WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * 1,000+ DC Students Walk Out To Protest Trump's Federal Takeover Students demanded their universities and Mayor Bowser refuse to comply with Trump's takeover * Today, over 1,000 students from across four major DC college campuses -- American University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and Howard University -- walked out of classes in defiance of Donald Trump's federal o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrpt) -- The Center for Food Safety issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * A Few Crumbs Instead of the Healthy Meal Promised: The MAHA Commission Betrays the MAHA Movement Today, the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released its Strategy Report--the final product we previewed when a draft was leaked last month. At that time, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) warned (https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/7051/center-for-food-sa more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 8 [Category: Environment] (TNSrpt) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Access Denied: How the Trump Administration is Eliminating Public Input * The report, " Access Denied: How the Trump Administration Is Eliminating Public Input," found that six federal science agencies did not allow public participation in 182 out of 591 rules that were issued, rolled back, or delayed between January 20 and July 31 of this year. " more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee issued the following news release: * * * ADC Denounces Israel's Unprecedented, Criminal Attack in Doha The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) denounces Israel's unprecedented and criminal attack on Qatar's sovereignty. Qatar stands as one of America's most trusted and strategic allies in the Middle East and hosts Al Udeid Air Base--the largest U.S. military installation in the region and a cornerstone of Am more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * AFPI Responds: MAHA Commission's "Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy" The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has issued the following joint statement from Hannah Anderson, Director of Healthy America Policy and Tate Bennett, Director of Rural Policy on the release of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission's strategy on September 9, 2025: "Today's release of th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- America First Policies issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * AFPI Responds: MAHA Commission's "Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy" The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has issued the following joint statement from Hannah Anderson, Director of Healthy America Policy and Tate Bennett, Director of Rural Policy on the release of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission's strategy on September 9, 2025: "Today's release of the President  more PR

CENTENNIAL, Colorado, Sept. 9 [Category: Agriculture] -- The National Cattlemen's Beef Association posted the following news release: * * * American Beef is a Perfect Fit with the Second MAHA Report * WASHINGTON (September 9, 2025) - Today, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association welcomed the release of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission's second report. In May, the MAHA Commission's first report highlighted the positive role beef plays in a healthy diet. Today, the second re more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * American Families Are Trapped In a Cycle Of Debt, More Rely on Credit To Cover Rent, Utility Bills, Basic Necessities * # American Families Are Trapped In A Cycle Of Debt, More Rely On Credit To Cover Rent, Utility Bills, Basic Necessities Bipartisan Supermajorities Support Government Action to Bring Down the Cost of Americans' Debts  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR, CAIR Action Condemn Israeli State Terrorism After Back-to-Back Bombings of Tunisia, Qatar, Lebanon and Syria While Gaza Genocide Rages * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and CAIR Action, one of the nation's leading 501c(4) Muslim political organizations, today condemned the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Campaign Legal Center Urges Oversight and Government Reform Committee to Respect D.C. Residents' Right to Local Control and to Full Democracy * Tomorrow, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing to markup 14 proposed bills that would further silence the voices of more than 700,000 Washington, D.C., residents. D.C. residents have no voting repr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: * * * More Than 80 Million Americans in 41 States Face Higher Electric, Natural Gas Bills Residents in at least 41 states and Washington, D.C., are facing higher electric and natural gas bills, and the Trump administration's actions to discourage clean energy projects could send rates even higher, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress. Current and proposed rate inc more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Challenge to the Latest Illegal Extension of J.H. Campbell Coal Plant * Washington, D.C. -- Today, public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy's (DOE) second illegal emergency order forcing the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to operate for an additional 90 days. The request for rehearing was filed with DOE in response to a new order issued on August 20. T more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [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: * * * Court Order Temporarily Restricts IRS From Sharing Confidential Taxpayer Information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) * Order is First-of-its-Kind and Marks a Victory for Taxpayers' Privacy Washington D.C. - In a series of orders, a more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 9 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Covering the fallout of NIH funding cuts on health equity research * In mid-August, the New York Times reported that the National Institutes of Health was canceling dozens of research grants tied to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Just a week later, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to