge will rule on Badar Khan Suri’s case in the coming days.
https://truthout.org/video/georgetown-peace-scholar-being-held-as-a-high-risk-threat-in-ice-jail/

International Tribunal Condemns U.S. Border Officials for Torturing, Killing Immigrant. Case calls for sweeping reforms to police use-of-force, could set precedent for reexamining high-profile deaths.
https://capitalandmain.com/international-tribunal-condemns-u-s-border-officials-for-torturing-killing-migrant

Mom said 20 agents forced her and her daughters outside in their underwear, into the rain before they had a chance to get dressed in Wrongful ICE Raid
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-force-family-underwear-oklahoma-2065984

The Trump administration has a tough new message for foreigners in the United States: One strike, and you’re out. Foreign nationals visiting or living in the country legally could lose their visa status if they run afoul of the law under the new and unforgiving so-called “catch and revoke” policy, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/02/foreign-visitors-one-strike-policy-rubio-trump/83413717007/

Trump Pulls the U.S. Post Office Into His Cruel Deportation Efforts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHX5lx2ws1Q

‘Madness!’ Experts aghast as Trump agency suggests deporting people over dismissed tickets
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2671883719/

Trump Is Quietly Using The U.S. Military In A Whole New Way. Since last month, Trump has authorized soldiers to detain “trespassers” on U.S. soil.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-border-roosevelt-reservation-national-defense-area_n_6815262ae4b0c553a15ccad7

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Is in Its AI Era. In its push for “efficiency,” DOGE has leaned increasingly on AI—regardless of whether it makes any sense. And it’s using it as an imperfect means to destructive ends.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-in-its-ai-era/

A DOGE recruiter is staffing a project to deploy AI agents across the US government. Anthony Jancso, cofounder of AccelerateX, a government tech startup, is looking for technologists to work on a project that aims to have artificial intelligence perform tasks that are currently the responsibility of tens of thousands of federal workers
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-recruiter-ai-agents-palantir-clown-emoji/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump’s budget proposal aims for sharp spending cuts. Trump’s plan aims to cut child care, disease research, renewable energy and peacekeeping abroad.
https://www.mcall.com/2025/05/02/white-house-trump-budget/

Despite Trump’s promised cuts, U.S. spent more than $200 billion more in first 100 days than last year
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-promised-cuts-spent-200-billion-more/

To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class. A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tax-cuts-congress-republicans-plan-slash-benefits

The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are working to finance their plans to cut taxes for the ultrawealthy—and they are cutting environmental protection and clean energy programs, endangering American lives and livelihoods, as part of this effort.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administration-and-congressional-republicans-plan-to-make-billionaires-richer-may-make-americans-sicker/

Republican Agenda’s “Triple Threat” to Low- and Moderate-Income Family Well-Being. The centerpiece of that agenda is far-reaching tax and budget legislation intended to be passed through the fast-track budget “reconciliation” process.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/republican-agendas-triple-threat-to-low-and-moderate-income-family-well-being

Tax Giveaways for Gouging: How the Trump Tax Law Fueled Corporate Profiteering. We review the failure of President Trump’s initial tax cuts to deliver on its grand promises and expose the large corporations Trump plans to reward for fleecing consumers.
https://groundworkcollaborative.org/work/corporate-profits-taxes/

The Trump Administration Thinks You Should Be OK With Being Poor. As the country’s economic outlook bleakens, Trump officials are trying to convince us that actually, being poor is a good thing.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-poverty-trade-war-economy_n_6814ee26e4b08575d39c9a8a

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Five million Americans forced to repay loans by May 5 as two new changes get the green light – or face huge penalties. This ends a years-long pause that has protected defaulted borrowers from some of the harshest financial consequences.
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14156217/five-million-americans-repay-student-loans-penalties/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump Just Cut the Minimum Wage for Hundreds of Thousands of Private Sector Workers. By tearing up a Biden-era executive order that set a minimum wage for workers on federal contracts, the Trump administration has made some private sector workers vulnerable to pay cuts of up to 25 percent.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trump-just-cut-the-minimum-wage-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-private-sector-workers/

Trump Is Trying to Axe Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Employees. If Trump’s order withstands the legal challenges against it, two-thirds of the federal workforce will lose union rights.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-trying-to-axe-collective-bargaining-for-1-million-federal-employees/

Trump Quietly Took Away a Living Wage From Thousands of Federal Workers. Companies can now illegally pay federal contractors less than the current minimum wage and face no consequences.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-quietly-took-away-a-living-wage-from-thousands-of-federal-workers/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=328624d432-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_01_04_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-328624d432-650963661

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
NASA issues warning after sudden change in the ocean surprises scientists: ‘Getting faster and faster’ “Every year is a little bit different.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/effects-of-rising-sea-levels-nasa-analysis/

Panthers, Owls, and More at Risk Under Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes for Endangered Species. The Trump administration proposed changing the interpretation of the Endangered Species Act to allow developers to alter the habitats of endangered species like panthers, sea turtles and owls
https://people.com/panthers-owls-turtles-at-risk-under-trump-administration-proposed-changes-endangered-species-act-11717386

# Gov / Politics
Trump says he’s attracted $7 trillion in private investments into the US: ‘Never seen anything like it.’ White House data shows companies like Apple, Stargate, TSMC and NVIDIA have committed hundreds of billions of dollars
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-attracted-7-trillion-private-investments-never-seen-anything-like-it

Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It. Donald Trump’s executive orders are attacking everything from the Smithsonian to Black sports history
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5326573/internet-archive-wayback-machine-trump

Trump Threatens to Take Over Congress’s Powers in Budget War. Donald Trump just released a radical budget proposal. And he’s threatening Congress if they don’t fall in line.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194802/trump-threatens-congress-impoundment-budget-plan

John Fetterman Seems Like a Risk to Himself and Everyone Around Him. A damning new report reveals how the Democratic senator appears to be endangering his own life, and those around him.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194783/john-fetterman-health-danger

‘A perfect mix of racism and dementia’: Donald Trumps hears ‘Harlem’ instead of ‘Harvard’ and leaves silence in his wake. Just days ago, he was bragging about acing his cognitive tests
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/a-perfect-mix-of-racism-and-dementia-donald-trumps-hears-harlem-instead-of-harvard-and-leaves-silence-in-his-wake/

‘The attacks are not random’: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says ‘affronts’ by Trump and his allies are ‘designed to intimidate’ judges who rule against the government
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/supreme-court-news-ketanji-brown-jackson-trump.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
From impeachments to exports, Communist China pressures a key American ally in South Korea. China last week threatened to punish South Korean companies that export products containing critical rare-earth metals to the U.S.
https://justthenews.com/government/diplomacy/south-korea

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Leaders of 764 Arrested and Charged for Operating Global Child Exploitation Enterprise. Arrests Mark Significant Takedown Within Violent Online Network
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/leaders-764-arrested-and-charged-operating-global-child-exploitation-enterprise

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
A Supreme Court Justice Finally Just Stood up to Trump. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the president’s unsettling attacks on the judiciary.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194781/supreme-court-justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-finally-just-stood-trump

Judge rules Trump order pulling security clearances from law firm unconstitutional
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/judge-blocks-trump-executive-order-targeting-elite-law-firm-a-blow-to-his-retribution-campaign/article_d09a1e9d-3142-5643-87fa-2920f87c712d.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
60 Minutes Isn’t Backing Down From Trump’s Threats. The news magazine is under fire from the president, but it’s still airing critical segments about his regime. Donald Trump also dragged The New York Times into his tirade.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194614/donald-trump-threatens-new-york-times-60-minutes-lawsuits

Reporters Without Borders Sounds Alarm on US Press Freedom Under Trump
https://www.courthousenews.com/alarming-deterioration-of-us-press-freedom-under-trump-says-reporters-without-borders/

‘Blatantly unlawful’: Furious PBS President tears into Trump, warns his funding cuts are a step toward authoritarianism. Public broadcasting costs taxpayers a whopping… $1.60 per person per year.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/blatantly-unlawful-furious-pbs-president-tears-into-trump-warns-his-funding-cuts-are-a-step-toward-authoritarianism/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Medicare Advantage Bribery Scheme Highlights ‘Bad Behavior’ Trump Wants to Reward. “The Trump administration recently announced it would substantially increase payments to private Medicare Advantage plans in 2026, rewarding their bad behavior.” “Privatized Medicare plans are denying patients the care they need, while defrauding the government of billions a year,” said one advocacy group. “Donald Trump is giving them even more taxpayer money.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-medicare-advantage-payments

# Military / General News
Marine AH-1Z Attack Helicopter’s Mystery Missiles Identified. The modular Red Wolf launched effects weapon could give Marine AH-1Zs a key new standoff strike tool and open the door to other capabilities.
https://www.twz.com/air/marine-ah-1z-attack-helicopters-mystery-missiles-identified

DOD building $400 million fuel storage facility in Papua New Guinea
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-05-01/papua-new-guinea-dod-fuel-storage-17640349.html

# NASA / Space
White House 2026 budget plan includes proposal to phase out funding for NASA rocket
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/05/03/proposed-24-percent-cut-to-nasa-budget-eliminates-key-artemis-architecture-climate-research/

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Trump plans to cut 1,200 jobs from CIA, other US spy agencies: Cuts will reportedly take place over several years and be accomplished through reduced hiring as opposed to layoffs.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/3/trump-plans-to-cut-1200-jobs-from-cia-other-us-spy-agencies-report

# Social / Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
What Trump has done with Social Security so far. In Trump has proposed or initiated changes to how Social Security functions, including closing offices and offering buyouts. Here’s an updated roundup.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/social-security/what-trump-has-done-with-social-security

Social Security under Trump live updates: DOJ Sues Three Medicare Advantage Plan Insurers and the May Payment Schedule. Social Security is undergoing big changes in 2025 under President Trump.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/social-security/live/medicare-trump-updates

Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years.
The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president.
https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump

Email Mistake Exposes Trump’s Dark Agenda on Child Welfare Programs. The Trump administration plans to terminate research on child welfare programs. The termination was revealed by a publicly released spreadsheet from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Over 150 research projects, including studies on Head Start and child care policy, are under consideration for termination.
https://san.com/media-miss/email-mistake-reveals-secret-plans-to-end-research-on-head-start-and-other-child-safety-net-programs/

Trump asks SCOTUS to grant DOGE access to social security data: SSA data includes Social Security numbers, medical records, mental health records, hospitalization records, drivers’ license numbers, bank and credit card information, tax information, income history, work history, birth and marriage certificates and home and work addresses
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-grant-doge-access-to-social-security-systems

Trump Social Security Cuts Will Result in New Burden for Millions. “When people can’t get their benefits for any reason, that is a benefit cut,” said one advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/social-security-direct-deposit-2-million

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
TerraStealerV2 and TerraLogger: Golden Chickens’ New Malware Families Discovered. The financially motivated cybercrime group, Golden Chickens-operating under the alias Venom Spider-has rolled out two new malicious tools, TerraStealerV2 and TerraLogger, marking a sharp escalation in credential and sensitive data theft operations in early 2025.
https://cyberpress.org/terrastealer-strikes-browser/

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
How to Get a Real ID License for Traveling on Airplanes. For Americans without a passport, a new type of driver’s license is required to board flights in the United States. Here’s how to update your license to the new Real ID standard.
https://www.usa.gov/real-id

Travelers horrified as TSA uses mystery device to access phones at airport checkpoints
https://www.themirror.com/travel/travelers-horrified-tsa-uses-mystery-1128486

# Veterans / VA
Trump to rename Veterans Day to ‘Victory Day for World War I,’ add ‘Victory Day for World War II’: In a late-night social media post, President Trump suggested the date was not sufficiently recognized in the U.S.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/life/holidays-and-celebrations/trump-says-he-will-rename-veterans-day-to-victory-day-for-world-war-i-commemorating-the-end-of-world-war-i

Veterans react to president’s desire to change name of Veterans Day. “Those days are set aside as a reminder of freedom and sacrifice. It is not about victory over an opponent or in war,” veteran advocate and retired Lt. Colonel John Paradise told us. “If this president thinks this is the right decision to be made on behalf of all our veterans, I will strongly question that.”
https://www.westernmassnews.com/2025/05/02/veterans-react-presidents-desire-change-name-veterans-day/

House VA Committee chairman urges investigation over ‘fake’ budget shortfall. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether former Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough and other agency leaders violated federal law when they made an urgent request for $3 billion to close a budget shortfall that did not exist.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-05-01/veterans-budget-shortfall-house-lawmakers-investigation-17646349.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-02

Voices, The Peoples News

May 2, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
DeSantis asks Trump administration to allow Florida National Guardsmen to be immigration judges
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/733677-desantis-nat-guard-judges/

Judge says 18th-century wartime law can’t be used for deportations in first-of-its-kind ruling, and is likely to be swiftly appealed. The Alien Enemies Act, after all, had been invoked only three times before, most recently during World War II.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/1/court-rules-against-trumps-use-of-alien-enemies-act-to-deport-venezuelans#:~:text=In%20a%20first%2Dof%2Dits,law’s%20use%20in%20south%20Texas.&text=A%20United%20States%20judge%20has,deport%20Venezuelans%20from%20South%20Texas

Republican budget plan proposes $45 billion for ICE, $1,000 fee on asylum seekers. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal is still a work in progress, but the first markup already reveals potentially major changes to the immigration system and regulatory law.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_fdcf8690-01f5-45a5-989d-38213b6ad590.html

Judge rules Alien Enemies Act does not allow Trump to deport alleged gang members. Ruling is strongest pushback yet on use of 18th-century law. Plus, Black Sabbath give their first interview in two decades
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/first-thing-judge-rules-alien-enemies-act-does-not-allow-trump-to-deport-alleged-gang-members

# Business / Industry / Corporations
As Trump moves to tax small parcels, some retailers give up on US: The removal of “de minimis” – duty-free treatment of ecommerce packages worth less than $800 originating from China and Hong Kong exposes those goods to tariffs of 145% on most Chinese goods following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last month
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/as-trump-moves-to-tax-small-parcels-some-retailers-give-up-on-us/articleshow/120812814.cms

Temu blocks US shoppers from seeing products shipped from China. American version of Temu abruptly began to show only ‘local’ products days before the Trump administration was set to end a tariff loophole for small packages from China.
https://www.wired.com/story/temu-local-warehouses-tariffs/

# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
‘Rattled’ China knows world is on brink of truth about Covid lab leak – they are desperate to shift blame, say experts
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14146344/rattled-china-world-truth-covid-lab-leak/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Elon Musk says DOGE ‘should definitely’ investigate Federal Reserve after reports of $2.5B ‘Palace of Versailles’ HQ
https://www.aol.com/news/elon-musk-says-doge-definitely-162412523.html

‘We’re not afraid of Trump’: Toy store sues government over ‘unlawful and unconstitutional’ tariffs, lawsuit seeks refund
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/were-not-afraid-of-trump-toy-store-sues-government-over-unlawful-and-unconstitutional-tariffs-lawsuit-seeks-refund/

Another American ally just issued an economic warning because of the trade war. Another day, another piece of evidence that President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with friends and foes is hurting the global economy.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/another-american-ally-just-issued-110752493.html

The Slowdown at Ports Is a Warning of Rough Economic Seas Ahead. The maritime shipping industry is seeing a rise in “blank sailings,” a shift that one expert calls a “canary in the coal mine.”
https://www.wired.com/story/maritime-shipping-tariffs-blank-sailings/

Permanent halt to penny production gains bipartisan support. Two U.S. senators from opposing sides of the political aisle are pushing together to permanently do away with the U.S. Mint producing the penny, which the legislators argue will help to eliminate wasteful government spending.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/permanent-penny-production-bipartisan/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
What the dismantling of the Education Department means for its data. Former data staff from the agency say they’re especially concerned about large transfers of data and the future of grants administration, after already seeing mismanagement and delays.
https://fedscoop.com/what-the-dismantling-of-the-education-department-means-for-its-data/

The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall. Officials have expressed desire to withdraw from other orders they see as an unnecessary burden on schools
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/washington/the-justice-department-ended-a-decades-old-school-desegregation-order-others-are-expected-to-fall/article_88e5ee8f-671f-56a3-aa23-d1c7d41d2fd6.html

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from dismantling library services agency
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-administration-002306363.html

Thousands of children could lose access to child care if White House proposal to cut Head Start is approved
https://www.audacy.com/wccoradio/news/local/thousands-of-children-could-be-at-risk-if-head-start-is-cut

Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety programs. The document listed 150 research projects under consideration for termination by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
https://apnews.com/article/children-head-start-research-cuts-trump-hhs-ecfa2b140990057eb412e476dc875ffa

Visas reinstated for all University of Arkansas’ international students who had status revoked
https://arkansasadvocate.com/briefs/visas-reinstated-for-all-university-of-arkansas-international-students-who-had-status-revoked/

A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students. The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination

Trump says he’ll strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status. The president said revoking the university’s tax-exempt status is “what they deserve!”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-status-00323192

# Employment / Labor / Unions
House Republicans propose wage freeze for tens of thousands of CT employees: ‘Time to trim’
https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/ct-republicans-democrats-budget-cuts-wage-freeze-20304747.php

Hiltzik: Thanks to the Trump slump, Florida and other states are moving to eviscerate child labor protections
https://newrepublic.com/post/194687/trump-officials-hoarding-supplies-tariffs

Fired Federal Worker Reveals Chilling Trump-Era Condition To Get Job Back. People are “afraid to talk,” she told MSNBC’s town hall, with other former government employees pushed out amid Donald Trump’s slashing of public spending.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-condition-job-back-federal-worker_n_681462afe4b0f2e8a510e72b

Trump admin asks laid-off firefighter and coal mining safety research staff back temporarily
https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/niosh-firefighter-health-researchers-temporarily-reinstated-amid-federal-layoffs/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
The Trump admin is suing four states to stop them from holding fossil fuel giants accountable for climate damage. “These burdensome and ideologically motivated laws and lawsuits threaten American energy independence and our country’s economic and national security.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/climate/trump-climate-lawsuits-hawaii-michigan-new-york-vermont

Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after US-Iran nuclear talks are postponed. Trump’s social media threat came after Oman announced planned nuclear negotiations for this coming weekend had been postponed
https://www.tbsnews.net/world/trump-threatens-sanctions-against-buyers-iranian-oil-after-us-iran-nuclear-talks-are-postponed

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
An invasive venomous ant is spreading in the US — here’s where people should watch out because a sting can be fatal. People may suffer from an allergic reaction after a sting that can send them to the hospital without treatment. Symptoms can include difficulty breathing, a weak or rapid heart rate, vomiting, hives, fainting and tongue swelling.
https://www.aol.com/invasive-venomous-ant-spreading-us-175057440.html

# Food General News
Republicans Consider Shifting Cost Of Food Benefits To States, With Cuts Likely
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/snap-cuts-budget-reconciliation-beautiful_n_6813a6ffe4b0964363620874

FDA suspends milk quality testing amid health and human services cuts, adding that efforts are underway to resume testing. FDA remains committed to working with states to protect the safety of the pasteurized milk supply.”
https://www.food-safety.com/articles/10355-fda-suspends-milk-quality-testing-amid-health-and-human-services-cuts

Farmers raise urgent warnings as catastrophic floods wipe out more than 100,000 livestock: ‘The worst is yet to come’ “We don’t know what cattle we will have to sell or what the financial impacts are going to be.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/queensland-livestock-extreme-weather-flooding/

# General News
The Trump administration is systematically dismantling important federal agencies, jeopardizing access to crucial programs, and undermining civil rights protections for millions of Americans in favor of benefiting Trump and his allies. American Oversight is investigating these threats to Americans’ rights and access to federal benefits, which have disproportionate impacts on the most vulnerable populations.
https://americanoversight.org/investigation/the-trump-administrations-dismantling-of-federal-agencies-and-threats-to-important-social-services/

Agency by Agency, Federal Data Collection Is Being Dismantled. By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
https://undark.org/2025/04/29/trump-war-on-measurement/

