WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Advisory: Fight the Trump Takeover Announces National Day of Action * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Texas for All Coalition, along with national partners and state organizations, announced a National Day of Action on Saturday, August 16 to fight back against the Trump takeover across the country, with coverage by NBC. The Texas House Democrats are denying quorum to stop the Trump takeover  more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Alarm Over Trump Administration's Attempt to Rewrite History and Strip Truth from Exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution * (WASHINGTON) -- PEN America said today it was alarmed by the Trump administration's sweeping review of exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution, fearing it will rewr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The American Fintech Council, an organization that says it promotes a transparent, inclusive, and customer-centric financial system, issued the following news release: * * * American Fintech Council (AFC) Joins Dozens of Industry and Business Leaders in Urging White House to Block Anti-Consumer Data Access Fees Coalition of fintech providers and business leaders calls on President Trump to block data access fees that threaten consumer choice and competition * The Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- 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: * * * DOL Eases Path for Private Equity to Exploit Retirement Accounts The Department of Labor's hasty decision to rescind its 2021 guidance that warned plan fiduciaries about the risks of private equity and other alternative asse more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Appeals Court Reverses Order Directing Trump Administration to Spend Foreign Assistance Funds * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction that had directed the Trump Administration to spend congressionally appropriated foreign assistance funds. The ruling came in response to a legal challenge filed by Public Citizen Litigation Group o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Action Texas, CAIR-Texas Condemn Racist, Anti-Muslim Attacks on Rep. Salman Bhojani, Urge Texas Leaders to Hold Colleagues Accountable * The Council on American-Islamic Relations Action (CAIR Action) Texas and CAIR-Texas condemn recent social media attacks by Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French targeting Representative Salman Bhojani, one of the first America more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns 'Glaring Omission' of Gaza Genocide in State Department Human Rights Report * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the "glaring omission" of the Gaza genocide from the U.S. State Department's latest Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, calling the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR, CAIR-NY Encourages Mass Turnout at NYC Rally Against Gaza Genocide on Aug. 16th * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its New York chapter (CAIR-NY) today encouraged all those who oppose genocide and support Palestinian human rights to turn out for an August 16 'Stop Starving Gaza" rally against Israel's genocide in Gaza sponsored by the AN more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 14 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * Persistent inflation gives Jay Powell a headache By John Phelan Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in July, after rising 0.3 percent in June...Over more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * Back & Forth 5: Do Export Controls Erode the United States' Lead--Or Protect It? By Marco Macchiavelli, Navin Girishankar and Matthew S. Borman The Economic Security and Technology Department's Back & Forth is a commentary series that aims to surface debates on economic security and technology issues that deserve more attention. Through contrasting viewpoints--oft more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * EDF Strongly Opposes Trump Administration Proposals to Eliminate Protections for Air Pollution from Power Plants * (Washington, D.C. - August 13, 2025) Environmental Defense Fund filed comments strongly objecting to two unlawful and dangerous proposed actions by the Trump EPA - part of a suite of recent administration actions attacking safeguards against pollution that, if suc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Eight Ways Trump's Back-to-School Tax Is Harming Hardworking American Families * New Analysis from Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation Shows Families Will Pay $160 More to Pack Lunch Boxes and 40% More for School Supplies, Thanks to Trump's Policies WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Fou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Ethics Watchdogs Demand Investigations into Treasury Secretary Bessent's Potential Conflicts of Interest and Ethics Violations * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Democracy Defenders Fund (DDF) today formally requested that the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Inspector General launch investigations into Tr more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 -- The Jewish Council for Public Affairs issued the following news release: * * * Federalizing the DC Police: What Happened, Why It Matters, and How Communities Can Respond This week, Washington, DC experienced an unprecedented federal intervention when President Donald Trump took control of the city's police department and deployed the DC National Guard. The move has sparked urgent conversations about legality, precedent, and what it could mean for other cities the Presiden more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 14 -- 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 warns of coordinated push to enforce the Comstock Act The FFRF Action Fund is raising the alarm about a coordinated anti-abortion campaign to revive a 19th-century law with the aim of blocking the mailing of abor