move forward with nearly $800 million in NIH cuts more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 [Category: Education] -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following news release: * * * CTU increases support for students and families in response to new ICE activity in neighborhoods near schools in Chicago * CHICAGO, IL -- In response to Trump's ICE agent activity in neighborhoods near Chicago high schools, President of the Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates, issued the following: As a history teacher, I can tell you that history will not look kindly o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [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: * * * Democracy Forward Secures Public Release of Key Details Related to Scheme to Disappear People, "Black Site" Agreement Between the United States and El Salvador * Release Made as Part of Lawsuit Challenging Legality and Constitutionality of Trump-Va more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 -- Educators for Excellence issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * E4E Reacts to NAEP Results Showing Alarming Declines and Widening Gaps Scores paint grim picture as Washington continues to slash federal funding, though NY state scores show signs of progress * Educators for Excellence (E4E) today responded to newly released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores, which show deeply concerning declines and widening equity gaps in 8t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSbrep) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * EWG: MAHA report parrots pesticide industry playbook, abandoning RFK Jr.'s promises The Environmental Working Group today criticized the Trump administration's final "Make America Healthy Again," or MAHA, report for abandoning MAHA leaders' promises to ban toxic agricultural chemicals. Instead, the MAHA plan echoes the pesticide industry's talking points. The recommend more PR

HERNDON, Virginia, Sept. 9 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * Executive Order Revises Reciprocal Tariff Exemptions * On Friday, September 5, President Trump issued an Executive Order that narrowly alters the scope of goods exempt from reciprocal tariffs under Annex II of a previous Executive Order from April 2, 2025. These changes took effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Monday, September 8, 2025. The Executive Order also identifies products tha more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 9 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Federal Unions Allege Retaliation in Trump's Collective Bargaining Rollbacks * In a recent executive order issued by President Trump, employees at the Patent and Trademark Office and the National Weather Service are among the latest civil servants to have their collective bargaining rights rolled back. This repeal of coll more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Energy] (TNSrpt) -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * Fossil Fuel Industry Receives $35 Billion Each Year in Government Handouts, New Report Finds $4 billion added by Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act *  A new report from Oil Change International reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries, and utilities, the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * FSOC Sets Vote to End Climate Related Financial Risk Advisory Committee * The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) on Wednesday is set to vote on a measure that would end two committees intended to help protect the financial system from climate-related risks. FSOC will move to dissolve the Climate Related Financial Risk Committee (CFRC) and the Climate Related Financial Risk Advisory  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Club for Growth, an advocacy organization, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: WIB PAC Blitzes Barr with $2M Ad Buy In case you missed it, Club for Growth Action's affiliated Win It Back PAC announced a $2 million ad campaign targeting Rep. Andy Barr in Kentucky's U.S. Senate race. The new spot, Groomed, is the first in a series of ads that will air in the Lexington and Louisville media markets across cable, satellite, and streaming platforms. Earlier this  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The International Fresh Produce Association posted the following news release: * * * IFPA Welcomes MAHA Commission's Focus on Nutrition, Calls for Produce-First National Health Strategy * The International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) issued the following statement in response to the second report released today by the White House's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission: "IFPA welcomes the publication of the Make America Healthy A more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Business] -- The National Retail Federation posted the following news release: * * * Imports Declining Following Summer Surge Ahead of Tariffs * "Retailers have stocked up as much as they can ahead of tariff increases, but the uncertainty of U.S. trade policy is making it impossible to make the long-term plans that are critical to future business success." NRF Vice President Jonathan Gold WASHINGTON -- Following a near-record peak this summer, import cargo  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [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: * * * Interfaith Alliance Tells Court in Newsom v. Trump: "Protest a Vital Expression of Faith" * Leading Faith Group Asks Court to Uphold Order Stopping National Guard Deployment in California San Francisco, CA - The Interfaith Alliance, which is a le more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Science] (TNSrpt) -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * MAHA Report Capitulates to Big Ag, PFAS Polluters Report pulls punches on pesticide regulation as Congressional Republicans further controversial Cancer Gag legislation *  This afternoon the White House's "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) Commission released its strategy report outlining the Trump administration's priorities for policies to overhaul the food system and ad more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Business] -- The National Association of Manufacturers issued the following news