WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * 60+ Organizations Urge Senate to Vote No on Budget Bill that Would Raise Costs for Americans, Increase Transportation Pollution * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, dozens of environmental, consumer, labor, and community organizations representing millions of members sent a letter to the Senate urging lawmakers to vote no on Donald Trump's dangerous so-called "One, Big Beautiful" reconciliation bil more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [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 Launches "Judicial Nominations Watch" Website, A New Clearinghouse for Everything You Need to Know on Trump's Judicial Nominees * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, ahead of the latest Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for President Donald Trump's judicial nominees, Accountable.US more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, June 26 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * ACLU of Texas, Public Interest Groups Seek to Intervene in Texas Dream Act Case AUSTIN, Texas - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, Democracy Forward, National Immigration Law Center, and the Dallas-based firm of Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann filed a motion to intervene today in ongoing federal court litigation -- on beha more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSrpt) -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the U.S., issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * As communities mobilize against increasing ICE abuses, members of Congress must fulfill their responsibility to conduct oversight of immigration detention Washington, DC -- The American Civil Liberties Union, Detention Watch Network, and the National I more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Releases Investigative Evidence Supporting Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Conflicted Federal Judge John McConnell, Jr. * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, America First Legal (AFL) released a compilation of documents and evidence from its investigation and formal judicial misconduct complaint against Rhode Island Federal Judge John McConne more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- American Rivers issued the following news release: * * * Rescinding Roadless Rule "A Major Blow" to Clean Water Protection WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a disappointing development for clean water protections, the Trump administration announced it would be rescinding the Roadless Rule. For nearly 25 years, the Roadless Rule protected a key source of clean drinking water -- our pristine national forest lands -- by preventing road construction and timber harvesting on 58.5 milli more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Energy] -- The Renewable Fuels Association posted the following news release: * * * Amid Middle East Tensions, RFA Urges President Trump to Remove E15 Barriers * Allowing E15 in existing infrastructure would help reduce volatility, lower pump prices As tensions in the Middle East create uncertainty and volatility in global fuel markets, the Renewable Fuels Association is urging President Trump to move quickly to eliminate burdensome regulatory roadblocks that more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls Trump's 'Went to a Mosque, Gonna Throw Some Rocks' Video Anti-Muslim and Anti-Iranian Incitement * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called President Trump's post celebrating the U.S. bombing of Iran with a music video featuring the 1980s Islamophobic parody song  more PR