The US government data purge is a loss for policymaking and research. Beyond the data loss, it’s about the loss of qualified technical staff, coding expertise, data visualization, mapping, methodologies, and the ability of the public and journalists to use the data.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-us-government-data-purge-is-a-loss-for-policymaking-and-research/

The Dismantling of US Statistical and Data Infrastructures by the Trump Administration. The Trump administration’s swift and systematic dismantling of statistical and data infrastructures has largely gone unnoticed.
https://revdem.ceu.edu/2025/03/25/dismantling-data/amp/

Regional boards for federal agency coordination officially disbanded. A recent Trump executive order mandated the end of federal executive boards, which have been around since 1961.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/03/regional-boards-federal-agency-coordination-officially-disbanded/403963/

# Gov / Politics
Trump officials: start ‘stashing cash’ and stockpiling supplies immediately – ‘it would be stupid not to!’
https://newrepublic.com/post/194687/trump-officials-hoarding-supplies-tariffs

Trump making a list of cities and states to target
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/sanctuary-cities-trump-executive-order

Trump Signs Order Requiring Nationwide List of Sanctuary Cities and States. Action comes after legal setbacks in president’s bid to target Democratic jurisdictions that don’t cooperate with immigration enforcement.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-to-sign-order-requiring-nationwide-list-of-sanctuary-cities-and-states-dbcc5ada

Republicans Have A ‘Catastrophic’ Plan Buried In Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’ For the first time, a Republican leader in Congress has publicly pledged to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-says-trumps-agenda-bill-will-defund-big-abortion_n_6813b695e4b0964363620ffa

“This Man’s Brain Is Cooked”: People Are Reacting To Donald Trump’s Latest Bizarre Rant And It’s Really…Something
https://www.buzzfeed.com/leemoran/donald-trump-town-hall-tangent

Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction
https://www.aol.com/trump-turns-civil-rights-upside-100051804.html

Trump Administration Civil and Human Rights Rollbacks Since 2017
https://civilrights.org/trump-rollbacks/

‘There’s no deal here,’ Dem rep. says of Ukraine mineral compact
https://www.tbsnews.net/world/trump-threatens-sanctions-against-buyers-iranian-oil-after-us-iran-nuclear-talks-are-postponed

Trump Is Plotting Shock-and-Awe ‘Purge’ of White House Staff
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-plotting-shock-and-awe-purge-of-white-house-staff/

Trump Plans to Celebrate 79th Birthday With Tanks and Troops. President has desired lavish Armed Forces spectacular in Washington ever since being impressed by France’s Bastille Day parade in Paris in July 2017
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-parade-birthday-plans-b2743593.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran Wants to Avoid Both Peace and War With the United States. Trump Isn’t Having It. The U.S. president’s push to “do a deal” or face military action challenges Tehran’s desire to have it both ways.
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/04/iran-trump-nuclear-deal-regional-influence?lang=en

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
‘Had to f—ing throw myself on the floor’: Inmate’s organs shut down after jail blamed ‘extreme’ stomach pain on ‘Hot Cheetos, Takis, and pickles,’ family says in lawsuit. According to the complaint, jail staff did not provide sufficient care for de la Cruz as there was only a medical doctor on hand to see inmates for just “six hours each week.”
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/had-to-f-ing-throw-myself-on-the-floor-inmates-organs-shut-down-after-jail-blamed-extreme-stomach-pain-on-hot-cheetos-takis-and-pickles-family-says-in-lawsuit/

Outrage Over John Scott, Jr.’s Arrest and Death Intensifies As Leaked Security Video Shows Officers Dragging His Body. The arrest of John Daniel “LJ” Scott Jr., a 39-year-old from Decatur, Alabama has sparked intense outrage after a disturbing leaked video shows the troubling treatment he received while in police custody, ultimately leading to his death.
https://hollywoodunlocked.com/outrage-over-john-scott-jr-s-arrest-and-death-intensifies-as-leaked-security-video-shows-officers-dragging-his-body/

# LGBTQ / Gender
Guantanamo Bay Guards Forced Trans Woman to Expose Herself to Male Detainees, Migrant Claims
https://www.latintimes.com/guantanamo-bay-guards-forced-trans-woman-expose-herself-male-detainees-migrant-claims-582127

LGBT+ community outraged after gay makeup artist with no criminal history is deported to mega-prison in El Salvador
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/gay-venezuelan-makeup-artist-deported-b2743321.html

Trump voters will have blood on their hands due to the administration’s lethal assault on queer kids. They knew instinctively, even then, what some adults refused to admit, and that is Trump’s reemergence would unleash an all-out assault on their rights, their dignity, and their very existence.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-voters-blood-hands-due-120003135.html

New 400-Page HHS Report Condemns Gender-Affirming Care For Youths. It’s unclear who wrote the report, which snubs the advice and recommendations of top medical groups. It was immediately criticized by pediatric groups and transgender rights advocates.
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/new-400-page-hhs-report-condemns-gender-affirming-care-for-youths/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to slash taxpayer funds to PBS and NPR, two media outlets the White House accused of being biased.
https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2025/05/02/trump-signs-executive-order-directing-federal-funding-cuts-to-pbs-and-npr/

# Medical / Health News
‘Health concerns are real’: Trump nixed program stopping human waste from going into homes
https://www.rawstory.com/dei-climate-change-alabama/

Aetna Is Leaving ACA Marketplace. Aetna will exit the individual markets in 2026, less than five years after making a return to this space.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/aetna-exit-aca-exchanges-2026#:~:text=Editor’s%20note%3A%20This%20story%20was,a%20return%20to%20this%20space

CVS confirms 1m patients across 17 states will lose coverage as CEO warns of ‘pharmacy deserts’
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14146485/cvs-lose-coverage-aetna-obamacare-ceo-pharmacy-deserts/

‘Last of Us’-style plant fungus infects a human in first-ever known case. Research previously revealed that back in 2023, a man contracted a serious case of silver leaf disease – a fungal infection which usually only affects plants.
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/fungus-infection-humans-2671877271

Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies. At the direction of the Trump administration, the federal Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies are purging its websites of information and data on a broad array of topics — from adolescent health to LGBTQ+ rights to HIV.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5282274/trump-administration-purges-health-websites

Texas Senate Approves Legislation to Clarify Exceptions to Abortion Ban. The bill, which must still go through the House, received unanimous approval from the upper chamber.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/29/texas-senate-abortion-ban-clarification-bill/

New York makes it easier to commit people with severe mental illnesses. The change, which Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed, points to broadening Democratic support for coercive approaches to mental health crises.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/new-york-makes-it-easier-to-commit-people-with-severe-mental-illnesses-00322145

# Medical Science
Study: Newly Discovered Cannabinoids From Cannabis Flowers Show Antitumor Potential Against Neuroblastoma. Researchers have announced that they’ve successfully identified a new cannabinoid—cannabielsoxa—produced by the marijuana plant as well as a number of other compounds “reported for the first time from the flowers of C. sativa.”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/researchers-announce-theyve-discovered-a-new-cannabinoid-in-marijuana/

# Military / General News
The secretary of defense has ordered the Army secretary to cut programs, reduce the number of general officers in the ranks and consolidate offices, commands and headquarters, including a four-star command formed in the previous Trump administration designed to reform its acquisition process.
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2025/05/01/secdef-wields-axe-to-brass-hqs-formations-to-fashion-leaner-army/

Air Force exercises in the Indo-Pacific may soon get even bigger and more robust, as lawmakers move to invest more than $620 million in such efforts.
https://subicbaynavalstation.com/air-force-exercises-in-pacific-could-expand-with-622-million-extra-from-congress/

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
CCA Fighter Drones Start Ground Testing Ahead of First Flights; New Organization Unveiled. The two prototypes for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program have started ground testing, Air Force Chief Staff Gen. David W. Allvin announced, ahead of a planned first flight this summer.
https://defensescoop.com/2025/05/01/air-force-cca-drones-ground-testing-general-atomics-anduril/

# Recycle / Repurpose / Reuse
Anyone who drinks coffee told not to throw away used granules because they have loads of uses
https://www.themirror.com/lifestyle/food-drink/anyone-who-drinks-coffee-told-1118392

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Sophisticated new ICE tracking system raises privacy concerns for public. President Donald Trump has set a goal of deporting 1 million people annually, and the new system aims to help prioritize who gets targeted.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/02/ice-deportation-tracking-palantir-thiel/83375538007/

Dystopian eye-scanning tech rolls out in five US states to track your money, identity and every move. At a buzzy event in San Francisco, World announced a series of Apple-like stores, a partnership with dating giant Match Group, and a new mini gadget to scan your eyeballs.
https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-eyeball-scan-launch-us/

Apple notifies victims in 100 countries of spyware targeting. Apple this week sent threat notifications advising users in 100 countries that their phones had been targeted by advanced commercial spyware, according to a victim of the attacks.
https://therecord.media/apple-spyware-victims-notified-countries

# Social Media / Internet
‘Huge’: Reporters in awe at potential impact of Trump’s latest social media threat
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2671879122/

# Space Force
Space Force Special Operations Command is on its way. Space Force already has at least one ‘Space Ranger’ and several “Space Cowboys” who’ve completed an infamous “spur ride” with 1st Infantry Division cavalry scouts. But now the newest military service will have its own special operations component.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/space-force-special-operations-command/

Data Is Fundamental to the Space Force. But Sharing It Is a Challenge. The Space Force relies entirely on data—but it lacks the systems and tools to analyze and share that data properly even within the service, let alone with international partners, officials said
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/data-sharing-space-force/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft wants users to ditch Windows 10 before its imminent death — Using Copilot+ PCs with Recall to upsell Windows 11. A new blog post extols the virtues of AI-ready Copilot+ PCs and paints them as the way forward for users who have unupgradable Windows 10 PCs.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2769726/microsoft-really-really-wants-windows-10-users-to-buy-copilot-pcs.html

Inside the Battle Over OpenAI’s Corporate Restructuring. A group of activists is turning to an old playbook to influence the future of one of the world’s most powerful AI companies.
https://www.wired.com/story/open-ai-nonprofit-transition-activism/

The Climate Crisis Threatens Supply Chains. Manufacturers Hope AI Can Help. The Covid-19 pandemic showed just how vulnerable global supply chains are. Climate shocks could pose an even greater risk.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:60BE95CB

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Drivers risk $50k fines and up to 30 years behind bars under new ‘Bobby’s Law’ – and it’s already being enforced. Montana lawmakers who have been advocating for stricter DUI consequences have passed a House bill that would address this issue, as reported by NBC affiliate KTVH.
https://www.the-sun.com/motors/14148195/bobbys-law-dui-penalty-montana-drunk-driving/

New ‘mobile’ bill could see drivers risk $100 fines – even if they’re not holding cell phone. Under House Bill 1357, fines would rise to $100 to $200 for a first offense and $200 to $300 after that.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-house-bill-could-increase-224751301.html

How Insurance Companies Are Quietly Penalizing Drivers With Older Cars. While you’re patting yourself on the back for being financially savvy, your insurance bill may be creeping up, often without explanation. Understanding how and why this happens could save you hundreds each year.
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/insurance-companies-quietly-penalizing-drivers-223010233.html

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May 1, 2025
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# Indigenous
A Daughter’s Reckoning With the Indian Boarding School System. Mary Annette Pember’s mother attended an Indian residential school through the eighth grade. It forever changed her—and her children.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/daughter-reckoning-indian-boarding-school-100000571.html

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
The Trump administration has cut billions of dollars in university research funding and laid off thousands of employees at federal health agencies, these cuts have profound consequences for the lab animals that serve as the basis for biomedical research. “There are going to be a lot of animals that are going to end up being sacrificed — killed,” said Paul Locke
https://www.rawstory.com/animal-research/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Military zone along border means new — potentially harsher — penalties for newly detained migrants
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/30/migrants-face-novel-criminal-charge-new-border-zone-new-mexico.html

US begins prosecuting migrants for breaching ‘military zone’ near border. The court filings follow a decision to designate a strip of border land in New Mexico as a ‘national defence area.’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/30/us-begins-prosecuting-migrants-for-breaching-military-zone-near-border

UN Experts: Trump Admin’s Deportations to El Salvador Violate International Law. The group of 20 human rights experts signed the statement demanding an end to the “unlawful” deportations.
https://truthout.org/articles/un-experts-trump-admins-deportations-to-el-salvador-violate-international-law/

Justice Department asks Supreme Court to end protected status for 300K Venezuelan migrants. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who was appointed to the court by former President Barack Obama, ordered the challengers to respond to the administration’s request by May 8.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/01/trump-supreme-court-venezuelan-migrants-protected-status/83394942007/

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark. The Environmental Protection Agency just hid data that mapped out the locations of thousands of dangerous chemical facilities, after chemical industry lobbyists demanded that the Trump administration take down the public records.
https://www.levernews.com/the-governments-chemical-disaster-tracking-tool-just-went-dark/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Trusted College Kid to Dismantle Regulations With AI: DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations. A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
11 Ways Americans Are Already Seeing The Real-Life Impact Of Trump’s Tariffs So Far. “$89 tariff charges on $64 worth of merchandise. It has begun.” Temu shared a statement, saying, “Due to recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs, our operating expenses have gone up. To keep offering the products you love without compromising on quality, we will be making price adjustment starting April 25, 2025.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/trump-tariff-affects-april-2025

Trump’s economic suicide mission is driving America off a fiscal cliff
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5275242-trump-economic-cliff/

Trump’s Recession Has Begun. It’s already in Seattle. It will now travel east.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194655/trump-recession-begun-shipping-tariffs

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
The US government has a new policy for terminating international students’ legal status: The Trump administration updated its immigration policy to allow visa revocations to trigger immediate termination of international students’ legal status in the U.S. A newly released internal memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that Student and Exchange Visitor Program personnel may now terminate Student and Exchange Visitor Information System records if the State Department revokes a student’s visa.
https://san.com/cc/new-government-policy-for-revoking-international-students-legal-status/

Scholarship For Black Med Students Scrapped From University of Alabama at Birmingham As Trump Administration Cries Discrimination
https://www.blackenterprise.com/uabs-scholarship-for-black-med-students-canceled-over-lawsuit/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Too many workers die on the job every year. Trump’s attacks on OSHA will kill more.
https://www.epi.org/blog/too-many-workers-die-on-the-job-every-year-trumps-attacks-on-osha-will-kill-more/

Workers Overheated and Died Under Trump’s Workplace Safety Nominee. As David Keeling led companies’ safety operations, workers fell ill and died amid extreme temperatures. Now he could dismantle federal heat protections.
https://www.levernews.com/workers-overheated-and-died-under-trumps-workplace-safety-nominee/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Offshore oil platforms release toxic pollution into oceans and the air, new global study finds. A groundbreaking investigation led by SkyTruth has plotted and ranked the world’s most polluting offshore oil and gas facilities using advanced satellite technology to highlight the worst persistent oil slicks and greenhouse gas emissions around the world.
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/offshore-oil-platform-pollution-exposed-in-world-first-for-ocean/

Trump greenlights deep-sea mining as U.S. companies clash with global law and environmental warnings. Trump’s deep-sea mining order targets China’s mineral advantage, sparking backlash over unethical environmental practices.
https://www.tovima.com/climate/trump-greenlights-executive-order-to-boost-deep-sea-mining/

Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Executive Order: The Race for Critical Minerals Enters Uncharted Waters
https://www.csis.org/analysis/trumps-deep-sea-mining-executive-order-race-critical-minerals-enters-uncharted-waters

Trump Administration, Ukraine Reach Landmark Minerals Deal. US and Ukraine signed a new economic partnership agreement on Wednesday to establish the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/30/trump-admin-ukraine-mineral-deal/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump’s first 100 days bring sweeping rollbacks to climate protections and environmental oversight
https://www.dailyclimate.org/trumps-first-100-days-bring-sweeping-rollbacks-to-climate-protections-and-environmental-oversight-2671877102.html

EPA moves to cancel nearly 781 climate justice grants issued under Biden
https://www.ecowatch.com/environmental-justice-grants-cancellations-trump-biden.html

Federal employee cuts igniting fears for fire risks at national parks. The Trump administration has slashed more than 10 percent of the agency’s workforce, with more layoffs expected.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/crazy-forest-service-cuts-ignite-fear-fury-over-wildfire-risks-00301499

Outrage grows over new law that opens door to widespread destruction of country’s natural lands: ‘This is gravely concerning’
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3985200898107-outrage-grows-over-new-law-that-opens-door-to-widespread-destruction-of-countrys-natural-lands-this-is-gravely-concerning?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDYxMDU5NDg3NDI%3D

# Food General News
GOP proposal could slash food aid for millions, new analysis warns. As House Republicans push for deep SNAP cuts and expanded work requirements, experts warn the proposal would strip food assistance from millions of low-income people—including families, older adults, and veterans—without improving employment.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/05/01/gop-proposal-could-slash-food-aid-for-millions-new-analysis-warns/

# Gov / Politics
Exiling Americans? This Isn’t Legal. It’s Not Even Close. Trump is openly floating the idea of banishing “homegrowns” to Salvadoran prisons, with zero legal basis. This isn’t “deportation.” It’s the kind of fascist lunacy that should be laughed out of the room—except his administration is actually considering it.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366178/trump-deport-jail-u-s-citizens-homegrowns-el-salvador

Trump Dismisses Doug Emhoff. President Donald Trump has dismissed some members of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, the White House confirmed on April 30.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-fires-biden-appointees-holocaust-museum-board-198c359268f4d12eba95933d18914063

Trump says ‘I know what I’m doing’ before stepping back from global tariffs. President says at National Republican Congressional Committee dinner that world leaders are ‘kissing my ass’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-address-republicans-china-tariffs?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-politics_2025-04-30&utm_term=us-politics&email_hash=3dd0206c24c775c2eb150b32a14844e789cd9d26

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Jail staff laughed at dying veteran left strapped to chair in Texas, suit says: The family of Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., a 33-year-old U.S. Army veteran needed immediate medical attention but was instead taken to jail and strapped to a restraint chair until he was no longer responsive, is suing over his death, according to their legal counsel.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article305304016.html#storylink=cpy

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump’s DOJ to focus on voter fraud, not voting rights: The Justice Department (DOJ) is quietly dismantling its voting section and redirecting it to target voter fraud, marking an alarming departure from the unit’s longstanding purpose of protecting ballot access.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trumps-doj-to-focus-on-voter-fraud-not-voting-rights/

# LGBTQ / Gender
Democrats push bill to ban discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community. “It’s about time here in America,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said at a press conference. The “Equality Act” aims to add protections for sexual orientation and gender identity to law when it comes to employment, housing, public spaces and more.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3985025137533-democrats-push-bill-to-ban-discrimination-against-the-lgbtq-community?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDYxMDYwMzQyNDg%3D

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
FCC commissioner: Trump on a mission to ‘censor and control’ media
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/fcc-democrat-slams-chairman-for-aiding-trumps-campaign-of-censorship/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Those Medicaid Cuts We’ve Been Hearing About Are Starting to Come Into View
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/medicaid-cuts-republicans-trump-budget-bill.html

# Medical / Health News
‘Parkinson’s is a man-made disease.’ A condition shaped less by genetics and more by prolonged exposure to toxicants like air pollution, industrial solvents and, above all, pesticides.
https://www.politico.eu/article/bas-bloem-parkinsons-pesticides-mptp-glyphosate-paraquat/

RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research. NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by RFK Jr.’s department.
https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-niaid-irf-ebola-disease-research-stop/

# Medical Recalls
# Military / General News
Marine Reserve planning largest mobilization drills in decades
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2025/04/29/marine-reserve-planning-largest-mobilization-drills-in-decades/

‘This is going to be a challenge’: Military services steeling for impact from civilian resignations. Tens of thousands of civilian employees who work for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force are voluntarily resigning as part of the Defense Department’s effort to trim its workforce, forcing the services to restructure to minimize operational gaps
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-30/military-civilians-resignations-17637481.html

Trump has issued a number of orders affecting the military. Here’s what they do
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5277155/trump-military-transgender-dei-iron-dome-orders

