Voices, The Peoples News
August 5, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Immigration nation. ICE begins outfitting Haitian immigrants with ankle monitors, attorneys say
Haitian immigrants in Ohio with temporary protected status are being called to ICE offices for check-ins after federal officials said their protections had ended.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/08/03/ice-begins-outfitting-haitian-immigrants-with-ankle-monitors-attorneys-say/
‘Stark example of brutality’: Trump’s ICE used court orders in plan to force-feed at least 10 hunger strikers in detention. Court records reviewed by the Guardian show medical procedures included force-feeding, intravenous forced hydration and involuntary blood draws
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/03/trump-dhs-hunger-strikes-force-feeding-ice-detention
DOJ Moves to Denaturalize 25 US Citizens. Trump DOJ unleashes largest denaturalization effort in department history — and says it’s ‘only the beginning’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-doj-unleashes-largest-denaturalization-202039478.html
Maine man who watched immigration agents puts U.S. government in crosshairs of lawsuit
Maine man who watched immigration agents puts U.S. government in crosshairs of lawsuit
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Education Department Ends Tracking of Bullying and Harassment of Trans Kids. The new policy also alters the definition of rape, excluding “gender identity” from a list of protected statuses. The modifications affect the mandated federal survey sent to public school districts across the country
https://www.k12dive.com/news/education-department-strikes-transgender-nonbinary-students-omb-data-collection-civil-rights/757747/
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Appeals court rules Trump’s EPA improperly ended billions in climate funding
https://apnews.com/article/epa-grants-climate-united-trump-36ad8c6684939a1788dd49979e0f3ad9
FEMA cut staff without weighing disaster response risks, GAO reports
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108427
Abbott threatened Corpus Christi over its water crisis but hasn’t intervened with a troubled river authority. A Nueces River Authority project could expand Corpus Christi’s water supply, but the Texas governor has done little about the agency’s financial problems despite choosing its board.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/04/texas-greg-abbott-corpus-christi-nueces-river-authority/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Texas landowners erupt at hearing over bill to seize private land for transmission lines. “After hearing hours of testimony from Texas landowners … one thing is clear: landowners deserve a fair and transparent CCN process.”
Texas landowners erupt at hearing over bill to seize private land for transmission lines
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
First it was Taco Bell. Now Chipotle is at the center of a foodborne outbreak. Pathogen: Salmonella Javiana. 110 total reported cases in Minnesota, with 75 patients confirming they ate at the chain.
https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/health-officials-probe-salmonella-cases-tied-to-jalapeno-peppers-served-at-chipotle-87611740
Texas New World Screwworm Cases Reach 15 Counties: The New World screwworm poses a multibillion-dollar threat to the state’s cattle industry. Track cases here.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/12/screwworm-tracker-texas-cases-by-county/
# General News
Trump orders White House helipad do-over after rejecting nearly finished product. As crews were nearing the finish line, President Trump has ordered contractors to redo portions of the new White House helipad.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6008604-trump-white-house-helipad-construction-new-demands/
National Park Service concludes Trump’s arch is so big that it would intrude on other DC landmarks
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-arch-washington-national-park-service-plans-b3026741.html
# Gov / Politics / US
Politician Finally Dares to Ask If Missing Mitch Is Dead
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbJ5FTiCqKh/
The financial ties of Cleta Mitchell’s vast anti-voting network: Election denier Cleta Mitchell granted DHS elections official Heather Honey a lot of money
Election denier Cleta Mitchell granted DHS elections official Heather Honey a lot of money
Anti-voting activist Scott Presler spreads noncitizen disinformation in Pennsylvania: Conservative activists turn to Pa. juror records to purge non-citizens from voter rolls https://radio.wpsu.org/2026-08-03/conservative-activists-turn-to-pa-juror-records-to-purge-non-citizens-from-voter-rolls
“Organized doxxing” by the federal government. The Trump administration has reportedly paid millions to contractors to scour social media sites looking for posts that undermine its immigration enforcement operations.
https://theconversation.com/the-trump-administrations-global-campaign-against-radical-left-terrorism-is-built-on-a-national-security-memo-without-congressional-approval-287276
Law Enforcement: DOJ should improve training and misconduct guidelines for nonfederal task force officers
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108468
A Senator Who Reviewed the Classified Boat Strike Orders Just Called the Victims “Murder Victims” in a Letter to Trump. More than 220 people have been killed in Trump’s military campaign on boats in international waters since September.