TUSTIN, California, June 26 -- The California Policy Center, an organization that says it focuses on education reform, workplace freedom, government transparency and governance, issued the following commentary on June 25, 2025: * * * California accepts billions in federal funds for education while defying federal law By Sheridan Karras, California State Budget The California legislature passed the 2025-26 budget bill earlier this month and sent it to Governor Gavin Newsom for his signature.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on June 24, 2025: * * * Eight Things About Big Philanthropy: More Politicized By Michael E. Hartmann 4. It's been getting more politicized, as well--partisan, even. Donald Trump's initial political ascendancy in 2016 cannot fairly be considered a product, or even an indirect beneficiary, of conservative philanthropy. Conservative donors of all types, in fact, were caught embarrassingly flat-footed by his rise more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on June 24, 2025: * * * Eight Things About Big Philanthropy: Renewed Public Scrutiny By Michael E. Hartmann 6. Big Philanthropy doesn't appreciate the renewed public scrutiny. In 1955, former Ford Foundation director and Fund for the Republic president Robert Maynard Hutchins delivered a speech forcefully defending private foundations--their prerogatives, practices, and positions--to an audience that included more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 26 -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * CGRS Denounces SCOTUS Order Allowing Third Country Disappearances Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order allowing the government to send refugees and immigrants to countries that are not their own without providing them a chance to contest it, even in cases where they may face persecution or torture there. For months, the Trump administration has  more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, June 26 -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * CCRKBA URGES BONDI AGAINST DEA-ATF MERGER UNTIL ATF 'CAN BE ABOLISHED' BELLEVUE, WA - The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has joined with five other organizations, including the Second Amendment Foundation, in a letter to Attorney General Pamela Bondi, urging her to abandon a proposal to merge the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and E more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America posted the following news release: * * * CPA Warns Senate Bill Contains Dangerous "Loophole" Benefiting China's Solar Industry * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today warned that the Senate version of President Trump's reconciliation bill--known as the One Big Beautiful Bill--contains a critical loophole in both the Section 48E investment tax credit and 45Y production tax cred more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * DC District Court Hears Birthright Citizenship Challenge IRLI shows Trump's executive order is valid * WASHINGTON--In federal district court in DC, an activist organization is suing the Trump Administration, claiming that the President's executive order reigning in birthright citizenship is unconstitutional on its face. The plaintiff claims that, contrary to Trump's order, c more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 26 -- Alianza Americas, a transnational advocacy network of Latin American migrant-led organizations, issued the following news release: * * * Deportations must ensure due process rights and human rights protections Chicago, IL -- On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on an application for a stay on a preliminary injunction. With a 6-3 majority, it decided to stay the injunction pending the appeal's decision, without providing any reasons. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the U.S., issued the following news release: * * * Detention Watch Network rings the alarm: The number of people in ICE detention at a record high Washington, DC -- More than 56,000 people are now in Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) custody, the highest number in history. This alarming spike - a 12 percent increase i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * DOGE's Destruction Continues Under Vought's Watch, Groundwork's Jacquez Says * Today, Office of Management & Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought will be on Capitol Hill to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the Trump administration's recissions package to make DOGE cuts permanent. Ahead of Vought's testimony, Ground more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Alliance for Justice, an organization committed to fortifying the progressive movement through its focus on federal and state courts and building power by providing resources to maximize nonprofits' advocacy capacity, issued the following news release: * * * Emil Bove Proves He's Unfit to Be a Judge In a heated hearing, Emil Bove, President Trump's personal criminal attorney and nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals to the Third Circuit, failed to assuage significant more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 26 -- Equality California issued the following news release: * * * Equality California Condemns Department of Education's 'Findings' Targeting Transgender Youth SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Equality California, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ statewide civil rights organization, released the following statement from Executive Director Tony Hoang in response to the Trump Administration's Department of Education announcing that California violated Title IX by allowing transge more PR

NEW YORK, June 25 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following news: * * * Global Tax Leaders Convene at the 2025 OECD USCIB International Tax Conference * L-R: Rick Minor (USCIB), Manal Corwin (OECD), Rebecca Burch (US Department of Treasury), Silke Burns (German Federal Ministry of Finance), Tim Power (Treasury of the UK), and Marlene Nembhard Parker (Jamaica Tax Administration). This year's annual OECD USCIB Tax Conference took place June 23-2 more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Health, Environmental Groups Demand Accountability Following Nippon Steel, U.S. Steel Merger * PITTSBURGH, PA -- Doubling down on coal-based steelmaking will worsen asthma, cancer, and chronic disease across the Midwest while increasing climate pollution and causing American industry to fall behind, according to public interest groups who spoke on a June 24 press conference responding to N more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on June 23, 2025: * * * Supreme Court Sides Against Noncitizens in Third Country Deportations Case Today, the United States Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to stay a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in a nationwide class action. The injunction had provided critical due process protections to noncitizens facing torture in third country removals. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Three Years After Dobbs, Thousands Forced to Travel For Abortion Care Amid Shifting State Abortion Laws * ICYMI: Three Years After Dobbs, Thousands Forced to Travel For Abortion Care Amid Shifting State Abortion Laws Three years ago, the anti-abortion majority on the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and unleashed an unpreceden more PR

