Voices, The Peoples News
April 19, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Oak Flat is Sacred to Western Apache. The Trump Administration Intends to Approve a Plan to Destroy It.
The group Apache Stronghold—a coalition of Apaches, other Native communities, and allies—has sued to stop the transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, a mining company owned by a Chinese parent corporation.
https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/trump-administration-charges-ahead-with-plan-to-destroy-oak-flat
New Stream Gauges and Weather Stations Poised to Help Wyoming Tribes Endure Flooding and Drought. The new devices, which are part of a slew of planned infrastructure upgrades, will help the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho improve their disaster warning system.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15042025/stream-gauges-weather-stations-help-wyoming-tribes-endure-flooding-drought/
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Trump administration plans Endangered Species Act rollback. Revisions to the law center on ‘harm,’ which would allow far more mining, drilling and other development that threatens critical habitat.
https://earthjustice.org/press/2025/trump-administration-plans-to-remove-habitat-protections-for-endangered-species
Federal Judge Orders Florida to Address Pollution That Led to Manatee Deaths. Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record. Widespread water quality problems and seagrass losses left the sea cows starving.
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/environment/lagoon/2025/04/14/bear-warriors-win-landmark-manatee-case-forcing-florida-scrutinize-brevard-sewage/83059276007/
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘Vacate their home within 24 hours or be killed’: Family ‘explicitly threatened with death by cartel’ asks SCOTUS to halt deportation to Mexico
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/vacate-their-home-within-24-hours-or-be-killed-family-explicitly-threatened-with-death-by-cartel-asks-scotus-to-halt-deportation-to-mexico/
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied an emergency appeal to temporarily block the deportation of the family of four Mexican nationals, who, according to their filing, “are targets of cartel violence due to their family ties and refusal to comply with extortion demands.”
https://www.newsweek.com/elena-kagan-rejects-appeal-family-deportation-supreme-court-2061452
Supreme Court blocks Trump from conducting more deportations under Alien Enemies Act. President Trump has deployed the Alien Enemies Act — a war power last invoked during World War II, to summarily deport foreign nationals he has labeled members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which Trump has designated a terrorist organization.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/deportations-under-alien-enemies-act-211956368.html
New England Couple Detained “for Several Hours” at Border Despite Being Citizens. Border Patrol agents kept the couple in separate cells, and demanded to go through the husband’s emails.
https://truthout.org/articles/new-england-couple-detained-for-several-hours-at-border-despite-being-citizens/
ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform. In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/18/headlines/ice_signs_30_million_deal_with_palantir_as_it_expands_mass_surveillance_of_immigrants
# Border / Immigration / General News
Due Process of Law: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
https://law.justia.com/constitution/us/amendment-14/04-due-process-of-law.html
Van Hollen Meets Abrego García After Saying Officials Are Breaking International Law. Officials are in “violation of international law” by barring Abrego García access to legal counsel, the senator said.
https://truthout.org/articles/van-hollen-meets-abrego-garcia-after-saying-officials-breaking-international-law/
Immigrant Detainees Sound Alarm About Trump Administration Deporting Them. Voto Latino expresses deep concern over recent reports of Venezuelan immigrants allegedly being wrongfully deported under the Trump administration, even after their families’ urgent pleas for protection and claims that their loved ones have no gang affiliations.
