WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Airlines for America issued the following statement: * * * A4A Urges Senate Confirmation of Bryan Bedford to be FAA Administrator WASHINGTON, June 5, 2025 -The following statement is attributable to Airlines for America (A4A): President Trump made a superb choice in nominating Bryan Bedford to be FAA Administrator. Mr. Bedford has decades of experience in aviation operations, and he leads with a commitment to safety above all else. He intimately understands the importan more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 5 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP's Emily Seidel Responds to Ongoing Debate on Spending Restraint and Pro-Growth Tax Policy * Today Americans for Prosperity (AFP) President and CEO Emily Seidel responded to the ongoing debate on Capitol Hill about the need to address our skyrocketing national debt while also extending and making permanent as much of the Trump tax cuts as possible before they expire at more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 6 -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * AFSC condemns new travel ban as racist and immoral Yesterday the Trump administration instituted a new travel ban that bars people from traveling to the U.S. from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. The ban also puts restrictions on people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sie more PR

NEW YORK, June 5 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee posted the following news release: * * * AJC Statement on President Trump's Proclamation Restricting Entry of Foreign Nationals * American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, is grateful for the many expressions of support offered by the Trump administration in response to the recent antisemitic terror attacks in Washington, D.C., and Boulder, Colorado. Officials across the admi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following commentary on June 4, 2025, to Voz: * * * Congress, Pass the One Big Beautiful Bill - Hispanic Families Are Counting On It By Jorge Martinez and Bob Unanue For too long, Washington bureaucrats have failed the very families they claim to serve--none more so than Hispanic Americans. We've been told to wait our turn, to be patient, while our wages stagnated, our communities bore the brunt of illegal immigration, and o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls Trump's Expanded Travel Ban Targeting Mostly Muslim, African Nations, Free Speech 'Unnecessary, Overbroad and Ideologically Motivated' * The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today responded to President Trump's new and expanded travel ban, which targets 19 mostly Muslim and Africa more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following wrapup: * * * InfluenceWatch Podcast #366: Harvard and Tax Exemptions By Sarah Lee and Michael Watson The second Trump administration has conducted an aggressive campaign against Harvard University, targeting its use of racial considerations in admissions and hiring and its apparent lack of concern for the rights of its Jewish students. Among the proposals the administration is considering to retaliate against Harvard is  more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, June 6 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on June 5, 2025: * * * Health provisions in One Big Beautiful Bill could impact upcoming budget deal By Matt Dean The One Big Beautiful Bill (HR1, aka OBBB), passed by the GOP-controlled U.S. House on May 22, 2025, significantly alters federal healthcare funding, impacting Minnesota's health care system. T more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 5 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Takes Action on Climate Change Hartford, CT--In response to overwhelming support for climate action across the state, the Connecticut State Senate took action to reduce greenhouse gases at the source by passing House Bill 5004 in a bipartisan vote of 26-10. This comes on the heels of the House's passage of Senate Bill 9 last week, which will increase the state's resilience to the impacts of more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a coalition of conservative and free-market organizations, issued a letter on June 5, 2025, to Acting Chair Caroline Pham and Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. John Berlau, CEI's director of finance policy, and other signatories urged the CFTC to adopt a policy of "permissionless innovation" for prediction market venues, arguing that these markets offer valuable information and hedging opport more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Financial Services] (TNSrpt) -- 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: * * * Cost-Benefit Analysis Is Re-Emerging as a Weapon in Trump Administration's Campaign to Stifle Agency Rulemaking * Stephen Hall, Legal Director and Securities Specialist at Better Markets, issued the following statement on the release of an updated r more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 3, 2025, to the American Foreign Policy Council Defense Dossier: * * * Prioritizing Air and Missile Defense Spending in the Broader Budget Debate By Wes Rumbaugh President Donald Trump's January "Iron Dome for America" executive order and subsequent planning for the Golden Dome architecture mark a significant expansion of American missile defense policy. Gen. Michael Gutlein, vice more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Dangerous and Unprecedented: LWVUS Responds to the President Directing DOJ to Investigate Political Rivals * President Trump directed the Department of Justice to work with his White House counsel to investigate "the circumstances surrounding Biden's