WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * New $8M August Recess Campaign: Energy Affordability Advocates Hit House Republicans For Voting to Raise Energy Costs Leading energy affordability advocacy organizations today announced a new $8M investment to ensure that House Republicans are held accountable for their votes to raise energy costs for families while giving a tax break to oil and gas billionaires. Campaign t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The American Energy Alliance issued the following news release: * * * AEA Documents Over 200 Actions the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Have Taken to Unleash Our Energy Potential Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Trump, alongside congressional Republicans, has spearheaded a transformative agenda to secure American energy abundance, reduce costs for consumers, and bolster economic growth. Together, they have taken over 200 actions to u more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * What the U.S. Trade Deficit Really Means By Fred Ashton, Jacob Jensen, Claire Chen and Malin Moeller Executive Summary * On April 2, 2025 - dubbed "Liberation Day" by the Trump Administration - the president signed an executive order declaring that the "large and persistent" goods trade deficit constituted a threat to national security due, in part, to its role in "hollowing out" the U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSrpt) -- 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, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Executive Order Would Let Wall Street Line Its Pockets with Retirement Savings The Trump administration released an executive order that opens the door to private equity firms accessing the retirement savings o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Political] (TNSrpt) -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * ATR Releases Empower Patients Initiative By Vance Ginn Today, Americans for Tax Reform released the Empower Patients Initiative, co-authored by Vance Ginn, Ph.D., staff economist at ATR, president of Ginn Economic Consulting, and former Chief Economist at the White House Office of Management and Budget under President Trump, and Deane Waldman, M.D., M.B.A., a nationally recogn more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued the following news on Aug. 5, 2025: * * * AU files 2nd lawsuit against Trump admin. over Anti-Christian Bias Task Force As part of an investigation into the Trump administration's dangerous Anti-Christian Bias Task Force, Americans United for Separation of Church and State today filed a federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State. The lawsuit explains that the department is vio more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Consumer Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * Banks Respond to Executive Order to Promote Financial Services Access * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Consumer Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, American Bankers Association, and Financial Services Forum issued a statement today responding to President Donald J. Trump's Executive Order (EO) to promote access to financial services in America: "Today's Executive O more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Financial Services] -- The American Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * Banks Respond to Executive Order to Promote Financial Services Access * WASHINGTON -- The American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Consumer Bankers Association and Financial Services Forum issued a statement today responding to President Donald Trump's Executive Order to promote access to financial services in America. "Today's Executive Order helps e more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls on U.S. to Cut Ties with Anti-Muslim Mercenary Leading GHF Security in Gaza, Shut Down Mass Murdering Group * Doctors Without Borders report says Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution points are 'sites of orchestrated killing and dehumanization. " (WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/7/2025) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR in the News, August 7, 2025 * CAIR-CA: Padilla Criticized for Continuing to Support Military Aid to Israel While Gaza Starves - San Fernando Valley Sun The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned the local senators for voting to continue "arming  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Says WHO Report of 12,000 Gaza Children Under Five Being Starved to Death by Israel 'Should Shock the World's Conscience,' Lead to Action * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said a statemen by the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) that some 12,000 c more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-MA Welcomes Massachusetts City's Vote to Divest from Companies Profiting from Israel's Gaza Genocide * The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the state's leading Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed passage of a "Values-Aligned Local Investments Ordinance" by Medford, Massachusetts, barring i more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Center for Economic and Policy Research issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * Trump Executive Order Would Encourage Risky Bets for Retirement Accounts Today, President Trump is expected to sign a long-awaited executive order allowing private equity and crypto investments in 401(k) retirement accounts. In response, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Co-Director Eileen Appelbaum issued the following statement: "It is no wonder why the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * The Republican Agenda's Triple Threat to Black Households' Economic Well-Being By Gbenga Ajilore The Trump Administration and Republican majorities in both houses of Congress are advancing a three-pronged policy agenda that will deliver particular