ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 17 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-Texas Declares School Choice Victory after Historic House Vote # Apr 17, 2025 by AFP AUSTIN, TX - Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) declared victory for the education freedom movement in Texas today following the state House of Representatives' historic vote on SB2, creating the largest education savings account (ESA) program in the United States. Today' more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- 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: * * * AFR Statement on Escalating Attacks on the CFPB and the Communities It Protects Washington, DC-The most recent plans for the CFPB from the Trump Administration--additional dramatic staff cuts, a narrowing of the agency's fo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Monday's FEC Disclosures, It's Clear Billionaires, Big Business Used the Inauguration to Buy Influence By Craig Holman EDITORIAL BOARD AND REPORTER ALERT Months after the inaugural festivities celebrating the re-election of Donald Trump to a second term in the White House, the nation finally gets to see who may have bought what in the sitting administration. On Monday, 90 days af more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 17 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * ALA launches FY 2026 #FundLibraries campaign, driving congressional support to fully fund federal programs at risk of elimination WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the American Library Association (ALA) launched its annual #FundLibraries campaign, calling on advocates in every congressional district to urge their Congressmembers to cosign letters of support to fund key federa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release on April 17, 2025: * * * American Bridge 21st Century Launches Weekly Public Findings From Largest Working Class Research Effort in the Democratic Party New Substack - 'The Working Class Project' - Will Publish Weekly Research and Analysis; Co-Chair Mitch Landrieu Essay Today Lays Out Project's S more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Americans for Tax Fairness issued the following statement on April 16, 2025: * * * ATF Statement on Trump's Decision To End Direct File Program Trump Makes Filing Taxes More Costly and Difficult for Taxpayers, Benefiting Multi-Billion Dollar Tax Preparation Industry Today, according to multiple reports, the Trump administration revealed plans to shut down the free direct-file service that allows qualified taxpayers in certain states to file their taxes with the Intern more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Americans for Tax Fairness issued the following news release on April 15, 2025: * * * Trump Targets Mixed-Status & Undocumented Families on Tax Day, Not Wealthy Tax Cheats Trump Forces IRS to Share Immigration Data with DHS to Advance Mass Deportations Today, undocumented immigrants and mixed-status families face an increasingly difficult situation as tax day approaches. Last week, the Trump administration announced an unprecedented agreement between the Internal Reve more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Energy] -- The American Petroleum Institute posted the following news release: * * * API Takes Legal Action to Defend Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Development Across Millions of Acres of Federal Waters WASHINGTON, April 17, 2025 -- The American Petroleum Institute today filed a motion to intervene in federal court to defend President Trump's revocation of the prior administration's ban on new oil and natural gas leasing across millions of acres of federal water more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Biden's Lax Corporate Crime Enforcement Gives Way to Trump's Total Lawlessness WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new Public Citizen report found that President Joe Biden's Justice Department (DOJ) prosecuted fewer corporate criminals in 2024 than in any previous year over the past three decades. Over the course of Biden's four-year term, the DOJ prosecuted fewer corporate criminals than any previous presi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release on April 17, 2025: * * * Brady Responds to Shooting at Florida State University Multiple people have reportedly been hospitalized in what is at least the 27th school shooting of 2025. Brady, the nation's oldest gun violence prevention organization, responded today to a shooting at Florida State University in which multiple people have reportedly been hospitalized. According to polling by Brad more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Consumer Services] -- The Consumer Federation of America posted the following news release: * * * CFA Condemns Massive CFPB Layoffs by Trump Administration WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Trump-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Acting Director Russ Vought are moving to illegally lay off nearly 1,500 of the 1,700 employees left at the CFPB. This news follows an internal memo dated April 16, in which CFPB leadership announced their intent to sign more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Trump Admin's Fast-Track of Line 5 Oil Tunnel: Threat to Great Lakes, Michigan and the Region MICHIGAN - Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers formally announced that Enbridge's Line 5 oil tunnel will receive fast-track approval. If built, this project would be located in the heart of the Great Lakes where geological experts have sounded the alarm about the risk of an underwater explosion o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, an organization that engages Republican policymakers and the public in solutions to address the nation's energy, economic and environmental security, issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * CRES Statement on Offshore Wind Energy Stop Work Order WASHINGTON - Today, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) President Heather Reams issued the following statement in response to the decision by the Departm more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [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: * * * Democracy Forward Report Exposes American Legislative Exchange Council Plans to Squeeze Workers, Weaken Democracy ALEC's plan for state legislators - mimicking Project 2025 - could impact wallets, schools, health, safety, rights, and democracy De more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 17 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice Statement on Trump Administration Executive Order to Open Pacific Marine Monument to Commercial Fishing Honolulu, HI -- President Trump signed a proclamation that attempts to open the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing today. The order seeks to allow U.S.