WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * 'Champion Women' Feature: Grit and Determination of Trailblazers Who Pursued the American Dream * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States has consistently proven to be a land of opportunity and a beacon of hope for hundreds of millions of people over nearly 250 years. The stories of five women - former U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, Claudia Puig, Leslie Sanchez, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * 40+ Groups Call out Newsom for Backsliding on Climate Promises * Letter drops as Newsom makes appearance at NY Climate Week Today, as Governor Newsom is set to appear at New York Climate Week, over 40 groups, led by environmental advocacy organization Food & Water Watch, delivered a letter demanding he stops backsliding on the climate progress he has made so far throughout his term more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Activists Demand $40-a-year Generic Price for Breakthrough HIV Prevention Drug be Made Available to all Low- and Middle-Income Countries * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A global coalition reacted to two deals announced today to make long acting lenacapavir (LEN-LA), a 6 monthly HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) injection that provides virtually 100% protection against HIV infection, at $40 per perso more PR

BOONE, North Carolina, Sept. 24 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Advocates alarmed over Army Corps blanket 'permission to pollute' proposal in West Virginia * CONTACT Molly Moore, Director of Program Communications, molly[at]appvoices.org, (828) 278-4076 Huntington, W.Va. - Yesterday, Appalachian Mountain Advocates submitted comments on behalf of Appalachian Voices, Coal River Mountain Watch, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, West V more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Files Brief at U.S. Supreme Court Supporting President Trump's Invocation of Presidential Emergency Authorities to Impose Tariffs, Protect American Workers * America First Legal (AFL) has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting President Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Army Corps Seeks to Evade Water Protections to Speed West Virginia Fossil Fuel Projects * HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to drastically curtail environmental review for energy-related projects in West Virginia would violate the Clean Water Act, putting drinking water, communities and animals at risk, conservation groups said in comments filed with more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-Texas Joins Calls for Release of Dallas Muslim Community Leader Abducted by ICE * The Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-TX) today joined the Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA) and other organizations in calling on the Trump administration to release Marwan Marouf, an MLFA client, longtime Dallas Muslim community leader and le more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 24 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Tylenol advisory makes more sense than the apoplectic response to it By Matt Dean President Trump is being ripped apart by Big Pharma and mainstream physician societies for issuing an advisory on Tylenol during pregnancy. It's hard to believe that they even read the update be more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, Sept. 25 -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * CCRKBA JOINS COALITION OF GUN GROUPS BLASTING 'DE-BANKING' The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms joined five other leading gun rights organizations blasting some of the nation's largest banking institutions for participating in "a brazen and ideologically driven campaign to undermine the Constitutionally protected right of all Americans to  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Countries Announce Climate Targets at UN * NEW YORK - More than 50 countries announced their climate targets and carbon pollution reduction plans during the United Nations Climate Summit. The announced targets outline steps that countries will take to reduce climate pollution by 2035, as required in the Paris climate agreement. These actions come a day after--and str more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Sept. 24, 2025: * * * Are U.S. Policies Eroding China's Dominance in Shipbuilding? By Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart and Aidan Powers-Riggs The United States has begun to act on a groundswell of interest in revitalizing its struggling shipbuilding industry and reducing China's dominance in the sector. Washington's attention was initially focused on the economic security risks posed  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Sept. 24, 2025: * * * Doha Strikes Highlight Clashing Visions of the Middle East By Mona Yacoubian The split screen of Israeli strikes on Doha targeting Hamas leaders in Qatari-mediated ceasefire discussions illustrates the stark contrast in regional approaches to shaping the Middle East's emerging order. The Gulf--the region's center of gravity--prioritizes de-escalation and conflic more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [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 Issues Statement on Trump-Vance Administration's Anti-Science Assault on Medication Abortion * Leaked Letter Demonstrates Undermining of Decades-Worth of Science and Research to Appease Anti-Abortion Movement A letter from Secre more PR

