The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed through parliament on March 25 1807 which abolished the transatlantic slave trade. It did not, however, abolish slavery within the British colonies and this ...

Coverage of the Home Affairs select committee session on a ten-year review of the Modern Slavery Act, on Tuesday 25 March. Show more Coverage of the Home Affairs select committee session on a ten ...

It's a long-held goal of conservatives but the complete shuttering of the department is unlikely as it would take an act of Congress. Since Trump returned to the White House, the department has ...

President Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, but key programs will remain. The order faces legal challenges and criticism from Democrats and education ...

Every reorganization act passed since its inception in 1932 has specifically barred the president from abolishing federal agencies, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service.

The president signed an executive order Thursday aimed at abolishing the agency ... through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, dramatically expanded the government’s role ...

The move seeks to implement a key campaign promise that Trump also proposed to implement during his first term at the White House, but Congress did not act on it. The US president has repeatedly ...

While he cannot fully abolish the agency without an act of Congress ... who have different types of specialized needs." However, abolishing the Department of Education in itself would not actually ...

March 19 (UPI) --The Trump administration is well on its way to abolishing the Consumer Financial ... Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010. The law was a response to the 2008 ...

“With an eye on the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slavery Act of 1833, we have firmly established a clear stance: nothing about us, without us, by us.” Helen McConnell Simpson, senior ...