versatilely Voices, The Peoples News
March 5, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Supreme Court rules courts must defer to immigration judges in asylum cases
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4480220/supreme-court-rules-courts-defer-immigration-judges-asylum/
ICE detainee dies from tooth infection left untreated for weeks, officials and family say. The 56-year-old Haitian asylum seeker struggled to receive timely medical care, according to Arizona officials
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/emmanuel-damas-arizona-ice-tooth-infection-b2932253.html
A investigation found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unlawfully detained immigrants more than 4,400 times since October, based on rulings from hundreds of federal judges nationwide
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/ice-held-over-4k-immigrants-illegally-judges/
Biden-appointed judge threatens jail for ICE officials in clash over Trump immigration crackdown. Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz warned that “one way or another” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will comply with court orders.
https://www.ms.now/news/minnesota-judge-schiltz-ice-trump-administration
US and Ecuador launch a joint military operation against organized crime groups. Ecuador and the United States have begun joint military operations against organized crime groups in the South American country, the U.S. military said, but neither government
https://apnews.com/article/us-ecuador-military-operation-drugs-organized-crime-43cd71e72057273437075429dcdc20c5
‘This isn’t how things are supposed to work in America’: Judge tears into ICE for ‘pretextual’ abuse of power in habeas case
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/ice-is-not-a-law-unto-itself-judge-excoriates-trump-administration-for-having-violated-nearly-100-court-orders-in-less-than-a-month/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Nike wants factory workers to earn a decent living, in Indonesia. It moved into areas where workers don’t
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026/03/nike-wants-factory-workers-to-earn-a-decent-living-in-indonesia-its-moved-into-areas-where-workers-dont.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Explore financial disclosures from President Trump and more than 1,500 of his appointees . The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their debts, among other things.
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/
Federal judge rules companies that paid the tariffs that were struck down last month, are due refunds
https://www.2news.com/news/national/federal-judge-rules-companies-that-paid-the-tariffs-that-were-struck-down-last-month-are/video_535464ea-f291-55ae-b0fa-abd6d29c9b96.html
House Dems want to know why retirees aren’t getting physical tax documents from OPM. Nine House members inquired about reports that constituents have not received physical copies of their 1099-R forms and have had difficulty contacting the federal HR agency to request them.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2026/03/house-dems-want-know-why-retirees-arent-getting-physical-tax-documents-opm/411839/
Thanks to Trump and His Republican Enablers in Congress, the Affordability Crisis in Pennsylvania Worsens. Electricity, gas, health care, housing and grocery prices continue to increase. Working families in the commonwealth can’t afford another two years of a GOP-controlled Congress.
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2026/03/thanks-to-trump-and-his-republican-enablers-in-congress-the-affordability-crisis-in-pennsylvania-worsens/
Federal workers are busy shredding 19-million dollars, and they will do the same thing tomorrow – “They just shred it.” Federal Reserve doesn’t just ship fresh currency to banks. It also examines old money and destroys bills that are considered unfit to stay in circulation. The anchors described it as a massive, secure, and secret operation.
