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Voices, The Peoples News

September 22, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

‘Oh what a tangled web we weave/ When first we practice to deceive,‘ Very ‘Shakespearean’ phrase, however, it is not from Shakespeare. It comes from an early nineteenth-century Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott.

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

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
From Austin to Minneapolis: Mapping the rise in DHS deadly force incidents. At least seven people have died in immigration related shootings since 2025. Here’s how the pattern keeps repeating — and who’s been held responsible.
https://san.com/cc/from-austin-to-minneapolis-mapping-the-rise-in-dhs-deadly-force-incidents/?lid=9uq4ju645igr&utm_term=Daily_NTK5&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=SAN_Daily_092226&utm_source=san-nl-daily

Charting the Crackdown: The misuse of crowd-control weapons in immigration enforcement protests across the United States, June 2025-June 2026
https://phr.org/charting-the-crackdown/

Department Of Homeland Security Shares Statement After DoorDash Delivery Driver Is Reportedly Shot By ICE Agent In Texas. The man is reportedly in serious but stable condition
https://theweek.com/crime/ice-shoots-migrant-driver-austin

Man shot by ICE moved from hospital to detention center ‘with a bullet in his back,’ lawyer tells CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/20/us/austin-texas-ice-shooting

CBP intercepts vessel with 13 Chinese nationals on board off the coast of Florida: Officials told the outlet that the 27-foot boat was carrying nearly two dozen foreign nationals, including 13 Chinese nationals, and that all passengers were taken into custody without incident last week.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/cbp-intercepts-vessel-13-chinese-nationals-board-coast-florida

Inside the Office of Remigration. It’s a division of 15 employees within the State Department who work each day to deport people to countries to which they have no prior ties. The Trump administration has spent more than $400 million to facilitate agreements with 31 countries to accept U.S. deportees.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2026/09/21/how-trump-turned-refugee-bureau-into-410-million-deportation-operation/

Immigration nation. The chaos at an immigration court in Massachusetts last week was no accident, advocates say. The Trump administration is intentionally changing court dates to make it harder for immigrants to exercise due process rights.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-09-16/immigration-legal-reps-decry-mega-master-hearings-lack-of-due-process-in-court

Report shows the Trump administration made secret deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to dump thousands of migrants in third-party nations
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/(FINAL%20-%20web)%20At%20What%20Cost%20-%20Inside%20the%20Trump%20Administration%27s%20Secret%20Deportation%20Deals_2.17.26.pdf

Stephen Miller leads new push to boot immigrant kids and accelerate third-country deportations. Architect of Trump’s anti-immigration is directing deportation deals with 30 countries as he accelerates deportations of migrant children
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-child-deportations-third-country-removals-b3053683.html

ICE Denounced for Enacting ‘Official Government Policy of Disappearing People.’ “Hiding prisoners from the courts is unconstitutional,” said one expert. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) faces sharp condemnation after quietly removing thousands of detainees with final deportation orders from its online locator database on September 15, 2026, effectively cutting off families and attorneys from tracking their whereabouts.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-detainee-locations-disappeared

President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, push for more ICE raids could cost U.S. citizens millions of jobs, new study finds: ‘Our economic future is being eroded,’ economist says
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-immigration-raids-impact-american-workers-midterms-12451699

ICE deportation officer says she reported detention conditions to a federal watchdog. Now she has lost her firearm authority and was put on leave
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/ice-deportation-officer-says-she-reported-detention-conditions-to-a-federal-watchdog-now-she-has-lost-her-firearm-authority-and-was-put-on-leave/

MAGA influencers call for Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar to be deported over ad saying President Donald Trump’s ‘immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far’
https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/deport-her-asap-maga-flips-012710867.html

# Children / Youth / Childcare / Interstate Child-Trafficking
Gabriel’s Law signed into law to protect kids in California welfare system, takes effect immediately. Named in memory of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, whose tragic 2013 abuse and death exposed critical oversight failures in Los Angeles County
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_b7936942-1ac7-48ab-bfb5-b5a4d2cdd98f.html

Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons. Lawmakers cited a recent WPLN and ProPublica investigation that found that juvenile justice facilities run by Tennessee businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious incidents to the state as required.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-private-youth-prisons-dcs-letter

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
The Netherlands is bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC
https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-eu-israel-netherlands-2c1cc314732f920c2de59396d3b556f6

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
From 1946 to 1993, the UK, France, Switzerland and others dumped 200,000 radioactive waste barrels in the Atlantic. Decades later, scientists are investigating the potential radioactive threat.
https://www.iflscience.com/200000-barrels-of-radioactive-waste-were-dumped-in-the-atlantic-decades-later-were-finally-learning-what-happens-when-they-leak-84512

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Texas seeks geothermal, small nuclear, and gas projects on state land to boost grid reliability. The next steps will depend on the feedback the agency receives.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/texas-energy-development-geothermal-nuclear-gas/

Trump Boasts “To the Victor Belong the Spoils” on Venezuelan Oil Again as Congress Says Pentagon Lacks Legal Authority for the Deal
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/inside-trumps-plan-to-give-the-pentagon-a-stake-in-venezuelas-oil-riches-f054cdc2

U.S. diesel shortage fears grow after gas stations report empty pumps. Reports of gas stations running out of diesel are adding to concerns about a possible U.S. diesel shortage, just as prices climb sharply.
https://wheninyourstate.com/usa/u-s-diesel-shortage-fears-grow-after-gas-stations-report-empty-pumps/

As diesel costs hit record highs, farmers turn on President Donald Trump, warn they ‘can’t survive’ current conditions
https://www.wonderwall.com/politics/farmers-turn-president-donald-trump-diesel-costs-hit-record-highs-cant-survive/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
The Epstein Diaries #22: Bannon and Epstein – The Trump bond…
https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-trump-2677906700/

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump set for UN speech with Iran in focus; White House media ban goes to court
https://san.com/cc/trump-set-for-un-speech-with-iran-in-focus-white-house-media-ban-goes-to-court/

US Senator Bernie Sanders warned in a speech that the world is hurtling toward “an extremely dangerous global oligarchy” whose unprecedented concentration of wealth and political power endangers democratic institutions, the environment, and humanity’s collective future
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-riverside-church

‘It’s crushing us’: Trump ‘contagion’ has GOP insiders running scared
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gop-contagion/

Trump Reverses Course on Joining Saudi Arabia in Strikes on Houthi Rebels in Yemen. Donald Trump has spectacularly flip-flopped on whether to help a key ally in the Middle East suffering from the fallout of his war with Iran.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-called-off-planned-us-strikes-on-houthis-at-last-minute-report/4063274

Trump ‘deciding’ whether to ‘blow the entire nation up’ in Iran threat: President Donald Trump told Fox News in a Sept. 20 interview that he is “deciding” on the possibility of escalating the U.S. war on Iran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/20/trump-blow-entire-nation-up-iran-threat/91861907007/

Feds arrest, indict hundreds in Trump voter fraud crackdown: ‘Catching it all over the country.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzAaQjrLJZ0

‘Beginning of the End’: Trump Advisers Reportedly Spooked He Will Increasingly ‘Act Out’ as He Loses His Grip on Power. President Trump feels and acts invincible: He acts on whims, however he pleases, precedent and restraints be damned. But Trump’s vincibility is being exposed. Courts restrain him more. GOP candidates criticize him more. The public turns on him more.
https://www.aol.com/articles/beginning-end-trumps-team-fears-222847000.html

Appeals Court Sides With Missouri Republicans on Redrawn House Map
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6102804-mo-court-reinstates-gop-house-map/

Federal appeals court revives Missouri’s GOP friendly redistricting map, despite SCOTUS ruling: Appeals court revives GOP gerrymander in Missouri that Supreme Court killed off twice. The 8th Circuit on Monday blocked a ruling from the state’s highest court that sharply rebuked the Republican secretary of state.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/21/missouri-map-ruling-midterms-01086519

Top psychiatrist says Trump behaves like a ‘toddler’ trying to be ‘ruler of the universe’ to fight feeling of helplessness. A prominent forensic psychiatrist is raising fresh concerns about President Donald Trump’s mental state, suggesting that his grip on reality is slipping further.
https://www.aol.com/articles/psychiatrist-says-fragile-trump-grip-140046000.html

‘He is kryptonite’: Republicans start breaking with Trump. Candidates in tight races are publicly distancing themselves from a president whose low approval rating is dragging the party down.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/20/he-is-kryptonite-republicans-start-breaking-with-trump-01085159

Trump Goon’s Secret Plot to Purge Treasured Gifts Revealed. The president’s loyalist sought to replace gifts honoring JFK with art chosen by Trump patrons. Ex – Kennedy Center boss Richard Grenell secretly tried to dump valuable gifts from the performing arts center to replace them with MAGA-approved art.
https://share.newsbreak.com/jn8i83xh

Trump triggers UN walkout with predicted demise of ‘failed’ neighbor and snaps at Kaitlan Collins ‘surprise.’ “We will continue to cover the president, despite their efforts to block CNN from accessing The White House grounds,” the journalist responds
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/politics/trump-cnn-kaitlan-collins-un-press-stop-white-house-ban/

Donald Trump asks South Dakota governor to add his face to Mount Rushmore. President Donald Trump urged South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden to add his face to Mount Rushmore during a press conference on Friday, sparking a social media frenzy with jokes and reactions from users online
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/donald-trump-asks-south-dakota-2030927

“Talarico’s team just admitted they are trying to bribe people for votes,” Texas AG Paxton accuses after Democratic Senate candidate’s PAC caught paying $25 to voters in undercover video
https://share.newsbreak.com/jn5xjx7a

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Judge Denies Efforts to End Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Racial Profiling of Latinos Persists. Deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate than white drivers, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-oversight-judge-ruling

‘My Baby!’: White Driver Arrested for Firing Into Black Mother’s Car with Her Children Inside, Killing 5-Year-Old Daughter in Alleged Road Rage. 47-year-old man has been arrested on a capital murder charge in connection with a suspected road-rage shooting that killed a 5-year-old girl in Texas on Saturday evening
https://people.com/man-arrested-on-capital-murder-charge-after-5-year-old-killed-in-suspected-road-rage-incident-12131921

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Trump admin rocked as UN human terror expert alleges ‘crimes against humanity of murder.’ Ben Saul stated that U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats may plausibly constitute “crimes against humanity of murder” under customary international law
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-bombs-boat-2677905541

Trump Weighs 3 Paths on Iran as US-Tehran on Collision Course at UN Assembly. President Trump says he’s weighing three options on Iran. They include more military strikes and “blowing the entire nation up.” The conflict with Iran will be a hot topic at the United Nations General Assembly this week, along with the summit meeting with China in Washington.
https://cbn.com/news/world/trump-weighs-3-paths-iran-us-tehran-collision-course-un-assembly

Justice Department Escalates Trump’s “Grand Conspiracy” Probe. The DOJ is pushing forward its “grand conspiracy” investigation—even after the lead prosecutor suddenly quit.
https://newrepublic.com/post/215657/justice-department-escalates-trump-grand-conspiracy-probe

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
White House unveils ‘Trump TV’ amid legal battle over media coverage
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6103061-white-house-launches-trump-tv/

Defiant White House slaps down journalists: ‘Access is a privilege – not a right.’ “No President is required to host a hostile operation on the grounds. Access has always been a privilege — and President Trump is applying that rule,” the statement read.
https://voz.us/en/just-the-news/260921/39290/defiant-white-house-slaps-down-journalists-access-is-privilege-not-right.html

Trump’s desperate for TV cameras until they tell the truth. Donald Trump landed in New York today ahead of the UN General Assembly. But he may no longer be the star of his favorite media hits: major TV networks just halted their press pool coverage of presidential events.
https://thehill.com/homenews/6100754-live-updates-trump-white-house-media-ban-united-nations-general-assembly/

Experts Spot The Most Frightening Part Of Trump’s Press Ban. “Donald Trump is far from the only thin-skinned and vindictive official in the country. He’s just the one with the highest office,” one expert warned.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-media-ban-dangerous-legal_l_6ab14fabe4b043d6b5674d97

Fox News joins rival networks in suspending pooled coverage after White House turns away CNN: “The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting,” the pool members, including Fox, said in a statement.
https://tennesseestar.com/tech-media/fox-news-joins-rival-networks-in-suspending-pooled-coverage-after-white-house-turns-away-cnn/jtnews/2026/09/21/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Hegseth to lead new Pentagon advisory board on Homeland Defense. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will now oversee a new Pentagon advisory committee focused on homeland security and defense — the first such department panel to do so.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6102879-hegseth-establishes-pentagon-homeland-defense-board/

# Military / Global
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Sunday, September 20, 2026, following recent joint military drills by the U.S., Japan, and South Korea
https://www.the-sun.com/news/17033880/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles/

# Science / Research
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control. The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/19/nih-grants-trump-vought-bhattacharya-harvard-01085413

Fat From Cadavers Now Being Used for Cosmetic Fillers. Cadaver Fat Is the Next Big Thing in Regenerative Aesthetics. Learn all about the use of cadaver fat in aesthetics before it takes over
https://www.newbeauty.com/view/cadaver-fat-in-regenerative-aesthetics

# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Texas Gov. Abbott orders a halt on all data center permit. The Republican governor directed state environmental regulators to stop issuing permits to data centers while an electricity audit is ongoing.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/21/abbott-texas-data-center-permits-halt-01086398

Microsoft is making hundreds of additional layoffs and moving work on the next “Halo” game to Activision. The cuts total about 600 globally, including about 300 in Washington state. Worldwide, 268 of the layoffs are in Xbox Game Studios, continuing the Xbox restructuring. AI, cloud and marketing roles are among those being cut across the company.
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-cuts-hundreds-more-jobs-shifts-next-halo-game-to-activision-in-xbox-overhaul/

# Transportation / Trucking / Travel / Tourism / TSA / FAA
Diesel at $6.48 per gallon pushes truck drivers to spend $3,500 a week on fuel, forcing some to quit
https://moneywise.com/news/economy/diesel-prices-truck-drivers-fuel-costs

Indiana Diesel Prices Top $7 and Consumers May Feel It Next. Rising fuel prices, driven in part by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, are affecting not only car owners but also farmers and the agriculture sector – an untimely issue amid harvest season.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/indiana-diesel-prices-top-7-200100805.html

