CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 [Category: Medical] -- The American Medical Association posted the following news release: * * * AMA offers CMS a path to strengthen private practice and access to care * CHICAGO -- In submitting comments (PDF) today on the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the American Medical Association (AMA) offered to work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on policy changes that aim to preserve private practice and maintain access to health care. T more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11 [Category: Media] -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Americans' Knowledge of Civics Increases, Annenberg Survey Finds * Americans are more knowledgeable this year in answering basic civics questions, according to the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, conducted annually by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania. More than two-thirds of U.S. adults (70%) were able to  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 11 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * Cheaters Are Undercutting America's Trucking Industry. The Trump Administration Must Stop It. * Sep 11, 2025 For too long, most of America's truck drivers and motor carriers have played by the rules while others cheat. They get the licenses, meet the safety requirements, pay the taxes, and do the work. But when it comes to cabotage--the illegal hauling of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Congress Needs to Address the Trump Administration Turmoil at the Social Security Administration * Years of underfunding have forced the Social Security Administration (SSA) to serve the growing number of beneficiaries with fewer staff, creating customer service woes that the Trump Administration has deepened through unprecedented cuts in SSA staff this year -- far be more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Consumer Prices Keep Rising With No Relief in Sight for Families * # The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.9% over the past year, up from 2.7% in July, and climbed 0.4% over the past month. Core CPI - which excludes food and energy - also increased 0.3% in August and 3.1% over t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Sept. 11, 2025: * * * Sustaining Momentum in U.S.-India Technology Ties By Sujai Shivakumar and Shruti Sharma U.S.-India technology relations are entering a decisive phase. Over the past five years, a series of bilateral, Quad, and multilateral initiatives have transformed the relationship from broad political alignment into a network of sector-specific frameworks covering semiconduc more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * U.S.-EU Tech Tensions: Escalation or Diffusion? By Emily Benson In an August 2025 Truth Social post, President Donald Trump wrote that he would retaliate against countries that impose digital regulation on U.S. companies. Retaliatory measures would include substantial tariffs and export restrictions on chips. These threats have heightened fears globally about th more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 10 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities posted the following news release: * * * Cutting $350M in Federal Grants to Hispanic-Serving Institutions Erases Decades of Progress and Hurts Millions of Students * Press Contact: media@latinojustice.org New York, NY - US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced today that the Department of Education will eliminate $350M in grants to Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), c more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Hears Arguments about Secret Report that Trump Administration Used in Attack on Climate Protections * BOSTON, Mass. (September 11, 2025)--Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) went to court today to argue that a federal district court should swiftly block the Trump administration's use of an unlawfully cr more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Hears Arguments about Secret Report that Trump Administration Used in Attack on Climate Protections * (September 11, 2025) Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists went to court today to argue that a federal district court should swiftly block the Trump administration's use of an unlawfully created "science" report from a secretly convene more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 11 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF protests HUD's Christian nationalist event * The Freedom From Religion Foundation is denouncing Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner's promotion of religion during a federally sponsored National Mall event. In a letter to Turner, the state/church watchdog has criticized HUD's "faith-based disaster recovery event" at the National Mall on Sep more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 11 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Groups Return to Court to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon * Seattle, WA -- Conservation, fishing, and clean energy groups today filed a motion requesting the U.S. District Court in Oregon end a multi-year pause on the groups' long-running litigation to protect endangered Columbia Basin wild salmon and steelhead from federal dams that kill and harm them.  The state o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * HUD Revives Plan to Weaken Flood Protections * Washington, DC -- With the memory of catastrophic flooding in Texas Hill Country fading, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) is proceeding with previously planned easing of flood protections for public housing, affordable housing, and other HUD-assisted projects, including levees and othe more PR

