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100 Days of Disaster: How Trump and Musk Sold Out America (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release:
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100 Days of Disaster: How Trump and Musk Sold Out America
DOGE Weekly Watchdog: Trump and Musk's First 100 Days Have Been a Boon for Billionaires, While Essential Benefits Get Axed
This week, President Donald Trump and his billionaire backer, Elon Musk, will mark their 100th day in more PR
ACLU Asks Court to Expand Temporary Relief to All Trans, Intersex, and Nonbinary People Seeking Passports (10)
NEW YORK, April 30 [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:
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ACLU Asks Court to Expand Temporary Relief to All Trans, Intersex, and Nonbinary People Seeking Passports
BOSTON - The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and Covington & Burling LLC filed motions for class certifi more PR
AFREF Statement for the Record for House ERISA and Retirement Security Hearing (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund issued the following statement:
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AFREF Statement for the Record for House ERISA and Retirement Security Hearing
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund submitted a statement for the record for a hearing held by the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of the House Education and Workforce Committee titled "Investing for the Future: Honoring ERISA's Promise to Participants." The statement urges members more PR
After FDA's Landmark Announcement to Phase Out Animal Testing, NIH Promises Similar Plan to Pursue Human-Relevant Research (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Animals] -- The Center for a Humane Economy posted the following news release:
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After FDA's Landmark Announcement to Phase Out Animal Testing, NIH Promises Similar Plan to Pursue Human-Relevant Research
With interlocking plans, the government's major research agencies are leaving animal testing behind and pursuing 21st-century strategies to pursue more efficient and radically better outcomes for patients
Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Center for a Humane more PR
After Just Three Months of Trump, Economy Grinds to a Halt (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release:
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After Just Three Months of Trump, Economy Grinds to a Halt
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Economic indicators flashing red as Gross Domestic Product turns negative
New data released today found that real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, below expectations. This is the lowest and first negative GDP reading since the se more PR
AJC CEO Ted Deutch Tells U.S. Senate: Surging Antisemitism Demands Bold Government Action (10)
NEW YORK, April 30 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee posted the following news release:
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AJC CEO Ted Deutch Tells U.S. Senate: Surging Antisemitism Demands Bold Government Action
American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch today testified at the Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing " Never Again: Addressing the Rise of Antisemitism and Supporting Older Americans." Deutch was previously a Member of Congress from Florida. During his tenure in the House, he serve more PR
Americans for Prosperity Launches New Ad Targeting Progressive Cronyism (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 30 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release:
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Americans for Prosperity Launches New Ad Targeting Progressive Cronyism
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AFP's Ad Highlights How Eliminating Trillions for Green New Deal Scams Can Help Push TCJA Across the Finish Line and Avoid Massive Tax Increases
ARLINGTON, VA-- Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) launched a new ad, which will air in Washington, DC and nationally, flag more PR
Americans for Tax Fairness Statement on House GOP Homeland Security Committee Reconciliation Markup (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Americans for Tax Fairness issued the following statement on April 30, 2025:
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ATF Statement on House GOP Homeland Security Committee Reconciliation Markup
House GOP Plans $80B for Mass Deportations, Cuts Medicaid & SNAP to Fund Billionaire Tax Cuts
Yesterday, the Republican-led U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security pushed forward plans to spend over $80 billion in largely unrestricted funds to support Trump's extreme deportation regime--a figure that included ov more PR
Americans Tired of Trump's Corporate-Serving Tariff Chaos, Eyes on IEEPA Vote (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release:
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Americans Tired of Trump's Corporate-Serving Tariff Chaos, Eyes on IEEPA Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate is set to pass a resolution terminating the national emergency declared by President Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose global tariffs, as reported by Politico.
