WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * A US/UK trade deal faces barriers: CEI analysis Amidst the ongoing tariff drama, Vice President J.D. Vance said this week that the United States and the United Kingdom could strike a trade deal. But CEI's Iain Murray points to some barriers in the way: "A US-UK trade deal has the potential to set the new model for what President Trump wants from a trade deal. The two co more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 15 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP Continues Commitment to Trump Tax Cuts with New Ads and Grassroots Activities in States Across the Country # Apr 15, 2025 by AFP In 2017, AFP Launched Largest Conservative Campaign to Support TCJA, Doing So Again in 2025 ARLINGTON, VA-- Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is continuing the largest commitment by any group to support President Trump's pro-growth tax more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 16 -- America's Public Television Stations issued the following news release: * * * America's Public Television Stations Statement on the Rescission Package to Eliminate Public Broadcasting Funding WASHINGTON - April 15, 2025 - Kate Riley, President and CEO of America's Public Television Stations, made the following statement on the proposed rescission package to eliminate public media funding: "America's Public Television Stations are deeply disappointed that a pr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Chemicals] -- The American Chemistry Council posted the following news release: * * * Americans Agree: Chemistry Is Essential, Fix TSCA WASHINGTON (April 15, 2025) - Speaking at the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) 38th Annual Global Chemical Regulations Conference and Exhibition (GlobalChem), ACC President and CEO, Chris Jahn, shared the results of a new Morning Consult survey of American voters, which found strong support for reforming the Environmental Pro more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [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: * * * BREAKING: Court Grants Preliminary Injunction To Restore Infrastructure and Environmental Funds Nationwide WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted a preliminary injunction against the Trump admini more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns Latest Israeli Bombing of a Gaza Hospital The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the latest Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza, this time targeting the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in Gaza, killing a medic and wounding nine other people. The strike hit th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR OP-ED: How Trump squandered his chance to win over Muslim & Arab Americans President Trump still has time to change course. Although he cannot bring back the untold number of Palestinians and Yemenis who have been slaughtered with US weapons over the past month, he can once again force an end to the genocide, stop bombing Yemen, complete negotiations over Ir more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR OP-ED: US employers abandoned their DEI commitments long before Trump took office If Muslim, Palestinian, and Arab voices could be so easily sidelined and entire workplace cultures so quickly disregarded to appease a foreign state, we fear the worst is yet to come. What this moment demands - as it always has in times of political divisiveness - is for peop more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-DFW, Civil Rights Partners to Speak Out Against Unconstitutional Targeting of Anti-Genocide Students Today, the Dallas/Ft. Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization plans to join Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and other civil rights organization groups an more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Trump and DOGE Claim Power to Falsely List Living Persons as Dead in Social Security Records By Devin O'Connor and Sam Berger The Trump Administration has made a shocking claim: that it can declare living people dead to cut off their access to government benefits and the broader U.S. financial system. According to reporting from the New York Times, the Social Security Administration (SSA), more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Conservatives Oppose Tax Rate Increase Conservatives Support Trump's Call for Across the Board Permanent Tax Cuts for All According to beltway media, some moderate -- and anonymous -- staffers are trying to convince President Trump to break his central tax promise to make the Trump tax cuts permanent across the board. President DONALD TRUMP: "We are seeking permanent income tax cu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Council on Foreign Relations issued the following report in February 2025 by Inu Manak and Helena Kopans-Johnson entitled "Tariffs on Trading Partners: Can the President Actually Do That?" Here are excerpts: * * * President Donald Trump has promised to enact sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners. At a September campaign event in Pennsylvania he stated, "I don't need Congress" to impose tariffs, "I have the right to impose them myself."[1] To date, Trump has sai more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Council on Foreign Relations issued the following report in February 2025 by Eric Ciaramella and Eric Green entitled "Ukraine, NATO, and War Termination". Here are excerpts: * * * In 2025, President Donald Trump is expected to launch a negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine aimed at settling the war. The United States unquestionably has an interest in ending the massive loss of life and civilian suffering. Yet stopping the violence is not the only challenge more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Court Sides with Department of Energy on Alaska LNG, But Problems with the Project Persist Washington, DC \- Today, the D.C. Circuit Court sided with the Department of Energy after Sierra Club and Earthjustice challenged the criteria the agency used to issue an export permit for Alaska LNG. In response, Sierra Club Alaska Chapter Director Andrea Feniger released the following statement:  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news release: * * * Defenders Intervenes to Protect Biden ESA Regulations Defenders today filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed in federal court in the District of Columbia that challenges the Biden administration's 2024 Endangered Species Act regulations. The 2024 regulations reversed some of the damaging regulations issued by the Trump administration in 2019, which Defenders previously ch more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Direct File is Government Efficiency At Work, Says Groundwork's Richards # As the 2025 tax filing season wraps up, Americans across the country are eager for the IRS to expand