supposed execution of numerous executive actions during his final years in office," according to a statement from the White House. In more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States, issued the following news release: * * * Operation At Large - Trump's latest campaign is a hyper-militarized police state, an inflection point in his rising authoritarianism Washington, DC -- With details emerging of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) latest campaign, "Operation At Large," Setareh Gha more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States, issued the following news release: * * * Trump is once again using national security as a pretext for villainizing Black and brown people Washington, DC -- In response to the Trump administration's executive order reinstating the Muslim ban, Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director at Detention Watch Network issu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * Economic Liberties Slams DOJ's "Sweetheart Deal" with Boeing Over Deadly 737 MAX Fraud * Washington, D.C. -- Following news that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a non-prosecution agreement, in exchange for a $1.1 billion settlement, with The Boeing Company for criminal charges relating to Boeing defrauding the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in co more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- SAFE, an organization that says it unites military and business leaders to develop and advocate for policies that improve America's energy security by curtailing dependence on oil and promoting responsible use of domestic energy resources, issued the following news release: * * * Energy Security Leadership Council sends Letter in Support of Key IRA Tax Provisions to Congressional Leadership Retired 4-Star military leaders from SAFE's Energy Security Leadership Council se more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences issued the following news on June 5, 2025: * * * FABBS Alerts Members to NIH Notices Impacting Research and New Institute Leadership As change continues to sweep through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at a lightning-fast pace, FABBS is working to keep our members informed of the policies and activities most relevant to them and their research. Recently, NIH announced a new process for no-cost extens more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences issued the following news on June 5, 2025: * * * FABBS Responds to Proposed 'Schedule F' Rule The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently proposed a new rule which claims to "increase career employment accountability." FABBS previously reported on this proposal in detail, which you can read here. Put simply, the Trump administration aims to reclassify certain civil services workers as "at-will" employe more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 5 -- HIAS, a refugee protection organization, issued the following news release: * * * HIAS Responds to Trump Administration's Travel Ban Announcement SILVER SPRING, Md.-- HIAS is appalled at the announcement of new travel restrictions for individuals from 19 countries. This policy is similar to the "Muslim Ban" in the first Trump administration, in its restriction on lawful travel to the United States for millions of people because of their nationality. HIAS str more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 6 -- Alianza Americas, a transnational advocacy network of Latin American migrant-led organizations, issued the following news release: * * * House Budget Reconciliation Bill is a Betrayal of Immigrant and Working Families Chicago, Illinois - Alianza Americas strongly condemns the budget reconciliation bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation is a dangerous roadmap that prioritizes massive tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy at the direc more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on June 5, 2025: * * * Human Rights First Condemns Deepened U.S. Attack on International Criminal Court Washington D.C. -- Human Rights First condemned the Trump administration's action today imposing financial sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges who have issued rulings over the last five years adverse to the U.S. government's positions on the court's Palestine and Afghanistan investigations. "The U.S. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * President Trump's Travel Ban Doubles Down on Xenophobic Policy Washington, D.C. - Human Rights First condemns the Trump administration's extensive travel ban Proclamation that will fully restrict and limit travel to the United States by nationals from a series of countries, including Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. This ban dispr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Energy] -- The American Petroleum Institute posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: API President and CEO Mike Sommers on Veriten's C.O.B. Tuesday Podcast: Durability is the Coin of the Realm * WASHINGTON, June 4, 2025 -- In case you missed it, API President and CEO Mike Sommers joined this week's episode of Veriten's C.O.B. Tuesday podcast to discuss the state of American energy policy as the Trump administration and Congress continue to make progress o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * In Attempting to Delay EPA Methane Rule, Trump Admin Wants to Give Polluters a Pass * The Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan to delay implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's critical Clean Air Act protections against methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry. When finalized in December 2023, following a robust comment period, the methan more PR

