Washington, DC (Feb. 7) – Senate Republicans today released their budget resolution, advancing Donald Trump’s policy agenda, to continue unprecedented attacks on immigrant families and pave the way to provide billionaires and mega-corporations with even...
Washington, DC – The Senate tonight voted along party lines to confirm Russell Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and Public Citizen, along with more than 110 organizations, called on Congress today to swiftly investigate Elon Musk and the lawless takeover of the federal government by...
Washington, D.C. – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new analysis revealing that a family must make more than $180,000 per year to reasonably afford the national cost of infant child care. The federal...
WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 5) - President Trump signed an executive order today, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, wanting to ban trans athletes from participating in school sports. Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO...
Washington, DC — Following the Senate’s confirmation of Pam Bondi as Attorney General, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO at the National Women’s Law Center, issued the following statement: “Pam Bondi’s confirmation is a grave...
Washington, DC – Some parents are unable to send their children to preschool as Head Start programs nationwide are reporting that they are unable to access critical federal funds — one week after Donald Trump’s...
WASHINGTON D.C. (Feb. 4) -- Today, the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. In response, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO...
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 29) — President Trump signed two executive orders today attacking public education. One of the orders would ban federal funds from being used to teach so-called “discriminatory equity ideology,” and instead distort...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 29) – Today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s testimony before a Senate committee further reinforced widespread concerns he is wholly unfit to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, the department responsible for...
Washington, DC – The Trump administration rescinded an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo purporting to halt all federally supported loan and grant programs. This reversal came after immediate public backlash and confusion over the...
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 28) — The Trump administration announced a sweeping and cruel executive order tonight that seeks to prevent transgender youth under the age of 19 from accessing basic health care, with likely impacts...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 28) — Once again, President Trump has betrayed working people, lawlessly firing Jocelyn Samuels and Charlotte Burrows, commissioners at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). These commissioners, who by statute include representatives...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 28) - Today, a coalition of advocacy organizations condemned a district court ruling in the Eastern District of Kentucky that rejected the Title IX rule finalized by the Biden administration that provided...
Washington, D.C. – Last night, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo purporting to halt all federally supported loan and grant programs. Since its release last night, the memo has created chaos,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 28) - President Trump signed executive orders last night that seek to restrict transgender service members and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from the military. This follows the confirmation of Defense...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 28) — The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and a coalition of 175 organizations condemned as “cruel and lawless” the executive order signed by President Trump that discriminates against transgender, nonbinary, and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 24) — The Trump administration’s acting Attorney General tonight announced that the Justice Department would no longer enforce the federal civil rights law currently protecting clinics, staff, and patients from danger. This...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 24) – Within days of retaking office, President Trump and his allies are beginning to target abortion providers and patients. On the eve of the “March for Life,” Trump issued pardons to...
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 22) – In the cloak of darkness, President Donald Trump rescinded a decades-old executive order that protected workers hired by federal contractors from discrimination and promoted the creation of equal employment opportunities. The...