In response, Melinda St. Louis, Global Trade Watch director at Public Citizen, i more PR
ASAM Weekly for April 29th, 2025 (10)
CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, April 30 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release:
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The ASAM Weekly for April 29th, 2025
This Week in the ASAM Weekly
It can be hard to read the scientific tea leaves of addiction, let alone the policy ones. So it should be taken as good fortune that the current director of the National Institutes of Health recently spoke glowingly about Dr. Nora Volkow's leadership at the National Institute on Drug A more PR
BREAKING: CAIR Welcomes Release of Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi as 'Major Victory' for Free Speech on Gaza Genocide (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release:
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BREAKING: CAIR Welcomes Release of Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi as 'Major Victory' for Free Speech on Gaza Genocide
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal court's order to release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a permanent United States resident and green card holder fr more PR
BREAKING: CAIR Welcomes Senate HELP Committee Delaying Vote on Misleading 'Antisemitism Awareness Act' Amid Bipartisan Free Speech Concerns (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release:
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BREAKING: CAIR Welcomes Senate HELP Committee Delaying Vote on Misleading 'Antisemitism Awareness Act' Amid Bipartisan Free Speech Concerns
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee delaying a vote on its con more PR
California Policy Center: Is California Doomed to Repeat Pension History? (10)
TUSTIN, California, May 1 -- The California Policy Center, an organization that says it focuses on education reform, workplace freedom, government transparency and governance, issued the following news:
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Is California Doomed to Repeat Pension History?
California's state and local governments are struggling to find the cash needed to pay government employees the retirement benefits they promised. As the League of California Cities observed , pension costs for many of their members have be more PR
Campaign for Immigration Due Process Celebrates Reintroduction of the SHIELD Act by Rep. Robert Garcia (10)
NEW YORK, May 1 -- 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 30, 2025:
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Campaign for Immigration Due Process Celebrates Reintroduction of the SHIELD Act by Rep. Robert Garcia
$100 Million Grant Program Would Equip States and Localities to Defend Immigrant Communities and Keep Families Together
WASHINGTO more PR
Can Trump Re-Expand Expedited Removal? (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release:
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Can Trump Re-Expand Expedited Removal?
IRLI brief shows court has no jurisdiction to grant injunction
The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a brief in the District of Columbia federal district court in a case challenging expedited removal--a process in the law in which border officers can bypass immigration courts and get illegal aliens out quickly. President Donald Trump has ex more PR
CEI Joins ATR in a Call for Repealing Green New Deal Subsidies in Reconciliation (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following coalition letter:
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CEI joins ATR in a Call for Repealing Green New Deal Subsidies in Reconciliation
We, the undersigned organizations, are writing in support of repealing the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) green new deal subsidies to pay for tax cuts in reconciliation.
As the cost of the IRA's market-distorting energy subsidies accelerate, Congress can put an end to bad policy while delivering tax cuts to al more PR
Center for Strategic & International Studies: Argentina's Realignment With the United States - Milei's Reforms Gain Strategic Support (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 30, 2025:
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Argentina's Realignment with the United States: Milei's Reforms Gain Strategic Support
By Ariel Gonzalez Levaggi and Claudio Robelo
Argentina's rapprochement to the United States under President Javier Milei is not just ideological--it is strategic. While pushing through painful economic reforms at home, Milei is aligning with Washington on multiple fronts: Interna more PR
Center for Strategic & International Studies: Can Trump's Reciprocal Trade Negotiations Make America Great Again? (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 30, 2025:
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Can Trump's Reciprocal Trade Negotiations Make America Great Again?
By Warren Maruyama, Meghan Anand and William Alan Reinsch
On April 9, 2025, in the face of U.S. stock and bond markets spiraling downward, U.S. bond yields increasing, the dollar tanking, consumer confidence sinking, and growing nervousness among congressional Republicans, President Donald Trump "p more PR
Center for Strategic & International Studies: Stabilizing U.S. Financial Leadership: Why Congress Must Get Stablecoin Regulation Right (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 30, 2025:
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Stabilizing U.S. Financial Leadership: Why Congress Must Get Stablecoin Regulation Right
By Matt Pearl and Anoosh Kumar
Global finance is entering a new era. Digital currencies and emerging financial technologies are bypassing traditional financial systems and reshaping how money moves across borders. This disruption raises fundamental questions about how these tec more PR
