Voices, The Peoples News
October 23, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Dallas green card holder stopped at Laredo border over 2004 arrest. Then he becomes the 7th person to die in Texas ICE custody this year. A 56-year-old lawful permanent resident from Dallas, became the seventh person to die in Texas ICE custody this year after being found unresponsive on October 17, 2026, at the Rio Grande Processing Center in Laredo
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/19/texas-permanent-resident-ice-death-laredo-green-card/
Driver drinks coffee at Nevada truck stop, then immigration officers questions him about his citizenship: When asked about his citizenship, Juanito cooperated and clearly stated, “I was born here in the United States.” The officer then asked which country he was a citizen of, prompting the driver to reiterate that he is a U.S. citizen
https://www.operationsports.com/driver-drinks-coffee-at-nevada-truck-stop-then-immigration-officers-questions-him-about-his-citizenship-i-was-born-here-in-the-united-states/
‘You wanna keep him or let him go’: ICE agents confront a Guatemalan father holding his two toddlers in Providence, then release him; ICE says there was ‘no arrest’
https://thetexan.news/state/legislature/texas-groundwater-conservation-district-appeals-to-legislature-for-protection-in-regulating-data-centers/article_04662862-8632-4a7f-bdad-5795677811d6.html
Pete Hegseth approves testing of controversial ‘heat ray’ weapon that causes ‘intolerable burning’ for potential use at U.S. border. The Pentagon has granted permission to test a military-grade heat ray known as the ‘Active Denial System’
https://people.com/pete-hegseth-approves-testing-heat-ray-that-causes-intolerable-burning-potential-use-us-border-12186769
Investigation finds hundreds of U.S. citizens detained by ICE. Experts have long warned that immigration dragnets and the erosion of civil rights for immigrants will inevitably result in the erosion of rights for citizens.
https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
50,000 Americans getting automatic $5,000 refunds from IRS: Here’s who qualifies: The money, according to 24/7 Wall Street, comes from unused tax credits that families have been carrying forward year after year because their tax bills were too small to absorb them.
https://www.al.com/news/2026/10/50000-americans-getting-automatic-5000-refunds-from-irs-heres-who-qualifies.html
Ken Paxton created loophole for Texas payday lenders while raking in big donations from the industry. Documents obtained by the Current show the Texas attorney general let payday lenders boost rates with unregulated products around the same time the industry pumped $34,000 into his campaign coffers.
https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/ken-paxton-created-loophole-for-texas-payday-lenders-while-raking-in-big-donations-from-the-industry/
Trump cheers as ‘worst corporate heist in years’ drains Americans’ wallets: The greatest heist in American history? No one has ever taken as much money in the history of the nation as Trump is attempting to hoover up from the federal government right now. pay attention to the one he is about to pull off, because it’s got a chance to be the greatest heist in American history: a direct transfer of billions of your taxpayer dollars directly to the president, all dressed up as a “settlement” of a lawsuit in which he is both the plaintiff and the defendant.
https://www.ms.now/all-in/trump-irs-lawsuit-greatest-heist-in-american-history-corruption
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# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
Orange County’s largest freshwater lake is draining. Orange County’s largest freshwater lake is set to remain empty. The lake’s primary purpose is water storage. But now, the lake is about to sit empty for the next five years, as the local water district upgrades aging infrastructure and prepares the lake for more intense and frequent storms in the future.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/orange-county-lake-empty-22480739.php
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Fuel
The Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal: The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. the full text of the accord — which grants the U.S. sweeping access to Venezuela’s oil reserves — has been one of the most sought-after secrets in Washington, D.C.”
