WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * 35 Free Market Groups, Advocates Urge President Trump to Let Biden COVID Credits Expire By Isabelle Morales Today, Americans for Tax Reform, with 34 other free market groups and advocates, released a coalition letter urging President Trump to let the expanded Obamacare subsidies, or the Biden COVID credits, expire at the end of the year. The coalition applauds President Trump for rejecting the "unserious more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * ADC's ArabCon 2025 Press Readout Dearborn, MI | Over four days (Sept. 25-28), more than 1,500 people gathered in Dearborn -- and thousands more tuned in to the online livestreams -- for ADC's ArabCon 2025, the nation's largest gathering of Arab Americans and allies. With headliners Bassem Youssef, Mehdi Hasan, Rep. Ro Khanna, Rep. Alabas Farhat, Cenk Uygur, Linda  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management * Last week, the Trump Administration leaked a memo directing agencies to consider widespread firings of federal employees in the event of a government shutdown. [1] But a shutdown provides no new legal authority to engage in mass layoffs, nor does it provide any sound manag more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-MS Launches New Mail Campaign in Favor of Education Savings Accounts * # JACKSON, MS - Americans For Prosperity - Mississippi (AFP- MS ) is launching a new mail campaign urging Mississippians to reach out to their legislators and ask them to support the Trump Administration's policies and embrace Education Freedom in Mississippi.  AFP- MS 's mail campaign urges s more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-Nebraska Praises Pillen School Choice Funding Opt-In * # Sep 29, 2025 by AFP LINCOLN, NE - Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska (AFP-NE) praised Governor Jim Pillen today for his move to accept federal funding allocated by President Trump to expand access to school choice programs. John Gage, AFP-NE state director, gave the following statement: "Nebraska is gr more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee posted the following news release: * * * AJC Welcomes Trump Administration Plan to End Israel-Hamas War * We thank the Trump Administration for its sustained leadership in its effort to bring an end to this war that preserves Israel's security and sees the return of all remaining hostages, and provides a path to long-term durable peace that sees a prosperous future for both Israelis and Palestinians. AJC welcomes Israel more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls on President Trump to Stand Up to Netanyahu, Reject 'Predictable Attempts' to Sabotage Gaza Ceasefire, End to Genocide * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Trump to stand up to indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu and reject the far-right I more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns 'Reckless' ICE Arrest in Hyattsville, Md. Endangering Community Safety, Seeks Protections for County Residents * The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the "reckless" actions of a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ag more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR, CAIR Action Release New Factsheet Exposing Dangers of IHRA Definition and Antisemitism Awareness Act * Resource warns against nationwide efforts to conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism (WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/29/2025) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and CAIR Ac more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * Rebuilding Resilience in U.S. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing By Charles Wessner and Shruti Sharma In May 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order titled "Regulatory Relief to Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines" directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to streamline permitting and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * Why Things Are Not (Yet) as Bad as We Thought By William Alan Reinsch One of the debates percolating since Liberation Day is how significant the impact of the Trump tariffs will be. So far, two answers have presented themselves. First, the Trump answer: The economists are all wrong, the foreigners are paying the tariffs, and there will be no adverse impact. Seco more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 29 [Category: Education] -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following news release: * * * CTU Calls on Gov. Pritzker to Match Resistance with Resources Cut by Trump, Tax the Rich to Protect Our State * Chicago, IL-- As Trump escalates his occupation and provocations in Chicago and withholds funding over Black Student Success Programs, Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates called on Governor Pritzker and the IL General Assembly to tax the rich who are b more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [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's Rob Shriver Elected to National Academy of Public Administration 2025 Class of Academy Fellows * Civil Service Strong Managing Director One of 42 Leaders in Public Administration to Receive Esteemed Opportunity Democracy Forwa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Donald Trump Sells Out Public Lands, Public Health to Costly Coal * Today, the Trump administration announced its "Coal Day 2.0" agenda, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal mining leases and extending compliance deadlines and rolling back safeguards against air and water pollution.  In the last two decades, coal mining in the U.S. has steadily declined due more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Coal Industry Giveaways * Washington, D.C. -- This morning the Department of the Interior (DOI), Department of Energy (DOE), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced several actions to benefit the coal industry. DOE Secretary Chris Wright announced $625 million to further subsidize coal fired-power plants. The EPA rele more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Energy Department's "List of Words to Avoid" Grows to Include "Climate Change," "Green" and "Decarbonization" * WASHINGTON -- In a nod to the dystopian policies being rolled out by the Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on Friday added "climate change," "green," and "decarbonization" to its "list of words to avoid," accordin more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * As Shutdown Looms, Former EPA Experts Warn Americans' Health and Safety Already Under Threat from 9-Month "Serial Shutdown" "This is more than a budget fight--it's about whether our families are safe from poisoned water, dirty air, and harmful chemicals." * Today, Environmental Protection Network (EPN) gathered former EPA experts to warn that American families are already losi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * EPA to Delay Enforcement of Wastewater Protections * The Environmental Protection Agency intends to allow coal-fired power plants to delay compliance with effluent limitation guidelines that limit coal ash wastewater discharges from coal plants.  