Voices, The Peoples News
May 2, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
DeSantis asks Trump administration to allow Florida National Guardsmen to be immigration judges
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/733677-desantis-nat-guard-judges/
Judge says 18th-century wartime law can’t be used for deportations in first-of-its-kind ruling, and is likely to be swiftly appealed. The Alien Enemies Act, after all, had been invoked only three times before, most recently during World War II.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/1/court-rules-against-trumps-use-of-alien-enemies-act-to-deport-venezuelans#:~:text=In%20a%20first%2Dof%2Dits,law’s%20use%20in%20south%20Texas.&text=A%20United%20States%20judge%20has,deport%20Venezuelans%20from%20South%20Texas
Republican budget plan proposes $45 billion for ICE, $1,000 fee on asylum seekers. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal is still a work in progress, but the first markup already reveals potentially major changes to the immigration system and regulatory law.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_fdcf8690-01f5-45a5-989d-38213b6ad590.html
Judge rules Alien Enemies Act does not allow Trump to deport alleged gang members. Ruling is strongest pushback yet on use of 18th-century law. Plus, Black Sabbath give their first interview in two decades
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/first-thing-judge-rules-alien-enemies-act-does-not-allow-trump-to-deport-alleged-gang-members
# Business / Industry / Corporations
As Trump moves to tax small parcels, some retailers give up on US: The removal of “de minimis” – duty-free treatment of ecommerce packages worth less than $800 originating from China and Hong Kong exposes those goods to tariffs of 145% on most Chinese goods following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last month
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/as-trump-moves-to-tax-small-parcels-some-retailers-give-up-on-us/articleshow/120812814.cms
Temu blocks US shoppers from seeing products shipped from China. American version of Temu abruptly began to show only ‘local’ products days before the Trump administration was set to end a tariff loophole for small packages from China.
https://www.wired.com/story/temu-local-warehouses-tariffs/
# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
‘Rattled’ China knows world is on brink of truth about Covid lab leak – they are desperate to shift blame, say experts
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14146344/rattled-china-world-truth-covid-lab-leak/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Elon Musk says DOGE ‘should definitely’ investigate Federal Reserve after reports of $2.5B ‘Palace of Versailles’ HQ
https://www.aol.com/news/elon-musk-says-doge-definitely-162412523.html
‘We’re not afraid of Trump’: Toy store sues government over ‘unlawful and unconstitutional’ tariffs, lawsuit seeks refund
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/were-not-afraid-of-trump-toy-store-sues-government-over-unlawful-and-unconstitutional-tariffs-lawsuit-seeks-refund/
Another American ally just issued an economic warning because of the trade war. Another day, another piece of evidence that President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with friends and foes is hurting the global economy.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/another-american-ally-just-issued-110752493.html
The Slowdown at Ports Is a Warning of Rough Economic Seas Ahead. The maritime shipping industry is seeing a rise in “blank sailings,” a shift that one expert calls a “canary in the coal mine.”
https://www.wired.com/story/maritime-shipping-tariffs-blank-sailings/
Permanent halt to penny production gains bipartisan support. Two U.S. senators from opposing sides of the political aisle are pushing together to permanently do away with the U.S. Mint producing the penny, which the legislators argue will help to eliminate wasteful government spending.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/permanent-penny-production-bipartisan/
# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
What the dismantling of the Education Department means for its data. Former data staff from the agency say they’re especially concerned about large transfers of data and the future of grants administration, after already seeing mismanagement and delays.
