WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * 200+ Groups Call on Schumer, Dems to Reject Any Funding Bill Without Rescissions Ban * "With fundamental issues of public health, safe food and clean water on the line, Schumer and Senate Democrats must stand firm." Washington - In a letter sent to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer this morning, more than 200 organizations from around the country demanded that Senate Democrats op more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * 2026 Appropriations Must Protect Against Further Partisan Cuts and Illegal Withholding of Funds * Fiscal year 2026 begins in less than a month, on October 1. Congress routinely finalizes funding levels for the roughly one-quarter of the federal budget funded by annual appropriations only after the fiscal year begins, and 2026 will be no exception. What is exceptional a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * 50 NY Groups Urge Schumer to Block Trump's Budget Gimmick * Groups warn partisan "rescissions" could slash funding for education, healthcare, clean water, safe food, and housing New York, NY -- 50 New York organizations -- including Make the Road New York, Citizen Action of New York, New York Communities for Change, the New York Progressive Action Network, Assemble Long Island, and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * As Miran Hearing Gets Underway, Groundwork Highlights How Trump's Attacks on the Fed Will Drive Up Costs for Working Families * # Today, the Senate Banking Committee is holding a confirmation hearing for Dr. Stephen Miran, President Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. One of the intellectual architects behind T more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 4 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * ATA Praises Trump Administration for Moving to Protect Independent Contractors * Washington -- Today, following the release of the U.S. Department of Labor's spring regulatory agenda, American Trucking Associations President & CEO Chris Spear applauded the Trump Administration for announcing its intention to rescind the destructive independent contractor rule more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and global sustainability challenges, posted the following news release: * * * Business groups support U.S. governors' push for affordable clean vehicles * On the same day two new states today announced plans to join the Affordable Clean Cars Coalition, two business networks issued a letter voicing their  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Letter Calls on U.S. Media to Show Video of Children, Others Massacred in Israeli Attacks on Gaza City * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a letter to America's largest media outlets calling on them to consistently broadcast video footage of the Israeli government' more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Challenge Vowed After Court Stalls Everglades Detention Center Shutdown * MIAMI-- A federal appeals court today paused a lower court order that required the state of Florida and the Trump administration to wind down environmentally destructive activities at a mass detention center in Big Cypress National Preserve known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The divided three-judge pane more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Confirmation Hearing Raises Serious Doubts over Fed Independence and Financial Stability if Miran Confirmed as Fed Governor * WASHINGTON -- In his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Stephen Miran raised serious doubts over the independence of the Fed should he be confirmed, with potentially devastating consequences for the economic we more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * EDF Responds to "Irredeemably Flawed" Report That Trump Administration is Using in Effort to Eliminate Vital Climate Protections * (Washington, D.C. - September 4, 2025) A team of scientists and legal experts at Environmental Defense Fund has submitted to the Trump Department of Energy a detailed, chapter-by-chapter response to an "irredeemably flawed" climate report that was  more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 4 [Category: Religion] (TNSrpt) -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF denounces Trump's climate change science denial * The Trump administration has released a report whitewashing science that is being properly blasted by 85 scientists. The science group's 439-page, peer-reviewed rebuttal, submitted at the conclusion of the government's official comment period, is three times longer than the Energy Department's repor more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Hawai`i and Wisconsin Join Clean Cars Coalition, Committing to Electric Vehicle Momentum * HAWAI`I & WISCONSIN - Today, Governor Josh Green, M.D. of Hawai`i and Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin announced they are joining the Affordable Clean Cars Coalition. This growing state-led partnership will help sustain America's transition to cleaner and more affordable cars, support U.S. automotive more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Hearing Highlights: HHS Secretary Kennedy Throws Fits When Faced With Record of Chaos, Corruption, and Rising Health Costs * Washington D.C. - During his acrimonious testimony today before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. did himself no favors in quel more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Hearing Watch: Will HHS Secretary Kennedy Finally Divest From Conflicted Anti-HPV Vax Legal Fees? * Washington D.C. - A week after naming an Acting CDC Director saddled with conflicts of interest that could undermine public health, anti-vax junk science proponent HHS Secretary Robert K more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Arrest of War Veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II Is an Attack on the Right to Dissent Human Rights First condemns the arrest of U.S. war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II and of this administration's broader crackdown on Americans' right to dissent. Mavalwalla II, a former army sergeant who served in the war in Afghanistan, was arrested following his peaceful protest of ICE raids in his community in Spokane, WA. "This administrat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Internal Documents Uncovered by Sierra Club: Thousands of Jobs Rescinded, Left Vacant at Interior * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Documents obtained by the Sierra Club provide a glimpse of the scale of the Trump administration's attacks on federal land management agencies. Internal documents acquired from the Bureau of Land Management demonstrate that, since the January 20 hiring freeze instituted  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [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: * * * Key Questions the Senate Should Ask Trump Advisor Stephen Miran at Fed Nomination Hearing * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Shayna Olesiuk, Director of Banking Policy, issued the following statement in connection with Better Markets' new Fact Sheet, " Key Questions that more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV Action Fund Endorses James Walkinshaw for U.S. House of Representatives * The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will fight to