PARIS, France, June 25 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Iran's journalists are still in danger and need immediate protection * The brutal war with Israel - currently under a ceasefire - has highlighted the extremely precarious position of journalists in Iran, one of the bottom five countries in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index. While the Israeli bombs may no longer be compounding the repression they have long faced b more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 23, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Putin's Preemptive Maneuvering Around NATO Summit is Cut Off By Pavel K. Baev Executive Summary: * The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, held on June 18-21, was a showcase of artificial optimism for Russia's economy, despite most of Russia's economic sectors outside of the military-industrial complex being in decline. * Russian President Vladimir  more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 25 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Judge Orders Lifting of Trump Administration's Unlawful Freeze of More than A Billion Dollars For Electric Vehicle Charging * WASHINGTON STATE - Yesterday, United States District Court Judge Tana Lin for the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington issued a preliminary injunction lifting the Trump administration's unlawful freeze of feder more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Judge Orders Lifting of Trump Administration's Unlawful Freeze of More than A Billion Dollars For Electric Vehicle Charging * WASHINGTON STATE - Yesterday, United States District Court Judge Tana Lin for the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington issued a preliminary injunction lifting the Trump administration's unlawful freeze of federal funding for the National Electri more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Kansas Attorney General Calls on Department of Education to Investigate DFI's Title IX Complaint Against Several School Districts in the State WASHINGTON--Today, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education urging its Office for Civil Rights to investigate the Title IX complaint the Defense of Freedom Institute (DFI) file more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy Undermines Lifesaving Vaccine Effort at Global Summit * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- At today's high-level pledging summit in Brussels, global leaders came together to support global vaccination, including Gavi's effort to raise $9 billion to fund its 2026-2030 strategy. Over the next five years, Gavi aims to deliver 500 million childhood vaccinations, respond to deadly outbreaks, and save more more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Seeks List of Polluters Asking Trump for Clean Air Act Exemptions * TUCSON, Ariz.-- The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today for failing to release the names of fossil fuel companies and other polluters seeking exemptions from life-saving Clean Air Act safeguards against hazardous pollution. In March President Trump invited industria more PR

NEW YORK, June 25 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 24, 2025, to Discourse: * * * Ending the Independent Contractor Debate By Jarrett Dieterle It's time for state and federal lawmakers to embrace a portable benefits model, which will both preserve the flexibility of gig work and protect individual workers Over the past decade or more, in conjunction with the rise of the gig economy, a growing debate has arisen about how to classify American wor more PR

NEW YORK, June 25 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 24, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * How Bad Is Zohran Mamdani for New York? Let Us Count the Ways By Charles Fain Lehman In the dwindling days of his run for Gracie Mansion, Zohran Mamdani has picked a strange priority: publicly funding gender change treatments for minors. If elected, the New York Sun reported, Mamdani plans to spend $65 million on "gender-affirming care." He also promised  more PR

NEW YORK, June 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 21, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * Why Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Is Failing the Migrant Crisis By Daniel Di Martino The violent anti-ICE riots that erupted in Los Angeles last week were the inevitable result of years of Washington's failure to enforce immigration law. As masked mobs torched government property and assaulted officers tasked with upholding the rule of law, one thing became  more PR

NEW YORK, June 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 23, 2025, to UnHerd: * * * Generation Z's Political Polarisation Isn't Going Anywhere By Eric Kaufmann In a New York Times interview back in March, centrist Democratic pollster David Shor told Ezra Klein that, with the exception of minority women, young people preferred Donald Trump to Kamala Harris. "I find this [...] shocking," Klein replied. For years, he said, Republicans had been ignoring  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release: * * * NAACP Calls Out Trump's Distraction Tactics * WASHINGTON -- In response to the Trump administration's recent escalation of military conflict with Iran, mass raids and arrests of immigrants, and the roll-out of an exorbitant military parade -- all while attempting to push through a deeply harmful domestic policy bill -- NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson issued the following statement: "Pres more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 25 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Nonprofits, tribes and local governments sue Trump Administration for terminating EPA Environmental and Climate Justice grants Terminating these programs leaves communities more vulnerable to pollution and disasters * Washington -- Today, a coalition of nonprofits, Tribes and local governments sued the Trump administration for unlawfully terminating the more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 25 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Nonprofits, Tribes and Local Governments Sue Trump Administration for Terminating EPA Grant Programs * Washington, D.C. -- Today, a coalition of nonprofits, Tribes and local governments sued the Trump administration for unlawfully terminating the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Grant programs despite a Congressional directive to f more PR

BOONE, North Carolina, June 25 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Nonprofits, Tribes and local governments sue Trump administration for terminating EPA grant programs Terminating these programs leaves communities more vulnerable to pollution and disasters * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, a coalition of nonprofits, Tribes and local governments sued the Trump administration for unlawfully terminating the Environmental Protection Agency's Enviro more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 26 -- The National Immigration Law Center issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Public Interest Groups Seek to Intervene in Texas Dream Act Case Sudden repeal without proper process would deny an estimated 57,000 Texas students access to in-state tuition * AUSTIN, Texas -- The National Immigration Law Center, Texas Civil Rights Project, Democracy Forward, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, and the Dallas-based firm of Lynn Pinke more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSrpt) -- Families USA, a nonpartisan consumer health advocacy organization, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * REPORT: Medicaid Supports American Workers Medicaid provides health care coverage to nearly 20 million blue-collar and low-wage workers across America * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Families USA is releasing a new report detailing the specific industries that depend on the nearly 20 million low-wage workers in America who get their health  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release: * * * Reproductive Equity Now Statement on Third Anniversary of Dobbs Decision Boston (June 24, 2025) - Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement in acknowledgment of the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson W more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release: * * * Statement from Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Planned Parenthood Global For more than 50 years, Planned Parenthood Global (PPG) has worked tirelessly alongside partners and movement leaders around the world to protect and expand sexual and reproductive health care and rights (SRHR). The challenges facing movements for reproductive freedom today are enormous. In the U.S.,  more PR

