WASHINGTON, July 28 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following news release: * * * A Tax Pox on Your Houses * President Trump recently indicated that his administration is "thinking about" removing capital gains taxes on home sales to jump-start the housing market, and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has introduced a bill that echoes the president's proposal: the No Tax on Home Sales Act. In a new insight, Director of Fiscal Policy Jordan Haring and  more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 30 -- The Alliance for the Wild Rockies issued the following blog posting: * * * Alliance Sues Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop another massive clearcutting project west of Whitefish, Montana Alliance for the Wild Rockies sues Flathead Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop another massive clearcutting project west of Whitefish, Montana Four conservation groups, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Council on Wildlife and Fish, Yell more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- American Oversight issued the following news: * * * American Oversight Launches Epstein Records Investigation, Seeks Details on DOJ and FBI Review of Investigative Holdings Tuesday, American Oversight launched an investigation into the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) review of investigative holdings relating to Jeffrey Epstein's criminal case. Following news that Sen. Dick Durbin's office was informed that FBI personnel "were  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 [Category: Animals] -- The Center for a Humane Economy posted the following news release: * * * Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy Applaud Introduction of U.S. Senate Resolution to Spare Half a Million Barred Owls and a Billion in Taxpayer Funds Calling the federal government's barred owl kill plan "unworkable, costly, and inhumane," Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today praised the introduction of a Congressional Revi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued the following statement on July 29, 2025: * * * AU denounces Christian Nationalist guidance on federal employee religious expression Americans United for Separation of Church and State President and CEO Rachel Laser issued the following statement in response to the July 28 memo issued by the Office of Personnel Management on "Protecting Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace." The memo sets out examples o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following news release: * * * AUDIO: On SiriusXM, NFIB President Brad Close Discusses Why Congress Should Repeal Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Requirements Close discusses why Congress must protect small businesses and repeal the unconstitutional, invasive BOI requirements * (July 29, 2025) - NFIB President Brad Close joined SiriusXM's The David Webb Show to explain how Beneficial Ownership Informatio more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release: * * * Brady Corrects Widespread Reports Misidentifying NYC Gunman's Weapon as an M4 and Highlights Trump Administration's Actions Increasing Accessibility of Dangerous Weapons of War Contrary to public reporting, weapon used appears to be an AR-15 variant, likely a short-barreled rifle outfitted with a stabilizing brace, which Trump's Dept. of Justice just made easier to carry Press call her more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns Israeli Forces for Singling Out, Beating Only Black Man on Hijacked Gaza Aid Flotilla * Muslim civil rights group demands Trump admin 'put America first by condemning the Israeli government's latest violence against an American citizen and holding it accountable for its crimes.' The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned Isra more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Says New Trump Admin Policy on Faith in Federal Workplace Could Lead to 'Type of Discrimination It Purports to Oppose' * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said a new Trump administration outlining how federal workers can talk about religion at work "could lead to the ty more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * History Shows That Block-Granting Low-Income Programs Leads to Large Funding Declines Over Time By Richard Kogan, Kiran Rachamallu, Josephine Cureton and David Reich Funding for programs structured as block grants tends to shrink significantly over time, an investigation of several decades of federal budget data shows. This fact should serve as a red flag for policymakers as they c more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary on July 29, 2025: * * * Trump Administration Plans to Force Millions More Seniors and People With Disabilities to Travel to Social Security's Overburdened Field Offices By Kathleen Romig and Devin O'Connor The Social Security Administration (SSA) is overwhelming its local offices by forcing millions more people to seek in-person service while cutting thousands of staff who provide that help. The more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Charitable Nonprofits to Host Virtual Press Conference and Launch National Sign-On Letter to Defend Nonpartisanship in the Nonprofit Sector * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Wednesday, July 30th at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, leaders from the National Council of Nonprofits, Freedom from Religion Foundation, Interfaith Alliance, Public Citizen, American Humanist Association, Americans United for Separation  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Political] -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: * * * Civil Rights Coalition Urges Senate to Pass The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act * WASHINGTON -- Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, S. 4, in the U.S. Senate: "Millions of voters are finding  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 28 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Coal for Steel Production is Not a "Critical Material" * Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) effort