Coalition of Michigan Leaders Confronts Impacts of Trump's First 100 Days (10)
LANSING, Michigan, May 1 -- Progress Michigan, an organization that says it holds public officials and government accountable and assist in the promotion of progressive ideas, posted the following news release on April 30, 2025:
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Coalition of Michigan Leaders Confronts Impacts of Trump's First 100 Days
Michigan communities unite to demand action on agriculture, immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, environment, and labor protections
LANSING--Today, a number of organizations representing a wide v more PR
Detention Watch Network: Cruel, Unnecessary, and Deadly: ICE Reports Three Deaths in Detention in April Alone (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- 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:
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Cruel, Unnecessary, and Deadly: ICE Reports Three Deaths in Detention in April Alone
UNITED STATES - This month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported three deaths, bringing the total to at least seven deaths in ICE custody since Trump assumed his second pre more PR
Economic Liberties Warns Trump Customs Waiver Undermines May 2 End of De Minimis Loophole for China (and Trump's Claimed Tariff Revenue Goals) (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release:
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Economic Liberties Warns Trump Customs Waiver Undermines May 2 End of De Minimis Loophole for China (and Trump's Claimed Tariff Revenue Goals)
Express Delivery Firms Complained about Customs Enforcement, End of De Minimis
Washington, D.C. -- The Trump administration's quiet waiver of a longstanding customs rule requiring Formal Entry for goods valued between $250 more PR
Economy shrinks following Trump tariffs: CEI analysis (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release:
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Economy shrinks following Trump tariffs: CEI analysis
America's GDP shrank during the first quarter of 2025 following President Trump's spate of trade tariffs imposed on various countries in his first 100 days in office, falling at an annualized rate of 0.3 percent from January through April. CEI Senior Economist Ryan Young expects the second quarter of this year to be w more PR
Experts Ask Court to Pause Unlawful Trump Cuts to Education Research That Benefits All Americans (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [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:
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Experts Ask Court to Pause Unlawful Trump Cuts to Education Research That Benefits All Americans
American Educational Research Association and Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Ask for Injunction to Protect Institute of Education Sc more PR
Global CEO Pay Increased by 50 Percent Since 2019, 56 Times More Than Worker Wages (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 1 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release:
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Global CEO pay increased by 50 percent since 2019, 56 times more than worker wages
* Average CEO pay surged by 50 percent in real terms since 2019, while average worker wages increased by just 0.9 percent.
* Every hour, billionaires pocket more wealth than the average worker earns in an entire year.
* The average gender pay gap in 11,366 corporations worldwide narrowed slightly from 27 percent to 22 perce more PR
Greenpeace USA Marks Trump's First 100 Days With Launch of Global #TimetoResist Campaign (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Greenpeace USA, an organization that says it uses protest and confrontation to expose environmental problems and promote solutions, issued the following news release:
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Greenpeace USA marks Trump's first 100 days with launch of global #TimetoResist campaign
This morning, Greenpeace USA campaigners marked the first 100 days of this administration's second term by unfurling a powerful banner reading "We the People: Preserve, Protect, Defend" in front of the U.S. Constit more PR
Gun Safety Advocates Urge Passage of Bill to Keep DIY Machine Guns Out of New York Communities (10)
NEW YORK, April 30 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release:
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Gun Safety Advocates Urge Passage of Bill to Keep DIY Machine Guns Out of New York Communities
ALBANY, N.Y. - Yesterday, hundreds of gun safety advocates with the New York chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, held a rally at the state capitol building in order to urge their lawmakers to further streng more PR
HFSC Republicans, Hill Expected to Cut Billions in Consumer Protection to Pay for Wealthy Tax Cuts (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release:
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HFSC Republicans, Hill Expected to Cut Billions in Consumer Protection to Pay for Wealthy Tax Cuts
CFPB Funding Could Be Gutted By Up to 70% to Offset Tax Cuts for Ultra-Rich
HFSC Chair French Hill holds over $9 million in assets--including at least $1.8 million in stock from compani more PR
Hispanic Federation Reacts to Trump's 100 Days by Reiterating Importance of Standing With Latino Community (10)
NEW YORK, May 1 -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following statement on April 30, 2025:
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Hispanic Federation Reacts to Trump's 100 Days by Reiterating Importance of Standing with Latino Community