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 25 -- Environmental Advocates of New York issued the following news release: * * * EANY Applauds Gov. Hochul's $1B Spending Plan for the Sustainable Future Fund In response to Governor Hochul's announcement of funding for the Sustainable Future Fund, Environmental Advocates NY Deputy Executive Director Katherine Nadeau issued the following statement: "Environmental Advocates NY applauds Governor Hochul's announced spending plan for the $1 billion Sustainable Future Fu more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Political] -- EMILYs List issued the following news release: * * * EMILYs List Congratulates Adelita Grijalva on Her Victory in Arizona's 7th Congressional District Special Election * Following Adelita Grijalva's victory in Arizona's 7th Congressional District special election, EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:  "As Trump and House Republicans continue to put themselves first instead of helping American families, Adelita more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * EPA Perpetuates Scientific Fraud in Pesticide Cancer Risks * More than three years after its own Inspector General (IG) took it to task, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to allow workers and the public to be exposed to one of the nation's most popular fumigants without adequate cancer warnings, according to Public Employees for Env more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 24 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * FCC plans to kill new federal hotspot lending rule "one more way to limit access to information" * As FCC springs E-Rate hotspot lending on September agenda, ALA urges commissioners to reconsider overturning the E-Rate rule Washington, D.C. - The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, the American Library Association (ALA), EdLiNC and the Homework  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2025: * * * Nexstar Earns 'Four Chickens' on the Media Capitulation Index for 'Obeying' the Trump FCC's Call to Muzzle Jimmy Kimmel Thousands of Free Press Action activists call on Congress to haul in Brendan Carr to answer for his campaign of censorship * NEW YORK -- Following news that Disney planned to return Jimmy Kimmel to t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Think Tank] (TNSrpt) -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary: * * * HSR Report Showed Increased M&A Activity in 2024 * Executive Summary * On September 17, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) released their 47th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report (Fiscal Year 2024), providing insight into merger and enforcement activity. * The report showed 1,973 adjusted transactions were reported in 2024, a 12.5-percent in more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: ThinkTank] (TNSrpt) -- The American Action Forum issued the following news release: * * * HSR Report Showed Increased M&A Activity in 2024 * On September 17, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice released their 47th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report (Fiscal Year 2024), providing insight into merger and enforcement activity. In a new insight, Director of Competition Policy Fred Ashton explains why, despite the report's covered merger transa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV and Chispa AZ Congratulate Adelita Grijalva in Arizona * The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and Chispa Arizona congratulate Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva on her win in Arizona's 7th district special election.  "Adelita Grijalva is a climate champion who will now continue to fight for Arizona communities in Congress!" said LCV Senior Vice President of G more PR

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Sept. 23 [Category: Energy] -- The American Nuclear Society posted the following news: * * * Looking ahead: The 2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo * It soon will be time for the American Nuclear Society to hold its second annual conference of the year. The 2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo will take place November 9-12 in Washington, D.C., at the Washington Hilton. The focus: The theme of this year's Winter Conference is "Building the Nuclear Century"--a call to act more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Petition Seeks California Protections for Western Spadefoot * SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission today seeking protections for the western spadefoot under the state Endangered Species Act. These small, big-eyed amphibians are commonly called toads but are actually a type of frog. They were once com more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Protecting Disability Rights Means Rebuking Harmful Autism Myths * In the 1950s, a so-called " refrigerator mother " theory falsely blamed autism on emotionally cold mothers, fueling decades of parental guilt and discrimination. That stigmatizing theory denied children needed support and isolated families. Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary R more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Condemns Dangerous and Non-Scientific Review of Mifepristone * Washington, DC -- Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Martin Makary confirmed in a letter to anti-abortion state attorneys general that the FDA is conducting a swe more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom For All Responds to Susan B. Anthony Anti-Abortion Group's Plan to Buy Senate Seats in Georgia * Washington, DC - Today, the anti-abortion group, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, pledged to spend millions of dollars to buy the Georgia Senate seat for an anti-abortion extremist. Reproductive Freedom for All, Presid more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Sahel Countries: ICC Withdrawal Endangers Civilians * (Nairobi) - The decision of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) will jeopardize access to justice for victims of atrocity crimes, putting all civilians at greater risk, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 22, 2025, the military leaders of the three Sahel countries signed a joint stat more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Sept. 24 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news wrapup: * * * The ASAM Weekly for September 23rd, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly Over 34 states have laws allowing the involuntary treatment of individuals with severe substance use disorders (SUDs), but in many of the states, these laws have not been enforced. In response, the president recently signed an executive order directing vigorous support of such st more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news on Sept. 24, 2025: * * * Tracker finds rapid private equity expansion in elder care PACE in Peril? New tracker finds rapid private equity expansion in elder care PESP analysis shows 12,000 seniors enrolled in investor-owned PACE programs as federal cuts threaten elder care * Recent federal cuts to Medicaid and the rollback of nursing-home staffing standards have already placed elder car more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 23 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * Trump's UN Address Shows "Reckless Disruption and Indifference" * New York City -- Responding to Donald Trump's speech at the UN General Assembly today, 350.org called the U.S. president's push for fossil fuel expansion and climate denial a thinly-veiled threat to global peace, progress, an more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber, Greeley Area Chamber Host U.S. Representative Gabe Evans for Roundtable on Tax Reform * GREELEY, CO - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Greeley Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted U.S. Representative Gabe Evans (R-CO-08) for a roundtable discussion in Greeley, Colorado with local business leaders on the pro-growth business tax provisions in President Trump' more PR