WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on June 29, 2025: * * * TikTok Legal Purgatory By Jeffrey Westling Executive Summary * Last week, President Trump announced a third enforcement deferment of a federal law banning the social media application TikTok, despite the law lacking provisions granting the president the authority to do so more than once. * The deferment of enforcement, and Congress' acquiescence to that deferment, presents two very tro more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The American Enterprise Institute issued the following working paper in June 2025 by Steven Kamin entitled "Dollar Movements and Dollar Dominance in the Aftermath of Liberation Day". Here are excerpts: * * * This paper provides econometric evidence in support of the view that following President Trump's chaotic tariff announcements on Liberation Day, April 2, the dollar switched from being a safe-haven currency that appreciates in times of market volatility t more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 1 -- The Immigrant Legal Resource Center issued the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * Another Inhumane Trump Decision: Ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians (Washington)--In another cruel and heartless move the Trump administration has announced that it is ending temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants--TPS will expire on August 3, 2025 and the termination will take effect on September 2, 2025. The Immigrant Legal Resource more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Computer Technology]-- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Canada Has Removed a Key Obstacle to Constructive Trade Engagement By Rescinding Its Digital Services Tax, Says ITIF * WASHINGTON--Following Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney's announcement that Canada will rescind its planned digital services tax on large U.S. tech companies, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leadi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on June 30, 2025: * * * Improving Union Annual Reporting By Michael Watson Since the passage of the 1959 Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), most labor unions have been required to file annual financial reports to the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards. Since the George W. Bush administration made the forms more comprehensive, they have proved essential to trackin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following coalition letter: * * * CEI and AEA Letter to the Senate on Protecting IRA Subsidy Reform in Reconciliation Dear Senator: In 2022, Democrats passed a radical plan to change how Americans use and consume energy. This plan was contained in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a reconciliation bill that did not get a single Republican vote in the House or Senate. Republicans and other lawmakers concerned about energy more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 30, 2025: * * * Tariff Rate Quotas By William Alan Reinsch Several weeks ago, when I wrote a column on the language of trade and listed many of the acronyms that populate trade wonks' vocabularies, I forgot one, which is taking on new importance--TRQ, or tariff rate quota (not to be confused with TRO, which is a temporary restraining order). This week, I will explain TRQs, but tha more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * By the Numbers: Senate Republican Reconciliation Bill Takes Health Coverage Away From Millions of People and Raises Families' Costs The Senate Republican leadership's reconciliation bill would take health coverage away from millions of people and dramatically raise health care costs for millions more. The so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" is anything but beautiful; it would cause widesp more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Computer Technology]-- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation posted the following news release: * * * China Is Outpacing US R&D Spending; New Report Urges Congress to Fully Fund NSF TIP Directorate to Make America More Competitive * WASHINGTON--China's investment in research and development grew nearly twice as fast as U.S. R&D spending from 2019 to 2023 and has now likely overtaken the U.S. total based on projections. To avoid losing the techno- more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America posted the following news release: * * * Vote Alert: CPA Urges Senators to Reject Amendments to Strike, Weaken FEOC Excise Tax * The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) strongly opposes any amendments to eliminate or weaken the Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) Excise Tax from President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. This excise tax is essential to protecting American manufacturers and workers from China more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * DOJ's HPE-Juniper Settlement Signals Merger Enforcement Is in Retreat Under Trump * Washington, D.C. -- Following news that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has reached a settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Juniper Networks to clear the way for the $14 billion merger between the rival wireless networking firms, the American Economic Lib more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: * * * E2: Senate "Slams Brakes" on Made-in-USA Energy, Putting Projects, Jobs and Energy Security At Risk WASHINGTON (June 28, 2025) - The U.S. Senate is expected to pass a massive tax and spending bill that would phase out and repeal federal tax policies that are creating jobs, driving new investments in manufacturing, and increasing American energy production. Businesses have announced about 400 large-scal more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Political] -- Heritage Action for America posted the following news release: * * * Heritage Action: Senators Must Pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act * WASHINGTON -- Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with 2.5 million grassroots activists nationwide, released the following statements today from Heritage Action President Dr. Kevin Roberts and Vice President of Government Relations Steve Chartan, urging lawmakers to pass the Senate Amendment  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Heritage Experts Laud Supreme Court Decision Curbing Nationwide Injunction WASHINGTON--The Heritage Foundation today released the following statements lauding the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., which partially stayed several nationwide injunctions issued by lower courts against the Trump administration's Jan. 20 executive order ending universal birthright citizenship. Hans von Spak more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Heritage Foundation Adds Mike Howell as Visiting Fellow for Border Security and Immigration WASHINGTON--The Heritage Foundation announced today that Mike Howell, president of The Oversight Project, is joining Heritage as a visiting fellow within the Border Security and Immigration Center. Howell commented on his new role: "A nation in noncompliance with its immigration laws is not a nation at all. I'm ex more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Information Technology Industry Council posted the following news release: * * * ITI Joins White House AI Education Pledge Effort * Today, global tech trade association ITI joined the Trump Administration's " AI Education Pledge," wh ich highlight s the commitments of technology companies and the administration to invest in AI education materials for K-12 students and workforce development efforts over the next four years.  " Prepa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 30, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow Ponders Reconfigured Middle East, Finding Few Openings By Pavel K. Baev Executive Summary: * The Kremlin miscalculated the United States's readiness to support Israel's air campaign and underestimated the speed of the ceasefire with Iran, underscoring Russia's diminishing leverage in Middle Eastern conflicts. * Russia cannot offer Iran tangible aid des more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Judge Blocks Trump Order to Eliminate Federal Union Rights, Citing First Amendment Concerns * A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked an executive order by President Trump that aimed to eliminate collective bargaining rights for over one million federal employees. Judge James Donato granted a preliminary more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Lee Zeldin Intends to Allow More Heavy Metals in Our Waterways * Washington, D.C. \- Today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency's intention to gut the Effluent Limitation Guidelines. These guardrails were recently updated in 2024 to further protect communities from heavy metal water pollution--including mercury, arsenic, and lead--from coal-burning more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Stand Up America, an organization was born in 2016 as a digital-first grassroots community working to resist what they say is Donald Trump's corruption, racism and his threats to democracy, issued the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * MAGA JUSTICES FLIRT WITH OPENING THE FLOODGATES TO UNLIMITED MONEY IN OUR ELECTIONS EVEN WIDER WASHINGTON, D.C. --Today, the Supreme Court announced it will hear a case brought by J.D. Vance and other Republicans that could eli more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The National Foreign Trade Council issued the following statement on June 30, 2025: * * * NFTC Applauds Canada's DST Decision, Urges Others to Follow * Washington, D.C. - National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) Vice President for Global Trade Policy Tiffany Smith today issued a statement following Canada's decision to rescind its digital services tax (DST): "We applaud Prime Minister Carney and Minister Champagne for their decision to halt today's collection and bring f more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Republican Jewish Coalition issued the following news on June 30, 2025: * * * RJC Highlights President Trump's Historic Success with Jewish Voters The Republican Jewish Coalition released the following statement on Pew Research's comprehensive report showcasing President Donald J. Trump's historic success with Jewish voters in the 2024 election. The Jewish community was a significant part of his decisive winning coalition: RJC CEO Matt Brooks said: The Pew Research more PR