harm to the Black community. The recently enacted Republican megabill doubles down on costly tax cuts skewed to wealthy, disproportionate more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Trump Administration Poised to Cut SSI Benefits for Nearly 400,000 Low-Income Disabled and Older People By Kathleen Romig and Devin O'Connor The Trump Administration is preparing to propose a rule to cut Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and strip eligibility for hundreds of thousands of low-income older people and severely disabled adults and children./[1] Under the rule more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * What Is a Legal Deferral Under the Impoundment Control Act? As the name suggests, the Impoundment Control Act (ICA) helped reinforce Congress's control over the executive branch's spending of funds and provided an explicit pathway for the President to request that lawfully provided funds either be temporarily paused ("withheld" or "deferred") or permanently taken back by Congress ("r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- 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 on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * CORNYN SAYS FBI WILL HUNT DOWN TEXAS DEMOCRATS BLOCKING GERRYMANDERED MAPS AUSTIN-- In an alarming escalation of Texas Republicans' efforts to ram through gerrymandered electoral maps at President Trump's behest, Senator John Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * How Tariffs Could Derail the United States' $3 Trillion AI Buildout By Philip Luck On Wednesday, Trump proposed a 100 percent tariff on semiconductors that could raise the cost of AI servers by as much as 75 percent, disrupting data center economics and pricing smaller firms out of frontier AI development. Current and proposed tariff policies already threaten $75-10 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * What Trump's Submarine Threat and Russia's INF Exit Really Mean By Heather Williams Social media is again the preferred platform for nuclear signaling. On August 1, Trump announced in a social media post that he was ordering two U.S. nuclear submarines "to be positioned in the appropriate regions" in response to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's "inflammato more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, Aug. 7 [Category: Environment] -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Despite CWD Outbreak, Forest Service Keeps Elk Feedgrounds Alive Short-term reauthorization ignores clear signal to end artificial feeding at Dell Creek and Forest Park * PINEDALE, WY -- Yesterday, the U.S. Forest Service issued a draft Record of Decision (ROD) reauthorizing Wyoming's controversial Dell Creek and Forest Park elk feedgrounds through 2028, ensuring the con more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- 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 on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * Immigrant Justice Groups Across Indiana and the Country Decry Detention Expansion in the Midwest Indianapolis, IN -- Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it has entered into an agreement with Indiana to detain up to 1,000 people in Immig more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release: * * * Termination of EPA's Solar for All Grants Betrays Public Health, Energy Justice, and Economic Opportunity The Environmental Protection Network denounces in the strongest terms the abrupt and arbitrary efforts to terminate EPA's $7 billion Solar for All program, a vital initiative designed to deliver affordable, resilient solar energy to nearly one million low-income households across every state, t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * EPA Rescinds Solar For All Funding * Washington, D.C. \- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator posted a video on social media, announcing the agency will 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  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Energy] -- Growth Energy, a trade association that represents ethanol producers, issued the following news release: * * * Ethanol for America Act Would Make It Easier for Retailers to Offer E15 * WASHINGTON, D.C.--Growth Energy, the nation's largest biofuel trade association, welcomed the introduction today of the Ethanol for America Act--a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would simplify labeling and infrastructure requirements for fuel retailers seeking to offer more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 8 -- 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: * * * 'South Park' creators are 'Secularists of the Week' for lampooning Christian nationalism FFRF Action Fund's "Secularists of the Week" are "South Park" masterminds Trey Parker and Matt Stone for their bold satire of Christian nati more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 8 -- 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: * * * Army Secretary 'Theocrat of the Week' for placing West Point crest on academy bibles FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrat of the Week" is Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll for ordering the return of the official West Point crest to bibles di more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 8 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF excoriates Trump admin's anti-science assaults on public health and environment * * * * * * The Trump administration continues to wreak havoc on public health and the environment. "Health" Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. deplorably announced this week that he will end mRNA contracts for flu and Covid vaccinations. Health and Human Services declared "a more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * Free webinar: School library leaders share stories of impact and action * Sharing Our Stories: School Libraries As many students are heading back to school, it is important for all community members to embrace and advocate for our students' intellectual