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
This unit will be the next to field the Corps’ ship-killing missile
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2025/04/29/this-unit-will-be-the-next-to-field-the-corps-ship-killing-missile/

# Military / General News / Global
INTERPOL Used by CCP for Global Repression. Inside China’s machinery of repression — and how it crushes dissent around the world. Interviews with more than 100 victims in 23 countries, along with internal government documents, reveal the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders.
https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-targets/china-transnational-repression-dissent-around-world/

# Nuclear
Exposing Iran’s Leverage in Nuclear Talks With the US: Can the US Strike a Deal?
https://www.ntd.com/exposing-irans-leverage-in-nuclear-talks-with-the-us-can-the-us-strike-a-deal_1061550.html

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
U.S. Companies Honed Their Surveillance Tech in Israel. Now It’s Coming Home. After deploying AI tools in Israel and on the U.S. border, American tech companies are now powering domestic repression.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/30/israel-palestine-us-ai-surveillance-state/

# Social / Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Walmart reinstates minimum basket fee for SNAP orders. The move to reinstate the fee, which was waived during the COVID-19 pandemic, comes as the largest U.S. retailer is bracing for a tough year ahead as its customers, who typically skew low income, temper spending.
https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-04-30/walmart-reinstates-minimum-basket-fee-for-snap-orders

Worsening SNAP’s Harsh Work Requirement Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income People. Families With Children, Older Adults, Veterans Among Those Who Would Be Harmed
https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/worsening-snaps-harsh-work-requirement-would-take-food-assistance-away

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
GOP megabill would hit vehicle owners with new annual charge: ‘Are you out of your fricking mind?’ Republicans balk at new passenger car fee proposal. It doesn’t bode well for a proposal championed by the chair of the House Transportation Committee.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/29/congress/republicans-balk-at-new-car-fee-proposal-00317701

Why federal lawmakers charge you $20 for driving your car. Proposed fee part of effort to get rid of federal gas tax
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/fee-car-hybrid-electric-vehicles-b2741794.html

# Veterans / VA
After recent years of reform, vets fear Trump cuts to VA will undo lifeline health care, research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uToE5nBg_8U

# Water
Trump administration weighs rollback of PFAS drinking water rules amid court challenge
https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2025/04/the-pfas-drinking-water-rule-under-the-second-trump

Thousands of Water Systems Across US Have Dangerous Cancer-Causing Chemicals. Millions of people across the United States could be drinking water contaminated with dangerous levels of substances created when utilities disinfect water tainted with animal manure and other pollutants.
https://truthout.org/articles/thousands-of-water-systems-across-us-have-dangerous-cancer-causing-chemicals/

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April 30, 2025
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
ICE raids wrong Oklahoma home, seizes life savings and leaves family ‘traumatized for life.’ The state agreed earlier this year to increased cooperation with federal immigration agents
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/oklahoma-ice-raid-wrong-person-b2741808.html

Marco Rubio, Other Latino Republicans Blasted in New Florida Campaign: “Deporting Good Immigrants Back To Dictatorships Is Cruel.’ The Trump administration has sought to end TPS for Venezuelans and the CHNV parole program
https://www.latintimes.com/marco-rubio-other-latino-republicans-blasted-new-florida-campaign-deporting-good-immigrants-581898

Federal judge slams Border Patrol: ‘You can’t just walk up to people with brown skin’
https://www.rawstory.com/border-patrol-2671865798/

Haitian woman dies in US immigration detention
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/haitian-national-ice-custody-passes-away

Judge skeptical of Trump administration argument that federal courts can’t review border declaration
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-asylum-lawsuit-trump-border-aclu-74fcdfbdb598d7e1b350afe03e821fa8

US judge bars Border Patrol from some warrantless arrests of suspected undocumented residents
https://apnews.com/article/border-patrol-warrantless-arrests-lawsuit-farm-workers-321076295ec01b40576b79c695550b6d

San Diego attorney, U.S. citizen, receives deportation letter. Reports have emerged that some U.S. citizens—including immigration attorneys, doctors and nonprofit advocates for refugees—have received deportation notices amid the administration’s sweeping crackdown
https://www.newsweek.com/california-man-self-deport-birth-certificate-2063447

Rachel Maddow Calls Trump’s 170-Mile U.S. Border-Mexico Military Base a ‘Big Red Flag’ of ‘Authoritarian Takeover’
https://www.thewrap.com/rachel-maddow-us-mexico-border-military-base-msnbc/

House GOP wants to pump billions into Trump’s deportations and detentions as part of tax bill. Republicans in Congress are pumping billions of dollars into Trump’s mass deportation and border security plan with nearly 20,000 new officers, stark new $1,000 in fees on migrants seeking asylum and $46.5 billion for a long-sought border wall.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tax-cuts-bill-deportations-asylum-fee-68e358a73e01941af50984de8c85ea31

The Pentagon is preparing to deploy counter-drone capabilities around the U.S.-Mexico border as part of its ongoing support of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and security mandates there
https://defensescoop.com/2025/04/29/dod-counter-small-drones-u-s-mexico-border-cartels-surveil-troops/

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on April 28 directing his administration to create and publish a list of sanctuary cities accused of obstructing federal immigration law enforcement
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-statement-on-executive-order-targeting-sanctuary-cities-officials-accused-of-obstructing-law-enforcement

Border buoys may be deployed near Canadian border: Buoys have been used in the Rio Grande amid controversy. The floating barriers would help border agents patrol lakes. Canadian border crossings have dropped
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/border-buoys-montana-cananda-border-exclusive/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Now Runs US National Parks — What It Means For America’s Treasures
https://www.thewrap.com/rachel-maddow-us-mexico-border-military-base-msnbc/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Largest port in the US becomes a ghost town thanks to Trump’s tariffs
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/we-told-you-he-would-be-a-train-wreck-largest-port-in-the-us-becomes-a-ghost-town-thanks-to-trumps-tariffs/

Debt crisis deepens as 1 in 4 Americans forced to choose between bills and basics. 23% of Americans claim to have ‘unmanageable’ debt, according to Experian data
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/debt-crisis-deepens-1-4-americans-forced-choose-between-bills-basics

How much revenue has the US earned from Trump’s tariffs? President Donald Trump said this month that his tariffs were bringing in $2bn a day already. The real number turned out to be $192m per day at the time.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/4/29/how-much-revenue-has-the-us-earned-from-trumps-tariffs

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Trump administration launches investigation into Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success Plan
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/29/trump-administration-investigates-cps-black-student-success-plan/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
The federal minimum wage is officially a poverty wage in 2025. Trump Admin Has No Plans to Increase It
https://www.epi.org/blog/the-federal-minimum-wage-is-officially-a-poverty-wage-in-2025/

Federal agencies plan for mass layoffs as Trump’s workforce cuts continue. Federal agencies have begun to announce plans to implement President Trump’s request for large-scale job cuts and the elimination of government functions.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5328721/reduction-in-force-rif-federal-workers-job-cuts-musk-doge-layoffs

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Experts predict that oil refineries worldwide could soon face closure: ‘I think you’ll see more consolidation’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/european-oil-refineries-future-outlook/

Panel: More European oil refineries will close or convert in the next 10 years. A panel of executives at the Financial Times Commodities Global Summit held in Lausanne, Switzerland on Monday said that European oil refineries would have to adapt to energy transition by 2035 or risk closure.
https://energynews.oedigital.com/fossil-fuels/2025/03/24/panel-more-european-oil-refineries-will-close-or-convert-in-the-next-10-years

Interior secretary tilts energy policy toward fossil fuels, sidelining renewables. A push for fossil fuel dominance is reshaping U.S. energy policy under Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, leaving wind, solar, and carbon capture outside fast-tracked development plans.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/interior-secretary-tilts-energy-policy-toward-fossil-fuels-sidelining-renewables-2671870998.html?vgo_ee=tAkpEGRQN2v%2F3mPCFOmOrBJ%2BDL8r96aCWL5R%2BPSFimzGKD0%2B4ngeYo1JNe8%3D%3A%2FXMZUDsvQNf%2BPJ3X6qoWQ%2Bdg5b4OtvPn

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
EPA reopens early-exit offers as Trump administration moves to shrink agency staff
https://www.ehn.org/epa-reopens-early-exit-offers-as-trump-administration-moves-to-shrink-agency-staff

‘It’s a huge loss’: Trump administration dismisses scientists preparing climate report
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-04-29/national-climate-assessment-authors-dismissed

Alaska’s St. Paul Island struggles to survive as warming seas erase ice and upend life
https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/ice-all-but-disappeared-from-this-alaskan-island-it-changed-everything

Montana Republicans move to weaken environmental protections after youth climate lawsuit victory: When the state’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in the nation’s most successful youth climate suit, it sparked a Republican backlash that could lead to fundamental changes in Montana’s courts and environmental laws.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28042025/montana-republican-legislators-fight-back-after-youth-climate-lawsuit/

# Food General News
Experts warn global crisis is deepening as soaring food costs push millions to the brink: ‘We are at a breaking point.’ “For millions of families, food is not just expensive, it is out of reach.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/global-food-prices-rising-impact-poor-communities/

# Gov / Politics
‘Nothing will stop me’: Trump ‘hopes’ Supreme Court will back him — but makes grim vow. President Trump stirs up further controversy by claiming he ‘could’ return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador in a heated ABC News interview
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-100-days-rally-interview-amazon-tariffs-live-updates-b2742089.html

It was supposed to be a tax and border bill. It could also hand Trump vast new executive powers. Legislation written by the House Judiciary Committee would allow Trump to delete reams of regulations from the federal rulebook.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/29/trump-executive-powers-reins-act-ftc-antitrust-00317105

Trump administration tells Congress it plans to label Haitian gangs as foreign terror organizations. The State Department similarly labeled eight Latin American crime organizations in February as it ratcheted up pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. and anyone assisting them.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/trump-administration-tells-congress-it-plans-to-label-haitian-gangs-as-foreign-terror-organizations/

Trump Admits He ‘Could’ Bring Back Abrego Garcia and Comply With Supreme Court – But Still Refuses
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-admits-he-could-bring-back-abrego-garcia-and-comply-with-supreme-court-but-still-refuses/

Trump says voters unhappy about the economy and his China trade war should deal with it because ‘they did sign up for it, actually’
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-voters-signed-up-for-tariffs-when-they-backed-him-2025-4

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries Questions Whether Trump is Cognitively ‘Fit’ to Be President
https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/house-democratic-leader-hakeem-jeffries-questions-whether-trump-is-cognitively-fit-to-be-president/

House Democrat unveils articles of impeachment against Trump. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) introduced seven long-shot articles of impeachment against President Trump.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/articles-of-impeachment-trump-shri-thanedar

Donald Trump Responds to New Articles of Impeachment in First 100 Days Speech: ‘What the Hell Did I Do?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E88BQU9X8c0

‘Insurrection was a turning point’ Pa. bill looks to punish political violence with life in prison
https://www.wtaj.com/news/regional-news/insurrection-was-a-turning-point-pa-bill-looks-to-punish-political-violence-with-life-in-prison/

Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government: Government abuses of power do not solely rest with the Executive Branch. It can come from the Legislative Branch as well. On our present course this exercise seems little more than a political stunt designed to inject extremist politics into the legislative oversight function and the justice system. The American people deserve better than that.
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115294/text

Trump’s most absurd executive order yet. This document has mostly gone under the national radar, undoubtedly due to the ceaseless parade of headline illegalities pouring out of the White House. But the order’s legal and practical implications are massive.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5271523-this-might-be-trumps-most-absurd-executive-order-yet/

Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats’ top fundraising platform. The latest example of Trump using the tools of the government to go after his political opponents.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-actblue-democratic-fundraising-9f990e668572709ce0e3260bbdb6f61b

Fact Check: Yes, Trump signed order targeting Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue. The Trump administration is calling for investigations into unlawful “straw donor” campaigns and foreign contributions in U.S. elections.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-memo-actblue/

Donald Trump Left Everyone Scratching Their Heads With His Bizarre Response About Running For A Third Term. Trump Tells Crowd: ‘We Actually Already Served Three’
https://time.com/7281485/is-trump-seeking-a-third-term-rally-comments-election-denial/

Mistakes Were Made. And Made. And Made Again. Donald Trump only needed 100 days to break the government. Good luck putting it back together.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/donald-trump-100-days-to-break-the-government-doge-musk/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-04-29-2025

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump’s Latest Order Wants to Use Military for Terrifying Purpose. Donald Trump wants to turn the military into his personal police force.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194538/donald-trump-executive-order-military-police-force

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strengthens America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens. Increase the provision of surplus military assets to support local law enforcement and evaluate their use in crime prevention. Use recently established Homeland Security Task Forces (HSTFs) to advance Federal and local coordination.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strengthens-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Illinois judge slams arrest of Wisconsin judge as ‘reminiscent of Hitler.’ “The administration practiced jack booted, ham handed, procedures to arrest Judge Dugan at the courthouse. Reminiscent of King George, Hitler and Mussolini.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_aa9631af-36a1-417b-abba-623d07b32a51.html

New lawsuit argues Trump and DOGE’s government overhaul is unconstitutional. “Three months into this Administration, there can be no real doubt that impacted federal agencies are acting according to the direction being given by President Trump through DOGE, OMB, and OPM,” the lawsuit states
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380783/trump-doge-lawsuit-federal-workers-cities

City Of Chicago Joins Nationwide Coalition in Lawsuit to Challenge the Trump Administration’s Unlawful Firing of Federal Employees. The Johnson administration joins cities, counties, union organizations, and non-profit groups in opposing the sweeping cuts by DOGE that are disrupting vital City services.
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2025/april/CoC_Joins_Nationwide_Coalition_in_Lawsuit.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘Face to the cruelty’: MSNBC sees Trump repeating same error that crashed last presidency
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-approval-immigration/

‘One sweeping act of executive overreach’: Trump ‘illegally’ fired board members at Corporation for Public Broadcasting, lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/one-sweeping-act-of-executive-overreach-trump-illegally-fired-board-members-at-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-lawsuit-says/

UPS announces 20,000 job cuts, 73 facility closures amid fewer Amazon shipments. As UPS and Amazon scale down their partnership, UPS faces a challenging market, prompting significant workforce reductions and facility closures.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/economy/ups-announces-job-cuts-and-facility-closures-as-amazon-reduces-volume

USPS warns of price changes and closures under July 13 overhaul after customers left fuming over delays and lost mail. Mail price rates could jump up by 7.4% as the USPS tries to achieve financial stability
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14131642/usps-price-changes-overhaul-july-13-delays/

The U.S. Postal Service today filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of mailing price changes take effect July 13. New rates include increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents.
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/local-releases/de/2025/0409-usps-recommends-new-prices-for-july.htm

Justice Dept. Wants to Make Seizing Journalists’ Records Easier. The Justice Department is ramping up its confrontations against the media with a new policy that could make it easier for U.S. attorneys to seize reporters’ records and compel their testimony.
https://www.thewellnews.com/law/justice-dept-wants-to-make-seizing-journalists-records-easier/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Potential Medicaid Cuts Could Impact Long-Term Care and Family Caregivers. NPR reports ‘profound effects’ on health expected if Medicaid budget cuts eliminate services for older and vulnerable Americans.
https://www.thestreet.com/retirement-daily/your-money/potential-medicaid-cuts-long-term-care-family-caregivers

Caregivers express concern over potential Medicaid cuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JQuTgFMtI8

House GOP faces dilemma over Medicaid cuts
https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2025/04/29/energy-commerce-committee-medicaid-budget

Republicans Say Medicaid ‘Work Requirements’ Don’t Count As Cuts. Medicaid coverage for unemployed adults is on the line to help pay for President Donald Trump’s tax cut bill.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/medicaid-work-requirement-republican-bill_n_6811214fe4b0d4c3d8e31c0a

AOC Hits Back At GOP Medicaid Claims With Blistering Last Word
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-medicaid-republicans-trump-cuts_n_68115449e4b00bb8ae4b9ff1?origin=top-ad-recirc

It’s time for the US to guarantee healthcare to all: ‘Absurd’: Sen. Sanders on access to U.S. healthcare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBgl7n10CS0

Sen. Sanders reintroduces Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, Says Sanders, Would Show American People ‘Government Is Listening to Them.’ “The goal of the current administration and their billionaire buddies is to pile on endless cuts,” said one nurse and union leader. “Even on our hardest days, we won’t stop fighting for Medicare for All.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicare-for-all-reintroduction-2025

‘Infuriates me’: MAGA senators turn on GOP over ‘life and death’ plan. Both ideas amounted to “cutting benefits,” Moreno told Semafor, adding, “We don’t need to cut benefits. And it actually really infuriates me to hear people here talking about that, because it stresses people out. This is life and death for them.”
https://www.rawstory.com/medicaid-cuts-2671865029/

# Medical / Health News
Map shows states with most drug overdose deaths as RFK puts an end to life saving narcan program. Although drug deaths are decreasing across the US, experts point to federal programs around overdose-reversing drug Narcan, which now face cuts from the Trump administration
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/map-overdose-drugs-heroin-rfk-1120294

Is RFK Jr. Creating an ‘Autism Registry’? No official announcement has been made, though the report comes after Kennedy promised a large research effort to find the cause of autism.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-04-23/is-rfk-jr-creating-an-autism-registry-what-to-know#google_vignette

Advocates still alarmed even as HHS walks back autism registry announcement. 100s of researchers, advocates call on Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to abandon discredited beliefs about ‘cures,’ adhere to scientific standards.
https://www.the74million.org/article/advocates-still-alarmed-even-as-hhs-walks-back-autism-registry-announcement/

Study links chemicals in plastic to cardiovascular deaths. The study published in the Lancet eBioMedicine journal, focused on a phthalate chemical called DEHP, used to make food containers, medical equipment and to soften plastic, “DEHP exposure contributed to 356,238 deaths, or more than 13 percent of all global mortality from heart disease in 2018 among men and women ages 55 through 64,” a statement said.
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/4/29/study-links-chemicals-in-plastic-to-cardiovascular-deaths-0717

# Military / General News
Global arms spending made biggest post-Cold War jump in 2024: Money for weapons flows amply as the world contends with wars and crises.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/2025/04/29/global-arms-spending-made-biggest-post-cold-war-jump-in-2024-report/

The US Army is weighing a massive overhaul that would see a reduction in the number of general officer billets and restructure the service’s organizations charged with developing requirements and buying weapons
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/04/falling-stars-army-weighing-massive-cut-to-generals-peo-offices-and-afc-power/

House Armed Services Committee approves extra $150B for Pentagon. It requires the Pentagon to spend the additional funds by October 2034, including nearly $9 billion on renovations to barracks and unaccompanied housing, allowance increases and other quality-of-life improvements for service members.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/04/hasc-approves-150b-defense-increase-as-gop-shuts-down-amendments-to-curb-hegseth-doge/

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
Anduril announces lighter, smaller Pulsar jammer. The system is about the size of a shoebox and weighs less than 25 pounds, allowing users to quickly deploy it against enemy threats, like drone swarms
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/04/29/anduril-announces-lighter-smaller-pulsar-jammer/

Anduril unveils ‘Copperhead’ line of autonomous underwater vehicles designed to meet military and commercial needs for larger fleets of uncrewed maritime vessels.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/naval/2025/04/07/anduril-unveils-copperhead-line-of-autonomous-underwater-vehicles/

# Military / General News / Global
Russia threatens NATO nations with revenge nuclear strikes as Putin expands military bases along Finnish border
https://nypost.com/2025/04/29/world-news/russia-threatens-nato-nations-with-revenge-nuclear-strikes-as-putin-expands-military-bases-along-finnish-border/

The Russian Military Moves That Have Europe on Edge. Putin is expanding bases and preparing to move more troops to European border regions far from Ukraine; ‘we’re expecting some conflict with NATO’
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-military-nato-europe-finland-ff53b912

Russia Builds Up Military Bases Along Finland Border, Satellite Images Show
https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-builds-up-military-bases-along-finland-border-satellite-images-show-7927

New Russia-Finland war; Putin is massing a large army on the borders of this European country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI9lmqG1zDU

NATO practices seizing Russia’s Baltic exclave, nuclear apocalypse approaches – Putin’s aide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2yOkBWODYM

Unprecedented rise in global military expenditure as European and Middle East spending surges
https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2025/unprecedented-rise-global-military-expenditure-european-and-middle-east-spending-surges

# Social / Social Services / SNAP [Food Stamps]
5 Public Benefits That Are Slowly Being Taken Away While No One Watches
1. SNAP Benefits Have Been Cut Back in Many States
2. Medicaid Redetermination Is Kicking Millions Off Coverage
3. Affordable Housing Vouchers Are Failing to Keep Up
4. Social Security Offices Are Harder to Access
5. Unemployment Benefits Are Less Generous and Harder to Get
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/5-public-benefits-slowly-being-204635370.html

‘Giving the middle finger to service’: Trump is ‘without authority’ to unilaterally dismantle AmeriCorps, lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/giving-the-middle-finger-to-service-trump-is-without-authority-to-unilaterally-dismantle-americorps-lawsuit-says/

Advocates Fight Largest Federal Homeless Encampment Sweep in Decades arguing that displacing more than 150 people from Oregon’s Deschutes National Forest without offering housing will only deepen the homelessness crisis.
https://invisiblepeople.tv/advocates-fight-largest-federal-homeless-encampment-sweep-in-decades/#:~:text=Advocates%20are%20seeking%20a%20restraining,only%20deepen%20the%20homelessness%20crisis.

