ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The Community Home Lenders of America issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2025: * * * 46 IMBs Send Letter with GSE Conservatorship Exit Priorities Washington, D.C. -- 46 independent mortgage banks (IMBs) sent a joint letter today to Treasury Secretary Bessent and FHFA Director Pulte identifying IMB priorities for a Fannie/Freddie Exit from Conservatorship, to protect smaller IMBs and consumers. The IMB sign-on letter, spearheaded by the Community Hom more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 6 -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following news: * * * AFSC condemns U.S. sanctions on Palestinian human rights organizations AFSC strongly condemns the U.S. government's latest sanctions targeting three critical Palestinian human rights organizations--Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. These sanctions were put in place under Executive Order 14203 which calls for sanctions against the International Criminal  more PR

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Sept. 6 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2025: * * * Govt officials free doctors from unlawful Biden-era abortion, gender health privacy changes The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Natalie Thompson regarding the voluntary dismissal two city governments and a medical advocacy group filed Thursday in Purl  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Call on State Dept. to Cancel 'Lawless' Sanctions on Human Rights Groups for Providing Evidence to the ICC's Gaza War Crimes Probe * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration to reverse "lawless" sanctions imposed on Palestinian human rights o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-CT Welcomes Lifting of Israeli Travel Ban on Meriden Family * The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), together with the Abdelghani family of Meriden, welcomes the news that U.S. citizens Intifada Abdelghani and her 14-year-old son Musa, both U.S. citizens, will now be able to return home after Israel lifted a security  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Sept. 4, 2025: * * * Investigating Bloomberg's climate policy AGs The billionaire's money is paying for lawyers to work on climate policy for Democratic attorneys general. By Robert Stilson In July, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chair Rep. James Comer (R-KY) announced an investigation into the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center (State Impact Center) at New York University  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Consumer Services] -- The Consumer Federation of America posted the following news release: * * * CFA Statement Opposing Trump Administration DOT Reversal on Reimbursement for Disrupted Travel Rule * In a document posted yesterday, President Donald Trump's Transportation Department said it plans to rollback a Biden-era plan that sought to require airlines to compensate stranded passengers with cash, lodging and meals for flight cancellations or changes caused b more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Demand Progress Education Fund issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2025: * * * Trump's FTC Surrenders to Big Tech on Noncompetes Today, the Federal Trade Commission dropped its defense of the rule banning noncompete clauses. The announcement comes the day after President Donald Trump hosted two dozen Big Tech executives at the White House. Demand Progress Education Fund was a strong supporter of the noncompete rule. The following is a statement from Demand P more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * DOT Abandons Passenger Rights to Serve Big Airline Lobbyists * Following the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) release of its "Unified Agenda" of airline regulatory actions, after a bizarrely quiet comment process, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. "The DOT's agenda reads like it was copy-pasted directly from Airlin more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Families USA, a nonpartisan consumer health advocacy organization, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * Families USA Leads Call for Congress to Bring Down Skyrocketing Health Care Costs More than 50 organizations are calling on Congress to take urgent action to hold the health care industry accountable and bring relief to millions of Americans facing high and rising health care costs * Families USA today is leading 56 organizations in a call for C more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Federal Employment Continues to Decline as Workers Shift to Private Sector * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 22,000 jobs were added in August. The overall unemployment rate grew slightly to 4.3% in August from 4.2% in July. The unemployment rate for women grew slightly to 3.8% from 3.7%. Overall labor force participation grew sl more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The American Immigration Council issued the following news release: * * * Georgia's Historic Worksite Raid Underscores the Chaos Fueled by Trump's Immigration Agenda * WASHINGTON DC, Sept. 5 -- On September 4, law enforcement agents from several state and federal agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), executed a sweeping immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in southeastern Georgia. The raid report more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Global Coalition of More than 100 Urges African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to Issue Resolution on Illegal U.S. Migrant Transfer Agreements On September 3, 2025, the Global Strategic Litigation Council (Council) and Human Rights First, together with more than 100 allied human rights organizations and individual experts, submitted a joint letter to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR). more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Energy] -- Growth Energy, a trade association that represents ethanol producers, issued the following news release: * * * Growth Energy: Japan Trade Deal Will Help Rural America * WASHINGTON, D.C.--Growth Energy, the nation's largest biofuel trade association, welcomed the Trump administration's release of additional implementation details this week about the U.S.