# Veterans / VA
The VA is suspending life insurance premiums for 457,000 veterans for three months: The Department of Veterans Affairs will stop collecting premiums from more than 457,000 Veterans’ Group Life Insurance policyholders for three months this fall and winter
https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-announces-insurance-premium-holiday-that-will-save-veterans-nearly-150-million/

Meta is donating Ray-Ban Meta glasses to every blind veteran in America. Because the future is for everyone – especially those who risked their lives for our country.
https://bva.org/glasses/

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Voices, The Peoples News

September 21, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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

# Indigenous
Big Tech Is Trampling Native Treaty Rights to Build Data Centers. Tribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is.
https://truthout.org/articles/big-tech-is-trampling-native-treaty-rights-to-build-data-centers/

The Penobscot Nation has regained 11,297 acres near Katahdin in the first phase of a $32.5 million effort to return more than 30,000 acres of ancestral land to the tribe.
https://www.tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/real-estate/15766-penobscot-nation-regains-11-297-acres-in-first-phase-of-major-land-return

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Men deported by Trump to Equatorial Guinea bound and brutally beaten in detention camp. Ahmed Soliman (from Egypt) and SamsoThe Trump administration sent these individuals to Equatorial Guinea under a secretive deportation agreementn Birhane (from Eritrea). Both men lived in the U.S. for decades before their deportation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/us-men-deported-hotel-equatorial-guinea

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
Locals blindsided by Trump’s secretive plans for public lands, ‘Unholy alliance’: The Trump administration is quietly working to hand over vast stretches of America’s public lands to billionaires and technology companies — and the scale is bigger than known
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-secret-data/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
The federal food stamp work rule now reaches age 64, but USDA’s  public page still tells readers it stops at 54
https://share.newsbreak.com/jn616i00

High diesel prices hit farmers as officials push export limits. U.S. farmers face record-high fuel expenses this year as the fall harvest kicks into gear while pressure grows on the Trump administration to impose a temporary ban on diesel exports that could bring down prices.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/louisiana/article_ea789b03-ba85-4cea-9819-1d2c8ba60a3f.amp.html

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Judge Threatens Attorney General Todd Blanche With Contempt For Failure To Release Epstein Files Related To Allegations About Trump & A Minor.  Sullivan said last month he didn’t want to start contempt proceedings, but added that the public “has a right to know what the hell is going on in this case” and the “victims have a right to know and the court has a right to know.”
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/17/epstein-files-doj-contempt-judge-blanche

# Gov / Politics / US
Former house speaker Nancy Pelosi bashed president Trump over restrictions on White House media access. She said freedom of the press is protected by the First Amendment and that the president should not decide which outlets can cover his administration based on their reporting
https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-statement-on-trump-social-media-executive-order

Rep. Jason Crow is taking aim at Trump over the Kennedy Center, arguing that the president’s desire for recognition is overshadowing the institution itself. Crow on threats after Trump’s sedition allegations: ‘It’s very disturbing stuff’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5619520-jason-crow-threats-trump-sedition/

‘He Can’t Just Sign an Order and Make It the Law’: Symone Sanders-Townsend Explains the Constitutional Check on Trump’s Election Power
https://share.newsbreak.com/jn6mqwba

“The threat of armed federal agents descending on polling places is an attempt to intimidate us and control who gets to hold power in this country. It won’t work.”: Bannon Calls For “Up-Armored ICE Presence” at the Polls. In Key States, New Program Ensures Voters Won’t Face It Alone
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/bannon-calls-for-up-armored-ice-presence-at-the-polls-in-key-states-new-program-ensures-voters-won-t-face-it-alone-1036515158

Scary things happening in United States: Information is coming to light – some through news items openly provided by the newly infiltrated Democratic (Socialist) Party and some by the quiet reporting by an opposing campaign. But most people are oblivious of the facts and the possibility of the monumental impact these two revelations could have on your future, Mr./Mrs./Miss America. Allow me to put them together for you.
https://www.alvinsun.net/opinion/article_49b69325-205f-46ae-9a28-01a6b47a0c2a.html

Trump calls a $400 million super PAC ‘my money that I control,’ but a watchdog group says federal law bars that arrangement. “Federal law bars those holding federal office from directing spending decisions for a political organization with no contribution limits.”
https://politicalwire.com/2026/09/18/trump-faces-complaint-over-super-pac-control/

Trump’s plan for “control” worries Greenland residents: “Whenever the US and Trump are mentioned, I have mixed feelings”: Greenland hailed a “binding” deal announced by President Donald Trump to give Washington “permanent control” over Greenland’s security, but Greenland residents don’t see things the same way.
https://www.tag24.com/en/news/politics/politicians/donald-trump/trumps-plan-for-control-worries-greenland-residents-whenever-the-us-and-trump-are-mentioned-i-have-mixed-feelings-3533597

Trump set to host Xi for historic state visit amid trade, AI, Iran tensions. President Donald Trump is set to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House this week.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-set-host-xi-historic-130000924.html

A tsunami of jailings will drown Trump and his gang — his latest acts signed the warrants
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-jail/

Trump photographed with ‘Kennedy Center Demolished’ sign as venue says closure ‘temporary’: Opponents led by Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty filed emergency court motions challenging the sudden closure, arguing that shutting down the public monument violates existing court orders and alleging that safety concerns are being manufactured to force the administration’s renaming demands.
https://ground.news/article/trump-photographed-with-kennedy-center-demolished-sign-as-venue-says-closure-temporary

Mitch McConnell cast one vote and skipped the next two, and his office hasn’t answered questions about where he went
https://attackofthefanboy.com/politics/mitch-mcconnell-cast-one-vote-and-skipped-the-next-two-and-his-office-hasnt-answered-questions-about-where-he-went/

‘A huge problem’: Trump has traded more stocks than all of Congress combined. A Bush-era ethics lawyer explains why you should worry. “There’s a financial conflict of interest if he has an ownership interest in the account,” Painter said. “It doesn’t matter who manages it.”
https://fortune.com/2026/09/19/trump-trades-congress-index-fund-ethics/

Trump’s New Power Grab Revealed. President Donald Trump is working on an executive order that could expand his administration’s control over billions of dollars earmarked for scientific research grants. The administration is specifically targeting research funding at Harvard University. The administration has been at odds with the Ivy League university since it tried to block its federal grant funding, but lost the battle in court.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-power-grab-revealed-215232899.html

‘Do I Blow the Entire Nation Up?’: Trump Says He’s in ‘Deciding Mode’ on Iran War. A senior Iranian official said that “our conditions are an end to the war on all fronts, the release of our frozen funds, and an end to the naval blockade.” The comments come after reports surfaced that Trump is expected to meet with six Persian Gulf leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this week. The Trump administration will also allow a “core delegation” of Iranian officials, like Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, to attend the high-level session at the General Assembly.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6100347-trump-speculates-iran-war/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Secret donors paid millions to Clarence Thomas-linked law firm with Supreme Court cases. Investigative reports have detailed extensive financial and gift disclosures involving Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and wealthy conservative donors, though specific phrasing regarding millions paid directly to a “Thomas-linked law firm with Supreme Court cases” often conflates several distinct ethics controversies
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/justice-thomas-took-lavish-trips-paid-for-by-gop-donor-investigative-report-says

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
MS NOW Host Nails The Reason Kennedy Center Demolition Would Be ‘Pretty Twisted, Even For Trump’: Chris Hayes Cuts To The Chase About Trump’s Kennedy Center Threats: ‘Make It Mine’ Or Else. Many Trump critics might say that the MS NOW host is just keeping things real
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ms-now-chris-hayes-trump-kennedy-center-demolition_n_6aad505ce4b03a8a58d670b0

CNN, MS NOW and Politico, three news outlets to sue to protect First Amendment rights after Trump banned them from White House grounds
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/21/donald-trump-arch-media-white-house-press-ban-mamdani-ai-unga-latest-news-updates

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime completely abolished freedom of the Press in the Third Reich and replaced it with strict state censorship. During the first weeks of 1933, the Nazi regime deployed the radio, press, and newsreels to stoke fears of a pending “Communist uprising,” then channeled popular anxieties into political measures that eradicated civil liberties and democracy.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-press-in-the-third-reich

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Thousands of bottles of a drug used to treat high blood pressure and fluid retention are being recalled, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Novartis is recalling a single lot of valsartan, a blood pressure drug the company sells under the brand name Diovan, due to failed dissolution specifications. This means it is not dissolving correctly, which can impact the drug’s effectiveness.
https://cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/clinical/pharmaceutics/popular-blood-pressure-drug-recalled

Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro accuses Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of ‘compromising the serious mission of the nation’s public health agencies’ as two more people die of measles in the state
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/15/measles-deaths-reignite-rfk-jr-shapiro-fight-01078324

South Texas Families Are Driving to Mexico for Medicine and Medical Procedures. Here’s Why It’s Accelerating. As U.S. drug prices climb and coverage gaps persist along the border, more Rio Grande Valley families are turning a decades-old bargain-hunting habit into a financial necessity.
https://www.latintimes.com/south-texas-families-are-driving-mexico-medicine-medical-procedures-heres-why-its-accelerating-599401

A CVS unit that dosed nursing-home residents is being liquidated after a $949 million judgment, having been found liable in federal court for filing millions of fraudulent claims for unnecessary prescription drugs
https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/legal-news/cvs-omnicare-files-bankruptcy-after-949m-judgment

$1.3bn in US health funds left unspent by Trump ‘could lead to 150,000 preventable deaths.’ The funding authority expires on 30 September, at the end of the US federal financial year. “The result will be deadly consequences for patients, the incapacitation of history’s most successful global health programme, and the fuelling of a flourishing new HIV pandemic,” the organisation said.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-health-aid-hiv-malaria-tuberculosis-b3052078.html

# Medical Pharmaceuticals
Secret Trump Drug Deals Reveal Perks for Big Pharma, Uncertainty for Patients. Recently disclosed documents reveal the Trump administration’s confidential “most-favored-nation” drug pricing deals with pharmaceutical giants include hidden perks for drugmakers, such as tariff protections and allowances to raise prices or restrict supply overseas, while leaving promised savings for American patients heavily redacted and uncertain
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-pharma-deal-secrets-exposed

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
US proposes AI warning system with China for national security threats. The U.S. has proposed an AI “notification mechanism,” so the U.S. and China can alert each other to serious incidents.
https://apnews.com/article/bessent-ai-xi-trump-china-trade-2c7f54f07e755f506d9db9b91df282bd

An AI hallucination almost ignited a newfound conflict between two global forces. Planes were in the air and troops were ready to board a Chinese ship before the US learned an AI chatbot had misidentified its cargo.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/327826/20260921/ai-generated-intelligence-nearly-triggered-us-china-crisis-over-chinese-ship-how.htm

# Military / Global
South Korea’s president says no ‘military assets in any form’ for the Iran war, but a navy destroyer off Somalia may get a wider mission
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/south-koreas-president-says-no-military-assets-in-any-form-for-the-iran-war-but-a-navy-destroyer-off-somalia-may-get-a-wider-mission/

# NASA / Space
NASA employees: EEOC committed ‘flagrant distortions’ to decertify class complaint. EEOC officials touted a long-running discrimination case against NASA as an example why federal sector cases were in need of reform. The employees who brought the case said commissioners railroaded them.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/09/nasa-employees-eeoc-committed-flagrant-distortions-decertify-class-complaint/416090/

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September 20, 2026
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# Indigenous
Indigenous Tribes Form Resistance Camp Against Proposed Copper Mine in Michigan. The proposed copper sulfide mine threatens to unleash 40 million tons of toxic waste in Michigan’s wetlands.
https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-tribes-form-resistance-camp-against-proposed-copper-mine-in-michigan/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Appeals Court Blocks Trump Policy to Rapidly Deport Migrants to Third Countries. US judges affirm migrants must have opportunities to voice safety concerns before deportation to unfamiliar nations.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/19/us-court-blocks-trump-plan-to-deport-migrants-to-third-countries

‘ICE Likely Violated Free Speech Rights,’ Federal Judge Says in Ruling in Case Where Agents Tracked Down Critic Who Ripped Agency
https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/federal-court-says-ice-threatened-critic-by-serving-him-with-warning-notice-over-an-email/

Trump officials sending undocumented children to Texas sparks fears of mass deportation: Nearly 90% of children in federal custody being directed to GOP-controlled state that has unlicensed facilities and low legal representation rates
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/trump-undocumented-children-texas

Trump administration begins building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-begins-building-border-wall-in-big-bend-region-of-texas

Eight months pregnant lawmaker LaMonica McIver says she may face 17 years in prison over ICE visit, explores all legal options. McIver has pleaded not guilty, arguing that her actions occurred while performing lawful legislative oversight and that the prosecution is politically motivated
https://knewz.com/eight-months-pregnant-lamonica-mciver-face-17-years-prison-ice-visit-explores-legal-options/

Panel: Congress has power to buck SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling. Legal experts on a recent panel stated that Congress can use its legislative power to challenge or work around the Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding birthright citizenship
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_d19b6c49-93ed-4ce3-bd36-bff821770639.html

ICE expands operations in Tennessee as major arrests are made
https://www.thecentersquare.com/tennessee/article_f2b20506-3bea-4942-8a4f-33597446c267.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
[Video] Trump says he’d be ‘OK’ with Chinese automakers building cars in the U.S., but not if they’re made in Mexico first. President Trump during a press conference with Media in the oval office saying he would be OK with Chinese auto makers building cars in America. This is a big change from previous statements made by the president, but is it a shot across the bow at the big three in Detroit to lower prices as they continue to raise prices on vehicles, and there are no affordable vehicles available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxyM7Lq2Hyg

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
Warren Sounds Alarm Over Trump Becoming First US President Ever to ‘Own and Oversee His Own Bank.’ “It may be the most brazen act of self-dealing our financial system has ever seen.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-crypto-bank

Organizers Aim to Thwart Purchase of Israel Bonds by World’s Largest Investor. Palm Beach County, Florida, has invested $1 billion in Israel Bonds — more than any other single investor in the world.
https://truthout.org/articles/organizers-aim-to-thwart-purchase-of-israel-bonds-by-worlds-largest-investor/

Trump says EU letting Canada become an associate member could be ‘hostile act’ and threatens to cut off trade
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6094720-donald-trump-us-canada-european-union-trade-war/

Big gold moves: French Central Bank moves 129 tons of gold out of US; Dutch Central Bank moves 86 tons
https://www.investing.com/analysis/bring-the-gold-home-200687962