more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 13 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * How Medicaid cuts could worsen cybersecurity at rural hospitals * As journalists and experts analyze the impact of the "One Big Beautiful Bill," which includes more than $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, one area to follow is cybersecurity resources for small and rural hospitals. Two senators made headlines recently for asking the Trump adm more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on Aug. 12, 2025: * * * Human Rights First Says Alaska Summit Must Deliver Justice, Not Impunity The Alaska summit this Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin must not sideline human rights or justice for victims of Russia's war on Ukraine. "Any deal that lets Russia off the hook for war crimes is not peace--it's a green light for the next massacre," said Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [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: * * * ICYMI: Democracy Forward's Commitment to the People and Communities in the District of Columbia as President Trump Overreaches * Democracy Forward President & CEO Skye Perryman : "If this can happen in one city, it can happen in any city or communi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Consumer Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: New Op-Ed Highlights Consumer Harm of Section 1033 Data Sharing; Applauds Trump Administration for Taking Corrective Action * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jeff Patch, a former Des Moines Register correspondent and POLITICO staff writer, recently published an op-ed in RealClearMarkets highlighting the consumer harm of the Dodd-Frank Act's Section 1033 rule would have if more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Political] -- EMILYs List issued the following news release: * * * NEW POLLING: Understanding Issues that Matter to Women Voters is Central to Democrats' Success in Midterms * WASHINGTON, D.C. -New national polling from Impact Research on behalf of EMILYs List Action gives insight into the breadth and depth of Americans' current economic struggles, the anger they have toward the current state of politics under a second Trump administration, and what they're loo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Celebrates Oklahoma's Gov. Kevin Stitt Signing FIND Act into Law * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, celebrated Oklahoma's Gov. Kevin Stitt signing SB 500, the NSSF-priority Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act, yesterday in Oklahoma City. The law prohibits state agencies and local government entities from entering more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Business] -- The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council issued the following news release: * * * SBE Council Statement: President Trump's Executive Order on 401(k)s Builds Retirement Wealth and Small Business Growth * NEWS Washington, D.C. - Today, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) issued a statement in support of President Trump's Executive Order on "Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors." The followi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Southern California Butterfly Declared Endangered Species Candidate * SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously today to declare the Quino checkerspot butterfly a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, granting protections for the small butterfly as the state conducts further review. Today's decision comes afte more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Aug. 13 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for August 12th, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly Guest Editorial: One of These Things Is Not Like the Others Stephen A. Martin, MD, EdM, FAAFP, FASAM This guest editorial is part one of a two-part series on drug testing. Over the past decade, addiction practice in America has been slowly evolving from an abstinence-based to more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 13 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Thirteen years without Austin Tice: RSF calls on US, Syria to explain search efforts for missing journalist * Despite promises, neither the US nor Syrian governments have been transparent about what they know or what they're doing to find journalist Austin Tice, who was kidnapped while reporting near Damascus 13 years ago. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges both the Trump administration  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 13 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * Trucking Industry Calls on EPA to Delay and Reconsider Federal NOx Standard * Aug 13, 2025 Washington -- A coalition of trucking associations today called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to delay implementation of its heavy-duty NOx rule until 2031, citing substantial added costs amid already-existing economic and operational pressures facing th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Political] (TNSrpt) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Puts Big Tech Above the Law Amid Industry's Billion-Dollar Influence Campaign * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump administration has already dropped or halted one third of targeted enforcement actions against technology corporations in its first six months in office, a new report from Public Citizen found. The retreat from enforcement follows massive spending by the tech corporation more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 13 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * White House Extends Current China Tariff Rates for 90 Days * On August 11, President Donald Trump signed an executive order delaying the reinstatement of higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods for another 90 days, extending the current pause until mid-November. The order came just hours before the suspension was set to expire, providing temporary stability f more PR