WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest posted the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Advocates and researchers call on FDA to strengthen and finalize front-of-package nutrition labeling Labels would highlight levels of added sugars, sodium, and saturated fat in packaged foods * Today, a coalition of 28 prominent consumer, public health, and nutrition groups and 12 academic researchers submitted joint comments on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- 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 on July 15, 2025: * * * AFJ Condemns Confirmation of First Trump 2.0 Judge Today the Senate voted 46-42 to confirm Whitney Hermandorfer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Alliance for Justice opposed t more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 15 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP Issues Key Vote Alert, Urges Senate to Pass Rescissions Package * # Jul 15, 2025 by AFP WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) issued a Key Vote Alert urging the U.S. Senate to support HR 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025. This is a critical step towards delivering meaningful relief to taxpayers and right-sizing the federal government, as champion more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 15 [Category: Energy] -- The American Gas Association issued the following news release: * * * AGA on President Trump's Innovation and Energy Summit: Natural gas will play critical role in meeting AI demand * WASHINGTON - The American Gas Association applauded President Trump's investment in and focus on AI and the energy needed to fuel it during his innovation summit alongside Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. As global powers like China accelera more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Airlines for America issued the following news: * * * A4A President & CEO Nick Calio Emphasizes Collaboration, Additional Funding at AAAE ATC Modernization Summit Panel * July 15, 2025 - Airlines for America (A4A) President and CEO Nicholas E. Calio participated in the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) 2025 Air Traffic Control Modernization Summit on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Calio joined a distinguished panel discussion, "The Case for ATC Modernizati more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Allowing Companies Seeking To Export Electricity to Make Up Any Standard They Want is Illegal * WASHINGTON -- In a public comment on a Trump administration proposal to allow energy companies to "simply allow applicants to include information the applicant deems relevant" when a company wishes to export energy, Public Citizen today argued that the proposed rule is ill-conceived and unsupported more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Computer Technology]-- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Allowing Nvidia's H20 Sales to China Strengthens U.S. AI Leadership, Says Center for Data Innovation * WASHINGTON--Following the announcement that the U.S. government will allow Nvidia to resume sales of its H20 chip to the Chinese market, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Director Daniel Castro: "The decision more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The American Action Forum issued the following research: * * * Breaking Down the BRICS Tariff By Jacob Jensen Executive Summary * President Trump has threatened to impose a 10-percent tariff on any country associated with BRICS, a bloc composed primarily of developing countries that seek to counter the economic influence of Western-dominated institutions. * This new tariff proposal - which would stack on top of "Liberation Day" tariffs - was touted by the president a more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 16 -- The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * AUVSI Testifies Before House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Countering the Threat of Malicious Drone Use Michael Robbins, President and CEO of the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), testified today before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, urging Congress to take swift more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of labor unions and environmental organizations, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Attack on US Wind Permit is Latest Move in Trump's Vendetta Against Offshore Wind The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared last week that the permit for the US Wind project off the shore of Ocean City, MD is invalid. In a note to the Maryland Department of the Environment, the EPA cited what it determined to be prob more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 16 -- The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists posted the following article in its July 2025 edition: * * * Introduction: Possible flashpoints for the next major conflict By Dan Drollette Jr Sometimes a relatively small event--such as the assassination of an obscure archduke in a distant corner of the Balkans--explodes into a bona fide world war. Bungled diplomacy, unanticipated changes in technology, secret agreements gone wrong, locked-in battle plans, an inflexible range  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Urges Georgetown University to Fully Reinstate Professor Jonathan Brown After Bad Faith Attacks Over Misrepresented Tweet * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a letter to Georgetown University Interim President Robert Groves that calls on the university to reverse i more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-Florida Condemns Gov. DeSantis' Refusal to Denounce Killing of Florida Youth by Israeli Settlers * Group Calls on Musallet's Members of Congress -- Rep. Laurel Lee, Sens. Rick Scott and Shley Moody -- to Demand Formal U.S. Investigation into His Killing The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), the state's largest Musl more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-WA Condemns Senator Maria Cantwell's 'Shameful' Decision to Meet with Wanted War Criminal Netanyahu * The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today condemned the decision by more than a dozen senators, including Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, to meet with wanted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on July 12, 2025, to the Baltimore Sun: * * * Time to End the NGO Gravy Train By Scott Walter Every year, billions of American taxpayer dollars fund pseudo-charities that serve as little more than extensions of the Democratic Party. With roughly half of Americans voting as Republicans, many citizens are bankrolling their own political opposition -- and the corruption runs deeper than one  more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 16 -- The Center for Responsible Lending issued the following news release on July 14, 2025: * * * Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Trump Administration to Dismantle Department of Education Moments ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing the Trump