NEW YORK, April 21 [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 Sues Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs for Information about DOGE Data Access WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today to enforce a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reque more PR

NEW YORK, April 21 [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, ACLU of Colorado Sue ICE for Records Regarding Potential Expansion of Immigration Detention in Western States NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Colorado today filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 22 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * After Trump Administration's 90-Day U.S. Foreign Aid Review, the Human Toll is Immeasurable and Will Grow Exponentially - Oxfam 90 days ago, President Trump signed an Executive Order that began the assault on U.S. foreign aid and led to the illegal dismantling of USAID. Led by the world's richest man, Elon Musk, the sudden funding freeze and chaotic processes that followed left millions of people in the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Analysis: Crypto Industry Donated $13M+ To Trump's Inauguration, Then Administration Dropped SEC Lawsuits/Probes Against Five Donors Among Other Industry Gifts Trump Also Included Two Donors' Coins In National Crypto Reserve and Gutted DOJ Crypto Enforcement Washington D.C. - An Acco more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls on President Trump to Drop Former Israeli Military Employee from NSC Role on Iran, Israel The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Trump to cancel the appointment of a former Israeli military employee who currently is in charge of American policy on I more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls on Trump Admin to Demand Freedom of Worship for Palestinian Christians on Easter The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration to demand that Palestinian Christians be granted freedom of worship on Easter as Israeli occupation forces reporte more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Extols Pope Francis' Legacy of Opposition to War Crimes, Compassion for Poor The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered its condolences to the Catholic community and Christians around the world on the passing of Pope Francis and commended his legacy of compassion for the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 21, 2025: * * * Services Trade By William Alan Reinsch I'm taking a short break from tariffs this week to focus on a different and often misunderstood part of the trade picture--the role services provided inside the United States play in our trade balance. This requires some explanation. Most of the trade debate focuses on exports and imports of goods, particularly manufactured more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary on April 21, 2025: * * * IRS-ICE Agreement Weakening Privacy Protections Poses Risks for All Taxpayers By Kris Cox In an unprecedented break from long-standing IRS practices related to taxpayer privacy, the Treasury Department and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on April 7 setting out a procedure for the IRS to share taxpayer data with U.S. I more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [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 Sues Justice Department for Failing to Release Records on Acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin Washington, DC - Today, Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) demanding the release of public record more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Business] -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, posted the following news release: * * * Dismantling Google Will Undermine America's Tech Future, Court Should Take a Measured Approach WASHINGTON--As the remedies phase of the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Google begins today, NetChoice urges the court to adopt a measured, evidence-based approach that safeguards th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Stand Up America, an organization was born in 2016 as a digital-first grassroots community working to resist what they say is Donald Trump's corruption, racism and his threats to democracy, issued the following news release: * * * DOGE ate my tax refund. Today is Tax Day - the magical time of year when millions of Americans scramble to get their taxes filed and dream of a refund big enough to cover bills, restock the fridge, or if you're really lucky, pay for a vacati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release on April 21, 2025: * * * EPN Responds to Trump's Threat to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status for Nonprofits WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, President Trump stated that tax-exempt status is a "privilege" that has been "abused," signaling that he may attempt to strip nonprofit organizations of their tax-exempt protections if they do not conform to the administration's views. In response, Michelle Roos, Executive Di more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Escalating trade war with China won't fix the need for reform: CEI analysis On Monday, China vowed to retaliate against nations that corporate with President Trump's tariffs against Beijing, putting potential trade deals between the US and other nations in jeopardy. CEI senior economist Ryan Young says an escalating trade war would do