Direct File, a free, easy-to-use tool that allows taxpayers to file their taxes directly with the IRS. New polling from Groundwork Action and Data for Progress  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * DOGE Weekly Watchdog: Amid Mass Social Security Disruptions Under Musk's DOGE, House Republicans Block Basic Transparency, Oversight In recent days, millions of Social Security beneficiaries received erroneous messages that they're "not receiving payments" amid chronic SSA.gov website  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Energy Inflation Act Closer to Gov. Braun's Desk Indianapolis, Ind - After opposition from many organizations all session, the Indiana Senate passed the Energy Inflation Act today. House Bill 1007 will soon head to Governor Braun following a final vote in the House on the amended version of the bill. This comes a few short days after Gov. Braun signed coal-related executive orders mimickin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Foreign Policy for America issued the following news release: * * * FP4A Welcomes Nuclear Negotiations Between U.S. and Iran Foreign Policy for America welcomes the start of diplomatic talks between the United States and Iran in Oman and is encouraged by the announcement that discussions will continue in Italy. The Trump administration has a historic opportunity to restore limits on Iran's ability to weaponize its nuclear program. "U.S. negotiators would do well to  more PR

NEW YORK, April 15 [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: * * * Heartening that Harvard Stands Up to "Absurd and Dangerous Demands" by White House (NEW YORK)-On April 11, the Trump administration sent a letter to Harvard University, claiming that Harvard had "failed to live up to both the intellectual and civil rights conditions that justify federal  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 15 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: AFP-New Hampshire Hosts Tax Day Protest Outside Chris Pappas' Office # Apr 15, 2025 by AFP Manchester, New Hampshire - Yesterday, Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) held a protest outside Representative Chris Pappas' Office in response to his opposition to extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), even though failing to renew the TCJA woul more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 15 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Americans for Prosperity-Florida Talks Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Renewal with Rep. Brian Mast # Apr 15, 2025 by AFP West Palm Beach, FL --This week for Tax Day, Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-FL) held an event with Congressman Brian Mast (FL-21) talking about the importance of renewing President Trump's highly impactful Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) as part more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 15 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * Important Tax Day Message Shared with AFP-LA as Fight to Renew Trump Tax Cuts Continues # Apr 15, 2025 by AFP Senator Cassidy Shares Tax Day Message as AFP-LA Applauds Louisiana Leaders in Washington Baton Rouge, LA --Today on Tax Day, Members of Louisiana's Congressional delegation are sharing important messages with grassroots mobilizer Americans for Prosperity- more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on April 14, 2025: * * * Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Administration's Attempt to Revoke Legal Status of Hundreds of Thousands; Grants Class Certification Judge's ruling covers people who came through "CHNV" humanitarian parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans BOSTON--A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled against the Trump administration today, halting its attempt to revoke the legal status and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [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: * * * Law Students Sue to Oppose Trump Administration's Ongoing Assault on Legal Profession Suit Alleges EEOC is Operating Without Authority, Improperly Weaponizing Civil Rights Laws to Attack Legal Profession Washington, D.C. - A group of law students more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV's New President Day One Statement Washington, D.C. -- On his first official day as President of of the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), Pete Maysmith released the following statement: "I first want to thank outgoing LCV President Gene Karpinski for being an amazing leader, mentor and friend. LCV and our network of state partners in the Conservation Voter Movemen more PR

NEW YORK, April 15 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF and Lambda Legal Urge U.S. Naval Academy to Reverse Decision to Remove 381 Books from Library Collection Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Lambda Legal sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Superintendent Yvette M. Davids urging the U.S. Naval Academy to reverse its decision to remove 381 books discussing race, gender, and sexuality from its Nimitz  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Missouri Utilities Granted Presidential Pardon to Pollute Jefferson City, Mo - Following executive orders on coal last week, three utilities received an exemption so they can continue releasing mercury and other toxins into Missouri's air and water at five different coal plants. The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards are expected to prevent 11,000 premature deaths, 4,700 heart attacks, and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release: * * * NAACP, LDF Sues to Challenge U.S. Department of Education's "Dear Colleague" Letter and Certification Requirement The Legal Defense Fund files federal lawsuit on behalf of the NAACP April 15, 2025 Contact: Chyna Fields, cfields@naacpnet.org WASHINGTON - Today, the NAACP, and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), acting on its behalf, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Educati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, issued the following news release: * * * National gun violence prevention groups respond to Trump administration's attack on law firm Perkins Coie LLP, Jenner & Block LLP, and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP GIFFORDS Law Center and Brady join a slate of about two dozen nonprofits and NGOs on amicus briefs that condemn the Trump administration's punitive attacks on Perkins Coie LLP, Jenner  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * New Poll: TechNet and Echelon Insights Survey Reveals Americans See Tech as Key to U.S. Global Competitiveness, Oppose Breaking up American Tech Companies A Majority of Americans (62%) Believe Breaking Up Major U.S. Tech Companies Will Put the United States at a Competitive Disadvantage vs. Adversarie more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release: * * * NWLC files FOIA requests, demanding answers on EEOC changes (Washington, D.C. April 15) -- Today, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) filed Freedom of Information Act requests to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) seeking information on recent actions that threaten the agency's independence and undermine the enforcement of workers' civil rights protect more PR

