WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- American Oversight issued the following news: * * * American Oversight Challenges IRS's "Ridiculous" Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Its Targeting of Harvard University The IRS claims all documents -- phone logs, calendar invites, etc. -- would reveal confidential tax return information. Docket Number 25-1585 * Wednesday, American Oversight filed its opposition (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26041558-american-oversight-v-irs-treasury-education-opposition-to- more PR

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Aug. 5 [Category: Energy] -- The American Nuclear Society posted the following news: * * * ANS names 2026 Congressional Fellows * Kasper Hayes The American Nuclear Society has officially selected two of its members to serve as its 2026 Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows. Alyssa Hayes and Benjamin Kasper will help the Society fulfill its strategic goal of enhancing nuclear policy by working in the halls of Congress, either in a congres more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 7 -- The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International issued the following news release: * * * AUVSI Applauds Release of Draft BVLOS Rule, Reinforcing Urgency Raised at Drone & AAM Policy Symposium The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) applauds the White House, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, and Transportation Security Administration for releasing the long-awaited draft rule, or Notice of Proposed more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * State and Local Policymakers Should Advance Policies Prioritizing Stability and Dignity to Solve Homelessness Punitive Policies Pushed by Cicero Institute and Trump Administration Are Expensive Failures By Mari Castaldi Our communities are safer when each person has a stable place to call home. Policies that improve access to housing assistance together with robust, voluntary servi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * State and Local Policymakers Should Invest in State-Funded Rental Assistance to Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis By Mari Castaldi Everyone needs and should have a place they can call home. Yet housing is unaffordable for more people than ever in the United States, including most low-income renters. For people with the lowest incomes, high housing costs stretch budgets fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * State-Funded Rental Assistance Can Reduce Homelessness and Increase Economic Security By Mari Castaldi and Urvi Patel Key Findings * Rental assistance increases housing stability and reduces homelessness * State policymakers should fund rental assistance programs alongside increasing housing supply and expanding tenant protections to comprehensively address housing affordability  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 7 -- ProgressNow Colorado, an advocacy organization, issued the following statement on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Colorado Faces Special Session To Address Trump Budget Disaster Trump's allies in the Colorado legislature owe the people the truth * DENVER: Responding to Gov. Polis' call for a special session primarily to address a billion-dollar deficit in this year's state budget created by federal cuts passed by Republicans in Washington and signed into law by President Don more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Corporate Handouts Soar as American Families Struggle to Buy Groceries * The Trump Tax Scam Hands Cash to Billion-Dollar Companies While More Than Half of Americans Are Stressed About Buying Groceries WASHINGTON, DC - Despite campaign promises to cut costs for working families, Presid more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * After New Tariffs, Trust Between the United States and India Is Running Low By Richard M. Rossow A U.S.-India trade agreement is about more than commerce. It is about security. In an effort to push India to cross unreasonable thresholds on agriculture market access, the Trump administration is depleting the reservoir of trust that both nations have painstakingly bui more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 5, 2025: * * * Benchmarking as a Path to International AI Governance By Ian Reynolds A recent CSIS report argues that an associational model of benchmarking can be a useful tool in AI governance. By integrating stakeholders across private and public sectors, as well as civil society, and emphasizing the associative potential of democracies, AI can be more transparent, responsible, more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Damage to Iran's Nuclear Program--Can It Rebuild? By Joseph Rodgers, Heather Williams and Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities on June 22, "Operation Midnight Hammer," policymakers and experts launched into a heated debate not only about the physical damage of the strikes but also about their impact on Ir more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * Let's Make a Deal By William Alan Reinsch The arrival of the August 1 trade deal deadline impels me to comment on how it all turned out. The truth is that it's too early to say how it all turned out, largely because it is clearly not over yet. Some large countries got extensions--Mexico and China. Countries that have a trade deficit with the United States got 10 per more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * Panama's Port Lawsuits Reshape Great Power Competition in the Americas: The Mulino Doctrine in Action By Carlos Ruiz-Hernandez and Ryan C. Berg On July 30, 2025, as the world's largest infrastructure deal teetered on the brink of collapse, Panama's Comptroller General Anel Flores walked into the Supreme Court and filed two lawsuits that redefined great power competi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 5, 2025: * * * Pressure at the Pump: Ukraine Resumes Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries By Clayton Seigle Ukraine resumed its drone strikes on Russian oil refineries last weekend, the latest salvo in a nearly 