far more harm than good. "Tariffs  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Denies the Trump Administration's Request to Stay the Injunction Blocking Its Ban on Transgender Military Servicemembers The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and Lambda Legal issued the following statement: "The court's denial today recognized that the government is not harmed when transgender servicemembers, who meet the same standards as their peers, are able to s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * GA Civil Rights Orgs CAIR-GA, ACLU, Advancing Justice Welcome Temporary Restraining Order in Student Visa Revocation Case Doe. v. Bondi Georgia civil rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union-Georgia, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, and CAIR-Georgia today welcomed the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued Friday in the case  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Government Employee Unions and Oxfam America Seek Court Ruling to Stop USAID Shutdown Washington, DC -- In the face of continued efforts by the Trump-Vance administration to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), and Oxfam America, represented by Public C more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [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: * * * Government Employee, Unions and Oxfam America Seek Court Ruling to Stop USAID Shutdown Administration's Actions Ignore Constitutional Limits, Have Harmed Aid Organizations And Communities Worldwide Washington, DC -- In the face of continued effor more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 22 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Government Employee, Unions and Oxfam America Seek Court Ruling to Stop USAID Shutdown Administration's Actions Ignore Constitutional Limits, Have Harmed Aid Organizations and Communities Worldwide Washington, DC -- In the face of continued efforts by the Trump-Vance administration to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Greenpeace USA, an organization that says it uses protest and confrontation to expose environmental problems and promote solutions, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Executive Orders roll back ocean protections WASHINGTON, DC (April 18, 2025) - Yesterday, the Trump administration issued a new Executive Order that opens vast swaths of protected ocean to commercial exploitation, including areas within the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. It more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on April 18, 2025: * * * Court Protects Nationwide Class from Deportations to Nondesignated Countries Without Notice and Opportunity to Seek Protection from Torture Boston, MA - Today, a federal judge in Boston certified a nationwide class of individuals with final removal orders who have been removed or face possible removal to a country that was not designated in the removal proceedings (generally, the person's country of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Accountable.US Executive Director Tony Carrk: Trump and Congressional Republicans' Tax Bill Betrays the American People New Op-Ed: "At a time when costs continue to rise, Republican Lawmakers are selling out everyday Americans in favor of billionaire donors" WASHINGTON, DC --  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Groundwork's Owens Explains "Why Trump's Tariffs Could Put America In A Uniquely Brutal Recession" # New Op-ed Illustrates How a Trump Recession Could Be Even More Harmful than the 2008 and COVID Pandemic Recessions Recent reporting from the Wall Street Journal revealed that the president was willing to cause significant economi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Center for Economic and Policy Research issued the following news release on April 21, 2025: * * * IMF and World Bank Meetings to Take Place Amid Unprecedented Uncertainty Around US Role in Global Economic System Washington, DC -- The Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will take place in Washington this week, facing considerable challenges in the face of plummeting global confidence due to the Trump administration's trade shock, e more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 21, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow Confuses U.S. Reductions of Key Russia-Watching Organizations as Signs of Weakness Rather Than Readiness for Genuine Dialogue By Alexander Neuman Executive Summary: * Russian media has misinterpreted the U.S. reductions of organizations such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) as signs of U.S. weakness rather than signals that Washington is p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 [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: * * * Labor and Economic Organizations Ask Judge to Stop DOGE Access to Three Federal Agencies Motion for Preliminary Injunction Filed in AFL-CIO et al. v. Department of Labor et al. Washington, D.C. - The labor and economic organizations challenging a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Lawmakers Must Protect the Tip Credit in New Jersey In a time where President Trump's no tax on tip policy is more popular than ever, New Jersey lawmakers are considering a bill that would threaten jobs in tipped industries. New Jersey Assembly Bill A5433 would eliminate the state's tipped minimum wage, instead requiring employers to pay all tipped workers the standard minimum wage, more PR

