WASHINGTON, July 14 [Category: Animals] -- The Center for a Humane Economy posted the following news release: * * * 32 Senate Democrats Urge Agriculture Committee to Reject Food Security and Farm Protection Act, Formerly the EATS Act * Washington, D.C. -- Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded 32 U.S. Senate Democrats after they sent a letter today to Senate Agriculture Committee leaders urging them to exclude the Food Security and Farm Protection Act (formerly  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) issued the following news release: * * * AFSCME's Saunders: Shutting down the Department of Education will harm our children, educators and nation * WASHINGTON - AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court opening the way for the administration to illegally shut down the Department of Education: "We are incensed by th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 15 -- The Western Michigan University Cooley Law School issued the following news: * * * Cooley Law School Innocence Project Hosts Author Nathan Goetting for Insightful Discussion on Wrongful Convictions LANSING, MI -- The Cooley Law School Innocence Project hosted author, legal scholar, and Cooley graduate Nathan Goetting for a meet-the-author event on July 10. Goetting, now director of the George Romney Institute for Law and Public Policy at Adrian College, discussed more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 14, 2025: * * * Reevaluating the Need for Mission Authorization By Clayton Swope Agrippa's Trilemma, named after an ancient Greek philosopher, points to the difficulty of proving a truth without resorting to assumptions. The trilemma posits that there are only three ways to prove a truth--circular reasoning, dogmatic belief, or a never-ending series of "why" questions--none of wh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * What Are Brazil's Strategic Options in Response to U.S. Tariffs? By Thiago de Aragao Donald Trump's letter announcing a 50 percent tariff on all Brazilian products starting August 1 arrived in Brasilia without prior warning and triggered an immediate reaction in the markets. Political actors, regardless of their stance on Trump, rushed to offer their interpretation of the episode. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Kelly, Padilla, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration on Weaponizing Immigration Court Hearings to Trap, Arrest, Deport Immigrants U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) led a group of 21 Senate Democrats in pressi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The National Football League Players Association issued the following news release: * * * The Five Major Players Associations Oppose Antitrust Exemption/Liability Shield in College Sports The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), Major League Soccer Players Association (MLSPA), National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), and National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) ("Players Associations")  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Press Trump Admin on Weaponizing Immigration Court Hearings to Arrest Immigrants * According to recent reports, the administration has targeted noncriminal immigrants who show up for their court hearings WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined 22 of their Senate colleagues to call out the Trump administration's recent efforts to more PR

NEW YORK, July 15 -- The Jewish Council for Public Affairs issued the following news release on July 14, 2025: * * * Jewish Council for Public Affairs Alarmed by SCOTUS Allowing Trump Admin to Gut DOE In response to the Supreme Court's decision to lift a lower court order that had prevented the Trump Administration from carrying out mass layoffs at the Department of Education (DOE), Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs, released the following statement: "The administra more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Decries Supreme Court Decision Allowing Trump Administration to Dismantle the Department of Education * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement decrying the Supreme Court's decision allowing the Trump Administration (link is external) to proceed with dismantling the Department of Education while the President's executive order is challenged more PR

HERNDON, Virginia, July 14 [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, July 14, 2025: Mexico and the European Union (EU) are the latest objects of President Trump's efforts to increase tariffs. This past weeke more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Durbin, Kelly, Padilla, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration on Weaponizing Immigrant Court Hearings to Trap, Arrest, Deport Migrants * KUOW : ICE agents at Seattle courthouse arrest people whose deportation hearings are dismissed Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff Leads 30+ Senate Colleagues in Effort to Protect California's Proposition 12 * "The Food Security and Farm Protection Act would harm America's small farmers and infringe on the fundamental rights of states to establish laws and regulations within their own borders." This letter follows an announcement last week from the Trump administration seeking to undermine Proposition 12 a more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 14 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Oklahomans challenging nation's first religious public school declare victory, end lawsuit * Declaring victory in the legal effort to block what would have been the nation's first religious public school, a group of Oklahoma faith leaders, public school parents and public education advocates today filed a notice dismissing their lawsuit to stop Oklahoma officials more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * SBA Launches Center for Faith, Eliminates Biden Ban on Disaster Relief for Faith Organizations * WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched its Center for Faith to empower faith-based businesses, community organizations, and houses of worship with access to capital, counselling, and government contracting opportunities. As part of its commitment to ending federal d more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Secretary McMahon Statement on Supreme Court Victory for Future of American Education * U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision to allow the U.S. Department of Education to carry out its reduction in force (RIF) and implement President Trump's Executive Order to improve education for families by returning education aut more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: We Will Cut $9 Billion of Wasteful Spending for the American Taxpayers * Senator Marshall Joins Newsmax to Talk About the Rescissions Package and Joe Biden's Autopen Washington - On Monday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Newsmax's Wake Up America to discuss the White House's rescissions package to cut funding to leftist causes and organizations like NPR and more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Alliance for Excellent Education issued the following statement on July 14, 2025: * * * Statement from All4Ed CEO Amy Loyd on the Supreme Court's Decision Allowing the Dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education Washington, D.C. - Today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the Trump administration to proceed with firing of nearly 1,400 workers at the U.S. Department of Education is nothing short of devastating--for students, families, educators, and the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 [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: * * * Supreme Court Clears Path for Unlawful Trump-Vance Administration Plan to Destroy Department of Education as Case Continues * Case Brought by Coalition of Educators, School Districts, and Unions Will Continue Massachusetts - The U.S. Supreme Cour more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Clears Path for Unlawful Trump-Vance Administration Plan to Destroy Department of Education as Case Continues * Massachusetts \- The U.S. Supreme Court today delivered a significant blow to public education in America, effectively allowing President Trump's attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education to proceed while a case challenging the unla more PR

OAKLAND, California, July 14 [Category: Education] -- The Institute for College Access and Success issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Decision Green Lights Mass Firings at Department of Education, Harms College Students and Borrowers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing mass firings at the Department of Education to proceed, which were carried out based on a March 2025 executive order from the Trump Administration. The order was put forwa more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 14 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * The Buckeye Institute Helps Client Secure More Than $18,000 Tax Refund from Cleveland * Columbus, OH - The Buckeye Institute secured a victory for Anthony Alfieri--a South Carolina resident--against the city of Cleveland, when the city refunded Mr. Alfieri more than  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 15 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: * * * UCLA Law professor says Asian Americans are disadvantaged in college admissions, but it's not because of affirmative action UCLA School of Law professor Jerry Kang, who served as the university's founding vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, has spent his career examining the intersection of race, technology, and civil rights. In a new paper published  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 -- Vanderbilt Law School issued the following news: * * * Vanderbilt's Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic Challenges Tennessee's Residency Requirement for Judicial Records By Nate Luce The Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic at Vanderbilt Law School has filed a complaint in federal court on behalf of Eugene Volokh, a prominent First Amendment scholar, challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee's public records law, which restricts access to Tenn more PR

PLANO, Texas, July 14 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Washington Bishops Defend Seal of Confession in Federal Court * Contact: John Manning E-mail : media@firstliberty.org Phone : 972-941-4453 WASHINGTON - The Catholic bishops of Washington state and a group of priests were in federal court today asking the court to block a new state law  more PR