18-month military campaign to crimp Russian fuel supplies. The attacks are expected to further increase Russian retail gasoline prices, which are already nearing record highs, more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Trump Moves "Nuclear" Subs: Negotiating Tactic or Escalatory Gamble? By Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park Last week, former president of Russia and close Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev lashed out against the United States on X, once again reminding the world of Russia's nuclear capabilities--a pattern President Putin has followed repeatedly since the full-scale invasion more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- 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: * * * Immigration detention at all costs - including safety from natural disasters In response to the news that FEMA is reassigning employees to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director of Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * Fifty years after Hoffa, the Teamsters are still bad news * On July 30, 1975, James Riddle Hoffa--better known as Jimmy--went for lunch at a suburban Detroit diner. The former boss of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, notorious for his corruption and ties to the Mafia, was never seen alive again. Much has changed for the union in the intervening half-century, but despite t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release: * * * Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act * Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark law that transformed our nation and became a global model. This Act strengthened our country, fostering unity and understanding among diverse groups. Thurgood Marshall once noted that while Brown v. Board ended "Separate but Equal," his greatest triumph was Smith v. Allwrig more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations issued the following news release: * * * Israelis Settlers Murder 2nd American in 3 Weeks US Shows No Interest in Protecting Americans, Prosecuting Israelis Who Kill Them * The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America's umbrella group of Muslim associations, along with American Muslims, for the second time in three weeks calls US President Donald Trump to stop the Israeli government-inspired settler mayhem and killing more PR

HERNDON, Virginia, Aug. 6 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * Latest Tariff Developments * To see a comprehensive list of what tariffs are currently enacted, view our tariff tracker chart, which provides an easy-to-read overview of tariff impacts by country. View the Tariff Tracker Tariff Letters and Deals Below is an update of ongoing deals that have been announced so far. It is important to note that there are more details to com more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The American Immigration Council issued the following news release: * * * New Report Reveals Devastating Impact of Trump's Expanded Travel Ban * $715 Million in Taxes, $2.5 Billion in Spending Power at Risk WASHINGTON, DC, August 6 -- A new report released today by the American Immigration Council details the sweeping economic and humanitarian toll of the Trump administration's June 2025 travel ban, which restricts immigra more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 7 -- The Ohio Bankers League issued the following news on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * OBL-Backed Trigger Leads Bill Heads to President Trump Over the weekend, the US Senate unanimously passed the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808), a bipartisan bill aimed at protecting consumers from aggressive and unwanted mortgage solicitations. The legislation would amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the sale of mortgage applicant information--commonly known as "trigger more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * Palestine Legal, CAIR Announce Historic $100K Settlement from U of Maryland for Unlawfully Suppressing Pro-Palestinian Student Speech * Civil rights organization Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced a historic $100,000 settlement agreement for their client, University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine (UM more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 7 (TNSrpt) -- The Vision Council issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2025: * * * New Research from The Vision Council Delivers In-Depth Analysis of Q2 Vision Care Spending and Trends Alexandria, VA - Today, The Vision Council released new research revealing consumer trends across optical products and services for the second quarter of 2025. The report, Consumer inSights Q2 2025, highlights the views and behaviors of U.S. adults regarding vision correction,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's EPA Set to End $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy Projects * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has prepared over 60 letters to state agencies and community organizations across the country rescinding grants for the "Solar for All" program, which provides grants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollution, reduce electric bills for overburdened households, and u more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Trump's firing of BLS commissioner is undemocratic and economically dangerous Today, Trump directed his team to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) because he didn't like the jobs numbers they released. This is a move straight out of an autocratic playbook. BLS is one of the most respected statistical agencies in the world, known for its methodological rigor, independence, a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber, ChamberWest Host U.S. Representative Celeste Maloy for Roundtable on Tax Reform * WEST VALLEY CITY, UT - Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the ChamberWest Chamber of Commerce hosted U.S. Representative Celeste Maloy (R-UT-02) for a roundtable discussion in West Valley City, Utah with local business leaders on the pro-growth business tax provisions in President  more PR