President Trump Just Made Another Social Security Change That Could Affect More Than 485,000 Americans. The secretary of the Treasury would stop issuing paper checks for all federal payments, including Social Security benefits. The stated goal is to reduce the risk of mail fraud and trim the government’s costs.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-just-made-another-100000625.html

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Trump Issues New Safety Requirement for All Commercial Vehicle Operators. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday requiring truck drivers to pass English literacy tests as a “non-negotiable safety requirement.”
https://www.thetrucker.com/trucking-news/business/trucking-industry-reacts-to-trumps-elp-executive-order-for-drivers

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Voices, The Peoples News

April 28, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Rights to Native American Land and Natural Resources: The federal government holds 56 million acres of land in trust for Native American tribes and individuals. This means that the government holds title to the land, but the Native American tribe or individual holds the beneficial interest.
https://www.justia.com/native-american-law/rights-to-native-american-land-and-natural-resources/#:~:text=The%20federal%20government%20holds%2056,individual%20holds%20the%20beneficial%20interest

American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. That the rights of indigenous peoples are both essential and of historical significance to the present and future of the Americas
https://www.oas.org/en/sare/documents/decamind.pdf

Rights-of-Way on Individually Owned Indian and Tribal Lands. The Division of Real Estate Services coordinates the process of granting access to American Indian and Alaska Native lands for major infrastructure projects.
https://www.bia.gov/service/rights-of-way-individually-owned-indian-and-tribal-lands

# Indigenous / Global
Who Has the Right to Decide What Happens on Indigenous Lands? In Ecuador, Indigenous communities are fighting for stronger safeguards to protect their sovereignty as more oil drilling looms. A right to say no to unwanted development could revolutionize consultation processes used around the world.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27042025/ecuador-indigenous-land-rights-oil-drilling/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘We’re breaking our promises’: Afghans who helped US at risk of deportation as Trump ends protections. Afghans who fled the Taliban, including some who helped the U.S. military during America’s 20-year war there, are facing the risk of deportation as the Trump administration moves to end legal protections for them
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/25/were-breaking-our-promises-afghans-who-helped-us-risk-of-deportation-trump-ends-protections.html

Secret Trump Memo Tells ICE to Break into Homes Without Warrants
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-warrantless-search

Lawmaker defends bill providing health care to undocumented Minnesotans
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-undocumented-immigrants-health-insurance-debate/

Mexico instructs broadcasters to ban Kristi Noem’s ad on illegal immigration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3391499/mexico-instructs-broadcasters-ban-kristi-noem-ad-illegal-immigration/

I Was Told I’m Not a U.S. Citizen – My Panic to Prove My Identity: The original poster (OP) received an alert that said he was not a U.S. citizen. The OP clearly has documentation showing that he is, in fact, a U.S. citizen. The poster was born here, and the U.S. follows birthright citizenship rules that say people born in this country are citizens of it.
https://www.aol.com/told-m-not-u-citizen-181504025.html

Undocumented immigrants find legal representation with help of non-profit organization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1OOI0OWw5A

US judge in Texas orders release of Venezuelan couple, temporarily blocks deportations
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-texas-venezuela-a2b8e109b98c4ff62ac7719614056ac3

Haitians living in U.S. face uncertain future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbg4Ix-Gcvo

Irish woman legally residing in US for 30 years detained following visit to ill father in Ireland is being held in a large immigration prison in Washington state. Cliona Ward holds a valid green card and is the sole caregiver for her chronically ill son in Santa Cruz, California.
https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-woman-us-detained-cliona-ward-6689583-Apr2025/

Lawsuit says migrants endure isolation and intimidation at US’ Guantanamo detention center
https://apnews.com/article/guantanamo-navy-base-immigrants-detained-1ce6ef448f50bc89a47e32a919befc45

ICE admits detained New Jersey man has no criminal history
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/sen-andy-kim-ice-arrest-karim-daoud-new-jersey/

A federal judge wants the Trump administration to explain why a 2-year-old U.S. citizen was deported to Honduras with her mother and older sister.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-demands-answers-whether-2-year-old-u-s-citizen-deported-to-honduras/

Border czar maintains “no U.S. citizen child was deported” in incident of girl removed to Honduras with mother
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-homan-border-czar-deportation-us-citizen-honduras-face-the-nation/

Homan says having US-born children does not make people ‘immune’ from deportation
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5270048-homan-us-born-children-deportation/

ICE works with Florida cops to arrest nearly 800 undocumented immigrants in a ‘first-of-its-kind’ agreement
https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2025/04/28/ice-florida-operation-law-enforcement-initiative-arrests/83322522007/

Protests target courthouse, FBI after judge arrested for allegedly protecting illegal immigrant
https://www.commondreams.org/news/hannah-dugan-protest

Judges Are Slowing Down Trump’s Fascist Deportation Regime. Now He’s Arresting Them For It. In the absence of opposition party challenges and disempowered labor, courts are one of the few sites of meaningful pushback on Trump’s agenda.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/25/judge-arrest-trump-immigrants-deport/

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Over $300M raised for DEI initiatives in higher education across U.S.
https://www.aol.com/report-over-300m-raised-dei-143100242.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Poll: Independent voters turn against DOGE
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7d3cd07b-105b-451c-9204-21a3da1b99af.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Walmart and Target CEOs issue dire tariff warning on everyday items far worse than price rises, empty shelves. The CEOs of Walmart and Target are warning that store shelves could be empty in weeks unless trade policy changes soon.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-target-warn-massive-price-224437154.html

SC Senate votes to give themselves $18,000 pay raise. The South Carolina Senate has voted what is effectively an $18,000-a-year pay raise into the state’s spending plan for the next budget year.
https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-senate-legislators-pay-raise-7c2a3ec068c5316a019c529abd3358f9

Trump Boldly Claims Steep Tariffs Could Lead To Taxes Being ‘Completely Eliminated’ For Some Workers
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tariffs-taxes-eliminated_n_680e4676e4b052c33e2744e9

Taxed Baby Products Skyrocket as Trump Pushes for More Kids. The “baby tax” has already made essential gear go up by 30%, and prices are expected to climb higher in the coming weeks.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/26/tariffs-baby-product-prices

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Trump administration proposes elimination of Head Start funding | Here’s what that means
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtTWeQ8MNhc

Federal judge restricts Trump administration’s efforts to withhold school funding based on DEI
https://www.k12dive.com/news/judge-restricts-education-departments-dei-threats/746293/

ICE restoring legal status for international students with revoked visas
https://apnews.com/article/international-student-status-restored-9e8a7cb90f4193ec52bf06edc5094cd9

Campus communities rally around international students threatened by ICE
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5266036-campus-communities-rally-around-international-students-threatened-by-ice/

These Pennsylvania College and University Presidents Say the Trump Administration’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’ Endangers Higher Education
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Federal work shaped a Black middle class. Now it’s destabilized by Trump’s job cuts
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/27/nx-s1-5349442/black-federal-employees-trump-cuts

Ex-Tesla exec. urges federal workers to stand up to Elon Musk
https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/ex-tesla-exec-urges-federal-workers-stand-up-elon-musk/

Federal workers are waging a resistance against Trump agenda. It’s captured in videos and polling
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/federal-workers-paid-taxpayers-openly-defying-trump-agenda-will-voters

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Deep-sea miner seeks Trump intervention ahead of meeting. Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet (200 meters) below the ocean surface and sustains life across our planet.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/marine-life/deep-sea-miner-seeks-trump-intervention/

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order intended to accelerate offshore mining and open new opportunities for extracting critical materials from the ocean floor despite the objections of environmentalists.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-moves-ramp-deep-sea-215958968.html

Senators unite in rare bipartisan push to keep energy affordable: ‘We believe the final bill can support smart policies’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/clean-energy-tax-credits-republican-senators/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Improving methane measurement in the age of rising emissions
https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/engineering/iimproving-methane-measurement/#:~:text=Knowing%20how%20much%20methane%20is,detection%20of%20local%20sources%20easier

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Proposed Changes to FEMA and the Future of Federal Disaster Response. An analysis of how recent executive actions may reshape disaster management and their potential impact on affected communities
https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/proposed-changes-to-fema-and-the-future-of-federal-disaster-response/

Trump’s Cuts to FEMA Leave Us Unprepared for Disasters. Reports of hundreds of staff cuts to FEMA and agency disaster response. Additional cuts are possible as the Trump administration looks to get rid of even more staff, according to news reports. These will reportedly target FEMA staff who work on climate resilience and disaster risk reduction.
https://www.nrdc.org/media/trumps-cuts-fema-leave-us-unprepared-disasters

# Food General News
PA bill passes exempting farmers from unemployment tax for migrants
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_5b272015-4f0f-4176-af9e-d5d7c263f54e.html

Experts Warn Getting Food Is ‘Going To Be Complicated’ As Trump Deportations Target Farm Workers
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-mass-deportation-farms-breaking-point-2064190

How Trump’s Deportation Plans Could Blow Up the Food System and Increase Migrant Labor. Instead of cutting back on undocumented immigrants, the new administration will be forced to provide more visas to keep food flowing to stores.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/23/trump-deportation-plans-food-system-00200013

# General News
Donald Trump says major US holiday ‘will return from the ashes’ with attack on Democrats
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-vows-bring-columbus-day-220400584.html

Donald Trump going after women’s freedom and cooking legal ‘loopholes’ to beat constitution to become president again. Because two terms are not enough to destroy every right women have won in America.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/donald-trump-going-after-womens-freedom-and-cooking-legal-loopholes-to-beat-constitution-to-become-president-again/

# Gov / Politics
Musk Leads MAGA Meltdown After Dem Demand for Mass Protests. Thousands of protesters gathered across the U.S. Saturday to object to Trump administration policies, including Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) federal downsizing, reciprocal tariffs and immigration reform
https://www.yahoo.com/news/protesters-rally-against-trump-musk-225758310.html

Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker’s office in backlash against Musk. Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE’s access to a vast government payments system.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/05/congress/two-dem-lawmakers-invade-house-speakers-office-in-backlash-against-musk-00202667

However scared you might be for our democracy, you are not scared enough: During his 2024 campaign, Donald Trump pretended his “Dictator on Day 1” talk was just a joke. Nearly 100 days in, it’s clear he was dead serious
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-autocrat-supreme-court_n_680ab464e4b031fa917d7610

Ron and Casey DeSantis were plotting a political dynasty in Florida. Then came a scandal
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/politics/ron-casey-desantis-florida-scandal/index.html

‘Might be the big one’: Trump accused of ‘freezing’ out future GOP presidential hopefuls
https://www.rawstory.com/this-might-be-the-big-one-trump-accused-of-freezing-out/

Trump poised to offer Saudi Arabia over $100 billion arms package, sources say
https://www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/systemfiles/U.S.%20Offers%20Billions%20in%20Arms%20to%20Ease%20Mideast%E2%80%99s%20Iran%20Anxiety%20%20-%20Quoting%20Yiftah%20Shapir%20in%20Bloomberg%20Business.pdf

We Finally Know Exactly What The Saudis Are Getting In That Huge Arms Deal. The package includes major upgrades for the country’s Air Force and Navy, as well as new space-based capabilities.
https://www.twz.com/11329/we-finally-know-exactly-what-the-saudis-are-getting-in-that-huge-arms-deal

Putin is ‘Playing America as a Patsy.’ The senior senator from Iowa has been one of the most vocal congressional Republicans criticizing Russian aggression in Ukraine.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/russia-ukraine-trump-negotiations-00310360

Congress won’t back a Trump invasion of Greenland, top Democrat says. “I don’t believe that there is real bipartisan support…to aggressively move on Greenland,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in Denmark.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/25/congress-democrats-trump-greenland-invasion/83273753007/

‘Should Not Treat Them Nicely!’ Trump Calls For Republicans to Crack Down on ‘Disruptors and Troublemakers’ at Town Hall Events
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/should-not-treat-them-nicely-trump-calls-for-republicans-to-crack-down-on-disruptors-and-troublemakers-at-town-hall-events/

Trump dismissed Israeli plans to attack Iran in favour of negotiations. Splits within US administration eventually led to ‘rough compromise’ against military action
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-dismissed-israeli-plans-attack-iran-favour-negotiations

US amb. to Israel Mike Huckabee supports starving Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgSwIGTPIE4

Trump Doesn’t Need an Executive Order to Kill Progressive Nonprofits. Fearing retribution from Trump, major donors to progressive organizations are holding back at a time when they need it most.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/25/trump-nonprofits-philanthropy-donors/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Greenland’s prime minister says island can’t be bought and US isn’t showing respect
https://apnews.com/article/greenland-trump-denmark-us-87b669843fc1edc2c40cea47e6a40043

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Trumpian Plot to Take Over the Federal Courts. The conservative legal movement’s latest broadside against the judiciary is likely to fail, but it illuminates how far they’re willing to go to dismantle the rule of law.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194461/trump-allies-commandeer-federal-courts

‘Wasting Judicial Resources’: Judge Shreds Trump Admin’s Alien Enemies Act Case. A federal judge in El Paso ruled that Trump’s attempt to deport a couple under the wartime law had no “basis” other than “multiple levels of hearsay”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-judge-shreds-alien-enemies-act-deportation-case-1235325882/

‘Information manipulation’: Trump DOJ goes after Wikipedia for ‘masking propaganda’ and threatens nonprofit status, accuses it of boosting ‘foreign powers’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/information-manipulation-trump-doj-goes-after-wikipedia-for-information-manipulation-and-threatens-nonprofit-status-accuses-it-of-boosting-foreign-powers/

Judge blocks parts of Trump elections overhaul, including proof-of-citizenship requirement
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-citizenship-lawsuit-4b683fe2e1106316fdb05621be9b7d0e

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Don’t Let Elon Musk Privatize the Postal Service. In a rare display of bipartisanship, politicians of both parties are telling the Trump Administration not to sell the public service to for-profit corporations.
https://progressive.org/op-eds/dont-let-elon-musk-privatize-the-postal-service-anderson-20250423/

Maddow Declares Trump Attempting ‘Authoritarian Overthrow’ of U.S. But So Far Too ‘Incompetent’ to Pull it Off
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/maddow-declares-trump-attempting-authoritarian-overthrow-of-u-s-but-so-far-too-incompetent-to-pull-it-off/

California Democrat pushes to tax social media
https://www.newsweek.com/california-tax-social-media-legislation-2064045

What’s happening at “60 Minutes” matters to anyone who cares about protecting free speech. We should rewatch the SLAPP Suits episode of “Last Week Tonight” in the context of Trump’s threat to press freedoms
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/27/whats-happening-at-60-minutes-matters-to-anyone-cares-about-protecting-free-speech/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Medicaid cuts may disproportionately affect Black, Latino doctors and their patients
https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/medicaid-cuts-impact-black-latino-patients-doctors/

Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Are Sitting in to Stand up for Medicaid. The lawmakers are having “An Urgent Conversation with the American People” on the Capitol steps to oppose Republican plans to cut public healthcare benefits
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/booker-jeffries-capitol-sit-in-medicaid-1235326047/

Virginia lawmakers demand Medicare oversight reforms
https://www.insidenova.com/news/state/virginia-lawmakers-demand-medicare-oversight-reforms/article_bdcae3c9-d732-51a3-91bf-3ca43f247a7c.html

# Medical / Health News
Trailblazer: a gene therapy pathway to a cure for HIV
https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/a-gene-therapy-pathway-to-a-cure-for-hiv/

For This Insurer, Breathing Now Comes With A Catch. Blue Cross Blue Shield just made it harder for many patients to get vital asthma and allergy medications, all while channeling more profits toward a PBM-affiliated pharmacy.
https://www.levernews.com/for-this-insurer-breathing-now-comes-with-a-catch/

Increasing Barriers To Care: Many health insurers have long required prior authorizations, in which providers must obtain insurance approval for services or medications, to ostensibly guard against unnecessary procedures. However, many experts say the real reason for such requirements is to create barriers to care and reduce coverage costs.
https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/what-doctors-wish-patients-knew-about-prior-authorization#

# Military / DOD / General News
‘Completely Unacceptable’: Pete Hegseth Calls Out ‘Fat’ Military Troops and Demands For ‘Real Fitness and Weight Standards’ — ‘This is What We Are Changing’
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5267720-reserve-troops-weight-standards/

Hegseth Purges Defense Advisory Board After MAGA Came For It. On Tucker Carlson’s show, a MAGA loyalist ripped the Defense Policy Board. In short order, Pete Hegseth purged all its members.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/25/hegseth-defense-policy-board-pentagon-tucker-carlson/

# NASA / Space
Trump administration cancels lease for NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in New York City. GISS is a leading Earth science research organization.
https://www.space.com/the-universe/earth/trump-administration-cancels-lease-for-nasas-goddard-institute-for-space-studies-lab-in-new-york-city

SpaceX launches 250th Starlink satellite mission. SpaceX launched a milestone mission on Sunday night (April 27). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the company’s Starlink broadband satellites
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launches-250th-starlink-satellite-mission-lands-rocket-at-sea-photos

# Nuclear
Israeli spokeswoman asked forbidden question about secret nukes
https://www.radiofree.org/2025/04/27/israeli-spokeswoman-asked-forbidden-question-about-secret-nukes/

# Pharmaceuticals
Trump’s planned pharmaceutical tariffs would raise costs by $51bn annually, report finds
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-pharmaceutical-tariffs-costs-b2739812.html

# Social / Social Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs. A draft document outlines steep cuts or the elimination of funding for programs that provide child care, housing assistance, foreign aid and health research.
https://www.startribune.com/trump-budget-to-take-ax-to-radical-safety-net-programs/601339585

IRS can seize your social security, property, and paycheck once a year if you fail to pay your taxes. Here’s what you need to know about the process and how to avoid it
https://www.the-express.com/finance/personal-finance/170059/irs-can-seize-your-social-security-property-paycheck

# Solar Activity
The world’s most advanced solar telescope just unlocked a new level of discovery with the first light from its Visible Tunable Filter—a revolutionary instrument built with atomic precision to capture the Sun in stunning spectral and magnetic detail.
https://scitechdaily.com/worlds-most-powerful-solar-telescope-captures-the-suns-explosive-activity-in-unmatched-detail/

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show. Records reviewed by WIRED show law enforcement agencies are eager to take advantage of the data trails generated by a flood of new internet-connected vehicle features.
https://www.stopspying.org/wiretaps-on-wheels

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April 27, 2025
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
DHS Spox Touts ‘Major Success’ In Florida After Nabbing Nearly 800 Illegals In 4 Days. Tricia McLaughlin described the arrest records of some illegal immigrants arrested by ICE as part of “a large-scale operation” during an appearance on Fox News.
https://www.aol.com/dhs-spox-touts-major-success-020838833.html

