NYC Council members urge city to provide IVF coverage for gay male employees
In response to the lawsuit, the New York City Council is calling on Mayor Eric Adams to take action and expand in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage to gay male city employees. The Assembly’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus wrote Adams last week saying gay men are denied the benefits given to heterosexual couples and single women. They argue […]
Colorado lawmakers urge EPA to review pollution permits at controversial Utah oil facilities
Two Colorado lawmakers are pressuring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to scrutinize existing and proposed pollution permits for three oil-transportation facilities in Utah, where they worry the expansion could endanger residents and wildlife across state lines. The expansion of Wildcat Loadout, Price River Terminal and Savage Energy Terminal will increase oil export capacity in Utah’s […]
Civil liberty, whistleblower protection groups urge Congress to allow vote on Espionage Act reform amendment
Nineteen civil rights, press freedom, human rights and whistleblower protection groups have asked the House Rules Committee to allow a vote on the espionage reform amendments on the floor. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has introduced Amendment 759 to the Military Quality of Life and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to amend espionage […]
Manhattan prosecutors oppose Trump request to lift gag order, urge court to ‘protect the integrity’ of case
Manhattan prosecutors opposed former President Trump’s request to lift a gag order imposed on him now that his criminal trial is over, saying the court has an “obligation to protect the integrity of the trial.” The former president and presumptive Republican presidential candidate was convicted last week on all 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business […]
Extend success of UK sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, experts urge | Sugar
Health experts say the sugar tax has been so effective in improving people’s diets that it should be extended to include cakes, biscuits and chocolate. The World Health Organisation has called on the next UK government to expand the tax to tackle tooth decay, obesity, diabetes and other diseases. The plea, published in the WHO’s […]
Attorneys general urge federal probe of Black Lives Matter protest killing after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardon
A coalition of state attorneys general Urged The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it will open a civil rights investigation into the 2020 killing of a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester, following Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s (Republican) pardon of the killer two weeks ago. The group of attorneys general, all Democrats, said protester Garrett […]
Chris Murphy and Tony Gonzales urge Congress to take action on southern border to keep migrant decline
Lawmakers from both parties warned Sunday that the drop in migrant numbers at the U.S. southern border is unlikely to be permanent and called for congressional action to maintain the decline. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), in two separate interviews with CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” agreed that illegal border crossings […]
Democrats urge Biden administration to investigate data practices of tax prep companies
Several Democratic lawmakers have called on the Biden administration to ask TurboTax to keep large tax preparation firms private after a recent report found that TurboTax repeatedly pressured tax preparers to share sensitive tax data. They are calling for an investigation into their data practices. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Sen. Richard […]
‘String of reckless attempts’: 130 Republicans urge Biden to abandon student debt ‘forgiveness’ plan
group of 130 Republicans I sent letter On Friday, the Biden administration called on the U.S. Department of Education to rescind a federal student loan “forgiveness” plan that requires U.S. taxpayers to shoulder the burden of student loans. According to an April report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the administration’s large-scale debt […]
Liam Neeson, Sharon Stone urge Hollywood to embrace Kevin Spacey after his acquittal on sexual assault charges
It’s been nearly a year since Kevin Spacey was acquitted of sexual misconduct charges, and stars are coming to his defense and demanding he return to his Hollywood career. After a two-part documentary titled Spacey Unmasked aired in the UK last week, fellow actors including Sharon Stone and Liam Neeson faced allegations of sexual assault […]