Posts Tagged ‘rescinds’

Doctors Disappointed After Joe Biden Rescinds Trump Reform to Boost Access to Opioid Addiction Help

President Joe Biden has reversed a life-saving drug reform made by the Trump administration, two doctors wrote in an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal on February 8. A bipartisan group of legislators is now urging Biden to revive Trump’s life-saving reform. Drs. Brian Barnett, a psychiatrist, and Jeremy Weleff, a resident in psychiatry in Ohio, […]

Biden Rescinds Mexico City Policy Prohibiting Foreign Aid From Being Used to Perform, Promote Abortions

Photo Credit: Javier de la Maza/Unsplash WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden rescinded the Mexico City Policy on Thursday, which prohibits taxpayer money from being used by foreign aid recipients to perform, promote or refer women for abortions. The policy, created by Ronald Reagan in 1984, has been reversed by every Democratic president ever since and […]

President Biden rescinds Keystone XL ‘presidential permit’

On his first day of presidency, President Biden take action against the Keystone XL tar sand pipeline. He rescinded the “presidential permit” for the proposed pipeline, which was first introduced in 2008, that would have carried 830,000 gallons of crude oil from Alberta, Canada through Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. Critics of the pipeline, including […]

Rabbi Kanievsky orders Haredi boys schools to reopen, then rescinds his decision

Prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi Chaim Kanievsky late on Sunday revoked an order he had issued earlier in the day calling for Haredi boys schools to open on Monday. All of Israel’s schools have been closed during the ongoing lockdown, as part of the effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. According to ultra-Orthodox media, the […]

New Orleans City Council rescinds human rights resolution, igniting the movement for Palestinian rights

After pressure from local pro-Israel organizations, the New Orleans City Council yesterday voted unanimously to rescind a human rights resolution that the body passed exactly two weeks ago. Pushed for months by the New Orleans Palestinian Solidarity Committee (NOPSC), Resolution 18-5 would have established a committee to assess all city contracts and terminate those with […]

War on the Poor: Jeff Sessions Rescinds Legal Doc That Ended Debtors’ Prisons

By Rachel Blevins In addition to his “War on Cannabis,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently revealed that he is also in favor of a “War on Poverty,” when he rescinded a legal guidance document that was meant to end illegal debtors’ prisons. While debtors’ prisons are labeled as institutions to keep people from […]

Following CIA Backlash, Harvard Rescinds Chelsea Manning’s Title

(AP) — Harvard University reversed its decision to name Chelsea Manning a visiting fellow early Friday, a day after CIA Director Mike Pompeo scrapped a planned appearance over the title for the soldier who was convicted of leaking classified information. Douglas Elmendorf, the dean of the university’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, wrote in a […]

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