HOUSTON, Texas, June 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * ACLU of Texas, SEAT Will Sue Over S.B. 12 - Texas Law that Prohibits Programs and Discussions Involving Race, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation in K-12 Schools AUSTIN, Texas -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU of Texas) and Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) announced today that they will sue to challenge unconstitutional aspects of Se more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The American Energy Alliance posted the following news release: * * * AEA-Led Coalition to President Trump: Don't Let Congress Preserve the Green New Scam WASHINGTON DC (6/23/25) - Today, a coalition of twenty-six individuals and organizations dedicated to preserving free markets and putting taxpayers and consumers first sent a letter to President Trump urging him to encourage Congress to uphold his campaign commitment to eliminate all remaining energy subsidies from th more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 23 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP Day of Action Urges 300,000+ Americans to Support TCJA * ARLINGTON, VA -- This past Saturday, June 21, Americans for Prosperity held a National Day of Action urging Americans across the country to contact their lawmakers and demand support for the renewal of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The Day of Action is part of AFP's national Protect Prosperity campaign more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 24 -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following statement on June 23, 2025: * * * The U.S. is bombing Iran. We must act now. Today the U.S. bombed the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear energy facilities in Iran. This unprovoked attack by the United States is an illegal act of aggression and a violation of both international and U.S. law. For the past week, Israel and Iran have been engaged in an escalating air war after Israel launched a un more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- B'nai B'rith International issued the following news release on June 22, 2025: * * * B'nai B'rith Supports U.S. Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Facilities B'nai B'rith President Robert Spitzer and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We applaud the U.S. decision to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities. The action, authorized by President Donald Trump and executed with precision by America's military, marks a necessary step in confronting one of the world's more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Breaking Down the Senate's Big Beautiful Tax Cut Bill on the Leave Us Alone Podcast In a new episode of Leave Us Alone, ATR President Grover Norquist and co-hosts Mike Palicz, James Erwin, and Andrew Gins unpack the Senate's version of the "Big Beautiful Bill." The Senate Finance Committee recently released its updated draft, building on the House-passed version from about a month ago. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Welcomes Federal Judge's Reaffirmation of Due Process in Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case * The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal judge's recent decision to uphold constitutional due process in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia--a man who w more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-MI to Join Imams Council to Condemn Aggression Against Iran, Continued Slaughter in Gaza * On Tuesday, June 24, the Michigan Chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a local chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will join the Imams Council of Michigan to condemn recent military aggression against Ir more PR