https://votolatino.org/media/press-releases/voto-latino-sounds-alarm-as-families-refute-gang-allegations-against-deported-venezuelan-immigrants/
Denied, detained, deported: the most high-profile cases in Trump’s immigration crackdown
These are some of the people ensnared by the administration’s unprecedented measures to target people it believes oppose its agenda
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/people-detained-deported-trump-immigration-crackdown
U.S. citizen born in National City received deportation letter in DHS email. The man was born in National City and said he received an email to deport, even though he was born in the United States.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-citizen-born-national-city-181046987.html
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Birthright Citizenship Clause. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case on May 15.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-hear-trump-bid-enforce-birthright-citizenship-order-2025-04-17/
Van Hollen Says White House Paid El Salvador $15 Million to Detain Prisoners
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/04/18/sen-van-hollen-says-trump-administration-made-15-million-deal-with-el-salvador-to-imprison-deportees-including-abrego-garcia/
Immigrants Prove They Are Alive, Forcing Social Security to Undo Death Label
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/migrants-deport-social-security-doge.html
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Common pesticide harms fertility and reproduction in bees. Pesticides can harm bees twice—as larvae and adults. Impacts on pollinators may be worse than thought
https://www.science.org/content/article/pesticides-can-harm-bees-twice-larvae-and-adults
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
The rare dreaded ‘Death Cross’ just flashed in the US stock market and now experts fear a Wall Street crash. A death cross is when the 50-day moving average of an stock index drops below the 200-day average, indicating momentum is weakening. A moving average is the average range of prices of an asset over a given period of time.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14623471/death-cross-stock-market-wall-street-crash.html
Beggar thy neighbor, harm thyself: Tariffs like Trump’s come with pitfalls, history shows. As the US imposes more tariffs, a global backlash is brewing – from subtle trade barriers to strategic countermeasures targeting red-state industries.
https://www.aol.com/beggar-thy-neighbor-harm-thyself-083050678.html
Trump Replaces IRS Chief Three Days After Appointing Him. The administration is going through acting IRS commissioners faster than Spinal Tap went through drummers
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-replaces-irs-commissioner-three-days-1235321031/
Trump Plans New Fees on Chinese Ships as Trade War Expands. The Trump administration plans to impose new fees on Chinese ships that enter U.S. ports, saying it wants to boost demand for vessels made domestically.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-levy-port-fees-chinese-vessels-caveats-2061429
# Education / Schools / Librarys
Trump’s Next Budget Cuts Take Aim at Poor Toddlers: White House Proposes Eliminating Head Start Funding in Sweeping Budget Cuts. A move that would cut early education for more than half a million of the nation’s neediest children and child care for their families.
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/white-house-proposes-eliminating-head-start-funding-in-sweeping-budget-cuts/2025/04
Ten Commandments, ‘In God We Trust’ in classrooms is now Arkansas law: The governor signed Senate Bill 433, which mandates the display of the Ten Commandments and “In God We Trust” in Arkansas classrooms and public buildings maintained or operated with taxpayer funds.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ten-commandments-god-trust-classrooms-231828340.html
The Ten Commandments could be in every Texas classroom next fall. Will the Texas GOP’s push to bring Christianity back into the classroom succeed?
https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/4/28/23699277/ten-commandments-texas-school-prayer-religion
Chinese Students and Scholars Faced Targeting Before Trump. Now It’s Escalating. As the US and China jockey for dominance, anti-Chinese bigotry is driving visa denials for students and scholars.
https://truthout.org/articles/chinese-students-and-scholars-faced-targeting-before-trump-now-its-escalating/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
President Trump has attacked workers’ safety, wages, and rights since Day One. The current administration has rolled back worker protections, proposed budgets that slash funding for agencies that safeguard workers’ rights, wages, and safety, and consistently attacked workers’ ability to organize and collectively bargain.
https://www.epi.org/blog/president-trump-has-attacked-workers-safety-wages-and-rights-since-day-one/
Fired probationary workers at Commerce say their insurance is being cut early. Probationary workers who were refired this month from the Commerce Department say their health insurance is being terminated earlier than they expected.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5256687-commerce-department-workers-terminated/
OSHA Office Closure in ‘Cancer Alley’ Raises Fears About Risks to Workers. Louisiana is one of the most dangerous states in the U.S. for workers. The Trump administration plans to close its lone protection unit.
https://capitalandmain.com/doge-posts/osha-office-closure-in-cancer-alley-raises-fears-about-risks-to-workers
CFPB Slashed to the Bone, Threatening Financial Markets. The agency fired 1,500 workers, which violates a court order and threatens a meltdown of mortgage markets and more.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-doge-cfpb-elon-musk-456b747c367fccbcf3b74d2893cd1a35
Trump Revamps “Schedule F,” Making It Easier to Cut Federal Workers
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-civil-service-workforce-e6e4cf979b910b0f89877a9a09e7c4a4
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits. More stringent rules were scheduled to be enforced in 2027. Selected plants will now have two more years to comply.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16042025/power-plants-exempted-from-federal-mercury-limits/
Trump Administration Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills. A federal program that helps low-income households pay for heating and cooling costs is in limbo.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19042025/trump-administration-layoffs-hurt-low-income-utility-bills-assistance/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump to rescind the Public Lands Rule. The rule sought to elevate conservation’s status as a valid public land use, but Trump’s Interior Secretary stressed the importance of balancing development alongside protection.