freedom and access to school libraries staffed by professional school librarians. Please join American Library As more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 8 (TNSrep) -- The Georgia Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * Georgia Chamber Publishes Seventh Report on the Impact of Tariffs on Georgia's Economy ATLANTA - Today, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce announced the publication of its seventh tariff report, Strategic Trade Shifts & Georgia's Outlook. The report was released following the Trump Administration's August 1 deadline for countries to reach trade deals with the United State more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Greenpeace USA, an organization that says it uses protest and confrontation to expose environmental problems and promote solutions, issued the following news release: * * * Greenpeace USA Condemns U.S.-Cook Islands Deep-Sea Mining Talks as Backdoor Push for Extraction In response to the announcement that the United States has begun discussions with the government of the Cook Islands to support research into seabed exploration and "responsible development" within the Cook more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Human Rights First Condemns Radical Changes to the State Department's Annual Human Rights Reports Human Rights First condemns the far-reaching cuts and politically driven revisions the Trump administration has reportedly made to the State Department's soon to be released annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. These changes strip out vital information that has long been part of these reports, including whether more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Independent Community Bankers of America posted the following news release: * * * ICBA Statement on Executive Order on Ensuring Access to Fair Banking * Washington, D.C. (Aug. 7, 2025)-- Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today's executive order from President Donald Trump on ensuring fair banking for all Americans. "Community banks are built to pro more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Investment Company Institute issued the following news release: * * * ICI Applauds Executive Order To Increase Access to Private Markets for Everyday Americans * Washington, DC; August 7, 2025 -- Today, Investment Company Institute (ICI) President and CEO Eric J. Pan released the following statement regarding President Trump's executive order encouraging increased access to private market investments for American retirement investors.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Independent Women Welcomes Back May Mailman Following Her Pivotal White House Service President Trump's former Deputy Assistant and Senior Policy Strategist returns to lead Independent Women's Law Center, where she will drive game-changing policies, advance unique legal perspectives around key issues, and support wronged individuals to bring justice.  * After shaping so more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- 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: * * * JD VANCE VISITS INDIANA TO STRONG-ARM REPUBLICANS INTO REDRAWING MAPS INDIANAPOLIS--Vice President JD Vance visited Indiana today to pressure Governor Mike Braun and state legislative leaders to redraw Indiana's congressional maps and tip the s more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Judge Hits Everglades Detention Center With Temporary Restraining Order * MIAMI-- A federal judge today sided with conservation groups and granted a temporary restraining order ordering the state of Florida and the Trump administration to stop further construction of the mass detention center in Big Cypress National Preserve known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The injunction me more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 7 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Judge Hits I.C.E Everglades Detention Center with Temporary Restraining Order * Miami, FL -- A federal judge today sided with conservation groups and granted a temporary restraining order ordering the state of Florida and the Trump administration to stop further construction of the mass detention center in Big Cypress National Preserve. The injunction means that new construc more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 7 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Juez Emite Restriccion Temporal Que Ordena Detener Construccion de Centro de Detencion de Everglades * Miami, FL -- Hoy, un juez federal fallo a favor de grupos conservacionistas y otorgo una orden de restriccion temporal que ordena al estado de Florida y a la administracion Trump detener la construccion del centro de detencion masivo en la Reserva Nacional Big Cypress, conoci more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Aims to Protect Rare Southeastern Pinesnake * WASHINGTON-- The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today for failing to protect the Florida pinesnake under the Endangered Species Act. The pinesnake lives in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. "These amazing snakes are hidden gems of the Southeast, but if they don't get Endangered more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Aug. 6, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * Back in Your Lane, Bureaucrats: 'Endangerment' Rollback Restores Sense to EPA By Judge Glock When Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970, climate change wasn't on anyone's mind. Yet under an Obama-era decision known as the "Endangerment Finding," the Environmental Protection Agency has claimed authority under the act to micromanage large parts of the Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Managed Funds Association posted the following news release: * * * MFA statement on White House executive order expanding 401(k) access to alternatives investment * Washington, D.C. - MFA issued the following statement from President and CEO, Bryan Corbett, regarding the White House