WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Brady Warns of Increased Global Instability and Endangered Lives from New Trump Administration Gun Industry Rule Commerce Department regulation eliminates key oversight of U.S.-sourced exports of firearms to nations abroad and increases ability for drug cartels, gangs, and terrorist networks to obtain illicit weapons * Today, the Trump administration's Department of Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Welcomes Ruling that Trump Admin Violated Rights of Pro-Palestinian, Anti-Genocide Students * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a ruling by a federal judge that government officials unconstitutionally violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian students more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-Chicago, CUFC, Community Organizers, & IL Electeds Condemn Armed ICE Agents in Downtown Chicago--Demand an End to Family Separations & Racial Profiling * The Chicago United Families Coalition (CUFC), comprised of Legal, Communications, Organizing, and Political Committee advocates, today joins the condemnations issued by immigration organizations and electe more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Campaign Legal Center's Kedric Payne Responds to White House Move to Defund Key Inspectors General Watchdog Group * Tomorrow, the Trump administration plans to end funding for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, an independent entity within the executive branch created by bipartisan support tasked with overseeing 72 inspectors general across the gove more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [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: * * * Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Trump-Vance Administration's Unlawful "National Data Banks" That Consolidate Sensitive Personal Information Across Federal Agencies * Washington, DC -- The League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Virginia, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Trump-Vance Administration's Unlawful "National Data Banks" That Consolidate Sensitive Personal Information Across Federal Agencies * Washington, DC -- The League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Virginia, League of Women Voters of Louisiana, and Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), along with five individual plaintiffs, filed a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * Community Advisory: CAIR Shares Guidance on New U.S. Passport Hijab Photo Requirements * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released guidance for the American Muslim community regarding how to respond to new, more invasive demands that the U.S. Department of State has made t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * Court Blocks Action on PFAS in Sewage Sludge Fertilizers * Washington, DC -- A federal district court has ruled that Plaintiffs may not proceed in their lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated its duty to remove toxic chemicals from sewage sludge marketed to farmers as "biosolids" fertilizers. The court dismissed the  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 30 [Category: Education] -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following news release: * * * CTU President Stacy Davis Gates Responds to Trump Threatening War on Chicago * Chicago, IL-- Earlier today, the sitting President of the United States announced that he would deploy the military to attack the people of the United States who live in Chicago: "We're going to straighten them out one by one... And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this ro more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 [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: * * * Detention of Reporter Mario Guevara Sparks Outcry from Writers, Journalists, and Scholars * (NEW YORK)- More than 100 leading writers, journalists, and scholars have signed onto a letter, sent Tuesday, urging the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Examples of Good News Arising from Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provision By John Kartch In addition to across-the-board tax cuts for households, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4 provides full business expensing for American businesses. In their own words, U.S. employers describe the benefits of the expensing provisions in the bill: Amgen (Thousand Oaks, C more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Families USA, a nonpartisan consumer health advocacy organization, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Congress Failing to Extend Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Will Cause Americans' Health Care Costs to Skyrocket Anthony Wright, executive director of Families USA, released the following statement today as Congressional leaders face a potential government shutdown by the end of the day, and a looming massive spike in health insurance premiums for ove more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * FCC Chair Brendan Carr Should Resign * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Free Press and Public Citizen released a letter today signed by dozens of pro-democracy organizations calling on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr to resign following his unconstitutional threats against ABC and its affiliates in response to comments made on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Signers of the letter include In more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Must Resign On Tuesday, Free Press and Public Citizen delivered a letter signed by dozens of pro-democracy organizations calling on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to resign. The letter condemns the unconstitutional threats Carr made against ABC and its affiliates over comm more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Government Shutdown is Trump's Fault - Schumer and Dems Must Stand Firm * Any Funding Deal Must Protect Safe Food, Clean Water and Prevent Future Rescissions Washington - With the deadline of midnight tonight approaching, a so-called government shutdown is virtually certain to occur. In response, Food & Water Watch Managing Director of Policy and Litigation Mitch Jones issued the f more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: A Government Shutdown Limits the Administration's Power To Fire Federal Workers * Washington, D.C. -- A government shutdown would limit--not expand--the Trump administration's power to fire federal employees, which is why administration officials began the process for laying off workers before