NEW YORK, June 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: * * * Mahmoud Khalil Submits Extensive New Evidence Detailing Widespread Irreparable Harm from Rubio Determination and Continued Louisiana Detention * Mahmoud Khalil's legal team submitted a brief and dozens of declarations and expert reports u more PR

NEW YORK, June 5 [Category: Law/Legal] -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release: * * * Mahmoud Khalil Submits Extensive New Evidence Detailing Widespread Irreparable Harm from Rubio Determination and Continued Louisiana Detention * In new filings, Mr. Khalil further disproves government claims, underscores that DHS abandoned so-called "misrepresentation" allegations in closing arguments in immigration court this week NEW YORK, NY - Mahmoud Khalil's legal team sub more PR

NEW YORK, June 5 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 3, 2025, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Why Democrats Are Losing Minority Voters By Jason L. Riley Blacks and Latinos have the same priorities as everyone else--schools, jobs and public safety. Liberals seldom turn to this column for political advice. They do, however, seem to trust the New York Times, so maybe they caught the Gray Lady's recent analysis of why the Democratic Party is in the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Families USA, a nonpartisan consumer health advocacy organization, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * National Coalition of Health Care Consumers, Clinicians, Workers and Employers Releases New Policy Agenda Urging Trump Administration to Lower Health Costs and Improve Health Outcomes WASHINGTON, D.C. - While policymakers return to Washington this week to debate major legislative changes to our health coverage and care, Consumers First, a national a more PR

NEW YORK, June 5 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee posted the following news release: * * * New Travel Ban Will Leave Families Separated * New York, NY, June 5, 2025 -- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seriously concerned that the Trump administration's proclamation (opens in a new window) imposing a new Travel Ban will inhumanely and unjustly separate families from their loved ones and prevent people fleeing crisis and conflict from reaching safety i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following statement on June 5, 2025: * * * NIAC Statement on Trump's Reimposition of the Travel Ban Washington, DC - NIAC President Jamal Abdi issued the following statement on President Trump's decision to reimpose his travel ban next Monday on June 9, 2025: "Trump's first bans impacted more than a hundred thousand Iranians, and visa processing has never fully recovered. The impact of the ban will once again be felt by A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release: * * * TODAY: NWLC Responds to Department Of Labor Hearing * Today, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be testifying before the House Education and the Workforce Committee at a hearing titled: "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor." The Department of Labor interprets and enforces laws vital to women's economic security and right to be free from  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 (TNSrpt) -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * POLL: 3 out of 4 Senate battleground voters oppose selling silencers without background checks in Trump's "big, beautiful bill" 74% of voters, including 59% of Trump voters, believe silencers should require a background check. Senate battleground voters will be less likely to vote for senators who vote to loosen silencer regulations b more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * President Trump's One, Big, Beautiful Bill Would Expand HSAs to Another 20 Million People * President Trump's One, Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) could soon allow another 20 million Americans access to health savings accounts (HSAs). The OBBB contains provisions that would expand access to HSAs to new groups, expand and clarify the types of care covered by HSAs, and offer bigger HSA tax e more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, June 5 -- Rand issued the following commentary on June 4, 2025, to Project Syndicate: * * * Where Trump and Putin Could Make a Deal By Samuel Charap and Kingston Reif U.S. President Donald Trump's approach toward Russia has been dominated by his push to end the country's war against Ukraine. But the administration has an opportunity to make progress on another urgent national security imperative: nuclear arms control. In fact, after returning to office this year, Tr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Republicans Who've Vowed Never to Cut Medicaid Must Keep Their Word * Ahead of Senate Republicans' Reconciliation Meetings, a Reminder: Key Votes Have Vowed Not to Cut Medicaid WASHINGTON, DC - Next week, Senate Republicans are expected to meet caucus-wide to discuss their reco more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Latest Park Fee Hike Proposal by Trump Administration * WASHINGTON, DC - Some visitors could pay higher fees to visit America's national parks with Donald Trump's recent budget proposal. The Trump administration's National Park Service (NPS) budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 includes a surcharge on visitors from other countries. The proposal doesn't list a spec more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Senate EPW "Big, Beautiful Bill" Text that Threatens Our Health, Endangers Our Environment, and Kills Jobs * Washington, DC - Last night, Republicans on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works released text of their section of Donald Trump's so-called "Big, Beautiful Bill" in the Senate. The committee text would eliminate funding for dozens of clean e more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- First Focus on Children, an advocacy organization dedicated to making children and families the priority in federal policy and budget decisions, issued the following statement on on June 4, 2025: * * * STATEMENT: President asks Congress to "turn its back" on kids, advocate says Lawmakers must vote "NO" on rescission package * In response to President Trump's request to Congress yesterday to approve his Administration's refusal to distribute previously appropriated fund more PR

