WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Accountable.US Statement on Trump Judicial Nominees Joshua Divine and Maria Lanahan Steamrolling Missouri Voters and Advancing a Statewide Abortion Ban Washington D.C. - This week, Missouri's Supreme Court halted access to reproductive health care across the state - just months after Mis more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 30 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-PA Thanks President for Supporting New Deal for U.S. Steel # May 30, 2025 by AFP PITTSBUGH, Pennsylvania --Today President Trump rallied with industry leaders in Pittsburgh to celebrate a new partnership between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel. The deal comes after former President Joe Biden previously abused his executive power to block Nippon Steel from acquiring U. more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- America First Policies issued the following news release: * * * AFPI Requests Civil Rights Investigation into Oregon's Athletic Policies Allowing Male Athletes in Girls' Sports The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) formally submitted a civil rights complaint to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, calling for an investigation into Oregon's state education and athletic policies that allow biological males to compete in female-only sports. The co more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * AFPI Requests Civil Rights Investigation into Oregon's Athletic Policies Allowing Male Athletes in Girls' Sports Washington D.C.-- The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) formally submitted a civil rights complaint to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, calling for an investigation into Oregon's state education and athletic policies that allow biological males to compete more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Ahead of Trump-Musk Press Conference, Groundwork's Owens says "Musk Got What He Came For" # Elon Musk's tenure as a Special Government Employee has come to an end, leaving behind a trail of destruction that has made life harder and more expensive for millions of Americans while enriching Musk himself. Groundwork Collaborative's Execut more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The American Immigration Lawyers Association issued the following news release on May 30, 2025: * * * AILA ED: SCOTUS Clears Way for Trump Administration to Terminate Lawful Status of Half a Million Residents Despite Ongoing Litigation Today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) cleared the way for the Trump Administration to move forward with plans to dismantle the parole program for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV). The decision mark more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Steel] -- The American Iron and Steel Institute posted the following news release: * * * AISI Applauds Steel Tariff Increase Announcement WASHINGTON, D.C. - Kevin Dempsey, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute, today applauded the announcement by President Trump tonight that he was increasing the existing steel tariffs from 25 percent to 50 percent: "AISI welcomes President Trump's announcement today that he is increasing steel tariffs to 5 more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 27, 2025, to Townhall: * * * Education Belongs to Parents Again By Erika Donalds and Jorge Martinez In schools across America, a quiet revolution is underway -- and it's being led by President Donald J. Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon. After years of bureaucratic overreach, ideological indoctrination, and declining academic standards, educational freedom has returned to t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 28, 2025, to the Washington Reporter: * * * President Trump's Trade Wins Are a Boon for American Agriculture By Tate Bennett In an era when rural America has too often been left behind by globalization, President Donald J. Trump's recent trade deals are delivering long-overdue wins for the backbone of our nation: American farmers. His administration's actions mark meaningful efforts  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 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: * * * Appeals Court Allows Block on Administration's Unlawful Reorganization of the Federal Government to Continue Denies Trump Request to Overturn Injunction in Case Brought by Massive Coalition of Labor Unions, Non-Profit Organizations, Cities and Counti more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 30 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Assemblymember Garcia Decides To Delay Assembly Floor Vote On Landmark Air Quality Proposal To Continue Discussions With Stakeholders Despite ongoing successful votes in the Assembly on his landmark air quality legislation, the California Pollution Hotspots Solution Act (AB 914), Assistant Majority Leader Robert Garcia elected to slow down the process to continue discussions with more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Education] -- The National Association of College and University Business Officers posted the following news: * * * Budget and Tax Action Moves to the Senate On May 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R.1. The legislation includes numerous elements that, if ultimately passed, could have major implications for students and institutions, largely related to student aid policy and federal tax policies. The fate of the legisl more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns Israeli Shooting of Palestinians at Food Distribution Center, Calls on Trump to End Failed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the