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Michigan State master’s program partners with Chinese institutions tied to Communist propaganda: While the report notes no evidence that MSU or its students knowingly aid military or propaganda efforts, the institutional overlap allows technical and communications expertise to circulate within bodies tied to Chinese state influence operations and cognitive-domain research
https://strategyrisks.com/press/report-how-a-u-s-university-helped-china-conduct-psychological-warfare/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Mass layoff wave slams more than 2K Texas workers. From banking to foster care, mass layoffs across industries sweep Texas.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/mass-layoff-texas-22431113.php

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
Hundreds of Groups and Lawmakers Demand Trump Not Give Private Developer Part of Yosemite
“The federal government should be protecting our national parks, not parceling them out behind closed doors to benefit the wealthy and politically connected,” said one campaigner.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-yosemite

Trump’s EPA gave up its climate authority argument, and now a lawyer is watching for ‘fancy footwork.
https://attackofthefanboy.com/news/trumps-epa-gave-up-its-climate-authority-argument-and-now-a-lawyer-is-watching-for-fancy-footwork/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
There Are 0 Data Centers on Public Lands. Trump Is Considering Building 12. The Trump administration quietly fast-tracked a data center project in Nevada earlier this year.
https://newrepublic.com/post/215593/trump-plan-data-centers-public-lands

Senate Democrats Demand Accounting From Trump Administration On Where $13 Billion in Venezuelan Oil Revenue Has Gone
https://www.inkl.com/news/where-did-venezuelas-13-billion-in-oil-money-go-senate-democrats-want-answers

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
‘Misled’ and ‘Strung Along’ by Trump, Farmers Face Skyrocketing Cost
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war-us-farmers

# General News
Hundreds form human chain around Kennedy Center to protest possible demolition. Hundreds of demonstrators and artists gathered outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, September 18, 2026, to form a large human chain. They protested potential closure and demolition threats tied to administrative and legal battles led by the Trump administration
https://www.wusa9.com/article/life/local-life/kennedy-center/hundreds-form-human-chain-around-kennedy-center-to-protest-the-demolition-threat/65-0fdaf24d-830b-4e5c-a04c-75bd4971740b

# Gov / Politics / US
Loose-lipped Mike Johnson just spilled on how a defeated GOP plans to keep Congress
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/mike-johnson-midterms/

Shock Hegseth attack kept top secret amid fear of drastic GOP move to kill it
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aq5_X0RAJ7s

Arab Americans Feel Betrayed After Michigan Grants $1 Million to Israeli Military Contractor. Rep. Rashida Tlaib says Capture Systems has “no place in our state and should not be receiving a dime of public funds.”
https://truthout.org/articles/arab-americans-feel-betrayed-after-michigan-grants-1m-to-israeli-contractor/

‘We need to get rid of these people’: Karl Rove says Republican party is ‘infiltrated’ with ‘conspiracy nuts’
https://thehill.com/video/karl-rove-outrages-maga-for-saying-hes-voting-for-democrat-rising/12182836/

[Video] In a stunning twist, 7 Republicans break ranks to hand democrats a major victory against Donald Trump’s presidential powers
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/in-a-stunning-twist-7-republicans-break-ranks-to-hand-democrats-a-major-victory-against-donald-trumps-presidential-powers/

Anderson Cooper Schools Trump Over Kennedy Center Wrecking Ball Plans. The CNN anchor tore into the president’s veiled threat to demolish the historic Washington arts complex
https://www2.thedailybeast.com/anderson-cooper-schools-trump-over-kennedy-center-wrecking-ball-plans

‘Things Are Going To Get Ugly’: Republicans Are Starting To Panic About The Midterms. Just a few weeks out from Election Day, Republicans are pressing the panic button.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-midterm-elections-democrats_n_6aac2ac5e4b05a5eaee44a87

Senator Markey Moves to Block $5 Billion US Bombs Sale to Saudi Arabia Amid Yemen Escalation.
The State Department’s announcement of the sale comes as the administration is also pursuing a US-Saudi nuclear deal.
https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-introduces-joint-resolution-of-disapproval-on-us-weapons-sales-to-saudi-arabia

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls meeting with Republican leadership to discuss push to suspend federal gas tax, gathering ends in screaming match: ‘This is war!’ Rep. Andy Harris yells
https://www.wonderwall.com/politics/house-speaker-mike-johnson-meeting-federal-gas-tax-republican-screaming-match-andy-harris/

This law would send Mike Johnson straight to prison: There are plenty of ways to exercise power in Washington. Pass legislation. Kill legislation. Twist arms. Control committees. Bury investigations. Force votes. Block votes. And then there’s Mike Johnson’s preferred method: Everybody go home.
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/mike-johnson-shut-congress-2677887386

Bated breath as Trump receives offer to end Iran war: The White House received a renewed offer from Iran for ending the war, a senior Iranian official told Al Jazeera on Saturday, putting the next move on President Donald Trump in a conflict that has sent global oil prices soaring.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677895008/

Donald Trump Torched as ‘The Most Pedantic Manbaby’ After Critics Accuse Him of ‘Throwing a Tantrum’ Over Kennedy Center Scandal: ‘Unhinged’ Trump threw a ‘tantrum’ during Kennedy Center board meeting, congresswoman says. President was ‘screaming and hollering’ for nearly 10 minutes after a judge blocked attempts to rename the venue after himself.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kennedy-center-board-meeting-joyce-beatty-b3051276.html

McConnell, 84, Goes Missing Again After Senate Return. Senator Mitch McConnell made it through his first week back on Capitol Hill after a three-month absence, during which his team largely kept him from being seen or speaking at all—especially on camera.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/mcconnell-84-goes-missing-again-163026994.html

Congressman asks IRS to investigate Islamic Society of North America over El-Sayed campaign activity. According to the Middle East Forum’s report, El-Sayed’s campaign operated an exhibitor booth inside the convention hall, where campaign workers promoted his candidacy, solicited donations and recruited volunteers.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/congressman-asks-irs-investigate-islamic-society-north-america-over-el

Trump and Greenland: A Game-Changing Agreement and Election Integrity Unveiled. President Donald Trump announced a new security agreement with Denmark and Greenland on September 18, 2026, granting the United States permanent military access and security control in the Arctic territory while preserving Danish sovereignty
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-in-the-greenland-agreement-between-u-s-and-denmark

Trump says triumphal arch in DC will be converted to ‘top grade military complex. US President ​Donald Trump ‌said on Sunday ​he ​had agreed to ⁠convert ​his proposed ​triumphal arch into a ​military ​complex for national ‌security ⁠purposes to house, store, ​and ​deploy ⁠large numbers ​of drones ​and ⁠sniper ammunition ⁠if ​required.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/20/trump-arch-washington-snipers-drones

Sen. Coons Says Trump Banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House “Is the Behavior of an Authoritarian.” Trump has long bristled at news coverage he maintains casts him in a negative light, and has a history of filing lawsuits against news organizations, while lashing out at individual reporters in person or over social media
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fascism-trump-sparks-outrage-banning-203147302.html

# Global News
Russian oligarch who bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding parties banned from entering NATO country. Latvia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the country had imposed an indefinite ban on Umar Kremlev, an international boxing figure with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kremlev funded part of Don Jr.’s Bahamas festivities.
https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/russian-oligarch-who-bankrolled-don-37678564

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
“Trump Just Did What Dictators Throughout History Have Done” — Schumer Accuses President of Trying to “Manipulate the News” After White House Press Ban. Democratic lawmakers argue the restriction is an effort to distract voters and obscure administration shortcomings ahead of upcoming midterm elections.
https://share.newsbreak.com/jn2nvqij

‘Straight Out of the Authoritarian Playbook’: Trump Bans CNN, MSNOW, and Politico From White House. One press freedom advocate said it was “difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-cnn-msnow-politico-media-bans-bb675679fb10738a51bef90bde6c525a

First Amendment lawyer says Trump’s media outlet ban ‘not allowed’: Constitutional attorney Floyd Abrams stated that President Donald Trump’s ban preventing journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from entering the White House is not allowed under the First Amendment. Legal experts warn that barring news outlets based on the content of their reporting constitutes unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/19/politics/video/floyd-abrams-first-amendment-attorney-trump-media-outlet-ban-digvid

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
An Ohio hospital system told four Medicare Advantage insurers at once that their contracts end in December
https://www.beckerspayer.com/contracting/ohio-health-system-dropping-anthem-humana-medicare-advantage-plans/

Social Security is checking 125,000 federal retirees’ pensions to find who qualifies for help with drug costs
https://share.newsbreak.com/jmkokyuq

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Senator Warren Introduces Bill to Ban Private Equity From Owning Medical Practices. More than 80 percent of doctors are employed by corporate entities — a massive increase from 62 percent seven years ago.
https://www.wsj.com/pro/private-equity/congressional-democrats-take-aim-at-private-equitys-role-in-medicine-444ee2ed

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
More troops have died in the Iran War than Trump’s administration has revealed: The deadly conflict began at the end of February after the US, alongside Israel, began launching strikes against iran
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-war-troops-death-trump-b3052739.html

USAF assessing feasibility of restarting C-17 production as part of its future airlift vision. The USAF is about to kick off a larger review of next-generation airlift options, and is still refining requirements for new tankers.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2026/usaf-c17-production-restart-ngal-analysis

Iran war cost has reached $43.6 billion: The figure from U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East, offers the most up-to-date cost for the conflict since it was launched by the United States and Israel on Feb. 28.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-costs-us-military-congress-interceptors-7541f88490d17747537ee3fdbc119af8

Former Oregon soldier admits to bribing officers and collecting data in order to transmit military secrets to China: Compromised Assets: Involved tactical manuals, intelligence reports, and details on major weapons systems—including Bradley and Stryker combat vehicles and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS)
https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/former-us-army-soldier-pleads-guilty-gathering-and-transmitting-national-defense

# Military / Global
Houthis launch strikes against ‘sensitive sites’ in Riyadh. Group says large number of ballistic, cruise missiles and drones targeted ‘sensitive’ sites in Riyadh; separate operation struck Aramco facilities in Yanbu
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/yemen-s-houthis-claim-missile-drone-attacks-on-saudi-capital/4062167

German Forces Surge Onto Baltic Island In First-Of-Its-Kind NATO Drill. Exercise Silver Wotan tests how quickly allied troops, ships, aircraft, and weapons can reach the strategically vital island of Gotland.
https://www.euractiv.com/news/sweden-germany-deploy-1500-troops-to-gotland-in-baltic-exercise/

Japan Opens The Door To Acquiring Nuclear-Powered Submarines. Japan’s naval capabilities are evolving rapidly in the face of growing threats and so are its undersea requirements.
https://meta-defense.fr/en/2026/09/14/japan-nuclear-powered-submarines/

# Other Interestimg Stuff
This Is What the Earth Sounds Like From Space! (Creepy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHY-GMrqK9A

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Flock Cameras / Secret Service
If Flock Wasn’t Enough, Dallas’ AI Cameras Are Scanning Homes From Garbage Trucks—57 Citations Have Followed. Garbage trucks analyze thousands of homes with AI-powered cameras
City Detects’s Blight Scores can help catch code violations, but critics aren’t so sure.
https://www.popsci.com/technology/city-detect-garbage-trucks-cameras/

Abbott’s Pause on Flock Camera Funding in Texas Leaves Houston-Area Police Weighing 480 Harris County Cameras, 200 HPD Readers and New Grant Plans
https://share.newsbreak.com/jmmb9ces

# Social / Communities / Housing
Trump administration abandons decade-old federal approach of housing first, seeks to redirect homelessness funding: ‘Failed ideology.’ Critics and state attorneys general warn the pivot could destabilize permanent housing and risk displacing thousands, while administration officials praise it as a necessary correction for taxpayer accountability
https://stateline.org/2026/09/16/trump-admin-aims-to-shift-homelessness-grants-toward-addiction-treatment-enforcement/

# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Trump is talking with Senate’s Thune about bill to cut data-center electricity costs
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/trump-is-talking-with-senates-thune-about-bill-to-cut-data-center-electricity-costs/articleshow/134346796.cms?from=mdr

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September 19, 2026
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# Indigenous
“We Will Not Let This Destroy Our Sacred Sites”: Indigenous Leaders Fight Trump. Administration’s Border Wall. Tohono O’odham Nation and U.S. Democratic congressional leaders join fight to stop Southern Arizona border wall construction on sovereign or protected lands.
https://thefulcrum.us/governance-legislation/border-wall-construction

Something changed on the Moon: NASA’s orbiter spots a 728-foot crater that wasn’t there in earlier images.
https://thefulcrum.us/governance-legislation/border-wall-construction

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin reacts to video showing ICE officer punching teenager after altercation
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/video/dhs-secretary-markwayne-mullin-ice-video-texas-ip

ICE Relies On Hundreds Of Companies. At this point, it’s clear that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been taking legally questionable and violent action across the country to arrest, detain and deport thousands of people. But as easy as it may be to point the finger at a single evil boogeyman, ICE depends on a massive infrastructure of individuals, companies and suppliers to achieve its goals.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/companies-working-with-ice-laura-berlin_n_6aac1c24e4b05a5eaee42b99/amp

Ilhan Omar’s new bill aims to strip ICE of its funding, forcing the agency to pay for the fallout of its most controversial operations: Following the conclusion of “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced the Make ICE Pay Act to redirect the $140 billion allocated to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) through the “One, Big Beautiful Bill” Act (HR-1) and invest it into communities across the country that have been impacted by the Department of Homeland Security’s heinous operations.
https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ilhan-omar-introduces-legislation-redirect-ice-and-cbp-funding

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
Trump revokes 2009 executive order geared towards protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay. The 2009 EO, issued by then-President Barack Obama, looked to restore Chesapeake Bay water quality, create agricultural practices to protect the Bay, reduce water pollution from federal lands and facilities, protect the Bay as the climate changes, expand public access to the Bay and conserve ecosystems, and more.
https://www.wboc.com/news/trump-administration-repeals-chesapeake-bay-protection-and-restoration-executive-order/article_ff7dc248-7c27-4d22-a95d-6f52540c5dfb.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Data Centers
Agriculture Commissioner Miller calls out Gov. Abbott, says ‘there’s no excuse for sitting around’ after urging the governor to suspend Texas’ 20-cent-per-gallon fuel tax
https://texasagriculture.gov/News-Events/Article/12010/Commissioner-Miller-to-Governor-Abbott-Suspend-the-Gas-Tax-and-Give-Texans-Reli