Sen. Tim Kaine Says People Killed by Trump Boat Strikes Are Murder Victims
Latino Organizations Unite in Unprecedented Push to Mobilize 5 Million Voters Ahead of Midterms
https://www.latintimes.com/latino-organizations-unite-unprecedented-push-mobilize-5-million-voters-ahead-midterms-598391
Top Economist Says Mohammed Bin Salman ‘Forced Trump to Back Off’ Iran Strikes With a ‘Credible Threat’ to Unload US Treasuries
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/bonds/26/08/60871794/top-economist-says-mohammed-bin-salman-forced-trump-to-back-off-iran-strikes-with-a-credible-threat-to-unload-us-treasuries
Rand Paul says he will send Fauci contempt referral straight to DOJ if it passes committee. Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during a combative subcommittees hearing regarding the origins of COVID-19 and pandemic handling
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/senator-pushes-hold-fauci-contempt-after-he-declined-answer-covid-related-questions
Warren Decries $1.4 Billion Cost of Trump’s National Guard Deployment in DC: “The National Guard are not pawns, and taxpayer dollars are not a piggy bank for Trump’s political stunts.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/national-guard-deployment-to-washington-through-2029-will-cost-roughly-1-4-billion-estimate-shows
Trump and Blanche keep the president’s corrupt IRS immunity deal — and throw January 6 rioters to the curb. Trump never needed the slush fund for taxpayer-funded payouts. But the fight over ‘Anti-Weaponization’ claims gave convenient cover for DOJ’s shield against tax investigations
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-blanche-irs-immunity-deal-b3026684.html
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
FBI Bureau secretly probed Trump as a Russian asset for firing Comey: White House Declassified Memo Repository.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/08/fbi-secretly-opened-probe-alleging-trump-fired-comey-because-he-was-a-russian-asset-declassified-memos-show/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Ex-Olympian could sue Trump admin after feds who threatened him with 10 years in prison now move to toss indictment, lawyer says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/ex-olympian-could-sue-trump-admin-after-feds-who-threatened-him-with-10-years-in-prison-now-move-to-toss-indictment-lawyer-says/
Trump Administration Hit With Lawsuit Over Giving Feds Access to Millions of Welfare Recipients’ Social Security Numbers: ‘Gross Breach of Personal Privacy’
https://apnews.com/article/social-service-funds-lawsuit-personal-info-4917888297602fa55b4d4980b48fb5d3
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
HuffPost was gutted in a devastating wave of layoffs that wiped out more than a third of its parent company’s staff. This is what happens when corporate owners prioritize profit margins over the free press.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/verizon-media-huffpost-layoffs_n_5c48b986e4b083c46d64e85a
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Trump administration finds a new way to screw Medicare members, hiking their drug bills. The administration just piled another lead weight on Americans already struggling to manage their increased expenses because of Trump’s war and tariffs: July 29, Medicare chief Mehmet Oz announced the government is canceling a subsidy program that kept premiums for Medicare prescription drug benefit, known as Part D, under control.
https://www.aol.com/articles/hiltzik-trump-administration-finds-way-100000000.html
A Florida Health Company Paid $14.1 Million After Pressuring Doctors to Add False Diagnoses to Medicare Records: Complete Health to pay $14M to settle Medicare Advantage fraud allegations
The value-based primary care provider submitted false diagnosis codes to the CMS for three years, inflating its reimbursement by millions of dollars, according to the DOJ.
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/complete-health-doj-settlement-medicare-false-claims-upcoding/826983/
# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Walgreens closes massive Texas facility amid nationwide cuts. Texas now only has one distribution center. Texas now only has one distribution center,
https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/walgreens-2026-store-locations-closing-22373292.php
UnitedHealthcare Denies Coverage for NYC Couple’s Premature Twins. Then They See Who the Letter Is Addressed To: ‘My Only Other Question’
https://www.newsweek.com/new-parents-denied-coverage-by-united-healthcare-then-sent-shocking-letter-12032801
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Pete Hegseth’s reckless weapons testing caused a civilian medevac plane to crash into a mountain in New Mexico, KILLING everybody onboard!
https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/local/experimental-military-gps-jamming-cited-in-fatal-new-mexico-medevac-plane-crash
Iran war has depleted nearly all of some key US missile stockpiles: THAAD To Patriots: Iran War Has Depleted “Virtually All” Of US’ Missile InterceptorsThe US Army has also used “virtually all” of its highly accurate long-range, surface-to-air weapons during the war, the report said.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/thaad-to-patriots-iran-war-has-depleted-virtually-all-of-us-missile-interceptors-11868874
# Social / Communities / Housing
Are camps for the homeless really imprisonment camps? Internment Camps for Homeless People — Disguised as ‘Help.’ Legally and operationally, sanctioned or designated homeless “campuses” and managed encampments are not formal prisons or concentration camps.
It is against the law to be homeless. National Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump’s misguided Executive Order on homelessness. Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as a crime, will make homelessness worse
Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes
# Social Services Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Sanders Warns Democrats: Don’t Support Bill to Fast-Track Social Security Cuts
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-democrats-social-security
Pending heart-related disability claims face Social Security’s new medical rules October 30
https://www.newsbreak.com/main-street-dollars-395557091/4805156252799-pending-heart-related-disability-claims-face-social-security-s-new-medical-rules-october-30
Same doctor, same office, new owner: The hospital ‘facility fee’ that now rides along on a medicare visit
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/08/04/same-doctor-same-office-new-owner-the-hospital-facility-fee-that-now-rides-along-on-a-medicare-visit/
# Technology / Robotics / Internet
Trump’s FTC Is Threatening to Punish Big Tech for “Woke AI”: As Elon Musk defends nude deepfakes, the Federal Trade Commission is moving to censor AI models trained to recognize historical injustices.
https://www.freepress.net/news/trumps-ftc-threatening-punish-big-tech-woke-ai
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