shooting and wounding of 20 Palestinians seeking food at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distrib more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following wrapup: * * * InfluenceWatch Podcast #365: Bulwark Backstory By Sarah Lee, Ken Braun and Michael Watson At one point, in the minds of its writers and supporters, perhaps The Bulwark really was about providing a "bulwark" for "conserving conservatism" in opposition to the right-populism of once and future President Donald Trump. But as our colleague Ken Braun recounts in his series on the evolution of the publication, The  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 27, 2025, to Foreign Affairs: * * * Can Syria Recover? Why Sanctions Relief Is Not Enough By Natasha Hall and Ninar Fawal During his trip to the Middle East in mid-May, U.S. President Donald Trump did something extraordinary. On the Saudi leg of his four-day tour, the president issued a sweeping change to U.S. policy toward Syria. First, he announced, to riotous appla more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 29, 2025: * * * Educational Exchange as a Strategic Priority in U.S.-Mexico Relations By Juliana Rubio, Julie Baer and Eitan Casaverde Introduction Longstanding educational exchanges between the United States and Mexico have formed part of a shared culture between the two nations. Through a variety of programs spanning decades, both nations have made substantial efforts to strengt more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 30, 2025: * * * How to Accelerate Clean Energy Innovation? By Sumiko Takeuchi This commentary is part of the Deepening U.S.-Japan Clean Energy Cooperation project, a CSIS initiative featuring analysis by leading Japanese and U.S. experts on the potential for enhanced coordination on energy strategy. Strategic Importance of Clean Energy Innovation Innovation is needed to address c more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 30, 2025: * * * Innovation, Investment, and Influence: Advancing U.S.-Japan Energy Leadership Abroad By Nick Lombardo This commentary is part of the Deepening U.S.-Japan Clean Energy Cooperation project, a CSIS initiative featuring analysis by leading Japanese and U.S. experts on the potential for enhanced coordination on energy strategy. Introduction As leaders in clean energy i more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 29, 2025: * * * Insights into the Trump Administration's IEEPA Tariffs Setback By William Alan Reinsch and Thibault Denamiel On May 28, the Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a major decision on two of the lawsuits pending against Trump's use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, as well as the "Liberation  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 30, 2025: * * * Mobilizing Private Finance for the Clean Energy Transition: Japan's Green Transformation and Opportunities for U.S.-Japan Cooperation in Transition Finance By Motoshi Tomita This commentary is part of the Deepening U.S.-Japan Clean Energy Cooperation project, a CSIS initiative featuring analysis by leading Japanese and U.S. experts on the potential for enhanced coor more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 29, 2025: * * * Russia Conducts Largest Air Attack on Ukraine to Date By Yasir Atalan and Benjamin Jensen Russia recently conducted its largest air attack on Ukraine, targeting Kyiv and other regions in the country and killing over 15 people and injuring dozens. The attacks, which occurred over the weekend of May 25 during stalled negotiations, were an order of magnitude higher and more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 30, 2025: * * * U.S. Efforts to Secure Its Clean Energy Supply Chains and the Value of Cooperating with Japan By Jane Nakano This commentary is part of the Deepening U.S.-Japan Clean Energy Cooperation project, a CSIS initiative featuring analysis by leading Japanese and U.S. experts on the potential for enhanced coordination on energy strategy. The modern energy system relies on  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 29, 2025: * * * What the Court's Ruling on Trump's Tariffs Means for U.S. Trade Policy and the Economy By Philip Luck Update as of May 29, 2025: The appeals court has stayed the U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling while it reviews the arguments in the case, including the administration's request for a longer delay. A day after the court struck down President Donald Trump's A more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 29, 2025: * * * What's Missing from the U.S. Debate on Electric Vehicles By Ilaria Mazzocco As the Senate considers the One Big Beautiful Bill Act recently passed by the House, Congress faces critical choices that could reshape the future of U.S. industry--especially in relation to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and more generally, strategic decisions over how to best promote U more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * House Republican Health Agenda Cuts Coverage, Raises People's Costs Clear Harm to Eligible People From Unprecedented Cuts By Allison Orris, Jennifer Sullivan, Claire Heyison and Shelby Gonzales Roughly 15 million low- and moderate-income people would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the House Republicans' sweeping and draconian health care agenda -- part of their plan to help more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * House Republican Reconciliation Bill Takes Away Health Coverage, Food Assistance, Tax Credits From Millions of Immigrants and Their Families By Margot Dankner, Shelby Gonzales, Elizabeth Lower-Basch and Kiran Rachamallu The House Republican reconciliation bill would impose massive cuts in food assistance, health care coverage, and other supports for people with low incomes/[1] and singles ou more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Corruption Watch: Trump's SEC Drops Major Case Against Crypto Giant Binance After Its Former CEO Partnered With Trump Family On Lucrative Crypto Venture Is a Trump Pardon for Convicted Binance Founder "CZ" Next? WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the latest egregious case of President Trump's famil more PR