New York, NY - This week marks the 100-day mark for the Trump administration. Below is a statement from Frankie Miranda, Pre more PR
ICYMI: 100 Days Into the Trump Administration, Democracy Forward Leads Legal Resistance to Protect People and Democracy (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [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:
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ICYMI: 100 Days Into the Trump Administration, Democracy Forward Leads Legal Resistance to Protect People and Democracy
Skye Perryman on MSNBC: "We are seeing that the president has so overreached and made a decision not to govern for people and co more PR
ICYMI: New Report Shows DOGE Cuts to R&D Funding Could Further Hamper Economic Growth (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release:
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ICYMI: New Report Shows DOGE Cuts to R&D Funding Could Further Hamper Economic Growth
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American University's Institute for Macroeconomic and Policy Analysis Found Cuts To Public Research & Development Can Cause Great-Recession Level Harm to the U.S. Economy
Read about the report in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/0 more PR
Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Free Press: Bill Maher, Mike Pompeo, Nellie Bowles, and More on 100 Days of Trump (10)
NEW YORK, May 1 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 30, 2025, to the Free Press:
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Bill Maher, Mike Pompeo, Nellie Bowles, and More on 100 Days of Trump
By Reihan Salam
President Trump's first 100 days in office have included 143 executive orders, eight declared national emergencies, hundreds of January 6 pardons, DOGE, deportations, a war against higher education, an actual trade war, Liberation Day, MAHA, the return of the Iran deal, McDona more PR
Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to New York Post: Trump Is Fulfilling an Education Promise Republicans Made for Decades (10)
NEW YORK, April 30 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 28, 2025, to the New York Post:
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Trump Is Fulfilling an Education Promise Republicans Made for Decades
By Christopher F. Rufo
For decades, Republican presidential candidates have had a consistent education agenda: to dismantle the Department of Education and to bring much-needed reform to the universities.
Yet Republican administrations have usually backed down from these promises after more PR
Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to New York Post: Trump Is Restoring Merit - by Slaying Rules That Enforce Reverse Discrimination (10)
NEW YORK, April 30 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 28, 2025, to the New York Post:
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Trump Is Restoring Merit - by Slaying Rules That Enforce Reverse Discrimination
By Heather Mac Donald
Measured in Trump time, it took eons to announce -- but the White House has finally taken the most important step it can to restore meritocracy to American society: eliminating disparate-impact theory from civil-rights analysis and enforcement.
Disparat more PR
Massive Coalition of Unions, Non-Profit Groups, and Local Governments File Omnibus Challenge to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government (10)
SAN DIEGO, California, May 1 -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release on April 29, 2025:
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Massive Coalition of Unions, Non-Profit Groups, and Local Governments File Omnibus Challenge to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government
Reorganization and Massive Reductions in Force Across Federal Agencies Violate Core Constitutional Concepts of Separation of Powers
A coalition that includes nationwide labor organizations, vital non-profit groups, a more PR
May Day: Migrants are Essential and We Demand Dignity, Justice, and Respect for Our Rights (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 1 -- Alianza Americas, a transnational advocacy network of Latin American migrant-led organizations, issued the following news release on April 30, 2025:
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May Day: Migrants are essential and we demand dignity, justice, and respect for our rights
On this International Workers' Day, Alianza Americas, along with our member organizations in Chicago--Cambiando Vidas, Centro Romero, Durango Unido, Illinois Workers in Action, and the Colectivo de Desarrollo Transnacional more PR
MEMO: What is at stake with reconciliation & extreme, illegitimate CRAs as the House returns (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release:
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MEMO: What is at stake with reconciliation & extreme, illegitimate CRAs as the House returns
FROM : Sara Chieffo, VP of Government Affairs, LCV
TO : Interested Parties
LCV is watching the House closely this week as committees kick off the process of writing their pieces of their budget reconciliation bill, which has the potential to become one of the most harmful, c more PR
Natural Resources Council of Maine: Proposal to Open Up Maine's Ocean Waters to Oil and Gas Drilling Defies Explanation (10)
AUGUSTA, Maine, May 1 -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release:
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Proposal to Open Up Maine's Ocean Waters to Oil and Gas Drilling Defies Explanation
April 30, 2025 (Augusta, ME) - The Trump Administration has announced a program that could allow offshore oil and gas drilling off the coast of Maine, prompting opposition from one of the state's leading environmental groups.