HERNDON, Virginia, June 30 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * Latest Tariff Developments * To see a comprehensive list of what tariffs are currently enacted, view our tariff tracker chart, which provides an easy-to-read overview of tariff impacts by country. View the Tariff Tracker Update-Monday, June 30, 2025: White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Monday that U.S.-Canada trade talks will resume immediate more PR

NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * S.T.O.P. Condemns Trump Database Tracking U.S. Citizens (New York, NY 6/30/2025) - Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, condemns the Trump administration's development of a searchable database to track U.S. citizens, ostensibly to prevent the highly rare issue of voter fraud. Under development b more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 30 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Study: Alzheimer's blood biomarker tests less reliable in some populations * Recent research revealed that blood biomarker tests for Alzheimer's disease are less reliable for Black patients than for other ethnic and racial groups. Experts advise patients and physicians to proceed with caution when looking at results. A study by researchers at Rutgers University in Ne more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 30 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Unleashes Across-the-Board Regulatory Weakening of Key Environmental Law * Washington, D.C. -- Today, multiple federal agencies revoked longstanding regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In some cases, new regulations were proposed to replace them; in others, the regulations are replaced by nonbinding guidance. In all case more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Bullies Canada On Behalf of Big Tech, Workers Continue to Lose Out * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On June 29, Canada announced that it would drop its 3 percent digital services tax on major technology companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google. The news comes days after President Trump announced he would be "terminating" all trade discussions with Canada because of its digital tax, and that he wou more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Tower Chicago Agrees to Comply with Clean Water Act, Pay Record $4.8 Million Settlement for Years of Environmental Violations * Chicago, IL - Chicago's Trump International Hotel & Tower has agreed to cease its illegal killing of aquatic life, bring its water intake structure into compliance with the Clean Water Act (CWA), and pay a record $4.8 million settlement after years of operati more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Virtual Press Conference Tuesday on Trump's Visit to Planned Everglades Detention Center * MIAMI-- Environmental groups will host a virtual press conference Tuesday about threats posed by the proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center under construction in Florida's Everglades, and their federal lawsuit filed to halt it. Trump is scheduled to tour th more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 28 -- VoteVets issued the following statement: * * * VoteVets Statement: GOP Screwing Veterans Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to Senate Republicans voting to advance their "Big Beautiful Bill," VoteVets released the following statement: "The GOP is getting ready to prove - once again - they have no problem screwing Veterans in order to give tax breaks to their billionaire friends. After watching Elon Musk literally take a chainsaw to federal agencies and fire t more PR

NEW YORK, July 1 -- We Act for Environmental Justice issued the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * Budget Bill is a Big, Bad Disaster: Not in the Public Interest, Increases Energy Costs, Hurts the Health of Vulnerable Communities, and An Assault on Millions of Working-Class People Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill Will Dramatically Increase Federal Deficit, Kick Millions Off Medicaid While Making Them Sicker, Raise Our Energy Bills and Concede Our Global Clean Energy Leadership * more PR