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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end protections for Venezuelan migrants

Monday, May 19 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans who were protected from deportation and allowed to work in the United States.The court approved the administration’s request to lift a lower court’s order... Read More.

Federal court rules against attempt to withhold Endangered Species Act protections from Joshua tree

Wednesday, May 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK CITY) -- A federal court in California sided with environmentalists, striking down a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempt to withhold protections for the Joshua tree under the Endangered Species Act.The Central District of California ruled on Monday that the FWS... Read More.

HHS reverses NIOSH firings that stripped coal miners health protections

Wednesday, May 14 by ABC News

(MORGANTOWN, WV) -- The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday reversed the firings of more than 100 federal employees with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the federal institute that helps protect coal miners from black lung, according to Republican... Read More.

Were all ticking time bombs: Budget cuts gut 9/11 health protections as community braces for crisis

Wednesday, April 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The 9/11 health program that monitors and treats thousands of people exposed to toxic dust during the 2001 terrorist attack is under threat — again.A wave of staffing cuts and agency turmoil has thrown the World Trade Center Health Program... Read More.

I want to live: Coal miners speak out as Trump strips away health protections

Tuesday, April 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- For John Robinson, a retired coal miner who spent his career in the Virginia mines helping to power America into the 21st century, not a moment passes that he isn't feeling the full effects of his black lung diagnosis.With the support of... Read More.

Trump DOJ rescinds Biden-era protections for news media

Friday, April 25 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department has rescinded a policy implemented during the Biden administration that restricted prosecutors from seizing reporters' records in criminal investigations, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC News.The move could signal a broader effort by Trump-appointed leadership to more... Read More.

EPA takes aim at water, air and toxics protections as part of massive deregulation campaign

Thursday, March 13 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Calling it the "biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history," the Environmental Protection Agency rolled out sweeping moves Wednesday aimed at walking back environmental protections and eliminating a host of climate change regulations, some decades in the making.Taken together, the agency's actions indicate... Read More.

Iowa lawmakers vote to remove gender ID from state civil rights protections

Thursday, February 27 by ABC News

(DES MOINES, IOWA) -- Iowa lawmakers voted Thursday to strike gender identity from state civil rights protections.The state's civil rights law currently protects against discrimination in the workplace, school, accommodations, housing and more based on someone's "age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender... Read More.

What we know about Trumps health care plans after Harris says hell roll back protections

Saturday, November 2 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump will roll back health care protections if he wins the presidential election.Speaking to reporters on Thursday in Madison, Wisconsin, Harris said Trump unsuccessfully tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the landmark... Read More.

Bidens Title IX rule change temporarily blocked over LGBTQ protections

Tuesday, June 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Biden administration's Title IX expansion from going into effect in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves criticized the Department of Education in a decision issued Monday, claiming it... Read More.

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