https://fedscoop.com/what-the-dismantling-of-the-education-department-means-for-its-data/
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall. Officials have expressed desire to withdraw from other orders they see as an unnecessary burden on schools
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/washington/the-justice-department-ended-a-decades-old-school-desegregation-order-others-are-expected-to-fall/article_88e5ee8f-671f-56a3-aa23-d1c7d41d2fd6.html
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from dismantling library services agency
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-administration-002306363.html
Thousands of children could lose access to child care if White House proposal to cut Head Start is approved
https://www.audacy.com/wccoradio/news/local/thousands-of-children-could-be-at-risk-if-head-start-is-cut
Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety programs. The document listed 150 research projects under consideration for termination by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
https://apnews.com/article/children-head-start-research-cuts-trump-hhs-ecfa2b140990057eb412e476dc875ffa
Visas reinstated for all University of Arkansas’ international students who had status revoked
https://arkansasadvocate.com/briefs/visas-reinstated-for-all-university-of-arkansas-international-students-who-had-status-revoked/
A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students. The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination
Trump says he’ll strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status. The president said revoking the university’s tax-exempt status is “what they deserve!”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-status-00323192
# Employment / Labor / Unions
House Republicans propose wage freeze for tens of thousands of CT employees: ‘Time to trim’
https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/ct-republicans-democrats-budget-cuts-wage-freeze-20304747.php
Hiltzik: Thanks to the Trump slump, Florida and other states are moving to eviscerate child labor protections
https://newrepublic.com/post/194687/trump-officials-hoarding-supplies-tariffs
Fired Federal Worker Reveals Chilling Trump-Era Condition To Get Job Back. People are “afraid to talk,” she told MSNBC’s town hall, with other former government employees pushed out amid Donald Trump’s slashing of public spending.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-condition-job-back-federal-worker_n_681462afe4b0f2e8a510e72b
Trump admin asks laid-off firefighter and coal mining safety research staff back temporarily
https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/niosh-firefighter-health-researchers-temporarily-reinstated-amid-federal-layoffs/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
The Trump admin is suing four states to stop them from holding fossil fuel giants accountable for climate damage. “These burdensome and ideologically motivated laws and lawsuits threaten American energy independence and our country’s economic and national security.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/climate/trump-climate-lawsuits-hawaii-michigan-new-york-vermont
Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after US-Iran nuclear talks are postponed. Trump’s social media threat came after Oman announced planned nuclear negotiations for this coming weekend had been postponed
https://www.tbsnews.net/world/trump-threatens-sanctions-against-buyers-iranian-oil-after-us-iran-nuclear-talks-are-postponed
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
An invasive venomous ant is spreading in the US — here’s where people should watch out because a sting can be fatal. People may suffer from an allergic reaction after a sting that can send them to the hospital without treatment. Symptoms can include difficulty breathing, a weak or rapid heart rate, vomiting, hives, fainting and tongue swelling.
https://www.aol.com/invasive-venomous-ant-spreading-us-175057440.html
# Food General News
Republicans Consider Shifting Cost Of Food Benefits To States, With Cuts Likely
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/snap-cuts-budget-reconciliation-beautiful_n_6813a6ffe4b0964363620874
FDA suspends milk quality testing amid health and human services cuts, adding that efforts are underway to resume testing. FDA remains committed to working with states to protect the safety of the pasteurized milk supply.”
https://www.food-safety.com/articles/10355-fda-suspends-milk-quality-testing-amid-health-and-human-services-cuts
Farmers raise urgent warnings as catastrophic floods wipe out more than 100,000 livestock: ‘The worst is yet to come’ “We don’t know what cattle we will have to sell or what the financial impacts are going to be.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/queensland-livestock-extreme-weather-flooding/
# General News
The Trump administration is systematically dismantling important federal agencies, jeopardizing access to crucial programs, and undermining civil rights protections for millions of Americans in favor of benefiting Trump and his allies. American Oversight is investigating these threats to Americans’ rights and access to federal benefits, which have disproportionate impacts on the most vulnerable populations.
https://americanoversight.org/investigation/the-trump-administrations-dismantling-of-federal-agencies-and-threats-to-important-social-services/
Agency by Agency, Federal Data Collection Is Being Dismantled. By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
https://undark.org/2025/04/29/trump-war-on-measurement/
The US government data purge is a loss for policymaking and research. Beyond the data loss, it’s about the loss of qualified technical staff, coding expertise, data visualization, mapping, methodologies, and the ability of the public and journalists to use the data.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-us-government-data-purge-is-a-loss-for-policymaking-and-research/
The Dismantling of US Statistical and Data Infrastructures by the Trump Administration. The Trump administration’s swift and systematic dismantling of statistical and data infrastructures has largely gone unnoticed.
https://revdem.ceu.edu/2025/03/25/dismantling-data/amp/
Regional boards for federal agency coordination officially disbanded. A recent Trump executive order mandated the end of federal executive boards, which have been around since 1961.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/03/regional-boards-federal-agency-coordination-officially-disbanded/403963/
# Gov / Politics
Trump officials: start ‘stashing cash’ and stockpiling supplies immediately – ‘it would be stupid not to!’
