WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2025: * * * The 1st Circuit Jeopardizes Care for 1.1 Million Planned Parenthood Patients, Allows Planned Parenthood 'Defunding' To Go Into Effect BOSTON -- Today, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals blocked more than 1.1 million patients from using their Medicaid insurance at Planned Parenthood health centers. In doing so, the court sides with the Trump administration and puts as m more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the American Greatness on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * We Need More Charlie Kirks By Fred Fleitz I didn't realize how good I had it when I was a conservative undergraduate student in the 1980s. Although liberals dominated my campus, the professors generally tolerated the free exchange of ideas. I helped co-found a College Republican club at my undergraduate school, Saint Joseph's University i more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls Sen. Tom Cotton 'Accomplice in Genocide' After He Claims There is No Famine in Gaza, 'Palestine is a Made Up Fiction' * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) an "accomplice in genocide" after he was caught on video denying the existence  more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 12 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Minnesota Man of the Week By Bill Glahn Luis Gerardo Gomez-Esteban is our. Gomez is a 36-year-old Guatemalan. We have been tracking felony cases brought in federal district court for re-entry of previously deported illegal aliens. Specifically, cases brought since Donald Tr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Congress Must Fully Fund WIC in 2026 Spending Bill and Prevent Administration Overrides * With only a few weeks left before the start of fiscal year 2026, Congress is considering attaching the Agriculture appropriations bill [1] -- which funds, among other programs, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) -- to a stopgap fundi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Consumer Sentiment Drops as American Households Continue to Bear the Brunt of Trump's Working Families Price Hike * Consumer sentiment for September fell for the second straight month, as consumers' financial expectations and labor market outlooks deteriorated. Today's report, coupled with the latest inflation data on consumer prices, r more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [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 Blocks Trump-Vance Administration's Unlawful Housing Grant Restrictions * Rhode Island -- The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) today in National Alliance to End Homelessness v.  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 12 [Category: Education] -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following news release: * * * CTU Responds to ICE Shooting in Franklin Park * Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates issued the following response to the fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Franklin Park today:  The fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Franklin Park today represents exactly the kind of dangerous escalation we warned against when Trump called for the fed more PR

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 13 -- Environmental Advocates of New York issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * EANY and Riverkeeper Statements on EPA PFAS Safety Rollbacks EPA's "Forever Chemical" Rollbacks Put Millions in Danger Eliminating rules against toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" puts New Yorkers' health, clean drinking water at risk * Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) announced that it will no longer defend drinking water safeguards that protect Ameri more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * EPA Proposal Would Gut Greenhouse Gas Reporting, Putting Polluters over People Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule to gut EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. EPA was directed to establish the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program in legislation signed into law in 2007 by President George W Bush. The program requires reporting of greenho more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * EPA Gives Polluters a Pass on Reporting Their Emissions * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would stop collecting and publishing the annual greenhouse gas emissions from factories, refineries, and other facilities. Ending this 10-year-old reporting program violates a clear congressional requirement and will leave Americ more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * EU Rulings Punish Tech Success, Risk Innovation and Data Privacy By Caden Hubbs Google is facing mounting legal pressure as last week courts in the EU and U.S. issued major rulings implementing penalties on Google over alleged monopolistic behavior. While meant to promote competition, the rulings further a dangerous trend of punishing American companies for their success. A D.C. federal circuit court rul more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Families USA, a nonpartisan consumer health advocacy organization, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2025: * * * New Data Shows Need for Immediate Action from Congress to Extend Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Anthony Wright, executive director of Families USA, today released a statement following the release of the Census Bureau's 2024 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Data. "The Census data released today shows the progress we've made as a country in e more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 13 -- 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 on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * 'Secularist' Sen. Tim Kaine opposes rights ordained from 'our Creator' FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" is Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., for challenging the notion that God-given rights serve as the foundat more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 13 -- 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 on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * 'Theocrat' Marco Rubio promotes Christian nationalism in State Department X posts FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrat of the Week" is Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a series of Christian nationalist posts on the S more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release: * * * First Circuit Court Allows Planned Parenthood "Defund" to Go into Effect, Undermining Access to Care for Tens of Thousands of Oregonians OREGON -- The First Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked millions of patients nationwide from using their Medicaid insurance at Planned Parenthood health centers, including in Oregon. In doing so, the Court sides with the Trump administration and put more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Trump Administration Attempts to Globalize Its Anti-Immigrant Agenda In the wake of public statements and media reports indicating that the Trump administration plans to subvert international agreements that protect people fleeing persecution, Human Rights First's Uzra Zeya said the following: "The Trump Administration plan signals an alarming and dangerous effort to tear down long-standing legal norms that protect t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- 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. 12, 2025: * * * MISSOURI SENATE PASSES TRUMP'S MID-DECADE REDISTRICTING SCHEME "Governor Kehoe has a choice: put Missourians first or do Trump's dirty work." * JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- Today, Republican lawmakers in the Missouri Senate passe more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Missouri Voters Challenge Mid-Decade Redistricting Effort * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A group of Missouri voters filed a legal challenge today to the state's mid-decade redistricting effort, arguing that state officials' attempt to implement a new congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections violates the Missouri Constitution. The voters are residents of Kansas City and currently r more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12 [Category: Media] -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Most Americans Favor MMR Vaccine Requirement for Public School * Although Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted on social media in April that the "most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine," in a CBS News interview that month he said, "The federal government's position, my position, is that people should  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Transportation] -- The National Business Aviation Association posted the following news release: * * * NBAA Supports Administration's Plan to Fast-Track AAM Aircraft Into NAS * C ontact: Dan Hubbard, 202-431-5970, dhubbard@nbaa.org Washington, DC, Sept. 12, 2025 - The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today welcomed the announcement of a pilot program aimed at accelerating the adoption of advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft. The program, known more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Energy] (TNSrep) -- The Renewable Fuels Association posted the following news release: * * * September Crop Report Again Shows Need to Unleash American Ethanol * Today's crop report (https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/wasde0925.pdf) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that farmers are expected to harvest a record corn crop of 16.8 billion bushels (an increase over August's estimate) and prices are projected to fall to six-year lows. The sup more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Trump EPA Proposal to Eliminate Critical Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program * Washington, DC - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released a proposal that would effectively eliminate the agency's longstanding tool to track greenhouse gas emissions, the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. First adopted in 2009, the GHGRP has provided critical information on cli more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club: Improving Our National Parks Starts with Stewardship and Resources * This week, the National Park Service launched a process seeking public input on how to improve the country's national parks.  The 30-day comment period, which officially opened September 8, is part of a secretarial order from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to further Donald Trump's "Make America Beautiful  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - September 12, 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 on public lands and by the Trump administration and innovation in the states. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, and more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Trump EPA Proposal Would Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program * "EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program is a vital source of public information about climate pollution from some of the largest sources nationwide. For well over a decade, the program has given us critical information that we need to protect people from climate change and all its ensuing damages - from wor more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [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 Interior Department Moves To Scrap Key Public Lands Protection In Latest Giveaway to Trump's Big Oil Donors * This week, Trump Interior Secretary and oil industry darling Doug Burgum delivered another gift to President Trump's big oil and gas industry donors by beginni more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [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 Jennifer Mascott Sat on Board of Crisis Pregnancy Center, Adding To Her Anti-Choice Record * WASHINGTON, DC - A new Accountable.US report released today has revealed that Jennifer Mascott, senior counsel in the White House Counsel's Office, and Preside more PR