to designate metallurgical coal a "critical material" in the department's 2026 Critical Materials Assessment relies on a flawed and insufficient process, as detailed in a letter signed by a dozen groups. The Department of Energy's May 2025 analysis fails more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 28, 2025: * * * Experts React: One Year Since Latin America's Most Brazen Electoral Theft in History By Mark Feierstein, Alexandra Winkler, Juan Cruz, Ryan C. Berg, Eric Farnsworth and P. Michael McKinley On July 28, 2024, Venezuela's dictator Nicolas Maduro suffered a humiliating electoral defeat to the country's opposition. Unlike past elections, the opposition managed to secur more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 28, 2025: * * * The Road to Kyiv Must Not Run Through Washington By Alexander Palmer and Sofiia Syzonenko Russia believes that it does not have to outproduce Ukraine and its backers or outfight the Ukrainian military if it can outlast U.S. interest in the conflict. In short, Russia believes that its road to Kyiv runs through Washington. To end the war in Ukraine, the United State more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 28, 2025: * * * Sorting Out the United States-China Relationship By William Alan Reinsch The question I am often asked these days is, "What is our China policy?" Unfortunately, there is no clear answer, but the best word to describe it is incoherent. On the one hand, many in the Trump administration take a hawkish stance toward China, most of whom see China as an existential thre more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 28, 2025: * * * Toward Reliable AI, from the Bottom Up By Ian Reynolds Recent action taken by the Trump administration in the form of the AI Action Plan and additional executive orders (EOs) further establishes U.S. AI policy, aiming to spur innovation and adoption in both the private and public sector. The administration's new policy guidance argues that "Americans will require  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 28, 2025: * * * Trump's Trade Strategy Takes Shape with Latest EU Trade Deal By Philip Luck and Ina Simonovska A New Framework Takes Shape Over the past few weeks, the administration has announced framework agreements with the United Kingdom, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, and, most recently, the European Union. The shape of these agreements provides significant clarity about more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * DOT Greenlights United-JetBlue Partnership, Deepening Airline Consolidation Crisis * Washington, D.C. -- Following news that the US Department of Transportation has approved the United Airlines-JetBlue "Blue Sky" Collaboration, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. "President Donald Trump and DOT Secretary Sean Duffy met their  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 29 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice Blasts EPA for Methane Emissions Rollback * Denver, CO -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an interim final rule to extend compliance deadlines of the new source performance standards (NSPS) and emission guidelines for the oil and gas industry, finalized in early 2024. Alexandra Schluntz, senior attorney at Earthjustice, issued the f more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release: * * * EPA Chooses Polluters Over People in Repeal of Endangerment Finding The Environmental Protection Network unequivocally condemns the Trump administration's decision to move forward with a plan that revokes the scientific and legal foundation for regulating climate pollution in the United States. This action marks an extraordinary and dangerous abdication of EPA's statutory duty to protect human he more PR

NEW YORK, July 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * EPA Moves to Unravel Climate Protections * WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a summer of deadly floods and with tens of millions of people sweltering under a dangerous heat dome, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said he would move to repeal the EPA's landmark judgment that climate change is a threat to Americans' health and welfare. The foll more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * EPA's Plan to Ignore Greenhouse Gas Emissions is Both Malicious and Absurd * "Zeldin's claim that the EPA shouldn't address climate emissions is like a fire chief claiming they shouldn't fight fires." Washington, D.C. - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin will announce today that the agency will seek to no longer regulate greenhouse gas pollution under a 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSrpt) -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Free Press 'Media Capitulation Index' Reveals How the Nation's Biggest Media Companies Are Responding to Trump The sweeping investigation into the 35 largest American media conglomerates finds many are failing to defend democracy and a free press against authoritarian threats. * NEW YORK -- On Tuesday, Free Pres more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 29 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * GAO Finds Trump Administration Violated Impoundment Control Act by Withholding Head Start Funds * The Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent, nonpartisan government agency within the legislative branch, issued a decision on July 23 finding that the Trump Administration violated the Impoundment Control Act  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Greenpeace USA, an organization that says it uses protest and confrontation to expose environmental problems and promote solutions, issued the following news release: * * * Amid EPA rollbacks, polluters rejoice at the people's expense In response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that it would rescind the 2009 endangerment finding, John Noel, Greenpeace USA Climate Campaign Director, said: "After decades of scientific research firmly documentin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [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: * * * Lawsuit Challenges EEOC's Unlawful Refusal to Protect Transgender Workers from Discrimination * Trump-Vance Administration's Executive Order Strips Away Long-Standing Protections Against Employment Discrimination Maryland - Democracy Forward and  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Leaked Whistleblower Memo Shows the Trump Administration Illegally Terminated USAID Foreign Assistance Awards * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A memo prepared by a whistleblower within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) offers the closest look yet into the Trump Administration's unlawful termination of nearly all USAID foreign assistance funding. That document, titled "Gene more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Mortgage Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * MBA Applauds Senate Banking Committee Advancement of ROAD to Housing Act of 2025 * (202) 557-2727 MBA's President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released the following statement following the Senate Banking Committee's markup and advancement of the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025:  "MBA applauds and supports the Senate Banking Committee's favorable reporting of this sig more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * MEMO: Another Trump-Affiliated List You Should See--Donors for MAGA Inc. SuperPAC * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, the list of donors for the MAGA Inc. SuperPAC is finally expected to be released as part of a mid-year campaign finance disclosure report legally required to be filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by July 31. The list should contain all donations received between Jan more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 [Category: Real Estate] -- The National Association of Home Builders posted the following news release: * * * NAHB Commends Senate Banking Panel for Advancing Housing Legislation Advocacy Buddy Hughes, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Lexington, N.C., issued the following statement after the Senate Banking Committee voted to approve the ROAD to Housing Act: "NAHB applauds the Senate Banking Committee for p more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * New Report Finds Trump Tariff Upheaval Empowers Companies to Hike Prices on Consumers * # Today, Groundwork Collaborative released a new analysis showing how President Trump's erratic tariff policies are providing corporations with ample opportunity to hike prices on consumers. The research -- assembled from dozens of earnings calls a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * NEW: The Billion Dollar Backers Behind the Trump Tax Scam * A New Analysis Exposes Big Oil, Pharma, and Wall Street Donations to Congressional Republicans in the Days and Weeks Leading Up to the Trump Tax Scam WASHINGTON, DC - In MeidasTouch today, Accountable.US President Caroline C more PR

NEW YORK, July 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * NEW: U.S. Government's Own Analysis Shows Repealing Tailpipe Pollution Standards Will Sharply Increase Gasoline Prices * New federal analysis shows EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's proposed repeal of the tailpipe emissions standards will sharply increase gasoline prices and dangerous pollution for the American people. "When so many Americans are worrying about rising costs, Th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Political] -- People for the American Way posted the following news release: * * * People For the American Way Responds to the Confirmation of Emil Bove * Washington, DC - In response to the confirmation of Emil Bove to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, People For the American Way President Svante Myrick released the following statement: "The confirmation of Trump's former personal defense attorney Emil Bove to the federal bench marks another low point in t more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 30 -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * Private equity firms continue to invest in liquified natural gas globally despite economic and political volatility Recent plans for "energy dominance" coming from the White House are both stoking the flames of chaos and reducing confidence from investors and policymakers in the future of energy prices, as oil prices have fallen by over 20% since President Donald Trump's second term. As the U more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Repealing Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding an Attempt to Ignore Impacts of Climate Change * WASHINGTON -- The White House will release its misguided proposal to repeal a 2009 Environmental Protection Agency scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare. Known as the "endangerment finding," the determination detailed the pollutants from burning fossil fuels, spe more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Proposed EPA Rule to Rescind Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding * Washington, DC - Today, in its most direct assault thus far on the movement to mitigate the climate crisis, the Trump administration will formally propose a plan to rescind the Environmental Protection Agency's longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding. If finalized, this action will devastat more PR

BOONE, North Carolina, July 29 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Statement on Trump administration's intent to rollback greenhouse gas endangerment finding * July 29, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the EPA will propose a rule to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding that has been cr more PR

