WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * ATR Applauds End to Collective Bargaining at National Security Agencies President Trump signed an executive order Thursday night that ends collective bargaining at federal agencies that have national security functions, a move long championed by Americans for Tax Reform. With this new action, public-sector union bosses representing approximately 75 percent of the federal workforce w more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 29 -- Black Voters Matter, a voting rights and community empowerment organization, issued the following statement in March 27, 2025: * * * Black Voters Matter Issues Statement Following Recent Attacks Targeting Voter Registration Yesterday, in another attempt to distract voters, Trump signed an executive order to upend the U.S. voter registration process by creating restrictive 'proof of citizenship' measures designed to prevent voters from casting a ballot. He is tryi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Opposes Trump Admin Interference with National Museum of African American History and Culture The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an executive order signed by President Trump that seeks to remove "improper ideology" from federal sites and allows the nationwide r more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 28, 2025: * * * Fighting a Trade War Could Mean Losing the Tech War By Navin Girishankar President Trump's ambitious attempt to rapidly reorder U.S. economic relations in the early months of his administration centers on the expansive, if chaotic, use of tariffs on adversaries and allies alike. With a new round of reciprocal tariffs set to go into effect on April 2, what some s more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 -- Community Catalyst issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Community Catalyst: Federal Health Cuts Will Hurt Families and Communities "These cuts represent a full-scale retreat from our shared responsibility to keep people safe and healthy." BOSTON, MA -- In response to sweeping health care cuts announced today under the Trump administration, Brandon G. Wilson, Interim Co-President and CEO of Community Catalyst, warned that the changes more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Congress must 'not sit idly by in the face of the Trump administration's illegal attempts to abolish' USAID -- Oxfam Today, in reaction to news of the Trump administration's memo for remaining USAID staff stating that most positions would be eliminated in the coming months, Oxfam America President and CEO Abby Maxman said: "Today marks the Trump administration's attempt to put a final  more PR

NEW YORK, March 29 -- Educators for Excellence issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * E4E Responds to ESSER Funding Clawback by Trump Administration The following is a statement from Educators for Excellence (E4E) Co-Founder and CEO Evan Stone, on reporting that the Trump Administration is halting final payments of COVID relief aid to schools across the country: "The Trump Administration is once more turning its back on teachers and students--this time by clawing back bil more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Social Security Works, an organization that says it is fighting to protect and expand Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, lower drug prices, ensure economic justice and guarantee health care as a human right, issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Elon Musk Slanders Tens of Millions of Social Security Beneficiaries As "Fraudsters" The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, on Elon Musk's statements during more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Empower Oversight Whistleblowers and Research, an educational organization dedicated to enhancing independent oversight of government and corporate wrongdoing, issued the following news release: * * * Empower Oversight Reveals New Details of Retaliation, Seeks Justice for Whistleblowers Abused by FBI Politicization Empower Oversight has released new details about several clients caught in the crosshairs of the politicization of the FBI, in particular the Bureau's Secur more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release: * * * EPN Condemns Trump Administration's Attack on Labor Rights and Environmental Protections, Targeting Federal Workers with National Security Pretext WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Environmental Protection Network (EPN) strongly condemns the Trump administration's latest directive, issued through the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which excludes federal employees from labor-management forums under t more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, March 29 -- Equality California issued the following news release: * * * Equality California Responds to Trump's Attack on California's LGBTQ+ Student Protections WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Equality California, the nation's largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, issued the following statement from Executive Director Tony Hoang in response to the Trump Administration's investigation into California's protections for LGBTQ+ students against forced outing policies: more PR