NORTHFIELD, Illinois, June 24 (TNSrpt) -- The College of American Pathologists issued the following statement on June 23, 2025: * * * CAP Statement on Prior Authorization Changes WASHINGTON-- College of American Pathologists (CAP) President Donald S. Karcher, MD, FCAP, said pathologists agree work is needed to ensure timely access to medical care following an announcement by the Trump Administration and insurers regarding health insurance policy changes related to prior authorization. The fol more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, June 24 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on June 23, 2025: * * * More nuclear for New York, not Minnesota By Bill Glahn A major announcement for New York State, the U.K. Guardian reports, Kathy Hochul has announced plans to build a nuclear-power plant in New York, the first major new US plant in over 15 years, and one designed to add at least 1 more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Reassignment Won't Fix the Largest-Ever Social Security Staffing Cut By Kathleen Romig and Devin O'Connor Over the past five months, the Trump Administration has forced the Social Security Administration (SSA) through a radical transformation that threatens to disrupt services for the largely older and severely disabled people who most rely on the agency./[1] The Trump Administrati more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary on June 23, 2025: * * * Unless Congress Acts, 59,000 Additional Households at Risk of Homelessness By Sonya Acosta Funding for the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program is expected to start running out later this year due to unexpectedly high market rental costs since the program was created in 2021. Without additional funding from Congress, close to 60,000 households are at risk of losing ass more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 24 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, posted the following news release on June 21, 2025: * * * CODEPINK Condemns US Bombing of Iran "Real security means diplomacy and peacemaking - not launching the country into more endless wars." * On Sunday morning local time, the United States bombed three of Iran's nuclear sites. Despite a vast majority of Americans more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 23, 2025: * * * The Fallout Factor in Targeting Iran's Nuclear Program By Doreen Horschig and Bailey Schiff On June 19, Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin mistakenly stated that the Israel Defense Forces had struck Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. Although Israel quickly walked this back, the comment triggered regional alarm: Oman circulated information  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 23, 2025: * * * How Will Iran and the Middle East Respond to U.S. Strikes? By Mona Yacoubian On June 22, 2025, the United States launched military strikes against three critical Iranian nuclear facilities, dramatically escalating U.S. military intervention against Iran. In announcing the strikes, President Trump warned Tehran against retaliation, demanding that Iran "make peace"  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 22, 2025: * * * Inside Trump's Strike on Iran's Nuclear Program By Emily Harding Trump's decision to bomb three of Iran's nuclear sites was probably the right call. Many will say that the United States risks a broad and disastrous war, but that is far from the most likely outcome. Instead, this was a targeted effort at a narrow goal, and it was likely the correct decision for two more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 23, 2025: * * * What Iran's Isolation Says About Moscow and Beijing's Commitment to Latin America's Dictators By Ryan C. Berg Events in one theater of the world occasionally provide analysts with opportunities to reflect and update their assumptions once considered axiomatic about a different theater of the world. The past six months in the Middle East have provided Venezuela, Ni more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 23, 2025: * * * What Operation Midnight Hammer Means for the Future of Iran's Nuclear Ambitions By Joseph Rodgers On Saturday, June 21, the United States attacked three facilities in Iran critical to Tehran's nuclear program. The attack, named Operation Midnight Hammer, included a strike package of seven B-2 bombers and over two dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles. At a Pentagon news  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Defending Rights and Dissent issued the following news: * * * Trump shreds the Constitution to bomb Iran -- stop this now In a stunningly reckless act of aggression, the U.S. dropped bombs on three nuclear sites in Iran, formally entering and potentially drastically escalating Israel's unprovoked war against Iran. The airstrikes are flagrantly illegal -- only Congress can authorize military action outside of imminent emergencies--and immediately risk a much wider war.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The American Immigration Council issued the following news release on May 22, 2025: * * * District Court Blocks Unlawful Removal of Venezuelan Asylum Seeker Under Alien Enemies Act In a May 21 decision, a federal district court in Georgia ordered the federal government to refrain from disappearing a Venezuelan man under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA). Judge Clay Land extended a block on transferring the Venezuelan man from the United States before he receives basic d more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 23 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice Responds as Trump Administration Takes Aim at Longstanding Rule Protecting National Forestlands * Santa Fe, NM -- Speaking at the Western Governors Association annual meeting, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced a rollback of the Roadless Rule, a policy that has protected many of the most pristine backcountry areas of our National Forest System more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 21 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following statement: * * * Farm Bureau Applauds Suspension of Burdensome Labor Rule American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the Department of Labor suspending a rule dubbed the Farmworker Protection Act, which failed to live up to its name and was initially struck down by a district court. "Farm Bureau thanks Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and the Trump administration for recogniz more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [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: * * * Five Reasons Why Brian Quintenz is the Wrong Choice to Lead the CFTC * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Cantrell Dumas, Director of Derivatives Policy at Better Markets, issued the following statement upon the release of a new fact sheet analyzing the Senate Agriculture more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release on June 22, 2025: * * * Heritage Reacts to U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities WASHINGTON--The Heritage Foundation released the following statements today after successful American strikes destroyed Iran's three key nuclear facilities. Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America, reacted: "President Trump made a decision to defend the American people tonight  more PR

NEW YORK, June 24 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights posted the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Human Rights and Legal Organizations Warn Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and Partners of Legal Liability for Complicity with Serious International Law Violations June 23, 2025, New York/Geneva - Today, a group of 15 leading human rights and legal organizations released an open letter urging an end to the current privatized, militarized aid delivery model operated by the Gaza Human more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Independent Community Bankers of America posted the following news release: * * * ICBA Applauds House Passage of Bill to Restrict Mortgage 'Trigger Leads' Following Unanimous Senate Passage * Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2025) -- The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) applauded Congress following today's House passage of the bipartisan Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808), which will help protect the financial priv more PR

