Voices, The Peoples News
September 24, 2026, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Families and Witnesses to 5 ICE Killings Testify Before Congress: “I don’t think justice can be served until ICE is off our streets,” said Stella Carlson, witness to Alex Pretti’s murder.
https://truthout.org/articles/families-and-witnesses-to-five-ice-killings-testify-before-congress/
“They’re Liars With Masks and a Blank Check From Trump”: Congressman Greg Casar on Report Stating ICE Officer Who Shot DoorDash Driver Was Not Wearing Body Cam
https://share.newsbreak.com/joj54lix
[Video] ICE launches massive private system to transport detainees across Texas under armed guard. With arrests of immigrants rising sharply, the federal government is creating a statewide, privately operated transportation network to move detainees from local jails and police departments to ICE facilities all over Texas under armed guard.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/ice-launches-massive-private-system-201233888.html
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Starbucks to close 250 locations by the end of this week
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2026/09/24/starbucks-closing-250-stores/91917535007/
# Children / Youth / Childcare / Interstate Child-Trafficking
A Generation of Orphans. From Sudan to Iran, children are losing their parents at a pace the world no longer finds shocking. As detailed by analysis in Foreign Policy in Focus, the count of children left with no parents to care for them rarely makes major headlines, pointing to a severe breakdown in international diplomacy
https://fpif.org/orphaned-by-diplomacy/
# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs / Cartels / ATF
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
China now makes up a record 40% of all global container exports—and it’s a sign Trump’s tariffs meant to punish Chinese firms have fallen flat
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/china-now-makes-record-40-070500380.html
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
DOJ zeroes in on Epstein shell company where survivors say he abused them during jail term. Survivors have testified that these financial networks supported operations that facilitated ongoing abuse during the financier’s past work release and supervision periods.
https://www.rawstory.com/epstein-files-2677932464/
# Gov / Politics / US
‘Bad foreign policy’: Ex-ambassador rips Trump’s ’embarrassing weakness.’ A press ban during a U.S. visit from the Chinese president was terrible. Alexander pointed out that members of state-operated Chinese meeting were allowed in the White House while reporters from top U.S. media outlets were shut out. McFaul told Alexander and Brennan, “This is embarrassing for the United States of America.
https://www.alternet.org/mcfaul-trump-jinping/
As Donald Trump took an aggressive stance on the global stage at the United Nations on Tuesday, several Senate Republicans were breaking from the president back in Washington.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trump-grip-gop-slips-midterm-002315449.html
Man wounded during 2024 Trump rally shooting in Butler has died, House Republicans confirm. Copenhaver, who was 74 when he was shot at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, was a retired liquor store manager when he was seated in the bleachers behind the Republican nominee July 13.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6110269-trump-rally-shooting-victim-dies/
‘Netanyahu Wanted for Genocide!’ 100+ Arrested Outside UN Speech: “I want elected leaders here in this country to catch up to the American people,” said actor and activist Cynthia Nixon, “who understand that what is happening in Gaza and Palestine is a war crime.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/netanyahu-un-protests
$2.2 Trillion: The Collective Net Worth of ‘Big Tech Oligarchs’ Invited to Trump-Xi Dinner. US Sen. Bernie Sanders noted that the expected dinner attendees “have nearly doubled their wealth since Trump’s election.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-xi-dinner-tech-ceos
White House Airs ‘Illegal’ Trump Propaganda Ad ‘Paid For By the US Government.’ “Weirdest way to violate the Hatch Act, ever.” The White House ad is an “unmistakable [sign] you live under an authoritarian, fascist government,” said one critic.
https://truthout.org/articles/critics-slam-trump-propaganda-ad-paid-for-by-the-us-government-as-illegal/
Senate rejects latest Iran War Powers resolution despite new Republican calls to end war
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/09/24/congress-senate-iran-war-powers/6471790280826/
Trump is facing criticism on social media after he claimed control over an entire hemisphere. Trump posted an image of himself peeking out over a globe with the words “His Hemisphere”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-his-hemisphere_n_6ab0a402e4b09ae538908a9c
Trump-backed candidate describes the death of children as ‘God’s plan’
https://www.alternet.org/trump-backed-2677926804/
[Video] Former State Senator Justin Eichorn sentenced for attempt to possess child pornography
https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2026/09/23/former-state-senator-eichorn-sentenced-16-months-prison/
‘Chills voting everywhere’: Trump admin ‘unlawfully’ threatening to send armed ICE and FBI agents into polling places is a violation of Voting Rights Act, lawsuit says. Civil rights groups say plan will make people ‘afraid to vote’ and violates the Voting Rights Act
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/trump-administration-sued-federal-law-enforcement-voting
Tucker Carlson Calls for Trump to Be Removed From Office. Tucker Carlson says President Trump should have been removed from office under the 25th Amendment over what Carlson characterized as a threat to use nuclear weapons against Iran.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/24/trump-iran-war-tucker-carlson-25th-amendment
The California sheriff who seized 650k ballots has to give them back! California sheriff ordered to return ballots he confiscated in voter ‘fraud’ inquiry. Court says Chad Bianco’s conduct unlawful and seizure of ballots ‘creates substantial risk to election integrity’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/california-sheriff-ballots-chad-bianco
With ‘Blood-Soaked War Criminal’ Set to Land in Mamdani’s NYC, Calls Grow to Arrest Netanyahu. The mayor has said New York can’t enforce the ICC warrant against Israel’s prime minister, but one human rights lawyer argued it’s “not the only tool available to the US when it comes to holding Netanyahu accountable.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-arrest-calls-2026
‘We Don’t Waste Our Time’ With Courts, Says Trump, Bragging of Extrajudicial Murders in Pacific and Caribbean. Critics have described Trump’s boat strikes as extrajudicial killings that violate due process. At a meeting during this week’s gathering of the UN General Assembly, he seemed to agree.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-boat-bombings-courts
Trump admin to use passports in voter citizenship checks. The move would dramatically expand the administration’s efforts to marshall federal data as it attempts to exert control over elections.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-administration-will-use-passport-date-for-voter-citizenship-checks-court-filing-reveals/
# Global News
Iranian President Changed UN Speech After Trump Spoke. The sole US delegate exited during President Masoud Pezeshkian’s address. In an address to the UN General Assembly, President Masoud Pezeshkian held up photos of children killed in a school strike in southern Iran and said, “the United States president described us as terrorists. We have been the victims of terrorism. You see these children? These children perished under bombs with weapons used by the United States and Israel.”
