MONONA, Wisconsin, May 23 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following statement: * * * Wisconsin Republicans Leaving Veterans Behind Wisconsin Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden recently made headlines for saying he hopes funding continues to be cut at the Department of Veterans Affairs - and he certainly isn't the only Wisconsin Republican attacking care for veterans in the Badger State. Da more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Media] -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, posted the following commentary: * * * AI Data Centers: Economy Boom or Environment Bust? Author: Joanna S. Kao, Pulitzer Center Staff 'It Only Takes a Little Push To Become Arid' Data centers are popping up all over the news, and their promises of new jobs and revitalizing regions seem hard to resist. Recently, President Donald Trump signed a deal with the United Arab E more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Calls on DOJ to Enforce Federal Law Against the University of Virginia's Ongoing Illegal DEI Practices America First Legal (AFL) released the results of its preliminary investigation of the University of Virginia's (UVA) discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) askin more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following statement on May 22, 2025: * * * Another Federal Judge Prevents Progress at the Department of Education Washington, D.C. - Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) issued the following statement from Dr. Michael Shires, Vice Chair of Education Opportunity, regarding the preliminary injunction issued to prevent the dismantling of the Department of Education: "Today's ruling by Judge Myong Joun blocking the T more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following statement: * * * Governor Jindal and Sarah Frey Applaud Release of the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment Washington, D.C. - Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) issued the following statement from Governor Bobby Jindal, Chair of AFPI's Healthy America initiative and Sarah Frey, AFPI Senior Advisor for Rural Policy: "Today's release of the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission's Init more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The American Energy Alliance issued the following news release: * * * House Passes "Big, Beautiful" Budget Bill to Dismantle Costly Green Subsidies WASHINGTON DC (05/23/25) - This week, the House passed the "Big, Beautiful" budget reconciliation bill. This bill advances key elements of President Trump's agenda to unleash America's energy potential. The House bill prioritizes energy security and affordability by eliminating costly green energy subsidies and wasteful gre more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 23 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * As Senate Rolls Back Life-Saving Clean Air Policy, New York is Left in the Lurch with Dirty Diesel Pollution Albany, NY --U.S. Senate Republicans abused the Congressional Review Act in an unlawful maneuver to overturn California's Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Rule, which has been adopted by numerous states, including New York. This has never been done in the history of the Clean A more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, May 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Breaking: Judge Deals Significant Blow to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government May 22, 2025 CONTACT : press@democracyforward.org Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Judge Deals Significant Blow to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government Preliminary Injunction Issued in Largest and Most more PR

HERNDON, Virginia, May 23 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * Budget Reconciliation Bill Includes Wins For RV Industry The House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the bill that will extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts and provide funding for the federal government. Critical to the RV industry, the bill includes a fix that will enable all RV dealers to fully deduct the interest on floorplan loans for non-motorize more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls on Trump to Avert Iran War by Dropping Israel's 'Poison Pill' Demand on Nuclear Deal The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today commended President Trump for pursuing a nuclear deal with Iran and called on the president to avert an "unnecessary and foolish war" by dropping I more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns Israel's 'Mass Slaughter' of Families in Bombing of Gaza Apartment Building The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Israeli government's mass slaughter of civilians in the bombing of a residential building in Gaza. Israeli planes bombed a five-story res more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR, CAIR-MA Welcome Federal Court Decision Halting Trump Admin's Ban on Harvard Enrolling International Students The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and its Massachusetts chapter (CAIR-MA) today welcomed a federal judge's decision to temporarily block the Trump administration from s more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, May 24 -- The Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following news release on May 23, 2025: * * * CEA Applauds Trump Administration's Nuclear Executive Order * Streamlined permitting will accelerate U.S. advanced nuclear leadership * Order provides certainty to address growing AI, manufacturing energy demand WASHINGTON - Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the leading energy and environmental advocate for families and businesses, today applauded the Trump Administration's four Exe more PR