In an April 29 announcement, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it will more PR
New Map Shows Hundreds of Facilities Across the U.S. That Might Get a Pollution Pass from Trump Administration (10)
NEW YORK, April 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release:
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New Map Shows Hundreds of Facilities Across the U.S. That Might Get a Pollution Pass from Trump Administration
(Washington, D.C. - April 30, 2025) A coalition of health, community, and environmental groups today released a new map showing more than 500 facilities that emit toxic or hazardous air pollution and that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin invited to apply for Presidential more PR
New Poll: Small Businesses Oppose DOGE Actions, SBA Cuts (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Small Business Majority issued the following news release:
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New Poll: Small Businesses Oppose DOGE Actions, SBA Cuts
Voice of Main Street, a quarterly survey of Small Business Majority's network, finds small businesses optimism fell in response to DOGE gutting government resources, including cuts to Small Business Administration programs
Washington, D.C.-- Small business owners are strongly opposed to DOGE efforts to slash federal government resources, and are parti more PR
NRB Applauds Early Accomplishments by Trump Administration to Protect Religious Freedom (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- National Religious Broadcasters issued the following news release on April 30, 2025:
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NRB Applauds Early Accomplishments by Trump Administration to Protect Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NRB) -- Today, on the 100-day mark of President Donald J. Trump's second term, NRB President & CEO Troy A. Miller issued the following statement:
"We are encouraged to see this administration taking decisive action to defend religious liberty, protect life, and uphold freedom o more PR
PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center: New Interactive Map Highlights Federal Clean Energy Investments in Pennsylvania (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 1 -- PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center issued the following news release on April 30, 2025:
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New interactive map highlights federal clean energy investments in Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA - Today, the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center and Evergreen Collaborative unveiled Renewable Energy Success Stories in the Keystone State. The new interactive map highlights renewable energy and climate resiliency projects from all corners of Pennsylvania f more PR
Reclassifying Career Scientists and Experts as Political Appointees Will Remove Science and Facts from Government Information and Decisions (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release:
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Reclassifying Career Scientists and Experts as Political Appointees Will Remove Science and Facts from Government Information and Decisions
"Under this new employment classification, if President Trump doesn't like the findings of federal research, a new science-based rule, or even the scientific information a federal agency shares with the public, he can si more PR
S.T.O.P. Report Shows Prosecutors Weaponize Medical Records To Attack Gender-Affirming Care (10)
NEW YORK, May 1 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on April 30, 2025:
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S.T.O.P. Report Shows Prosecutors Weaponize Medical Records To Attack Gender-Affirming Care
Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, released Anti-Care Cops: State Surveillance Of Gender-Affirming Care, detailing how prosecutors and law enforcement are increasingly weaponizing medical and municipal more PR
SBE Council Applauds USTR's Return to Defending American IP and Persuasive Force in Newly Released "Special 301 Report" (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Business] -- The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council issued the following news release:
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SBE Council Applauds USTR's Return to Defending American IP and Persuasive Force in Newly Released "Special 301 Report"
On April 29, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the Special 301 Report, a congressionally mandated report that monitors and reviews the intellectual property (IP) protection practices of U.S. trading partners. In response t more PR
Sierra Club Statement on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Budget Reconciliation Proposal (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release:
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Sierra Club Statement on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Budget Reconciliation Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is picking up a budget reconciliation proposal from Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) that would increase pollution from transportation and transportation materials and penalize drivers of clean cars.
The proposal i more PR
Some Auto Tariffs May Overlap with Marine Parts (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, April 30 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release:
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Some Auto Tariffs May Overlap with Marine Parts
Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced changes on tariffs to prevent certain products from receiving cumulative tariffs, otherwise known as "stacking" of multiple tariffs. The NMMA team is still analyzing certain provisions within the new order and is awaiting additional guidance in the Federal Register more PR
Statement by Janti Soeripto, President & CEO, Save the Children US, on IDA replenishment (10)
WESTPORT, Connecticut, April 30 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release:
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Statement by Janti Soeripto, President & CEO, Save the Children US, on IDA replenishment
Following the publication of the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA21) replenishment report, Save the Children US President & CEO Janti Soeripto sa more PR
To Mark 100 Days, NWLC Launches New Project 2025 Resource, Vows to Keep Fighting Trump's Anti-Woman Agenda (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release:
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To Mark 100 Days, NWLC Launches New Project 2025 Resource, Vows to Keep Fighting Trump's Anti-Woman Agenda
Washington, DC - To mark 100 days of Donald Trump's second term, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) launched a new resource outlining how President Trump's efforts to implement his extreme Project 2025 agenda is harming women, girls, and LGBTQI+ people.