In 2024, the EPA updated ELG to include stronger protections for coal ash wastewater pollution from coal-burning power plants, requiring those more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrep) -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * EPI resource details how states can address the U.S. workers' rights crisis As the Trump administration attacks long-standing U.S. workers' rights and protections, a series of new Economic Policy Institute briefs (https://www.epi.org/holding-the-line-state-solutions-to-the-u-s-worker-rights-crisis/) show how state policymakers can step in to protect and expand unemployment insurance (UI), w more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Federal Data Are Disappearing as Statistical Agencies Face Budget Cuts and Political Pressure * Federal statistical agencies face increasingly overt politicization by the Trump Administration on top of chronic underinvestment, uncertainty, and recent and proposed budget cuts, all of which threaten the accuracy and availability of vital federal data and public trust in more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Federal Trade Commission Inundated With 12,000+ Comments Calling For Action to End Child Mutilation * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received an overwhelming response of more than 12,000 public comments on the harms of so-called "gender-affirming care" for minors. Independent Women alone mobilized 2,000 citizens--representing 15% of the total--thr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * Lawsuit to stop Trump's illegal LNG giveaway Today, Judge Carl J. Nichols heard arguments on Friends of the Earth US (FOE-US) and Justica Ambiental's (JA, or Friends of the Earth Mozambique) request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) from disbursing nearly $5 billion in financing for the Mozambique LNG project while the Court considers a lawsuit chall more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Groups Challenge the Trump Administration's Illegal Emergency Order for Eddystone Plant in Court * HARRISBURG, PA - Public interest groups took two actions to protect consumers from illegal actions by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to stall the retirement of two units at the Eddystone Generating Station in Pennsylvania. On Friday, the groups filed a petition for r more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Groups Challenge the Trump Administration's Illegal Emergency Order for Eddystone Plant in Court * (HARRISBURG, PA - Sept 29, 2025) Public interest groups took two actions to protect consumers from illegal actions by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to stall the retirement of two units at the Eddystone Generating Station in Pennsylvania. On Friday, the groups filed a petit more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * IW Features Exclusive: Whistleblower Claims USPS Prioritized Convicted Trans-Identifying Sex Offender Over Female Employees * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hannah Kulishova joined the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) nearly five years ago for what she viewed as the perfect role: steady work, miles of walking, and a chance to serve her community. However, that all came crashing down when more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV Statement on Trump's Plan to Raise Energy Costs with Coal * Washington, D.C.- In response to the Trump administration announcing its plan to subsidize the coal industry with $625 million and the opening of additional millions of acres of public lands to coal leasing at a steeply discounted rate, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * Parks Group Calls for National Parks to Close if Government Shuts Down, Warns Additional Mass Terminations Will Devastate Parks With a government funding deadline just hours away, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) is urging the National Park Service to close parks if the federal government shuts down. A government shutdown would leave our parks unders more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * NRDC: Coal Given a Free Pass and Free Cash * In a misplaced bid to prop up the long-dwindling coal industry, the Trump administration announced a handout of $625 million to owners of old coal plants and said it would delay rules to cut those plants' air and water pollution. The U.S. Department of the Interior also said it plans to boost coal mining on public lands by o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Hails Final Rule Rolling Back Biden-Era Export Restrictions * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, hails the Revisions of Firearms License Requirements Final Rule posted in the Federal Register by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). The Final Rule rolls back the export restrictions for firearms an more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * Oxfam statement on meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu Ahead of Prime Minister Netanyahu's meeting in Washington, D.C. with President Trump today, Oxfam America President and CEO Abby Maxman released the following statement: "Today's meeting between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump comes as we approach a solemn moment: nearly two years since Israel' more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * PhRMA Celebrates New Direct-to-Patient Sales. That Model Won't Work to Broadly Lower U.S. Drug Prices * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) announced a new website, AmericasMedicines.com, to support direct-to-patient sales of prescription drugs. The announcement comes on the same day as the White House's deadline for drugmakers to o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Closing of USDA Reorganization Comment Period * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture concluded a comment period on a drastic downsizing of the department that could limit the agency's ability to fulfill its basic responsibilities. In July, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the agency would pursue a radical restructuring that more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT: Trump's Expansion of Domestic Military Deployments Threatens Our Democracy * After President Donald Trump announced that he had federalized Oregon National Guard troops over the objections of the governor to support immigration enforcement, Damian Murphy, senior vice president for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, iss more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 29 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Trump administration brands critics of Christian nationalism as security threats * The Freedom From Religion Foundation is denouncing a new presidential memorandum for dangerously equating dissent and nonbelief with terrorism. President Trump issued a broadly worded memorandum on Sept. 25 titled "Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence" t more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Rescinds Department of Commerce Rule That Tightened Restrictions on U.S. Gun Exports Abroad, Delivering Gift to Gun Industry and Increasing Likelihood of Guns Being Diverted to International Cartels * Today, following a deadly weekend of mass violence in the United States from casinos, bars, churches, and more, the Department of Commerce rescinded common sense more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration's Subsidies for Costly Coal Saddle Families with High Bills, More Pollution * The Trump administration announced $625 million in subsidies for coal power plants.  "Subsidizing coal means propping up dirty, uncompetitive plants from last century - and saddling families with their high costs and pollution, said Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, Enviro more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's $625M Coal Bailout Won't Be Enough to Save Expensive, Dirty Energy Source * The Trump administration today announced a coordinated attempt to keep the struggling U.S. coal industry alive slightly longer, including opening more than 13 million acres of national public lands for coal mining, reducing royalty rates paid by mining companies to taxpayers and $625 million in federal fundin more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Efforts to Weaponize the Government to Suppress Americans' Voices and Rights Won't Work * Washington, DC - On Thursday, September 25, Donald Trump issued an unprecedented memorandum attempting to illegally strip Americans of our Constitutionally-protected rights. The order instructs the National Joint Terrorism Task Force to investigate individuals and organizations that it cons more PR