-flagged vessels to fish commercially within 50 to 200 nautical miles of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: * * * E2: $8 Billion and 16 New Clean Energy Projects Abandoned in First 3 Months of 2025, Triple 2022-2024 Cancelled Investments Combined * Concerns over future of federal clean energy tax credits, Trump policies taking toll * 7,800 new clean energy jobs cancelled in past 3 months; more than 2022-2024 combined * Companies announced 5,000 Jobs, $1.6B for new projects in March WASHINGTON (April 17, 2025)  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 17 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * EU Officially Pauses Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S.-Made Boats Amid Ongoing Trade Talks On April 13, the European Union officially suspended its proposed retaliatory tariffs on US-made imports, including recreational boats, until July 14. The European Commission announced the 90-day pause following President Donald Trump's move to delay the implementation of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 (TNSres) -- A recent policy exercise in April 2025 simulating a potential Trump administration directive to restructure the Pentagon budget has highlighted fundamental disagreements on U.S. defense strategy and the difficult trade-offs required. The exercise, organized by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), tasked defense experts with identifying $50 billion in annual cuts for reinvestment, mi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * FDA Suspends Quality Control Program for its Food Testing Laboratories Earlier today, Reuters reported that due to staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food & Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories. Food & Water Watch Managing Director of Policy and Litigation, Mitch Jones, released the following statem more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [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: * * * Federal Judge Greenlights Challenge to DOGE Washington, D.C. - A federal judge has allowed labor and economic organizations represented by Democracy Forward to challenge Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency's" ( DOGE) unlawful more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- GreenLatinos, an organization that says it convenes a coalition of Latino leaders committed to addressing national, regional and local environmental, natural resources and conservation that affect the health and welfare of the Latino community, issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Department of The Army Usurps Control of Southern Public Lands Department of Defense accelerates unraveling of democracy, species extinction, and net recreation losses  more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, April 17 -- The Center for Responsible Lending issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Groups Call on President Trump to Veto Legislation that Prevents the End of Overpriced Overdraft Fees at Megabanks Veto would help millions of families struggling with the high cost of living WASHINGTON, DC - The Center for Responsible Lending today joined a group of consumer, economic justice and civil rights organizations in sending a letter to the White House,  more PR

YONKERS, New York, April 16 -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Groups call on President Trump to veto repeal of CFPB limits on unfair bank overdraft fees Overturning the CFPB's Rule Will Hurt Families Struggling With the High Cost of Living WASHINGTON DC - A group of consumer, economic justice and civil rights organizations sent a letter to the White House today, urging President Trump to veto S.J. Res 18, which would overturn a Consumer Financial  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Trump Makes Plans to Gut Housing Assistance for Millions The new budget--led by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought--could put up to 2.3 million Americans at risk of losing their homes. WASHINGTON, DC -- Continuing their campaign to make life more expensive for millions of A more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The National Council of Nonprofits issued the following news release on April 17, 2025: * * * Joint Statement by the Council on Foundations, Independent Sector, National Council of Nonprofits, and United Philanthropy Forum on Threats to Civil Society and the Independence of the Charitable Sector On behalf of the charitable sector, we oppose the Trump administration's stated intention to target Harvard University on ideological grounds -- and we remind the Internal Reve more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Launched to Protect Oregon's Crater Lake Newt From Climate Change, Crayfish PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Center for Biological Diversity notified the Trump administration today that it intends to sue over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's failure to protect the critically imperiled Crater Lake newt under the Endangered Species Act. The newts live only in Crater Lake, an more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Pushes Trump Administration to Save Brook Floater Mussel WASHINGTON-- The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration for denying protections to the brook floater mussel under the Endangered Species Act. The mussels were once widespread across the East Coast from Canada to Georgia, but because of pollution and habitat destruction they're no more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Consumer Services] -- The