https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/21/the-secret-terms-of-trumps-venezuelan-oil-deal/
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA
Florida, Texas, and six other states have banned lab-grown meat. Should President Trump prohibit it nationwide?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3483146/texas-ban-lab-grown-meat/?srsltid=AYCX9vLwV8efqIcbNhS2gTivR9NyaEgjPJ-c-nWQvYARtE8LGKuhHdqf
Walmart brand fruit cocktail recalled over potential lead contamination. The recalled product was distributed to Walmart stores in Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wyoming, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration‘s enforcement report.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/recalls/walmart-brand-fruit-cocktail-recalled-lead-contamination/
# General News
Texas Lawmakers Passed A Bill To Keep Clocks On Daylight Time Year-round, But It Needs Federal Approval First. The bill was sent to the U.S. Senate and referred to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, where it awaits further action. Similar efforts have stalled in past congressional sessions due to divided opinions on whether permanent daylight saving or permanent standard time is preferable
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/23/522234/texas-senate-passes-bill-to-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent-pending-federal-action/
Pete Hegseth’s staff destroyed Dwight Eisenhower’s globe in a botched rush relocation of relic. A new report indicates that a team deployed by Pete Hegseth’s staff dropped a priceless globe believed to be owned by former president Dwight D. Eisenhower in an attempt to relocate it to Hegseht’s office
https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/pete-hegseths-staff-destroyed-dwight-37800015
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Representative Thomas Massie stood on the House floor on August 31, 2026, and read aloud the names of 14 individuals he identified as Jeffrey Epstein “co-conspirators.” One year after the Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed into law, over 3 million federal documents remain withheld. Massie initiated a discharge petition to compel a House vote on releasing unredacted DOJ records. The effort follows the continued withholding of millions of federal files related to Epstein
https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/thomas-massie-epstein-co-conspirators-house-vote
# Gov / Politics / US
Shock as Jared Kushner’s hacked phone exposes secret billion-dollar money trail: ‘Insane.’ Dutch had cracked the device themselves and could watch Kushner’s screen in real time. What they saw, Cole reports, was Kushner logging into a UAE bank account stocked with hundreds of millions of dollars routed through a bank in Azerbaijan. Cole’s reporting alleges that the Saudi and Emirati royals ultimately put at least $2 billion into accounts tied to Kushner
https://www.rawstory.com/jared-kushner-2678128976/
The greatest betrayal in US history is happening right now — and the GOP is on vacation. Trump gutted his own Russia sanctions law, cut a diesel deal with Putin, and is now talking about carving up the world with Putin and Xi. Congress has the power to stop him right now. Why are Thune and Johnson still on vacation?
https://www.rawstory.com/the-greatest-betrayal-in-us-history-is-happening-right-now-and-the-gop-is-on-vacation/
Protection racket? White House docs latest to expose scheme to obstruct Biden corruption probe: Memos show that FBI and State Department acted to prevent a Ukrainian witness from testifying to Senate investigators. This is only the latest evidence of “deep state” intervention making sure investigations into alleged Biden family corruption were stalled or sidetracked.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/new-white-house-docs-expose-latest-effort-cover-biden-corruption-allegations
Dolly Parton’s sister joins freakout as voters say machines ‘flipped’ votes to Republicans. Here’s what voters are reporting and how election officials recommend verifying your ballot.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/dolly-parton-sister-says-machine-181531775.html
Judge Cannon’s ‘great care’ in burying Mar-a-Lago report ‘appropriately’ ensured no one ‘could feign a right to speak freely,’ Trump lawyer says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/judge-cannons-great-care-in-burying-mar-a-lago-report-appropriately-ensured-no-one-could-feign-a-right-to-speak-freely-trump-lawyer-says/
‘Very soon’: Thomas Massie is coming for Pete Hegseth with 8 articles of impeachment as Dems eye House majority
https://knewz.com/thomas-massie-coming-for-pete-hegseth-with-8-articles-of-impeachment/
Pentagon whistleblowers ready to ‘spill their guts’ to oust Hegseth after midterms: Defense Secretary and his closest allies could quickly find themselves hit by subpoenas if opposition Democrats regain control of the House of Representatives come November
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-house-investigation-pentagon-b3071464.html
Supreme Court rules New Hampshire student IDs cannot be used to vote in Novembe
https://www.concordmonitor.com/2026/10/23/supreme-court-upholds-nh-voter-id/
Elon Musk Faces Calls for Investigation as House Republican Claims Billionaire May Have ‘Broken the Law’: ‘This Is a Very Serious Matter’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/house-republican-says-we-gotta-investigate-elon-musk-says-billionaire-may-have-broken-the-law-after-bombshell-report/
‘Inform the public’: Judge grants expedited discovery in case over Trump plans to send armed ICE agents to voting locations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/judge-grants-expedited-discovery-case-183200585.html
These greedy, authoritarian monsters must be stopped: Billionaires are buying elections. And billionaires are buying the media. Meanwhile, the Trump family has pocketed $2.9 billion since the 2024 presidential election in cash and gifts from crypto ventures, fossil-fuel stock trades, corporate shakedowns, and other shady deals.