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04/18/trump-moves-to-rescind-public-lands-rule/
Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders Expected on Earth Day. Environmental groups say they are preparing for the worst—and preparing to fight back.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-18/trump-officials-weigh-earth-day-move-against-green-groups
National Park and Forest Service Staffing Levels Have Been Dramatically Reduced. “It’s a dire situation,” says one national parks advocate. “These spaces shouldn’t be taken for granted, and they are at risk.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18042025/national-park-forest-service-staff-slashed-by-trump-administration/
Government officials arrested after illegal scheme threatens protected forest: ‘Anyone violating the law will face justice’
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/mabira-forest-reserve-officials-arrested-uganda/
Natural resources, human rights, and corruption: What are the connections? In whatever form it takes, corruption is a human rights issue. Corruption negatively impacts the enjoyment of all human rights, including the right to development and rights related to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/tnrc-topic-brief-natural-resources-human-rights-and-corruption-what-are-the-connections
Surviving the Thaw: Greenland’s Inuit Grapple with Their Melting World. The decline of the island’s ice and increasingly volatile weather have made it hard to maintain some Indigenous traditions. The effects of those changes and other impacts of the climate crisis on mental health can be harder to see.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19042025/greenland-inuit-climate-crisis-ice-melt/
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say. Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation,” says one.
https://www.wired.com/story/fema-isnt-ready-for-disaster-season-workers-say-hurricanes-fires-floods/
# Food General News
Farmers face frozen jobs and heavier workloads under DOGE ‘efficiency’ budget. Billions in halted or canceled grants, gutted local offices, market turmoil and broken trust are at stake across the West.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump-funding-cuts-farmers-feeling-pain-conservation-funds-frozen
# Foods / Things that impact your health
Cooking Oils Associated With Aggressive Cancer Growth. Experts are warning against overusing these common cooking oils because they contain a fat that is reportedly linked to breast cancer.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/lifestyle/cooking-oil-linked-to-aggressive-breast-cancer/
# Gov / Politics
Are We at an Inflection Point? Trump is governing more and more like an impulsive mad king who assumes he has absolute power. We will soon find out whether he does.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-18-are-we-at-inflection-point-trump/
VERIFY: What the U.S. Constitution really says about presidential term limits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuwDPH9kJjU
Pete Buttigieg Drops Ominous Warning: Trump Is In ‘Early Stages of Consolidating Total Power’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/buttigieg-warns-trump-is-in-early-stages-of-consolidating-total-power-a-test-if-we-are-actually-a-freedom-loving-people/
Here Are the Real Power Players in President Trump’s Administration
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24gze60yzo
‘Little Marco’ Rubio Splits With Trump With Brutal Slapdown on Ukraine. The secretary is a traditional Republican who has courted the party’s MAGA loyalists since being brought into the administration, but he is increasingly seen as out of step with Trump’s hard-line agenda.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/little-marco-rubio-splits-trump-174726305.html
A Rising Democratic Star Is Ready for New Leadership — Without Chuck Schumer. Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow says it’s time for a new generation to take on Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/25/mallory-mcmorrow-michigan-senate-chuck-schumer-00246369
President Donald Trump has been making it increasingly clear that he would like to start deporting American citizens to foreign prisons, but experts agree there’s no legal basis that would allow him to do that.