Trump’s New Defense For Violating Immigration Orders: A Different Agency Did It
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/04/24/trumps-new-defense-for-violating-immigration-orders-a-different-agency-did-it/

ICE deports three U.S. citizen children to Honduras. Three U.S. citizen children were deported to Honduras from Louisiana, sparking national outrage and prompting a U.S. District Judge to criticize the deportation process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n16Ej34pS1A

ICE makes insane number of illegal migrant arrests in one swoop during stunning blitzkrieg
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14652069/ICE-illegal-migrant-arrests-blitzkrieg-Florida.html

ICE planning dramatic detention expansion as it tries to deport 1 million people annually. Private prison company CEO calls $45 billion detention expansion plans ‘exciting’ as President Trump ramps up deportations
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/25/trump-contractors-ice-detentions-deportations/83250623007/

Trump admin rips 4-year-old cancer patient from her mother and deports US citizen kids. The deportation of children along with their undocumented parents has raised serious questions about who the administration is targeting during it’s mass deportation efforts
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trump-admin-rips-4-year-35125837

US judge temporarily stops west Texas immigrant deportations under Alien Enemies Act
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-texas-venezuela-a2b8e109b98c4ff62ac7719614056ac3

Venezuela accuses El Salvador president of ‘human trafficking.’ Venezuela’s attorney general accused Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele of “human trafficking” and suggested he face international justice for accepting cash to jail deportees from the United States.
https://www.barrons.com/news/venezuela-accuses-el-salvador-president-of-human-trafficking-e4ab35f1

Trump team may have violated another judge’s order by moving Venezuelan to Texas for deportation. Administration appears to have bucked yet another court order as officials prepare for more removals under the Alien Enemies Act
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-deport-texas-court-order-b2739003.html

Border Patrol, Mexican government dismantle cartel lookout posts: Solar panels and radios were critical tools for cartel lookouts stationed in the desert to spy on Border Patrol movements, guide smugglers through gaps along the Arizona border. But this joint operation sent a loud message: Cartels can set up shop, but the U.S. and Mexico will tear it down.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/cartels/border-patrol-mexican-government-cartel-lookouts/

The Kafkaesque Case of Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez Is a Warning to Us All. In a clear case of racial profiling, immigration police in Florida unlawfully arrested and held a US-born citizen.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-kafkaesque-case-of-juan-carlos-lopez-gomez-is-a-warning-to-us-all/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Lawmakers want to know why DOGE is building a database of sensitive Social Security info. Whistleblower information suggests DOGE is “rapidly, haphazardly, and unlawfully” making changes at the Social Security Administration.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-tech/data-privacy-and-cybersecurity/lawmakers-want-to-know-why-doge-is-building-a-database-of-sensitive-social-security-info

Musk’s team started by searching for cost-savings in federal government. Today they are DOGE the immigrant hunters. In the last few months DOGE has pursued immigration-related data across the Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-elon-musk-immigration-data-b2738847.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Elon Musk Is Shutting Down The Government Loan Office That Gave Him The Money To Grow Tesla
https://www.jalopnik.com/1843586/elon-musk-doe-cuts-tesla/

China foreign minister says US tariffs show “extreme egoism.” “Certain countries” resort to “pressure and coercion, and trigger unjustified trade wars. This extreme selfishness only harms their credibility.”
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/trade-war-tariffs-china-hits-out-extreme-selfishness-us-trump-5091491

How Trump Is Helping Price Gougers Exploit His Tariffs. Emboldened by the new administration’s regulatory reprieve, “price optimization” consultants are showing corporations how to weaponize import levies to fleece consumers.
https://www.levernews.com/how-trump-is-helping-price-gougers-exploit-his-tariffs/

Crypto Scams Are Exploding, And There’s No Plan To Protect You. New data reveals Americans lost a record $9.3 billion to cryptocurrency fraud last year, yet the government has no unified strategy for combating online scams.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/02/26/crypto-scams-are-costing-people-millions-heres-how/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Smithsonian begins removing exhibits, artifacts from African American History Museum. It comes a month after President Trump’s executive order to remove what he calls “improper ideology” from Smithsonian museums.
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/smithsonian-begins-removing-exhibits-artifacts-from-african-american-history-museum/

Civil rights leader says artifacts were removed from Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History. Full interview with the Rev. Amos Brown, after a crucial Civil Rights Era artifact was removed from the Museum of African American History and Culture. [Video]
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/black-history/civil-rights-museum-of-african-americna-history-trump-administration/65-34b205a3-8763-48ce-9aa3-a8bacb71e926

Three judges, including two Trump appointees, rule against the Department of Education’s anti-DEI policy
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-education-department-from-enforcing-dei-orders-00307831

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Automaker’s Tariff Plan: Cut Jobs And Pay Off Wall Street. Stellantis laid off a thousand U.S. workers in response to tariffs, then authorized billions in shareholder payouts.
https://www.levernews.com/automakers-tariff-plan-cut-jobs-and-pay-off-wall-street/

Buffalo hotel workers are facing off with a Trump-aligned developer in their battle to unionize.
https://truthout.org/articles/buffalo-is-a-union-town-but-for-hotel-workers-union-busting-runs-rampant/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is Quietly Revolutionizing the Energy System. This energy storage technology is harnessing the potential of solar and wind power—and its deployment is growing exponentially.
https://www.wired.com/story/grid-scale-battery-storage-is-quietly-revolutionizing-the-energy-system/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Report: Trump Administration Considers Attacking Six National Monuments for Energy Development. The monuments comprise over 5 million acres of national public lands across the west
https://earthjustice.org/press/2025/report-trump-administration-considers-attacking-six-national-monuments-for-energy-development

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA Memo Recommends Denying Disaster Declarations For All Snowstorms. The memo, authored by acting FEMA administrator Cameron Hamilton, aligns with President Donald Trump’s executive order to shift disaster response responsibilities from the federal government to individual states.
https://www.iheart.com/content/2025-04-25-fema-memo-recommends-denying-disaster-declarations-for-all-snowstorms/

Trump officials discuss making it much harder to qualify for federal disaster assistance, starting this hurricane season
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fema-aid-disaster-assistance-memo/index.html

Trump denies aid for Arkansas after storms that killed more than 40 people. Latest denial of disaster funding comes as Trump has repeatedly stated he wants to eliminate Fema
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/trump-denies-aid-arkansas-tornados

# Food General News
Walmart CEO issues stark two-week warning over prices and ’empty shelves’ as customers brace for new fees. Tea, avocados, sneakers, home furniture, bananas, video games, clothes, toys, and foreign-made cars are all expected to become much more expensive under Trump’s trade plan. “Even if it’s made in the USA, they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs,”
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14095700/walmart-ceo-doug-mcmillon-tariffs-trump-prices/

‘Time Is Of The Essence’: USDA Threatens Mexico Over Fast-Moving Flesh Eating Fly. AgSec Brooke Rollins threatened Saturday to restrict Mexican animal exports if they don’t allow the U.S. to help eradicate a deadly flesh eating insect outbreak.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/26/usda-mexico-brooke-rollins-flesh-eating-fly-new-world-screwworm-darien-gap/

Government enacts emergency food law to rein in soaring prices — and it could set off a global chain reaction. If successful, this could turn an emergency into a commercial opportunity.
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/japan-staple-food-production-law-farming/

# General News
Trump admin brainstorms aggressive tactics to clear homeless camps in cities and forcibly hospitalize people, report claims. Justice Department asks employees for ideas on how to ‘more efficiently shift chronic vagrants away from the public square and into a more concentrated space’ to better deploy services
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-clear-homeless-encampments-mental-illness-b2740126.html

Trump Refused to Give Biden Air Force One Ride to Pope’s Funeral. Trump said that a meeting with Biden during the trip to Italy was “not high on my list.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-refuses-biden-air-force-145829857.html

Trump Gets Called Out in Front of Millions at Pope’s Funeral. In 2016, Pope Francis had criticized Trump’s proposed border wall, stating that “a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.”
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/trump-called-out-by-cardinal-at-popes-funeral-who-is-giovannibattistare-article-151507001

‘100-year timeframe’: how Project 2025 is guiding Trump’s attack on government
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/trump-project-2025-book

Ossoff: Trump’s recent actions ‘should chill us to the bone.’ “I think it’s clear. We have never seen a president try to wield the federal government to crush his critics and political adversaries. That’s something new in American history, and it is, in my view, un-American.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5269706-ossoff-trumps-recent-actions-should-chill-us-to-the-bone/

“Soft Launching A Fascist Dictatorship Is Insane” — People Are Floored By Donald Trump Selling “Trump 2028” Hats On His Official Store Website
https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/reactions-to-trump-selling-trump-2028-hats

# Gov / Politics
‘America can no longer be the same’: Trump unleashes tirade on what courts won’t ‘allow’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-courts-wont-allow-tirade/

New Report: Human Rights Organizations Urge United Nations to Address U.S. Violations of Free Expression, Calling Global Attention to Entrenching Authoritarianism
https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/new-report-human-rights-organizations-urge-united-nations-address

# Gov / Politics / Global
Shocked by US peace proposal, Ukrainians say they will not accept any formal surrender of Crimea
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-crimea-peace-talks-concession-58de3cf0bd289e2e2377a9e4914285c0

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
The gap in crime rates between undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and U.S. natives is huge. New study suggests we need to rethink our attitudes on immigration.
https://www.upworthy.com/the-gap-in-crime-rates-between-undocumented-immigrants-legal-immigrants-and-us-natives-is-huge

Trump fires nearly all investigators of firefighter deaths, ProPublica reports
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-elon-musk-immigration-data-b2738847.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Donald Trump went after one of America’s top law firms. Its decision to fight back took just two hours. The Conservative Lawyer Defending a Firm from Donald Trump. Paul Clement complained that Big Law was becoming “increasingly woke.” Now he’s defending one firm’s right to do just that.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/persons-of-interest/the-conservative-lawyer-defending-a-firm-from-donald-trump

The FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home. Now the Supreme Court will hear their lawsuit
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-fbi-raid-supreme-court-lawsuit-9cb55aa6f45bbf02c29d84363c7c9e6f

# Medicare / Medicaid
Mark Cuban Says Health Insurance Shouldn’t Exist. Mark Cuban isn’t interested in patching up the healthcare system with duct tape and buzzwords. He wants to rip it open, throw it under a spotlight, and ask what a lot of Americans are already thinking: Why is this entire industry allowed to operate in complete darkness?
http://blog.riskmanagers.us/mark-cuban-says-health-insurance-shouldnt-exist/

# Medical / Health News
Trump to end $56 million grant to give Narcan to first responders to help save lives during an overdose. Narcan, known generically as naloxone, is a nasal spray that works to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose in two to three minutes
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-narcan-overdose-grant-b2739727.html

It Pays Well To Deny Coverage. As Cigna fights off a lawsuit claiming it systematically denied patients coverage, the health insurance giant just paid a departing executive $10 million in severance.
https://www.levernews.com/it-pays-well-to-deny-coverage/

# Military / DOD / General News
Hegseth Fires Dozens of Pentagon Advisory Board Members, Cites Need for ‘Fresh Thinking’ to ‘Drive Bold Change’
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-dismisses-pentagon-advisory-board-members-f72ae662

# Pharmaceuticals
Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals May Be the Next Front in Trump’s War on Public Health. Trump and his commerce secretary are threatening to make medications more expensive by slapping tariffs on them.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5265790-pharmaceutical-tariffs-national-security/

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Rights Groups Detail ‘Authoritarian’ Reality of US Surveillance in Report to UN: Trump is weaponizing a high-tech surveillance state in violation of international human rights law, experts say.
https://truthout.org/articles/rights-groups-detail-authoritarian-reality-of-us-surveillance-in-report-to-un/

# Social / Social Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Trump admin demands crackdown on illegal immigrants’ use of taxpayer-funded food stamps
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/25/usda-makes-it-tougher-for-illegals-to-get-food-stamps/

AZ’s U.S. senators sign onto letter urging SSA field offices to remain open. The letter to Leland Dudek, acting commissioner of the SSA, signed by more than 100 Congressional Democrats, notes that field offices “provide vital services” to Social Security recipients and adds that “beneficiaries need the opportunity to seek assistance” in person.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/arizona/article_fbd8e787-cab4-45ad-ab5f-6c080f781597.html

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Voices, The Peoples News

April 26, 2025
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dependent on that world. It provides our food, water, and air.
It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.”
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# Indigenous
‘We Are Nature’: Indigenous Women Come Together at the United Nations. Indigenous women from across the world discuss their struggles against the pollution of their ancestral lands and the displacement of their communities.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25042025/indigenous-women-come-together-during-new-york-united-nations-event/

Montana Farmers Union joins Blackfeet Nation in lawsuit against tariffs
https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-ag-network/montana-farmers-union-joins-blackfeet-nation-in-lawsuit-against-tariffs

How one Native American tribe is working to protect the Delaware River
https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-native-american-tribe-working-234509046.html

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation. Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/ice-deports-3-u-s-citizen-children-held-incommunicado-prior-to-the-deportation

Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer. Two families — among them three U.S. citizens aged two, four, and seven — were abruptly deported under “troubling circumstances,”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-deport-child-cancer-us-citizen-1235325778/

New Orleans-born toddler deported to Honduras, court documents show. The judge has warned that the deportation was carried out “with no meaningful process” but the Trump administration argues the deportation was carried out according to the wishes of the mother, who had asked officials to be able to take her daughter with her to Honduras.
https://www.newsweek.com/two-year-old-deported-honduras-trump-administration-2064519

White House Blocked Plan to Return Wrongfully Deported Maryland Dad
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-blocked-plan-to-return-wrongfully-deported-dad-kilmar-abrego-garcia/

El Salvador’s president says he will not return wrongfully deported Maryland man. “How could I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?” Bukele said. The administration has not publicly presented evidence that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13 or a terrorist, and he has not been charged with any crime or convicted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWjhB6iziU

Trump’s migrant arrests forces all-male ICE center to hold women and exceed nearly triple capacity
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/trump-migrant-arrest-deportations-ice-krome-florida-b2739506.html

‘It’s time for you to leave the United States.’ DHS tells temporary US residents to self-deport
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-barbie-staff-tell-u-170108956.html

Trump Customs and Border official fired over a wedding photo: report
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-firing-2671845181/

New Mexico Tech doctoral student challenges Homeland Security’s termination of his student status
https://www.aclu-nm.org/en/press-releases/ghanaian-doctoral-student-challenges-abrupt-termination-international-student-status

Court grants NM Tech student temporary restraining order against Homeland Security
https://sourcenm.com/briefs/court-grants-nm-tech-student-temporary-restraining-order-against-homeland-security/

DHS forced to respond as flurry of letters sent to Americans telling them to leave country – despite being US citizens
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14105462/dhs-citizenship-letter-american-immigration-mistake/

Cuban-American Community Divided by ICE Deportation of Migrant Mother in Tampa. The deportation occurred after Sánchez attended a routine immigration appointment, despite her ongoing efforts to regularize her status and her compliance with all immigration requirements.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cuban-american-community-divided-by-ice-deportation-of-migrant-mother-in-tampa/ar-AA1DDknc

Trucking co. owner, four others, guilty in $64 million scheme to transport liquid meth from Mexico to Oklahoma in semi truck fuel tanks. 18 Now Convicted as Part of Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible for Approximately 16,000 Kilos of Methamphetamine with Estimated Street Value of $64,000,000
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/federal-jury-convicts-five-drug-trafficking-conspiracy-used-semi-trucks-transport

Miami Migrant Detention Center Staff Fear Migrant Uprising As Population Swells To Three Times Its Capacity
https://www.latintimes.com/miami-migrant-detention-center-staff-fear-migrant-uprising-population-swells-three-times-its-581728

Family Arrested by US Border Agents While Trying to Relocate to Canada. “They reduced us to nothing when they didn’t believe us. They destroyed all our hopes, all our happiness that we would have a life of safety in Canada after so many years of fear. We are so afraid,” she said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/family-arrested-by-us-border-agents-while-trying-to-relocate-to-canada/ar-AA1DEDWg

Federal agents detain day laborers in Pomona, sparking community outrage. The Department of Homeland Security confirms it arrested 10 undocumented migrants during a targeted operation outside of a Home Depot in Pomona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_3XMKKC9iE

Mexican citizens left confused after being denied entry to Mexico at Laredo border. “We were coming back home to San Miguel de Allende, a city in Guanajuato, Mexico. We were trying to cross the border around 5:30 a.m., and we got detained by the National Guard,” Silva said. Authorities had an issue with Silva’s truck, which has never been an issue for the last five years.
https://www.kold.com/2025/04/23/mexican-citizens-left-confused-after-being-denied-entry-when-returning-mexico/

Venezuelan family seeks answers after loved one deported to El Salvador prison. The Trump administration claims many of the immigrants deported there are criminals, but his family argues that he has no criminal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIluC29LckE

Trump’s War on Immigrants Has Become an Attack on Us All
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-war-immigrants-become-attack-100000304.html

Another deported man ordered to be returned
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/us/politics/deported-migrant-el-salvador-trump.html

‘The United States wants you to leave’: Unaccompanied migrant kids are being forced — some just toddlers — to represent themselves in deportation proceedings.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-cuts-leave-thousands-of-kids-to-face-immigration-court-alone/

Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant. The Justice Department quietly authorized immigration agents to seize power in arresting people under the Alien Enemies Act—no warrant required.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194442/trump-doj-memo-ice-arrest-search-warrant

Exiling Americans? This Isn’t Legal. It’s Not Even Close. Trump is openly floating the idea of banishing “homegrowns” to Salvadoran prisons, with zero legal basis. This isn’t “deportation.” It’s the kind of fascist lunacy that should be laughed out of the room—except his administration is actually considering it.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193971/big-law-firms-cave-trump-immoral-work

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Empty store shelves are coming as companies cancel orders from China amid tariff concerns. Number of freight vessels scheduled to arrive at the Port of Los Angeles is on track to be down by 31 percent for the week ending May 10
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-china-tradewar-tariffs-empty-shelves-b2739686.html

China accuses US of ‘bullying’ the world with tariffs at UN meeting
https://unwatch.org/china-convenes-u-n-security-council-meeting-on-u-s-bullying-in-international-relations/

Connecticut to join multistate lawsuit against ‘unlawful’ tariffs
https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-04-24/connecticut-to-join-multistate-lawsuit-against-unlawful-tariffs

The Tariffs Are Coming for Baby Products. “These tariffs are essentially a baby tax on already-struggling families,” says one CEO of a baby registry company.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/26/tariffs-baby-product-prices

# Education / Schools / Libraries
Bill to keep ICE officers out of public schools heads to state Senate
https://www.thecentersquare.com/nevada/article_2dc07115-5a03-4464-9718-a6eb023b7c0d.html

Ed Dept Opens Investigation Into University With ‘Deep Involvements With Chinese Entities.’ The Department of Education opened an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley over its reported ties to Chinese sources.
https://www.aol.com/ed-dept-opens-probe-university-155443547.html

Trump Strikes Again! Grants Pulled From Whitney Plantation Museum, Which Teaches Slavery Truths
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/whitney-plantation-museum-trump-funding

ICE backs down, says it will restore status of thousands of foreign students
https://apnews.com/article/international-student-status-restored-9e8a7cb90f4193ec52bf06edc5094cd9

Zuckerbergs leave parents ‘dumbfounded’ as they pull plug on lifeline in poor community, blindsiding parents who rely on those schools and leading some to wonder if it has anything to do with Trump’s crusade against diversity policies.
https://www.rawstory.com/mark-zuckerberg-2671845841/

Alabama Senate approves bill requiring school boards to adopt religious instruction policies. The updated “release time” policies would allow off-campus religious instruction with parental consent.
https://www.alreporter.com/2025/04/23/alabama-senate-oks-bill-expanding-release-time-for-religious-education/

Lawmakers revisit bills to ensure diverse histories are taught in Maine schools
https://www.mainepublic.org/education-news/2025-04-23/lawmakers-consider-bill-to-strengthen-wabanaki-studies-in-schools-statewide