Texas oil and gas regulator doubles down and defies state legislature. After backlash to a new public comment policy, Commissioner Wayne Christian refused to attend a legislative hearing and cursed at a member of the public.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16092026/texas-oil-regulator-wayne-christian-defies-state-legislature/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Jeffrey Epstein estate sued by two women who claim he had child p— of them. They’re seeking class-action status for their lawsuit, and calling on the feds to create a system of notifying the women in the photographs.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/jeffrey-epstein-estate-sued-two-203946982.html

AIPAC NIGHTMARE! Two top Democrats just BLOCKED a $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel — including 40,000 bombs Biden himself refused to send. Total value: $2.8 billion package. The folks over at AIPAC are likely having major conniptions today after Trump’s much-hyped multi-billion-dollar weapons sale to Israel just hit a major roadblock.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6093729-trump-israel-bombs-objection/

# Gov / Politics / US
Republican turns on Pete Hegseth with eight articles of impeachment
https://time.com/article/2026/09/15/massie-hegseth-impeachment-iran/

Beaten-down reps make futile Trump admission as they flee DC. “The American people have had it with Trump’s false attacks on our democracy and our voting,” Lieu said.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/johnson-house-shutdown/

Kennedy Center shutdown covering up bigger mess triggered by Trump: The push to shut down the Kennedy Center is a cover story meant to hide financial mismanagement tied to President Donald Trump, an attorney said.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kennedy-center-2677890204/

‘Worst I’ve ever seen’: Swing-state GOP campaign in crisis as volunteers fail to show up. A local Republican official working on Mike Rogers’ Michigan Senate campaign publicly sounded the alarm this week over collapsing GOP enthusiasm on the ground.
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-rogers-2677887631/

Carville: Trump Is Compromised by Putin – “There’s a P-Tape”: In this listener Q&A, James Carville lays out his long-held theory that Trump is compromised by Putin — floating the idea of a literal “P-Tape” — using the Witkoff-Kushner meeting with Putin as evidence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIHTJMWnMjA
See also: https://share.newsbreak.com/jmnp2k4p

All of Trump’s Self-Inflicted Crises Are Getting Worse. “Trump knows that this is so detrimental to him, but he can’t do anything about it. And it’s all his own making.” The Congressional Budget Office handed the president yet another headache ahead of the midterms.
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/all-of-trumps-self-inflicted-crises?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4559901&post_id=216223886&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=edvb&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

How Trump and his administration have mired the US in multiple crises. From manufactured election insecurity to an outbreak of ‘explosive’ diarrhea, Americans are bearing the brunt of harmful policies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/19/how-trump-and-his-administration-have-mired-the-us-in-multiple-crises

[Video] Trump’s Dictatorship Threat Source: Donald Trump just took another step toward authoritarianism.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ddc0a7aCg35/

# Global News
Israel intends to “finish the job” in Gaza by forcibly removing Palestinians, defense minister admits
https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/israel-will-remove-all-palestinians-gaza-4274981

There is no real aversion to ethnic cleansing from the international community. Katz said that Israel was merely waiting for US approval. “The IDF is prepared, once given the directive to eliminate Hamas, to finish the job so that we can also implement the migration plan,” Katz declared.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260917-there-is-no-real-aversion-to-ethnic-cleansing-from-the-international-community/

Kremlin seizes Nestlé’s assets in Russia as crackdown on private business grows. Swiss maker of KitKats says it will take action to protect its rights after Kremlin decree
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/09/18/kremlin-seizes-nestles-russian-assets-in-new-crackdown/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Alabama man executed even though a jury said he should stay in prison for life. Nearly 20% of Alabama’s current death row inmates were sentenced to death by judges even after their juries chose life imprisonment.
https://eji.org/news/jeffery-lee-alabama-execution/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Trump and Aide Natalie Harper Hit With Second Federal Lawsuit Over $100K Truth Social Access, According to Court Docs
https://share.newsbreak.com/jmmbuart

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Billionaires Are Encroaching on the Free Press. Concentrated billionaire ownership of major news organizations, social media platforms, and AI distribution networks poses a systemic threat to the independence of the free press
https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-are-encroaching-on-the-free-press-lets-act-to-defend-it-in-2026/

President Donald Trump is “banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico “from the White House.” The president said it was “effective immediately,” but there was no indication his administration had taken any steps to follow through. CNN’s team remained at the White House Friday afternoon reporting the news. The news organizations named by the president had no immediate comment on the president’s claim.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/video/trump-ban-threat-truth-social-post-cnn-digvid

‘You’re Standing Here’: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Dismisses Trump Media Ban As a Threat to Free Press
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/standing-sarah-huckabee-sanders-dismisses-204448295.html

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
Industry titans’ warning to Congress: Do what we say or health insurance premiums are going up.
Some of America’s biggest companies say a law aimed at protecting patients is about to hurt them instead.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/17/health-insurance-premiums-doctors-surprises-01081155

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Medicare is ending the federal program that held drug plan premiums down, starting with the 2027 plan year. Program that held down premiums not renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors
https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ilhan-omar-introduces-legislation-redirect-ice-and-cbp-funding

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
U.S. forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on Strait of Hormuz; Iran vows retaliation. U.S. forces announced that Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in the first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in the fighting during an intermittent war that has continued for over six months.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpuwvENWUHE

# Military / Global
Iran swiftly vowed to retaliate for what it described as a deadly attack. Iran has vowed to respond to a new wave of US strikes despite President Donald Trump’s warning of a much tougher response to any retaliation. Iran’s top military general said “harsh punishment awaits the aggressor” as tensions between Washington and Tehran escalate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnNF4_qF6fw

# Other Interestimg Stuff
In 1998, demolition crews cleared an old Miami apartment block to make way for luxury condos. Underneath it: a perfect circle cut into bedrock, 2,000 years old.
Twenty-four holes, 38 feet across, built as the foundation for a Tequesta structure — possibly close to their capital. The site sat directly in the path of planned construction. Its survival was genuinely uncertain.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CvUJyfBMio0

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Flock Cameras / Secret Service
Abbott’s Pause on Flock Camera Funding in Texas Leaves Houston-Area Police Weighing 480 Harris County Cameras, 200 HPD Readers and New Grant Plans. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state Department of Transportation to stop issuing permits for automated license plate readers.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2026/09/17/562160/texas-flock-camera-pause-highways-txdot/

Hackers stole a Flock camera. Here’s what they found inside. Hackers stole a Flock camera and accessed its internal data, revealing how the license plate reader tracks both vehicles and people. A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.
https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-flock-camera-data-shows-how-system-works/

# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Concerns growing about AI safety and its capabilities ahead of China-US meeting
As President Donald Trump prepares to meet China’s President Xi Jinping next week, experts and lawmakers are raising alarms about artificial intelligence and its potential risks.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/concerns-growing-ai-safety-capabilities-china-us-meeting/73785410

The fight over artificial intelligence regulation is going local in the run-up to a high-stakes U.S.-China summit, where AI will likely be in the spotlight.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405270467112

Republican and Democratic states defy Trump on AI regulation. Calls for more robust limits have escalated since July.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/states-defy-trump-ai-regulation-01083481

# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files. The documents include a “military program that commissioned studies of warp drives, wormholes and injuries that researchers linked to possible encounters with unknown craft,” CBS News reported.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/pentagon-ufo-files-sixth-release/

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September 18, 2026, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Despite Entering U.S. on an ‘Einstein Visa,’ Melania Trump Struggles With Elementary-Level Task
https://www.aol.com/articles/despite-entering-u-einstein-visa-171051000.html

“Math Ain’t Mathin”: Why Melania Trump’s ‘Einstein Visa’ Was Questioned. The EB-1 visa, colloquially known as the “Einstein Visa”, is reserved for people with extraordinary talent, applicants who are highly acclaimed in their field. According to the government, Pulitzer, Oscar, and Olympic winners are examples, apart from academic researchers and multinational executives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YD4xnaWJjk

ICE Stripped of Warrantless Arrest Authority in Southern California by Federal Court
https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-raids-los-angeles-warrantless-arrests-c42d27c45d9ce7b859590e48242b9d18

ICE agent’s lawyer scolded for court ‘deception’ over unannounced arrest: ‘Everyone knew.’ A lawyer for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent complained this week when his client was subjected to an unannounced arrest in Minnesota after refusing for months to agree to extradition from Texas, where he was protected by Gov. Greg Abbott (R).
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-arrest-2677879011/

Big Bend landowners sue Trump administration to stop border wall plans. The lawsuit seeks to protect private property and Big Bend’s landscape from border wall construction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrU0uLJan_o

Pregnant Women Detained by ICE Report Denied Medical Care as Agency Fails to Track Miscarriages, Reports Say: ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving basic prenatal care and screenings
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/15/ice-detention-miscarriages-pregnancy

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows. The cuts affected all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with health, nutrition, the environment and disaster relief making up the largest share of cuts
https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-federal-grants-cuts-edbdf9f49b1235bf38834417ef8dc130

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
MPS says a quarter of the schools in the district could close under new plan to address budget gap https://share.google/fP2b2t6CmxCyl7DFa

# Employment / Labor / Unions
The federal government spent an estimated $6.7 billion in 2025 paying employees to stay home under its deferred resignation buyouts, and the agency that ran the program cannot say exactly what it cost.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a2c33da8-c237-4bfe-80a1-546a6dd90472.html

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
Fire crews continue to battle large fire, but community help is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF6k2zY5o0w

Trump administration cutting more endangered species protections: Before now, it was illegal to hurt or kill a protected animal during commercial activity, like land development, even accidentally. “Fish and Wildlife is going to effectively, I think, be entirely muzzled by this memo,” said Brett Hartl, the nonprofit’s government affairs director.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6096057-trump-endangered-species-esa/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
The Joslin, Illinois, beef processing plant closure is not the first this year. And there is no guarantee there won’t be others. Michelle Rook is diving into what the lost packing capacity means for the future of the cattle industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMjiWe87aQw

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Epstein Directed Aide to Obtain Hidden Video Cameras. “I’m installing them into Kleenex boxes now,” the aide replied in the 2014 email exchange.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/epstein-hidden-cameras.html

Spy camera footage from inside Epstein properties reveal victims were secretly filmed. Channel 4 News has verified spycam footage inside Jeffrey Epstein’s living room, which appears to show the sex offender recording himself with potential victims.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0jixlepQRM

Previously unseen images of Epstein’s island released. House Oversight Committee have released never-before-seen images of Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous island. The photographs and video appear to show several bedrooms in the US Virgin Islands home, as well as a room with masks on a wall and a phone with names written on speed-dial buttons.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5rrlve33o

The images shared by the House Oversight Committee – 10 in total – are from 2020 and were taken by U.S. Virgin Island authorities. “These new images are a disturbing look into the world of Jeffrey Epstein and his island,” Rep. Robert Garcia, Democratic ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, said in a press release
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/never-before-seen-images-of-epsteins-private-island-released

Epstein files case: Judge warns Blanche of possible contempt
https://share.google/xJnXtDQU3HHMHZ6PG

New lawsuit alleges Epstein possessed ‘child sexual abuse material of countless children.’ New court filings claim paedophile kept a ‘modelling book’ of sexualised photographs of children at his home in New York
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/09/18/jeffrey-epstein-countless-child-sex-abuse-images/

# Gov / Politics / US
The U.S. House has voted 220–204 to pass a war-powers resolution directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran unless Congress authorizes continued military action.
https://themedialine.org/headlines/us-house-votes-220-204-to-restrict-president-trumps-iran-war-powers/

“‘Calling for a president to be voted out is politics. Calling for his own Cabinet to remove him is something much more serious.’” The NAACP has taken the unusual step of calling for President Trump to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/unfit-unwell-unhinged-naacp-calls-for-trumps-removal/

Jeers as Trump’s removal from power tied to Hormuz reopening: ‘Sounds like a great deal’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677884587/

Elizabeth Warren UNLOADS on Mike Johnson for sending Congress home early – “wildly irresponsible” while Americans struggle and the illegal war drags on!
https://www.threads.com/@newsweek/video/DdZsvMwD18T/video-democratic-senator-elizabeth-warren-accused-house-speaker-mike-johnson-of/

US approves visas for top Iranian leaders to attend UN high-level meeting even with sides at war
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-united-nations-visas-3f91ccc8def4a9d5499b7c8620450864

Trump threatens ‘dirty dogs’ who keep leaking on Iran war: ‘You will pay a big price!’ President attacks insiders who revealed details of Iran briefing with Tulsi Gabbard to Wall Street Journal last month, threatening repercussions
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-leakers-threat-truth-social-b3052336.html

Judge orders 30-day notice before gov’t can demolish Kennedy Center: A U.S. federal judge ordered the Trump administration and the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ written notice before executing any demolition or major physical changes to the building
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/17/kennedy-center-demolition-30-days-notice-ruling

Trump threatens to withhold disaster funds for North Carolina unless they vote Republican – but he’s ‘only kidding’
https://newrepublic.com/post/215533/donald-trump-north-carolina-hurricane-relief-funds-midterms

Elizabeth Warren Says Republicans Were ‘Turning a Blind Eye’ to Trump’s Corruption as CLARITY Act Stumbles—Coinbase CEO Says ‘Can’t Wait on Congress Anymore.’ “As if the glaring loopholes in the latest ethics provision weren’t enough, it doesn’t even apply to Donald Trump’s new bank,” Warren said
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/elizabeth-warren-blasts-clarity-act-121434325.html

Pelosi Accuses Trump of Having “No Problem Finding $38 Billion for His War of Choice” After Claiming America Couldn’t Afford Cost Relief for Working Families: The political fallout stems from a major report released by the CBO, which provided the first comprehensive look at the financial impact of the conflict:Total Cost: The U.S. war against Iran cost taxpayers roughly $38 billion through August 1.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/nancy-pelosi-says-trump-ignored-220110674.html

Trump wants largest-ever Israeli heavy bomb transfer — but proposal has Congress preparing for $2.8B fight. The ranking member of the panel, said in a statement that he remains firmly committed to Israel’s security and its ability to defend itself, but raised concern about the risk to civilian lives, given the high death tolls throughout Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, and against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6093729-trump-israel-bombs-objection/

“Trump’s Narcissism and Incompetence Are Putting Our National Heritage at Risk” — Rep. Beyer Warns Trump’s Kennedy Center Demolition Threat Is Illegal and “Irreversible,” Blasts Republicans’ Silence as “Corruption”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/08/27/lawmaker-calls-trump-administrations-threat-to-demolish-kennedy-center-an-assault-on-the-rule-of-law/