NEW YORK, May 23 [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: * * * Censored Patient Safety Research Must Return to Government Website, Judge Rules BOSTON - A federal judge today ordered that the government must restore all patient safety research authored by private individuals and removed by the Trump ad more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 23, 2025: * * * What's Normal--and What's Not--About ODNI's Request to Revise the NIC's Intelligence Assessment By Emily Harding Recently leaked emails suggest that senior staff at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) worked to change an intelligence assessment with implications for President Trump's immigration policy. But the truth of the matter has yet to f more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, May 24 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on May 23, 2025: * * * Minnesota drivers free from California EV tyranny Written by Sarah Montalbano As of this Thursday, Minnesotans are free from California's onerous electric vehicle mandate. The Senate on Thursday voted 51-44 to overturn the Biden administration's approval of California's Clean Air Ac more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * By the Numbers: House Bill Takes Health Coverage Away From Millions of People and Raises Families' Health Care Costs The House has passed a reconciliation bill that would take health coverage away from millions of people and dramatically raise health care costs for millions more. Here are some of the impacts: * Roughly 15 million people by 2034 would lose health coverage and become uninsured more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, May 24 -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * CCRKBA BACKS SUPPRESSOR DEREGULATION IN LETTER TO HOUSE, SENATE LEADERS BELLEVUE, WA - The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is delighted components of the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) has been included in the House version of Donald Trump's "one big, beautiful" budget bill, and is hopeful this measure to remove suppressor regulation from the more PR

NEW YORK, May 24 -- United Against Nuclear Iran issued the following news release: * * * CPAC and UANI Launch CPAC for Iranians in Exile Website (New York, NY) -- The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), in partnership with United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), launch CPAC for Iranians in Exile and its new online platform at CPAC.org/Iranians. This initiative, spearheaded by CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp and UANI CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, will offer a platform for the global Iran more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 [Category: Computer Technology]-- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Discretionary Tariffs on Apple iPhones Won't Reshore Manufacturing--They'll Raise Costs and Erode Trust, Says ITIF Following President Trump's announcement of potential tariffs targeting Apple iPhones, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, released the following statem more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 24 -- The Essential Minerals Association issued the following news: * * * EMA Applauds the House Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Arlington VA, May 22, 2025 - The Essential Minerals Association (EMA) released the following statement today regarding the House of Representatives' passage of the budget reconciliation package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). "We applaud and congratulate Speaker Johnson and the House of Representatives for passing more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following news release on May 22, 2025: * * * EPI condemns House passage of dangerous tax and spending bill Today, the Trump administration and nearly all Republicans in the House of Representatives took another step toward advancing their top economic priority: keeping taxes for the wealthy and corporations at rock-bottom rates, by any means necessary. The budget reconciliation bill that the House passed today, H.R. 1, represents more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 24 -- Equal Rights Advocates issued the following statement: * * * Federal Court Victory on Department of Education Protects Student Civil Rights, for Now Statement from Noreen Farrell, Executive Director of Equal Rights Advocates, on today's federal court ruling blocking President Trump's executive order targeting the Department of Education May 22, 2025 - Today's historic federal court ruling blocking President Trump's executive order attempting to dismantle  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Financial Technology Association issued the following news release: * * * FTA Statement on CFPB Notice to Vacate 1033 Open Banking Rule Agency Signals Intent to Roll Back Consumer Financial Data Rights WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Financial Technology Association (FTA) issued the following statement on a legal filing by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau indicating that the Bureau is moving to vacate the 1033 open banking rule: "Vacating the 1033 rule is a handout more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, issued the following news release on May 23, 2025: * * * Gabby Giffords remembers lives lost at Uvalde school shooting three years ago WASHINGTON -- Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, founder of the national gun violence prevention organization GIFFORDS, released the following statement remembering the 21 lives lost and 17 more who were injured during the 2022 school shooting at Robb Elementary  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Governors Unite Behind Affordable Clean Car Coalition, Commitment to Electric Cars Today, governors from 11 states - California, Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington - announced they are joining together in a new Affordable Clean Car Coalition which will help states tackle vehicle pollution and lower barriers for  more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 24 -- HIAS, a refugee protection organization, issued the following news release: * * * HIAS Condemns Deportation of Immigrants to South Sudan SILVER SPRING, MD -- HIAS condemns the deportation of eight immigrants who reportedly had a final destination of South Sudan. This is