WASHINGTON, June 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: * * * Suit Challenges Trump Administration's Black Site Agreement with El Salvador to Disappear People * First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit Alleges the State Department's Agreement with El Salvador Was Made Without Legal Authority and Violates the U.S. Constitutio more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 [Category: Business] -- The National Association of Manufacturers issued the following news release: * * * To Drive Domestic Growth, Manufacturers Propose U.S. Manufacturing Investment Accelerator Program to Boost Access to Manufacturing Inputs * Washington, D.C. - The National Association of Manufacturers today unveiled the U.S. Manufacturing Investment Accelerator Program, a programmatic proposal designed to help manufacturers deliver on President Trump's vision of Ameri more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 6 -- The Center for Victims of Torture issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * Travel Bans are Merely Punitive and do not Make U.S. Citizens Safer The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) today issued this statement in response to President Trump's announcement that people from 12 countries will not be allowed into the United States, along with a partial ban for people from seven more. "This new travel ban is inhumane, discriminatory and arbitrary. B more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Humane Society Legislative Fund issued the following news release: * * * Trump budget puts wild horses and burros on the chopping block, paves way for mass slaughter Congress should reject severe proposal that abandons bipartisan protections and ignores humane, proven alternatives * Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, sharply criticized the Trump administrati more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Trump Judicial Nominees Refuse to Rebuke Their Anti-Abortion Records * For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 5, 2025 Contact: media@reproductivefreedomforall.org Washington, DC -- Yesterday, Donald Trump's very first slate of judicial nominees appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a confirmation hearing. Trump has nominated more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * Trump's New Employee Schedule Is a Formula for Corruption * The Trump plan to strip civil service protections from tens of thousands of federal employees would shield cronyism and misconduct at the highest levels of government, according to public comments filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Trump's plan would convert al more PR

NEW YORK, June 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: * * * U.S. District Court Temporarily Blocks Oklahoma's Unconstitutional Immigration Law * OKLAHOMA CITY - This week, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Oklahoma' more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 5 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * USDA Grantees Sue Trump Administration to Stop Illegal Grant Terminations * A group of organizations that use U.S. Department of Agriculture grants to create a healthier nation and a fair food system filed a lawsuit today against USDA to restore grant funding. Agroecology Commons, Oakville Bluegrass Collective, and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network allege that USDA did more PR

WASHINGTON, June 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: * * * WATCH: Democracy Forward President & CEO Skye Perryman on Fighting Trump Administration's Unlawful Removal of People and the Importance of Due Process * Perryman: "It's entirely what our Constitution requires in this country, which is what we have s more PR

NEW YORK, June 5 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * White House Travel Ban Undercuts Free Speech, Open Inquiry While Sabotaging the United States as a Haven for Intellectual and Cultural Exchange * (WASHINGTON)-- President Trump's decision to impose a total travel ban on nationals from 12 countries, and restrict travel and student visas fo more PR