Consumer Federation of America posted the following news release: * * * Leaked Trump Administration Document Exposes Plans to Eliminate the Consumer Product Safety Commission Washington, D.C. - Consumer Federation of America strongly condemns plans to eliminate the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as part of the drastic reorganization plans for the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Eliminating the CP more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * LWV Declares United States in a "Constitutional Crisis," Announces New Initiative to Mobilize Voters Washington, DC -- Today, Celina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters, and Dianna Wynn, president of the League of Women Voters, released the following statement: "It has now been 87 days since the start of the Trump administration. From the flagrant disregard for congressio more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The National Association of Manufacturers issued the following news release: * * * Manufacturers to Federal Agencies: Rebalance Regulations to Strengthen Manufacturing in the U.S. The NAM Backs President Trump's Executive Order 14219 with Policy Proposals to Reconsider Dozens of Costly Regulations Stifling Growth and Jobs Washington, D.C. - In response to the President's call for industry input on a new era of balanced, sensible and pro-growth regulation, the National more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Musk Just One of Many "Special Government Employees" in High-Level Roles, Posing Ethics Risks WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new report found that the Trump Administration has effectively circumvented key anti-corruption safeguards that apply to most federal employees to quickly install at least a dozen people - in addition to Elon Musk - with potentially major conflicts of interest into high-level go more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- 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 April 17, 2025: * * * National day of action across the country to denounce ICE detention, raids and abductions as part of the "Communities Not Cages" Campaign Nationwide -- Today, 17 in-person demonstrations and two virtual actions occurred across the country as a part o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The National Partnership for Women and Families issued the following statement: * * * Dismantling OFCCP Will Have Far-Reaching Repercussions for Civil Rights, Disabled Workers and Veterans Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 17, 2025 - For decades, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has played a pivotal role, protecting the rights of workers employed by federal contracto more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following statement on April 17, 2025: * * * NIAC Statement on Reports of Israeli Strike Pressure and U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks in Rome Washington, DC - Jamal Abdi, President of The National Iranian American Council (NIAC), has issued the following statement as the United States and Iran prepare for the second round of nuclear talks in Rome, following The New York Times' report revealing that Israel is pressing the U.S. to more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Progressive Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * PPI Statement on President Trump's Attacks on Fed Independence WASHINGTON -- Today, Paul Weinstein Jr., Senior Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), issued the following statement in response to President Trump's latest attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the independence of the central bank: "President Trump's social media post claiming Feder more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * President Trump Signs EO to Lower Drug Prices, Boost Innovation On April 15 th, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at lowering prescription drug prices. This EO contains several provisions that will protect medical innovation and reduce the cost of medicine for Americans. Notably, these provisions include fixing the Inflation Reduction Act 's pill penalty, accelerating th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * President Trump Threatens Non-Profit In Retaliation for Effort to Hold Him Accountable WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Trump threatened to weaponize the IRS against the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), claiming the group was "going after Donald Trump." CREW is a partner to Public Citizen in our lawsuit against Trump's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: * * * Latest Ripon Forum Examines Security, Stability, and a Smarter Immigration Debate Leslie Sanchez explains why voters want a tough -- but compassionate -- approach; plus, a conversation with Pete Stauber about securing our Northern Border. WASHINGTON, DC -- With border crossings at their lowest level in decades and stories coming in from around the country of immigrants being justly -- and unjustly -- detained, more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 17 -- Environmental Advocates of New York issued the following news release: * * * Statement from Environmental Advocates NY on Trump's Offshore Wind Freeze In response to the Trump administration's decision to halt offshore wind development and review existing projects like Empire Wind, Environmental Advocates NY executive director Vanessa Fajans-Turner issued the following statement: President Trump is trying to kill offshore wind before it can even get off the grou more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 17 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * The Associated Press earns SPJ Ethics in Journalism Award for 'ethical courage' to resist government interference CONTACT: Lou Harry, SPJ Manager of Publications and Awards, lharry@hq.spj.org Kim Tsuyuki, SPJ Communications Specialist, ktsuyuki@hq.spj.org The Society of Professional Journalists is bestowing its Ethics in Journalism Award on The Associated Press f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * Trump administration issues halt order for Empire Wind energy project New York, NY : In response to the Department of the