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Workers in 600 cities to mobilize against ‘billionaire takeover’ in massive May Day protests
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/25/workers-in-600-cities-to-mobilize-against-billionaire-takeover-in-massive-may-day-protests/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
As US Dismantles Its Climate Policy, Other World Leaders Seek Solidarity. The day after a U.S. State Department proposal to shutter its climate-negotiations office, the U.N.’s secretary-general said, “No group or government can stop the clean energy revolution.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25042025/un-responds-to-state-department-proposal-to-shutter-climate-office/

Judge rules federal government owes nearly $28 million to North Dakota for pipeline protests
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/04/24/Dakota-Access-pipeline-ruling/1641745484489/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
As Trump pushes public land sales, advocates rally. Broad support for public lands in the West is forcing some Republicans to break with the White House.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/will-the-u-s-housing-crisis-be-exploited-for-a-massive-public-lands-sell-off/

# Food General News
US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded. A Justice Department unit that handles criminal and civil enforcement of U.S. food and drug safety laws is being disbanded as part of an ongoing cost-cutting campaign by President Donald Trump’s administration, according to…
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-04-24-justice-department-shuts-branch-that-prosecutes-consumer-fraud-cases/

# Gov / Politics
The U.N. rebukes Trump in his hometown: Foreign leaders came to President Donald Trump’s hometown of New York this week. But they refused to show the U.S. president the fealty that he’s come to expect from Republican lawmakers, conservative groups and even businesses.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/trump-un-foreign-policy-843110

‘Don’t be a ball buster, OK’: Inside Trump’s brash approach to silence dissenters and push his agenda
https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-t-ball-buster-ok-134348511.html

Trump Appears Unaware Supreme Court Ruled 9-0 Against Him: ‘That’s Not What My People Told Me’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/thats-not-what-my-people-told-me-trump-defends-defying-9-0-supreme-court-ruling-ordering-kilmar-garcia-returned/

‘Dark path’: Ex-national security official speaks out after Trump labels him a ‘traitor.’ “I said this would happen,” Taylor told his X followers. “Dissent isn’t unlawful. It certainly isn’t treasonous. America is headed down a dark path.”
https://www.rawstory.com/miles-taylor-2671729890/

Donald Trump just confirmed we’re living under a dictatorship with his latest merch
https://apnews.com/article/trump-hannity-dictator-authoritarian-presidential-election-f27e7e9d7c13fabbe3ae7dd7f1235c72

Senator joins group of far-left lawmakers who think Trump has — again — committed impeachable offenses
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senator-joins-group-far-left-212736287.html

MAGA host: ‘Money-grubbing’ welfare recipients don’t deserve Trump’s $5,000 ‘baby bonuses’
https://www.rawstory.com/gina-loudon-baby-bonuses/

Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool. This presidency places authoritarian ambition above all – and now the people of Ukraine are paying the price
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/25/ukraine-donald-trump-true-identity-vandal-autocrat-gangster-fool

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Says He’s ‘Gotta Be Doing Something Right’ Because Law Firms Are Giving Him ‘A Lot of Money.’
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-says-hes-gotta-be-doing-something-right-because-law-firms-are-giving-him-a-lot-of-money/

Wisconsin governor says arrest of judge is part of Trump administration effort to ‘undermine our judiciary’
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-judge-arrested-7997186bbca5730e70a25f2347e631f6

‘Employees shell-shocked’: Ex-insider sounds alarm as Trump disarms ‘crown jewel’ of DOJ
https://www.rawstory.com/doj-civil-rights-division-jewel/

‘Exonerated Five’ Raymond Santana Says There’s A ‘Solid Case Against Trump’ After Judge Blocks Lawsuit Dismissal Attempts
https://www.blackenterprise.com/raymond-santana-breaks-silence-on-facing-trump-in-court/

Judge refuses to dismiss Central Park Five’s defamation case against President Trump
https://apnews.com/article/central-park-five-donald-trump-defamation-lawsuit-d7107a64130be9723d79c6cc52dfd0dd

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters’ records in leak inquiries
https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/us-news/justice-department-says-it-will-resume-practice-of-obtaining-reporters-records-in-leak-inquiries/

USPS workers sound alarm over Trump efforts to dismantle service: ‘The hounds are at the door. The United States Postal Service is now facing off with Trump and Elon Musk’s Doge over privatization
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/24/usps-workers-sound-alarm-over-trump-efforts-to-dismantle-service-the-hounds-are-at-the-door

# Medicare / Medicaid / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Cutting federal Medicaid expansion funding could lead to 30K additional deaths: Analysis
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5261905-medicaid-cuts-house-republican-budget-plan/

# Medical / Health News
House oversight committee demands answers on gutting of CDC public records office. The top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability wants answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about why its public records staff was gutted on April 1, when thousands of federal health agency workers were fired.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5375065/cdc-hhs-public-records-foia

# Military / General News / Global
Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/25/nx-s1-5377192/houthis-reaper-drones-us-military-yemen

# Science / Science Engineers
Trump’s first-term pick to run the National Science Foundation quits: ‘I have done all I can.’ Sethuraman Panchanathan has left the scientific research funding agency amid widespread layoffs and canceled grants.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/trump-national-science-foundation-leader-resigns-00308198

Scientists scramble to save climate and health data as government deletions escalate
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-usa-scientists-race-to-save-climate-data-before-its-deleted-by-the-trump-administration

# Social / Social Programs
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has notified staff at the Social Security Advisory Board that it plans to cut the board’s annual budget from around $3 million to zero
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-white-house-wants-defund-171747507.html

Trump and DOGE’s cuts to Social Security Administration spark fears that benefit payments will be ‘interrupted’ soon
https://larson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/social-security-benefits-could-face-interruption-within-30-days

‘A gut punch’: Trump admin cuts wipe out firefighter health and safety programs
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/a-gut-punch-trump-admin-cuts-wipe-out-firefighter-health-and-safety-programs-00308864

California Democratic mayor calls for jailing homeless people refusing housing amid encampment crisis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3390727/california-democratic-mayor-matt-mahan-san-jose-homeless-people/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-04-25

Voices, The Peoples News

April 25, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Thousands of migrant children must face court alone after cuts to legal aid, rights groups warn. Immigrant rights groups argue that the Trump administration’s slashing of aid hurts vulnerable unaccompanied children, violating federal law and increasing risks of trafficking.
https://www.courthousenews.com/thousands-of-migrant-children-must-face-court-alone-after-cuts-to-legal-aid-rights-groups-warn/

Trump’s War on Immigrants Has Become an Attack on Us All. What began as Trump’s mass deportation scheme has spiraled into a campaign of intimidation against citizens lawfully using their rights.
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/04/09/trumps-attacks-immigrants-damage-democracy-250350

Trump Makes Alarming Confession on Wrongly Deported Immigrant. Donald Trump is openly admitting his defiance of the Supreme Court on Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Trump said he hadn’t asked Salvador President Nayib Bukele to release Abrego Garcia because “nobody asked me to ask him that question.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-makes-alarming-confession-wrongly-130304829.html

Wrongly Detained U.S. Citizen With Learning Disabilities Allegedly Forced To Sign Documents He Couldn’t Read. Jose Hermosillo, who lives in New Mexico was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and charged with illegal entry into the country.
https://www.latintimes.com/wrongly-detained-us-citizen-learning-disabilities-allegedly-forced-sign-documents-he-couldnt-581552

Disabled people detained by Ice sound alarm over overcrowded jails. Rodney Taylor, whose legs were amputated as a toddler, just one of many people with disabilities at risk from detention
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/25/ice-immigration-detention

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question. The acting head of the General Services Administration says it has no DOGE team. It merely lists at least a half-dozen DOGE affiliates on payroll and has a section of its building for DOGE use only.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-mystery-general-services-administration/

Don’t Be Fooled. Elon Musk Isn’t Going Anywhere. Tthe world’s richest person will continue to wield oligarchic influence over our politics, and therefore our lives.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-fooled-elon-musk-100000283.html

Why Elon Musk Isn’t Going Anywhere—At Least Not Right Away. When Elon Musk puffed a joint on Joe Rogan’s podcast recently, shareholders were relieved to know he was just high and not nuts
https://chiefexecutive.net/elon-musk-going-anywhere-not-right-away/

DOGE deactivates 500,000 credit cards in unprecedented new program. The new government squad headed by Elon Musk cut nearly half a million credit cards used by Americans, with 200k customers suspended in just the last month
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/doge-deactivates-500000-credit-cards-1105922

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump Team Tips Off Wall Street Execs About Coming Trade Deal. Trump is making sure his billionaire friends know what’s happening before the rest of the public. “Wall Street execs are getting a direct heads-up from the White House about news that could earn them billions on the stock market.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-wall-street-trade-talks

Trump’s Feud With the Federal Reserve Will Hit Your Pocketbook. The threat to the Fed’s independence affects more than just the stock market—ordinary Americans stand to lose out as well.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-feud-federal-hit-pocketbook-100000501.html

Fox Reporter Says the Trump White House Is Giving Wall Street Executives Inside Info on Tariff Negotiations
https://www.mediaite.com/news/fox-reporter-says-the-trump-white-house-is-giving-wall-street-executives-inside-info-on-tariff-negotiations/

‘Upended the constitutional order’: Trump has ‘no authority’ to impose tariffs for ‘whatever reason he finds convenient,’ lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/upended-the-constitutional-order-trump-has-no-authority-to-impose-tariffs-for-whatever-reason-he-finds-convenient-lawsuit-says/

Sen. Chuck Schumer to force vote on restoring congressional power over trade, tariffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-chuck-schumer-force-vote-005140757.html

# Education / Schools / Libraries
Parents outraged after ‘whites’ and ‘colored’ signs are posted above water fountains in Georgia elementary school. Students reported seeing the signs above water fountains and in the cafeteria at Honey Creek Elementary in Conyers, Georgia, southeast of Atlanta, according to local outlet WSB-TV.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/parents-outraged-whites-colored-signs-223506436.html

DODEA schools included in new Trump order to end race factors in disciplining
https://www.localsyr.com/hill-politics/military-schools-offer-test-case-for-trump-education-reforms/amp/

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reinstates Commonsense School Discipline Policies
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-reinstates-commonsense-school-discipline-policies/

Donald Trump Administration To Seize Wages, Pensions, And Tax Refunds To Repay Student Loans: ‘Debt Cannot Be Wiped Away’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-seize-wages-pensions-tax-refunds-repay-student-loans-debt-cannot-wiped-away

# Employment / Labor / Unions
The Teamsters Make Some Moves on Amazon. They’re compelling the company to bargain with their warehouse workers and delivery drivers. Despite the Trump administration’s baseline hostility to organized labor, union organizing continues apace, even—or perhaps, especially—at Amazon.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-24-teamsters-union-amazon-nlrb/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
The Dangerous Illusion of Climate Resilience. The latest floods, wildfires, and other disasters reveal the flaws of adaptation as the main response to climate change.
https://undark.org/2025/04/23/opinion-climate-resilience-illusion/

Yellowstone Caldera has a secret that could reveal how close we are to an eruption. Is Yellowstone Going To Erupt? New Research Reveals That the Volcano Is Venting
https://scitechdaily.com/is-yellowstone-going-to-erupt-new-research-reveals-that-the-volcano-is-venting/

Humanity on path to climate collapse as study warns 16 tipping points at risk. New research finds current climate policies put Earth on a collision course with multiple environmental tipping points, threatening irreversible damage to global systems.
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/multiple-tipping-points-at-threat-if-global-policies-dont-change/#:~:text=Multiple%20climate%20’tipping%20points’%20are,and%20vast%20forests%2C%20have%20warned

Trump administration slashes environmental reviews to speed fossil fuel permits
https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-slashes-environmental-reviews-to-speed-fossil-fuel-permits

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Trump officials discuss making it much harder to qualify for federal disaster assistance, starting this hurricane season
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fema-aid-disaster-assistance-memo/index.html

# General News
Trump Team Unveils Gross New Target in Abrego Garcia Attacks: His Wife. Donald Trump’s administration has managed to sink even lower in their efforts to smear Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194360/donald-trump-team-new-attack-kilmar-abrego-garcia-wife

Judge Napolitano: Trump Pentagon fumbles at home, fails in Yemen: Max Blumenthal assesses the chaos at the Trump Pentagon under the abysmal leadership of Pete Hegseth, and how it might shape a potential war with Iran.
https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/judge-napolitano-trump-pentagon-fumbles

Transcript of Scott Ritter: Why Would US Fight in Yemen? full transcript of a conversation between Judge Andrew Napolitano and former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter on Judging Freedom Podcast titled “Why Would US Fight in Yemen?” premiered March 24, 2025.
https://singjupost.com/transcript-of-scott-ritter-why-would-us-fight-in-yemen/?singlepage=1

# Gov / Politics
Trump tells Putin “STOP!” after Russia’s deadly strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. President Trump posted on social media a scathing plea for Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt attacks on Ukraine after drones and missiles were launched toward Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqCdXe18oMs

Trump Has a New Plan for Ukraine. Hoo Boy. Anyone who believes Putin would hold the line at Donbas hasn’t been paying attention.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/donald-trump-ukraine-russia-ceasefire-peace-plan.html?pay=1745584795143&support_journalism=please

What Did Rubio Mean About “Moving On” From Ukraine? There Are a Few Clues. Signs point to a potential new area of focus.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-russia-rubio-ukraine-putin-zelensky-iran.html

Pete Hegseth’s Signalgate Scandal Somehow Just Got Worse. The defense secretary went out of his way to use Signal on the Pentagon premises. The Washington Post reports that the former Fox News host had Signal installed on his office computer at the Pentagon, a major security risk
https://newrepublic.com/post/194337/pete-hegseth-signal-computer-pentagon

Pete Hegseth Is Self-Destructing at Lightning Speed. A new Signal scandal. Personnel nightmares. A torrent of leaks and condemnations. It’s almost as if he was a terrible choice for this gig.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/pete-hegseth-scandal-signal-wife/

Trump Guts Key Civil Rights Protections With New Executive Order. “With the swipe of his pen, Donald Trump has just made an attempt to re-segregate America by repealing and deprioritizing landmark civil rights regulations and laws,” legislative researcher Allison Chapman told Truthout.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-guts-key-civil-rights-protections-with-new-executive-order/

Trump’s Surprise Admission About Putin Wrecks “Great Dealmaker” Scam. As Trump reveals that he’s not expecting serious concessions from Russia in peace talks, the author of a new piece on his strategy explains why it’s likely to prove counterproductive—with tragic and disastrous results.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194392/trump-surprise-admission-putin-wrecks-great-dealmaker-scam

‘Like a slap in the face’: Trump officials cut hundreds of millions to combat gun violence and opioid addiction
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/trump-administration-funding-gun-violence-opioid-addiction

Donald Trump Goes Full Authoritarian In New Attack On Democratic Party. Donald Trump Targets Democratic Party Fundraising Platform ActBlue. Taking a page from authoritarians around the world, Trump is targeting his political opposition with criminal investigations.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-actblue_n_680a971ce4b042d1248573cb

# Gov / Politics / Global
UK intel behind Ukraine’s disastrous Krynky invasion, leaked documents reveal. The Krynky plot led to a bloodbath that remains one of the war’s biggest disasters.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/23/uk-intel-ukraines-krynky-invasion/

Israeli Minister Says GOP Leaders Agree That Gaza “Aid Depots Should Be Bombed.” GOP leaders met with Israeli minister who called for bombing Gaza aid depots. Experts have said that Israel’s withholding and targeting of humanitarian aid amount to genocidal acts.
https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-minister-says-gop-leaders-agree-that-gaza-aid-depots-should-be-bombed/

Putin Hasn’t Decided Whether to Ditch Trump or Keep Trying to Manipulate Him. The last-minute announcement of an Easter truce in Ukraine was symbolic of the Russian president’s indecision.
https://finchannel.com/putins-unilateral-easter-truce-was-never-intended-to-last/125388/opinion/2025/04/

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Make No Mistake, Trump Is Turning the US Into a Police State. The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil is a blatant attack on the civil liberties without which there can be no meaningful democracy for anyone. Our dark days are getting darker by the moment.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-s-police-state

Trump Signs Executive Orders in Support of Law Enforcement and Public Safety
https://www.napo.org/washington-report/president-trump-signs-executive-orders-in-support-of-law-enforcement-public-safety/

Trump Promises to Militarize Police, Reincarcerate Thousands, and Expand Death Penalty
https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/trump-promises-to-militarize-police-reincarcerate-thousands-and-expand-death-penalty

Donald Trump and the police state. Donald Trump Will Need a Police State to Implement His Agenda
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/biden-trump-federal-power-police-state/

Trump is Erecting a Police State in America. The Constitution’s framers were aware that their system would rest on the willingness of all – particularly the president – to respect and maintain it.
https://www.resetdoc.org/story/trump-erecting-police-state-america/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller gave an outrageous ultimatum during a rant attacking U.S. federal judges for upholding the rule of law in the face of Donald Trump’s mass deportations.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-delivers-chilling-warning-165640958.html

Democrats Warn Law Firms That Caved to Trump are Helping Him Break Law. Multiple law firms have preemptively bent the knee to Donald Trump and agreed to provide him with free legal services.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194376/democrats-warn-law-firms-caved-donald-trump

Democrats Demand Answers From Top Law Firms That Caved To Trump’s Wishes. “Your agreement makes you complicit in efforts to undermine the rule of law,” they fumed to five prominent firms that paid off Trump to avoid his attacks.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-law-firms-caved-trump_n_6806aecee4b06d0beefcfb3f

Trump’s bad day in court: President loses three times within 90 minutes on DEI, sanctuary cities and voter registration. Federal judges across the country dealt blows to executive orders and other policy maneuvers
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-executive-order-court-rulings-today-b2739062.html

George Santos, Disgraced Congressman Turned Cameo Star, Sentenced to More than 7 Years in Prison for Fraud. The disgraced former congressman pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in August 2024
https://people.com/george-santos-sentenced-to-prison-for-fraud-11721249

# LGBTQ / Gender
The “Parental Rights” Movement Takes Its Anti-LGBTQ Agenda to SCOTUS. The right-wing movement wants the Supreme Court’s help to alienate students from LGBTQ-inclusive books.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-parental-rights-movement-takes-its-anti-lgbtq-agenda-to-scotus/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
CBS News Falls to Trump: The Shocking Resignation of Bill Owens. How corporate pressure and a $10 billion Trump lawsuit against “60 Minutes” gutted one of America’s most trusted news programs.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2025/04/23/bill-owens-and-10-other-media-figures-who-quit-because-of-trump/

# Medical / Health News
That Fluoride Added to Your Town Water to ‘Prevent Cavities?’ The EPA Says It’s Hazardous Waste
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fluoride-drinking-water-prevent-cavities-epa-hazardous-waste/

EPA cuts key children’s health experts in push to end diversity efforts. “The moves are aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and environmental justice programs at the E.P.A., Trump administration officials say.”
https://www.sej.org/headlines/child-health-experts-diversity-roles-will-be-fired-or-reassigned

# Military / DOD / General News
Navy Commissions Its Newest Submarine, the USS Iowa. The new Navy submarine, a nuclear-powered Virginia-class vessel, is the first submarine to be named for the state.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-uss-iowa-submarine-commissions/

Global Tensions Surge as U.S. Expands Strikes in Yemen, Calls Out Russia on Ukraine Attacks
https://thedebrief.org/global-tensions-surge-as-u-s-expands-strikes-in-yemen-calls-out-russia-on-ukraine-attacks/

U.S. warship sent to China’s coast: An American warship sailed through a narrow sea corridor between China and Taiwan in a subtle show of force by the Trump administration amid geopolitical and trade tensions with Beijing
https://www.newsweek.com/us-navy-ship-taiwan-strait-transit-trump-china-2063395

# Military / General News / Global
North Korean Troops in Russia: A Dangerous New Phase in the Ukraine War. The alliance could further escalate and globalize the conflict.
https://www.cfr.org/expert-brief/north-korean-troops-russia-dangerous-new-phase-ukraine-war

