MADISON, Wisconsin, April 4 [Category: Sociological] -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * "Secularist of the Week," Anthea Butler explains white Christian nationalism FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" is a church historian and professor who has been an outspoken and early opponent of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following news release: * * * "War, Weaponization or a Deal? President Trump's High-Stakes Approach Toward Iran" Panel Recap "The strategic case is self-evident: I don't think an Iran war is necessary or justified for U.S. national security, but I think it's almost more important to make the political argument that this is bad for Trump." Those comments were made by Curt Mills, Executive Director of The American Conserva more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Alliance for American Manufacturing issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Tariffs Will Reignite U.S. Manufacturing, But It May Take Time Washington, D.C. -- U.S. factories gained 1,000 jobs in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. The flat number came ahead of President Trump's highly anticipated reciprocal trade announcement, which established a 10% baseline tariff and significant tariffs on the United States' least reci more PR

NEW YORK, April 4 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * ACLU Reacts to Updated OMB Guidance for AI Use by Federal Agencies WASHINGTON -- Today, the Trump administration released updated guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on federal agencies' uses of artificial intelligence more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 5 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP Commends Senate for Passing Budget Resolution # Apr 5, 2025 by AFP Congress Must Now Renew the 2017 Trump Tax Cuts ARLINGTON, VA-- Americans for Prosperity (AFP) commends the Senate for passing a budget resolution for fiscal year 2025 and calls for the House of Representatives to pass their budget resolution so Congress can get to work on a reconciliation bill more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 4 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-New Mexico Ad Campaign and Grassroots Push to Extend Trump Tax Cuts # Apr 4, 2025 by AFP SANTA FE, NM - Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is launching a seven-figure ad and grassroots campaign highlighting what will be a Tax Day nightmare next year for working families across New Mexico if Congress fails to renew the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This critical  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Urges the Trump Administration to Declassify and Release the Biden Administration's Classified Domestic Surveillance and Censorship Strategy WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, America First Legal (AFL) sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard requesting that she initiate a declassification review and publicly release the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release: * * * Bill Huizenga, Mike Rogers & Tudor Dixon Support More Chaos & Higher Energy Bills for 430,000+ Michiganders Bill Huizenga, Mike Rogers, and Tudor Dixon are all-in on Trump's mission to make life worse for everyone - except for billionaires. Living in Michigan just got a lot more expensive f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release: * * * Pissed Off Americans Trash Trump Tariff Tax Hike: "This is not beneficial for anybody." Americans are pissed off with Donald Trump's $2,100 tax hike and the uncertainty caused by his chaotic economic policies. Trump's tariff announcement almost immediately prompted layoff announcements from more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Brown and Chris Sununu Support More Chaos & Higher Energy Bills for 29,000+ Granite Staters Scott Brown and Chris Sununu are all-in on RFK Jr. and Trump's mission to make life worse for everyone - except for billionaires. Living in New Hampshire just got a lot more expensive for over  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release: * * * Susan Collins' Inaction = More Chaos & Higher Energy Bills For 51,000 Working Families in Maine Thanks to Susan Collins and her pattern of reacting to Trump's attacks on Mainers with nothing more than performative concern, living in Maine just got a lot more expensive for about 51,000 hardw more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release: * * * Thom Tillis Inaction = More Chaos & Higher Energy Bills For 139,000+ Working Families in North Carolina Thanks to Thom Tillis and his support for Trump's mission to make life worse for everyone except for billionaires, living in North Carolina just got a lot more expensive for 139,000 hardw more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release: * * * American Households to Pay $2,100 a Year for Trump's Tariff Tax Hike A new report released by the non-partisan Tax Foundation calls Trump's tariff tax hike the "largest tax hike since 1982" and shows the average U.S. household will pay $2,100 more each year for everyday goods and services d more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 4 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * Americans for Prosperity Launches Seven-Figure Ad Campaign and Grassroots Push to Extend Trump Tax Cuts, Targets Texas Reps. # Apr 4, 2025 by AFP AUSTIN, TX - Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is launching a seven-figure ad and grassroots campaign highlighting what will be a Tax Day nightmare next year for working families across Texas if Congress fails to renew  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 5 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * Americans for Prosperity Louisiana Launches Ad Campaign Applauding Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy for Advancing Budget Resolution as the Next Step in Extending President Trump's Tax Cuts # Apr 5, 2025 by AFP Baton Rouge, LA - Today, Americans for Prosperity - Louisiana (AFP-LA) applauded Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy for voting to advance the budget  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Welcomes Federal Court Ruling that Maryland Father Deported in Error Must Be Returned to U.S. The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has applauded a ruling from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis who granted a preliminary injunction Friday and ordered the Trump administration to return Maryland father Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia home b more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-SFBA Condemns Trump Administration's Demand for UC Berkeley Faculty Info as Attack on Academic Freedom, Free Speech The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Trump administration's subpoena of personal information belonging more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 4 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Congress Considering Selling Public Lands As Part Of Budget Reconciliation America's lands are worth more than extended tax cuts for the wealthy SANTA FE, N.M -- E&E News is reporting that Republican leaders in Congress are contemplating selling off public lands in the West as a source of revenue to offset extending the 2017 tax cuts and other federal spending. * Chris Krupp, public lands attorne more PR