BRIGHTON, England, Sept. 12 -- The Institute of Development Studies, an organization that conducts research, learning and teaching that aims to transform the knowledge, action and leadership needed for equitable and sustainable development globally, issued the following news on Sept. 11, 2025: * * * Identity-based narratives fuelling rise in autocracy A new IDS Bulletin 'Democracy Contested' reveals how identity-based narratives centred on religion, race, gender, and nationalism are influenci more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Independent Petroleum Association of America issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * IPAA Commends President Trump and Secretary Burgum for Rescinding the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule Today, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) COO and EVP Dan Naatz issued the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior's announcement that the agency is proposing to rescind the Bureau of Land Management's Public  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * Jessica Lussenhop to Host Forthcoming ProPublica Weekly Podcast ProPublica announced Wednesday that award-winning investigative journalist Jessica Lussenhop will become the host of its forthcoming weekly podcast. In the role, she will guide listeners through ProPublica's most compelling stories, uncovering corruption and abuses  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following news release: * * * MAHA Commission Strategy Report: Analysis and Reactions on Its Scope and Feasibility * On September 9, the Trump Administration released the "Make Our Children Healthy Again: Strategy Report" outlining its government-wide plan to address the proclaimed childhood chronic disease crisis. In a new insight, Director of Health Care Policy Michael Baker walks through the policy proposal more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 [Category: Think Tank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary: * * * MAHA Commission Strategy Report: Analysis and Reactions on Scope and Feasibility * Executive Summary * The Trump Administration released the " Make Our Children Healthy Again: Strategy Report," the follow-up report to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission's " Make Our Children Healthy Again: Assessment," containing policy recommendations in support of the Assessment.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 [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: * * * New Lawsuit Challenges Trump-Vance Administration's Targeted Punishment of Applicants for Federal Housing Funding * Politically Motivated Criteria Withholds Needed Resources from States, Localities, and Service Providers to Advance a Partisan Agen more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * No to Any Budget Deal Without Assurances That Health Care Will Be Restored * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Minority Leader Jeffries and Minority Leader Schumer indicated that Democrats are united to stand firm against any bipartisan spending agreement that does not addresses health care cuts. Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response: "It is es more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 [Category: Business] -- Open Markets Institute posted the following news release: * * * Statement - The Ellisons' Move to Control the Press Below is a statement from Dr. Courtney Radsch, Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets regarding the news that Paramount Skydance is preparing a cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, backed by the Ellison family "Billionaire media mogul David Ellison's effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery should send chil more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Paramount Acquisition of Warner Brothers Should Be Rejected - Will Trump Let it Slide? * Paramount Skydance is preparing a majority cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery that is reportedly backed by the Ellison family. Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen, released the following statement:  "A Paramount acquisition of Warner Brothers should plainly be struck down on traditional an more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: [Category: ThinkTank] * * * RELEASE: What the New MAHA Report Gets Wrong * Washington, D.C. -- Spearheaded by vaccine skeptic Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., this week the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" Commission released its strategy for improving children's health--a strategy that promulgates false and confusing information about vaccines, sows d more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSrpt) -- Human Rights First issued the following news on Sept. 11, 2025: * * * New Report Finds Record Number of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Flights in August Under Trump Administration A new report released today by ICE Flight Monitor, housed at Human Rights First, reveals that August 2025 marked a record-high number of U.S. immigration enforcement flights, underscoring the unprecedented scale and intensity of the Trump administration's deportation campaign. The lat more PR

HARLEM, New York, Sept. 12 -- The National Action Network issued the following news release: * * * REV. AL SHARPTON CONDEMNS SHOOTING OF CHARLIE KIRK IN UTAH NAN Founder Denounces Brazen Shooting of Charlie Kirk * Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), strongly condemned today's shooting of Charlie Kirk. "Any form of physical violence is deplorable, especially today's brazen attack on Charlie Kirk. We can disagree, we can debate, but we can never, eve more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT: NDAA Should Focus on National Defense, Not Cheap Political Wins, CAP's Damian Murphy Says * Washington, D.C. -- Today, after the House voted to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Damian Murphy, senior vice president for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: Congress should work to pass an ND more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: * * * Trump's New Economic Policies Will, On Average, Leave 99 Percent of Americans Worse Off Than They Currently Are * Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Center for American Progress released a new analysis looking at the combined distributional impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs and new policies in his marquee One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The analysis relies on data from the Congressional Budget  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * WATCHDOG: Trump Judicial Nominee Bill Mercer Holds Dangerous Record of Politicizing and Attacking Montana Supreme Court's Independence * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a new Accountable.US report is exposing how President Donald Trump's judicial nominee Bill Mercer, whose nomination will r more PR