NEW YORK, June 24 -- The Orthodox Union, also known as Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, issued the following agency statement on June 22, 2025. * * * Statement on U.S. Bombing of Iran's Nuclear Sites The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America thanks God for the success of today's critical action by the United States Air Force, destroying Iran's nuclear sites. We thank President Trump for his decisive leadership in obliterating this cataclysmic threat posed by the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * TechNet Leads Broad Coalition of Industry Groups Urging Congress to Fully Fund R&D and Tech Hubs to Strengthen America's Economy and National Security Washington, D.C. -- TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of American technology CEOs and senior executives, today released a letter to congressional more PR

LONDON, England, June 25 -- Greenpeace UK issued the following news release: * * * Threatened whale species found in areas targeted by The Metals Company for deep sea mining, scientists warn Exeter, UK - 24.06.2025 - A scientific survey of two areas targeted for deep sea mining in the Pacific Ocean by The Metals Company has confirmed the presence of whales and dolphins, including sperm whales which are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The news comes as world  more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 24 -- Oregon Wild issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Trump Administration Moves to Eliminate Protections for Oregon's Wild Forests Dismantling the Roadless Rule Would Put Clean Water and Wildlife at Risk, Increase Fire Risk * Portland, OR -- In a sweeping rollback of one of America's most broadly supported and legally durable conservation measures, the Trump administration today announced it is eliminating the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rul more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 25 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Trump's EPA Sued for Allowing Nerve-Agent Pesticides on Our Fruit and Vegetables * Washington, D.C. -- Today, farmworker and public health groups represented by Earthjustice, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to respond to a petition to ban organophosphate pesticides, a class of chemicals used on fruits, vegetables, and field crops. In utero exposures t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Scientific "Gold Standard" Sets Absurdly Low Bar * Washington, DC -- The Trump White House is rolling out the next step in establishing political command over all federal scientific findings, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Guidance issued this week by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (O more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Watchdog: Trump Appointee-Led FTC Ruling on Omnicom-IPG Merger Could Force Companies To Advertise On Right-Wing Outlets Like Truth Social * A Boon For The Majority-Trump Owned Company Washington D.C. - On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission, led by a Trump-appointee and devoid of De more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 25 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Targets World's Largest Conservation Area * Honolulu, HI -- The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, also known as Wespac, is one of eight regional advisory groups established by Congress in 1976 and helps to develop fishery management plans for the federal waters surrounding Hawai'i and other U.S. Pacific Islands. Last more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 25 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * What happens to local public health as federal funding vanishes? * As federal funding disappears, what happens to public health at the local level? * Chrissie Juliano, MPP, executive director, Big Cities Health Coalition By Gladys B. Vargas, California Health Journalism Fellow The Trump administration's drastic cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 25 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Rescinding Roadless Rule one of several major Forest Service changes New changes mandate more logging with less oversight * WASHINGTON--Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that the Trump administration is rescinding the Roadless Area Conservation Rule ("Roadless Rule"). USDA adopted the Roadless Rule in 2001 to protect over 58 million a more PR

NEW YORK, June 26 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * World Jewish Congress Supports Israel-Iran Ceasefire Agreement Following an announcement by President Trump of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), issued the following statement: "The ceasefire between Israel and Iran announced and brokered by President Trump and Qatar is nothing short of heroic. If both parties a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following news release: * * * Zohran Mamdani's Victory Is A New Political Era New York City, New York -- In a groundbreaking win that represents the future of the Democratic Party, Zohran Mamdani has won the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City. This marks a major victory for Sunrise Movement, which made its first-ever national mayoral endorsement in support of Mamdani. Volunteers with Sunrise Movement NYC knocked on over 20,000  more PR