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Disaster relief advocate calls for 'urgency' in Congress over tax relief legislation
With just a few weeks remaining in the current session of Congress, After the Fire USA CEO Jennifer Gray Thompson joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss why it’s so critical for the Senate to pass ...Politics - NBC News - 8 hours ago -
Biden asks Congress for $100B in disaster relief funding
President Biden has sent Congress an emergency funding request for roughly $100 billion to help with recovery after natural disasters, including the recent hurricanes Helene and Milton in the ...Politics - The Hill - November 18 -
FEMA disaster relief fund 'rapidly nearing exhaustion'
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) disaster relief fund has dwindled to less than $5 billion, lawmakers said this week, as both sides press for the swift passage of emergency aid. ...Politics - The Hill - November 20 -
Biden to send Congress an emergency funding bill for disaster relief
The bill will be put forth "in the coming days," a White House official said. The bill is meant to address funding shortages reported after a brutal storm season.Top stories - ABC News - November 18 -
Biden to send disaster relief funding package to Congress in coming days
President Biden will send Congress an extensive emergency funding request in the coming days, the White House said Monday, as administration officials called on Congress to approve more money ...Politics - The Hill - November 18 -
FEMA employee fired after advising disaster relief team not to visit homes with pro-Trump signs
A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee was fired after advising a survivor assistance team not to visit homes with yard signs that support President-elect Donald Trump during Hurricane ...Top stories - NBC News - November 10 -
Immigration advocates brace for Trump: 'Buckle up'
Immigration advocates are bracing for Trump 2.0, whose pledge of mass deportation is sending waves of panic and anger throughout the movement. Even before President-elect Trump’s resounding victory ...Politics - The Hill - November 10 -
Immigrant advocates to Biden: 'Meet the urgency of the moment'
A coalition of 138 immigrant, civil and human rights groups is calling on President Biden to take executive action to protect certain vulnerable immigrants from President-elect Trump’s pledge of ...Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Congress pushing for disaster aid deal
Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Congress pushing for disaster aid deal Lawmakers are navigating partisan divides as they seek ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
UK ministers admit to Brexit pains, but the relief is on hold
Pro-Europeans granted opening to campaign on single issues that strengthen UK-EU tiesWorld - Financial Times - November 15 -
Shoppers see some relief this year for Thanksgiving groceries
Shoppers buying Thanksgiving groceries are seeing some relief at the register for the first time in years. The price of staples like turkey, pumpkin and green beans are down compared to last year, ...Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago -
Mississippi legislative leaders advocate Medicaid expansion, heading to conflict with the governor
Mississippi’s Republican legislative leaders say they plan to push for Medicaid expansion to cover working people who earn to little to afford private insuranceHealth - ABC News - October 31 -
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Murray Sinclair, First Nation advocate for justice and Canadian senator, has died
Murray Sinclair, a former First Nation judge, senator and chair of the commission that delved into Canada’s troubled history of residential schools for First Nations students, has diedWorld - ABC News - November 4 -
Elon Musk worries free speech advocates with calls to prosecute researchers and critics
First Amendment advocates are concerned that Musk could use his sway as a Trump adviser to retaliate against a long list of enemies.Politics - NBC News - November 12 -
Advocates call on Congress to reauthorize radiation compensation law in lame-duck session
A coalition of advocates and stakeholders called on Congress to take action in the lame-duck session to reauthorize the law compensating Americans exposed to nuclear radiation by the federal ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
Democratic Latino groups wrestle with Trump's election gains
A group of Democratic-leaning advocates say their polling shows that Trump did not win a majority of Latino men and that Latinos still support progressive policies.Politics - NBC News - November 14 -
A ‘gut punch’: Trump’s alleged sexual assault victims and their advocates on his win
Trump’s alleged victims, as well as other victims of sexual abuse, voice disappointment that he was elected again. When Donald Trump was elected to a second term last week, women who say he ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