administration to move forward with sweeping layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education. In response, Mitria Spotser, vice president of the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), made the following statement more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, July 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on July 14, 2025: * * * Fast Track to deportation By Bill Glahn As far as I can tell from my deep dive into the illegal immigration issue here in Minnesota, the Feds really are concentrating their efforts on the worst cases. Illegal entry into the United States is a criminal act, as the name implies. But more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, July 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on July 15, 2025: * * * Poll: Minnesotans support Big Beautiful Bill By Bill Walsh The latest Thinking Minnesota Poll shows widespread support for the changes mandated for Medicaid in the One Big Beautiful Bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. New Medicaid propo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Rescission Package Would Sabotage Recent Funding Deal, Cripple Future Ones By Jacob Leibenluft and Devin O'Connor President Trump's proposal to rescind $9.4 billion in previously approved spending, which the Senate is expected to vote on this week, is a bad idea for several reasons, as noted in a recent CBPP report. The rescission package would significantly damage life-saving global health more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 15, 2025: * * * How AI Cooperation Can Save the U.S.-ROK Trade Talks By Navin Girishankar A New Deadline for Dealmaking Shifting timetables for lifting the pause on Liberation Day tariffs and on-again, off-again tariff announcements have become hallmarks of the Trump administration's trade strategy. For longstanding allies with export-oriented economies integrated with both the  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 15, 2025: * * * Trump Sends Weapons to Ukraine: By the Numbers By Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park Under the Trump administration, military aid to Ukraine has been on and off, then partially on, then on again, and then increased further. As of Tuesday, July 15, this pattern characterized the administration's approach to Ukraine policy. The resumption of aid on July 7 was good n more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [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: * * * Dennis Kelleher, Better Markets' Co-Founder, President & CEO, Testifies Before HFSC on 15th Dodd-Frank Anniversary * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, Dennis Kelleher, Co-Founder, President and CEO of Better Market s testified before the U.S. House of Representativ more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Donald Trump Proposes Forcing Americans to Pay Big Tech's Utility Bill * Pittsburgh, PA \- Today, Donald Trump announced a $90 billion investment to boost data centers that support multibillion dollar tech companies. Just last month, the Sierra Club, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, League of Conservation Voters, and Public Citizen took out full page ads in San Francisco and Seattle more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Edison Electric Institute issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Pennsylvania Energy Summit Showcases Critical Role of Electricity in Powering Investments and Innovation Edison Electric Institute (EEI) President and CEO Drew Maloney today joined President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Senator Dave McCormick, Governor Josh Shapiro, EEI member and technology company executives, and other industry and government leaders at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovat more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 15 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF slams Trump for ridiculing atheists and advancing religious agenda at CEO lunch * The Freedom From Religion Foundation is strongly condemning President Donald Trump's latest effort to entangle religion and government through a White House event rewarding wealthy business leaders for promoting religion and aligning the federal government with sectarian interest more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release: * * * Friends of the Earth International members sue EXIM for unlawfully approving $4.7B to support disastrous Mozambique LNG project Friends of the Earth U.S. and Justica Ambiental/Friends of the Earth Mozambique, with representation from EarthRights International, filed a lawsuit last night challenging the U.S. Export-Import Bank's unlawful approval of nearly $5 billion in financing for the Mozambique LNG project more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Introduces a Bill to Block Medicaid Cuts He Approved * Hawley wants to pretend he never voted to gut Medicaid, but his record doesn't lie WASHINGTON, DC - Just a few weeks after voting for President Donald Trump's big, beautiful betrayal and signing off on historic cuts to Med more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Political] -- Heritage Action for America posted the following news release: * * * Heritage Action Issues Key Vote Urging Senate to Pass President Trump's Rescissions Package * WASHINGTON - Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with 2.5 million grassroots activists nationwide, today issued a Key Vote in support of President Trump's proposed rescissions package to eliminate woke and wasteful government spending. The legislation to enact these r more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 15 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * House Committee Votes on Bill to Sidestep Fish and Wildlife Service and Delist Grizzly Bears * Washington, D.C. -- The House Natural Resources Committee will today vote on Rep. Harriet Hageman's Grizzly Bear State Management Act, which seeks to reissue a 2017 Fish and Wildlife Service rule delisting the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear population and takes the extrem more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * House Republicans Again Propose Reckless Cuts to EPA and Safe, Clean Water * Congress must reject deep cuts to popular State Revolving Fund programs Washington - Today the House Interior Subcommittee released its appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill. The proposed spending legislation includes substantial cuts to the Environmental  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * How the Big Beautiful Bill's Tax Cuts are Helping Pennsylvania By Jack Putrino and Mike Palicz Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to promote the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at Don's Machine Shop in West Pittston on Wednesday afternoon. The legislation prevents the expiration of the tax provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, thus protecting taxpayers from an average tax hike o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Independent Community Bankers of America posted