Judge Refuses to Reverse Ban on Weapons at Virginia Rally
Gun rights activists failed Thursday in their bid to overturn Governor Ralph Northam’s ban on all types of weapons on Virginia Capitol grounds at a pro-gun rally next week.
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Federal Judge Halts Trump Limits on Refugee Resettlement
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order that allows state and local governments to turn refugees away.
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No Need for Congress to Cancel Student Debt, Warren Vows
On the morning of the last Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses, presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren released a new plan to erase student loan debt without the help of Congress.
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Texas Won’t Take New Refugees Under Federal Resettlement Program
The Republican governor of Texas said Friday his state will opt out of a federal refugee resettlement program in 2020, even as leaders in the state’s largest cities have indicated they would welcome refugees.
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Groups That Aid Refugees Fight to Block Trump Restrictions
A federal judge grilled the government’s lawyer on Wednesday to justify an executive order that gives states the option to turn immigrants away.
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Republican Governors Grapple With Whether to Accept Refugees
An executive order by President Trump giving states the right to refuse to take refugees is putting Republican governors in an uncomfortable position.
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Kentucky Governor Restores Voting Rights for Nonviolent Felons
Capping off a busy first week as Kentucky’s 63rd governor, Democrat Andy Beshear signed an executive order Thursday to reinstate voting rights for over 140,000 people convicted of nonviolent felonies.
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Frustrated Democratic Governors Turn to Executive Orders
Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Tony Evers tried for months to get the Republican-controlled Legislature to take up a pair of gun-control bills, holding news conferences and touting polls showing strong public support. When Republicans wouldn’t budge, Evers turned up the heat by using an executive order — his 54th in less than a year — to call a special session on the issue.
Read moreTrump Outstripping Obama on Pace of Executive Orders
It wasn’t too long ago that Donald Trump derided presidential executive orders as “power grabs” and a “basic disaster.”
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Trump Said to Have Considered Closing Some VA Hospitals
Eager for changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Donald Trump toyed with issuing an executive order to close parts of the VA health system without consulting Congress, according to an upcoming book by his former VA secretary.
Read moreWhite House Threatens New Sanctions Against Turkey
Looking to make good on his promise to demolish Turkey’s economy if the country crosses the line in Syria, President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order expanding the Treasury Department’s ability to sanction Turkish officials.
Read moreTrump Undercuts Guidance Procedure for Federal Regulations
President Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon signed executive orders that will change how federal agencies issue guidance documents, which they can use to set regulatory policy without going through the normal lengthy public comment and review process.
Read moreNJ Targets Retailers That Lack Gun Control Measures
New Jersey’s Democratic governor signed an executive order Tuesday morning barring the state government from doing business with firearms manufacturers and dealers that do not adhere to strict gun control measures.
Read moreTexas Governor Turns to Executive Orders to Stop Shootings
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed eight executive orders Thursday in an effort to combat mass shootings after two recent massacres in El Paso and Odessa.
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The American Federation of Government Employees Local 3369 sued President Trump in federal court, claiming his executive orders arbitrarily and capriciously “evict[] federal unions from all of their offices on government property … unilaterally repudiating hundreds of existing agreements between federal agencies and the labor organizations that represent those agencies’ employees.”
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The Illinois Opportunity Project brought a federal complaint over a Montana executive order that requires state-contract bidders to disclose political contributions to candidates or referenda supported. The challenger says the corporations that support it could suffer injury if donor information is publicly disclosed.
Read moreWisconsin Governor Orders All Clean Energy by 2050
In an aggressive push to address the crises brought about by climate change, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order Friday aimed at powering the Badger State with 100% clean, carbon-free energy by 2050.
Read moreTrump Loses Bid to Expedite Revival of Anti-Union Orders
The D.C. Circuit on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s request to fast-track a ruling allowing enforcement of three executive orders tightening regulations on labor negotiations in government workplaces.
Read moreTrump Issues Executive Order Targeting Instability in Mali
Aiming to calm a situation that has developed into the most dangerous peacekeeping mission in United Nations history, the Trump administration on Friday announced plans to sanction people and groups impeding the peace process in Mali.
Read moreTrump Asks Court to Quickly Reinstate Anti-Union Orders
President Donald Trump has called on the D.C. Circuit to immediately green-light enforcement of three executive orders challenged by labor unions and deemed unlawful by a federal judge last year.
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