June 10, 2023
Hong Kong authorities on Friday denounced the British government’s call to repeal a Chinese-imposed national security law that Britain says has been used to harass, “silence and discredit” pro-democracy opposition figures. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley wrote in his government’s latest six-month report on Hong Kong that he highlighted at a UN hearing in February
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Democratic restraint is upsetting some abortion rights advocates who want lawmakers to do whatever it takes to expand access as red and purple states, including Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina and South Carolina, debate or pass new restrictions on the procedure. The clash also comes as access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used together to
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Yves is here. While the overall picture for workers’ rights seems bleak, the downside is that concerted opposition is finally leading to the reversal of long-standing cuts in rights, as we can see from increasingly successful unionization campaigns. Michigan’s big breakthrough with the repeal of anti-union “right to work” laws is another step forward. Tom
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Washington CNN — On Tuesday, the Justice Department made the decision to terminate the Seattle Police Department compliance order, ending more than a decade of federal oversight of the police department. The Seattle Consent Decree was passed by the Obama administration in 2012 after Department of Justice investigation discovered that the local police department used
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CNN — The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to override President Joe Biden’s veto on measures to repeal the controversial investment rule in a White House victory. Biden cast the first veto during his presidency Monday on a resolution to eliminate the pension investment rule, which allows pension fund managers to consider the impact
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CNN — The Michigan State Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal the state’s 1931 abortion ban, as well as its sentencing guidelines. The bills passed 20-18 along party lines in the Democratic-controlled Senate after passing the House last week and were sent to the Democratic governor. Gretchen Whitmer for signing. Democrats control the governor’s office
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The high-speed effort in Arkansas, where more than a third of the state’s 3 million people receive Medicaid, provides an early indication of the potential upheavals in store for the country as states review their Medicaid lists for the first time in three years. . These checks, once routine, were suspended during the pandemic, and
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Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid took a wild turn after he called for the “cessation” of the US Constitution – only to be completely destroyed by Elon Musk with a single tweet. The 76-year-old’s divisive comments were made over his repeated and incorrect claims that the 2020 election, in which he was defeated by Joe
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Good morning. This article is a local version of our FirstFT Newsletter. Subscribe to our Asia, Europe/Africa P America edition to receive it straight to your inbox every weekday morning Ministerial plan to revise or repeal all EU UK statutes by the end of 2023 failed again after the discovery of another 1,400 pieces of
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