SAN RAFAEL, California, March 29 -- The First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * FAC Files Freedom of Information Lawsuit Against DOGE San Rafael, Calif. -- The First Amendment Coalition and MSW Media today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. DOGE Service for its failure to respond to FOIA requests seeking correspondence between Elon Musk and DOGE staff. Since President Donald Trump's inauguration, Musk and DOGE have  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Finds Massive Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Sale Illegal, Ruling in Favor of Gulf and Environmental Groups Washington, D.C. -- Yesterday, the D.C. District Court found unlawful a 73-million acre offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico held by the Interior Department in March 2023. The court ruled in favor of Gulf-based and environmental groups, which had sued Inte more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Federal Judge Orders Immediate Release of Unlawfully Detained Venezuelan Couple Today, a federal judge ordered the immediate release of a Venezuelan couple who was unlawfully detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) despite having Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which legally shields them from detention. The couple, Cesar and N more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences issued the following news on March 28, 2025: * * * Trump Issues EO to Shut Down Department of Education On March 20, President Donald Trump signed the much-anticipated executive order (EO) to dismantle the United States Department of Education (USED). Consistent with many of his previous EOs, the title of the EO suggests a worthy goal, in this case: Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, State more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, issued the following news release: * * * GIFFORDS responds to report Trump admin considering merger of ATF and DEA Move would be defunding the police WASHINGTON -- GIFFORDS, the national gun violence prevention organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, responded to the Reuters' report that the Trump administration is considering merging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearm more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * GIFFORDS: Trump protects Elon Musk while hundreds of kids are killed WASHINGTON -- Following the creation of a new law enforcement Tesla task force, GIFFORDS, the national gun violence prevention organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, called on President Donald Trump and Kash Patel, the FBI director and acting direc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Immigration Hub issued the following news release: * * * In the States: Trump's Indiscriminate Deportation Machine Targets Workers, Families, and Long-Settled Immigrants Trump's raids are targeting everyday Americans-striking fear in families and sowing chaos in their communities Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda continues to target legal residents, essential workers, and community leaders, revealing a horrifying truth: Trump's immigration policy is cruel, ch more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The National Business Aviation Association issued the following news release: * * * Insight and Inspiration Drive a Powerful 2025 NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference New Orleans, LA, March 28, 2025 - The National Business Aviation Association's (NBAA's) Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC) left an indelible mark on the industry's 2025 event calendar, with unmatched opportunities for networking, learning and sharing new ways to navigate challenges, now and in  more PR

NEW YORK, March 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Sounds Alarm on Trump Administration's Attempt to Reinvigorate... On March 27, President Donald Trump released an executive order, misnamed "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," which advances pseudo-scientific ideas on race, and attacks funding for programs and institutions that preserve and steward our country's history. Janai Nelson, President and Dire more PR

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 28, 2025, to FoxNews.com: * * * Why Are We Still Giving Federal Money to DEI-Peddling Consultants? By Ilya Shapiro The government is still spending taxpayer dollars on consulting firms ignoring Trump's DEI executive orders President Trump has made laudable gains against the diversity-industrial complex, but marquee consulting firms continue to rake in billions in federal contracts despite ru more PR