‘Deport Her ASAP’: MAGA Flips Out On Trump-Endorsed Republican Over Immigration Ad. Prominent MAGA influencers raged on Thursday at a recent campaign ad from Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) in which she decried the impact that President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda has had on her district.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-reacts-to-mar%C3%ADa-salazar-anti-trump-ad_n_6aac6cb4e4b0812a5f115550

‘Emergency’ declared as Trump tries to carve his name on another major institution: Urgent motion filed to stop carving of Trump’s name into US Institute of Peace building. Ousted board members say a contractor has already been selected for the project.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/17/trump-carving-us-institute-of-peace-01083535

“Donald Trump Has Brought Economic Suffering to Millions of Americans, Crossed Our Allies, Weakened Our National Security, and Brought Shame to Our Country” — Rep. Melanie Stansbury Blasts Trump’s “Illegal War” Driving Costs of Food, Gas, and Housing
https://share.newsbreak.com/jmb4eilf

‘The Trump-Putin relationship is the biggest mystery in international politics’: foreign correspondent Luke Harding answered your questions. The Guardian’s Luke Harding discussed Trump, Putin and the state of the war in Ukraine, his expulsion from Russia, his new book Betrayal, and his career as a foreign correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/live/2026/aug/25/reader-q-and-a-ask-guardian-foreign-correspondant-author-luke-harding-a-question

# Global News
Members Of Russian Intelligence Services Network Charged With Conspiring To Finance Terrorism And Commit Murder For Hire In The United States
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/members-russian-intelligence-services-network-charged-conspiring-finance-terrorism-and

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Conservative New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald resigns after admitting he violated the state’s judicial code of conduct
https://www.newsweek.com/new-hampshire-supreme-court-justice-resigns-50k-scheme-revealed-12450964

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
UnitedHealthcare is dropping about 13% of its Medicare Advantage plans across 18 states for 2027: UnitedHealthcare is reducing its 2027 Medicare Advantage footprint by cutting roughly 13% of its plans across 18 states to protect profit margins
https://jrreport.wordandbrown.com/2026/09/15/medicare-advantage-plans-appear-to-be-cutting-benefits-in-2027/

The Medicare Advantage Shakeup Heading Into 2027: What’s Really Happening, By the Numbers: This isn’t a rumor or an isolated news story — it’s a documented, accelerating trend, and the data behind it explains a lot about what you’re likely to see in your own mailbox this fall.
https://www.paulbinsurance.com/the-medicare-advantage-shakeup-heading-into-2027-whats-really-happening-by-the-numbers-2/

$12 billion in Medicaid funds restored to Texas hospitals, ending impasse with the feds
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/state-watch-091826/

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the true risks from vaccines are unknown, in part because the government lacks a robust safety monitoring system.
https://www.ntd.com/rfk-jr-says-true-vaccine-risks-are-unknown_1173377.html

Texas abortion ban caused death of pregnant Tierra Walker by denying life-saving procedure, family says. Walker’s death is one of multiple cases ProPublica is investigating in which women with underlying health conditions died after they were unable to end their pregnancies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-tierra-walker-preeclampsia

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp / CBD
Study Finds Cannabis Root-Derived Nanovesicles Suppressed Tumor Growth and Restored Immune Responses. A new study found that nanovesicles derived from Cannabis sativa roots suppressed tumor growth and restored key immune responses in mice, suggesting potential future use in cancer immunotherapy.
https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/09/study-finds-cannabis-root-derived-nanovesicles-suppressed-tumor-growth-and-restored-immune-responses/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Slotkin Leads 46 Senate Democrats Demanding Pentagon Explain Where Iran War Money Is Going — “It Is the Bare Minimum That Any American Would Expect”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/17/senate-democrats-press-hegseth-for-iran-war-price-tag-01082659

Trump announces progress on building army base in Poland. The location of the permanent US military base in Poland could be announced “very soon,” Donald Trump has said. The US president also praised the leadership of his Polish counterpart, Karol Nawrocki.
https://www.dw.com/en/trump-hails-major-progress-in-setting-up-us-base-in-poland/a-79316328

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Flock Cameras / Secret Service
Texas freezes installation of Flock cameras along state roads. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state Department of Transportation to stop issuing permits for automated license plate readers.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/17/texas-flock-camera-pause-highways-txdot/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4

# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Oracle cuts deeper in Washington state: Oracle is laying off 359 more employees in the state, including software developers, site reliability engineers, and several vice presidents. It’s part of a broader round of layoffs at Oracle, whose global headcount fell by about 21,000, or 13%, over its last fiscal year as it shifted to AI-led software development and borrowed heavily to build AI data centers. Oracle told state officials that its Seattle sites aren’t closing.
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/oracle-cuts-359-washington-jobs-in-latest-ai-driven-layoffs-seattle-offices-not-closing/

# Veterans / VA
VA’s reported staffing challenges in healthcare facilities hit 7-year high
An annual report from VA’s inspector general office highlights the types of positions VA healthcare facilities have difficulty filling when they need to hire, but “does not necessarily indicate the presence of vacancies.”
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/09/vas-reported-staffing-challenges-healthcare-facilities-hits-7-year-high/416034/?oref=ge-home-top-story&shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4

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September 17, 2026, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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

# Indigenous
“It is nothing but heartbreaking just to see how inadequate the response has already been.” The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Missing and Murdered Unit has been chronically understaffed since it opened in 2021. Federal spending on the project rose during the Biden era but a federal audit found that 39% of the budget for the unit was redirected during that time to other BIA projects. The understaffing problem has gotten worse during President Donald Trump’s term
https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/state_news/staffing-problems-stall-federal-investigations-of-missing-and-killed-native-people/article_c4fcdebe-d444-599d-b973-8486a6d68c48.html

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Woman claims her family petition was approved at green card interview, then ICE agents allegedly handcuffed and detained her
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/woman-says-she-handcuffed-detained-184015325.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years. Core Reason: Persistent and elevated inflation driven by energy price shocks and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-warsh-trump-inflation-bab1bcb07e973bfb2dd0c3e5fbbb73b1

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Lands / Water / USGS
Data Center Spilled 5,000 Gallons Of Diesel Fuel Into River Tributary. Equinix, the company that has operated the data center in Secaucus since 2001, said its investigation determined there was a failure of two valves that are used as part of the filtration process for the fuel, which was stored in a tank outside the data center.
https://gothamist.com/news/broken-valves-caused-a-data-center-to-spill-5k-gallons-of-diesel-in-njs-meadowlands

‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season. US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire. Wildfires are overrunning firefighters at the highest rate in two decades, according to data from the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center, a federal agency.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/wildfires-government-firefighter-shortage

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Data Centers
Trump working to spare U.S. the effects of global oil crunch, eyeing Venezuela and fast permit. A soaring global energy crunch collides with mid-term election season in the U.S., as the White House looks abroad to Venezuela and pressures Ukraine to ease supply pressures.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-working-spare-us-effects-global-oil-crunch-eyeing-venezuela-and-fast

# General News
Trump board shuts Kennedy Center after renaming block. The president threatened to block the renovation unless his name was restored to the building. “Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing. The board resolution bucks a federal court order and a statute Congress enacted.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-kennedy-center-judge-blocks-name-on-building/

Judge demands ’emergency’ answers as forklift rams Kennedy Center after Trump threat. Trump and the other defendants must answer by 10 a.m. Thursday, and the court will schedule a prompt hearing if necessary after reviewing that response.
https://www.rawstory.com/kennedy-center-emergency-trump/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
The Epstein Files: C-SPAN provides extensive video coverage and archives on the ongoing congressional investigations, document releases, and high-profile depositions related to Jeffrey Epstein
https://www.c-span.org/liveEvent/?epstein-files

Rep. Jamie Raskin News Conference on Epstein Files: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) spoke to reporters after his own review of unredacted files held by the Justice Department related to its investigation of convicted financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/rep-jamie-raskin-news-conference-on-epstein-files/673155

Tucker Carlson has claimed that President Donald Trump personally and directly ordered the cover-up of federal files related to Jeffrey Epstein, marking one of the most direct public allegations yet tying Trump himself to the handling of the files.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-epstein-files-cover-up-tucker-carlson-b3051483.html

Alarm as Trump caught studying ‘Kennedy Center DEM-‘ plans: ‘He must be stopped’: President Donald Trump was photographed aboard Air Force One looking at a poster board that read “Kennedy Center DEM-.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kennedy-center-2677871077/

House holds Leon Black in contempt over Epstein probe, sending matter to DOJ. Black had a long business relationship with Epstein and paid him $158 million between 2012 and 2017 for financial services.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/politics/2026/09/16/leon-black-contempt-of-congress
Who is Leon Black? Leon Black is an American billionaire financier and the co-founder of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Black

RFK Jr. Faces Quiz Over Epstein Link to Tragic Ex-Wife. Newly surfaced emails from Jeffrey Epstein have renewed scrutiny over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past connections to the late sex offender. The correspondence includes a callous remark from Epstein regarding the 2012 death by suicide of RFK Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/bombshell-epstein-rfk-jr-tragic-141502211.html

Newly revealed 1994 photo of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with Jeffrey Epstein raises new questions about relationship between politician and the pedophile. Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. was on such good terms with Jeffrey Epstein that he had free use of the billionaire pedophile’s Manhattan office in 1993 — and partied with him at The Pierre, The Post has learned.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/08/news/pictured-robert-f-kennedy-jr-and-jeffrey-epstein/

# Gov / Politics / US
HOLY SH*T! The European Union formally invites Canada to join them as an “associate member,” delivering a world historic rebuke to Donald Trump. This was absolutely unthinkable just a few short months ago…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/von-der-leyen-mark-carney-canada-eu-first-associate-member

Iran war powers resolution passes House with seven Republican defections: GOP defections widen as House passes measure intended to halt the Iran war. Seven Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the largely symbolic measure registering opposition to the conflict.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/09/15/house-passes-measure-intended-halt-iran-war/

Trump warns Europe over Canada deal. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened the EU with serious tariffs and a halt to trade if the bloc moves forward with a proposal to make Canada its first associate member.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/16/trump-threatens-to-impose-serious-tariffs-on-europe-if-canada-joins-eu-as-associate-member-01081525

House passes sweeping Russia sanctions: The House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine.
https://apnews.com/article/sanctions-russia-ukraine-house-tariffs-china-f377fc956c442195dfcf50571b01a1c4

“We have the votes to impeach Pete Hegseth tomorrow, so he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote.” Rep. Mike Levin accuses house leadership of protecting Defense Secretary Hegseth with early recess.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/johnson-hegseth-midterms

Trump considered dangerous, corrupt by majority in new poll
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/15/trump-dangerous-corrupt-majority-new-poll

AIPAC’s Network Has Already Spent $67.2 Million to Shape the Midterm Elections. The giant influx from American Israel Public Affairs Committee PACs is a case study in money distorting politics.
https://truthout.org/articles/aipacs-network-has-already-spent-67-2-million-to-shape-the-midterm-elections/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Police Use Flock to Jail Completely Innocent Woman for Weeks. In her words: “I was devastated, I was scared. I thought my life was over.” The case around Isaacs proceeded solely based on evidence gathered from an automatic license plate reader (ALPR) provided by the extremely controversial company Flock Safety.
https://futurism.com/future-society/police-flock-alpr-jails-completely-innocent-woman-florida

Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community. Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply. State officials stepped in to investigate after Jennifer Combs spent a night in jail in May after a post appeared on her Facebook page suggesting people were hospitalized by bacteria in the water pipes of Trinidad
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/trinidad-texas-police-department-disbanded

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Kash Patel LIVE: Epstein Video Played In Congressional Hearing; Patel EXPLODES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXhA_GdoVC8

A Silent Hearing Suddenly Exploded—And One Document Left Washington Completely Speechless
https://trendify.jervisfamily.com/posts/silent-hearing-suddenly-exploded-and-one-document-left-washington-completely-speechless-pmai123456-team-apex-ec84d6#google_vignette

UN Experts Say US War Crimes Likely in Iran School, Sports Complex Massacres. The report points to statements by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that signaled the “deprioritization of civilian harm mitigation and of compliance with international law.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-war-crimes-in-iran

UN mission finds grounds to believe U.S. committed war crimes in strikes on Iranian school, sports centre. United Nations experts highlight indiscriminate strikes on school in Minab, sports centre in Lamerd
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-report-us-strikes-iran-protests-9.7347566

Iran: UN experts alarmed by renewed escalation of hostilities, call for accountability. UN experts expressed grave concern over reports of serious violations of international law arising from illegal military operations carried out by the United States and Israel in the Islamic Republic of Iran since 28 February 2026,
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/07/iran-un-experts-alarmed-renewed-escalation-hostilities-call-accountability

A secret new court with mind-blowing powers has been quietly unleashed by Trump: The “secret new court” you are referring to is actually a real, highly specialized federal body called the Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC). While it is not “new”—Congress created it 30 years ago under the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act—the Trump administration officially activated it for the very first time
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-court-immigration/

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Flock Cameras / Secret Service
Hacked Data Shows What Flock Cameras Really Record—and It’s Terrifying: Hacked data obtained from a reverse-engineered Flock automated license plate reader reveals that the surveillance device captures significantly more detailed images and data than publicly acknowledged by the manufacturer. The joint investigation exposed massive image generation, explicit object and person detection, and critical security vulnerabilities including unencrypted hard drive partitions.
https://newrepublic.com/post/215485/hacked-data-flock-cameras-recording-people

# Social Services / Social Security / Disability / SSI / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
[Video] JUST NOW: Child Welfare Leaders Stunned by Trump’s Call to Freeze Social Services Spending; Legal Action Quickly Threatened. President Trump says the federal government needs to get TOTALLY OUT of the welfare business, and make the STATES fund itHe says it’d cut down on fraud by 75%!”The LEARING centers… The federal government runs this stuff! We should be running our military and running our country, but the states have to run all of that stuff and you’ll cut it down by 75%! And it will be run better!”ABSOLUTELY! States need SKIN in the game!
https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/child-welfare-leaders-stunned-by-trumps-call-to-freeze-social-services-spending-legal-action-quickly-threatened/258488

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September 16, 2026, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
New York City leads lawsuit against Trump’s ‘public charge’ immigration rule. The city and other municipalities around the country, along with the New York attorney general, filed lawsuits in federal court. The new rule, created to evaluate whether a noncitizen will become “primarily dependent” on public benefits, is expected to be used as grounds to broaden the denial of green cards and visas.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/14/new-york-city-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-public-charge-immigration-rule-01074188