# Other Stuff
Strange Desert Markings Resembling “Mysterious Writing” Spotted by Cameras on the International Space Station. Strange markings that resemble writing were recently spotted in the Tunisian desert by cameras aboard the International Space Station.
https://thedebrief.org/strange-desert-markings-resembling-mysterious-writing-spotted-by-cameras-on-the-international-space-station/#:~:text=Strange%20markings%20that%20were%20recently,Tunisia%20on%20April%2015%2C%202025

# Social / Social Programs
Trump Comes Up With New Plan to Gut Social Security. Trump’s team has just paved the way for mass layoffs at the Social Security Administration.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-comes-plan-gut-social-163722878.html

FACT CHECK: President Trump Will Always Protect Social Security, Medicare
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/fact-check-president-trump-will-always-protect-social-security-medicare/

Biden alleges Trump has ‘taken a hatchet’ to Social Security in his first post-presidency speech. “Social Security is more than a government program. It’s a sacred promise we made as a nation.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-biden-speak-social-security-040723788.html

‘Thousands’ of Social Security Employees Changed to ‘Political Appointees’ Despite Career Status: “The agency has contorted the term ‘policy-influencing’ beyond all recognition.”
https://www.ibtimes.com/thousands-social-security-employees-changed-political-appointees-despite-career-status-report-3771293

Democrats call on Social Security Administration to keep field offices open
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5265540-democrats-social-security-administration-field-offices/

# Space Force
The NRO and the U.S. Space Force Just Conducted Another Secret Launch. On Sunday, the U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) conducted another secret launch of a classified payload.
https://news.clearancejobs.com/2025/04/22/space-force-and-nro-just-launched-another-secret-mission-heres-what-we-know/

# Veterans / VA
Donald Trump Faces Backlash After Telling Wounded Soldiers It’s ‘Amazing’ They ‘Got Hit’: ‘He Is Hopeless’
https://okmagazine.com/p/donald-trump-backlash-wounded-soldiers-amazing-hit-hopeless-empathy/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-04-24

Voices, The Peoples News

April 24, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump Finds Another Country to Accept His Mass Deportations. Amid the fury over Trump’s deportations to El Salvador, the administration just deported someone to Rwanda. And no, he’s not from there.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194312/trump-deportation-rwanda

Dominican Republic deports dozens of Haitian pregnant women and children in hospital crackdown. Medical care and human rights should not depend on immigration documents.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2541976/dominican-republic-deports-pregnant-women-and-children-to-haiti-amid-border-clampdown

New York judge blocks ICE from setting up office inside Rikers Island
https://san.com/cc/new-york-judge-blocks-ice-from-setting-up-office-inside-rikers-island/

ICE Accused of Lying to School Staff as Part of Bid to Detain Elementary Students
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/826-boston-federal-funding-dei-trump-b2737616.html

‘Horrified’: Harvard scientist’s ICE arrest leaves cancer researchers scrambling
https://www.rawstory.com/harvard-ice-arrest/

U.S. Deportation Of Venezuelan Migrants Sparks Legal And Human Rights Concerns
https://theowp.org/u-s-deportation-of-venezuelan-migrants-sparks-legal-and-human-rights-concerns/

# Border / Immigration / General News
DOGE gets permission to access sensitive Justice Department immigration data
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-impeachment-2671830936/

Trump fires more immigration judges in what some suspect is a move to bend courts to his will
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-fires-more-immigration-judges-100006091.html

You Don’t Have To Carry Proof Of U.S. Citizenship. But Amid ICE Detainments, You Might Want To.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proof-of-citizenship-trump-deportations_l_680675f2e4b066a6887ab2f0#:~:text=Carrying%20copies%20of%20your%20IDs,your%20naturalization%20or%20birth%20certificate.

The US Has Spent Over $500,000 on Hyper-Targeted YouTube Ads to Discourage Irregular Migration
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/03/15/dhs-launches-international-ad-campaign-warning-illegal-aliens-self-deport-and-stay

U.S. Citizen Detained for 10 Days Says DHS Lied About Everything. Immigration officials detained Jose Hermilloso for over a week. He says their version of what happened is completely inaccurate.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/us-citizen-jose-hermosillo-wrongly-detained-ice-patrol-governments-account-false/

Abrego Garcia’s Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up. Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife says she fears for her safety since the Trump administration deported him to a prison in El Salvador.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/abrego-garcia-wife-forced-hiding-150754945.html

Democrats Travel to Louisiana ICE Prisons to Demand Release of Khalil, Öztürk. “[Donald Trump] is a dictator, and the only way to beat a dictator is with defiance,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley said.
https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-travel-to-louisiana-ice-prisons-to-demand-release-of-khalil-ozturk/

Department of Homeland Security points to another agency when asked about court-barred deportations
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/national/department-of-homeland-security-points-to-another-agency-when-asked-about-court-barred-deportations/article_6ca3d7fd-0f66-5bcd-bccf-03355a2c8fe8.html

Judge orders return of 2nd migrant deported to El Salvador. A Trump-appointed judge ruled that the administration deported a 20-year-old Venezuelan man last month in violation of a legally binding, court-approved settlement agreement.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/trump-el-salvador-deportation-venezuelan-minor-judge-00307336

Private prison companies positioned to benefit from increased deportations
https://www.allsides.com/blog/private-prison-companies-positioned-benefit-increased-deportations

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Deadline looms for schools to eliminate DEI or risk losing funding
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/education/dei-schools-deadline-risk-losing-funding/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs
https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/04/doge-cuts-hit-thousands-americorps-volunteers

DOGE Unleashes Wrecking Ball That Rips Into DC’s Special Status
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/dcs-special-status-gets-ripped-up-by-doges-job-and-cost-cuts

Big DOGE Cuts Are Coming to Small Towns: BGOV Starting Line. If Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency gets its way, the federal government will terminate 653 building leases. Jack Fitzpatrick reports that the shutdown hit list disproportionately targets small towns.
https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/big-cuts-are-coming-to-small-towns

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
US cancels hundreds of grants for police, crime victims, Justice Dept documents show
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-department-cancels-hundreds-grants-police-crime-victims-2025-04-23/

Elon Warns: Exec Order 14024 Targets Dollar
https://kit.prioritygold.com/56081ddm/?transaction_id=38a1eed45087476a977dd0395c5821ef&sub1=DDM&sub2=0206&sub3=BB&sub4=A&msid=56081

Congress’s Biggest Financial Priority Is “Stablecoin.” What the Hell Is That? Instead of tackling crashing markets, Congress is pushing a crypto sector that the Trump family is financially involved in.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/21/congress-crypto-stablecoin-trump/

China says there are no negotiations with the US over tariffs
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5264774-china-us-tariff-negotations/

Boston nonprofit rejects federal funding so it doesn’t have to comply with Trump’s anti-DEI demands
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/826-boston-federal-funding-dei-trump-b2737616.html

# Education / Schools / Libraries
Trump Administration Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They’re Jewish. The school later told staff it had provided the Trump administration with personal contact information for faculty members.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/23/trump-eeoc-barnard-columbia-texts-jewish/

Over 200 Higher Education Institutions Pledge to Resist Trump Attacks. The academic leaders vowed to resist Trump’s efforts for “retribution, censorship, or deportation.” Statement signed by Harvard, Princeton and Brown leaders denounces White House’s ‘undue government intrusion’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration

Trump administration resumes student loan collections, threatening millions with garnished wages and economic hardship
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/23/trump-administration-resumes-student-loan-collections-threatening-millions-with-garnished-wages-and-economic-hardship/

Trump signs flurry of seven executive orders targeting education
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-signs-flurry-seven-executive-orders-targeting-education

FBI raids homes of alleged anti-Israel protesters who demonstrated at University of Michigan
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fbi-raids-homes-of-anti-israel-activists-who-protested-at-university-of-michigan/

Harvard University sues the U.S. Government after it cuts grants
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372214/harvard-sues-trump-administration-research

Mark Zuckerberg’s Wife Is Shutting Down a School for Low Income Families
https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/23/primary-school-closure-zuckerberg-chan-funding/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Musk threatens federal employees still working from home with administrative leave. Forcing federal workers back to the office was one of many day one executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/musk-federal-employees-administrative-leave-022452

Labor Department Employees Threatened With Criminal Charges for Speaking Out
https://www.propublica.org/article/us-department-labor-leak-criminal-charges-threat

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump Administration Announces Plan to Hike Solar Tariffs for 4 Countries
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5263631-commerce-department-plans-hike-tariffs/

Can Trump bring back ‘clean, beautiful coal’? The fossil fuel-fetish once again trumps economics and common-sense.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/can-trump-bring-back-clean-beautiful-coal/

FactCheck: Trump’s Misleading Promotion of ‘Clean’ Coal. President Donald Trump misleadingly suggested that environmental regulations were to blame for the industry’s decline, wrongly said that coal plants are being opened “all over Germany,” and misleadingly, and repeatedly, referred to coal as “clean.”
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/trumps-misleading-promotion-of-clean-coal/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
NASA Airborne Sensor’s Wildfire Data Helps Firefighters Take Action
https://www.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/nasa-airborne-sensors-wildfire-data-helps-firefighters-take-action/

Bureau of Land Management accepting applications for fracking in Wayne National Forest
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/22/federal-officials-seek-applications-to-drill-at-wayne-national-forest/83193199007/

Satellite imagery exposes crimes occurring at massive scale: ‘A serious and longstanding problem.’ “We need to end the current logic.” An alarming new report revealed that Amazonian trees aren’t the only thing being cut; corners are being cut too with massive amounts of illegal deforestation being reported.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/illegal-deforestation-amazon-report-brazil/#:~:text=and%20longstanding%20problem’-,Satellite%20imagery%20exposes%20crimes%20occurring%20at%20massive%20scale%3A%20’A%20serious,to%20end%20the%20current%20logic.%22&text=An%20alarming%20new%20report%20revealed,of%20illegal%20deforestation%20being%20reported

Record ocean heat drives catastrophic coral bleaching across 84% of reefs worldwide
https://www.ehn.org/record-ocean-heat-drives-catastrophic-coral-bleaching-across-84-of-reefs-worldwide

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say. Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation,” says one.
https://www.wired.com/story/fema-isnt-ready-for-disaster-season-workers-say-hurricanes-fires-floods/

Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied request
https://www.aol.com/news/tornado-victims-blocked-federal-recovery-192915543.html

FEMA losing roughly 20% of permanent staff, including longtime leaders, ahead of hurricane season
https://www.aol.com/fema-losing-roughly-20-permanent-223652930.html

# General News
Elon Musk was supposed to work in government as a special employee for 130 days. He just pledged to spend ‘a day or two’ per week for the remainder of Trump’s 4-year term
https://fortune.com/article/elon-musk-special-government-employee-doge-trump-countdown/

A Holocaust perpetrator was just celebrated on U.S. soil. I think I know why no one objected
https://forward.com/opinion/714814/holocaust-collaborator-roman-shukhevych-ukrainian/

Trump Administration Urges Workers To Snitch On One Another For ‘Anti-Christian Bias’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/state-report-anti-christian-bias-033535

# Gov / Politics
The Long History of Lawlessness in U.S. Policy Toward Latin America. By shipping immigrants to Nayib Bukele’s megaprison in El Salvador, Trump is using a far-right ally for his own ends.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/22/trump-latin-america-bukele-el-salvador-prison/

‘More like ISIS than the mafia’: Waltz suggests cartels, gangs could face military action. Waltz said “all aspects of our national power” should be used to defeat threats from the cartels and transnational gangs.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/barr-cartels-are-more-like-isis-than-american-mafia/

We Shouldn’t Use the Military to Fight Mexico’s Drug Cartels: Trump and Republicans want to bomb Mexico to fight the “invasion” of fentanyl. Apparently, no lessons have been learned from the failed war on drugs.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/we-shouldnt-use-military-fight-mexicos-drug-cartels

As Iran talks proceed, a debate over preemptive bombing rages inside and outside the administration. Recent news reports have suggested that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are leading the hawkish camp as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance lead the realists.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/thuto-bomb-or-not-bomb-internal-admin-divides-go-public-iran-negotiations-progress

Unredacted Hunter Biden search warrants detail payments linked to Ukraine and China
https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/04/23/unredacted-warrants-show-hunter-bidens-payments-tied-to-ukraine-china/

Trump’s retribution campaign is criminal, but the Supreme Court gave him immunity
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5261567-trumps-retribution-campaign-is-criminal-but-the-supreme-court-gave-him-immunity/

Danielle Moodie Believes Trump Is Deliberately Plunging The U.S. Into Chaos: ‘This Is Not Accidental—It’s Oligarchy by Design’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5hvspsv5ic

The Guardian view on US-Russian talks: Trump wants a deal, whatever it means for Ukraine. Washington, like Moscow, prefers bilateral talks to a wider diplomatic process. Kyiv and other European governments are rightly alarmed
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/23/the-guardian-view-on-us-russian-talks-trump-wants-a-deal-whatever-it-means-for-ukraine

Richard Branson accuses Trump of ‘doing so much damage’ to the world. Virgin Atlantic founder says ‘erratic’ decisions from US president have been ‘awful for everyone’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/23/richard-branson-accuses-trump-of-doing-so-much-damage-to-the-world

‘Never forget road to Holocaust began in a democracy’ – Home Secretary
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/yvette-cooper-jewish-ephraim-mirvis-nazis-home-secretary-b2738313.html

‘Can’t do everything’: Trump’s ‘defiance’ of court order is ‘grounds for impeachment’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-impeachment-2671830936/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Top Russian official says Moscow has right to use nuclear weapons if attacked by West, TASS reports
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/russia-reserves-right-to-use-nuclear-weapons-in-response-to-western-aggression-security-chief-says/3547135

Dictators and Civil Wars: The Cold War in Latin America
https://retroreport.org/video/dictators-and-civil-wars-the-cold-war-in-latin-america/

Latin America’s Foreign Policies at a Crossroads. The foreign policy actions of many Latin American governments often contradict their principles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-wSBgKGe2g

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Orbán Faces ICC Investigation After Refusing to Arrest Netanyahu in Hungary. As a party to the ICC’s Rome Statute, Hungary is obliged to arrest suspected war criminals and send them to The Hague.
https://apnews.com/article/hungary-icc-netanyahu-court-orban-413aa32cd85f2aaec65fdb6a4551ad33

‘We will not confess wrongdoing’: DOJ prosecutors quit in scathing resignation letter
https://www.rawstory.com/justice-department-eric-adams-resignations/

We sat with 350 lawyers as they strategized against Trump. Big Law was absent — but Smaller Law is itching to fight.
https://www.aol.com/sat-350-lawyers-strategized-fighting-213237708.html

Democratic lawmakers question Justice Department over warning to fired official
https://www.aol.com/news/democratic-lawmakers-justice-department-over-090442300.html

# LGBTQ / Gender
LGBTQ Suicide Hotline at Risk Under Trump’s HHS Budget Proposal. The 988 LGBTQ crisis line is still active. Proposed cuts wouldn’t take effect until October, if approved by Congress.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/lgbtq/federal-government-plans-to-cut-funding-for-crisis-lifelines-lgbtq-youth-services

Attorney general directs Justice Department employees to enforce policies targeting care for transgender minors
https://www.yahoo.com/news/attorney-general-directs-justice-department-024323033.html
See also: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation/

# Medical / Health News
The federal government’s purported plan to track Americans who have autism, which social media users have referred to as an “autism registry,” is facing heavy criticism.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-04-23/is-rfk-jr-creating-an-autism-registry-what-to-know

Republicans walk out after WA House committee votes to close center for people with disabilities
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/04/23/republicans-walk-out-after-wa-house-committee-votes-to-close-center-for-people-with-disabilities/

The National Institutes of Health has begun slashing funds for various research initiatives. Scientists expect climate-related grants to be on the chopping block, raising fears about preparedness to avoid preventable deaths.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/federal-funding-nih-climate-related-health-research/

# Military / DOD / General News
Dismantling the government while pumping up the Pentagon.
https://countercurrents.org/2025/04/the-ever-expanding-war-machine-dismantling-the-government-while-pumping-up-the-pentagon/

‘Don’t know who to trust’: Ex-general warns US commanders wary of sharing info with boss
https://www.rawstory.com/hegseth-signal-pentagon-2671823414/

# NATO
NATO on ‘highest state of readiness’ after Russia launches new attack
https://www.newsweek.com/nato-fighter-jets-scrambled-russia-ukraine-poland-2063408

# NOAA / Weather
When scientists and weather forecasters are targeted, everyone loses. The Trump regime has taken aim at the weather and climate messengers, writes an atmospheric and environmental scientist. “Everyone will suffer as a result.”
https://thebulletin.org/2025/04/when-scientists-and-weather-forecasters-are-targeted-everyone-loses/

# Nuclear
Finland Could Be the First Country in the World to Bury Nuclear Waste Permanently
https://www.wired.com/story/finland-is-developing-a-permanent-way-to-deal-with-spent-nuclear-fuel/

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance
https://theconversation.com/from-help-to-harm-how-the-government-is-quietly-repurposing-everyones-data-for-surveillance-254690

# Social / Social Programs
Democrats call on Social Security watchdog to investigate DOGE cuts’ impact
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5262768-democrats-social-security-watchdog-doge-cuts/

# Space Force
Governors ‘Alarmed’ by Looming Transfer of Air National Guard Units to Space Force
https://www.yahoo.com/news/governors-alarmed-looming-transfer-air-213312861.html

# Veterans / VA
VA secretary launches task force targeting anti-Christian bias at the agency
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/04/23/officials-launch-task-force-to-root-out-anti-christian-bias-in-va/

Special committee would give disabled veterans a voice on accessibility challenges at VA facilities
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/04/23/officials-launch-task-force-to-root-out-anti-christian-bias-in-va/

House adopts 7 bills for improving veterans care and services
https://veterans.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6686

# Water
This Artificial Wetland Is Reusing Wastewater to Revive a Lost Ecosystem
https://www.wired.com/story/this-artificial-wetland-is-reusing-wastewater-to-revive-a-lost-ecosystem/

Scientific dispute over using sewage to restore Louisiana’s wetlands turns political. LSU researcher opposes projects that divert wastewater sediment into marsh
https://lailluminator.com/2025/04/13/dispute-louisianas-wetlands/

Colorado River Basin states have just weeks left to agree on plan
https://www.watereducation.org/aquafornia-news/wednesday-top-scroll-colorado-river-basin-states-have-just-weeks-left-agree-plan

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April 23, 2025
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# Indigenous
At the 2025 UN Forum on Indigenous Issues Trump’s border policies will play a major role. The Trump administration’s border policies are expected to have a big impact on this year’s largest gathering of Indigenous leaders, activists, and policymakers.
https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/your-guide-to-the-2025-un-permanent-forum-on-indigenous-issues/

Workforce Matters Hosts Listening Session for Tribal Leaders and Tribal Program Staff
https://workforce-matters.org/shifting-the-workforce-through-investments-in-native-and-tribal-led-communities/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
DHS Secretary Threatens Fines Up to $1,000 Per Day, Imprisonment, and Deportation for Unlawful Presence in the U.S.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/04/21/dhs-releases-new-nationwide-and-international-ads-warning-illegal-aliens-self

‘National disgrace’: US lawmakers decry student detentions on visit to Ice jails. Delegation visits jails where Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk are being held and denounce ‘authoritarian’ Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/mahmoud-khalil-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-detention

Rising hate drives Latinos and immigrants into silence
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/rising-hate-drives-latinos-and-immigrants-into-silence/

US-born Californian warned to leave country immediately by DHS: The letter read, in part, “If you do not depart the United States immediately, you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States.” “Do not attempt to remain in the United States — The federal government will find you.”
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/californian-dhs-letter-immigration/

American-born doctor receives DHS email telling her to leave U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a6JdTVZUMY

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow with the American Immigration Council. The United States has disappeared a man. A respected immigration attorney expressed his shock and dismay on social media over the fate of a Venezuelan immigrant who disappeared after accidentally crossing into Canada and being detained by U.S. authorities.
https://www.rawstory.com/venezuela-immigration/

Feds blame U.S. citizen for his arrest under suspended immigration law. The federal government is blaming a U.S. citizen for his arrest during a traffic stop in Leon County last week under a temporarily blocked state immigration law.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2671816657/

Costa Rica will give migrants deported from the US permits to stay in the country for 3 months
https://apnews.com/article/costa-rica-deportees-trump-panama-lawsuit-fb81272031de0bea9f75568771747783

# Border / Immigration / General News
Kristi Noem Turns Cruelty Into Content for Her DHS Deportation Ads. Noem, wearing a $50,000 watch in her ICE cosplay videos, encapsulates the aesthetic cruelty of the Trump regime.
https://truthout.org/articles/kristi-noem-turns-cruelty-into-content-for-her-dhs-deportation-ads/

Dozens of immigrants become US citizens at naturalization ceremony in Rock Island. Around 90 immigrants from 27 countries took the Oath of Allegiance and were sworn in as U.S. citizens at Augustana College on Monday.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/dozens-of-immigrants-become-us-citizens-at-naturalization-ceremony-in-rock-island/vi-AA1Dlqw8

Colombian president says US has revoked his visa and appears to mock Trump as ‘Donald Duck’: The international snub follows Trump threatening “decisive retaliatory measures” against Colombian government officials who refused to let a couple of U.S. Military flights packed with migrants land on Jan. 26.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world-leader-stunned-donald-duck-200150571.html

ICE agents checking on minors: ICE Cannot Effectively Monitor Location and Status of Unaccompanied Children. DHS’ Office of Inspector General published a report finding that ICE cannot effectively monitor the location and status of all unaccompanied children once released or transferred from DHS and HHS custody.
https://immpolicytracking.org/policies/report-dhhs-launches-major-investigation-into-vetting-procedures-of-sponsors-of-migrant-children/#:~:text=2025.03.,from%20DHS%20and%20HHS%20custody.