NEW YORK, March 28 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 27, 2025, to The Spectator: * * * JFK Conspiracy Theories Won't Die By Douglas Murray One of the most controversial things that can happen at any American table is to start talking about the JFK assassination and then say: 'I think Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.' Thanks to decades of theories, counter-theories and Hollywood movies, a majority of the American public have for many years believ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare issued the following statement on March 28, 2025, by President and CEO Max Richtman: * * * Trump Admin Cutbacks at HHS Could Harm Seniors "For decades, the federal health programs that retirees and people with disabilities depend on have been ably administered by officials under both Democratic and Republican presidents. However, the proposed radical cutbacks at the Health and Human Services Department by  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The National Business Aviation Association issued the following news release: * * * NBAA Applauds New Data Security Protections for Business Aircraft Owners WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 28, 2025 - The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today welcomed key steps taken by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to bolster the security of information regarding business aircraft. Publicly available, personally identifiable aircraft information has enabled flight-stal more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The National Business Aviation Association issued the following news release: * * * NBAA Joins Aviation Coalition Statement Regarding Air Traffic Control WASHINGTON, March 28, 2025 - Today, a coalition of over 30 aviation stakeholders released the below statement following U.S. Secretary of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaking to the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE): "We strongly support and echo Secretary Duffy's call for a new air traffic co more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an organization that works to uphold fair housing, fair lending and consumer protection laws, issued the following news release: * * * NCRC Statement On Trump Administration Withdrawal Of 2023 Community Reinvestment Act Final Rule In response to the Trump administration's announcement that it intends to withdraw the 2023 Community Reinvestment Act final rule, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) released th more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release: * * * NH House and Senate Advance Slate of Anti-LGBTQ Bills Advocates Call For Governor to Reject All Bills That Would Set Back LGBTQ Rights following this week's votes and the House passing HB 10 and HB 148 last week CONCORD, NH (March 27, 2025) -- Today, the New Hampshire House vote more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The National Partnership for Women and Families issued the following news release: * * * NPWF Condemns Plans to Eviscerate the Department of Health & Human Services Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2025 - "The deceptive nature of the Trump Administration's claim to care about 'making America healthy again' was laid bare by today's announcement to fire 10,000 workers across the Department more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Parks Group Responds to Executive Order Targeting American History National Park Service staff work tirelessly to provide park visitors with a truthful accounting of the people and places at the center of American history. That should not change, regardless of which political party is in power. WASHINGTON- Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order directin more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 29 -- Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan policy research institute, issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Ohio jobs up in February, amid rising unemployment and federal uncertainty Ohio employers added another 23,100 jobs in February, showing substantial growth in comparison to moderate monthly gains in 2024. Ohio's unemployment rate rose to 4.7% in February, up 0.1 percentage points from January, while the national unemployment rate increased 0.1 pe more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Association of Research Libraries issued the following news: * * * President Trump Signs Executive Order on American History President Trump signed an executive order "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" on March 27 directing action at the Smithsonian Institution and public monuments, including Independence Hall, to reverse and remove public scholarship and activity related to race and gender in particular, characterized in the order as "divisive narrat more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Radio Free Asia Files Emergency Motion to Stop Government's Unlawful Funding Termination Democracy Forward and Munger Tolles & Olson Seek Immediate Court Intervention to Prevent Irreparable Harm to Independent Media Washington, DC -- Today, Democ more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, March 28 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 27, 2025, to Foreign Affairs: * * * China Sees Opportunity in Trump's Upheaval By Jude Blanchette In 2018, Chinese leader Xi Jinping argued that the world was undergoing "profound changes unseen in a century," a concept that has since become central to Beijing's geopolitical worldview. The phrase evoked parallels to the dramatic global shifts that followed World War I, including the col more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Lucas & Pfluger Discuss DOGE Effort to Reshape Government and Where Congress Must Play a Role "They will sometimes make dramatic recommendations for change, and that's a good thing. We just have to make sure that it's a good change." WASHINGTON, DC - In remarks yesterday morning before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society, U.S. Reps. Frank Lucas (OK-3) and August Pfluger (TX-11) discussed more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, issued the following news release: * * * Rising Core Inflation, Plummeting Consumer Confidence Suggest Worsening Economic Instability Under Trump Sweeping tariffs and chaotic policymaking are eroding working families' pocketbooks and failing to bring costs down As consumer confidence falls for the second month in a row, reaching its lowest level since early 2021, February's Personal Consumption Exp more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 29 -- The National Center for Lesbian Rights issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Second Federal Court Blocks Trump's Transgender Military Ban Lead attorneys in earlier case Talbott v. Trump respond to the now second nationwide preliminary injunction--this time in the case of Shilling v. Trump WASHINGTON, DC--In Shilling v. Trump today, U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Hale Settle issued what will now be a second nationwide prelimina more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, March 29 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, posted the following news release: * * * Statement Regarding Recent Attempts to Defame Peace Activists and Attack Students Speaking Out Against Genocide CODEPINK Statement Regarding The Recent Defamation of Peace Activists and Unconstitutional Attacks on Students Trump Administration allies, along with their bipartis more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- First Focus on Children, an advocacy organization dedicated to making children and families the priority in federal policy and budget decisions, issued the following news release: * * * Statement: End to vaccine funding endangers more than a million children In response to reports that the Trump Administration plans to end U.S. financial support for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, First Focus on Children President Bruce Lesley released the following statement: Tragic, sha more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States, issued the following news release on on March 27, 2025: * * * The Trump administration is using El Salvador's prison as a tool of propaganda with the core objective to dehumanize and villainize Washington, DC -- In response to Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, visiting El Salvador's notorious mega more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - March 28, 2025 Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering the president's attempts to make voting more difficult while making polluting easier. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, and TikTok more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Alliance for Retired Americans issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Trump Administration Abandons Older Americans with HHS Cuts Washington, D.C. -- Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration's sweeping staff cuts and reorganization at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): "Donald Trump often claims, 'We love our seniors,' but t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Americans for Financial Reform, which describes itself as a nonpartisan and nonprofit coalition of more than 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith-based, and civic and community groups, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Reverses Lawsuit Against Egregiously Racist Lender Decision marks a terrible step in Trump abandonment of civil rights laws Washington, DC - The Trump administration's decision to reverse an already se more PR

