WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of labor unions and environmental organizations, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Continues Attack on Working Families with Plan to Rescind Solar Funding According to multiple press reports, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to cut $7 billion in federal grants awarded through the "Solar for All" program. The program helps low- and moderate-income families install solar panels and expan more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls on Trump Admin, Congress to Stop Israel's Declared Annexation of Gaza and the West Bank * Speaker Johnson Endorses Land Seizure from an Illegal Settlement, Knesset Vote Signals Full Israeli Takeover The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administra more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Says Latest Israeli Massacre of 52 Intentionally-Starved Civilians in Gaza 'Part of Genocide to Exterminate Palestinians' * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said Israel's latest massacre of at more than 50 intentionally-starved civilians in Gaza is "part of an ongoing g more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Says Removing Explicit 'Israel' from DHS Grant Terms Is a Sham, Remaining Boycott Language Still Threatens Disaster Funds * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today warned that the Trump administration's removal of explicit language requiring cities and states to certify that t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Says Trump Admin's $15,000 Visa Bond Program Is 'Legalized Shakedown,' Not National Security * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Trump administration's new visa bond pilot program requiring foreign visitors from select countries to pay up to $15,000 in cash more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 6 -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * Carlyle partners with Diversified and ADNOC in multi-billion dollar fossil fuel deals The private equity giant is set to acquire an empire of dying wells in the U.S. and major Liquefied Natural Gas assets in Australia and Papua New Guinea With two major multi-billion-dollar energy deals announced in the works in June, private equity firm Carlyle appears to be moving full steam ahead on fossil more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 5 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Conservation, Environmental Justice, Tribal, and Civil Rights Organizations Submit Comment Letter Opposing Proposed NEPA Changes at Various Federal Agencies * Washington, D.C. -- This week, over 200 conservation, environmental justice, civil rights, and tribal organizations sent a comment letter to over a dozen federal agencies opposing changes to the regulations implementing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [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: * * * Democracy Forward and Reproductive Freedom for All Demand Transparency on Trump-Vance Administration Actions Threatening Reproductive Health * Washington, D.C. -- Democracy Forward and Reproductive Freedom For All filed Freedom of Information Act (F more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Democracy Forward and Reproductive Freedom for All Demand Transparency on Trump-Vance Administration Actions Threatening Reproductive Health * August 5, 2025 Contact: press@democracyforward.org Washington, D.C. -- Democracy Forward and Reproductive Freedom For All filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests today seeking critical i more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * EPA Plans to Rescind Solar For All Funding * Washington, D.C. \- According to reporting, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to rescind all $7 billion of Solar For All grants. The Solar For All grant was passed into law as part of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 to expand access to affordable and reliable solar energy to low-income regions across the country. 60 projects have be more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * FBI's Annual Crime Report: Hate Crimes Against LGBTQ+ Community Remain Among Top 3 Most Reported Categories * WASHINGTON -- The latest annual crime report from the FBI highlights once again that while overall violent crime in the U.S. continues to decline, hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community remain alarmingly high -- an especially concerning report coming as the Trump administr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release: * * * Free Press Slams Trump FCC's Broadcast Ownership Proceeding as 'Wildly Dangerous' for Democracy Handing even more control of the public airwaves to a handful of capitulating broadcast conglomerates undermines press freedom * On Monday, Free Press slammed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for ignoring the law, settled more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSrep) -- The Center for a New American Security issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * Game Over? How the United States Could Have Won the Trade Wars CNAS Releases Innovative Trade Wargame Report * Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Game Over? How the United States Could Have Won the Trade Wars (https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/game-over), by Emily Kilcrease and Geoffrey Gertz of the CNAS Energy, Econo more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 4 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Government Funding Outcome Uncertain As Congress Leaves Town * Both the House of Representatives and Senate adjourned for the August recess with substantial unfinished work ahead of a September 30 deadline to extend government funding into fiscal year 2026 to avoid a lapse in appropriations and a subsequent government shut more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Hearing on Everglades Immigration Detention Center Set for Wednesday * MIAMI-- U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams will hear testimony and arguments Wednesday in Miami on a lawsuit brought by conservation groups seeking an injunction against the state of Florida and the Trump administration over the construction and operation of the massive detention center known as "Allig more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * InfluenceWatch Podcast #374: Dismantling the Censorship Machine * The Biden administration pursued a number of "whole of government" initiatives to advance the Everything Leftism that its staff brought with them into government. Some, like the initiative to promote union organizing, were highly publicized and formal. But others, like the online censorship regime the administration's more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Filed to Reduce Asthma-Causing Air