the following news release: * * * ICBA Congratulates Luke Pettit on Confirmation as Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions * Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2025)-- Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump's nomination of Luke Pettit to be Treasury more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- 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: * * * ICE policy puts millions at risk of indefinite detention, stripping due process rights in the next phase of Trump's cruel mass detention and deportation agenda In response to news that the Trump administration has declared millions of immigrants ineligible for a bond hearing, S more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Independent Women Applauds SCOTUS Ruling that Affirms Trump's Authority to Restructure the Department of Education * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Independent Women released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow the Trump administration to proceed in reducing the bureaucracy within the Department of Education. Beth Parlato, Independent  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Independent Women Responds to Inflation Report Showing Robust Economy Continues * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) on all items, increased by 2.7% for the 12 months ending in June, a slight increase from 2.4% in May. June data confirms the annualized rate of inflation is be more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Inflation increased in June, tariff troubles likely cause: CEI analysis * Inflation rose 0.3 percent across all sectors in June, marking the beginning of Trump's tariffs' effect on prices. CEI senior economist Ryan Young says that the Federal Reserve's efforts to combat rising prices and a shrinking economy will likely continue. "It begins. Tariffs raise prices, and de more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Independent Petroleum Association of America issued the following news release: * * * IPAA's Eshelman: Proud to See President Trump and Sen. McCormick Recognize Commonwealth's Contribution to Energy Dominance Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) President & CEO Jeff Eshelman issued the following statement today in response to Senator Dave McCormick's Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh: "As a native Pennsylvanian, I'm pr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Seeks Records on Trump Efforts to Weaken Whale Habitat Protections * WASHINGTON-- The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today to force the release of public records on a proposed rollback of key Endangered Species Act protections for marine wildlife, including the potential political or industry influences behind the change. "The public more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Legislation Paves Way For States to Lead the Way on Single-Payer Health Care * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Sen.Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) reintroduced the State-Based Universal Health Care Act, which would give states the power and federal funds to develop and implement their own universal health care programs. Eagan Kemp, Public Citizen health care policy advoc more PR

NEW YORK, July 16 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on July 14, 2025, to the Free Press: * * * How to Save Higher Ed--and End the Serial Abuse of American Taxpayers By Christopher F. Rufo The American people have been enormously generous to our universities. It is time for schools to honor their end of the bargain. Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has been engaged in a high-stakes conflict with America's elite universities and, by more PR

NEW YORK, July 15 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on July 13, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * Blame New York Democrats - Not Washington - for New State Budget Crisis By Ken Girardin The federal tax and spending changes signed by President Donald Trump on July 4 will have significant implications for New York. The most immediate: to reveal Albany's short-sighted fiscal decisions and long-ignored abuses -- something criticisms of the changes conceal.  more PR

NEW YORK, July 16 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on July 15, 2025, to the Washington Post: * * * What the Left and Right Get Wrong About Amy Coney Barrett By Ilya Shapiro The Supreme Court justice is unpredictable to both liberals and conservatives. Amy Coney Barrett can't catch a break. After she issued the majority opinion in Trump v. CASA-- limiting the power of district courts to issue nationwide injunctions -- the left came down on her, hard. P more PR

NEW YORK, July 16 (TNSbrep) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news release: * * * Poll: Americans Show Broad Support for Reform in Higher Education NEW YORK, NY - Between June 10th and June 13th, 2025, the Manhattan Institute conducted a survey (https://manhattan.institute/article/national-higher-education-poll-americans-distrust-universities-but-back-bold-reforms?utm_source=press_release&utm_medium=email) of 2,000 registered voters nationwide to provide insights into policies, more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following news: * * * Mousavi Calls for Political Reform, Iranian Public Figures Condemn Iran International, Pezeshkian's Interview with Tucker Carlson, and More Week of July 7, 2025 | Iran Unfiltered is a digest tracking Iranian politics & society by the National Iranian American Council * From Ideology to Nationhood: Iran's Rhetorical Shift During the War with Israel * Post-War Diplomatic Ambiguity: The Uncertain Futu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The National Chicken Council issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * NCC Shares USDA's Goals to Further Reduce Foodborne Illness Secretary Rollins announces new plan to bolster meat and poultry safety * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced a comprehensive plan to bolster the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to combat foodborne illness while speaking at the opening of USDA's new, modernized  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Nearly 400 Experts, Faith Leaders Demand Senate Action To Thwart RFK Jr.'s "Systematic Assault" on Global Vaccination * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the day new global data reveal that childhood vaccine coverage has stalled and deadly disease outbreaks are accelerating, nearly 400 scientists, faith leaders, and health advocates are demanding that the U.S. Senate take action to stop what they call H more PR