https://www.newsbreak.com/survival-world-358566355/4521204257740-federal-workers-are-busy-shredding-19-million-dollars-and-they-will-do-the-same-thing-tomorrow-they-just-shred-it
# Employment / Labor / Unions
After slicing 25,000 employees, IRS chief says agency has perfect staffing level
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/03/after-shedding-25000-employees-irs-chief-says-his-agency-now-has-perfect-staffing-level/411890/?oref=ge-home-top-story
OPM proposes new layoff rules emphasizing performance and reducing employee protections //Erich Wagner. Since a draft of the new policy began circulating last fall, federal regulators expanded those excluded from agency reduction in force rules to include all career federal workers in the government’s excepted service.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/03/opm-proposes-new-layoff-rules-emphasizing-performance-and-reducing-employee-protections/411892/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USDA
Investigation Finds ‘Secretly’ Added Chemicals of Unknown Safety in US Food Supply
At least 111 substances of unknown safety have been added to foods, drinks and supplements without FDA review
https://nationaltoday.com/us/ma/boston/news/2026/03/03/investigation-finds-secretly-added-chemicals-of-unknown-safety-in-us-food-supply/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Nancy Mace Reveals Attorney General Pam Bondi Will Be Subpoenaed Over Missing Epstein Files — ‘The Victims of This Horrific Global Network Deserve Justice’
https://www.aol.com/articles/house-panel-votes-subpoena-ag-205928828.html
Mel Gibson Exposes 7 Celebs Named in Epstein Files
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sExVoM1JM8
Jeffrey Epstein’s Ex Private Chef Reveals Famous Guests Including Prince Andrew: FBI Files
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jeffrey-epstein-ex-private-chef-000205447.html
Clinton Fuels Epstein Firestorm During Tense Deposition and Claims Trump Boasted About Having ‘Great Times’ With Vile Pedo
https://radaronline.com/p/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-deposition-fuels-donald-trump-firestorm/
Trump floats a ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba as the island runs out of money, oil, and food under his blockade
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5759118-cuba-friendly-takeover-trump/
Fury as Marco Rubio admits Israel forced US into war with Iran: ‘The worst possible thing’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15608043/Marco-Rubio-Israel-forced-US-war-Iran.html
# Gov / Politics
Accusations of ‘voter suppression’ get loud as Democratic voters are being turned away from polls. Voters are getting turned away from polling stations in Texas and being told to go elsewhere.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/accusations-of-voter-suppression-get-loud-as-democratic-voters-are-being-turned-away-from-polls/
Former White House physician SOUNDS THE ALARM after Trump rambles incoherently about gold curtains at the White House during what was supposed to be an Iran update.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doctor-sounds-alarm-trump-rambles-202020185.html
Every Single GOP Senator Blocks Iran War Powers Resolution—Except One. Congress’s first attempt to put appreciable limits on Trump’s incoherent military campaign comes up empty.
https://newrepublic.com/post/207394/senate-republicans-kill-iran-war-powers-resolution
GOP Insider Warns Trump’s Iran War Is a ‘F—ing Nightmare’ as MAGA Coalition ‘Tears at the Seams’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/panicked-republicans-fear-donald-trumps-fing-nightmare-war-will-doom-gop-in-midterms/
Records Contradict Noem Testimony to Congress That Lewandowski Has No Role in Multi-Million DHS Contract Approvals: According to documents reviewed by ProPublica, Lewandowski approved a multimillion-dollar equipment contract at the agency last summer
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-misled-senate-judiciary-corey-lewandowski-contracts
Americans trying to escape Middle East hear terrifying message when calling emergency number. after calling the numbers (+1-202-501-4444 (from abroad) and +1-888-407-4747 (from the US and Canada), people were being met with a prerecorded message.