https://www.rawstory.com/can-trump-deport-american-citizens/
The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights. Despite decades of precedent, the reports, which are meant to inform congressional decisions on foreign aid allocations and security assistance, will no longer call governments out for such things as denying freedom of movement and peaceful assembly. They won’t condemn retaining political prisoners without due process or restrictions on “free and fair elections.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5357511/state-department-human-rights-report-cuts
United States Department of State: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State#Expenditures
Marco Rubio Forced to Admit Trump Might Not Actually End Ukraine War. Donald Trump had promised repeatedly to end the war in Ukraine on the first day of his presidency.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/18/trump-ukraine-russia-war-00298898
What Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Case Says About America. Trump seems eager to bring a Bukele-style authoritarianism stateside. Don’t Fall Into Trump’s Rhetorical Trap on the Wrongful Deportation Case
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/abrego-garcia-donald-trump-el-salvador-bukele.html?via=rss&pay=1745082854250&support_journalism=please
# Gov / Politics / Global
‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital amid mass graves and paramedic executions. Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/18/zero-care-left-un-says-israel-has-destroyed-gazas-last-hospital-amid-mass-graves-and-paramedic-executions/
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Deputy caught on camera shoving woman out of Sacramento County jail fired
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KXC0CAlkAs
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Vance Melts Down at Reagan Judge Over Deported Dad Ruling. The ruling asked the question, “If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/reagan-appointed-judge-goes-nuclear-222308510.html
Trump’s pick to run the critical DC attorney’s office has appeared on Russian state media over 150 times: report
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-dc-attorney-russian-state-media-b2734721.html
Supreme Court poised to make major decision that could set limits on the power of district judges
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-poised-make-major-decision-limits-power-district-judges
# LGBTQ / Gender
Blue State Bill Targeting ‘Misgendering’ Could Be Barreling Toward Free Speech Fight, Legal Experts Say. A Colorado bill aiming to restrict “misgendering” and “deadnaming” in public could spark another free speech debate, legal experts told the DCNF.
https://ijr.com/blue-state-bill-targeting-misgendering-could-be-barreling-toward-free-speech-fight-legal-experts-say/
Colorado Bill Would Force Judges To Consider ‘Misgendering’ a Form of ‘Coercive Control’ in Custody Cases. The bill risks “punishing parents simply for disagreeing with the state’s preferred views on gender,” Aaron Terr, a First Amendment attorney, tells Reason.
https://reason.com/2025/04/16/colorado-bill-would-force-judges-to-consider-misgendering-a-form-of-coercive-control-in-custody-cases/
# Media / Press / Mail
USPS customers left in limbo after 200 packages are dumped in middle of road – they got frustrating response from agency. “Postal officials, with the help of local law enforcement, retrieved all packages, which have since been transported to their intended destinations,” the USPS said.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14058695/usps-mail-dumped-road-packages-pile/#:~:text=USPS’%20FRUSTRATING%20RESPONSE&text=%22Postal%20officials%2C%20with%20the%20help,have%20caused%2C%22%20it%20said
# Medical / Health News
Tariffs are about to hit lifesaving medical equipment
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-tariffs-medical-equipment-medicaid-dme/
The Impact of Tariffs on Healthcare: Not even healthcare is immune to the effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Among healthcare companies, tariffs are expected to hit makers of medical devices and pharmaceuticals the hardest.
https://www.alpha-sense.com/blog/trends/impact-tariffs-healthcare/
Tariffs send healthcare industry into ‘unchartered waters.’ Provider groups and health systems warn tariffs will test healthcare’s fragile supply chain, threatening to disrupt patient care.
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/tariffs-aha-med-tech-brace-for-impact/744496/
NIH signals end to key research on climate change and health. The Trump administration is moving to end National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for research.
https://www.ehn.org/nih-signals-end-to-key-research-on-climate-change-and-health
Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack on public health. This power shift hasn’t just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/18/sick-and-unsafe-trump-attacks-on-workers-rights-is-an-attack-on-public-health/
Abortion Bans Criminalize People, and Not Just Those Who Are Pregnant. Post-Roe, pregnancy outcomes, and even actions taken to help pregnant people, face escalating criminalization.
https://truthout.org/articles/abortion-bans-criminalize-people-and-not-just-those-who-are-pregnant/
The criminalization of abortion and surveillance of women in a post-Dobbs world
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-criminalization-of-abortion-and-surveillance-of-women-in-a-post-dobbs-world/
Abortion bans don’t prosecute pregnant people. That may be about to change. Legislation in Oklahoma and remarks from the Alabama attorney general could foreshadow new efforts to punish people who induce their own abortions.
