Online safety bill needs tougher rules on misogyny, say peers
Tougher rules are needed to target misogyny online as part of the online safety bill, a group of peers have said. Under the online safety bill, which is being finalised, … Read More
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Bill to extend maternity protections passes in House of Commons
A push to secure better protection from maternity discrimination has taken a step forward, after a bill extending maternity protections passed its final stage in the House of Commons. A … Read More
Biden and Bill Clinton get laughs as they celebrate family leave act anniversary
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Former president Bill Clinton drew laughs … Read More
Joe Biden, Bill Clinton mark 3 decades of family leave act
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Atlantic City casino smoking ban bill to get Feb. 13 hearing
Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up to our free US Evening Headlines email New Jersey lawmakers will soon discuss … Read More
Kamala Harris calls on Congress to pass police reform bill at Tyre Nichols funeral
Sign up to our free US news bulletin sent straight to your inbox each weekday morning Sign up to our free morning US email news bulletin Vice President Kamala Harris … Read More
Minnesota governor signs broad abortion rights bill into law
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Gov. Tim Walz enshrined the right … Read More
Bill Gates pushes back on Jeffrey Epstein questions in new interview
Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up to our free US Evening Headlines email Bill Gates was again pressed on … Read More
Peers deliver several blows to government’s anti-protest bill
A government bill aimed at cracking down on protest has suffered a number of setbacks in the House of Lords, setting the stage for a tense showdown between parliament’s two … Read More
Whistleblower bill excluding sexual harassment complaints from protection goes too far, Greens senator says
Labor’s whistleblower bill goes too far in excluding personal conduct such as sexual harassment complaints from protection, the Greens and legal stakeholders have warned. The Greens justice spokesperson, David Shoebridge, … Read More
Venezuela NGOs fear new bill will put stranglehold on civil society
New legislation proposed by the Venezuelan government to regulate civil society groups would kill the last functioning remnant of the country’s democracy and take it a step closer to a … Read More
Hongkongers in UK ask Suella Braverman to ditch ‘repressive’ anti-protest bill
Hongkongers in Britain have called on Suella Braverman to reconsider controversial measures in her public order bill, which they likened to the repressive measures used to crack down on democratic … Read More
Congressional Democrats push $50B bill for nonprofits
Congressional Democrats are pushing a federal bill that would give nonprofits $50 billion to help them retain employees, hire newly unemployed workers and expand their operations to combat the devastating … Read More
US House passes bill that would give Dreamers a path to citizenship
Sign up for the Guardian’s First Thing newsletter The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would give undocumented immigrants, including the young group known as “Dreamers”, a … Read More
House passes ‘Dreamers bill’ to open citizenship to 2.5m undocumented immigrants
The House of Representatives has passed the so-called “Dreamers bill” that would open the path to citizenship to up to 2.5 million undocumented immigrants. In a vote in which just … Read More