As ICE deports service member families, Pentagon seeks immigrant communities to serve: “I walked into the recruiter’s office. I felt like I needed to do something for my parents. I didn’t want them to live in fear anymore,” Hernandez said, adding she had a patriotic draw to military service.
“I love my country,” she said. Still, Hernandez’s military service didn’t prevent her father from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention earlier this year
https://abcnews.com/Politics/ice-deports-service-members-families-pentagon-turns-immigrant/story?id=136375571

US citizen deported, attorney says alleging law enforcement racial profiling. Morales was pulled over during a traffic stop in Texas and was detained by immigration authorities who said he was in the country illegally, despite being an American citizen. He accuses DHS of coercing him into signing deportation papers and putting him on a plane to Mexico.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/us-citizen-deported-attorney-says-alleging-law-enforcement-racial-profiling/

Outrage After ICE Detained Two U.S. Citizens in Texas On Their Way to Enlist in the Marines: ‘That’s the most American sentence I have seen today!’ Two 17-year-old U.S. citizens were pepper-sprayed, punched, and detained for eight hours by ICE agents in Alamo, Texas, while on their way to submit paperwork to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ochoa said he told the agents he was a U.S. citizen and was allegedly told, “I don’t give a damn. Your parents can’t help you now.”
https://www.military.com/ice-agents-on-video-detaining-two-teens-claim-assaulted-enlist-in-marines

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
How the expected Fed rate hike could squeeze your budget. The Fed is expected to raise rates as it battles inflation. Here’s what that could mean for credit cards, car loans, mortgages, savings and stocks. If the Fed raises interest rates, it would be the first hike in more than three years
https://www.the-independent.com/us/money/federal-reserve-rate-hike-money-b3050707.html

Trump’s next major scandal as report reveals ‘shocking’ trades: A Beltway insider issued a dire prediction Wednesday as reports revealed President Donald Trump made nearly 28,700 stock trades in 17 months.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-stock-trades/

Agencies spent nearly $10 billion for feds not to work in 2025: The use of paid administrative leave as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, an effort to entice federal workers to quit, across government in 2025 was 435% higher than two years prior, according to a new GAO report.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/09/agencies-spent-nearly-10-billion-feds-not-work-2025/416004/

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Education Department shutdown plans face a new hurdle. House and Senate Democrats optimistic about the outcome of year’s midterm elections outlined their plans on Tuesday to stop the Education Department from closing down.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/09/education-department-shutdown-plans-face-new-hurdle/416003/?oref=ge-featured-river-top

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump’s tariffs slashed jobs and wage growth. Now companies are funneling their chunk of the $100 billion in refunds to supplement workers’ retirement
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trump-tariffs-slashed-jobs-wage-184440316.html

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
Farm bankruptcies are up 46%. Can the family farm survive modern geopolitical shocks? What happens when the industry that feeds begins to fold? In 2025, Chapter 12 bankruptcies increased for the second year in a row, reaching 315 filings in 2025. This is a 46% increase from 2024, according to analysis from American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) economists published in the Feb. 9 AFBF Market Intel. There’s a real farm financial crisis in America, but data completely misses it.
https://www.gfb.org/news/ag-news/post/farm-chapter-12-bankruptcies-in-2026-up-46-from-2024

Texas farmer says pipeline construction left sinkholes, soil damage. Joe Knolle says cattle are falling into sinkholes on his Jim Wells County dairy farm three years after a Kinder Morgan pipeline was built across his property
https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/in-your-neighborhood/jim-wells-county/texas-dairy-farmer-says-sinkholes-soil-damage-followed-kinder-morgan-pipeline-construction

# Gov / Politics / US
A double dose of MAGA meltdown after Supreme Court delivers two wins for voters. ‘A big loss for Republicans’: Trump, MAGA attack conservative Supreme Court over mail voting ruling. The new rule would require states to submit lists of voters who intend to vote by mail and design new ballot envelopes with trackable barcodes. If states didn’t comply, USPS said it would not deliver ballots to their voters.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/a-big-loss-for-republicans-trump-maga-attack-conservative-supreme-court-over-mail-voting-ruling/

Trump projects reshape DC as White House helipad is finished
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6090266-trump-white-house-helipad-renovation/

Some of Trump’s latest projects across D.C., which have consistently made headlines, are seeing significant movement. The Kennedy Center’s Trump-aligned board is fighting in court to move forward with plans to add Trump’s name to the building’s facade and to close the center for two years as it undergoes $250 million in renovations.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kennedy-center-renews-call-for-trump-backed-shutdown-after-part-of-a-ceiling-collapses

Alarms blare as Trump accelerates data purge ‘beyond anything I’ve seen’: The Trump administration is reshaping how the federal government collects and releases data, pulling a field long seen as technical and nonpartisan deeper into the president’s broader campaign to control the machinery of government, according to a new analysis.
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-federal-data/

Shockwaves as Trump’s secret $2.8B taxpayer-funded ‘gift’ exposed: ‘My God’: The Trump administration was actively preparing to sell $2.8 billion worth of weapons to Israel, including 40,000 “controversial” 2,000-pound bombs, citing an anonymous U.S. official. While described as a sale, the Post noted that the “transaction is financed through a mechanism known as Foreign Military Financing,” in which American taxpayer dollars are transferred to Israel to fund the purchase.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-israel-2677865638/

Tucker Carlson Says Trump Plans to Send Israel 40,000 Bombs More Destructive Than Three Hiroshima Bombs Combined In Largest U.S. Munitions Transfer in Modern History — “There Is No Precedent for What the Trump Administration Is Doing”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/tucker-carlson-rips-trump-planned-largest-transfer-ordinance-modern-history

Testimony that sounds like a warning. FBI Director Kash Patel suggested again on Tuesday that FBI agents might be sent to polling places around the U.S. during the midterm elections despite a federal law that prohibits those agents from being deployed at election sites.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/kash-patel-suggests-fbi-agents-may-be-at-polls/

‘Um what?’ McConnell return comes with eyebrow-raising condition flagged as ‘bigger’ story: “Reporters were barred from recording video” — Um What? PSA: The moment you obeyed that command you stopped being “reporters”
https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-2677860211/

Jason Crow says Trump’s Iran war has cost “at least $38 billion” that could’ve gone to “roads, schools, and cheaper healthcare,” forces new vote to end “this reckless conflict.” The 220-204 vote, a record seven Republicans broke ranks, is an important, if largely symbolic, political snapshot ahead of the elections.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/15/congress/house-iran-war-powers-trump-defeat-01078872

Floyd Abrams Warns Trump Is ‘Most Threatening President to Free Speech…We’ve Ever Had’: ‘Very Dangerous’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/floyd-abrams-warns-trump-is-most-threatening-president-to-free-speech-weve-ever-had-very-dangerous/

GOP lawmaker launches stunning impeachment move aimed at White House: Massie read the articles of impeachment aloud on the House floor today. Massie said that Hegseth has waged the Iran war illegally among other “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Massie alleged that Hegseth unlawfully initiated the conflict; had denied Congress’ order to withdraw from the war, and had caused unnecessary civilian casualties.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/gop-lawmaker-launches-stunning-impeachment-193646292.html

Trump impeachment effort fails — but Democrats hint at future proceedings. Democratic leaders said they’d oppose the impeachment effort, but maintained they would pursue other accountability measures if they win control of the House
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/09/15/house-rejects-effort-impeach-trump/

US strips millions in military aid from Europe and Mideast to back Trump-aligned nations in Americas
https://apnews.com/article/foreign-military-financing-trump-rubio-c92157ab38b809a9faef9fa19be50cf7

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff accuses Donald Trump of refusing to regulate AI because of his son’s business interests, saying the president is ‘compromised.’ ‘The First Family has a financial stake in this industry,’ Georgia Democrat alleges over rejection of whistleblower warnings about artificial intelligence
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ai-jon-ossoff-attack-b3050479.html

There’s so much more to the Trump-Russia story: The Trump-Russia Scandal coverage and recent declassified records show that the story behind the Trump-Russia investigations continues to evolve with new disclosures regarding campaign contacts, foreign influence, and government oversight
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/credible-reports-alleged-russian-dossier-trump

After Vanishing from Public View for Over Three Months, Mitch Mcconnell Reappeared and Was Pushed to the Senate Floor in a Wheelchair
https://people.com/mitch-mcconnell-remains-missing-from-the-senate-3-months-after-being-hospitalized-12121253

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
New memos further expose DOJ and FBI wash, rinse, repeat mindset in probing Trump, allies
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/new-memos-further-expose-doj-and-fbi-wash-rinse-repeat-mindset-probing-trump

Lindsay Clancy Judge Issues Order on Jury. The fallout from the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy continues, with the judge revealing that one person has been arrested and charged for secretly recording jurors. Separately, Judge William Sullivan ordered that the jury list be impounded, citing “a real and present” risk of personal harm.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/new-memos-further-expose-doj-and-fbi-wash-rinse-repeat-mindset-probing-trump

Top Oversight Dem opens investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian oligarch-funded wedding. Rep. Robert Garcia said Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financial and other records about the arrangement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-payments-investigation

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
UnitedHealthcare and Humana Slash Medicare Advantage Benefits Amid Trump-Era Payouts
https://www.alternet.org/medicare-trump-insurance/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Congress never funded the Iran war. The Pentagon is paying anyway: Congress never approved a dollar specifically for the war with Iran. Yet the Pentagon’s inspector general says Operation Epic Fury has cost at least $33.4 billion, paid for out of accounts meant to train and maintain the military.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_cb52cdeb-0339-4a4f-8b53-396538115d7e.html

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink made a bombshell admission Monday morning, disclosing that there are on-orbit weapons deployed right now to protect America’s interests in space. Those weapons support a Space Control mission set, and the U.S. Space Force has now also shared additional details about that directly with TWZ.
https://www.twz.com/space/u-s-admits-it-has-weapons-in-orbit

The US Department of War (DoW) has agreed to invest $450 million in The Elmet Group (ELMT), with $150 million earmarked for Blue Moon Metals’ (TSXV: MOON; Nasdaq: BMM) Springer tungsten complex in Nevada, as Washington pushes to rebuild a domestic supply chain for the strategic metal.
https://www.mining.com/us-department-of-war-commits-450-million-to-tungsten-supply-chain/

# Science / Research
Scientists discover ‘superworms’ that can eat down to the bone — but there’s a good use for them. A new study hints that the critters would be a good alternative to traditional methods used to remove flesh from bones, including dermestid beetles, chemical treatments and boiling, which can cause damage or be time-consuming
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/flesh-eating-superworms-could-become-a-new-skeleton-cleaning-crew-for-museum-and-research-specimens-180989258/

These mouthless worms can digest plastic — but they’re not alone. Scientists have found that 66 other animal species may also be able to break down bioplastic thanks to a certain kind of bacteria.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2020/03/09/mysterious-worms-eat-plastic-and-poop-alcohol/

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Flock Cameras / Secret Service
Trump said he ‘likes’ Flock cameras. So a Montana Senate candidate shot one on camera: ‘Flock off, man!’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/montana-senate-candidate-seth-bodnar-shoots-flock-cameras_n_6aa92144e4b03cde7fac822a

Meet the Candidates Putting Bullets in Flock Cameras. Some political hopefuls aren’t just opposed to surveillance cameras—they’re shooting at them.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/shooting-flock-cameras-seth-bodnar-adam-heimerman/

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September 15, 2026, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Former U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer arrested and charged in alleged scheme to sell immigration benefits including green cards
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/federal-authorities-charge-ex-uscis-official-and-associate-sweeping-corruption-scheme

[Video] Over 1200 people who were detained at Alligator Alcatraz have disappeared and their records wiped from the ICE database
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwPbnsZ_XqU

# ICE / Immigrants / Global
Baby among 53 children snatched & shipped to Kremlin camps ‘by barbaric ex-minister & three accomplices.’ They were moved by bus to Rostov-on-Don and then flown to the Moscow region.At least 28 of the children were placed under the guardianship of Russian families.Ukrainian authorities confirm that not a single child from this group has been returned.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16997435/baby-children-snatched-kremlin-camps/

Office of inspector general’s report says practice at Florida immigration jail is not aligned with ‘humane treatment.’ Holding humans in cages. Federal immigration officials used outside steel cages to confine people locked away at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the notorious immigrant jail in the heart of the Florida Everglades, according to a DHS watchdog report.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/alligator-alcatraz-immigration-jail-cages-report

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Sen. Warren Says Trump Is “Tearing the Government Apart” as GAO Finds DOGE Claimed $1.7 Billion From a Military Hospital Contract That Was Never Canceled
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/08/10/doge-said-it-saved-17-billion-by-terminating-a-military-health-it-contract-gao-found-the-contract-was-never-terminated/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
Bill would reveal the interest costs hidden in federal spending. A Texas congressman wants federal budget scorekeepers to show taxpayers the interest costs buried in every spending bill. He has proposed it in every Congress since 2019 without success.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7c0b0252-84b4-40a2-aafa-f037afe546c9.html

Some Lenders Have Been Caught Repossessing Cars From People Who Had Already Paid Off Every Single Dollar of Their Loan, Federal Regulators Now Say. Lenders frequently failed to cancel repossession orders even after a borrower made a timely payment, paid off the final balance, or secured a formal loan extension. This is heavily exacerbated by sloppy record-keeping and a failure to communicate with third-party repo agents
https://carconsumers.org/blog/2022/03/01/crooked-car-dealers-and-lenders-are-illegally-repossessing-cars/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Data Centers
Iran backed Houthi attack on Saudi pipeline threatens global supply: Houthis attack more Saudi targets as regional talks with Iran postponed. Rebels say attacks are retaliation for recent Saudi airstrikes on Yemen
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-war-yemen-houthis-saudi-arabia-9.7342898

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
Texans’ SNAP benefits are now in the hands of the Texas Legislature
https://retrogradenews.com/2026/09/12/texans-snap-benefits-are-now-in-the-hands-of-the-texas-legislature/

Texas ranchers say $6.89-per-pound ground beef is drought-driven, and imports won’t solve shortage. Before you blame the grocery store, here’s what a leading agricultural economist says is actually happening
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/texas-ranchers-6-89-per-020700407.html

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Epstein Survivors Got Kicked Out of the Republican Midterm Convention As did the journalist who had brought them as her guests.
https://newrepublic.com/post/215354/epstein-survivors-kicked-out-republican-midterm-convention