MUNICH, Germany, June 24 -- ifo Institute issued the following news release: * * * German Manufacturing Could Shrink by up to 2.8 Percent Due to Trump Tariffs Simulations by the ifo Institute show that a further US tariff package would especially hit German manufacturing. Should Trump impose the reciprocal tariffs announced on April 2 (including tariffs of 50 percent on EU imports) and additional product-specific tariffs at the end of the tariff pause (July 9), German manufacturing would shri more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Can Sanctuary Cities Keep Violating the Law? IRLI shows funding may be cut * WASHINGTON--Two hardcore sanctuary cities in Massachusetts--Chelsea and Somerville--faced with a cut-off of federal funding by the Trump Administration because of their sanctuary policies, have brought suit in Massachusetts federal district court, demanding that the court order their funding continu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Invasion by Appointment to be Rolled Back? IRLI shows First Circuit President has full authority to send parolees home * WASHINGTON--The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a brief in the First Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the President's authority to roll back Biden mass parole programs that let millions of aliens who are not immigrants come to the Unit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Legal Petition Aims to Protect Marine Life, Pressure Oil Corporations to Plug Offshore Wells * WASHINGTON-- Conservation organizations filed a legal petition today calling on the Trump administration to bar oil and gas companies that have failed to plug old wells and remove inactive platforms from obtaining new offshore drilling rights. "Federal officials need to stop han more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Energy] -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * Letter from 188 U.S. Environmental Groups Urges EU Commissioners to Reject Trump's Pressure to Purchase U.S. Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) * Today, 188 groups based in communities burdened by gas infrastructure and their allies throughout the United States sent a letter to EU Commissioners asking them to refuse to bow to U.S. President Donald Trump's pressure to increase the bloc's relia more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 23 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Long COVID as an accountability story: Ideas and reporting tips from experts * Covering long COVID as an accountability story: Story ideas and reporting tips from experts * Moderator: Betsy Ladyzhets, founder and co-editor, The Sick Times * Alison Cohen, assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, University of California San Francisco * Miles Griff more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * New Accountable.US Research Reveals Trump Nominee Ed Artau Weaponized Bench While Seeking Lifetime Judicial Appointment * Today, a new Accountable.US research investigation, first reported by POLITICO, reveals that President Donald Trump's judicial nominee Ed Artau appears to have weap more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following statement on June 23, 2025: * * * NIAC Statement: Trump Must Stand Down - Further U.S. Escalation After Iran's Retaliation Risks Catastrophe Washington D.C. - NIAC Policy Director Ryan Costello released the following statement after reports that Iran launched retaliatory strikes on U.S. military bases in Qatar as a response to the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday: "Initial indications are  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * On the Eve of Third Anniversary of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade, Being Pregnant in America is More Dangerous Than Ever; Reproductive Freedom For All Launches Campaign to Mobilize against Trump & GOP * Washington, DC -- Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court--stacked with Trump-appointed anti-abortion justices -- handed down its decision more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Americans for Tax Fairness issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Over 170 State Legislators Tell Senate to Reject Trump Billionaire Tax Giveaway that Shifts Costs To States Today, Americans for Tax Fairness organized and sent a letter from 174 state legislators across 23 states to Senate leaders of both parties. The letter urges the Senate to reject the reconciliation bill, which would cut billions from critical programs--including Medicaid, SNAP, an more PR

