NEW YORK, May 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * 18 Attorneys General Challenge Trump Administration's Attacks on Wind Energy (WASHINGTON - May 5, 2025) Today, Attorneys General from 17 states and the District of Columbia filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the Trump administration's actions to stop and block offshore and onshore wind energy projects. "At a time when Amer more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 5 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP Marks National Small Business Week by Highlighting Small Biz Benefits of TCJA # May 5, 2025 by AFP ARLINGTON, VA-- In celebration of National Small Business Week, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is highlighting the transformative impact the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has had on small businesses across the country--and why renewing it is essential to sustaining tha more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Requests Federal Investigation into Ohio School District's Illegal DEI Policies WASHINGTON, D.C. - America First Legal (AFL) has formally requested that the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights investigate the Upper Arlington School District's unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. Evidence shows that Upper more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary: * * * Highlights of President Trump's FY 2026 "Skinny Budget" By Jordan Haring Executive Summary * The Trump Administration has released its fiscal year (FY) 2026 "skinny budget," which details its proposals for defense and nondefense discretionary spending for FY 2026; the budget does not include any proposed changes to mandatory spending or revenue, nor does it include proposals and cost estimates in any fisca more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [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: * * * As Public Service Recognition Week Kicks Off, Democracy Forward Urges Office of Special Counsel to Reverse Abandonment of Federal Workers' Protections Washington, DC -- Today, Democracy Forward and Alden Law Group submitted a challenge to the U.S. Off more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health issued the following news release on May 5, 2025: * * * ASPPH Statement on the President's FY26 "Skinny" Budget The Trump Administration's Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) "skinny" Budget Request poses a significant threat to the health and well-being of all Americans, as well as to the nation's leadership in science and innovation. ASPPH expresses deep concern over the proposed funding reductions and structural changes, which r more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Demands Trump 'Stop Netanyahu Regime Before It Completes Genocide in Gaza' After New Ethnic Cleansing Plan Announced The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said President Trump "must stop the Netanyahu regime before it completes the genocide in Gaza" after Israel approved plans more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Says Israel Must Be Stopped After Israeli Soldiers Blow Up Gaza Building for 'Gender Reveal' The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said Israel's acts of inhumanity in Gaza must be stopped after video was posted online of Israeli occupation forces in Gaza blowing up a building  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 5, 2025: * * * Here a Deal, There a Deal, Everywhere a Deal? By William Alan Reinsch After taking a brief vacation from tariffs, it is time to return to them and take a look at the new cottage industry of pop-up negotiations. Although they have not all been identified, we seem to be up to about 100 countries that have expressed interest in negotiating to get rid of the tariffs that  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * Investing in Ukraine: Folly or Wisdom? By Emily Harding The Trump administration has now threatened twice to walk away from negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. The third time could mean disaster--an end to U.S. aid for Ukraine and, with it, lost business opportunities, lost talent, and lost time to deter China. Walking away would waste three years of U.S. investment that is pay more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 5, 2025: * * * Iran's Port Explosion By Martin Pimentel, Jennifer Jun and Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. On Saturday, April 26, a major explosion struck the Shahid Rajaee port, Iran's largest container port. In the days since, the death toll has risen to at least 70 people, with more than 1,000 injured. By Tuesday, April 29, firefighters had gained control of the fire but were still working more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 5, 2025: * * * Revising Missile Controls Is Necessary to Help Allies and Prevent New Nuclear States By Pranay Vaddi and Ola Craft As the presidential transition began in January 2025, President Biden promulgated a new National Security Memorandum (NSM) on missile technology exports to advance "the President's goals of strengthening allied defense capabilities, bolstering the U.S. de more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * Trade War Reduces Washington's Leverage on Iranian Oil Exports By Clayton Seigle On May 1, President Trump announced in a three-sentence Truth Social post that any country or person that buys Iranian oil or petrochemicals will immediately be "subject to . . . Secondary Sanctions" and "will not be allowed to do business with the United States of America in any way, shape, or form." T more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * The Transatlantic Tech Clash: Will Europe "De-Risk" from the United States? By Emily Benson, Max Bergmann and Federico Steinberg The tit-for-tat trade escalation between the United States and China has dominated news cycles. In the backdrop of rising U.S.