WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2025: * * * AFPI Supports Ending the Abuse of Cashless Bail Policies Today, August 25, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/taking-steps-to-end-cashless-bail-to-protect-americans/) to end cashless bail for individuals whose pending criminal charges or criminal history demonstrate a clear ongoing risk to public saf more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 26 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * ATA's Statement on Secretary Duffy's ELP Enforcement Announcement * Aug 26, 2025 Washington -- Today, following U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's announcement on new actions being taken to enforce English proficiency requirements for commercial truck operators, American Trucking Associations President & CEO Chris Spear issued this sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Says Amb. Huckabee Must Stop Turning His 'Israel First' Religious Beliefs into Government Policy After Remarks to Israeli Rabbis * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today CAIR said Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee's statements to rabbis confuse his personal religious belief more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Welcomes World's Largest Wealth Fund Decision to Divest from Caterpillar Over Gaza Genocide * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a decision by Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund, the world's largest, to divest from construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Aug. 25, 2025: * * * The 19th Amendment and the Lincoln Project The 19th News takes its name from the women's suffrage amendment. As 19th News has reported, the Lincoln Project has had some lady troubles. By Ken Braun This Sunday is the anniversary of a demonstration that led directly to women's suffrage--the right to vote. And 99 years later it led to the creation of the 19th News, a center-left nonprofit more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 25, 2025: * * * The NeverEnding Story By William Alan Reinsch With apologies to the movie of the same name (dating myself here), the Trump administration is in the process of producing its own never-ending story where the plot involves the numerous trade negotiations that have been underway for months. Today, I want to examine that process a bit more closely by looking primarily  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2025: * * * The Risks of U.S. Deep-Sea Mining By Harrison Pretat and Monica Sato As demand for critical minerals surges amid fears of overreliance on Chinese supplies, the United States has begun taking steps to secure access to the vast stores of minerals on the seabed. With international negotiations on seabed mining under the International Seabed Authority (ISA) stalled, W more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2025: * * * The Russia Oil Surcharge: Anticipating the Benefits and Challenges By Clayton Seigle This Commentary builds on the previously proposed surcharge mechanism designed to drive Russian oil revenues lower. In short, the U.S. government would impose a fee on Russia's oil customers, like India, in exchange for waiving strong new secondary tariffs. This approach is desig more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 25, 2025: * * * Securing the U.S. Industrial Base in Semiconductors: Investing in a National Champion By Sujai Shivakumar, Charles Wessner and Chris Borges The Trump administration's decision to support Intel as a national champion in chipmaking is a recognition of an economic security reality: Industrial policy has become the norm across advanced economies. Around the world, gov more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 25, 2025: * * * The Trump Administration Wants to Establish a UN Support Office in Haiti--Now What? By Georges A. Fauriol The announcement late last week of a Trump administration plan to move forward with a push in the UN Security Council to establish a UN Support Office in Haiti is significant. The immediate policy backdrop is two developments requiring action: On the security  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSrep) -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * New report finds that low-income families of color are especially vulnerable to the next recession The Great Recession and the pandemic recession hit low-income families of color especially hard--pushing many into unemployment, poverty, and housing insecurity, according to a new Economic Policy Institute report (https://www.epi.org/publication/the-last-two-recessions-have-hit-low-income-fami more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [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: * * * Federal Reserve Chair Powell & Wall Street's CEOs Must Oppose Trump's Illegal and Dangerous Firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Dennis M. Kelleher, Co-founder, President, and CEO, issued the following statement regarding the un more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Groundwork's Jacquez Slams Trump's Politically Motivated Lawfare Against the Fed * # After President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, Groundwork Collaborative's Chief of Policy and Advocacy Alex Jacquez reacted with the following statement: "Far from furthering his goal of lower interest rates, Trump's att more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Club for Growth, an advocacy organization, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: New CfG Ad Urges Indiana Lawmakers to Counter Newsom's Gerrymandering Scheme In case you missed it, Club for Growth released a new ad calling on members of the Indiana Legislature to redraw the state's congressional maps to counteract Gavin Newsom's efforts to rig the midterm elections and thwart President Trump's agenda. In addition to the ad, Club for Growth is engaging in grass more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2025: * * * InfluenceWatch Podcast #376: Correcting the Record: Why the Smithsonian Needs Oversight By Sarah Lee and Michael Watson The Smithsonian Institution, the federal government-created and funded entity that manages the national museums in D.C., is under a very political review courtesy of the Trump administration. Progressives decry the move as improper interference in what is supposed to b more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Interior