PARIS, France, June 23 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Release of RFE/RL journalists Vladyslav Yesypenko and Ihar Karnei, imprisoned by Russia and Belarus * Two Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists -- Vladyslav Yesypenko, imprisoned by the Kremlin in Russian-occupied Crimea since 2021, and Ihar Karnei, arrested in 2023 by Lukashenko's regime in Belarus -- were released on 20 and 21 June. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) express more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSrpt) -- Families USA, a nonpartisan consumer health advocacy organization, issued the following news release: * * * REPORT: Big, Bad Budget Betrayal Would Bring Rural Hospitals to the Brink of Closure Cuts to Medicaid would push dozens more independent rural hospitals into the red, leaving nearly 400 independent rural hospitals across 26 states at serious risk of closure as the tip of the iceberg * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Families USA today released a new report detailing more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Report: Major Wall Street Firms & A Foreign Central Bank With Business Before Trump Administration Invested Heavily in Trump Media Company Despite Posting $400M In Losses * Findings Come Amid Bonanza of Bribe-Like Activity Via Trump Family Crypto Ventures Washington D.C. - A new repo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Republican Jewish Coalition issued the following news on June 21, 2025: * * * RJC Applauds President Trump's Historic, Decisive Action Against Iran The Republican Jewish Coalition released the following statement applauding President Donald J. Trump for taking decisive action against Iran. RJC CEO Matt Brooks said: The RJC applauds President Donald J. Trump on taking historic, decisive action to prevent the terrorist regime in Iran from having a nuclear weapon. T more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Shameful & Dangerous: LWV Responds to Supreme Court Allowing Trump Deportations Without Due Process * Washington, DC -- Today, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that prevented the Trump administration from deporting migrants to countries other than their country of origin without affording them due process. Today's decision -- issued without any hearing on the Court's " more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club: Trump Puts National Forests on the Chopping Block * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration moved to gut protections for nearly 60 million acres of national forests across the country. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the administration's intention to revoke Roadless Rule protections nationwide for public lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Targeted, Slandered, But Not Silenced: Independent Women Relocates New Mexico Title IX Celebration After Discrimination and Falsehoods * "Independent Women is prepared to pursue every legal remedy available to hold Santa Fe Farmers' Market Institute accountable." SANTA FE, NM -- This evening, Independent Women, following a barrage of discrimination, falsehoods, and sla more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * The FTC is Now Abusing Merger Policy to Funnel Money to Elon Musk * Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement that would clear the path for Omnicom Group's $13.5 billion acquisition of rival Interpublic Group (IPG) -- with the core requirement that the combined company must not bar ad spending to certain platforms based on polit more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 23 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Tongass Defenders Blast the Trump Administration's Rollback of Roadless Rule Protections on America's Largest Forest * Juneau, AK (Aak'w Kwaan Territory) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced plans to strip Roadless Rule protections nationwide, including from Alaska's Tongass National Forest. The move is particularly significant for the Tongass National Forest, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Seeks to Open Over 600,000 Acres of California Public Lands for Oil Drilling * BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- The Bureau of Land Management announced 30-day comment periods for massive expansions of oil drilling on federal lands in Central and Central Coast California. The announcements come as a part of President Trump's aggressive "Unleashing American Energy" agenda. Over  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations issued the following news release on June 22, 2025: * * * Trump Caves to Netanyahu, Chooses Israel Over America USCMO Decries Trump's Unauthorized Declaration of War on Iran * The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation's umbrella group of Muslim associations, resoundingly castigates President Donald Trump for crumpling under the pressure of war criminal Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and bombing Iran yesterday at more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Trump Spirals As Americans Reject His Economic Agenda * # This week, President Trump is deeply underwater with voters on the economy as they continue to feel the impact of higher prices due to his trade war. A Fox News poll found that 84% of voters are extremely or very concerned about inflation and nearly 70% rate economic conditions more PR

EUGENE, Oregon, June 24 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Trump to unleash Hell on crown jewels of undisturbed public lands by rescinding Roadless Rule In an extreme overreach that will destroy treasured national forests, the Trump administration today announced plans to rescind the Roadless Rule, a popular, science-based provision limiting commercial logging and associated road construction in undisturbed landscapes. This will a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber, Edmond Chamber Host U.S. Representative Stephanie Bice for Roundtable on Tax Reform * EDMOND, OK - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Edmond Chamber of Commerce recently hosted U.S. Representative Stephanie Bice (R-OK-05) for a roundtable discussion in Edmond, Oklahoma with local business leaders on the need to extend pro-growth business tax provisions before port more PR

NEW YORK, June 24 -- United Against Nuclear Iran issued the following news release: * * * UANI Applauds President Trump's Military Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Facilities UANI extends its gratitude and admiration to our U.S. military, intelligence community, and economic sanctions community who worked for so long to make this moment possible and to ensure the destruction of Iran's nuclear program * (New York, NY) - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) Chairman Governor Jeb Bush, CEO Ambassador more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 24 -- VoteVets issued the following statement on June 23, 2025: * * * VoteVets Statement: Retaliation Was "Beyond Predictable" Washington, DC - Today, in response to reports that Iran has launched attacks against American military bases, VoteVets Senior Advisor Major General (Ret.) Paul Eaton released the following statement: "It was beyond predictable that Iran would retaliate and Trump now owns American lives being in danger. Claims by this administration that Iran' more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The National Center for Public Policy Research issued the following news release: * * * While the NAACP Shuns President Trump, Conservative Black Leaders Invite Him to Lunch For the first time in its 116-year history, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has chosen not to invite the sitting U.S. president to speak at its Annual Convention. In response, black conservatives with the Project 21 black leadership network stepped in to ask Pr more PR

NEW YORK, June 24 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following news release on June 21, 2025: * * * World Jewish Congress Reacts to U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Program Following a U.S. operation targeting Iran's underground nuclear facilities, Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), issued the following statement: "A nuclear Iran would pose a grave threat to Western civilization and global security. It is my hope that today's historic operation by  more PR