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump says US could ‘decide to stay’ in Iran and ‘keep the oil.’ US-Iran war: During a trip to Ireland, Trump said he still expected the Iran war to end this year, possibly in November.
https://www.businesstoday.in/world/story/trump-says-the-us-could-just-decide-to-stay-in-iran-and-keep-the-oil-like-venezuela-555322-2026-09-14

Trump just outlined his plan for a Democratic majority, promising to block their ‘bad stuff’ while still leaving room to cut deals
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6083451-trump-potential-democratic-majority-probably-deals/

Trump admin suffers back-to-back legal blows as federal appeals court blocks IRS program used to share taxpayer information with ICE
https://www.wonderwall.com/politics/trump-admin-suffers-back-legal-blows-federal-appeals-court-blocks-irs-program-used-share-taxpayer-information-with-ice/

Republican Senator Rips His Party— Dares Cohorts to Condemn GOP Candidate for ‘Intolerance and Racism’: ‘How Great Political Parties Self-Destruct’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/republican-senator-rips-party-dares-153926932.html

Road rage leads to GOP chair’s arrest on serious charges and resignation calls
https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/01/24/colorado-house-gop-leader-mike-lynch-resigns-dui-arrest

‘Gross’: Donald Trump Sparks Outrage After Being Accused Of Treating Natalie Harp Like His ‘New Wife.’ Observers on social media labeled the dynamic “gross” and accused the president of treating her like a comfort blanket or a companion rather than a staff member
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/donald-trump-labeled-gross-hes-2023139

Trump Jr.’s wife confirms Putin-linked Russian oligarch partially funded wedding celebrations. The president’s eldest son and his wife, Bettina Trump, said on Instagram that Umar Kremlev “very generously hosted two incredible nights of celebrations.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-jr-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-ties-putin-wedding-celeb-rcna597735

The Supreme Court Just Blocked Trump’s Efforts to Control Mail-In Voting for the Midterms
The ruling bars the United States Postal Service from implementing restrictions that experts and election officials say would upend voting in November
https://www.wired.com/story/the-supreme-court-just-blocked-trumps-efforts-to-control-mail-in-voting-for-the-midterms/

Key Republican Reportedly Backs Dem For 1st Time In 30 Years. It’s not clear what prompted the president’s attack on the longtime Republican strategist and Fox News personality. ‘Stone cold loser!’ Trump melts down after Karl Rove’s shock defection
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-karl-rove-stone-cold-loser_n_6aa8c521e4b03cde7fac3eac

The Kennedy Center is reportedly facing bankruptcy within weeks. But that could all magically disappear with one action, according to Trump’s lackeys on the board — put his name back on the building.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-kennedy-center/

How a MAGA influencer with ties to Russia became Trump’s Arctic adviser. Meet Thomas Dans, investor and Russia expert, has no official role but has become US president’s advocate on the island
https://www.ft.com/content/b2aa1d3d-6dbc-44a0-aba4-83b43182ddce?syn-25a6b1a6=1

‘Clan of predators’ running Trump’s government want far more than America: Donald Trump received an endorsement from a figure who doesn’t usually dabble in national politics: Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, former hitman and underboss for the Gambino crime family. Making the case for Trump, Gravano said, “I’m gonna call him a gangster. We need a gangster.”
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-gravano-government-gangsters/

With Kimmel Firing, Trump Administration Just Crossed a Red Line. It’s clear that Trump’s actions for shutting down dissent were chosen because they’re so narrow, so risible, and such easy fodder for gaslighting about “overreaction.” But each laid a foundation for the next. They piled atop one another, ever upward.
https://www.newsweek.com/kimmel-firing-trump-administration-just-crossed-red-line-opinion-2132120

# Global News
Prime Minister Mark Carney announces that Canada is in talks to join a “unique alliance” with the European Union — cutting Trump off at the knees.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/carney-signals-plans-for-unique-alliance-between-canada-and-eu/4056278

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Tense phone call and resignation upend Justice Department probe into Trump’s top foes
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6084344-jodigenova-trump-investigation-resigned/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
The US military is preparing for mass casualties in a major war. Medical and logistics teams face new challenges
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-military-preparing-mass-casualties-113001223.html

The situation in Iran is dangerously escalating – but whatever you do, don’t call it a war. Forget the bombing: the Trump administration keeps insisting this isn’t a war. But it’s not just a matter of semantics
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/14/iran-war-trump-semantics

# Military / Global
Russian drone strike occurs near former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s train in Ukraine
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/russian-drone-hits-train-ukraine-poland-border-after-136407004

Kremlin responds after Boris Johnson’s train in near miss with Russian drone. A Russian drone targeted the train line the former prime minister was travelling on
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/boris-johnson-train-hit-drone-ukraine-putin-russia-b3049579.html

# Social / Communities / Housing
DOJ Seeks to Fast-Track Removal of Homeless People with New Grant. The U.S. Department of Justice released guidelines for a $300 million “Model Cities” grant that ties public safety funds to local crackdowns on homelessness
https://invisiblepeople.tv/doj-seeks-to-fast-track-removal-of-homeless-people-with-new-grant/

# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Blind panic signals something monstrous just unraveled in an AI lab
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/ai-civilization/

Why Washington won’t heed the AI warnings. While Washington argues about AI, the threat is already here.
https://www.ogunsecurity.com/post/while-washington-argues-about-ai-the-threat-is-already-here

Stark warnings from AI leaders aren’t landing in Washington, where the race with China takes precedence. Trump downplays AI warnings, citing competition with China
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6086739-trump-downplays-ai-risks/

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September 14, 2026, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

“You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch on his throne.” Miguel de Cervantes, ‘Don Quixote’

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

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE deports mother of Navy service member after taking her into custody during scheduled green card interview. The removal has intensified scrutiny of the administration’s immigration tactics, particularly toward military families. The decision leaves Garcia, who began his service commitment this summer, separated from his mother as advocates warn more families could face similar disruptions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ice-deports-navy-midshipmans-mom-153301607.html

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
ICE casts shadow over back-to-school in NYC: Immigration enforcement activity has brought severe anxiety to New York City immigrant families as the 2026 school year begins. High-profile student detentions, combined with sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents near school properties, have disrupted communities and sparked a wave of student walkouts and “Know Your Rights” rallies.
https://documentedny.com/2026/09/14/ice-arrests-queens-new-york-back-to-school-immigrants/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Mercedes-Benz to Close Plants and Cut Wages as Workers Face Layoffs
https://hrexecutive.com/bmw-to-shed-8000-roles-following-volkswagen-and-mercedes-benz-cuts/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Lands / Water / USGS
USGS has released data showing that America’s underground aquifer storing water is officially drying up. Spanning approximately 174,000 square miles across eight states from South Dakota to Texas, the Ogallala Aquifer (High Plains Aquifer) is the lifeblood of American agriculture, providing roughly 30% of all groundwater used for U.S. irrigation.
https://www.newsweek.com/the-largest-us-groundwater-supply-is-running-out-11998061

Water levels at Lake Mead are at historic lows amid a sustained megadrought, threatening water supplies and hydroelectric power for millions in the Southwest
https://prescottenews.com/2026/09/13/a-drought-the-colorado-river-and-the-hoover-dam-the-epoch-times/

Rio Grande’s Trouble Is Worse Than Most Realize. Texas Monthly looks at how taps may run dry next year in cities that rely on US-Mexico river
https://www.newser.com/story/396060/rio-grandes-trouble-is-worse-than-most-realize.html

New map reveals 10 million dead trees from Maine to South Carolina as saltwater creeps inland. Researchers also found that more than 6 million dead trees were concentrated in forests below 16 feet of elevation.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/dead-trees-atlantic-coast-maine-south-carolina/

Trump shrank Utah’s Grand Staircase by 90%, dismissing prized dinosaur fossils as ‘common’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/trump-shrank-utahs-grand-staircase-123400543.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Data Centers
‘The rationing has begun’: Alarm as major US retailer slaps new restrictions on motor oil
https://carbuzz.com/costco-motor-oil-rationed-shortage/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
The food-stamp work rule now reaches age 64, and veterans, homeless adults and former foster youth no longer have an exemption.
https://share.newsbreak.com/jl0up2ps

New SNAP Work Requirements Will Now Affect More Older Adults
https://elderlawms.com/new-snap-work-requirements-will-now-affect-more-older-adults/

Texas heat destroys 100% of outdoor crops at local farm. Owner Anna Sims said the season left her with nothing in the fields, describing a scene of cantaloupes bursting on the ground before they could be harvested.
https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/texas-heat-destroys-100-of-outdoor-crops-at-local-farm

Judge considers temporary pause in USDA relocations in new lawsuit. A federal judge in San Francisco said an administrative stay “doesn’t say anything about the merits” of the case, but would give him more time to “adjudicate this properly.”
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/09/judge-considers-temporary-pause-usda-relocations-new-lawsuit/415942/

# Gov / Politics / US
Mitch McConnell could return to the Senate as early as Monday after 3 months of absence
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-absent-3-months-senate-reconvene-this-week-12431986

Chip Roy is leaving Congress — but not before warning his colleagues about AI
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/13/chip-roy-ai-threat-regulation-01073553

“This Is Just a Stunt From the Most Corrupt President in History” — Sen. Alex Padilla Rips Trump’s $5,000 Election-Year Payout as Illegal Vote Bribery Source: Combat Rated
https://share.newsbreak.com/jl0waold

Texas Republicans denounce GOP statewide candidate over xenophobic post: ‘Will you condemn this?’ Republican’s post sparks national debate about GOP racism. Texas Railroad Commission Republican nominee Bo French sparked a political debate by posting a controversial comment targeting South Asian students at the University of Texas.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/13/john-cornyn-bo-french-texas-students-01073901

Don Jr’s lavish Bahamas wedding secretly bankrolled by oligarch linked to Putin. The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large group of other Russian guests.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin

Donald Trump’s Political Circle Hit by New Resignation Linked to Conspiracy Inquiry. Joe diGenova led investigation focused on intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in 2016 election
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/trump-ally-resigns-president-conspiracy-inquiry

Somali-born Democrat Ilhan Omar facing bombshell ‘ongoing criminal investigation’: Border czar Tom Homan has confirmed that Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar is under investigation over several allegations. Homan made the revelation during an appearance on Fox News, where he said Omar is facing an “ongoing criminal investigation”. Homan refused to elaborate on whether Omar committed immigration or naturalisation fraud, but claimed that “things are going on.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/watch-tom-homan-confirms-criminal-investigation-ilhan-omar/

‘Do your job or get out’: Fury after Mike Johnson lets slip a startling admission on CNN: “The problem is … the guys who are raising the alarms all have very different ideas about what the guardrails should be,” Johnson said. “There’s no consensus among them, and Congress is obviously less qualified than the people who are pushing this frontier.”
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2677853067/

New Lawsuit Challenges Trump-Vance Administration Plan to Send Armed ICE Officers Into Polling Places. Plaintiffs represent millions of voters across the United States
https://democracyforward.org/news/press-releases/new-lawsuit-challenges-trump-vance-administration-plan-to-send-armed-ice-officers-into-polling-places/

Texas House panel to study possibility of adding New Mexico counties. A proposal by two New Mexico legislators to allow three counties along the Texas border to secede from the Land of Enchantment was dead on arrival in Santa Fe earlier this year, but across the border in Texas Lone Star legislators are running with the idea and holding hearings backed by Texas’ Speaker of the House.
https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2026/09/10/texas-legislature-to-hold-hearings-on-annexing-new-mexico-counties/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
MAGA prosecutor abruptly quit after tense phone call with Todd Blanche: Justice Department prosecutor diGenova abruptly resigns from leading ‘grand conspiracy’ probe. The prosecutor did not state why he was resigning, but said his wife attorney Victoria Toensing, who also worked with the team of federal prosecutors in Florida, will also be leaving the Justice Department on Friday.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/prosecutor-leading-grand-conspiracy-probe-abruptly-resigns-doj-post

Judges, juries, reject federal criminal cases against protesters accused of assaulting federal law enforcement agents. Justice Department prosecutors failed to get plea deals or other convictions against most of the 102 people arrested for anti-ICE or anti-National Guard protests in four cities last year.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-09-12/doj-went-after-protesters-for-felony-assault-but-juries-judges-were-unconvinced

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
The 60 Minutes broadcast featuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focused on a military rescue over Iran rather than an exposé on internal military abuses. Public backlash centered on the segment’s friendly tone toward the Pentagon rather than any critical whistleblowing.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-pardons-2677854468/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
Thirty hospital systems have now broken a Medicare Advantage contract this year: Health systems report excessive friction and inappropriate denials for necessary patient treatments. Staff spend months fighting insurers over claim approvals instead of focusing on patient care
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/16-health-systems-dropping-medicare-advantage-plans-2026/

Medicare Advantage Plan No Longer Covers Your Health Care Provider? Learn What to Do!
https://triagecancer.org/medicare-advantage-drop-provider

Major companies to cut back on 2027 health benefits in blow to workers: Overall health benefit costs per employee are projected to jump by an average of 8.2% in 2027. To save money, many businesses are shifting a larger financial burden onto workers through higher deductibles, increased premiums, and reduced coverage
https://www.beckerspayer.com/financial/from-disney-to-starbucks-big-employers-are-pulling-every-lever-to-contain-health-costs/

Medicare added a citizenship and immigration test for Part A and Part B, flagged New on page 9 of the 2027 handbook. New Immigration-Related Restrictions for Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare, and Marketplace
https://www.healthreformbeyondthebasics.org/new-immigration-related-restrictions-for-medicaid-chip-medicare-and-marketplace/

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
[Video] Judge rules surrogate does not have custody of child
A Texas judge ruled against a surrogate’s attempt to obtain custody of a baby she gave birth to in Dallas.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/judge-rules-surrogate-does-not-035219799.html

Medicare Paid an Estimated $380 Million for Organs Its Patients Never Received. Its Own Guidance Allowed It. Most were used in non-covered transplants and some weren’t used at all, OIG report finds
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicare/122933

The US Is Paying to Keep Ebola Patients Out of America, While Cutting the Programs That Stop Outbreaks at the Source Source:
https://afsa.org/putting-america-first-stopping-outbreaks-their-source