-China tensions is another--and potentially just as profound--change occurring in the U.S.-EU relationship. The Europeans may incr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 5, 2025: * * * Why Suriname Matters: South America's Overlooked Strategic Geography By Evan Ellis Introduction Secretary of State Marco Rubio's April 2025 visit to Suriname highlighted the importance of the often overlooked country on the northeast coast of South America, whose former Foreign Minister, Alberto Ramdin, was elected secretary general of the Organization of American St more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following statement: * * * Trump's Budget Plan Continues Agenda of Hurting Those He Pledged to Help Statement of Sharon Parrott, CBPP President, on partial details of President Trump's 2026 budget The Trump Administration's partial budget plan released today is just its latest repudiation of the Trump campaign's promises to help people struggling at the margins of the economy -- an economy that President Trump's misgu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Trump Administration's Mass Layoffs of Federal Workers Are Illegal By Sam Berger and Jacob Leibenluft Since shortly after the inauguration, the Trump Administration has made it a central goal to sharply reduce the number of federal workers, with little regard to the impact on the functioning of basic government services. This effort began with an attempt to encourage voluntary resignations th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, issued the following news release on May 5, 2025: * * * COVER UP: Trump hides toll of gun violence on America, removes gun violence memorial from ATF President Trump has also deleted the Surgeon General's advisory on gun violence and decimated gun violence research WASHINGTON -- GIFFORDS, the national gun violence prevention organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, released a s more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 5, 2025: * * * Australia's 2025 Election: Decisive Labor Majority Amid Liberal Collapse By Charles Edel After a roller coaster ride in the polls over the past several months, the Australian election on May 3 ended with a surprise blowout and a decisive outcome for the Australian Labor Party, or "Labor." After predictions that, at best, Labor would be forced into a minority governmen more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [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 Investigates Alarming Push to Revoke Citizenship Behind Closed Doors Public Deserves Answers on Denaturalization Plans Washington, DC - In the face of mounting evidence that the Trump administration is abusing wartime powers to tar more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 5 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice on State Attorneys General Challenge to Protect Wind Energy Development Washington, D.C. -- Today, 18 state Attorneys General sued the Trump administration for unlawfully freezing the development of wind energy. Jill Tauber, Vice President of Litigation for Climate & Energy, issued the following statement in response: "Wind energy plays an important role in powe more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Environmental, Interfaith Groups Rally in Altadena to Demand Polluters Pay for Climate Destruction Yesterday, faith and community leaders, community members and environmental advocates rallied in support of the Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act. At the rally, advocates demanded that fossil fuel corporations pay their fair share for the cost of climate-related disasters - such as t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * EPA Begins Repeal of Carbon, Mercury, Air Toxics Emission Standards Washington, D.C. \- The Environmental Protection Agency has begun the official process of formally repealing both its most recent update to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards and its greenhouse gas emission standards under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. This comes as Trump and Zeldin have proposed to end over 30 provisio more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Financial Services] -- Better Markets, an organization that says it promotes pro-market, pro-business and pro-growth policies to help build a better financial system, posted the following news release: * * * Federal Reserve Governor Bowman's Pro-Wall Street Views Make Her The Wrong Choice for Fed Vice Chair for Supervision WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Dennis Kelleher, President, CEO and Co-founder of Better Markets, issued the following statement ahead of this week's Senate more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 5 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * Fresh Polling Shows Americans Eager to Renew Tax Cuts and Jobs Act # May 5, 2025 by AFP New Data from Public Opinion Strategies Signals Strong Bipartisan Support for Cutting Government Spending and Pro-Growth Tax Policy WASHINGTON, D.C.