https://www.aol.com/articles/americans-trying-escape-middle-east-140153039.html
So much for affordability: Trump’s war with Iran exposes the deceit of ‘America First’
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-much-affordability-trump-war-140000639.html
‘It breaks my heart’: Gavin Newsom says US may abandon Israel, now appropriate to call it ‘an apartheid state’
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/newsom-israel-apartheid-state-questions-future-military-support-00811441?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it
529 million reasons Trump and his bloodthirsty Camelot of buffoons dragged us into war
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/donald-trump-2675548864/
“This Is as Serious as It Gets… They Told Us in That Room That There Are Gonna Be More Americans That Are Gonna Die,” Senator Chris Murphy Warns Americans Following Classified Briefing — “We Have to Have a Debate in the US Senate on an Authorization of Military Force”
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/19KRRon4?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NzI2NTA0ODIzNDU=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
Iranian Sleeper Cells Fears Explode Across America As Texas Governor Warns Of Terrorism Threats
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5764133-texas-governor-warns-iranian-sleeper-cells/
Supreme Court orders Dallas, Williamson counties to separate votes after poll hours extended
Dallas and Williamson counties closed centralized voting centers, which had become a common practice, at the request of local Republicans.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/jasmine-crockett-dallas-williamson-county-voting-changes/
Hundreds of civilians dead in the Middle East, and Trump’s bloodthirsty glee only grows as he promises “big wave” of attacks are yet to come
https://www.themarysue.com/hundreds-of-civilians-dead-in-the-middle-east-and-trumps-bloodthirsty-glee-only-grows-as-he-promises-big-wave-of-attacks-are-yet-to-come/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Trump spent months pushing NATO allies away, so France quietly built a nuclear alliance without him
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trump-spent-months-pushing-nato-allies-away-so-france-quietly-built-a-nuclear-alliance-without-him/
Europe’s worries about Trump in spotlight as Macron heads to French nuclear sub base
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/europes-worries-about-trump-in-spotlight-as-macron-heads-to-french-nuclear-sub-base
Israel’s critics erupt after Rubio suggests it dragged US into war with Iran. As opponents on the left say Trump illegally followed Israel into ‘war of choice,’ parts of right-wing base say he ‘betrayed’ MAGA values by engaging in Middle East conflict
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-critics-erupt-after-rubio-suggests-it-dragged-us-into-war-with-iran/
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
AG Pam Bondi claims ‘right’ to take over state bar investigations of her lawyers’ ethics or else, cites ‘unprecedented weaponization’ of complaints
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/ag-pam-bondi-claims-right-to-take-over-state-bar-investigations-of-her-lawyers-ethics-or-else-cites-unprecedented-weaponization-of-complaints/
The Legal Profession’s Duty to Hold Attorney General Pam Bondi Accountable
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/criminal_justice/resources/magazine/2026-winter/legal-professions-duty-hold-attorney-general-pam-bondi-accountable/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Iran War Powers resolution to curb Trump’s military authority fails in Senate. The U.S. Senate failed to pass a measure Wednesday that would have curtailed President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military operations in Iran without congressional approval.
https://www.ms.now/news/trump-iran-war-powers-senate
Hearing Wrap Up: Minnesota Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison Lied About Knowledge of Fraud and Silenced Whistleblowers
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-minnesota-governor-walz-and-attorney-general-ellison-lied-about-knowledge-of-fraud-and-silenced-whistleblowers/
James Comey catches DOJ saying one thing to bury Jack Smith’s report on Trump and another to clean up a mess of Pam Bondi’s making
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/james-comey-lowers-boom-on-lindsey-halligan-and-says-theres-nothing-doj-can-do-to-salvage-prosecution/
Ron DeSantis smacked down in court for trying to declare civil rights group terrorists
https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-2675555510/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
CNN halted for breaking news as key US building ‘struck by suspected drone and on fire’
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/2177866/cnn-halted-urgent-breaking-news
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
“There’s Always Money for War. But When It Comes to Your Health Care, We Can’t Afford It,”Sen. Warnock Says, Criticizing Trump and Adding — “We’ve Seen Trillions of Dollars Burn Overseas While People Are Knocked Off of Their Healthcare”
https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warnock-statement-on-funding-bill-no-vote/#:~:text=Washington%2C%20D.C.%20%E2%80%93%20Today%2C%20U.S.,must%20hold%20the%20President%20accountable.