Interior issuing a memorandum directing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to use its authority to halt construction activities at Empire Wind 1 off Long Island, NY, New York League of Conservation Voters and the League of Conservation Voters more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Risks More Lives to Contagious Disease by Cutting Ties with WHO WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While measles spreads in Texas and beyond, the US comes off a harsh flu season and threats of polio and other infectious diseases draw headlines, the U.S. is reeling from the effects of the federal government's attack on science as it dismantles its health agencies and ignores warnings fro more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Says Go Ahead, Pollute Freely to Transportation Projects Across Nation WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump administration just moved to gut a safeguard that requires state Departments of Transportation and Metropolitan Planning Organizations to establish performance measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from their transportation plans and programs. Transportation is  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump Cancellation of $3 Billion Climate-Smart Agriculture Program Sparks Public Records Demand WASHINGTON-- The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Department of Agriculture demanding information about its Monday cancellation of the Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities program. President Trump had already f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Halts Offshore Wind Project, Fires Thousands of Americans Washington, D.C. - The Trump Administration has demanded a halt to all construction on the Empire Wind Project, an offshore wind project off the coast of New York. The project, once completed, will generate enough electricity to power 500,000 homes in New York City, helping to meet rising power demand while strengthening the r more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Trump Video Compilation: "I will make the Trump tax cuts permanent." Unlike Kamala Harris who wanted to raise tax rates, President Trump has consistently vowed to make the Trump tax cuts permanent, which precludes a tax rate increase. President Trump re-stated his commitment to across the board permanent Trump tax cuts during his address to congress on March 4, 2025: "We are seeki more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Trump: Letting Top Rate Expire "Would Result in the Largest Small Business Tax Hike in History" President Trump campaigned against Kamala Harris's tax plan to increase the top individual income tax rate to 39.6 percent. If the Trump tax cuts are allowed to expire, the top individual income tax rate will revert to the higher Obama-era level of 39.6 percent. When combined with the exi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber Statement on Executive Order Intended to Lower Drug Prices WASHINGTON D.C. -- In response to President Trump signing an executive order aimed at lowering drug prices, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President, Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), Brad Watts, issued the following statement: "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce commends President Trump for his decis more PR

NEW YORK, April 17 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Government Illegally Detains Father of Two in Notorious Salvadoran Prison Columbus, GA - The American Immigration Council, National Immigration Project, and the Center for Constitutional Rights today filed an amended habeas corpus petition on behalf of Mr. Edicson David Quintero Chacon. He is one of more than two hundred people the U.S. government has been paying to imprison, incommunicado more PR

COLUMBUS, Georgia, April 18 -- The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Government Illegally Detains Father of Two in Notorious Salvadoran Prison The American Immigration Council, National Immigration Project, and the Center for Constitutional Rights today filed an amended habeas corpus petition on behalf of Mr. Edicson David Quintero Chacon. He is one of more than two hundred people the U.S. government has been paying to imp more PR

NEW YORK, April 17 -- The Vera Institute of Justice, an organization that says its mission is to end overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants and people experiencing poverty, issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Trump Administration Orders Immigration Judges to Deny Asylum Hearings, Escalating Attacks on Due Process WASHINGTON, DC - In a memo issued last week to staff at the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Trump administratio more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 17 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Bureau of Land Management Moves to Rescind Conservation Rule for Public Lands Another reward for the extraction industries and additional harm for wildlife and landscapes. SANTA FE, N.M. -- The Trump administration has announced it intends to rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, aka the Public Lands Rule. The Bureau of Land Management implemented the Public Lands Rule in 2024, after  more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 17 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration proposes to strip habitat protections from endangered wildlife Habitat destruction is the number one cause of extinction worldwide WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration today proposed dismantling a key protection in the Endangered Species Act by eliminating the definition of "harm" that includes habitat destruction. This proposed rollback could potentially make it easier for i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Workers Rights Groups Respond to Dismantling of Federal Civil Rights Watchdog Washington, DC ( April 17) -- Last night, the Department of Labor placed hundreds of staff from its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs on administrative leave, undermining decades of progress by a civil rights enforcement agency that serves as a watchdog over federal contractors. A gro more PR