a shutdown even begins. A new analysis from the Center for American Pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSrep) -- Greenpeace USA, an organization that says it uses protest and confrontation to expose environmental problems and promote solutions, issued the following news release: * * * US soft on human trafficking in new report Top-tier rankings for Taiwan and Indonesia despite evidence of abuse * The U.S. government has once again awarded unmerited rankings in its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-repor more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * HUD Homepage is Blatant Violation of Hatch Act, New Complaint Alleges * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Public Citizen filed a complaint against the Department of Housing and Urban Development over a disturbing pop-up window on the agency's homepage alleging the "Radical Left" is to blame for the impending government shutdown. The complaint argues that the graphic is a clear violation of the Hatc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * The Trump Gaza Ultimatum Is Inadequate In response to President Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza published September 29, Human Rights First President and CEO Uzra Zeya commented: "An immediate and lasting ceasefire, release of all hostages and arbitrarily detained individuals, and lifting of Israel's draconian restrictions on humanitarian aid flow are long overdue to end the unconscionable, man-made cat more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Club for Growth, an advocacy organization, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: CfG Launches NC Redistricting Campaign "I could see an ad where a vote against redistricting becomes a vote against President Trump and his agenda," - David McIntosh * In case you missed it, Club for Growth released a new ad in North Carolina, calling for Republicans in Raleigh to redraw the state's congressional map. The ad is part of a seven-figure national investment from Club more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 [Category: Media] -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release: * * * In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy * BOSTON--Judge William G. Young of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts today ruled that the Trump administration's policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and fac more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 [Category: Media] -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release: * * * Knight Institute Asks Appeals Court to Compel Ruling in Trump Classified Documents Case * ATLANTA--The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University today filed a petition asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to compel a lower court to rule on a motion that the Institute filed more than six months ago, seeking the release  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 [Category: Media] -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release: * * * Knight Institute Condemns ICE Intimidation and Arrests of Journalists * NEW YORK--In recent weeks, there have been multiple reports of law enforcement officers intimidating, arresting, and detaining members of the press who were documenting ICE activities and reporting on protests in solidarity with immigrants. The following can be attributed to Katy  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Last New England Coal Plant Closes Three Years Ahead of Retirement Date * BOW, NH. - Merrimack Station, New England's last coal-burning plant, has officially closed in New Hampshire less than 24 hours after the Trump administration announced sweeping measures to revive the coal industry, including opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal mining leases, extending compliance dead more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 30 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Latest 'religious liberty' hearing promotes privilege, not freedom * The Freedom From Religion Foundation warns that the latest meeting of President Trump's "Religious Liberty Commission" featured a lopsided agenda promoting Christian nationalism. The hearing, billed as the second in an exploration of "religious liberty in education," was dominated by panels ad more PR

HERNDON, Virginia, Sept. 30 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * Latest Tariff Developments * To see a comprehensive list of what tariffs are currently enacted, view our tariff tracker chart, which provides an easy-to-read overview of tariff impacts by country. View the Tariff Tracker Tariff Letters and Deals Below is an update of ongoing deals that have been announced so far. It is important to note that there are more details to c more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Energy] -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release: * * * Lawmakers Can Fight Rising Energy Costs During Veto Session * ILLINOIS - Illinois clean energy advocates are calling on the Illinois General Assembly to pass the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA) during the legislature's October veto session to help protect families and businesses from rising energy costs. Numerous studies and real-world examples from oth more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Tonight: MAGA Republicans to Shut Down the Government in Service to Trump's Dystopian Agenda * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- MAGA Republicans are about to shut down the government tonight after refusing to negotiate the budget with Democrats, causing completely avoidable harm to the country. In response, Public Citizen co-president Lisa Gilbert issued the following statement: "This harmful and perfe more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release: * * * NAACP Urges Senators To Vote "No" On Funding Bill If Americans' Healthcare Is Not Protected * September 30, 2025 Contact: communications@naacpnet.org WASHINGTON -- Today, as the nation faces a potential government shutdown on October 1st, the NAACP has issued the following statement advocating for affordable healthcare to be protected in the Continuing Resolution (CR) government funding packa more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 30 [Category: Business] -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores posted the following news release: * * * NACDS Issues Statement on White House Drug Pricing Proposal * National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) President and CEO Steven C. Anderson issued the below statement today, following the Trump