‘Reckoning and retribution’: Minnesota sues Trump admin over millions in ‘unlawful’ Medicaid cuts
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/reckoning-and-retribution-minnesota-sues-trump-admin-over-millions-in-unlawful-medicaid-cuts/
Minnesota sues Trump administration over $243M Medicaid funding pause: After Trump Administration Withholds Funds From Blue States, Gov. Tim Walz Calls It ‘A Retribution Campaign’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/minnesota/article_c6afc1ff-705e-4914-9d39-e991fdc10d72.html
# Medical / Science / Research / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry
Nearly 95k science employees left government as Trump downsized agency workforces. The Trump administration also has cut spending on science contracts and grants.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-slashed-95000-jobs-across-science-agencies-analysis/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD]
Operation Epic Fury: How the US and Israel’s coordinated attack on Iran unfolded
The US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury—an air campaign targeting Iranian missile sites, air defences and command nodes. Here’s what aircraft were involved.
https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/operation-epic-fury-us-israel-air-campaign-iran/
MRFF Inundated with Complaints of Gleeful Commanders Telling Troops Iran War is “Part of God’s Divine Plan” to Usher in the Return of Jesus Christ [Ummmm …. never mind]
https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2026/03/mrff-inundated-with-complaints-of-gleeful-commanders-telling-troops-iran-war-is-part-of-gods-divine-plan-to-usher-in-the-return-of-jesus-christ/
US Conducts 1st Torpedo Sinking Since World War II. War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Iranian warship was struck in the Indian Ocean during Operation Epic Fury as Sri Lanka reported a sunk frigate.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/03/04/us-submarine-sinks-iranian-ship-in-first-torpedo-kill-since-wwii-pentagon-confirms/
“Trump asked for $500 billion more,” Bernie Sanders says — after Pentagon gets “nearly $1 trillion”
https://www.newsbreak.com/now-rundown-370982501/4523431500416-trump-asked-for-500-billion-more-bernie-sanders-says-after-pentagon-gets-nearly-1-trillion
US Air Defenses Facing Total Collapse as $20,000 Iranian Drones Bleed $4 Million Patriot Missiles Dry
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/irans-missile-math-20-000-drones-take-on-4-million-patriots-iran-israel-war-iran-israel-us-tensions-11165943
Iran’s $20K Drones Are Forcing the U.S. to Fire $4 Million Missiles
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iran-20k-drones-forcing-u-150058562.html
# Military / Global
‘Thousands’ of Iranian Kurds Based in Iraq Have ‘Launched a Ground Offensive Into Iran’
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/05/iran-war-us-israel-kurds-cia-mossad
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards just seized wartime control, and the new chain of command could make the conflict far more dangerous
https://attackofthefanboy.com/politics/irans-revolutionary-guards-just-seized-wartime-control-and-the-new-chain-of-command-could-make-the-conflict-far-more-dangerous/
# Social / Communities
Albuquerque’s Mayor Said Arrests Were “Not the Solution” to Homelessness. Yet Jail Bookings Have Skyrocketed.
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/abq-mayor-said-arrests-were-not-solution-homelessness-yet-jail-bookings-have-skyrocketed
# Social Media Platforms
“Would Be Justified” — American Tik Toker Calls for United States’ Destruction in Disturbing Video. Many of the responses called for the TikTok user to leave the country, with some even saying that they should be deported.
https://www.inquisitr.com/would-be-justified-american-tiktoker-calls-for-united-states-destruction-in-disturbing-video
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security
Senator Regina Barrow proposes to dissolve Dept. of Child & Family Services: “It’s like we take two steps forward and five backwards”
https://unfilteredwithkiran.com/senator-regina-barrow-proposes-to-dissolve-dept-of-child-family-services-its-like-we-take-two-steps-forward-and-five-backwards/
# Veterans / VA
Trump admin promised to care for veterans. Thousands of VA healthcare positions were just eliminated. Department responsible for providing support for former members of U.S. military decides to cull approximately 14,400 unfilled medical vacancies rather than seek to fill then, according to report
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-veterans-affairs-healthcare-jobs-b2931181.html
# Water / Lakes / Oceans / Rivers
Millions of Americans told they’ll be forced to drink potty water under new ‘toilet to tap’ law
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16037992/daytona-beach-toilet-to-tap-water-law/
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