ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 24 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP Calls on Congress to Prioritize Additional Spending Cuts, Thanks President Trump's Leadership * # Jul 24, 2025 by AFP WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Trump signed the $9 billion rescissions package into law, cutting wasteful government spending and creating momentum to pursue real cost-cutting measures in Congress. A top priority for the White House, this package  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The American Securities Association issued the following news on July 23, 2025: * * * ASA Applauds House Passage of China Financial Threat Mitigation Act The American Securities Association (ASA) today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the bipartisan China Financial Mitigation Threat Act of 2025, a bill to require the Treasury Department to produce a report on the threats China poses to the U.S. capital markets and American investors. "ASA applau more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, July 25 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * ASAM Statement on Executive Order to Increase the Use of Involuntary Civil Commitment of Unhoused People with SUD * Rockville, MD (July 25, 2025) - In response to President Trump's Executive Order titled "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets," which aims to increase the use of involuntary civil commitment (ICC) and long-term institutionalizat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * By the Numbers: Republican Reconciliation Law Will Take Health Coverage Away From Millions of People and Raise Families' Costs The Republican reconciliation law, enacted on July 4, will 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 will cause widespread ha more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, July 26 -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * CCRKBA TO NEWSOM: RIGHTS AREN'T SUBJECT TO PUBLIC VOTES BELLEVUE, WA - Anti-gun Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is having a hissy fit over Thursday's 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the Golden State's requirement for background checks on ammunition purchases are unconstitutional, quite a change from his pro-gun remarks  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * Community Advisory: CAIR and CAIR Action Urge Muslim Voters to Meet Lawmakers During August Congressional Recess * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and its 501(c)(4) affiliate CAIR Action today urged American Muslim voters and community leaders to meet with their members of Congr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Financial Services] -- The American Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * Correcting the Record on Data Sharing * WASHINGTON -- The American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, America's Credit Unions, Consumer Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America issued the following statement in response to the falsehoods contained in a letter from a group of fintech and retail organizations regarding the CFPB's more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Bank Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Correcting the Record on Safe Data Sharing * Washington, D.C. - The Bank Policy Institute, the American Bankers Association, America's Credit Unions, Consumer Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America issued the following statement in response to the falsehoods contained in a letter from a group of fintech and retail organizations regarding the C more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Consumer Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * Correcting the Record on Safe Data Sharing * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Consumer Bankers Association, the Bank Policy Institute, the American Bankers Association, America's Credit Unions, and the Independent Community Bankers of America issued the following statement in response to the falsehoods contained in a letter from a group of fintech and retail organizations reg more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [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: * * * Court Grants Motion to Block Trump-Vance Administration's Unlawful Restrictions on Funding for Critical Services for Survivors, LGBTQI+ Youth, and Unhoused Communities * Washington, D.C. -- A federal court has granted a request to temporarily block more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Court Orders 99 Job Corps Centers Must Remain Open * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, a federal district court issued an order prohibiting the U.S. Department of Labor from closing Job Corps centers across the country. The court granted a motion filed on behalf of seven Job Corps students and a nationwide class seeking to stop the planned closures pending final resolution of the case. The plaintiff more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America posted the following news release: * * * CPA Supports Measures To Curb Trade Imbalances Caused By Overvalued Dollar * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In response to a quote by President Trump on Friday regarding the dollar, the Coalition for a Prosperous America is calling on the administration and Congress to take steps to curb dollar overvaluation if it really wants balanced trade. There are two ways this can be achieve more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Dozens of Advocacy, Health and Consumer Groups Urge Senators to Reject Trump Nominee Casey Means for U.S. Surgeon General * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Friday, 32 organizations submitted a letter co-led by Public Citizen and the Center for Science in the Public Interest to U.S. senators urging them to reject the nomination of health and wellness digital personality Casey Means, who does not have a more PR