https://newrepublic.com/post/194687/trump-officials-hoarding-supplies-tariffs
Trump making a list of cities and states to target
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/sanctuary-cities-trump-executive-order
Trump Signs Order Requiring Nationwide List of Sanctuary Cities and States. Action comes after legal setbacks in president’s bid to target Democratic jurisdictions that don’t cooperate with immigration enforcement.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-to-sign-order-requiring-nationwide-list-of-sanctuary-cities-and-states-dbcc5ada
Republicans Have A ‘Catastrophic’ Plan Buried In Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’ For the first time, a Republican leader in Congress has publicly pledged to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-says-trumps-agenda-bill-will-defund-big-abortion_n_6813b695e4b0964363620ffa
“This Man’s Brain Is Cooked”: People Are Reacting To Donald Trump’s Latest Bizarre Rant And It’s Really…Something
https://www.buzzfeed.com/leemoran/donald-trump-town-hall-tangent
Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction
https://www.aol.com/trump-turns-civil-rights-upside-100051804.html
Trump Administration Civil and Human Rights Rollbacks Since 2017
https://civilrights.org/trump-rollbacks/
‘There’s no deal here,’ Dem rep. says of Ukraine mineral compact
https://www.tbsnews.net/world/trump-threatens-sanctions-against-buyers-iranian-oil-after-us-iran-nuclear-talks-are-postponed
Trump Is Plotting Shock-and-Awe ‘Purge’ of White House Staff
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-plotting-shock-and-awe-purge-of-white-house-staff/
Trump Plans to Celebrate 79th Birthday With Tanks and Troops. President has desired lavish Armed Forces spectacular in Washington ever since being impressed by France’s Bastille Day parade in Paris in July 2017
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-parade-birthday-plans-b2743593.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran Wants to Avoid Both Peace and War With the United States. Trump Isn’t Having It. The U.S. president’s push to “do a deal” or face military action challenges Tehran’s desire to have it both ways.
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/04/iran-trump-nuclear-deal-regional-influence?lang=en
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
‘Had to f—ing throw myself on the floor’: Inmate’s organs shut down after jail blamed ‘extreme’ stomach pain on ‘Hot Cheetos, Takis, and pickles,’ family says in lawsuit. According to the complaint, jail staff did not provide sufficient care for de la Cruz as there was only a medical doctor on hand to see inmates for just “six hours each week.”
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/had-to-f-ing-throw-myself-on-the-floor-inmates-organs-shut-down-after-jail-blamed-extreme-stomach-pain-on-hot-cheetos-takis-and-pickles-family-says-in-lawsuit/
Outrage Over John Scott, Jr.’s Arrest and Death Intensifies As Leaked Security Video Shows Officers Dragging His Body. The arrest of John Daniel “LJ” Scott Jr., a 39-year-old from Decatur, Alabama has sparked intense outrage after a disturbing leaked video shows the troubling treatment he received while in police custody, ultimately leading to his death.
https://hollywoodunlocked.com/outrage-over-john-scott-jr-s-arrest-and-death-intensifies-as-leaked-security-video-shows-officers-dragging-his-body/
# LGBTQ / Gender
Guantanamo Bay Guards Forced Trans Woman to Expose Herself to Male Detainees, Migrant Claims
https://www.latintimes.com/guantanamo-bay-guards-forced-trans-woman-expose-herself-male-detainees-migrant-claims-582127
LGBT+ community outraged after gay makeup artist with no criminal history is deported to mega-prison in El Salvador
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/gay-venezuelan-makeup-artist-deported-b2743321.html
Trump voters will have blood on their hands due to the administration’s lethal assault on queer kids. They knew instinctively, even then, what some adults refused to admit, and that is Trump’s reemergence would unleash an all-out assault on their rights, their dignity, and their very existence.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-voters-blood-hands-due-120003135.html
New 400-Page HHS Report Condemns Gender-Affirming Care For Youths. It’s unclear who wrote the report, which snubs the advice and recommendations of top medical groups. It was immediately criticized by pediatric groups and transgender rights advocates.
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/new-400-page-hhs-report-condemns-gender-affirming-care-for-youths/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to slash taxpayer funds to PBS and NPR, two media outlets the White House accused of being biased.
https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2025/05/02/trump-signs-executive-order-directing-federal-funding-cuts-to-pbs-and-npr/
# Medical / Health News
‘Health concerns are real’: Trump nixed program stopping human waste from going into homes
https://www.rawstory.com/dei-climate-change-alabama/
Aetna Is Leaving ACA Marketplace. Aetna will exit the individual markets in 2026, less than five years after making a return to this space.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/aetna-exit-aca-exchanges-2026#:~:text=Editor’s%20note%3A%20This%20story%20was,a%20return%20to%20this%20space
CVS confirms 1m patients across 17 states will lose coverage as CEO warns of ‘pharmacy deserts’
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14146485/cvs-lose-coverage-aetna-obamacare-ceo-pharmacy-deserts/
‘Last of Us’-style plant fungus infects a human in first-ever known case. Research previously revealed that back in 2023, a man contracted a serious case of silver leaf disease – a fungal infection which usually only affects plants.