Read it her more PR
Trucking Applauds House Votes to Overturn California's EV Mandates (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 30 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release:
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Trucking Applauds House Votes to Overturn California's EV Mandates
Apr 30, 2025
Washington --Today, the American Trucking Associations commends the House of Representatives for passing two key resolutions that will undo damaging emissions regulations set by California and prevent the Golden State from setting de facto national emissions policies in the futu more PR
Trump Administration's New Big Pharma Hit List Raises Concerns About "Reciprocal Tariffs" Talks (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release:
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Trump Administration's New Big Pharma Hit List Raises Concerns About "Reciprocal Tariffs" Talks
President Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" (and subsequent pause mere hours after they went into effect) have led to a flurry of closed-door negotiations between the U.S. and countries seeking to appease the administration to avoid Trump's tariffs. The administration claims that talks are underway with more PR
Trump Embraces Defiance Of Supreme Court Order While House Committee Continues Efforts To Hamstring The Courts (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Demand Justice issued the following news release on April 30, 2025:
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Trump Embraces Defiance Of Supreme Court Order While House Committee Continues Efforts To Hamstring The Courts
Washington, DC - Today MAGA Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee will hold a markup on proposed reconciliation language which includes a provision on the last page that would prevent the courts from enforcing contempt citations. This comes a day after President Trump made a new admi more PR
Trump Nominee Would Undermine Independence of Energy Data Agency (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release:
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Trump Nominee Would Undermine Independence of Energy Data Agency
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will today hold a confirmation hearing for Tristan Abbey, President Trump's nominee to be administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Abbey, who has built a professional career as a fossil fuel financed activist, would be Trump's pick to un more PR
Trump's 100 Days: Unprecedented Actions To Make The Tax Code More Unfair For Workers And Families (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Americans for Tax Fairness issued the following statement on April 29, 2025:
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Trump's 100 Days: Unprecedented Actions To Make The Tax Code More Unfair For Workers And Families
Today, Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) released the following statement marking the first 100 days of the second Trump administration:
"President Trump in his first 100 days has pursued a tax agenda designed to benefit his fellow billionaires," said David Kass, ATF's Executive Director. "He's more PR
Trump's First 100 Days Portend Long-Lasting Damage to Press Freedom (10)
NEW YORK, May 1 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news release:
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Trump's first 100 days portend long-lasting damage to press freedom
Previously unquestioned norms maintaining a free press may be quickly eroding
Press freedom is no longer a given in the United States 100 days into President Donald Trump's second term as journalists and newsrooms face mounting pressures that threaten their ability to report freely and the public's right to know, a new report (ht more PR
U.S. Children Are Being Forced Into Deportation: The Public Deserves the Truth (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release:
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U.S. Children Are Being Forced into Deportation: The Public Deserves the Truth
In response to yesterday's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statement titled "Fact Check: DHS is NOT Deporting American Children," the National Immigration Project, Justice in Motion, Ware Immigration, Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants, Sanctuary of the South, and the So more PR
U.S. Steel Industry In Chaos After Trump's First 100 Days (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release:
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U.S. Steel Industry In Chaos After Trump's First 100 Days
WASHINGTON, DC -- As Americans examine the impact of President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, one sector stands out as one that has been hardest hit by the administration's chaos and uncertainty -- the U.S. steel industry, according to the Sierra Club's Industrial Transformation campaign.
Under pressure from Elon Musk's more PR
UNCF Urges House Members to Vote Against Reconciliation Package (10)
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The United Negro College Fund issued the following news:
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UNCF Urges House Members to Vote Against Reconciliation Package
Bill would reduce the avenues to higher education for HBCU students
This week, the House Education and Workforce Committee released their portion of the House Republican reconciliation bill. As it passed committee, this bill would make higher education more expensive, dramatically limit and reduce those eligible for Pell Grants for students atten more PR
Watchdog Letter to Congress Urges Investigation of Suspicious $25M Trump Family Crypto Firm Deal & Oversight of the President's Sprawling Crypto Self-Enrichment Schemes (10)
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release:
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Watchdog Letter to Congress Urges Investigation of Suspicious $25M Trump Family Crypto Firm Deal & Oversight of the President's Sprawling Crypto Self-Enrichment Schemes
Washington D.C. - This week, government watchdog Accountable.US sent letters to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the more PR
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