-Japan trade deal, which was first announced in July. "Rural America needs reliable markets for t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Independent Community Bankers of America posted the following news release: * * * ICBA Applauds Signing of Law to Restrict Mortgage 'Trigger Leads' * Washington, D.C. (Sept. 5, 2025)-- The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today applauded President Trump for signing into law the bipartisan Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808), which will help protect the financial privacy of mortgage applicants. Introduced by  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Chispa Arizona and LCV Organize Art Activation during Grand Canyon trip to Highlight Threats Posed to Public Lands in Arizona * Washington, D.C. -- Chispa Arizona and the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) hosted an art activation on Friday August 29th during an annual Latine community camping trip to the Grand Canyon. The event featured two large communal tents w more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Reproductive Rights Opponents Seek to Advance Their Anti-Science Agenda So-Called "Restorative Reproductive Medicine" Would Harm People Seeking Sexual and Reproductive Health Care * NEW YORK, NY -- Instead of delivering on its vague promise to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), the Trump administration and its allies in Congress are pushing "restorative reproductiv more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * It's Time America Scraps Workplace Identity Mandates: Independent Women Urges Public Comments for DOL Rule to Rescind Affirmative Action Regime * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier this year, President Trump rescinded Executive Order 11246, which forced federal contractors to follow a rigid affirmative action system that privileged identity-based quotas over qualifications for s more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Mortgage Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * MBA Applauds Enactment of Trigger Leads Bill * MBA's President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released the following statement on President Donald Trump signing H.R. 2808, the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, into law:  "This new law is a major victory for mortgage borrowers that will protect them from the barrage of unwanted calls, texts, and emails they too often more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: Republicans Said We'd "Get Over" Losing Our Health Care. We Didn't. * REPUBLICANS SAID WE'D "GET OVER" LOSING OUR HEALTH CARE. WE DIDN'T. How Reproductive Freedom for All took action to hold Republicans accountable for their disastrous budget bill during August Recess After passing a deadly budget bill in July to gut Medicaid and more PR

VIENNA, Virginia, Sept. 5 [Category: Media] -- The News/Media Alliance issued the following news release: * * * News/Media Alliance Statement on EU Google Ad Tech Ruling * Arlington, VA - This afternoon, the European Commission announced that it will fine Google $3.45 billion for its anticompetitive actions in the advertising technology market, and gave the tech giant 60 days to return to the Commission with proposed remedies for its monopoly. This echoes an April decision in a case pursued  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - September 5, 2025 * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering attacks from the Trump administration and Congress on popular conservation programs and renewable energy. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Insta more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * To Understand Next Week's 2024 Census Data, Keep the Bigger Story About Government's Impact on Poverty, Health Coverage in Mind * On Tuesday, September 9, the Census Bureau will release data on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage for 2024. In the short term, the data may reveal some modest advances in income (which may, nonetheless, be notable in contrast wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Trump Administration Abused Spending Safeguards to Advance Its Agenda -- and Illegally Hid Its Actions * The recent release of 1,800 internal budget documents shows just how far the Trump Administration is willing to go to illegally withhold or restrict funding. The documents detail how the Trump Administration has abused its authority by adding new layers of political more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * Trump FTC Sells Out Workers and Sides With Chamber of Commerce to Kill Noncompete Ban * Washington, D.C. -- Following news that the Federal Trade Commission under Chair Andrew Ferguson has voluntarily dropped its legal defense of the Commission's 2024 final rule to ban exploitative non compete agreements, the American Economic Liberties Project released the followi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Job Market Plummets Under Trump's Leadership: 70% Lower Job Growth, Unemployment Highest in Nearly 4 Years * # The first jobs report after President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner for "rigging data" showed that regardless of who's in charge of BLS, the U.S. job market is plummeting under President Donald  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 -- The Vera Institute of Justice, an organization that says its mission is to end overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants and people experiencing poverty, issued the following news release: * * * Fairness to Freedom Campaign Warns of "Authoritarian Playbook" as Trump Administration Militarizes Immigration Courts WASHINGTON, DC - Amid the Trump administration's ongoing push for mass detention and deportations, the Department of Justice (DOJ)  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Real Estate] -- The National Association of Realtors posted the following news release: * * * Victory for Homebuyers: President Signs NAR-Supported Privacy Bill * WASHINGTON (September 5, 2025) - Today, President Trump signed into law H.R. 2808, the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that prevents homebuyers from being inundated with unsolicited calls, texts, and emails from competing lenders offering loans. Representatives John Rose (R-T more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: * * * Void for vagueness * When I reflect on my time as a young field biologist, I find myself reminiscing about nightly fireside chats with coworkers and friends. It's one of those things that feels ordinary in t more PR