Indiatimes20d
Congress moves Supreme Court: 'Places of worship Act essential to safeguard secularism'
The Congress has filed a plea in the Supreme Court in favor of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, emphasizing its importance for maintaining secularism and communal harmony.
Indiatimes21d
Congress moves Supreme Court seeking intervention in 1991 Places of Worship Act cases
The Indian National Congress has approached the Supreme Court to defend the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, aimed at preserving the religious character of places as they existed in ...
Vox21d
What’s actually in Congress’s harsh new immigration bill?
That bill, the Laken Riley Act, is named after a young woman who was killed last February by an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela. Her murderer was sentenced to life in prison. Riley has ...
The Straits Times21d
The Workplace Fairness Act must go further if we are to stamp out discrimination
After months of hard work from the Government and its tripartite partners, stakeholders and various MPs, the new Workplace Fairness Act (WFA) was passed on Jan 8 in Parliament. The WFA has five ...
Los Angeles Times22d
In the wake of L.A.-area fires, Congress will consider new measures. Here are some of them
The Fix Our Forests Act, which has bipartisan support ... a conditional deal for disaster assistance. The measures in Congress announced so far, among the first of what could be many, address ...
Pew Research Center22d
Age and generation in the 119th Congress: Somewhat younger, with fewer Boomers and more Gen Xers
The U.S. Congress is getting younger – on the whole, at least – according to a Pew Research Center analysis of representatives and senators in the new 119th Congress. The median age of voting members ...
Wall Street Journal22d
Republicans Again Introduce Bills to Repeal Corporate Transparency Act
A group of Republican lawmakers are attempting to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires companies to disclose their true ownership, proclaiming the law “a big government ...
Scientific American24d
50,000 Scientists Urge Congress to Protect Research from Trump
CLIMATEWIRE | More than 50,000 scientists and their supporters have signed an open letter asking Congress to safeguard federal research and scientific jobs ahead of the incoming Trump administration.
Global News24d
Canada Post has raised its stamp prices. Here’s what to know
Canada Post customers will now have to pay more for sending mail as the company has raised its stamp prices amid mounting financial losses. A 25 per cent price hike that was proposed last year ...
National Post25d
Canada Post is raising stamp prices as of today. Here's what to know
Canada Post says the higher price is required to better align stamp prices with the rising cost of providing letter mail service to all Canadians Author of the article: You can save this article ...
New York Post26d
Why Freedom Caucus chair Andy Harris, a doctor from Queens, might be the most powerful member of Congress
Speaker Mike Johnson may have the House’s top job — but it’s an anesthesiologist from Queens who might soon be the most powerful member of Congress. Rep. Andy Harris, who has repped the ...
The Conversation26d
Secretary of defense must perform a ‘delicate dance’ between the president, Congress and the public
The budget has to be negotiated with Congress, of course. Day to day, the secretary is holding meetings with people who are charged with managing different aspects of the department’s activity.