release: * * * Manufacturers Warn HHS' MAHA Strategy Undermines Trump Regulatory Agenda Without Improving Health and Safety * Following the release of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission's strategy report, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons issued the following statement:  "Manufacturers share the administration's goals of safeguardin more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Business] -- The National Association of Manufacturers issued the following news release: * * * Manufacturers: EPA Speeds Permitting, Unlocks Manufacturing Investment * Washington, D.C. - Following the Environmental Protection Agency's release of new guidance on New Source Review preconstruction permitting requirements, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement: "Today, the EPA is delivering by making more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- 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 Sept. 9, 2025: * * * MISSOURI HOUSE PASSES CONGRESSIONAL MAP DILUTING VOTING POWER OF MISSOURIANS OF COLOR JEFFERSON CITY, MO --Today, Republican lawmakers in the Missouri House voted to advance a mid-decade redistricting scheme that would rig th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * New downward revision for jobs numbers not surprising: CEI analysis * Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that there were 911,000 fewer jobs between March 2024 and March 2025 than previously reported. While this is bad news for the labor market, experts aren't surprised given recent revisions made by the BLS and the economy's cool down during the Biden admini more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Independent Community Bankers of America posted the following news release: * * * New ICBA Analysis: Sharp Decreases in Small-Business, Mortgage Lending Follow Taxpayer-Subsidized Credit Union Acquisitions of Community Banks * Washington, D.C. (Sept. 9, 2025) -- The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today released the results of a new data analysis demonstrating that the growth of tax-exempt credit unions acquiring tax-p more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Think Tank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary: * * * OMB's FY 2026 Mid-Session Review * Executive Summary * Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its fiscal year (FY) 2026 Mid-Session Review (MSR). * While the MSR is typically a re-estimate of the President's Budget, the Trump Administration did not put out a full FY 2026 budget proposal; as a result, the MSR is not a re-estimate of the President's Budget more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following news release: * * * OMB's FY 2026 Mid-Session Review * The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released its fiscal year (FY) 2026 Mid-Session Review (MSR). In a new insight, Director of Fiscal Policy Jordan Haring explains how the MSR departs from tradition of past reviews and instead outlines the administration's estimates of its policy impacts on the budget and economy over the next decad more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * Park Service Illegally Dumped Property Following Homeless Sweep * The National Park Service (NPS) violated its own regulations in handling property seized during homeless sweeps of Washington, DC, parks in August, according to a complaint filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Rather than impounding and inventorying the pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Common Cause posted the following news release: * * * September Poll: 64% of Republican and Independent Voters Want Ban for Mid-Decade Redistricting * Republican and Independent voters want Congress to step up and ban mid-decade redistricting in opposition to a White House desperate to hold onto power - including 60% of voters who supported Donald Trump in 2024. That's the latest from a poll of registered voters that Common Cause commissioned wi more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 [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: * * * Swift Removal of Academic Leaders at Texas A&M Signals the Death of Academic Freedom in the State, Warns PEN America * Following a political firestorm over the content of a children's literature course related to understandings of gender, the president of Texas A&M University yesterday a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Think Tank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary: * * * The Trump Administration's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * The Trump Administration recently released its Spring 2025 "Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions" detailing the thousands of rulemakings agencies plan to promulgate over the next year and beyond, giving the public its first real look at the overall c more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following news release: * * * The Trump Administration's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions * The Trump Administration recently released the Spring 2025 edition of its "Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions" (UA). In a new insight, Director of Regulatory Policy Dan Goldbeck summarizes the administration's planned regulatory and deregulatory actions. Key points:  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 9 [Category: Environment] (TNSrpt) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Trump's MAHA Commission Report Offers No Solutions, Leaves Kids Exposed to Toxics * Washington, D.C. -- The Trump administration today released its second Make America Healthy Again Commission (MAHA) report, which mirrors a draft report leaked last month. The draft report drew widespread criticism for bowing to chemical industry pressure and failing to recommend any me more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Senate Majority PAC, an organizations that works to elect Democratic senators who are committed to an economy that provides opportunity and security for America's working families and who stand up to protect the rights of all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Trump-Republican Tariffs Are Unpopular, Harming Americans, New Polling Finds Voters are souring on Donald Trump's tariffs, increasingly viewing the added costs as "reckless" policies hurting thei more PR