NEW YORK, April 15 [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 APPLAUDS HARVARD FOR DEFYING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S THREATS AND DEFENDING ACADEMIC FREEDOM (NEW YORK)-On April 11, the Trump administration sent a letter to Harvard University, claiming that Harvard had "failed to live up to both the intellectual and civil rights conditions t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release: * * * Public lands & Western Arctic rule rollbacks among new White House rescission notices WASHINGTON D.C. (April 15, 2025) -- The White House posted a pair of rescission notices signaling the administration's intent to begin rolling back two key Biden administration conservation rules: the BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule (or Public Lands Rule), which ensures that conservation more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, April 16 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 15, 2025, to Foreign Affairs: * * * How America Can Stay Ahead of China in the AI Race By Nikita Lalwani This commentary was originally published by Foreign Affairs on April 15, 2025. In October 2022, the United States imposed sweeping restrictions on the export of advanced chips and chip-making equipment. The move, which followed steps taken in the first Trump administration to curtai more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued the following news release: * * * Senior Interior Attorney Faces Dismissal in DOGE Dust-Up * * * Washington, DC -- A political official within the Department of the Interior (DOI) is pursuing the removal of a top attorney for allegedly providing a memo to the Secretary seeking his approval to cede unprecedented control over a highly sensitive personnel database to unqualified individuals, more PR

NEW YORK, April 15 [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: * * * Students Sue Department of Defense Schools Over Curriculum Changes, Book Bans QUANTICO, Va. - Students in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools on military bases sued today, arguing that DoDEA's book removals and curri more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Tax Day Reminder: 70% of Congressional Republicans May Financially Benefit from Trump Tax Scam WASHINGTON, DC -- As Congressional Republicans fight to cut taxes for themselves and their billionaire donors, millions of American families are once again paying their fair share in taxes th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * This Tax Day, 78% of Women Want Tax Cuts Extended WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today is the filing deadline to submit 2025 tax returns or file for an extension, as well as pay tax owed for most taxpayers. Earlier this month, Independent Women unveiled poll results highlighting that the vast majority of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents overwhelmingly agree that Congress sh more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) issued a report titled "Undercharged: Energy, Climate, and the Evolving Transatlantic Relationship" in March 2025, authored by Max Bergmann, Joseph Majkut, and Federico Steinberg. The report analyzes the shifting energy policies and climate initiatives in the United States and Europe under new political leadership and explores the potential for both cooperation and conflict in their evolving transatlantic relations more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Admin Gives Six Texas Coal Plants Pass to Release More Mercury Pollution Texas - Yesterday, the Trump Administration gave six coal-burning power plants in Texas an extra two years to reduce their emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants that contaminate our air, water, and soil. Several of the nation's top mercury-polluting power plants are in Texas and are included in the exe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Hands Out Free Pass for Big Coal, Americans Pay the Price Washington, D.C. - Trump's Administration exempted 68 coal-fired power plants from lifesaving safeguards that curb emissions of mercury and air toxics and protect Americans from the deadly health effects of coal pollution. The list of plants exempted includes nine of the nation's worst offenders for mercury emissions. The Me more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * TVA Proactively Sought Exemptions from Pollution Safeguards Knoxville, TN - Four plants in the Tennessee Valley Authority's fleet--Shawnee, Gallatin, Cumberland, and Kingston--have received presidential exemptions from the Trump Administration, delaying critical safeguards against these coal plants emitting hazardous metals in particulates and other air toxics into the Tennessee Valley's a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber, Alaska Chamber Host U.S. Representative Nick Begich for Roundtable on Tax Reform ANCHORAGE, AK - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Alaska Chamber recently hosted U.S. Representative Nick Begich (R-AK-AL) for a roundtable discussion in Anchorage, Alaska with local business leaders on the need to extend pro-growth business tax provisions before portions of President Tr more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 14 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services, posted the following news release: * * * US Tariffs and Re-globalization: Frost & Sullivan Highlights Malaysia's Strategic Path Amid Global Trade Shifts Kuala Lumpur, 14 April 2025 - As global trade dynamics shift following the United States' sweeping tariff measures announced on April 2, Frost & Sullivan emphasiz more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 14 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services, posted the following news release: * * * US Tariffs and Re-Globalization: Frost & Sullivan Outlines Singapore's Path Through US Tariff Disruptions Singapore, 14 April 2025 - As the global trade environment continues to evolve with the United States implementing broader tariff policies, Frost & Sullivan believes th more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 15 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * White House's Easter hype heightens Trump's Christian nationalist agenda Photo by Edoardo Cuoghi on Unsplash President Trump's over-the-top "Presidential Message on Holy Week, 2025" appears to show the White House's desire to institutionalize Christian nationalism. In language more befitting a pulpit than the Oval Office, Trump's official message begins: "This more PR