NEW YORK, April 4 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Court Rules Rumeysa Ozturk's Lawsuit Should Move Forward in Vermont BOSTON - The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts today ruled that the challenge to ICE's unlawful detention of Rumeysa Ozturk, a PhD student at Tufts Un more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Demand Justice issued the following news release: * * * Demand Justice Praises Schiff And Raskin's Shadow Hearing On Trump Administration's Lawlessness Washington, DC- On Monday, Senator Adam Schiff and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, as well as other Democratic members of the House and Senate, will hold a bicameral spotlight hearing focused on the attacks by President Trump and his allies against lawyers, law firms and the courts. The hearing, titled "Restoring Accountabi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Demand Justice issued the following news release: * * * Washington, DC- This afternoon, the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 emergency ruling allowing the Trump administration to block $65 million in teacher development grants. As Justice Jackson wrote in her dissent, which was joined by Justice Sotomayor, "Children, pets, and magicians might find pleasure in the clever use of such shiny-object tactics. But a court of law should not be so easily distracted. Yet, here we more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 4 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice Responds to 'Emergency' Forests Directive That Lays Groundwork for Widespread Industrial Logging Washington, D.C. -- In response to President Trump's recent executive order calling on federal agencies to ramp up timber harvests across federal forestlands, a Secretarial Memo issued April 3 from the Department of Agriculture has declared 59 percent of U.S. Forest Se more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- 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 on April 3, 2025: * * * House Committee Passes Crypto Bill Devoid of Fraud and Corruption Limits Industry giveaways will hurt consumers, farmers, and small businesses Washington, DC - The House Financial Services Committee today a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * In Cruel Move, Trump Reverses Medicare and Medicaid Coverage of Obesity Drugs WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump administration has reversed a Biden-era decision to give millions of Americans in need access to obesity drugs through Medicare and Medicaid. In response, Dr. Robert Steinbrook, Director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, issued the following statement: "Medicare and Medicaid  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV Statement on Senate Passage of Pro-Polluter Budget Resolution Washington, D.C. -- In response to last night's Senate votes on the partisan Republican Budget Resolution, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Tiernan Sittenfeld: "While Trump's trade war is putting the economy in a tailsp more PR

NEW YORK, April 5 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 4, 2025, to Brussels Signal: * * * EU Pauses Corporate Reporting, Worldwide Companies Not Yet Under Brussels' Thumb By James R. Copland and Charles Yockey On April 3, the European Parliament ratified a decision to stop the clock on scheduled corporate reporting and compliance requirements-most notably the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), earlier adopted by the European Parl more PR

NEW YORK, April 4 -- We Act for Environmental Justice issued the following news release on April 3, 2025: * * * Mass Staff Firing of Heating & Cooling Relief Program Leaves Vulnerable Communities Without Essential Assistance WASHINGTON - This week, the Trump administration's head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., illegally fired thousands of vital federal employees, including the entire staff overseeing the Low Income Home Energy Assis more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following memorandum on April 4, 2025: * * * Memo: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act (S. 556) The Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act (S. 556), introduced by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in the Senate, would impose new sanctions on actors with minimal connection to trade related to Iranian oil. Critically, the bill would offer minimal discretion to the President on sanctions policy, and would require an act of Congress to halt after 2029,  more PR

NEW YORK, April 4 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * New Directive Tries to Coerce K-12 Public Schools to Adhere to Trump Administration Ideology on DEI with Threat to Withhold Funding (WASHINGTON) -- In a significant escalation of the attacks on free expression and inclusivity in schools, the Department of Education has issued a new direct more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * NOAA Websites Set to Go Dark in Continued Assault on Scientific Research WASHINGTON (April 4, 2025)--Vital National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research websites will reportedly go dark overnight in another shocking setback to the nation's core scientific enterprise, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). According to severa more PR