-- As first reported in the New York Post, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released new polling showing bipartisan support for a fisca more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release: * * * Georgia Republicans' Worst Nightmare: GOP Senate Primary Turns Into MAGA Chaos Bottom Line: Georgia Republicans are heading into a civil war of extremism. No matter who comes out on top, Georgia families will lose. With Brian Kemp officially out of the running, Georgia's Republican Senate pr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Families USA, a nonpartisan consumer health advocacy organization, posted the following news release on May 5, 2025: * * * Health Advocates Launch Campaign to Share Stories of Americans Impacted by Devastating Health Care Cuts Families USA, Center for American Progress, Protect Our Care, Community Catalyst & MomsRising today launched @HealthCareStorytellers to feature stories of folks who use Medicaid and other essential health programs WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, five lea more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Human Rights First Sues Trump Administration Over Sanctions Threatening U.S. Prosecutor at International Criminal Court WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Human Rights First has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial attorney and U.S. Army veteran Eric Iverson, challenging the administration's dangerous misuse of U.S. sanctions that threaten accountability for war crim more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [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: * * * Hundreds of Democracy, Labor, and Civil Rights Organizations Warn Trump Education Officials: Do Not "Weaponize PSLF" New Trump Administration Rulemaking Would Undermine Critical Public Services, Aims to Advance Project 2025 Agenda, Stripping Rights fr more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 5 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians posted the following news release: * * * Internal Medicine Physicians Say President's Budget Would Significantly Degrade U.S. Health Care and Public Health Statement attributable to: Jason M. Goldman, MD, FACP President, American College of Physicians WASHINGTON, May 5, 2025--The American College of Physicians is alarmed about the major cuts to health care funding in the proposed budget release more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary: * * * Hybrid Threats and Modern Political Warfare: The Architecture of Cross-Domain Conflict By Beniamino Irdi We are publishing this piece because Mr. Irdi served within the Italian government for seventeen years in various capacities related to foreign affairs and security policy, including as a special advisor to Italy's minister of foreign affairs. During his tenure at the Italian prime minister's office, he h more PR

NEW YORK, May 5 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Rolling Back Civil Rights Protections Meant to Remedy Housing Segregation and Create Equal to Access to Well-Resourced Neighborhoods Last week, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted public comments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) urging the agency to reverse course on its new rule that seeks more PR

NEW YORK, May 5 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Denounces Trump Administration's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Proposal On May 2, President Donald Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 "skinny" budget proposal, which outlines some of his funding priorities. The president has proposed approximately $163 billion -- more than 20% -- in funding cuts to federal programs including those that support housing, health, education,  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Refugees International, a humanitarian organization that says it advocates for lifesaving assistance, human rights and protection for displaced people, issued the following statement: * * * Lifesaving Aid Urgently Needed as Thousands Flee Darfur Statement from Refugees International Director for Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, Daniel P. Sullivan: Refugees International is deeply alarmed by the attacks on civilians and mass displacement in Sudan's North Darfur region.  more PR

NEW YORK, May 3 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * Now Is the Time for NASA to Blast into a New Future - After Slowing to a Crawl By James B. Meigs To ensure the future of spaceflight, NASA must stop building rockets. That counterintuitive notion is borne out by the agency's sad post-Apollo history. For the past 50 years, America's dreams of space exploration have been stymied by NASA's failure to build an affordable, reliabl more PR

NEW YORK, May 6 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 5, 2025, to RealClearPolicy: * * * Would Work Requirements Cut Medicaid Costs? By Chris Pope Congressional Republicans are currently looking to slow the growth of federal Medicaid spending, which has surged from $161 billion to $616 billion over the past two decades. Although only 17% of Americans support reducing Medicaid spending; 62% support requiring most adults to work in order to gain eligib more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release: * * * President Trump's Proposed Budget Could Decimate At Least 350 National Park Sites "The president's proposed budget plan is beyond extreme. It is catastrophic. If enacted by Congress, our national park system would be completely decimated." