Voices, The Peoples News
March 16, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Promises Made, Money Missing: RE: The Transformative Economic Benefits of Native CDFIs and the Urgent Need to Apportion and Deploy FY. 2025 Funding for the CDFI Fund’s Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Program. Federal policy toward Indian Country often follows a familiar dynamic: authorize support, delay the funding, then leave tribes waiting when federal priorities move elsewhere.
https://nativecdfi.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/NCN-Sign-On-Letter-FY-2025-NACA-Funding-Issue-3-13-26-FINAL.pdf
Interior warns of funding gap as tribes back $5B Arizona water settlement
https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/policy-and-law/15526-interior-warns-of-funding-gap-as-tribes-back-5b-arizona-water-settlement
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Photo Essay: US troop deployment at new militarized zones on the border with Mexico. U.S. troops from all branches of the military are sharing command stations and vehicles with civilian immigration authorities at the U.S. border with Mexico under an emergency declaration from President Donald Trump.
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/mexico-us-border-militarized-zones-arizona-53584b1c9b35c49b0b2b0eb3a2d938d7
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump admin invokes Defense Production Act, directs oil company to restart California operations
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says move will ‘strengthen America’s oil supply’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/trump-admin-invokes-defense-production-act-directs-oil-company-restart-california-operations
Permian Basin Data, History & Stats: This guide provides information about the Permian Basin, oil and gas data, history, top operators and other facts.
https://novilabs.com/permian-basin/
Seven Ways bp is Investing in America: One of the world’s largest energy companies is driving innovation, jobs, economic growth and safety in the US
https://www.politico.com/sponsored/2025/01/seven-ways-bp-is-investing-in-america/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Trump EPA Risks Health of Millions With Giveaway to Corporate Polluters That Use Cancer-Causing Gas. EPA moves to roll back 2024 ethylene oxide pollution standards that lower cancer risks by 92 percent
https://www.selc.org/press-release/trump-administration-guts-protections-for-communities-against-cancer-causing-pollution/
# General News
In a first, nine Texas Antifa members found guilty on federal terror charges. In a historical first, nine people have been convicted by a federal jury on domestic terrorism charges connected to Antifa https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b505df1b-2f95-42cc-926d-52722971a688.html.
Antifa: Antifa (/ænˈtiːfə, ˈæntifə/) is a left-wing anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement. It is a highly decentralized array of autonomous groups in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)#:~:text=Antifa%20(%2F%C3%A6n%CB%88t,groups%20in%20the%20United%20States.
# Gov / Politics
U.S. Senate to hold marathon debate on GOP voter ID bill
https://www.aol.com/articles/u-senate-hold-marathon-debate-195800345.html
No countries respond yet to Trump’s call for warships to keep Strait of Hormuz ‘open and safe’: The US president’s call for allied naval forces comes as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says, ‘Let him send his ships’.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/15/muted-response-as-trump-urges-nations-to-escort-ships-through-hormuz-strait
Trump leaves allies and foes guessing on his endgame for Iran. As the US-Israeli war on Iran enters its third week, pressure is growing on the person in the best position to end it: Donald Trump.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-leaves-allies-foes-guessing-231752115.html
‘The most successful con artist’: In a twist, Donald Trump says his Iran war isn’t about Iran
https://www.themarysue.com/the-most-successful-con-artist-in-a-twist-donald-trump-says-his-iran-war-isnt-about-iran/
17 Reasons to Tell Trump: “You’re Fired!” It is long overdue for the Democrats in Congress to lay the groundwork for impeaching President Donald Trump and removing him from office. A growing majority of the American people want Trump Impeached. They are feeling the impact where they live, work, and raise their families of Trump’s dictatorial, corporatist regime, which is endangering, weakening, and wrecking America!
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/17-reasons-to-fire-trump
Articles of Impeachment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_of_impeachment
This DHS Official Oversees the Security of Federal Elections. He Wants to Ban Voting Machines. “The security of our election infrastructure depends on leadership that is trusted,” a voting rights advocate said.
https://truthout.org/articles/dhs-official-responsible-for-election-security-previously-called-to-ban-voting-machines/
Aide’s chilling 6-word order revealing tensions behind the scenes of Trump administration
https://www.aol.com/articles/aides-chilling-6-word-order-131406012.html
“The Genetics Are Not Exactly Your Genetics”: Trump Sparks Outrage with Pseudoscientific Attack on Immigrants During National TV Interview. The comments represent a significant escalation in Trump’s long-standing use of dehumanizing rhetoric, moving beyond critiques of policy toward a pseudoscientific framework that historians and civil rights advocates liken to early 20th-century eugenics.