WASHINGTON, May 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: * * * Democracy Forward, Interfaith Alliance Seek Documents Related to President Trump's "Anti-Christian Bias" Efforts Leading Pro-Democracy Groups Investigating So-Called "Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias" Washington, D.C. - Democracy Forward more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * DOE Cancels $3.7B in Clean Energy Projects Through Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations WASHINGTON, DC -- Following a pattern of cutting federal programs led by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it was canceling $3.7 billion in funding for 24 clean energy projects through its Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED).  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * DOGE Weekly Watchdog: Musk's DOGE Took A Chainsaw to Communities, Made Billionaires Richer. Trump Isn't Stopping Now. This week, Elon Musk's special government employee status ended, concluding his tenure as DOGE's ringleader. But let's be clear: Musk's departure doesn't change the fact  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * EPA Staff Down 10% as More Trump Firings Loom, Records Show WASHINGTON-- An analysis of staff records at the Environmental Protection Agency shows a loss of 1,560 positions, or about 10% of the workforce, as of the end of April. The Center for Biological Diversity, which received the records after a Freedom of Information Act request, compared the EPA staff directories from 2 more PR

BOONE, North Carolina, May 30 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Federal agencies take public input on proposed MVP Southgate pipeline : May 30, 2025 CONTACT : Jessica Sims, Virginia Field Coordinator, (804) 356-1228, jessica@appvoices.org WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Wilmington and Norfolk Districts closed their public comment period on the Clean Water Act Section 404 permit application for Mountain Val more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, May 31 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Public Health Association issued the following news release: * * * For Our Health statement on HHS rollback of COVID-19 vaccine protections For Our Health, a nonpartisan initiative committed to defending science-based public health policy, condemns Tuesday's reckless decision by the U.S. Secretary Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to remove COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children and pregnant individuals fr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Energy] -- Growth Energy, a trade association that represents ethanol producers, issued the following news release: * * * Growth Energy: DOE Updates to 45Z Will Create Jobs, Unleash New Investments WASHINGTON, D.C.--Growth Energy, the nation's largest biofuel trade association, welcomed new guidance that the Trump administration released today regarding updates to the 45Z clean fuel production tax credit. The updates to the 45ZCF-GREET User Manual make it easier  more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 31 -- HIAS, a refugee protection organization, issued the following news release: * * * HIAS Alarmed by SCOTUS Humanitarian Parole Ruling HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees, is deeply alarmed by the Supreme Court's decision this morning to reinstate the Trump administration's termination of the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) humanitarian parole program. "As a direct consequence of this order, over half a million individua more PR

NEW YORK, May 31 -- 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 news release on May 30, 2025: * * * Hispanic Federation Denounces Cruel Decision by SCOTUS Ending Legal Protections for Immigrants, Urges Congress To Fix Our Broken Immigration System Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the President's executive more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 30 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Congressman Dale Strong Talks Renewing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Americans for Prosperity-Alabama # May 30, 2025 by AFP Huntsville, AL --In case you missed it, Americans for Prosperity-Alabama (AFP-AL) recently hosted Congressman Dale Strong (AL-05) for a roundtable discussion on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Alabama families' federal tax bill could ra more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Planned Parenthood Expert on Better Sex Ed -- And What's At Stake Amid Political Attacks As the Trump administration attacks education and spreads disinformation related to sexual and reproductive health, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is reminding parents, caregivers, and communities that they are empowered to demand that their child get school-based sex educati more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 31 -- The Immigrant Legal Resource Center issued the following news release: * * * ILRC Will Continue to Defend Sanctuary Policies ILRC Condemns Trump Administration's Tired Bullying Tactics (Washington, DC)--In its latest hateful political stunt, the Trump