Trump’s Ugly New Eruptions Over Abrego Garcia Wreck His Own Arguments. As Trump accidentally exposes the weakness of his own case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an expert on MS-13 takes us inside what this gang really is—and why tying this man to the group is implausible.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194171/trump-ugly-new-eruptions-abrego-garcia-wreck-arguments

Immigrants feel hope, hate and hunted. Immigrants across the West worry for their safety.
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/rising-hate-drives-latinos-and-immigrants-into-silence/

Costa Rica Tells Trump Deportees They Can Stay and Integrate, or Leave. The country is taking action to “protect” dozens of migrants from faraway nations who were deported from the United States and recently, indefinitely detained.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/world/americas/costa-rica-deported-migrants.html

Donald Trump’s war on sanctuary cities has begun: A detailed threat sent by America First Legal, led by future homeland security advisor Stephen Miller, to 249 jurisdictions that do not cooperate on immigration matters is the first attack against one of the biggest obstacles to mass deportation
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-01-08/donald-trumps-war-on-sanctuary-cities-has-begun.html

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Researchers ‘Shocked’ to Find Toxic Chemicals in Common Children’s Mattresses
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250417/Toxins-in-kidse28099-mattresses-and-bedding-raise-health-concerns-study-shows.aspx

# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
Nearly Half of ‘COVID Deaths’ Not Caused by the Virus, Researchers Find. A team of Greek doctors and researchers studying deaths that occurred in seven Athens hospitals between January and August 2022 determined the virus was directly responsible for only a quarter of the deaths.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/nearly-half-covid-deaths-not-virus-caused-researchers-find/

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Federal Government Layoff Tracker: State Department Reportedly Cutting 15% Of U.S. Staff, EPA Firing DEI Workers
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/04/22/federal-government-layoff-tracker-state-department-reportedly-cutting-15-of-us-staff-epa-firing-dei-workers/

Milwaukee church saw opportunity to plant trees on empty land. Trump team saw DEI effort
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/22/federal-review-stalls-church-tree-planting-project/83180469007/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Here’s All the Health and Human Services Data DOGE Has Access To. Elon Musk’s DOGE has access to 19 sensitive systems at HHS. In at least one instance, it appears that access was granted without the proper security training.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-data-access-hhs/

The Conservative Plan To Bring DOGE To Canada. With a federal election looming, reps from Amazon and TC Energy discuss how a new Pierre Poilievre government could slash bureaucracy ‘more quickly’ than Trump.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/04/23/revealed-the-conservative-playbook-for-bringing-doge-to-canada-elon-musk-pierre-poilievre/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Donald Trump Is Hell-Bent on Destroying the Economy. Less than two weeks after narrowly averting self-inflicted disaster, the president is once again on the verge of doing something both stupid and catastrophic.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194273/trump-jerome-powell-destroying-economy

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his 145% tariff on goods from China will come down “substantially,” claiming that a deal with Beijing is within reach.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/business/video/trump-china-trade-war-tariffs-reduction-digvid

The Guardian view on the IMF’s warning: Donald Trump could cost the world a trillion dollars. World body says ‘sharp repricing of risks’ possible amid growing concern over role of ‘nonbank’ lenders
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/22/imf-warns-trump-tariffs-are-putting-global-financial-system-under-strain

Trump team opts to keep US shell companies in the shadows
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/arms-trade-2671753399/

“Madness”: Trump Tariff Lunacy Suddenly Darkens Amid Brutal Poll Drop. As the IMF downgrades growth projections and Trump’s approval on the economy slides, economic commentator Heather Long explains why the future looks so grim—with no easy exit for the president
https://newrepublic.com/article/194279/madness-trump-tariff-lunacy-suddenly-darkens-amid-brutal-poll-drop

# Education / Schools / Libraries
Trump’s attempted Harvard ‘takeover’ mirrors Hitler, Orban, Erdoğan: Laurence Tribe. “That’s what Orban has done in Hungary. That’s what Erdoğan has done in Turkey,” he added later. “It’s a standard technique.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5261119-trump-harvard-laurence-tribe/

Trump’s attacks on higher education are driving up the trade deficit
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5256541-trump-trade-deficit-education/

Federal Judge Orders ICE To Reinstate Legal Status Of 133 Foreign Students
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-orders-ice-reinstate-123936561.html

The Supreme Court Looks Eager to Further Undermine Public Schools. The conservative justices are poised to side with religious parents who want to opt their children out of lessons involving LGBT-themed books.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194277/supreme-court-lgbt-books-montgomery-county-schools

Education Department Restarting Loan Collections for First Time Since 2020. The administration said it will begin garnishing wages for millions this summer.
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-begin-federal-student-loan-collections-other-actions-help-borrowers-get-back-repayment

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
New law may lower electricity bills by 40% for millions as chiefs insist Americans shouldn’t ‘sacrifice groceries’
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14083348/new-law-lower-electricity-bills-americans-sacrifice-groceries-connecticut/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump admin marks Earth Day by gutting Environmental Protection Agency: report
https://www.commondreams.org/news/epa-staff

Consecutive El Niños happening more and result is more devastating
https://theconversation.com/consecutive-el-ninos-are-happening-more-often-and-the-result-is-more-devastating-new-research-251504

Nearly all federal workers who investigate firefighter deaths fired. Trump administration made cuts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which halted a study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cuts-firefighter-deaths

How the closure of EPA offices puts poor and minority communities at risk. For three decades, the EPA established offices nationwide to address disproportionately high levels of pollution in poor and minority communities.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-closure-of-epa-offices-puts-poor-and-minority-communities-at-risk

The 89%: Exposing the climate majority and the media silence that keeps them unheard. Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate action, most governments are falling short—and newsrooms may be helping them do it.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/22/the-89-exposing-the-climate-majority-and-the-media-silence-that-keeps-them-unheard/

EPA Continues to Dismantle Environmental Justice Office, Announces Plans to Terminate Nearly 300 Employees
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22042025/epa-announces-plans-to-terminate-nearly-300-employees/

EPA administrator defends sweeping grant terminations amid legal blowback. At a press gathering, Lee Zeldin doubled down on his decision to cancel billions of dollars in clean energy grants, despite a court ruling calling the move unlawful.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21042025/epa-lee-zeldin-defends-grant-terminations-amid-legal-blowback/

America’s National Parks Are in Some Very Serious Trouble. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum just handed the country’s public lands over to a DOGE staffer and former oil exec.
https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/doug-burgum-interior-secretary-musk-doge-national-parks.html

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
When billions in emergency funds were stalled, the Trump administration sped FEMA money to some GOP-led states
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/politics/fema-money-slowed-trump/index.html

AmeriCorps NCCC and FEMA Corps Volunteers Won’t be Assigned to Altadena…or Anywhere Else. Scores of volunteers with AmeriCorps youth program let go after DOGE visit
https://localnewspasadena.com/2025/americorps-nccc-and-fema-corps-volunteers-wont-be-assigned-to-altadena-or-anywhere-else/

# Food General News
‘Always Listen to the Mom’: U.S. to Phase Out Artificial Dyes Used in Food Products
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/us-phase-out-artificial-dyes-used-food-products-hhs/

EXPERTS have warned that shelves at select retailers could be vacant soon. The lack of merchandise is expected to stem from the global reciprocal tariffs announced by President Donald Trump this month.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-us-sun-513995/3973942998625-shoppers-to-see-empty-shelves-in-just-weeks-as-experts-reveal-which-retailers-will-be-first-to-run-out-of-inventory

New report warns of unexpected threat that could cause food prices to spike. ‘This will be a critical area to monitor.’ “By implementing context-specific agricultural practices, farmers can mitigate and adapt.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/global-drought-impact-food-ingredient-prices/

# Gov / Politics
Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship/

Trump is transforming Americans from citizens to subjects
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5258862-us-transformation-from-citizens-subjects/

Al Gore compares Trump team to Nazi Germany saying they are ‘trying to create their own preferred version of reality.’ Former Vice President Al Gore delivered a scathing critique of the Trump administration, drawing parallels between their tactics and those of Nazi Germany.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/creating-their-own-reality-al-gore-compares-trump-2-0-to-nazi-germany-8230538

‘Bad faith’: Judge hits Trump admin with ‘blistering’ new court order. The judicial tongue-lashing came after the judge ordered daily updates from the government on what they’re doing to “facilitate” the return of Ábrego García.
https://www.rawstory.com/kilmar-abrego-garcia-2671825372/

Trump Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Firing Fed Chair Powell. The U.S. president previously insinuated otherwise, he said he could fire Powell if he wanted, having been frustrated by the Fed putting a pause on cuts to short-term interest rates.
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-trump-jerome-powel-4710172f1fd4d6493769ac0b81703c01

Trump’s ‘Final Offer’ For Peace Requires Ukraine To Accept Russian Occupation
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/22/trump-russia-ukraine-peace-plan-crimea-donbas

Trump’s War on Cities Starts With Washington. This isn’t about cherry blossoms or clean parks. This is a war on cities and communities that don’t look like his voter base.
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/03/20/trump-republicans-make-d-c-ground-zero-in-their-war-on-cities

Trump’s war against federal workers is hurting Washington D.C.’s residents. As Trump declares war on Washington, it’s worth remembering that it’s a real place filled with real people, and these attacks are doing real damage.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-federal-worker-firings-washington-dc-rcna192634

Anti-Trump protesters turn out to rallies in New York, Washington and other cities across country. Some of the events drew on the spirit of the American Revolutionary War, calling for “no kings” and resistance to tyranny.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/anti-trump-protesters-turn-out-to-rallies-in-new-york-washington-and-other-cities-across-country

‘Startling,’ ‘Lawless,’ ‘Disturbing’: Legal Experts Unanimously Sound the Alarm Over Trump in The Free Press
https://www.mediaite.com/news/startling-lawless-disturbing-legal-experts-unanimously-sound-the-alarm-in-the-free-press/

How to Undo Trump’s Growing Dictatorship and the Damage it Is Inflicting. Not giving in to tyrants who count on obedience in advance is the key to defeating them
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/how-to-undo-trumps-growing-dictatorship

“We Live in a Fascist Dictatorship”: Elie Mystal on Trump’s Lawlessness, Attacks on the Judiciary. “There’s not a coming constitutional crisis,” says Mystal. “We are in a constitutional crisis right now.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/19/elie_mystal_trump_constitutional_crisis

The Trump Administration’s War on Children. The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse

# Gov / Politics / Global
Nova festival founder outed as Israeli intel collaborator involved in Gaza genocide. One of the founders has openly bragged of serving as a top Israeli military intelligence asset involved in the Gaza genocide.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/22/nova-founder-israeli-intel/

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump administration charges 27 alleged Tren de Aragua members under RICO Act in New York. The move marks the first time that the federal government has used the Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act to prosecute a foreign terrorist organization, or drug cartel.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/27-members-or-associates-tren-de-aragua-charged-racketeering-narcotics-sex-trafficking

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Dem judge in New Mexico steps down after man with alleged Tren de Aragua ties found in his home
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/04/23/judge-jose-cano-resigns-tren-de-aragua-gang

How A New Supreme Court Could Forever Change America. One of the nation’s top legal experts says: “A Trump appointment will very much solidify the power of corporations and businesses on the Supreme Court.”
https://www.levernews.com/how-a-new-supreme-court-could-forever/

Orbán Faces ICC Investigation After Refusing to Arrest Netanyahu in Hungary. As a party to the ICC’s Rome Statute, Hungary is obliged to arrest suspected war criminals and send them to The Hague.
https://truthout.org/articles/orban-faces-icc-investigation-after-refusing-to-arrest-netanyahu-in-hungary/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘Fascism is taking over’: Trump claims another victory as ‘60 Minutes’ producer quits
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/fascism-is-taking-over-bully-in-chief-trump-claims-another-victory-as-60-minutes-producer-quits/

USPS faces Supreme Court grilling after customers left without meds as workers ‘refused to deliver mail’
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14083662/usps-supreme-court-customer-texas-black-accusation/

Judge Deals Trump Major Blow in His Effort to Shutter Voice of America
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-handed-huge-loss-fight-193911979.html

# Medicare / Medicaid / SNAP [Food Stamps]
How Medicaid Cuts Could Leave Millions Without Health Care in the U.S: With Medicaid being threatened by the current administration, it is imperative to recognize its importance in the fight for health equity.
https://www.pih.org/article/medicaid-cuts-millions-without-healthcare

Trump administration is cutting off a key Medicaid financing tool used to help states pay for health care programs it says diverge from the program’s core mission, including high-speed internet for rural health providers
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/14/trump-federal-medicaid-funding-states

# Medical / Health News
Glyphosate Causes Permanent Damage to Reproductive Organs, Affects Fertility. Pathological changes have been observed in male and female reproductive systems, potentially leading to reproductive toxicity. Prenatal exposure may lead to transgenerational inheritance of pathologies and sperm epimutations.
https://www.ehn.org/glyphosate-exposure-linked-to-infertility-and-reproductive-disorders-study-finds

How ‘Corporatized Healthcare’ Turned Family Doctors Into Pill Pushers
https://pnhp.org/news/big-corporations-are-quietly-taking-over-your-medical-practice-some-doctors-and-experts-say-its-ruining-healthcare/

Scientists Find Microplastics in Ovarian Follicular Fluid for the First Time. Microplastics have been found in human brains, placentas, testicular tissues, lungs and blood.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651325002040#:~:text=Microplastics%20were%20found%20in%20human,bloodstream%2C%20reaching%20the%20granulosa%20cells.

Driving Disease Risk Prediction and Preventative Healthcare with AI – with Dan Elton of the National Human Genome Research Institute
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651325002040#:~:text=Microplastics%20were%20found%20in%20human,bloodstream%2C%20reaching%20the%20granulosa%20cells

Dye ban lacks detail; Baby food lead levels breach California standards. This regulation comes on the heels of several highly publicized cases of dangerous levels of lead in baby food.
https://www.pureearth.org/heavy-metals-in-baby-food-ca-regulation/

Hyperbaric Oxygen Repairs Radiation Damage Permanently
https://www.hyperbaricmedicalsolutions.com/blog/treating-radiation-damage-with-hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy

# Military / DOD / General News
The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon. A feud between the secretary’s advisers and his chief of staff created backbiting and distrust that has erupted into the open.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/pentagon-infighting-hegseth-fired-officials-00302709

Rising B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Costs Hit Northrop Grumman. The firm says that the losses are front-loaded and the B-21 will be profitable once production hits high gear.
https://www.twz.com/air/rising-b-21-raider-stealth-bomber-costs-hit-northrop-grumman

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
USMC anti-ship missile deployment to highly strategic Luzon Strait is unprecedented. From the Batanes Islands, naval strike missiles would be able to engage any surface vessel transiting the channel between Taiwan and the Philippines.
https://www.twz.com/air/usmc-anti-ship-missile-deployment-to-highly-strategic-luzon-strait-is-unprecedented

MQ-1C Gray Eagle Is Shooting Down Drones With Hellfire Missiles In Tests. Using the MQ-1C as a drone-hunter is a new development, and there are plans for new kinetic and laser weapons for the Gray Eagle.
https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-spy-drone-gets-hellfire-missiles

# Military / General News / Global
China Deploys J-10 Fighters To Egypt. The air combat exercises between Egypt and China serve multiple purposes, but Beijing’s eye on Africa is highlighted by the drills.
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/egypt-hosts-chinese-j10c-flying-radar-joint-exercises

EA-18G Bristles With Rare Four Anti-Radiation Missile Loadout On Yemen Mission. A Growler electronic attack jet packing four AGM-88 anti-radiation missiles launched on a mission as Houthi air defenses remain a problem.
https://www.twz.com/air/ea-18g-bristles-with-rare-four-anti-radiation-missile-loadout-on-yemen-mission

# NASA / Space
As more countries enter space, the boundary between civilian and military enterprise is blurring. Dangerously.
https://thebulletin.org/2025/04/as-more-countries-enter-space-the-boundary-between-civilian-and-military-enterprise-is-blurring-dangerously/#post-heading

# Science / Science Engineers
US scientists give grim view from within. “Totally broken and non-functional.” That’s how one anonymous principal investigator at the US National Institutes of Health characterizes the huge biomedical-research funder afterTrump administration cuts
https://grist.org/article/green-skies-are-the-new-black/

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
US is now consolidating personal data for mass surveillance
https://theconversation.com/from-help-to-harm-how-the-government-is-quietly-repurposing-everyones-data-for-surveillance-254690

# Social / Social Programs
Joni Ernst Reveals More Examples Of HUD Bureaucrats Bilking Taxpayers. Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa highlighted more cases of bureaucrats at HUD abusing a program that allows them to do work for unions on the taxpayer’s dime.
https://www.aol.com/exclusive-joni-ernst-reveals-more-120141514.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Apple Fined $570 Million And Meta $228 Million For Breach Of EU Law
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-fined-570-million-and-meta-228-million-for-breach-of-eu-law/articleshow/120549569.cms?from=mdr

How companies like Palantir have infiltrated government to usher in a new era of AI warfare and policing
https://aimresearch.co/ai-startups/palantir-started-by-spying-on-a-city-now-sells-ai-for-war

Move fast, kill things: the tech startups trying to reinvent defence with Silicon Valley values
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/29/move-fast-kill-things-the-tech-startups-trying-to-reinvent-defence-with-silicon-valley-values

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Elon Musk & Tesla Are Being Sued In Lawsuit That Allegedly Exposes Their Wild Odometer Scandal
https://www.newsbreak.com/total-pro-sports-313944020/3973888575688-elon-musk-tesla-are-being-sued-in-lawsuit-that-allegedly-exposes-their-wild-odometer-scandal

Driverless Trucks Ready to Hit the Road in Texas. Terrifyingly, trucking companies are hoping to “pull the driver” completely and go autonomous by 2026.
https://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=118470

# Veterans / VA
Operation Timeline: What Is the Trump Administration’s Impact on Veterans and the Military? The timeline features links to executive orders, directives and other official actions plus news articles and social media posts highlighting the impact of the administration’s first months in office.
https://thewarhorse.org/trump-timeline-military-veterans/?mc_cid=d32503b82e&mc_eid=ad5a87e32e

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