Migrant rights advocate held in Tunisia under anti-terrorist investigation
Rights group says Abdallah Said’s case is a troubling first for the country amid president’s increasing crackdown. Tunisian anti-terrorist investigators are handling the case of a leading advocate ...World - The Guardian - November 18 -
Health care advocates prepare to fight RFK Jr. nomination
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Health advocates launch effort to bar RFK Jr. nomination Democratic-aligned health advocacy groups are ...Politics - The Hill - November 18 -
Judge strikes down Wyoming’s anti-abortion laws in victory for rights advocates
Wyoming was the only state to explicitly ban abortion pills – one of the laws struck down on Monday. A Wyoming judge has struck down the state’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-country ...World - The Guardian - November 19 -
Al Fayed abuse could be on scale of Savile, survivors’ advocate tells BBC
Speaking about her new role, Dame Jasvinder Sanghera says Al Fayed's "tentacles went far and wide".Top stories - BBC News - November 20 -
Advocates fear national book ban under unified GOP government
A Republican trifecta in Washington is raising concerns over the potential for national book ban legislation. Congressional Republicans have shown increased interest in the possibility, with House ...Politics - The Hill - November 22 -
Parents advocate for food allergy awareness after daughter's tragic death
Two Texas parents are on a mission to raise awareness about food allergies after the death of their 23-year-old daughter.Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
No-fault divorce advocates start to fret as talk of banning it bubbles up
Warnings have been popping up on social media urging women who might be considering divorce to "pull the trigger" while they still have the option of no-fault divorce.Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
Ranked-choice advocates forced to regroup after election losses
Proponents of ranked-choice voting are recalibrating after Americans across the country broadly rejected measures intended to implement the system. It wasn’t all bad news for advocates of the ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
Trump considers tough antitrust advocate for justice department unit
Gail Slater is ally of JD Vance who had also been in the running to chair the Federal Trade CommissionBusiness - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
Valencia floods aftermath 'like a disaster movie'
The BBC's Nicky Schiller reports from the scene of Spanish flooding where cars are piled up.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
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Disease spread in dog poo could be 'disaster' for cows
A disease spread in dog poo could spell disaster for cattle, conservationists warn.Top stories - BBC News - November 10 -
Five Ways to Disaster-Proof the Energy Grid
With extreme weather events—and power outages—on the rise, utilities and tech companies are looking at what they can do to keep the lights on in the future.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 10 -
The lame-duck Congress will be a disaster for Team Trump
Congress is currently in a lame duck session, with a continuing resolution set to expire on Dec. 20, 2024, and Republicans should resist any attempts to do anything more than a short-term CR that ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
Backstreet Boys, Blake Shelton among artists headlining hurricane relief concert
The Backstreet Boys, Blake Shelton, Brittney Spencer, Cedric the Entertainer and other artists are teaming up for a performance dedicated to raising funds for response efforts for hurricanes Helene ...Politics - The Hill - October 31 -
'Scandal' cast to reunite for script reading for hurricane relief in North Carolina
The cast of ABC’s hit show “Scandal” will reunite Nov. 17 for a live, virtual script reading to raise money for the western North Carolina area that was ravaged by Hurricane HeleneEntertainment - ABC News - November 1 -
3 important credit card debt relief moves to make this November
Dealing with credit card debt issues? You may want to take these steps toward debt relief this month.Top stories - CBS News - November 1 -
In Louisville, Relief and Regret After Ex-Officer’s Conviction in Breonna Taylor Case
After a jury found that a former police detective used excessive force in the 2020 raid that killed Ms. Taylor, residents expressed both hope for police reform and reservations about the verdict.Top stories - The New York Times - November 3 -
Israel officially informs U.N. of end to relations with Palestinian relief agency
Israel has officially notified the United Nations that it was cancelling the agreement that regulated its relations with the main U.N. relief organization for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) since ...Top stories - NBC News - November 4