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO Washington, DC - The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) has calculated the Trump administration more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [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: * * * New Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Attack On Americorps Filed Landmark Action Brought By Community Organizations & Others Across Nation Washington, D.C. - Today, as the nation commemorates Public Service Recognition Week, a nationwide co more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * New Poll: 82% of Women Say Government Should Not Force Them into 9-to-5 Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Independent Women unveils poll results highlighting that women, seniors, and overall voters nearly universally say flexibility in their jobs is important to them. The polling, commissioned by Independent Women and conducted by Wick Insights, is a national representative sa more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * New Sierra Club Dashboard Calculates Kansas Toll of Trump EPA Rollbacks Kansas City, Ks - Today, the Sierra Club unveiled a new interactive tool that shows the environmental toll of the Trump Administration's planned rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) safeguards on coal pollution in Kansas. The Trump Coal Pollution Dashboard provides data on how much pollution would be more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 5 -- The National Immigrant Justice Center issued the following news release: * * * NIJC Condemns Trump Budget Proposal that Would Cut Critical Public Services to Fuel Immigrant Detention and Deportation Today, the White House released President Trump's "skinny" FY 2026 budget--an outline that will shape FY2026 appropriations discussions ahead of the full request that is expected later this month. Mirroring the budget proposals Trump is pushing Congress to adopt with th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The National Organization for Women issued the following news release: * * * NOW Honors the National Day of Awareness for our Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) May 5th is the National Day of Awareness for our Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR), when we work to raise awareness and honor the memory of Indigenous women who were stolen, and honor those who are still missing. It is also a time to stand in solidarity with their fam more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Partnership for Public Service issued the following news release: * * * Partnership for Public Service launches new Public Service Recognition Week programming to support federal employees and raise awareness about attacks on the civil service New honorary PSRW co-chairs include Anna Chlumsky, Victor Garber and Tony Goldwyn WASHINGTON - The nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service today announced new programm more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 5 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Philly-based organization republishes Surgeon General's gun violence advisory after Trump admin removes it Last summer, Vivek Murthy, M.D., declared firearm violence a public health crisis, the first time the Office of the Surgeon General had issued a publication focused on guns. Experts and violence prevention advocates celebrated this unique opportunity to draw attentio more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Progressive Policy Institute posted the following news release: * * * PPI Report Warns Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' is Doubling Down on Biden's 'Build Back Better' Mistakes WASHINGTON -- As President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans begin drafting a sweeping "Big Beautiful Bill" to implement their second-term economic agenda, a new report from the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) warns that the GOP's reconciliation effort risks repeat more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * President Trump's budget proposal further guts humanitarian assistance to pave the way for tax handouts for ultra-wealthy - Oxfam In response to President Trump releasing his proposed budget plan for fiscal year 2026, Oxfam America President and CEO Abby Maxman said: "President Trump's budget plan is a guidebook for stealing from the poor to give to the ultra-rich. From gutting life-saving humanitarian ass more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, May 5 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * President Trump's First 100 Days: Addiction Policy President Donald Trump marked 100 days in office on April 29th. His second term has in many ways been very different than the first, including the administration's actions to address the addiction and overdose crisis. Below, ASAM breaks down the biggest developments impacting addiction treatment since Jan more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, April 29 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary to ChinaTalk: * * * China's AI Models Are Closing the Gap--but America's Real Advantage Lies Elsewhere By Lennart Heim This commentary was originally published by ChinaTalk on April 29, 2025. China will likely match U.S. AI model capabilities this year, triggering inevitable concerns about America's technological edge. However, this snapshot comparison misses the bigger picture. While Chinese models close th more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, May 6 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on May 4, 2025, to Lawfare: * * * The Revenge of the JCPOA By Raphael S. Cohen This commentary was originally published by Lawfare on May 4, 2025. Ever since Iran's nuclear program first became public, every U.S. administration has faced a dilemma--strike a likely imperfect deal or attack Iran's nuclear infrastructure and risk becoming embroiled in another Middle Eastern war. A decade ago, the Obama administrat more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 5 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * Region 11 Mark of Excellence Awards 2024 winners announced CONTACT: Lou Harry, SPJ Manager of Publications and Awards, lharry@hq.spj.org Nadia Gordon, SPJ Communications Coordinator, ngordon@hq.spj.org