NEW YORK, July 26 -- Educators for Excellence issued the following statement on July 25, 2025: * * * Educators for Excellence Statement on the Trump Administration's Release of Unlawfully Withheld Federal Education Funds Evan Stone, Co-Founder and CEO of Educators for Excellence, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration's reversal in withholding nearly $7 billion from our nation's students: "Today's announcement that the Trump Administration will release the nea more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on July 25, 2025: * * * EU's Digital Services Act Threatens American Free Speech, House Judiciary Report Warns By Caden Hubbs Today, the House Judiciary Committee released its report titled "The Foreign Censorship Threat," warning of the EU's gradual regulatory creep increasingly attempting to dictate what is said on American social media platforms. The report singles out the Digital Service more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 26 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * FFRF Action Fund condemns Trump judicial nominee's ties to extremist Christian outfit The FFRF Action Fund is renewing its call for the U.S. Senate to reject judicial nominee Emil Bove after newly released documents reveal that h more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 25 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * 'Secularist' Stephen Colbert staunchly defends state-church separation FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" is comedian and television host Stephen Colbert for defending state-church separation during a recent podcast appe more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSrep) -- First Focus on Children, an advocacy organization dedicated to making children and families the priority in federal policy and budget decisions, issued the following news release: * * * Clawback from education funding would help disable department Department of Education is the one-and-only federal agency dedicated to children * The Trump Administration is planning to claw back Congressionally appropriated funding from the Department of Education, according t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Steel] -- The American Iron and Steel Institute posted the following news release: * * * Five Steel Groups Pledge Support For Steel Tariffs, Applaud Actions * WASHINGTON, DC - Five organizations representing the American steel industry today wrote to President Trump to reiterate their strong support for the Section 232 steel tariffs and the program's expanded coverage and to urge retention of the steel tariffs during ongoing bilateral negotiations on other tari more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 25 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * How a reporter got the scoop on a startup helping patients taper off antidepressants * WIRED senior writer Kate Knibbs said she ignores 99.9% of pitches from PR companies that she receives by email. But an email about the startup company Outro Health that is working to help patients taper off antidepressant medications without experiencing debilitating side effects cau more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * InfluenceWatch Friday * InfluenceWatch, a project of Capital Research Center, is a comprehensive and ever-evolving compilation of our research into the numerous advocacy groups, foundations, and donors working to influence the public policy process. The website offers transparency into these influencers' funding, motives, and connections while providing insight often neglected by o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Human Rights First posted the following news on July 24, 2025: * * * Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Public Hearing on Trump Administration's Systemic Human Rights Violations Against Immigrants A coalition of immigrants' rights organizations participated today in a public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that examined widespread and escalating human rights and refugee law violations inflicted by the Trump administrati more PR

NEW YORK, July 25 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee posted the following news release: * * * Major American Jewish Organizations Decline Meeting with French Foreign Minister Over Premature Palestinian State Recognition * New York, New York - A coalition of leading American Jewish organizations, including ADL (Anti-Defamation League), American Jewish Committee (AJC), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), B'nai B'rith International, Conference of Presidents of M more PR

NEW YORK, July 25 [Category: Political] -- The Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization that aims to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all, posted the following news release: * * * Major American Jewish Organizations Decline Meeting with French Foreign Minister Over Premature Palestinian State Recognition * New York, New York July 25, 2025... - A coalition of leading American Jewish organizations, including ADL (Anti-Defamation Lea more PR

NEW YORK, July 26 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following news release on July 25, 2025: * * * Major American Jewish Organizations Decline Meeting with French Foreign Minister Over Premature Palestinian State Recognition A coalition of leading American Jewish organizations, including ADL (Anti-Defamation League), American Jewish Committee (AJC), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), B'nai B'rith International, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizatio more PR

NEW YORK, July 26 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on July 24, 2025, to Discourse Magazine: * * * The Unseen Industries in the Independent Contractor Debate By Jarrett Dieterle The designation of employee vs. contractor affects far more than just gig workers This article is second in a three-part series on the worker classification debate. The first article can be found here (https://www.discoursemagazine.com/p/ending-the-independent-contractor). Rec more PR

LATHAM, New York, July 26 -- The New York State United Teachers issued the following statement on July 25, 2025: * * * NYSUT response to reports that ESEA funding will be released NYSUT President Melinda Person released the following statement in response to reports that the Trump administration plans to release the almost $6 billion in funding to public schools that it has withheld for nearly a month. The decision follows a lawsuit NYSUT joined alongside a national coalition of school distr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The National Fair Housing Alliance issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * National Fair Housing Alliance President and CEO Lisa Rice Issues Statement on the Trump Administration's AI Plan and Executive Orders Holding the Department of Justice accountable to remedy alleged redlining in Philadelphia, PA * Today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District rejected the Trump Administration's attempt to terminate early a consent order that holds ES more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * New Legal Practice Guide Empowers Small Businesses to Take on Power Buyers and Price Discrimination * Washington, D.C. -- Following a recent, disturbing decision from Trump administration antitrust enforcers to dismiss an important Robinson-Patman Act enforcement case alleging illegal price discrimination by PepsiCo in favor of a big-box retailer, the American Econ more PR