administration published a list of sanctuary jurisdictions on Thursday, May 29, 2025. As with all other of this administration's immigration enforcement efforts, this effort is low on accuracy, legal basis o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release on May 30, 2025: * * * Victory! Trump Can Terminate Mass Parole IRLI had shown U.S Supreme Court president had full authority to send parolees home * Today, the Supreme Court issued a stay or suspension of a lower-court order in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration's termination of over half a million grants of mass parole by the Biden Administration, allowing the parole terminations and the r more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on May 27, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Putin Holds Firm to War Course, Conjuring Mirage Of Victory By Pavel K. Baev Executive Summary: * Moscow's war against Ukraine has seen no meaningful progress toward peace in the past month as hostilities have escalated with Russia preparing a list of conditions for a ceasefire that would be agreeable to Kyiv. * Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to capita more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Joni Ernst on Gutting Tens of Millions of Americans' Healthcare: "Well, we all are going to die" WASHINGTON, DC - In a town hall with her constituents, Republican Senator Joni Ernst justified gutting healthcare for 220,000 people in her state and the 14 million Americans nationwide by st more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Processing of Immigration Benefit Applications for Humanitarian Parole Recipients and Certifies Nationwide Class to Ensure All Impacted Individuals are Protected Judge's ruling ensures that immigrants can pursue a more stable pathway to status if one is available BOSTON--A federal judge in Massachusetts issued two rulings in Svitlana Doe v. Noem today, this time ordering the more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 30 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * Latest Tariff News: Appeals Court Reinstates Tariffs as Lower Courts Split on Presidential Authority Recent developments in multiple federal courts have introduced new complexity to the ongoing legal review of President Trump's tariff actions, as courts issued differing rulings and a federal appeals court temporarily reinstated the tariffs pending further pr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Launched Over Manatee Harassment in Crystal River CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. -- The Center for Biological Diversity warned the Trump administration today that it intends to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and so-called Department of Government Efficiency for failing to adequately staff the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, resulting in unlawful harassment of pro more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV Statement on SCOTUS Decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, CO Washington, D.C. -- In response to today's decision from the Supreme Court in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, CO, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement from Vice President of Federal Policy and former EPA scientist Matthew Dav more PR

NEW YORK, May 30 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 29, 2025, to the Civitas Institute: * * * The Academic "Resistance" Decries Government Interference By Tal Fortgang The academy should now recover its institutional autonomy, we are told. The academic "resistance" has found its rallying cry. "No government -- regardless of which party is in power -- should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas more PR

NEW YORK, May 30 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 29, 2025, to FoxNews.com: * * * Yes, Take Down Harvard but Team Trump Must Do It the Right Way By Ilya Shapiro I'm sympathetic to the Trump administration's goals in the battle with Harvard. But the administration's heavy-handed tactics threaten its reformist intentions Elite universities deserve all the opprobrium they've been getting. They've discriminated on the basis of race in admissions an more PR

NEW YORK, May 28 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 27, 2025, to The Dispatch: * * * Don't Bail Out the Farmers By Jessica Riedl Elections have consequences. We are all seeing how tariffs damage economies by raising prices, distorting markets, and encouraging foreign retaliation against our export industries. What we see less of is the swamp-infested cronyism that tariffs encourage: When tariffs are enacted, as with the 2018 steel and aluminum ta more PR

NEW YORK, May 29 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 27, 2025, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Does the President Want to Fix Harvard or Destroy It? By Jason L. Riley His actions against foreign students and research grants have little to do with students' civil rights. Donald Trump has made the Harvard man his whipping boy, and academia certainly had it coming. Still, what is the president's objective? The administration announced Tuesday that more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSrep) -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * New report dissects Trump's trade policy--and offers a progressive alternative approach to globalization In the aftermath of a federal trade court blocking most of Trump's tariffs, a new Economic Policy Institute report (https://www.epi.org/publication/the-u-s-approach-to-globalization-has-gone-from-bad-to-worse-under-trump-how-to-construct-a-progressive-policy-agenda-instead/) examines how t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The