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp / CBD
DEA pressures medical cannabis business over workers with convictions. A medical cannabis business owner told Marijuana Moment she is planning to fight a decision by the Drug Enforcement Administration that she says could force her to fire two good employees if she wants to register for federal protections in line with the Trump administration’s move to federally reschedule marijuana.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-dispensary-owner-says-dea-is-forcing-her-to-fire-workers-in-order-to-get-federal-protections-under-trumps-rescheduling-move/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
New horrors in military detailed as insiders tell all: ‘Every unit has a Hegseth’
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/hegseth-military/

Top general under fire from his own ranks as Hegseth chaos creates ‘climate of mistrust’
https://www.rawstory.com/hegseth-dan-caine/

# Military / Global
‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/12/middleeast/yemen-houthi-saudi-us-blame-intl

Iran reports commercial vessel struck in Strait of Hormuz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hARYHeafGMo

# Social / Communities / Housing
A House committee bill would cut HUD by 10.4 percent and voucher administration money by $536 million: Yes, the House Appropriations Committee approved an FY 2027 spending bill that reduces the total Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) allocation by 10.4 percent ($10.659 billion) below FY 2026 enacted levels.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/housing/house-bill-would-leave-over-400000-more-people-without-stable-affordable-housing

# Social Services / Social Security / Disability / SSI / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
A New Government Report Found $291 Million in SSI Benefits That Were Never Delivered to Recipients
https://oig.ssa.gov/news-releases/2026-09-03-audit-finds-ssa-did-not-pay-an-estimated-291-million-in-underpayments-owed-to-ssi-recipients/

# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
We asked AI whether it would lead to human extinction in a decade. Here’s what it said Source
https://www.newsweek.com/will-ai-cause-human-extinction-10-years-asked-ai-12419575

Iran hackers: Dissatisfaction with AT&T services drove decision to target telecom in Texas. APT Iran claimed it disrupted AT&T internet services across four Texas cities. AT&T says attempted cable theft caused the outage, not a confirmed cyberattack. DownDetector logged nearly 1,700 reports, and over 7,000 Dallas households were affected. Cybernews researchers say the hackers may have claimed credit for an existing outage.
https://cybernews.com/security/iran-takes-credit-for-at-t-outage/

A series of security breaches at the world’s leading AI laboratories has pushed the debate over AI safety past a tipping point. AI risk journalist Garrison Lovely documents newly surfaced incidents in which advanced AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta broke containment and performed autonomous operations outside their intended environments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/9/11/us-legislators-push-ai-safety-laws-amid-human-extinction-warnings

# Veterans / VA
An order signed last week could cut another 20 to 30 days off a veteran’s first disability payment. A new Trump executive order could cut VA claim times by up to 30 days for recently separated troops by speeding military records sharing.
https://www.military.com/new-trump-order-could-cut-va-disability-claim-times-by-up-to-30-days-for-new-veterans

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September 13, 2026, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Resisting Plans to Build ICE Jail on Contaminated Site. Organizers are hard at work to convince officials to roll back an agreement with a private prison operator. Organizers are hard at work to convince officials to roll back an agreement with a private prison operator.
https://truthout.org/articles/louisiana-residents-are-resisting-plans-to-build-ice-jail-on-contaminated-site/

Border wall construction brings a mess Texans didn’t want. A 1,000-mile drive through the Big Bend region finds longtime Republicans ready to vote blue over the Trump administration’s plowing ahead.
https://www.ms.now/news/border-wall-construction-brings-a-mess-texans-didnt-want

Trump pushes new bill making it illegal for future presidents ‘to open the border again. President Trump is floating a new bill that would make it illegal for future presidents “to open the border again,” he announced during a speech at the Republican midterm convention.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/09/us-news/trump-pushes-new-bill-making-it-illegal-for-future-presidents-to-open-the-border-again/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
Congress mum on federal deficit hitting $2 trillion milestone, again
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/congress-mum-federal-deficit-hitting-203000793.html

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Lands / Water
Man leaves his camera in a river overnight to capture Earth’s rotation. Then he returns to find the river completely gone
https://attackofthefanboy.com/news/man-leaves-his-camera-in-a-river-overnight-to-capture-earths-rotation-then-he-returns-to-find-the-river-completely-gone/

Betrayed Texans say Trump wants to give their land to Mexico: ‘Greed and corruption’: President Donald Trump’s administration has turned Republican Texans against the entire political party by threatening to seize their land for a border wall, they told MS NOW in a new video report.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-big-bend-wall/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sep.12.2026_9.09pm_19830979

A Texas LNG plant pumps out chronic, unpermitted pollution, a watchdog finds. Oilfield Witness identified 532 unpermitted emission events reported by Freeport LNG since 2019, but just seven penalty fines levied by Texas’ environmental regulator.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11092026/texas-freeport-lng-unpermitted-pollution/

Federal appeals court rules there’s no constitutional right to clean water. The majority opinion stated that the 14th Amendment’s substantive due process does not extend to safe municipal water systems because it is not rooted in U.S. history and legal tradition. The court also ruled that citizens do not have a constitutional right to truthful information from government officials during a public health crisis
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6081044-clean-drinking-water-not-constitutional-right-appeals-court-ruling/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Data Centers
Gas Is Being Diluted Under a New Policy. Here’s What It Could Mean for Your Car. E15 is safe and approved for most cars built in 2001 or newer. However, it can damage older engines, small engines (like lawnmowers), and vehicles made before 2001
https://herlifeadventures.com/gas-is-being-diluted-under-a-new-policy-heres-what-it-could-mean-for-your-car/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
Food stamp recipients aged 55 to 64 can now be cut off after three months under the rewritten work rule. A new law introduced in the House this month would add more restrictions to what types of food SNAP recipients can buy with their monthly benefits.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6084903-new-bill-would-restrict-snap-benefits-in-9-states-heres-what-could-be-cut/

Four companies buy 85 percent of America’s cattle, and a new order targets that. According to historical data, these companies handled only about 36% of the market in the 1970s. This high level of control leaves independent ranchers with very few buyers for their cattle
https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=nx-s1-5959146

US judge rules that Trump plan to halve FEMA workforce violated law
https://www.newsweek.com/federal-judge-says-trump-plan-to-halve-fema-workforce-was-unlawful-12435762

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Lawmakers race to support Epstein files bill successor — but ‘time is running out’: report
https://time.com/7334902/epstein-files-released-house-vote/

French Prosecutors Expand Jeffrey Epstein Probe Amid Discovery Of New Potential Victims. French prosecutors expanded their sex-trafficking probe tied to Jeffrey Epstein after identifying 13 new potential victims. The new findings bring the total number of potential cases in France to 26
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni66012707/?ref_=nmnw_art_perm

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump’s colossal botch has wrenched open an unbelievable opportunity. The setback comes as the president’s renovations and the repair work that followed have lasted more than five months.
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trumps-botched-reflecting-pool-redo-2012340

Ridicule as confused Trump asks of his own deal: ‘What does that mean?’ President Donald Trump faced mockery and accusations of confusion after appearing unfamiliar with the acronym for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a major trade deal signed during his first term
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-usmca-nafta-tariffs-canada-mexico_n_67bda523e4b0f4e8df29f534

Latino and Voting Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration to Keep Armed ICE Agents Away From Polling Places
https://www.latintimes.com/latino-voting-rights-groups-sue-trump-administration-keep-armed-ice-agents-away-polling-places-599173

McConnell’s return shines spotlight on older lawmakers
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6085627-mitch-mcconnell-aging-lawmakers-term-limits-health-challenges/

Donald Trump biographer suggests the $45,000 cash gift that he gave Natalie Harp may buy his aide’s silence. The payments amounted to 30% of each aide’s $150,000 annual salary
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/trump-cash-gifts-aides-natalie-harp

GOP congressman from Wisconsin swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in a lake. Tiffany is running for governor on the Republican ticket in Wisconsin and has been endorsed by President Donald Trump.
https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/national/congressman-tom-tiffany-emergency-landing-2bfa267b324b27688b9b66088f7ab7c8

What would Scalia do? Parents demand legal right to challenge ‘state-sanctioned kidnapping’ law. They tell SCOTUS that Washington’s youth shelter laws, which hide and withhold runaways from parents who object to so-called gender affirming care, are “classic” example of a political majority targeting a minority, as late justice feared.
https://justthenews.com/government/state-houses/what-would-scalia-do-parents-demand-legal-right-challenge-state-sanctioned

‘He should be shot’: GOP convention attendee repeatedly calls for violence as Sen. Ted Cruz criticizes Democrats Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico: Cruz mentioned three Democrats — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. After each name, there were shouts audible on the broadcast of “He should be shot!”
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/10/politics/shouts-of-he-should-be-shot-heard-during-gop-midterm-convention-speech

Donald Trump’s plan to remove a black congressman hits a court roadblock. Then he launches a fiery response: ‘Horrible, ridiculous’: Donald Trump’s plan to remove a black congressman hits a court roadblock. Then he launches a fiery response: ‘Horrible, ridiculous.’ Some lines are easier to draw than they are to keep
https://www.themarysue.com/donald-trumps-plan-to-remove-a-black-congressman-hits-a-court-roadblock-then-he-launches-a-fiery-response-horrible-ridiculous/

# Global News
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
‘Poor Judgment’: Black Michigan Teen Sentenced After Killing Active Shooter at Mall Who Had Already Shot One Person Dead and Kept Firing
https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/09/10/black-michigan-teen-sentenced-after-killing-active-shooter/

Mom ‘Invested’ in Lindsay Clancy Case Allegedly Had ‘Weird Giggle’ After Son, 2, Was Found Hanging . Corie Walsh, 40, was seen trying to harm herself with a knife after her 2-year-old son was found hanging in the basement
https://people.com/mom-invested-lindsay-clancy-case-weird-giggle-12115831

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
50,000 East Texas Patients Kept Their Coverage, 30,000 West Texas Patients Lost Theirs for 4 Months. Same Insurer, Very Different Outcomes. Regional health insurance disputes and administrative barriers frequently leave tens of thousands of Texas patients facing disparate coverage outcomes based on geography. While some regional contract renewals protect large patient numbers from losing local access, stalled negotiations or bureaucratic processing delays in other areas can trigger multi-month coverage gaps.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/26/texas-medicaid-unwinding-consequences/

The new Medicaid work rule exempts veterans rated totally disabled and anyone already on Medicare. Under the new federal Medicaid work requirements established by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) explicitly grants mandatory federal exemptions for both veterans rated totally disabled and individuals enrolled in Medicare
https://www.ama-assn.org/health-care-advocacy/access-care/catch-medicaid-work-requirements-medical-frailty-exemption

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Next-gen cybernetic augmentation platform. Neural-linked bionic prosthesis with adaptive actuators, aerospace-grade titanium-carbon chassis and real-time proprioceptive feedback. Mobility re-engineered. What if it’s already being tested?!
https://news.mit.edu/2024/prosthesis-helps-people-with-amputation-walk-naturally-0701

A New Era for Bionic Limbs. Recent breakthroughs in science and technology have produced prosthetic hands, arms, and legs that increasingly resemble biological ones
https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/a-new-era-for-bionic-limbs/

Bionic Technology in Prosthetics: Multi-Objective Optimization of a Bioinspired Shoulder-Elbow Prosthesis with Embedded Actuation. To overcome these challenges, this paper presents a novel, bioinspired, and integrated prosthetic system as an advancement in bionic technology.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12838797/

Next Level Limbs Prosthetic Tech That Will Blow Your Mind. In recent years, the field of prosthetics has undergone extraordinary change. These innovations don’t just restore mobility—they redefine what’s possible. From bionic limbs that move with thought to microprocessor-controlled knees that adapt to every step, the future is here, and it’s transforming lives.
https://www.gainesvilleprosthetics.com/post/next-level-limbs-prosthetic-tech-that-will-blow-your-mind

Nearly Half of U.S. Hospitals No Longer Deliver Babies as Medicaid Cuts Threaten Further Losses. Over 700 hospitals shuttered their maternity wards between 2010 and 2024, creating widespread “maternity care deserts” that put millions of pregnant patients at risk
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/half-of-us-hospitals-lack-maternity-wards-as-medicaid-cuts-loom-report/830015/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Pentagon rages as Pete Hegseth’s pressure campaign on rescued airmen exposed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ignored concerns about leaking classified information by pressuring airmen to do a ’60 Minutes’ interview, CNN reported.
https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-60-minutes/

# Military / Global
Iranian commercial ship hit near Strait of Hormuz, causing one death, Iranian media say
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-war-hormuz-ship-struck-aa034da0d8226f5a3b4794b10afb8b3b

# Nuclear
Nuclear energy continues comeback as Energy Department directs loan to restart third shuttered plant. Google-backed 615 MW nuclear plant set for 2029 return to power 500,000 homes
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/google-backed-nuclear-plant-to-return

# Other Interestimg Stuff
The Atlantic Ocean Has a Hidden ‘Heat Valve’ That Controls Earth’s Temperature – And It Could Be Closing. [Includes video.]
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-atlantic-ocean-has-a-hidden-heat-valve-that-controls-earths-temperature-and-it-could-be-closing

# Social Services / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Social Security Checks Are on Track for a $73 Raise in 2027 and Medicare’s Premium Hike Could Take a Big Bite Out of It. The 2027 COLA is expected to be 3.5%, a 0.7 percentage-point increase from this year’s COLA, according to a new estimate from The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), an advocacy group. That means the average beneficiary would receive almost $68 more each month from Social Security.
https://www.investopedia.com/social-security-cola-update-2027-inflation-12115141

Connecticut retirees face the deepest Social Security cut in 2032 — $556 monthly — while 29 other states top $500 losses
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/connecticut-retirees-face-deepest-social-123000214.html

Social Security starts matching federal pension records against 111 million Medicare files this month to test Extra Help claims. The data matching ensures that the millions of individuals cross-enrolled in Medicare are appropriately categorized, identifying who qualifies automatically and who must have their assets explicitly reviewed
https://share.newsbreak.com/jkrsyvok

# Sports
“They Shot Her Dead”: Terry Bradshaw Reveals How Cowboys Hate Went Too Far in Heartbreaking Story
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/shot-her-dead-terry-bradshaw-104000174.html

# Transportation / Trucking / Travel / Tourism / TSA / FAA
US Issues China Travel Warning After Americans Detained. The State Department recently updated its Level 2 “Exercise Increased Caution” advisory for mainland China, warning Americans about the arbitrary enforcement of local laws, exit bans and “the risk of unjust arrest or detention.”
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-warns-americans-about-exit-bans-unjust-detention-popular-destination

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