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Next LGBTQ Rights Legal Battle Looms After Supreme Court Victory

June 16, 2020 Focus Washington

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling protecting LGBT rights in the workplace sets the stage for another major legal fight over the scope of religious-rights exemptions to certain federal laws that could dilute the landmark decision’s […]

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Former Trump Adviser Offers Help to Iraqis that Trump Wants to Deport – For a Price

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

A former campaign adviser to Donald Trump is offering to testify in court on behalf of Iraqi Christians in the United States who suddenly face deportation under the Republican president – for a hefty fee, […]

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Marijuana Legalization Could Gain Prominence in 2020 Election

August 14, 2017 Focus Washington

While the primary issues that will be debated in the 2020 presidential race will likely include the usual topics, jobs, infrastructure spending, national security, taxes, healthcare laws, trade, crime, immigration, and economic growth, another topic […]

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Alt-right Plans ‘Free Speech’ March against Google

August 11, 2017 Focus Washington

Alt-right protesters are organizing a “March on Google” next week, after the tech giant fired an employee over discussing gender differences in the workforce, The Hill reports. The march was organized by Jack Posobiec, a […]

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LGBTQ Rights Groups File Lawsuit against Transgender Military Ban

August 10, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s plan to prohibit transgender people from serving in the U.S. military has been met with a lawsuit from two LGBTQ rights groups, The Hill reports. The GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) […]

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Republicans Reportedly Preparing Russian Scandal to Target Green Activists

July 24, 2017 Focus Washington

GOP House members and at least one Trump Cabinet member are pushing years-old allegations from conservative activists that Russia has funneled money to U.S. environmental groups to oppose fracking. The story has reappeared in conservative […]

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Civil Rights Groups Praise States for Refusing Voter Commission Request

July 7, 2017 Focus Washington

A coalition of over 100 groups including many civil rights organizations are praising state election officials for resisting a presidential commission’s request that they turn over voter registration data, The Hill reports. The Leadership Conference […]

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Free-press Groups Warn of Violence Against U.S. Media

July 5, 2017 Focus Washington

After President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted out a fake-wrestling video that showed him pummeling a person clothed in the CNN logo, free press organizations are starting to do what they never thought they’d need […]

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GOP Representative Pleased with Transgender Recruits Delay, Asks for ‘Full Repeal’

July 4, 2017 Focus Washington

A Republican congresswoman who introduced an amendment to reverse the Pentagon’s transgender policy said Monday that she’s pleased with Defense Secretary James Mattis’s decision to delay the enlistment policy, The Hill reports. On Friday night, […]

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Advocacy Groups to Pressure Republicans on ObamaCare Repeal

July 3, 2017 Focus Washington

Advocacy groups opposing the Senate’s health plan are seizing on a week-long congressional recess to turn up the heat on Republicans. Groups on the left and the right, from Planned Parenthood to Freedomworks, say they […]

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LGBT Groups Slam Pentagon for Postponing Transgender Troop Enlistment

July 1, 2017 Focus Washington

LGBT advocacy groups are slamming Pentagon’s decision to delay a plan that allows transgender people to enlist in the military.The decision, reportedly announced in a memo from Defense Secretary James Mattis on Friday, gives military […]

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Abuse Victim Support Groups Oppose ObamaCare Repeal Bill

June 28, 2017 Focus Washington

Over 300 non-profit organizations supporting victims of abuse have signed a letter to Senate leadership decrying the “devastating” effects the proposed Republican ObamaCare repeal and replace bill would have on domestic abuse and rape victims, […]

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Six Experts Resign from Trump’s HIV/AIDS Advisory Panel

June 19, 2017 Focus Washington

At least six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) resigned in protest of the Trump administration, for which they say “has no strategy to address the on-going HIV/AIDS epidemic”, NBCNews reports. Counsel […]

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US Administration to Minimize Civil Rights Efforts in Agencies

June 1, 2017 Focus Washington

As part of the efforts to survey government programs that are promoting civil rights, the Trump administration is planning to disband the Labor Department division that has policed discrimination among federal contractors for four decades. […]

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United Palestinian Appeal: Cultivating and Delivering Hope

April 28, 2016 newadminuser

Washington, DC; 28 April 2016: Providing aid and bolstering development in a region that has been a perennial conflict zone since 1948 is both demanding and rewarding. United Palestinian Appeal (UPA) has managed to do just […]

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