https://www.newsbreak.com/better-america-333211895/4541087407983-the-genetics-are-not-exactly-your-genetics-trump-sparks-outrage-with-pseudoscientific-attack-on-immigrants-during-national-tv-interview
The Trump Administration’s Attack on First Amendment Rights Is Enabled by Fourth Amendment Shortcomings
https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-administrations-attack-first-amendment-rights-enabled-fourth-amendment-shortcomings
War on Iran Is Enriching Weapons Firms as It Tanks the Global Economy. The military-industrial complex rakes in profits as the rest of the world suffers, economist C. P. Chandrasekhar argues.
https://truthout.org/articles/war-on-iran-is-enriching-weapons-firms-as-it-tanks-the-global-economy/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran threatens to ‘pursue and kill’ Netanyahu after prime minister declares Israel, US are crushing regime. “If this child-killing criminal is alive, we will continue to pursue and kill him with full force,” said the Guards on Sepah News.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/iran-guards-vow-to-pursue-and-kill-israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu/articleshow/129585155.cms?from=mdr
Iranian regime arresting people accused of sharing information with Israel
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-arrests-hundreds-accused-sharing-information-adversaries?nid=434266&topic=War%2520on%2520Iran&fid=553106
Israeli Forces Kill Parents and 2 Children in West Bank, Beat Surviving Children. “Targeting an entire family in this savage manner reveals the true nature of the Israeli occupation and its policies based on killing and extermination, destruction and displacement,” the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-arrests-hundreds-accused-sharing-information-adversaries?nid=434266&topic=War%2520on%2520Iran&fid=553106
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Trump Floats ‘Charges for Treason’ Against Media Outlets Over Iran War Coverage. US Sen. Ed Markey warned that the Trump administration is engaged in a “blatant attempt to muzzle the free press.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-treason-charges-media
FCC chair threatens networks’ licenses after Trump complains about Iran coverage
https://thehill.com/media/5784658-fcc-threatens-broadcast-licenses/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Obamacare Won’t Work: Time for Medicare for All: Our healthcare ‘system’—with or without the Affordable Care Act—is unsustainable: we have reached the end of the line.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/medicare-for-all-better-than-obamacare
# Medical / Science / Research / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry
Advocates call for repeal of FACE Act over unequal enforcement concerns. After anti-ICE protests erupted in Minnesota, legal advocates are calling for reversal of the FACE Act
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c04cc16e-6ae9-4ddd-87d8-0f75607b9f2d.html
FACE Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Access_to_Clinic_Entrances_Act
Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Dr. Casey Means Reverses Stance, Echoes Dr. Mehmet Oz’s ‘Take The Vaccine’ Call
https://thehill.com/homenews/5784691-measles-vaccine-surgeon-general-stance/
States Tighten HIV Drug Assistance, Raising Access Concerns. Advocates warn restrictions could disrupt treatment for thousands relying on HIV medication aid.
https://truthout.org/articles/states-tighten-hiv-drug-assistance-raising-access-concerns/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD]
Expert stunned at uncovered Pentagon ploy to recruit Wall Street: ‘Egregious corruption.’ The New York Times revealed new details on a Pentagon “headhunting” operation targeting Wall Street bankers, an operation the ex-official warned held the “potential for truly egregious corruption.”
https://www.rawstory.com/pentagon-2676099860/
Warnings of Iran Invasion Grow as US to Send Up to 5,000 Marines, Sailors to Middle East. “Bringing this war to an end,” said one former US intelligence analyst, “requires recognizing it can still get much, much worse.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/5000-marines-warships-iran
# NASA / NORAD / Space
Scientists have observed a small comet (Comet 41P) that stopped spinning completely and then started up again, but in the opposite direction. This unexpected reversal reveals how quickly these icy space objects can change, and it may help explain why some small comets eventually break apart and vanish.
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-comet-mysteriously-reversed-its-spin-after-passing-the-sun-but-why
# Social / Communities
Union and lawmakers criticize HUD’s handling of HQ move as questions go unanswered. Employees and Democratic senators claim HUD officials have not been forthcoming with operational or budget details related to the move to Virginia, which they argue could run afoul of federal law.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/03/union-and-lawmakers-criticize-huds-handling-hq-move-questions-go-unanswered/412120/
# Sports
Most voters support bans on transgender athletes in female sports
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_6cb3dafe-3c20-4a71-bdae-1c5a2faeb8df.html
# Technology / AI / Robotics
New York Residents Are Fighting a Data Center Backed by a Billionaire Trump Ally. Residents in Western New York are opposing a data center backed by an Epstein-tied private equity firm.
https://truthout.org/articles/new-york-residents-are-fighting-a-data-center-backed-by-a-billionaire-trump-ally/
# Veterans / VA
Judge orders VA to restore collective bargaining. VA Secretary Doug Collins violated the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedures Act last August when he terminated the American Federation of Government Employees’ union contracts.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/03/judge-orders-va-restore-collective-bargaining/412123/
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