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A new executive order aims to preserve abortion access, but its reach is limited

The order will create a new task force on reproductive health care and to coordinate additional steps to help people access abortions.

WEKU

Biden signs executive order to help safeguard access to abortion, contraception

US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that legalised abortion.

France 24

Biden to sign abortion executive order

Biden's order excludes certain actions that progressives have demanded, like allowing abortion on federal lands

Salon

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Biden signs executive order to protect US abortion access and urges Americans to ‘vote, vote, vote’ – as it happened

US president says electing senators who would help codify Roe v Wade is the ‘fastest route’ to solidifying federal abortion rights – follow the latest

The Guardian - US

Biden decries ‘extreme Republicans’ as he signs order protecting abortion rights

Order directs federal agencies to undertake a number of initiatives to protect the right of women to access reproductive health care

The Independent UK

Biden signs executive order on abortion, declares Supreme Court 'out of control'

U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in "raw political power" and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies.

Reuters

Joe Biden signs executive order protecting access to abortion

Move by president signals start of White House fightback after supreme court struck down Roe v Wade

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Biden signs executive order on abortion access

Biden has faced intense pressure from his own party to act more aggressively on abortion in the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Axios

Gov. Greg Abbott empowers state authorities to return migrants to border crossings

Immigration law enforcement is a federal responsibility. Abbott appears to be testing the limits of state authority by empowering state law enforcement to bring migrants to the ports of entry — stopping short of using state resources to expel migrants from the country.

The Texas Tribune

Colorado governor issues executive order to protect abortion access

Jared Polis pledges that his state will not assist other states in criminal or civil investigations into abortions

The Guardian - US

Conservatives claim canceling US student debt will be expensive. They’re wrong

If Joe Biden signed an executive order tomorrow, the government won’t pay out a dime – federal student loan debt is already included in the national debt

The Guardian - US

As Pride Month Nears End, LGBT Political Culture Warring Escalates

You’d think drag brunches are why we’re paying $6 a gallon for gas.

Reason

How Biden’s LGBTQ order could affect Florida’s laws and policies

Florida was front and center when President Joe Biden signed an historic executive order to protect transgender and non-binary kids from state laws that strip them of protection and inclusion.

Tribune News Service

Florida teen who staged walkouts over ‘Don’t Say Gay’ introduces Joe Biden at White House Pride event

President signs sweeping executive order to combat discrimination, bolster suicide prevention efforts and block ‘conversion therapy’ programmes from federal funds

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Biden signs "historic" executive order to protect LGBTQ people

Biden's executive order is a response to the over 300 recent anti-LGBTQ laws that have been introduced in states.

The Independent UK

Biden targets ‘hateful’ anti-LGBT+ laws and conversion therapy in sweeping executive order

President’s action will send ‘full force of the federal government’ to support LGBT+ Americans and their families targeted by wave of legislation

Ballotpedia

Sixteen Republican governors oppose Biden administration’s executive order regarding taxpayer-funded construction contracts

Sixteen Republican governors wrote a letter to President Biden on April 26, 2022, opposing his executive order to mandate project labor agreements (PLAs) on taxpayer-funded construction contracts exceeding $35 million. The letter was signed by governors from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South…

Daily Mirror

Joe Biden makes surprise appearance on Jimmy Kimmel show to talk gun control in the US

Joe Biden made his first appearance on a late-night TV show since 2019 on Wednesday night, where presenter Jimmy Kimmel quizzed the 46th President of the United States on why he has not issued an executive order to help end mass shooting tragedies

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Trump allies explored sending armed private contractors to seize voting machines in 2020 election

WASHINGTON — Supporters on the fringes of former President Donald Trump's circle explored seeking sweeping authority after the 2020 election to enlist armed private contractors to seize and inspect voting machines and election data with the assistance of U.S. Marshals, according to a draft letter asking the president to grant…

Chicago Sun-Times

Politicians, stop scapegoating cops and let them do their jobs

An executive order signed by Biden last week would stretch police departments thin and overburden them in the line of duty.

Los Angeles Times

Biden, Democrats need Black voters to show up this fall. Will they?

WASHINGTON — Marking the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, President Joe Biden last week signed an executive order to reform federal policing practices as Floyd's relatives, reform advocates and civil rights leaders looked on.

The Independent UK

How Biden, cops and advocates forged deal on police and race

Negotiations that led to the executive order on race and policing signed last week by President Joe Biden had been in danger of breaking down

Los Angeles Times

‘Enough!’ Biden, decrying mass shootings and excessive force, signs executive order on policing

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer by signing an executive order aimed at reforming policing at the federal level.

Al Jazeera

Two years after Floyd, Biden signs police reform executive order

Steering a middle path, US president finds consensus for narrow reforms after overhaul proposals fail in Congress.

Reason

Biden Signs Executive Order Restricting Chokeholds and Limiting Transfer of Military Equipment to Police

The order restricts chokeholds and no-knock warrants at the federal level, but the White House has little power over the state and local departments where the majority of policing occurs.

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