NEW YORK, April 5 [Category: Law/Legal] -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release: * * * NYCLU Statement on Hands Off! Rallies Across New York NEW YORK - In response to Hands Off! rallies taking place today across New York in which the New York Civil Liberties Union is participating, NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman released the following statement: "We won't let anyone rob us of our rights or pillage our country without putting up a fight. That's why the N more PR

NEW YORK, April 6 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * PEN America on 381 Banned Books at the U.S. Naval Academy: "Books are not the enemy; ignorance is the enemy." (NEW YORK)-- In response to the removal of nearly 400 book titles from the U.S. Naval Academy's library this week after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office ordered the school  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Permanent Tax Cuts, Tax-Free Tips, and a Blow to Union Bosses - New Leave Us Alone Podacst! In this episode of Leave Us Alone, Grover Norquist teams up with Mike Palicz, James Erwin, and Rowan Saydlowski to break down the latest wins for taxpayers--and the battles ahead. The team covers: * Two Florida special election victories that strengthen the pro-taxpayer majority in Congress more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, April 5 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 4, 2025, to Nikkei Asia: * * * Trump's Early Moves Should Give Taiwan Confidence By Derek Grossman This commentary was originally published by Nikkei Asia on April 4, 2025. Taiwan is jittery. Recent tensions in U.S.-Ukraine security relations, combined with a broader reset in Washington's alliance with NATO and President Donald Trump's desire to have better ties with both Russia and Chi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Heinrich, Hickenlooper Amendment to Block Sale of Public Lands in Reconciliation Package WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Democrats are moving to block attempts by the Trump administration to sell off public lands to fund tax cuts for billionaires. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) plan to offer an amendment (cosponsored by Sens. Kelly, Padill more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Senate Adoption of Trump Budget Reconciliation Framework Washington, DC - Shortly after 2:00am ET this morning, Senate Republicans adopted a FY2025 Budget Resolution that sets the stage for them to make dangerous cuts to essential services, sell off our public lands, and give even more huge tax breaks to billionaires and the fossil fuel industry. In response, Sier more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Strong March Jobs Growth Far Exceeds Expectations, Sets Stage For Tax and Regulatory Reform WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 228,000 jobs were added in March, far exceeding market expectations of just 140,000 jobs, with strong growth in health care, transportation, warehousing and construction. The overall unemployment rate increa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * Tariffs Are Vital Tool to Rebalance U.S. Trade, but Trump Must Act Immediately to Stop Corporations from Using New Tariffs as Cover to Price-Gouge Washington, D.C. - Today, as the Trump administration announces its tariffs plan, American Economic Liberties Project's Rethink Trade Director, Lori Wallach, released this statement : "The businesses that profiteered fr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * Tariffs Are Vital Tool to Rebalance U.S. Trade, but Trump Must Act Immediately to Stop Corporations from Using New Tariffs as Cover to Price-Gouge Washington, D.C. - Today, as the Trump administration announces its tariffs plan, American Economic Liberties Project's Rethink Trade Director, Lori Wallach, released this statement : "The businesses that profiteered fr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - April 4, 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 incredible advocacy from our state affiliates in the face of continued attacks from the Trump administration. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagra more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Places Thumb on Scale of Timber Industry Profit - Routs Environmental and Conservation Laws in the Process The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, has issued a secretarial memo that throws out environmental policies and safeguards in favor of timber industry profits. The secretarial memo declares an emergency on over 112 million acres of our nationa more PR

BRIGHTON, England, April 5 -- The Institute of Development Studies, an organization that conducts research, learning and teaching that aims to transform the knowledge, action and leadership needed for equitable and sustainable development globally, issued the following news: * * * Trump's tariffs will cause 'major upheaval in global trade' and damage development President Donald Trump announced a suite of tariffs on Wednesday (2 April), claiming that they would address trade imbalances and br more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Trump's week of transphobic actions harms all women, girls, and LGBTQI+ people (WASHINGTON) April 4 -- The Trump administration's announcement today of a Title IX "special investigation team" is a preposterous, thinly-veiled attempt to erase protections for transgender students in schools. And it comes after a vile, transphobic proclamation that equates providing gender affirm more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 [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: * * * Unions, Retirees File Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Halt Unlawful DOGE Access to Social Security Data as New Facts Emerge Filing Seeks to Restore Control Over SSA's Data Systems and Suspend DOGE's Unlawful Activity Until the Lawsuit is Resolv more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * USDA commits to logging public forests regardless of environmental damage Secretarial Memo would make logging dominant on over a hundred million acres, taking next step towards dismantling Forest Service Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins issued a Secretarial Memo to expedite logging on over a hundred million acres of Forest Service lands. The "emergency" memo follows P more PR