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 21, 2025, to Discourse Magazine: * * * A FinReg Backtrack Brings Good News for Small Business By C. Jarrett Dieterle A new deregulatory push in the financial regulation arena will help small businesses and family farms Since its inception, the second Trump administration has been signaling an intention to usher in a pro-growth deregulatory agenda. As the administration finds its sea legs, mu more PR

NEW YORK, April 19 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 17, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * Columbia's 'Antisemitism' Squad Is Coming Down Hard -- on Catholics Like Me By Daniel Di Martino Columbia University has told the Trump administration that it's cracking down on antisemitic violence and intimidation and winding down DEI. But behind closed doors, the university's Office of Institutional Equity, a new bureaucracy supposedly set up to addre more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, April 21 [Category: Sociological] -- MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, posted the following news release: * * * Moms Leader: Ideas White House Is Reportedly Considering to Boost Birth Rates Are 'Sheer Lunacy' Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on reports the Whit more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release: * * * More Than 200 Organizations Sign Onto Statement Condemning Attacks on Lawyers and Access to Justice This month, more than 200 civil rights groups, legal advocacy organizations, and human rights defenders across the country came together to issue a joint statement denouncing President Trump's memorandum, Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court (htt more PR

NEW YORK, April 21 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee posted the following news release: * * * Ninety Days Since Last Refugee Arrivals, Refugee Families and Resettlement Program Remains in Limbo New York, NY, April 21, 2025 -- This week marks ninety days since a Trump administration executive order (opens in a new window) indefinitely paused refugee resettlement. The last refugee families to arrive through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program are now moving toward  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Partnership for Public Service issued the following news release: * * * Partnership for Public Service statement on the new Schedule Policy/Career rule removing civil service protections for thousands The nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service today released the following statement from President and CEO Max Stier in response to the Trump administration's announcement that OPM will move forward with a new  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Public Citizen Leads the Fight Against Trump's Dangerous Deregulation WASHINGTON, D.C. - As President Donald Trump's 100th day in office approaches, Public Citizen is leading the fight against his administration's deregulatory efforts in the courtroom, in the media, and on Capitol Hill. "Make no mistake: Trump's deregulatory blitz from DOGE's mass firings to dismantle entire agencies to gut more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 22 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: * * * Removing habitat protections from Endangered Species Act would imperil Wisconsin's endangered wildlife The rusty-patched bumble bee, whooping crane, karner blue butterfly--these are some of the rare Wisconsin wildlife species that rely on protection from the Endangered Species Act to survive. Now, a push from the Trump Administration to allow the destruction of endangered species' habitat would leave no p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following statement on April 21, 2025: * * * Sunrise on Earth Day: Earth Day Is a Legacy of Resistance, And We're Carrying It Forward Washington, DC -- In recognition of Earth Day, Sunrise Movement Executive Director Aru Shiney-Ajay released the following statement: "Earth Day is a legacy of resistance, and our generation is carrying it forward. We are ready to fight for our future with everything we've got. Our generation will not sit  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - April 18, 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 court rulings requiring the release of frozen climate funds and the latest environmental attacks from the Trump administration. Be sure to follow LCV on Faceboo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Fires Environmental Justice Staff, Leaving Our Air and Water Vulnerable to Fossil Fuel Pollution Washington, D.C. - According to a notice reported by POLITICO's E&E News, in a first round of layoffs, the Trump administration will begin firing Environmental Protection Agency staff focused on environmental justice issues on July 31. In response, Sierra Club Executive D more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 21 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Launches Investigations into Semiconductors and Critical Minerals Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated new Section 232 investigations on semiconductors, while President signed an Executive Order directing the initiation of a Section 232 investigation on critical minerals. Like previous Section 232 investigations (e.g.,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Inauguration Donor Pool Includes $50 Million in Contributions from Corporations Under Investigation or Facing Federal Enforcement WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Corporations facing federal investigations or enforcement lawsuits collectively gave $50 million to Trump's inauguration - a third of the corporate inauguration donations. Public Citizen cross-referenced new inauguration donor data (as more PR

WASHINGTON, April 19 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Watchdog: New Report Reveals How Billionaires and Special Interests Used Trump's Inauguration to Buy Access and Influence Washington D.C. - Months after taking office, President Donald Trump is finally revealing the billionaire donors and corporate special interests who bankrolled his  more PR

NEW YORK, April 18 -- The National Employment Law Project issued the following news release on April 17, 2025: * * * Workers Rights Organizations Condemn the Dismantling of Workplace Civil Rights Enforcement Agency On April 16, 2025, the Department of Labor (DOL) placed hundreds of staff of a critical civil rights enforcement agency, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), on administrative leave, including the staff of every OFCCP regional office across the country, save  more PR