NEW YORK, March 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Trump D.C. Executive Order Overreaches Local Affairs and Risks... The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today condemned an Executive Order issued last night by President Donald Trump that seeks to impose federal control over Washington D.C.'s local affairs. LDF Associate Director-Counsel Todd A. Cox issued the following statement. "This Executive Order does not advance public s more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Trump EO reflects big drawbacks of government unions: CEI analysis President Trump signed an executive order on March 27 to end collective bargaining with public sector unions in certain agencies with national security missions. CEI President Kent Lassman and labor policy expert Sean Higgins commented on drawbacks associated with government unions that led to this decisi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: * * * Trump Executive Order Would Disenfranchise Millions of Black Voters Robert Weiner, the Voting Rights Project Director at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration's latest executive order that seeks to disenfranchise eligible voters: "The Trump administration's executive order  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following news: * * * U.S. Preemptive Concessions Gain Nothing From Russia in Ukraine Ceasefire Talks (Part One) By Vladimir Socor Executive Summary: * Consultations among the United States, Russia, and Ukraine are dealing piecemeal with narrow aspects of a putative ceasefire. Moscow stonewalls the quick, comprehensive ceasefire that the Trump administration pursues. * A maritime ceasefire (moratorium on firing at sea) could resul more PR

NEW YORK, March 28 -- United Against Nuclear Iran issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * UANI Condemns Quds Day Marches and Calls for U.S. Action (New York, NY) - Today United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) Chairman Governor Jeb Bush and CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released the following statement regarding International Quds Day marches in the United States. "International Quds Day was established by the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini more PR

PARIS, France, March 28 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * USA: RSF and VOA coalition secure first court victory against the Trump administration On March 28, District Judge J. Paul Oetken granted the motion for a temporary restraining order in a case brought by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) together with a coalition of Voice of America (VOA) employees and their unions to stop the Trump administration from dismantling the public service broadcast more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 [Category: Media] -- The National Press Club posted the following news release: * * * VOA Journalists Receive Career Support From Press Freedom Center WASHINGTON, March 28 - Times have been tough for the dedicated journalists at Voice of America. The Trump Administration's decision to end federal grant funding to the U.S. Agency for Global Media led to a shutdown of VOA and a massive furlough of all staff. It happened in just a matter of days and was shocking. On Friday more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Fraternal Order of Police issued the following news release: * * * White House Assures FOP on Labor Rights for Police Executive Order Affects Bargaining Rights for Many Federal Employees Patrick Yoes, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, reacted to news that President Trump signed a new Executive Order that would impact collective bargaining for most Federal employees involved in "intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national securi more PR