Administration's announcement of a pharmaceutical website and drug-pricing initiative: "The President's announcement reflects the reality that pharmac more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 30 [Category: Pharmaceuticals] -- The National Community Pharmacists Association issued the following news release: * * * NCPA: MFN is Part of a Bigger Solution that Includes PBM Reform * ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Sept. 30, 2025) - President Trump's announcement today of an agreement with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer to bring down U.S. drug prices is a step in the right direction, but it won't solve the problem unless he and Congress also get tough on the pharmacy ben more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 [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: * * * New Bill Would Restore Books Banned in Department of Defense Schools * (WASHINGTON)-- PEN America today welcomed the introduction of the Stop Censoring Military Families Act in response to federal bans on books in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools. The bill was in more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * NIAC Condemns Deportation of Iranian Nationals Amid Ongoing Civil Rights Abuses Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council, issued the following statement on reports that the U.S. has chartered a plane to deport approximately 100 Iranian nationals to Iran, and will deport hundreds more to Iran in the months to come. In the days that followed the June war agai more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Energy] (TNSrpt) -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * Oil Change Response to Anticipated Government Shutdown * In anticipation of the U.S. government shutting down at midnight tonight, Collin Rees, Oil Change International United States Campaign Manager, released the following statement: "Trump and Congressional Republicans are showing once again that they work for billionaires and fossil fuel CEOs, not everyday people. They'r more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * OMB Directs Agencies to Plan for Mass Firings of Federal Employees * Last week, ahead of a potential government shutdown on October 1, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directed agencies to consider initiating Reduction in Force actions for all federal employees in programs, projects, or activities (PPAs) that ar more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Oct. 1 -- Americans for Limited Government issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * President Trump Should Engage In Reductions In Force Immediately With No Turnback Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging President Donald Trump to proceed with irreversible reductions in force as soon as the partial government shutdown begins at midnight: "Democrats have nothing that President Donald Tr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Report: Pharmaceutical tariffs will upend prices, supply * A new CEI report takes a close look at the complex, worldwide pharmaceutical supply chain to anticipate how forthcoming Trump tariffs might increase prices and cause supply problems. "The Trump administration's economic and trade policies will disrupt pharmaceutical manufacturing, causing unpredictable and dam more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Responds as Republican Lawmakers Force Federal Government Into Shutdown * Washington, DC -- This evening, the federal government is heading toward a shut down until a spending bill is approved by Congress and signed into law. The shutdown comes after multiple calls from Democratic leaders to negotiate a bipa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Closing of USDA Reorganization Comment Period * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture concludes 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  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Looming Trump Shutdown * Washington, DC - Despite having control of the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are preparing to allow the federal government to shut down tonight at midnight. The shutdown comes as agencies are already experiencing massive funding cuts and reductions in staff as the Trump  more PR

BOONE, North Carolina, Sept. 29 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Trump administration announces new efforts to increase electricity prices and pollution * September 29, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org Today, the Trump administration announced a number of new initiatives to prop up coal mining and coal-fired power plants. The new initiatives include an announcement by the U.S. Envir more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Slashes Accountability, Boosts Bailouts for Coal Industry * CAMBRIDGE (September 30, 2025)--The Trump administration announced a suite of policies yesterday set to pour money into aging coal-fired power plants, allow coal plants to bypass critical pollution protections, and subsidize coal mining on federal lands by sharply lowering roya more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [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: * * * Trump Administration's Plan for Mass Firing of Federal Workers During Government Shutdown Violates Law, Unions Say * AFGE, AFSCME file lawsuit challenging administration's reduction-in-force plans San Francisco, CA - The American Federation of G more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [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: * * * Trump-Initiated Mass Exodus of More than 150,000 Public Servants Harms the American People, Places Essential Services in Limbo * New Public Awareness Campaign Spotlights Trump-Initiated Costs for American Workers, Inefficiencies and Corruption of  more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 1 -- VoteVets issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * VoteVets Statement: "Clueless, Self-Aggrandizing" Civilian Military Leadership Makes U.S. Less Secure Today, in response to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's bizarre gathering of hundreds of generals and admirals at Quantico, Virginia, VoteVets Senior Advisor Major General Paul Eaton, US Army, retired, released the following statement: "I speak for a lot of former general officers when I say I couldn' more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Wyoming will Pay the Price as Trump Sells Out Public Lands, Public Health to Costly Coal * WYOMING -- On Monday, 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  more PR