build a clean energy economy and strengthen our democracy for all, announced today the endorsement of James Walkinshaw for election to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Virginia's  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV Statement on DOI Secretarial Order Undermining Land and Water Conservation Fund In response to the Department of Interior issuing a secretarial order undermining the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and threatening access to public lands, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from Conservation Program Director, America Fitzpatrick :  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV Statement on Refiling of Legislation to Terminate Trump's Sham Energy Emergency In response to Senators Kaine and Heinrich refiling legislation to terminate the sham Trump Energy Emergency, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from Senior Federal Advocacy Campaigns Director, Leah Donahey : "We applaud Senators Kaine and Heinrich for cont more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Mecklenburg County, NC Commissioners Unanimously Pass "Medicare for All" Resolution * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Overnight, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners passed the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center on a historic resolution supporting Medicare for All. The resolution adds Mecklenburg to other North Carolina communities--including Carrboro, Durham, Orange County, and Greensbor more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: ThinkTank] (TNSrpt) -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America posted the following news release: * * * New CPA Economic Report Highlights National Threat to U.S. Copper Mills as China Ramps Up Efforts to Undermine Them * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a new report by its economics team titled, " How to Counter China's National Security Threat to U.S. Copper Mills." The report shows how the U.S. copper supply chai more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * New Preliminary Injunction Issued in Foreign Assistance Lawsuit Is a Victory for Rule of Law * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last night, a federal district court in Washington, DC, granted a motion for preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), the Journalism Development Network (JDN), and the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) to challenge the government's  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * Private equity forms new dark money group to gain access to Americans' 401(K)s The $22 trillion private equity industry has drawn on a familiar playbook in creating a new dark money group called the "Council for a Safe and Secure Retirement" as it seeks to capitalize on the Trump Administration's recent Executive Order calling for greater private equity access to Americans' 401K retirement sa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation Launches New Ad Buy To Hold Extremists Accountable for Their Efforts to Cover Up Trump's Ties to Epstein * : Thursday, September 4, 2025 Contact: media@reproductivefreedomforall.org Washington, DC -- Today, Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation launched a six-figure ad buy calling out extremist more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Refuses to Take Accountability for Gross Mismanagement of HHS * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a Senate committee hearing Thursday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was met with a fiery bipartisan resistance against his refusal to take accountability for his gross mismanagement of the country's top health agency. Senators grilled Kennedy as he repeated unfounded claims that vaccines can  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Congressional GOP's Targeting Protections for Western Landscapes * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Republicans passed a series of resolutions seeking to overturn safeguards for wildlife, water, and recreation on Western landscapes, including areas vital to Tribal communities. In an unprecedented move, House Republicans utilized the Congressional Review Act (CRA)  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Trump Administration Attacks on LWCF * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration announced new policies that could undercut one of the country's most significant conservation programs. A secretarial order from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum imposed new restrictions and limitations on the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a six-decade-old program that fun more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Energy] -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release: * * * Solar and Storage Industry Releases Policy Agenda to Strengthen America's Electric Grid with Solar and Storage * Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is unveiling a new policy agenda that details the critical actions that local, state, and federal leaders must take to strengthen the reliability of America's electric grid with solar and storage technologie more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Spring 2025 Unified Regulatory Agenda is a Nightmare for the American People * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump administration today released its historically late Spring 2025 Unified Regulatory Agenda. The agenda gives the public a clear picture of the administration's planned assault on critical safeguards, revealing hundreds of regulatory rollbacks that are already underway or in the works.  more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 5 -- 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: * * * Texas abortion pill bill alarming test case to enforce Comstock Act The FFRF Action Fund strongly opposes a new measure that empowers private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, prescribes, distributes or mails abortion medi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following news release: * * * The AI Action Plan: A Solid First Step, but the Path Remains Long * On July 23, 2025, the Trump Administration released a document entitled "Winning the AI Race: America's AI Action Plan," a national strategy aimed at securing U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence (AI). In a new insight, Technology and Innovation Policy Analyst Angela Luna walks through the plan's promising po more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Incentivizing Eric Adams to Drop Out of Race is 'Rotten Scheme' * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump's "advisors" have reportedly offered New York City Mayor Eric Adams a position at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in exchange for dropping out of New York City's mayoral race. In response, Public Citizen democracy advocate Jon Golinger issued the following statement:  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * While Court Rules Against the Use of IEEPA Tariffs, Appeals Process Continues as Tariffs Remain * Last week, a U.S. appeals court ruled that the Trump Administration's tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are illegal and delayed the injunction's effect until October 14 to allow for a U.S. Supreme Court Appeal. This means th more PR