The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 11 with 2024 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ's Region 11 compri more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: * * * Chairmen Hill & Steil Create Pathway to Preserve American Financial Dominance "If we get this right, it sets us up to be able to outcompete the rest of the world." WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) and Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society this past Thursday morning to di more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Business] -- The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council issued the following news release: * * * SBE Council Celebrates National Small Business Week: Calls for Acceleration of Pro-Entrepreneur, Pro-Growth Policies NEWS Washington, D.C. - During this National Small Business Week 2025, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) proudly honors the contributions of America's entrepreneurs, small business and their workers. Small businesses powe more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Social Security Works, an organization that says it is fighting to protect and expand Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, lower drug prices, ensure economic justice and guarantee health care as a human right, issued the following news release: * * * Donald Trump's Budget Breaks His Promise to Protect Social Security The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, on the Trump administration's FY 2026 budget blueprint: "Donald Trump more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Alliance for Excellent Education issued the following news release: * * * Statement from All4Ed CEO Amy Loyd on President Trump's FY26 "Skinny Budget" Proposal Last week, President Trump released his proposed "skinny" budget for fiscal year 2026--a plan that makes deep and damaging cuts to education funding across the board. From early childhood to adult learning, this proposal threatens programs that millions of students and families depend on every day. In response more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, May 5 [Category: Sociological] -- MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, posted the following news release: * * * Tomorrow is Moms' Equal Pay Day. We Won't Settle for Less! Statement from leaders of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on Moms' Equal Pay Day, Tuesday, May 6: "A skyrocketing cost of living. A Trump trade war that will  more PR

NEW YORK, May 5 [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: * * * Transgender Federal Worker Challenges Trump's Federal Bathroom Ban WASHINGTON - A civilian employee of the Illinois National Guard has filed a class action complaint to the Army National Guard Bureau Equal Opportunity Office (NGB-EO) challe more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [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: * * * Transgender Federal Worker Challenges Trump's Federal Bathroom Ban Washington, D.C. - A civilian employee of the Illinois National Guard has filed a class action complaint to the Army National Guard Bureau Equal Opportunity Office (NGB-EO) challenging more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump EPA Rollbacks Would Allow Wisconsin Coal Plants to Pollute More Than 11 Million Tons of CO2, Sierra Club Tool Shows WISCONSIN - Today, the Sierra Club released its new tool, the Trump Coal Pollution Dashboard, that shows the environmental toll of the Trump Administration's planned rollback of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) safeguards on coal pollution. In Wisconsin, if th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Looks to Gut EPA Safeguards, Green-Lighting More Coal Pollution in Minnesota MINNESOTA - Today, the Sierra Club released its new tool, the Trump Coal Pollution Dashboard, that shows the environmental toll of the Trump Administration's planned rollback of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) safeguards on coal pollution. The dashboard includes data on federal rules including the more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Soliciting Gifts Is a Crime with No Immunity WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump today restated his solicitation for money for what he calls a "Trump meme", a form of cryptocurrency. The posting on Twitter/X references a "gala dinner" at "Trump National, Washington D.C" (a golf resort) on May 22. In an earlier communication, he promised that the 220 individuals who sent him the most  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was a Corporate Lobbyist. Now, Her Former Clients are Lobbying the White House. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' former lobbying clients - including a tobacco company she was lobbying for just last year - have disclosed that they have lobbied the White House offices that Wiles now oversees on public health regulations, AI poli more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's First 100 Days: Chaos for Americans, Cash for Trump # Trump Accountability Watch: In Just Over 100 Days, Trump Has Torpedoed U.S. Economy While Making Himself Richer President Donald Trump has been in office for just over 100 days. In that time, he's done years' worth of damage  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Proposed Federal Budget: What it Means for LGBTQ+ Communities "This budget is more than cuts on a page--it's a direct attack on LGBTQ+ lives. Trump is taking away life-saving healthcare, support for LGBTQ-owned businesses, protections against hate crimes, and even housing help for people living with HIV. Stripping away more than $2 billion in support sends one clear message: w more PR