Halts Revolution Wind Project * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Department of the Interior ordered a halt to construction on the Revolution Wind project offshore of Rhode Island and Connecticut. The project is nearly 80 percent complete and set to provide power to customers in the two states starting next year. Once completed, Revolution more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 26 [Category: Education] -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following news release: * * * Labor Leaders, Advocacy Groups Announce Plans for Labor Day Rally & March on Sept. 1 * Chicago, IL-- A coalition of labor, advocacy, and community groups announced their plan today to hold a Labor Day Rally and March on Labor Day to stand united against the Trump-led billionaire takeover of government and threat to occupy Chicago unlawfully. The event will begin at the Haymarke more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 26 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Members of Congress Urge Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to Reject BP's Ultra-deepwater Oil Drilling Proposal in Gulf of Mexico * Washington, D.C. -- Members of Congress sent a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today urging the federal agency to reject BP's new, proposed ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico. The letter was led by R more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Government/Public Administration] (TNSrep) -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * New Accountable.US Report Reveals How Trump's Tariffs Are Hiking Grocery Prices * Nation's Major Grocers Cite Tariffs For Increased Grocery Prices, While Trump Gives Tax Breaks to Giant Corporations WASHINGTON, DC - New research from Accountable.US finds that Trump's tariffs more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Files Letter with Federal Trade Commission Urging Examination of Biden-Era Abuses * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson urging the FTC to support President Donald Trump's Executive Order Protecting Second Amendment Rights by conducting a thorough r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2025: * * * Nutrition advocates call on USDA to immediately halt proposed reorganization Planned changes will reduce staff expertise, performance, and productivity, groups say * Today, 17 members of the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity coalition submitted a joint comment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture opposing the Trump administration's proposed reorganizatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Business] -- Open Markets Institute posted the following news release: * * * Open Markets Institute and Revolving Door Project Debunk the "Abundance" Agenda & Propose Alternative, Shared-Power & Prosperity Approach * The Open Markets Institute and the Revolving Door Project released a comprehensive joint report on the policy underpinnings of the so-called "abundance agenda," an economic agenda popularized by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson in their recent book Ab more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 26 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * OPM Announces End of Gender-Affirming Care Coverage in FEHB for 2026 * The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued new guidance notifying carriers that gender-affirming care will no longer be covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program beginning in plan year 2026. This follows earlier g more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 26 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * OPM Cancels Annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey * The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has canceled the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) for 2025, which it had previously postponed. In an August 15 memorandum to agency chief human capital officers (CHCO), OPM cited President Trump's "realignment of the fe more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 (TNSrpt) -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Oxfam reaction to IPC report confirming famine in Gaza Governorate Reacting to the Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) report published today (https://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/IPC_Gaza_Strip_Acute_Food_Insecurity_Malnutrition_July_Sept2025_Special_Snapshot.pdf) confirming a famine in Gaza Governorate which is predicted to expand to Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 26 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * State agriculture departments encouraged by EU trade negotiation progress * Press Release ARLINGTON, Va. -- Following Thursday's joint trade agreement framework announcement between the U.S. and EU, NASDA CEO Ted McKinney weighed in on what the outlined agreement's impact could mean for agriculture. "NASDA appl more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Attempt to Fire Lisa Cook is an Authoritarian Power Grab * WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump late Monday unlawfully attempted to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Statement from Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen: "This action is an authoritarian power grab that blatantly violates the Federal Reserve Act. The Fed is designed to be independent of politics.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber, Mason City Chamber Host U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson for Roundtable on Tax Reform * MASON CITY, IA - Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Mason City Chamber of Commerce hosted U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) for a roundtable discussion in Mason City, Iowa with local business leaders on the pro-growth business tax provisions in President Trump more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Whistleblower Reveals Trump/Musk's DOGE has Breached Safeguards Protecting Sensitive Social Security Data * WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Whistleblowers has revealed that DOGE staffers, including 19-year-old Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, were involved in copying the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans onto a vulnerable cloud server, bypassing critical security monitoring that ens more PR