https://www.newser.com/story/396927/iranian-president-changed-un-speech-after-trump-spoke.html
In Manta, Ecuador, a Community Is Devastated by U.S. Boat Strikes. As Ecuador and the U.S. continue their aggressive campaign in the Pacific, victims’ families are trying to hold them accountable.
https://nacla.org/in-manta-a-community-is-devastated-by-us-boat-strikes/
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Multiple arrests made and properties raided in major police operation targeting alleged human trafficking
https://www.aol.com/articles/multiple-arrests-made-properties-raided-230100000.html
Tennessee man filmed a cop speeding without lights or sirens and criticized him. Nine days later, 8 armed cops raided his home. Trouble started when he posted the footage online.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/true-crime/tennessee-man-filmed-a-cop-speeding-without-lights-or-sirens-and-criticized-him-nine-days-later-8-armed-cops-raided-his-home/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘Chaos’ as MAGA reporters shoved by Chinese press while Trump calls them ‘friendliest.’ One Chinese journalist shoved a U.S. photographer in the press briefing room, according to videos posted online.
https://www.washingtonsun.com/media/china-press-corps-us-secret-service?redirected=notus_org
Former WH Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham claims she heard Trump describe reporters as “animals” in front of Chinese and North Korean officials
https://www.primetimer.com/news/former-wh-press-secretary-stephanie-grisham-claims-she-heard-trump-describe-reporters-as-animals-in-front-of-chinese-and-north-korean-officials
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
‘Sickening and Unacceptable’: Anger Mounts as Trump and Vance Gleefully Rip Healthcare From 750,000. “Just six weeks out from the election, the Trump administration continues to kick working Americans while they’re down.” “Rather than addressing rising healthcare costs, the administration is forcing more Americans to become uninsured, live sicker, die younger, and risk being one emergency away from financial ruin,” said Anthony Wright, executive director of the advocacy group Families USA.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/vance-750000-healthcare
SOFHA to end UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage participation in 2027. According to a new release from SOFHA, it will no longer participate as an in-network provider with UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage starting April 1, 2027.
https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sofha-to-end-unitedhealthcare-medicare-advantage-participation-in-2027/
State of Franklin Healthcare Associates (SOFHA) is a physician-led, employee-owned multi-specialty primary care group based in Johnson City, Tennessee
https://sofha.net/about-us/
# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals
Supreme Court Denies Surrogate’s Appeal. Supreme Court rejects surrogate’s request to have a say in sick baby’s care
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/22/politics/supreme-court-surrogate-texas-california
# Military / Global
F-35 Canopy And Weapons-Bay Door Loss To China: Chinese authorities have reportedly taken possession of an F-35 cockpit canopy and weapons-bay door that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being shipped from Australia to the United States. What we know and don’t know, and the potential security impacts, regarding the real possibility China has major F-35 components in its possession.
https://www.twz.com/air/f-35-canopy-and-weapons-bay-door-loss-to-china-separating-fact-from-fiction\
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
This Group Made Tech to Protect Users’ Privacy. Trump Labeled Them Terrorists. Trump’s war on the left is coming for anti-surveillance technology providers.
https://truthout.org/articles/this-group-made-tech-to-protect-users-privacy-trump-labeled-them-terrorists/
# Veterans / VA
Trump’s order gives the Pentagon 30 days to start sending service records to the VA the day a member leaves the military
https://news.va.gov/press-room/president-trumps-executive-order-means-faster-access-to-va-healthcare-benefits-than-ever-before/
A veteran facing a VA disability cut gets 60 days to respond, and auditors found a notice that fell short: VA watchdog found errors in one-third of Veterans’ Disability reduction cases. VA OIG found that veterans were improperly paid about $16.9M, with at least $964,000 in improper payments continuing monthly.
https://www.military.com/va-found-errors-in-third-of-veterans-disability-reduction-cases
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