WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 30, 2025, to The Hill: * * * Lawmakers Can Help Usher in a Golden Age by Extending the Opportunity Zones Program By Shay Hawkins and Jill Homan With the passage of the House reconciliation bill, the majority party is working on sending one "big, beautiful bill" to the Oval Office. While Medicare debates dominated the budget conversation, President Trump's "number one economic develop more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 29, 2025, to the Washington Times: * * * Iran Desperately Clings to John Kerry's Terrible Nuke Concession By Fred Fleitz In his recent speech in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, President Trump said he doesn't believe America should have permanent enemies, and he offered Iran "a much brighter future" and "a new path" if its leaders would agree to a deal addressing concerns about their nuclear p more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Germany's Digital Tax Is A Direct Attack on U.S. Businesses * Germany's new 10% digital services tax proposal, unveiled on May 29, 2025, is a blatant assault on American tech companies like Google, Apple, and Meta -- a move so foolish it could torch transatlantic trade and expose the new conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz as a hypocrite. This tax, targeting revenue from American bu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on May 30, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russian Opposition and Russian Resistance: The Landscape Before the Battle for Power By llya Ponomarev Executive Summary: * The Russian opposition is currently fractured, dominated by ideologically diverse groups that lack a coherent strategy, shared goals, or political legitimacy. Many function more as protest movements than viable alternatives to Russian Pres more PR

OAKLAND, California, May 31 -- Media Justice issued the following commentary on May 29, 2025: * * * Lessons from our Resistance to Trump's First 100 Days and the Tech Broligarchy By Rumsha Sajid On May 14th, 2025, we wrapped up our political education series, WTF: The Rise of the Tech Broligarchy, with a powerful finale: WTF Do We Do Now? Over the course of seven sessions, more than 1,200 comrades came together to confront the corporate takeover unfolding before us. Looking back on our ser more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, May 29 -- Equality California posted the following joint statement on May 27, 2025, with the TransFamily Support Services and Our Schools USA: * * * LGBTQ+ Advocates Condemn Trump Administration's Attack on Transgender Student-Athletes, Urge CIF to Uphold Inclusive Sports Policies LOS ANGELES -- Equality California, TransFamily Support Services, and Our Schools USA released the following joint statement in response to the Trump administration's threat to withhold fede more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 31 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico posted the following news release on May 30, 2025: * * * New Mexico Immigrants' Rights Groups Denounce Unconstitutional Threats Against Local Communities Organizations Condemn Trump Administration's "Sanctuary Jurisdictions" List ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Following the Trump administration's release late yesterday of a list targeting so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions across the United States, a coalition of New M more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 31 [Category: Media] -- America's Public Television Stations issued the following news release: * * * President's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Undermines Rural Services * WASHINGTON - May 31, 2025 - Kate Riley, President and CEO of America's Public Television Stations, made the following statement on President Trump's fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget released today: "America's Public Television Stations are deeply disappointed that President Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Demand Justice issued the following news release: * * * SCOTUS Revokes Humanitarian Status Of Half A Million Migrants, Helps Further Trump's Mass Deportation Agenda On Friday, the Supreme Court granted a Trump administration request to revoke the humanitarian legal status of over half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela while legal challenges continue in the courts. Justices Jackson and Sotomayor wrote a dissent to the Court's order. In response more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Circumvent District Court's Ruling and Strip Lawful Immigration Status from Nearly 500,000 People WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration's request to stay a district court order in Svitlana Doe v. Noem, stripping the legal status and work permits of an estimated half a million people en masse who came to the U.S. through the humanitarian par more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Tillis Bill Cracks Down on Harmful Third-Party Litigation Funding * A new bill introduced by Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) aims to address the problem of predatory third-party litigation funding. Third-party litigation funding (TPLF) occurs when a third-party entity "invests" in the outcome of a civil litigation case by funding one of the involved parties. This funding is often accomp more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of labor unions and environmental organizations, issued the following news release on May 30, 2025: * * * Trump Administration Claws Back Industrial Demonstrations Funding, Risking Jobs and Undermining US Manufacturing The Trump administration's U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it would cancel more than $3.7 billion in funding for cutting edge manufacturing projects across the country. Many of the defunded projects were more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 31 [Category: Environment] -- The Trust for Public Land posted the following news release: * * * Trust for Public Land Statement on President's Budget Proposal Undermining the Great American Outdoors Act * The FY26 President's Budget Request proposes a rollback of the landmark, bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act, jeopardizing full, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, President and CEO of Trust for more PR

HERNDON, Virginia, May 31 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * U.S. Announces 25% Tariffs on All Steel and Aluminum Imports; Updated to 50% Tariff * Update-Saturday, May 31, 2025: On May 30, President Trump announced that he will increase the steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% from 25%, effective Wednesday, June 4. Information has been updated throughout according to the two, newly released Executive Orders: 1. Order on Steel 2\. Order o more PR