just the latest example of the administration's blatant disregard for the rule of law, due process, and the rulings of multiple courts. "Yet again, the Trump Administration is knowingly sen more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * House Bill Expands Handouts to Fossil Fuel Polluters and Eviscerates Clean Energy Transition WASHINGTON -- The fossil fuel industry is set to receive massive concessions from Congress through a series of provisions included in President Trump's budget and tax package, according to a report out today from United to End Polluter Handouts, a new campaign to combat the massive subsidies the U.S. go more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Americans for Tax Fairness issued the following news release on May 22, 2025: * * * House GOP Votes to Cut Billions from Medicaid, SNAP & Education Programs to Fund Billionaire Tax Cuts Today, the billionaire-backed House Republican majority voted to pass Trump's reconciliation bill which makes billions in cuts to Medicaid, child nutrition programs, and other essential programs to fund tax cuts for billionaires and big businesses. The bill would give people with $1 milli more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Independent Women Applauds President Trump's Executive Orders Expanding Nuclear Power WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Independent Women, a leading national women's organization dedicated to advancing policies that enhance opportunity and well-being, released the following statement praising President Trump's executive orders-- Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base and Order more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, May 24 (TNSrpt) -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release: * * * Judge Deals Significant Blow to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division today issued a preliminary injunction that will block the Trump administration's unlawful reorganization of the federal government while the case proceeds. The coalition behind the case, which includes  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department's Boeing Settlement is a Travesty WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today reached an agreement in principle with Boeing that will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people. If approved, under the terms of the agreement, DOJ will dismiss the c more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Seeks Info on RFK Jr.'s Calendar, Records on Dietary Guidelines WASHINGTON-- The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today for failing to release Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s calendar and schedule. The lawsuit also seeks information about the development of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines f more PR

NEW YORK, May 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Calls on FEMA to Protect Black Communities, Avoid Discrimination in Assistance to Recent Tornado Victims On May 15, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the NAACP sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urging the agency to uphold its civil rights obligations during and after national disasters. The joint letter focused on the agency's obligation more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 23 -- LIBRE Initiative issued the following news release: * * * LIBRE Applauds U.S. House Passage of Tax Relief That Empowers Latino Entrepreneurs and Workers Arlington, VA (5/22/25) -- Today, The LIBRE Initiative praised the U.S. House of Representatives for approving a tax package that protects low rates and supports small business growth--especially within the Latino community, one of the fastest-growing and most entrepreneurial demographics in the country. Daniel more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * MAHA Commission recommendations on improving government-directed research merit consideration President Trump's Make America Healthy Again Commission released the "Making Our Children Health Again" report, which seeks to evaluate health trends among America's youth, what is driving those trends, and recommendations on addressing them. The Make America Healthy Again Commiss more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The National Association of Manufacturers issued the following news release: * * * Manufacturers: Nuclear Energy Orders Power Up Manufacturing in America The National Association of Manufacturers today welcomed President Trump's latest executive orders to expand the development of nuclear energy, streamline federal permitting and strengthen domestic fuel production. NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons issued the following statement: "These actions mark an important and ti more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The National Partnership for Women and Families issued the following statement: * * * House Republican Plan Would Inflict Harm and Chaos for Millions of Women and Families Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 22, 2025 - "Today, the House of Representatives voted to advance a budget reconciliation package that would undermine the health and economic security of tens of millions of people who rely on  more PR