PARIS, France, July 28 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Sub-Saharan Africa: community radio programmes shut down, access to information in jeopardy after Voice of America suspension * Disrupted programming, journalists sacked from their jobs: the US government's suspension of Voice of America (VOA), whose programmes were broadcast in all sub-Saharan African countries via over a thousand local partners, undermines access to reliable and diverse i more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- TechFreedom, a technology policy think tank, issued the following news release: * * * Omnicom: FTC Crosses the Rubicon of Policing Political Speech Yesterday, TechFreedom filed in response to the Federal Trade Commission's request for public comments regarding the FTC's approval of the $13.5 billion merger of Omnicom and Interpublic on the condition that the combined family of advertising agencies refrain from certain practices related to political or ideological bias i more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 29 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Telling the story of the pivot on homelessness policy * A new federal policy that reframes homelessness as a law-and-order issue rather than a public health concern could change the way journalists cover mental illness, addiction, housing and social policy in the months ahead. President Trump signed an executive order in July that pushes local governments to remove u more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Consumer Services] -- The Consumer Federation of America posted the following news release: * * * Thanks to Trump CFPB's Actions, More Than $360 Million Owed to Americans is at Risk, New Investigation Reveals * Washington, D.C. -- More than $360 million in redress owed to Americans is at risk due to actions taken by the Trump-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new investigation released by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and Student Borrower P more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Transport Project, a national coalition of fleets, vehicle and engine manufacturers and dealers, and fuel producers and providers dedicated to the decarbonization of North America's transportation, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * RNG Transportation Industry Statement on Rescission of GHG Phase 3 Ill-Advised Regulation Limited Fleet Choice, Ignored Full Life Cycle Impacts, and Relied Upon Incomplete Cost Estimates * The Transport Project ( more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 29 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * Trucking Industry Applauds Repeal of Federal EV Truck Mandate * Jul 29, 2025 The ATA Federation joined EPA for their announcement repealing GHG3 Indianapolis, IN --Today, the American Trucking Associations thanked President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin for taking action to eliminate the electric-truck mandate--the un more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Delays EPA Methane Rule * Washington, DC \- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency issued an interim final rule that will delay implementation of the agency's critical Clean Air Act protection against methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry. When finalized by the EPA in December 2023, following a robust comment period, the methane pollut more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Launches Broadside Attack on Science-Backed Endangerment Finding, Public Health Protections * WASHINGTON (July 29, 2025)--The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has authored a proposal seeking to undo the agency's 2009 foundational scientific finding that global warming pollution endangers public health and the environmen more PR

NEW YORK, July 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Tries to Eliminate Endangerment Finding, Clean Car and Clean Truck Standards * "The Trump administration today will propose to eliminate some of our most vital tools to protect people from the pollution that causes climate change. Americans are already suffering from stronger hurricanes, more severe heat waves and floods, and more frequent fires. They are  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 29 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Trump EPA Attacks Endangerment Finding Making Climate Denialism Official Policy * Washington, D.C. -- Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new rulemaking to dismantle the Endangerment Finding, the foundational scientific determination that greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution from gas-powered vehicles, power plants, and oil and gas operations, endanger publ more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump EPA Sabotages Climate Action With Rollbacks of Tailpipe Rules, Endangerment Finding * WASHINGTON-- President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency today rolled back tailpipe pollution standards and rescinded the landmark scientific finding that planet-heating pollution harms public health and welfare, which is a foundation of federal climate action. Both the Biden more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Proposes to Gut Clean Vehicle Standards and Wipe Out Climate Science * Attack on Clean Transportation & Climate Action Jeopardizes Americans' Health & Increases Costs for Families WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration announced it is rolling back the Environmental Protection Agency's clean vehicle standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles. The ob more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Health Cabal Will Worsen U.S. Health Care, Risk Millions of Patient Lives * Washington, D.C. -- Only six months into his second presidential term, Donald Trump has managed to disrupt, deplete and desecrate our nation's already broken health care system, risking millions of lives. A new report authored by Public Citizen Health Care Policy Advocate Eagan Kemp highlights the dangers po more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations issued the following news release: * * * USCMO Lauds Macron, France's Recognition of a Palestinian State US Leaders Must Support Palestine's Establishment as a Free Nation * The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America's umbrella group of Muslim associations, commends French President Emmanuel Macron for his bold and moral diplomatic decision to formally declare France's recognition of Palestine as a state at the U.N more PR