executive order on expanding 401(k) access to alternative investments: "We look forward to working with the Trump Administration on a thoughtful framewor more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 8 -- The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * EPA Must Repeal Biden-Era Power Plant Rule Expeditiously to Reduce Crippling Uncertainty, Protect Reliability ARLINGTON, Va. - National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Jim Matheson today issued the following statement after providing written comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to repeal the Biden-era power plant rule. "R more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Applauds President's Executive Order Ending Banking Discrimination * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, applauds President Donald Trump's signing today at The White House the Executive Order Guaranteeing Free and Fair Banking for All Americans. Today's executive order enforces a firearm industry priority to end banking discri more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 8 -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * PESP warns Trump's Executive Order opening 401(k)s to private equity poses significant risks to working Americans' retirement savings Executive Order could benefit Wall Street firms while exposing retirement savers to higher fees, poor returns, and hidden risks * Today, President Donald Trump is signing an Executive Order that could expose the retirement savings of millions o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Quantifying the Wins: CFPB Rollbacks, Patent Fees, NPR, and State-Level Shifts on The Leave Us Alone Podcast On this week's episode of The Leave Us Alone Podcast, Grover Norquist was joined by ATR experts, Mike Palicz and James Erwin to discuss the immediate impacts of President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill on the American economy. Later, they sound the alarm on hidden regulatory threats  more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Aug. 8 -- Rand issued the following commentary on Aug. 7, 2025, to Foreign Policy magazine: * * * Leashing Chinese AI Needs Smart Chip Controls By Kyle Chan and Ray Wang China's stunning achievements in AI have one glaring weak spot: access to compute--the raw processing power that fuels AI and relies on large volumes of advanced semiconductors. The United States currently has a tenfold advantage over China in total compute capacity, a gap that may only widen over t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Condemns the Trump Administration Ripping Away Abortion Care from U.S. Veterans * Washington, DC -- Last week, the Trump administration took action to roll back abortion care access for U.S. veterans, limiting care only to those who are on the verge of death. The administration quietly released a proposed rule t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Endorses Rep. Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey Governor * Washington, DC -- Today, Reproductive Freedom for All announced its endorsement of Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill in her bid for New Jersey governor. Since the fall of Roe, abortion access has been decimated across the country. Electing Democratic governors h more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Energy] -- The Renewable Fuels Association posted the following news release: * * * RFA Submits Comments Supporting EPA's Proposed RFS Volumes for 2026, 2027 * Comments Also Urge EPA to Modify Import Provisions, Maintain High Standard on Small Refinery Exemptions In detailed comments submitted today to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Renewable Fuels Association expressed strong support for EPA's proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2026 a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Energy] -- The Renewable Fuels Association posted the following news release: * * * RFA Thanks Lawmakers for Bills Removing Outdated E15 Roadblocks * The Renewable Fuels Association today thanked Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) for leading the introduction of the bipartisan Ethanol for America Act in the Senate and House, which would require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fina more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Secretary Wright Lays Bare Administration Plans to Tamper with Past Climate Science Reports * WASHINGTON--According to news reports, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright has publicly laid bare the administration's plans to alter previous National Climate Assessment (NCA) reports. The NCA is a quadrennial report mandated by Congress since 1 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Semiconductor Industry Association posted the following news release: * * * SIA Statement on Semiconductor Tariffs Announcement * Thursday, Aug 07, 2025, 3:45pm by Semiconductor Industry Association WASHINGTON--August 7, 2025--The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer regarding President Trump's semiconductor tariff announcement. The semiconductor in more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Siccing the FBI On State Lawmakers Who Oppose Trump's Agenda Sets Dangerous Authoritarian Precedent * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced that the FBI has agreed to track down Texas state lawmakers who left the state to resist state Republicans' efforts to ram through new gerrymandered electoral maps at President Trump's demand. Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Publi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * TechNet Comments on BIS 232 National Security Investigation on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Letter Emphasizes the Need to Address Emerging Threats While Minimizing Supply Chain Disruptions, Protecting America's Global Competitiveness * TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of tech industry CEOs and sen more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * TechNet Leads Industry Letter Urging the Administration to Consider Potential Impacts on America's AI Ecosystem When Weighing Additional Semiconductor Tariffs TechNet and CCIA Letter Underscores the Importance of American Leadership on AI and Support for Bringing Manufacturing Back to the U.S. * TechNe more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * test * Sharing Our Stories: School Libraries As many students are heading back to school, it is important for all community members to embrace and advocate for our students' intellectual freedom and access to school libraries staffed by professional school librarians. Please join American Library Association President Sam Helmick and American Association of School  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * The disappearing court packers * Once just the fever dream of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s, adding justices to the Supreme Court--i.e.: "court packing"--was resurrected by left-leaning advocacy nonprofits in 2020. In 2023, more than 40 such groups coalesced within Just Majority, a new intersectional amalgam that tried to fabricate the appearance of broad public s more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * The Trump Crypto Scheme: Profits, Power, and Payoffs * We're exposing how Donald Trump has used the power of the presidency to pad his bottom line, and how regular Americans are paying the price. Corruption in Plain Sight Since Day 1 of his second term, Donald Trump has abused the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Creates Tariff Loophole for Apple and Potentially His Own Cellphone Company * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Trump announced 100% tariffs on semiconductors (including cellphones and parts) would go into effect with an important and ill-defined exception: In the Oval Office alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook, who presented Trump with a gift of 24-karat gold and glass engraved with his name, Trum more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * Trump Hands Over Americans' Retirements to Private Equity and Crypto Scams * Washington, D.C. -- Following news that President Trump will sign an executive order today that will allow private equity, real estate, cryptocurrency and other alternative assets in 401(k)s -- following an intense lobbying effort from industry interests -- the American Economic Liberties P more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump to Nominate Stephen Miran to Federal Reserve Board * WASHINGTON -- President Trump today indicated he will nominate Stephen Miran, who currently serves as Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Miran will fill the vacancy left by Adriana Kugler for four months while the administration considers who to appoint to the seat for a fu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [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: * * * Trump's EO on Private Market Investments in 401(k)s puts Wall Street Over Main Street * WASHINGTON, D.C.--Benjamin Schiffrin, Director of Securities Policy for Better Markets, issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order pro more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release: * * * Statement: Congress passes bipartisan protections for homebuyers' data privacy New law to help cut down on spam offers when shopping for mortgages * Congress has passed the bipartisan Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act. This legislation will crack down on "trigger leads," a term for loan applicants whose information has been sold by credit bureaus, often, without their consent. When a prosp more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Travel] -- The U.S. Travel Association posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Travel Association Applauds Creation of White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics * The U.S. Travel Association today announced the launch of the America's Sports and Travel Mega Event Coalition (ASTMEC)--a national alliance of sports, travel and business leaders dedicated to helping the United States successfully host a once-in-a-generation slate of global sporting eve more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- United Against Nuclear Iran issued the following news release: * * * UANI Impact: U.S. Treasury Department Acts on UANI's Recommendation to Sanction Corrupt Iranian Magnate (New York, NY) - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) Chairman Governor Jeb Bush and CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released the following statement today after the Trump administration announced the biggest Iran-related sanctions package since 2018 targeting corrupt regime-linked shipping magnates. "UAN more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- 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: * * * VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY: SEATTLE RESIDENTS RENEW FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND DEMOCRACY PROGRAM SEATTLE -- On Tuesday, Seattle voters renewed the Democracy Vouchers program, a first-of-its-kind program that gives every eligible Seattle resident four $25 vou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Watchdog: Trump Order Allowing Bitcoin In 401(k) Accounts Likely A Boon to Trump Family, Potential Disaster for Working Families * Washington D.C. -- Today, cryptocurrency and Bitcoin prices surged as President Trump was expected to sign an executive order allowing 401(k) accounts to in more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following news release: * * * What the U.S. Trade Deficit Really Means * On April 2, President Trump issued an executive order imposing new tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), in part to combat what he called a "large and persistent" goods trade deficit which, he argues, harms national security. In a new insight, Director of Competition Policy Fred Ashton, Trade Policy Analyst  more PR