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/fungus-infection-humans-2671877271
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies. At the direction of the Trump administration, the federal Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies are purging its websites of information and data on a broad array of topics — from adolescent health to LGBTQ+ rights to HIV.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5282274/trump-administration-purges-health-websites
Texas Senate Approves Legislation to Clarify Exceptions to Abortion Ban. The bill, which must still go through the House, received unanimous approval from the upper chamber.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/29/texas-senate-abortion-ban-clarification-bill/
New York makes it easier to commit people with severe mental illnesses. The change, which Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed, points to broadening Democratic support for coercive approaches to mental health crises.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/new-york-makes-it-easier-to-commit-people-with-severe-mental-illnesses-00322145
# Medical Science
Study: Newly Discovered Cannabinoids From Cannabis Flowers Show Antitumor Potential Against Neuroblastoma. Researchers have announced that they’ve successfully identified a new cannabinoid—cannabielsoxa—produced by the marijuana plant as well as a number of other compounds “reported for the first time from the flowers of C. sativa.”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/researchers-announce-theyve-discovered-a-new-cannabinoid-in-marijuana/
# Military / General News
The secretary of defense has ordered the Army secretary to cut programs, reduce the number of general officers in the ranks and consolidate offices, commands and headquarters, including a four-star command formed in the previous Trump administration designed to reform its acquisition process.
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2025/05/01/secdef-wields-axe-to-brass-hqs-formations-to-fashion-leaner-army/
Air Force exercises in the Indo-Pacific may soon get even bigger and more robust, as lawmakers move to invest more than $620 million in such efforts.
https://subicbaynavalstation.com/air-force-exercises-in-pacific-could-expand-with-622-million-extra-from-congress/
# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
CCA Fighter Drones Start Ground Testing Ahead of First Flights; New Organization Unveiled. The two prototypes for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program have started ground testing, Air Force Chief Staff Gen. David W. Allvin announced, ahead of a planned first flight this summer.
https://defensescoop.com/2025/05/01/air-force-cca-drones-ground-testing-general-atomics-anduril/
# Recycle / Repurpose / Reuse
Anyone who drinks coffee told not to throw away used granules because they have loads of uses
https://www.themirror.com/lifestyle/food-drink/anyone-who-drinks-coffee-told-1118392
# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Sophisticated new ICE tracking system raises privacy concerns for public. President Donald Trump has set a goal of deporting 1 million people annually, and the new system aims to help prioritize who gets targeted.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/02/ice-deportation-tracking-palantir-thiel/83375538007/
Dystopian eye-scanning tech rolls out in five US states to track your money, identity and every move. At a buzzy event in San Francisco, World announced a series of Apple-like stores, a partnership with dating giant Match Group, and a new mini gadget to scan your eyeballs.
https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-eyeball-scan-launch-us/
Apple notifies victims in 100 countries of spyware targeting. Apple this week sent threat notifications advising users in 100 countries that their phones had been targeted by advanced commercial spyware, according to a victim of the attacks.
https://therecord.media/apple-spyware-victims-notified-countries
# Social Media / Internet
‘Huge’: Reporters in awe at potential impact of Trump’s latest social media threat
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2671879122/
# Space Force
Space Force Special Operations Command is on its way. Space Force already has at least one ‘Space Ranger’ and several “Space Cowboys” who’ve completed an infamous “spur ride” with 1st Infantry Division cavalry scouts. But now the newest military service will have its own special operations component.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/space-force-special-operations-command/
Data Is Fundamental to the Space Force. But Sharing It Is a Challenge. The Space Force relies entirely on data—but it lacks the systems and tools to analyze and share that data properly even within the service, let alone with international partners, officials said
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/data-sharing-space-force/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft wants users to ditch Windows 10 before its imminent death — Using Copilot+ PCs with Recall to upsell Windows 11. A new blog post extols the virtues of AI-ready Copilot+ PCs and paints them as the way forward for users who have unupgradable Windows 10 PCs.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2769726/microsoft-really-really-wants-windows-10-users-to-buy-copilot-pcs.html
Inside the Battle Over OpenAI’s Corporate Restructuring. A group of activists is turning to an old playbook to influence the future of one of the world’s most powerful AI companies.
https://www.wired.com/story/open-ai-nonprofit-transition-activism/
The Climate Crisis Threatens Supply Chains. Manufacturers Hope AI Can Help. The Covid-19 pandemic showed just how vulnerable global supply chains are. Climate shocks could pose an even greater risk.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:60BE95CB
# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Drivers risk $50k fines and up to 30 years behind bars under new ‘Bobby’s Law’ – and it’s already being enforced. Montana lawmakers who have been advocating for stricter DUI consequences have passed a House bill that would address this issue, as reported by NBC affiliate KTVH.
https://www.the-sun.com/motors/14148195/bobbys-law-dui-penalty-montana-drunk-driving/
New ‘mobile’ bill could see drivers risk $100 fines – even if they’re not holding cell phone. Under House Bill 1357, fines would rise to $100 to $200 for a first offense and $200 to $300 after that.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-house-bill-could-increase-224751301.html
How Insurance Companies Are Quietly Penalizing Drivers With Older Cars. While you’re patting yourself on the back for being financially savvy, your insurance bill may be creeping up, often without explanation. Understanding how and why this happens could save you hundreds each year.
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/insurance-companies-quietly-penalizing-drivers-223010233.html
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