https://19thnews.org/2023/01/abortion-bans-pregnant-people-prosecution/
The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Silence on Criminalization Speaks Volumes. Every day we see the harm caused by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the GOP’s dangerous abortion bans. Anti-abortion extremists are making clear that they want more—more extremism, more harm, more surveillance, and more criminalization.
https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/resources/the-anti-abortion-movements-silence-on-criminalization-speaks-volumes/
# Military / DOD / General News
B-1B Bones Make Unprecedented Bomber Task Force Deployment To Japan. U.S. long-range bombers haven’t been stationed in Japan for any extended period since the Vietnam War.
https://www.pacaf.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4155350/us-airmen-deploy-in-support-of-first-rotational-bomber-task-force-mission-to-ja/
Lockheed Pitches Containerized Launchers To Help Close Australia’s Air And Missile Defense Gaps.
Australia is seeking to acquire longer-range air and missile defenses to work with its new battle management system that’s under development.
https://www.twz.com/land/lockheed-pitches-containerized-launchers-to-help-close-australias-air-and-missile-defense-gaps
U.S. Cutting Forces In Syria By Half, Possible Ripple Effects In Region. The U.S. withdrawing a significant portion of its troops from Syria could see notable shifts in the ongoing power struggle in the war-torn country.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-cutting-forces-syria-half-230234284.html
The Dark World Of USAF Special Ops Air Refuelers And Their Modified KC-135RT Tankers. We talk to an elite group of specially trained airmen that fuel low flying special operations aircraft in total darkness and in radio silence.
https://www.twz.com/21794/the-dark-world-of-usaf-special-ops-air-refuelers-and-their-modified-kc-135rt-tankers
# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
The Japan Self-Defense Forces have offered an official look at the turret-mounted electromagnetic railgun now installed on the test ship JS Asuka.
https://www.twz.com/sea/railgun-installed-on-japanese-warship-testbed
# Nuclear
Iran seeks support from Russia ahead of next round of nuclear deal talks with US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBzRzKZ24FI
Trump calls for nuclear deal with Iran amid deep distrust ahead of Rome talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEAIvYvmi6E
Iran-US talks live: Nuclear talks progress, expert-level talks to be held
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/19/iran-us-talks-live-nuclear-discussions-to-begin-in-italys-rome
# Pharmaceuticals
FDA to Remove Pharma Reps From Advisory Committees, But Conflicts of Interest Persist. Industry already plays a more limited role in advising the FDA
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/17/fda-advisory-panels-pharma-industry-employees-patients-caregivers/
# Social / Social Programs
“They want to rob it”: Former Social Security head says Musk, Trump are “wrecking” agency to raid it
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/18/they-want-to-rob-it-former-social-security-head-says-musk-are-wrecking-agency-to-raid-it/
Trump Kicks Citizen Off Social Security in Anti-Immigrant Purge. The man’s English-speaking family appealed the letter, reversing the decision, but his case is yet another reminder that the president isn’t afraid to weaponize the federal programs in his war on immigrants … or really anybody he wants out of the country.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194155/donald-trump-kicks-citizen-off-social-security-immigration-purge
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
US Officials Claim DeepSeek AI App Is ‘Designed To Spy on Americans.’ NVIDIA’s ties to DeepSeek are also being called into question by some US government officials.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-deepseek-nvidia-ai-us-committee-chinese-communist-party/
# Veterans / VA
This company is spending millions to profit off veterans’ benefits. Why won’t lawmakers stop it? Veterans Guardian says it’s fighting to give veterans a choice. Critics say they’re guardians of greed.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/18/company-spending-millions-profit-off-veterans-benefits-why-wont-lawmakers-stop-it.html
Veterans became eligible for billions. These firms saw a chance to profit.
Despite a federal law that prohibits charging veterans for help in applying for disability benefits, for-profit companies are making millions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/23/va-benefits-for-profit-companies-pact-act/
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