NEW YORK, May 22 [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: * * * Nevada Legislature Passes Resolution Urging Congress to Protect Places of Worship and Schools from ICE LAS VEGAS - The Nevada Senate today approved Assembly Joint Resolution 9, marking passage of the bill in the Nevada Legislature and maki more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * New Executive Orders Undercut Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authority to Protect Public Safety, Security WASHINGTON - President Trump signed executive orders today all but nullifying the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)'s independent regulatory processes, undermining the independent federal agency's ability to develop and enforce safety and security require more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Newly announced tariffs on EU and Apple will harm U.S. economy, raise costs for consumers This morning, President Trump announced a 50 percent tariff on the European Union starting on June 1 and a 25 percent tariff on iPhones if Apple does not move production to the United States. CEI senior economist Ryan Young said: "Just when we thought there was some tariff stabili more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Ohio Is Latest State Legislature to Join Push to Extend Trump Tax Cuts For nearly a decade, Americans have enjoyed the benefits of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed by President Trump in his first administration. Estimates show that the TCJA has saved Americans $2,100 annually, cutting taxes for 80% of Americans. The country has since been ravaged by economic crises, inflation, a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Photo Gallery: 'America is Not for Sale' Protest Against Trump's Meme Coin Gala WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Thursday, Public Citizen held a rally in partnership with Our Revolution ahead of President Trump's meme coin gala at the Trump National Golf Club to protest the president's unprecedented ethics violations and corruption techniques. Check out the compilation video by Our Revolution and photo g more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Progressive Policy Institute posted the following news release: * * * PPI: Trump's Tariffs Are Reckless, Constitutionally Unsound Ed Gresser, Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), issued the following statement on President Trump's latest tariff orders -- 50% on EU goods and 25% on iPhones:  " Mr. Trump's erratic and destructive tariff campaigns show why the Constitution assigns the more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 24 -- Progress Michigan, an organization that says it holds public officials and government accountable and assist in the promotion of progressive ideas, issued the following statement on May 23, 2025: * * * Representative Ken Borton: Stop Trying to DOGE Michigan MICHIGAN - Today, Progress Michigan released the following statement after Representative Ken Borton threatened to defund the Michigan Department of Natural Resources "into oblivion". The statement can be attri more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Interior Attempt to Erase Truth and History on Public Lands This week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order that would potentially require Interior sites to reinstate any monuments, memorials, statues, or markers that have been removed or altered to reflect a more inclusive and accurate accounting of history. This secretarial order follows an executive orde more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * THIS WEEK IN CLIMATE (IN)ACTION - MAY 23, 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 House Republicans' terrible billionaire tax scam and illegitimate CRAs in the Senate, and how states are advancing climate action against all odds. Be sure to f more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Reverses Course, Brings Plastics Back to Litter National Parks BACKGROUND: In response to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum's order, reversing course on commonsense practices that would reduce the use of single-use plastics in our national parks, wildlife refuges and other public lands by 2032, NPCA responded with the below statement. A NPCA wildlife poll found  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Trump Executive Order on Public-Sector Unions Clears Latest Legal Hurdle President Trump's executive order halting collective bargaining at federal agencies that work on national security issues has cleared its latest legal hurdle. Back in late March, President Trump signed and issued an executive order using authority granted by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 to suspend collect more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Uses Sham "Energy Emergency" to Keep Coal Plants Open West Olive, MI - Today, the Trump Administration invoked its so-called "energy emergency" to force the J.H. Campbell coal plant to remain open past its planned retirement. Since coming into office, Donald Trump has weakened domestic energy production by pausing all wind energy projects and proposing to slash hundreds of clean ener more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Economy Is Squeezing Working Families -- And Republicans Just Made It Worse # As Americans brace for a recession, Republicans voted to increase health care, grocery, utility, and education prices As Trump's chaotic trade policies continue to raise prices for consumers and small businesses, Americans are worried a recession is  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Fake Energy Emergency Has Its First Victims: Michigan Ratepayers The U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today issued an emergency order forcing the continued operation of a coal fired power plant in Michigan. The plant, a J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Michigan, was scheduled to be shut down on May 31, 2025. In response, Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen's more PR

NEW YORK, May 23 -- We Act for Environmental Justice issued the following news release: * * * WE ACT & Over 90 Organizations Call for Urgent Funding for Environmental Justice in 2026 Federal Budget WASHINGTON - WE ACT for Environmental Justice led over 90 organizations to join together calling on Congress to increase funding levels for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including its environmental justice programs, in fiscal year 2026. After catastrophic and unlawful environmenta more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * You're Wrong, President Trump. Raising Drug Prices Abroad Won't Lower Them at Home. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Thursday, Donald Trump discussed prescription drug prices for 12 minutes at the Make America Healthy Again commission report release, claiming he would dramatically lower U.S. drug prices by pressuring other countries to raise theirs. Public Citizen Access to Medicines Director Peter May more PR