https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/robert-reich/monsters-american-capitalism-trump-bankman-fried-musk-show-greed-public-danger/
# Global News
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu orders IDF, Mossad to pursue overthrow of Iranian regime. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran posed an “existential threat” and that President Donald Trump had said he was “ready to finish the job.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/10/22/netanyahu-says-us-israel-must-topple-iranian-regime/
Netanyahu orders ‘full lockdown’ of West Bank after 2 Israeli soldiers reportedly fatally shot. Clampdown comes as Israeli pogroms heighten tensions and spread violence across Palestinian territory.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/23/israel-arrests-36-palestinians-in-the-west-bank-attacks-on-farmers-ramp-up
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
“I’m not doing anything”: Video of Utah police officer dragging and slamming AI data center protestor to the ground goes viral
https://www.primetimer.com/news/individual-allegedly-assaulted-a-deputy-utah-police-defend-officer-slamming-female-ai-data-center-protester-to-the-floor-in-viral-video-amid-backlash
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations4
Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC
The president had agreed to sit for a deposition on Oct. 16, but it was canceled for what was described as a “matter of national importance.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-sit-deposition-10-billion-defamation-lawsuit-bbc-jan-6-rcna605034
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
UnitedHealthcare, Humana Medicare Advantage cancellations to affect 1 million. The companies are the two largest private health insurance companies for older adults in the U.S. and are ending plans in specific areas where they are making less money, a shift that comes as Medicare enrollment season starts.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6165587-unitedhealthcare-humana-medicare-advantage-cancellations-to-affect-1-million/
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Programs
Police raid RFK Jr. allies’ office and seize hepatitis B vaccines. Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns. Officials say the newborn trial has not been authorized
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/20/rfk-jr-vaccine-researchers-offices-raided-guinea-bissau
# NASA / Space
First interstellar space mission planned for 2028, take 80,000 years to reach nearest star
https://share.google/ez2qLMMRBmf9sCANI
A Strange Radio Signal in The Far Reaches of The Milky Way Is Behaving Like Nothing Else in The Galaxy. Astronomers have now observed an object behaving in ways that no one has ever seen before. It’s called VT J1906+0849, located out beyond the Milky Way’s outer Norma-Cygnus spiral arm, and changing in blazing radio light.
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-strange-radio-signal-in-the-far-reaches-of-the-milky-way-is-behaving-like-nothing-else-in-the-galaxy
# Nuclear
2.5 GW hybrid nuclear plant built from 1,500-ton reactor blocks slated for Texas site. Stepping up the country’s nuclear energy goals, the American government has greenlit another clean energy project.
The company will manufacture prefabricated reactor sections, called “Blue Blocks,” at shipyards.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-nuclear-plant-from-1500-ton-blocks
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
A Nobel-winning scientist says AI is conscious: ‘We’re toast: “Now, normally, when you say something’s aware of that, that means it’s conscious,” he continued. “Being conscious and being aware are pretty much the same thing.”
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nobel-scientist-geoffrey-hinton-ai-conscious-toast
Counties race to regulate groundwater as data centers and water demand surge
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/counties-race-regulate-groundwater-data-100000324.html
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