National Foreign Trade Council issued the following statement on May 29, 2025: * * * NFTC Urges Administration to Double-Down on Dealmaking in the Wake of Court's Decision on Tariffs Following the Court of International Trade's opinion in two cases challenging the President's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on goods from nearly every country, National Foreign Trade Council President Jake Colvin released the following statement more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Nippon Steel Acquisition of U.S. Steel Must Address Local Community Concerns PITTSBURGH, PA -- At a rally outside of Pittsburgh today, President Trump hailed the deal struck between Nippon Steel Company and U.S. Steel Company as " a blockbuster agreement " without addressing the widespread health harms caused by pollution from the steel industry. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Refugees International, a humanitarian organization that says it advocates for lifesaving assistance, human rights and protection for displaced people, issued the following statement: * * * Refugees International Condemns SCOTUS Rulings That Strip Hundreds of Thousands of People of Humanitarian Status, Exposing Them to Detention and Deportation to Danger "Over the past two weeks, the Supreme Court has handed down two separate rulings, mere sentences long, that have depri more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Endorses Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey Governor Bloomfield, NJ - Today, the New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Mikie Sherrill for Governor, citing her outstanding record on environmental issues in Congress and her bold vision to tackle these challenges as New Jersey's next governor. The Sierra Club is the nation's oldest and largest grassroots envi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club: Line 5 Remains an Existential Threat; Governor Whitmer Can Step in and Save the Great Lakes MACKINAC, Mich. - Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) on the proposal to enclose the Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac in a tunnel. Earlier this year, the Trump Administration announced its sham energy emergency e more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Spectrum Auctions in Congress's One Big, Beautiful Bill will Generate Revenue and Boost Innovation Under the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act passed by the House, the Federal Communications Commission would have the authority to hold Spectrum auctions for the first time in nearly four years. The FCC would also be tasked, along with the National Telecommunications and Information Administrati more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Real Estate] -- The National Association of Home Builders posted the following news release: * * * Statement from NAHB Chairman Buddy Hughes on DOL Decision to Pause Job Corps Center Operations Buddy Hughes, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Lexington, N.C., today issued the following statement after the Department of Labor announced it was pausing Job Corps center operations nationwide: "At a tim more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * The Week in Climate Action - May 30, 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 a Supreme Court decision that will let Big Polluters decide where to build their toxic projects, and states' continued efforts to protect clean energy jobs and consume more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * These Colors Don't Run: HRC Grows to Record 3.6 Million Members, Volunteers & Supporters as Pride 2025 Begins WASHINGTON -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, is unveiling its Pride 2025 theme - "These Colors Don't Run" - and detailed itineraries for newsmaking events througho more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber Launches Paid Tax Campaign Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced the launch of a paid advocacy campaign as part of the Chamber's larger tax efforts. The initial ad buy, which includes targeted paid media and corresponding billboards across the country, begins this week and will run in select states and Congressional districts.  "There is a lot of misinformati more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors issued the following news: * * * U.S. Conference of Mayors Statement on Trump Administration's Sanctuary Jurisdictions List Washington, DC - Yesterday, the Trump Administration published a list of nearly 600 "sanctuary jurisdictions," threatening to suspend or terminate their federal funding. In response, U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO and Executive Director, Tom Cochran, issued the following state more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 30 -- The Vision Council issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Court of International Trade Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs: What This Means for the Vision Industry In a significant ruling that stands to impact many in the vision industry, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a decision on May 28, 2025, permanently prohibiting all tariffs imposed by President Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). These tariffs affected  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * With Warning Signs Flashing, Trump Doubles Down on Economic Chaos # President Trump's erratic tariff policy is sowing chaos in our economy. Companies are raising prices in response to the uncertainty, GDP is negative, imports and durable goods orders are down, and an increase in jobless claims this week signals a weaker labor market.  more PR