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, July 16 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * New Hampshire court allows female athletes to help defend Trump EO, state law protecting women's sports The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Suzanne Beecher regarding the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire's order Tuesday in Tirrell v. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The National Fair Housing Alliance issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * NFHA Condemns the House THUD Subcommittee's Decision to Slash Critical Fair Housing Funding Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance(R) (NFHA (TM)) denounced the House Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Subcommittee bill that would slash critical fair housing funding, leaving disabled veterans, seniors, survivors of domestic violence, families w more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Americans for Financial Reform, which describes itself as a nonpartisan and nonprofit coalition of more than 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith-based, and civic and community groups, posted the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Over 80 Groups Oppose Passage of Dangerous Crypto Deregulation Bill Groups warn bill could sow seeds of future financial instability * Today, a group of over 80 national and state civil rights, community,  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Senate Big Beautiful Bill Contains Needed Medicaid Reforms The Senate today voted 51 to 50 to pass the Reconciliation package known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill," following House passage in May. CEI health care policy expert Jeremy Nighohossian praised the bill for implementing much needed reform to Medicaid - specifically, the attempt to address runaway spending driven more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Demand Justice issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Senate Confirms Loyalist Trump Judge As MAGA Justices Continue To "Expedite" Lawlessness Today, the Senate voted to confirm Whitney Hermandorfer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The confirmation vote comes just hours after an unsigned, shadow docket ruling from the Supreme Court allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education while legal challenges cont more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club: Grizzly Bill Could Reverse Decades of Population Recovery * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee considered a bill that poses serious threats to the future of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Area. The Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025, introduced by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), would legislatively strip grizzly bears in the Greater more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators issued the following statement on July 14, 2025: * * * Statement on SCOTUS Lifting Injunction on Department of Education Layoffs WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 14, 2025 -- The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Monday lifted an injunction that temporarily halted the Trump administration's plans to lay off nearly half of the staff at the U.S. Department of Education (ED). In response to this news, NASFAA Pre more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 15 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Supreme Court Stays Injunction of Executive Order Directing Reductions in Force * Last week, Justice Elena Kagan lifted a lower court order preventing the Trump Administration from implementing or approving federal agency workforce reduction plans. Kagan's ruling indicated the lower court erred in declaring unlawful both  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Third Way issued the following statement on July 15, 2025: * * * Third Way Endorses the Bipartisan Dignity Act to Bring Order and Fairness to America's Immigration System Third Way released the following statement from Lanae Erickson, Senior Vice President for Social Policy, Education, & Politics on the House introduction of the Dignity Act, bipartisan legislation to solve the chaos at the border and the chaos in communities from Trump's mass deportations. "Americans  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 15 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Trump Extends Hiring Freeze Until Fiscal Year 2026 * President Donald Trump has extended the federal civilian hiring freeze for another three months, pushing it into the start of fiscal year 2026. Originally issued on January 20, the freeze blocks hiring for federal vacancies and new positions, with the only exemptions be more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Judge Blocks CFPB Medical Debt Rule * The rule would have removed medical debt from the credit reports of 15 million Americans. WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, a Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge of the Eastern District Court in Texas vacated a Consumer Financial Protection Burea more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber Statement: DIGNITY Act of 2025 * WASHINGTON, D.C. --U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President for Immigration Policy, Patrick Shen, released the following statement today following the bipartisan introduction of the DIGNITY Act by Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) and Veronica Escobar (TX-16): "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports the DIGNITY Act as a con more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber, AmCham Brazil Urge U.S.-Brazil Trade Talks * WASHINGTON, D.C. AND BRASILIA, BRAZIL - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Chamber of Commerce in Brazil (AmCham Brazil) issued the following statement following President Donald Trump's announcement of a proposed 50% tariff rate on Brazil starting August 1. "The U.S. Chamber and AmCham Brazil urge both the U more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 15 [Category: Media] (TNSrep) -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Under harsh new work rules, millions will get kicked off Medicaid * A new work requirement for about 20 million Medicaid members is one of the most important stories to cover about the federal megabill that President Trump signed on July 4. The law requires adults aged 19 to 64 to work at least 80 hours each month to qualify for Medicaid coverage unless they a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following research: * * * USDA policies fall short in helping Mississippi River region farmers adapt to extreme weather By Anne Schechinger Millions of cropland and pasture acres in the 13-state Mississippi River Critical Conservation Area, or MRCCA, lie within flood plains at greater risk of climate-driven extreme weather like flooding or excessive rainfall. Yet federal farm policies aren't doing enough to help farmers in the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Young Invincibles, an advocacy organization, issued the following news release on July 14, 2025: * * * SCOTUS Fails to Prioritize Education, Dismisses Order to Reinstate ED Employees Today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled to pause an order issued by a Massachusetts judge requiring the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees who were fired as part of a reduction in force in March. This decision follows President Trump's dire more PR