NEW YORK, July 25 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Trump's DOJ Files Frivolous Lawsuit Against NYC Seeking to Undermine Local Governance New York, NY--Today, the US Justice Department of Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York challenging New York City's sanctuary policies. The basis of the 37-page lawsuit is that New York's local policies are "impeding the consultation an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The National Health Law Program issued the following news: * * * NHeLP Condemns President Trump's Executive Order Targeting Unhoused Communities The National Health Law Program strongly condemns President Trump's executive order directing the forced removal and institutionalization of unhoused people. This approach revives failed, inhumane policies that advocates and impacted communities have fought for decades to dismantle. Forced institutionalization strips people of  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Business] -- Open Markets Institute posted the following news release: * * * Paramount-Skydance Deal Subverts Free Speech and the Free Press in America * The purpose of antimonopoly regulation is to establish a rule of law to protect individual liberty and the distributions of power on which democracy depends, not extort favors from desperate corporations WASHINGTON, DC - Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released the following statement on more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Permitting Legislation Introduced to Limit the National Environmental Policy Act & Boost Dirty Fossil Fuels * Washington, DC \- Today, Representatives Bruce Westerman (R-AK) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) introduced permitting legislation that would dangerously restrict reviews of fossil fuel projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and would limit the ability of communiti more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, July 25 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * PETA's $30,000 Exhibit Against Animal Experiments Vandalized Outside HHS * Washington - PETA filed a police report late last evening after discovering extensive damage done to "How the Other Half Lives," PETA's 7.5-foot-tall $30,000 binocular installation set up outside the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of PETA's call to close the seve more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Public Knowledge issued the following news release: * * * FCC Formally Approves Paramount Global/Skydance Media Merger in Deal Likely To Harm Consumers, Free Press Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission released its Order formally approving the proposed $8 billion Paramount Global/Skydance Media merger. The FCC's Order imposes unprecedented merger conditions, including a commitment to maintain an ombudsman for two years, reporting directly to the President o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Governors Association issued the following news release: * * * Secretary McMahon Meets with Governors * Education Secretary Participates in Discussion on "Let's Get Ready!" Initiative Colorado Springs - Education Secretary Linda McMahon attended the National Governors Association (NGA) Summer Meeting in Colorado Springs, joining NGA Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis for a conversation about his Chair's Init more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- 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: * * * SENATE SHOULD BLOCK BOVE NOMINATION AFTER SECOND WHISTLEBLOWER REVEALS HE URGED DOJ LAWYERS TO DEFY COURT ORDERS A second whistleblower has alleged that Emil Bove III, Trump's personal lawyer and nominee to the Third Circuit, instructed DOJ at more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 24 [Category: Environment] -- The Trust for Public Land posted the following news release: * * * Statement from Trust for Public Land President and CEO Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser on U.S. Senate Interior Appropriations Committee Advancing FY26 Funding Supporting the Land and Water Conservation Fund and Land Management Agencies * Denver, CO - Today, following the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee's vote to advance a Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Interior-Environmen more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 26 -- The National Taxpayers Union issued the following news release: * * * Taxpayers Applaud Spending Cuts Package, Urge Further Fiscal Restraint National Taxpayers Union (NTU) President Pete Sepp on Friday praised Congress and President Donald Trump following the signing of a landmark rescissions package that eliminates $9 billion in low-priority or wasteful federal spending. The package marks just the second successful use of the Impoundment Control Act to resci more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - July 24, 2025 * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering state legislative wins and the Trump administration's efforts to shrink environmental protections and institutions. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Title IX is NOT Optional: Trump's Education Department Finds Five Northern Virginia School Districts in Violation of Federal Law Following Investigation * "Females fought for decades to secure equal rights and protected women-only spaces in education. These rights are not up for negotiation." - Beth Parlato, Independent Women's Law Center senior legal advisor WASHINGTO more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Arms Control Association issued the following news release: * * * Trump Calls for Maintaining Strategic Nuclear Arms Limits | ACA Calls for Interim Deal Not to Exceed New START Limits Until U.S., Russia Hammer Out New Framework Deal In response to questions on broader nuclear arms reductions between the United States and Russia after New START expires, President Donald Trump states, "I would like to see it." "We are starting to work on that. That is a big problem f more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Poll Numbers Tank As Prices Go Up * # A new poll from CBS News this week found that 70 percent of Americans believe President Trump is not doing enough to lower prices. On top of that, a significant majority (60%) oppose his erratic trade policy, over half (54%) disapprove of his handling of inflation, and more than half (60%) more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 25 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * U.S.-Japan Trade Deal Finalized Amid Broader Global Tariff Activity * On July 22, the United States and Japan announced a finalized trade agreement that preserves a 15% baseline tariff on a range of imports, including autos and industrial goods. The deal includes a $550 billion commitment from Japan to invest in U.S.-based projects, with President Trump st more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 26 (TNSrep) -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following news release: * * * Video series maps stories of immigrants' journeys to the U.S. TRACES: the Cartographic Storytelling of Migration and Deportation is a storytelling project by American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) which released today. The project uses storytelling and cartography to challenge false narratives about immigrants and narrate their authentic stories as they navigate  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 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: Emil Bove Privately Met With The Extreme Right Wing Group Alliance Defending Freedom Whose Cases Could Come Before Bove on Third Circuit * WASHINGTON, DC - A new Accountable.US investigation, first reported by Huff Post, has revealed new concerns about Emil Bove, President Do more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [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: * * * Win for Public Education: Trump-Vance Administration Reportedly Backs Down On Withholding Funds Following Lawsuit from School Districts, Parents, and Educators * News Comes After The Administration Met With Litigation And Public Pressure Rhode Is more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Young Invincibles, an advocacy organization, issued the following news release: * * * What's inside the "Big, Beautiful Bill?" While many of us were enjoying fireworks and cookouts this Fourth of July, lawmakers were busy pushing forward legislation that will change our future, the Big Beautiful Bill. The bill was signed into law by President Trump, implementing massive cuts to health care, federal food assistance programs, and restructuring the student loan system. more PR