Biden Takes Executive Action Aimed at Curbing Gun Violence
Joined by his vice president and attorney general, Biden called gun violence in the United States an “international embarrassment” and
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Wisconsin Justices Block Statewide Virus Mandates in Blow to Governor
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor declared multiple states of emergency via executive orders to stem the tide of the coronavirus throughout the past year, which the state high court declared unlawful because it sidestepped legislators.
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Texas Judge Rules Against State in Power Struggle Over Masks
A state judge said she did not understand the logic of giving Texas business owners authority to mandate masks but not local health officials.
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Twelve States Sue Biden Over Green New Deal Emissions Cost
Twelve mostly red states say adding up the “social costs” of greenhouse gases will gut their economies.
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Biden Signs Gender-Equality Orders on International Women’s Day
The new executive orders establish a Gender Policy Council and call into question Trump-era changes to university sexual assault policies.
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Texas Moves to End Mask Mandate and Fully Reopen Businesses
Citing progress on vaccines, Texas’ Republican governor said business owners no longer need the state telling them how to operate.
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Computer Chip Shortage Will Bring Patch for Supply-Chain Holes
An executive order has been signed to support four critical industries: pharmaceuticals, critical minerals, semiconductors and large-capacity batteries.
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Wisconsin Governor Signs New Mask Mandate After Legislature Repeal
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor on Thursday signed a new coronavirus emergency order and a new mask mandate immediately after GOP lawmakers made good on their promise to throw out existing orders, continuing a bitter showdown over how to fight Covid-19 in the Badger State.
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New Executive Orders Help Abortion Seekers, Medicare Enrollees
President Biden said the objective is to “undo the damage that Trump has done” to the Affordable Care Act and to women’s reproductive health.
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Suing Biden
Western Energy Alliance sued President Joe Biden demanding a review of Biden’s suspension of oil and gas leases on federal land.
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Sweeping Executive Orders From Biden Take Aggressive Climate Action
Ordering a halt to new oil and gas leases on public lands, President Biden elevated climate change to a national-security priority Wednesday as part of what he is billing a “whole-of-government” approach.
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Wisconsin Senate Votes to Repeal Governor’s Coronavirus Emergency, Mask Mandate
The GOP-majority Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday in favor of a joint resolution to terminate a public health emergency the Democratic governor issued last week over the coronavirus pandemic and an accompanying executive order requiring masks in public.
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Biden Moves to End Federal Private Prisons as Part of Racial Equity Plan
President Joe Biden issued four executive orders Tuesday aimed at removing the stain of systemic racism from nearly every aspect of American life, including one barring the Department of Justice from signing new contracts with private prisons.
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Biden to Bar Oil & Gas Drilling on Federal Lands
Drill, baby, drill? Not so fast. President Biden is expected to announce an executive order on Wednesday that will bring new oil and gas permits on federal lands to a halt, putting climate change front and center.
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Biden Orders Boost in Food Aid, Paves Way for $15 Federal Minimum Wage
A flurry of executive orders ushering in a new era at the White House continued Friday as President Joe Biden signed off on directives aimed at improving food security for millions of struggling Americans and paving the way for a $15 minimum wage for federal workers.
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Biden Signs Slew of Orders to Speed Up Covid Response
Shortfalls in the nation’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic are finally on track to be rectified, President Joe Biden said Thursday as he signed several executive orders meant to jumpstart federal action.
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Biden Takes Action on Covid-19, Climate in Busy First Day
Almost directly after taking the oath of office, President Joe Biden is expected to reverse a number of his predecessor’s policies and federal agency standards.
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Protesters Take on Kentucky Mass-Gathering Ban at Sixth Circuit
An attorney for Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear argued Tuesday before the Sixth Circuit that a now-rescinded ban on protest gatherings of more than 10 people – part of the state’s effort to slow the spread of Covid-19 – was sufficiently tailored to meet constitutional requirements.
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Panel Upholds Block of Trump Policy Letting States Reject Refugees
A Fourth Circuit panel on Friday unanimously upheld a ruling blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order allowing state and local governments to turn away refugees.
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In Flip-Flop, NYSE Will Delist 3 Chinese Companies After All
The New York Stock Exchange is going ahead with plans to delist shares of three Chinese state-owned phone carriers under an executive order from President Donald Trump, reversing course just days after saying they wouldn’t be delisted.
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