Pollution in Three States * WASHINGTON-- The Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club filed a lawsuit today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's failure to ensure that counties in three states have effective plans for cleaning up sulfur dioxide air pollution. Approximately 40,000 people in Arizona, Tennessee an more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The National Fair Housing Alliance issued the following news release: * * * Leading Civil Rights Organizations Urge HUD to Uphold Fair Housing Protections Against Disparate Impact Rollbacks On Friday, a coalition of leading civil and human rights organizations issued a joint letter to Scott Turner, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), expressing grave concern over reports that the agency intends to abandon multiple fair housing investi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Mortgage Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * MBA Statement on FHFA Announcement on GSE Financing Enhancements * (202) 557-2727 WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 5, 2025) -- MBA's President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released the following statement on the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) announcement of an increase in the cap of allowable Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) investments in Low-Income Housing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Real Estate] -- The National Association of Home Builders posted the following news release on Aug. 5, 2025: * * * NAHB Applauds Move to Raise LIHTC Investment Cap for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Housing Finance 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 Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte announced that Fannie Mae and Fre more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2025: * * * Yeonsoo is Home With Her Family, All Arrests at Immigration Courts Must End New York, NY--Yesterday, Yeonsoo Go was released from ICE custody, five days after she was detained at 26 Federal Plaza at a routine court hearing. Despite following the proper legal process, she was sent to a federal detention facility in Louisiana after being detained on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza. more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The National Multifamily Housing Council issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2025: * * * NMHC Statement on FHFA Announcement that the LIHTC Cap Will be Raised NMHC is pleased to hear that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is authorizing each GSE to annually purchase up to $2 billion in Tax Credit Equity, an increase from their current $1 billion limit, for a combined increase of $2 billion. This significant move will improve housing affordability and expand more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * Planned Parenthood Condemns Trump Administration's Abortion Care Ban for Veterans and Their Families On Friday, the Trump administration issued a proposed rule that effectively bans all abortion care for veterans, and their dependents -- even in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the health of the pregnant patient. The proposed rule is a reversal of a Biden-era policy  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release: * * * Planned Parenthood Responds to Trump Administration Appeal of Court Decision in "Defunding" Case BOSTON -- Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah released the following statement after the Trump administration appealed a federal court decision blocking enforcement of the reconciliation law's provis more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Legislation to Stop Additional Agency Mass Layoffs * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation to block further mass layoffs at critical federal agencies. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced a trio of bills that would block purges at the Department of the Interior, the U more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 5 -- The Texas Freedom Network issued the following news release: * * * Texas Freedom Network Applauds Texas House Democrats Fighting for Our Voting Power via Quorum Break Over 51 Texas House Democrats have left the state, rendering the Texas House unable to conduct business. This action, known as a "quorum break," is in response to a mid-decade congressional redistricting bill. * AUSTIN, Texas -- Over 51 Texas House Democrats yesterday left the state, rendering the Texa more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 2 -- The Texas Freedom Network issued the following news release: * * * Texas House Committee Advances Redistricting Bill Seeking to Steal Texans' Voting Power TFN's Executive Director, Felicia Martin, joined hundreds of Texans in Austin to testify before the committee in opposition to House Bill 4, a mid-decade Texas redistricting effort. * AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas House Committee on Congressional Redistricting today advanced proposed redistricting legislation, House  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 5 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Approves Massive Expansion at Montana's Rosebud Coal Mine * Bozeman, MT -- The Interior Department today announced the approval of a massive expansion at Montana's Rosebud coal mine that will keep the mine open through 2039 and allow for the production of approximately 71 million tons of coal. The Rosebud expansion is the second largest federal coal mine e more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * The Trump Administration Gutting Solar for All Will Raise Costs for Families and Give More Money to Big Polluters In response to today's reports of the EPA's plan to rescind over $7 billion of Solar for All grants, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and Chispa issued the following statements: "The Trump administration gutting critical funding for community solar proj more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber Lauds Trump Administration's Drone Plan * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley issued the following statement in response to Secretary Sean Duffy's announcement today unveiling the Trump Administration's plan to unleash American drone dominance: "The Chamber applauds Secretary Duffy's leadership o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber, Grapevine Chamber Host U.S. Representative Beth Van Duyne for Roundtable on Tax Reform * GRAPEVINE, TX - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce recently hosted U.S. Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24) for a roundtable discussion in Grapevine, Texas with local business leaders on the pro-growth business tax provisions in President Trump more PR