WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Senate Majority PAC, an organizations that works to elect Democratic senators who are committed to an economy that provides opportunity and security for America's working families and who stand up to protect the rights of all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Americans See Democrats' Health Care Fight as Essential, Blame Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans for Government Shutdown The majority of voters blame Donald Trump and congressional Republi more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 6 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * ATA Statement on Confirmation of Derek Barrs to Lead FMCSA * Oct 06, 2025 Washington - Today, the American Trucking Associations applauded the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Derek Barrs to serve as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. President Trump nominated Barrs to lead FMCSA on March 25. "Following extensive advocacy by ATA more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 7 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Control the language, control the debate By David Zimmer Many have recognized the left's attempts to control issues by controlling the very language used to frame an issue. The left dominates the tactic, and the right has to do better at pushing back against the reframe. Whet more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Common Cause posted the following news release: * * * Common Cause Exposes Systemic Failures of Federal Ethics Oversight * Common Cause, a national, nonpartisan government watchdog, filed 54 separate complaints against the Trump Administration for violating the Hatch Act, the Anti-Deficiency Act, and the Anti-Lobbying Act--a volume of filings that underscores the breakdown of federal ethics oversight, a system never built to confront coordinated ab more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * COURT WATCH: Ginni Thomas's Conservative Activism Presents New Conflict of Interest for Justice Thomas in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections * Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, a case brought forward by conservative Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSxrep) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Shifting Power: The Next Phase of U.S. Foreign Assistance This analysis is part one of a three-part series covering the need and urgency to center rightsholders in the future of U.S. foreign assistance. In a moment of tremendous flux, these commentaries offer analysis and recommendations for a new model rooted in local consultation and input from those most more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * What the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance Reveals About Global Power Shifts By Laura Caroli and Matt Mande On September 25, the United Nations launched the Global Dialogue on AI Governance. The dialogue aims to provide a platform for future discussions of AI governance. Governments and other stakeholders will convene annually--starting at the 2026 AI for Good Glo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Defending Rights and Dissent issued the following news: * * * Newsletter: October 2025 Responding to Trump's plan to 'crush' the 'radical left' * The Trump administration is using the killing of Charlie Kirk to escalate government targeting of political dissent into a full-blown crackdown on its political adversaries, with White House officials blaming nonprofits on the left just hours after the murder. Days later, Trump issued an Executive Order designating the ideol more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [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 Taps Accomplished Litigators, Former White House Lawyer to Join Growing Team * Litigation Team Continues to Grow as Organization Increasingly Serves as Bulwark in Protection of People, Communities Against Harmful Trump-Vance Admini more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the U.S., issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Advocates mourn another loss of life to ICE detention under Trump -- record number of ICE deaths within a calendar year Imperial County, California -- Freedom for Immigrants, Imperial Liberation Collaborative, and Detention Watch Network are mourning the death of more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the U.S., issued the following news release: * * * ICE uses government shutdown to further evade transparency and accountability In response to the furlough of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Office of Detention Oversight as a result of the government shutdown, despite all other ICE operations and detention continuing, Set more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the U.S., issued the following news release: * * * Ten people sent to Eswatini - A cruel expansion of Trump's third country deportations to further demonize immigrants In response to the news that the Trump administration has sent 10 people to Eswatini, including at least two people from Vietnam, Stacy Suh, Program Director of D more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [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: * * * Emergency Relief Sought to Protect Upcoming Elections From Trump-Vance Administration Plot to Facilitate Illegal and Inaccurate Voter Roll Purges * Washington, D.C. - With elections rapidly approaching in locations around the nation, the League of W more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Emergency Relief Sought to Protect Upcoming Elections From Trump-Vance Administration Plot to Facilitate Illegal and Inaccurate Voter Roll Purges * Washington, DC \- With elections rapidly approaching in locations around the nation, the League of Women Voters, along with three individual plaintiffs, asked a court for emergency relief in a class action lawsuit that seeks to stop the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Financial Services] -- Better Markets, an organization that says it promotes pro-market, pro-business and pro-growth policies to help build a better financial system, posted the following news release: * * * FDIC's Actions Blindfold Bank Supervisors, Giving Jeffrey Epstein and Other Lawbreakers Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Cards * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Dennis Kelleher, President, CEO, and Co-founder of Better Markets, issued the following statement in response to the FDIC  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Federal Government Enters Shutdown, Administration Starts Firing Employees * Due to the failure to pass a government funding bill that would provide budget authority for federal agencies by October 1, 2025, the start of fiscal year 2026, the federal government has entered a shutdown. The two sides are pointing blame at e more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 8 -- 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: * * * FFRF Action Fund says 'Vote YES' on Prop 50 to preserve state/church separation The FFRF Action Fund is endorsing California's Proposition 50 and is encouraging its California advocates to vote YES. Prop 50, a statewide ballot me more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 7 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF corrects Trump: You don't need God to be good * The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the largest association of freethinkers in North America, is pushing back against President Trump's recent remarks suggesting that people cannot be good without God. Speaking in the Oval Office yesterday about his "America Prays" initiative, Trump said, "There's no reason t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Hearing Watch: Will AG Pam Bondi Own Up To Her Conflicts of Interest? * This morning, corporate lobbyist turned U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi faces Senate Judiciary Committee questioning for the first time since her confirmation. The hearing comes as "[m]ore than 275 former Justice more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following statement: * * * Heritage Experts Mark Second Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attacks on Israel, Demand Release of Hostages To mark the second anniversary of the horrific Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks that took the lives of more than 1,000 Israelis, national security experts at The Heritage Foundation issued the following statement demanding the release of all hostages still held by the brutal terrorist organization. Victoria Coates, more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare issued the following statement on Oct. 6, 2025: * * * How Many Jobs Does the Social Security Commissioner Need? Trump Administration Names SSA Chief as Simultaneous CEO of the IRS "The Trump administration has made an unprecedented -- and unwise --- move by appointing Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano to serve simultaneously as CEO of the IRS. The Trump regime has made many reckless changes at th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Independent Community Bankers of America posted the following news release: * * * ICBA Commends FDIC, OCC on Proposals to Improve Regulatory Oversight * Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey released the following statement on today's Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed rules to prohibit the use of reputation risk by r more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Failure to Protect Habitat for Endangered Black-Capped Petrels * The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to provide critical habitat protections for endangered black-capped petrels, who are threatened by oil spills, offshore oil and gas extraction and deforestation.  "These intrepid sea birds cross oc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following memorandum: * * * Memo: LCV State Partners Continue to Stand Up for Democracy and Against Authoritarianism * To: Interested Parties From: Amanda Gnaedinger, State Democracy Policy Senior Director Re: LCV State Partners Continue to Stand Up for Democracy and Against Authoritarianism States across the country are fighting to defend a free and fair democracy. Our best course of action fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * MTG Takes a Page from McCain's Playbook: Caving on Obamacare By Isabelle Morales Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG) on Monday broke with President Trump on the government shutdown and caved on Democrats' demand to extend expanded Obamacare subsidies imposed by President Biden. In a post on X, Greene admitted that she would vote to expand Obamacare because her "own adult children's" premiums would allegedly g more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * NARFE: Law Clearly Requires Backpay for Furloughed Feds * In response to an Axios report that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo arguing that the administration is not legally required to provide backpay to federal employees furloughed due to a shutdown, despite the clear language of the Government Emp more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2025: * * * Trump Administration Announces Atrocious Plan to Destroy America's Largest Park Landscape In a fact sheet and live announcement from the White House today, the Trump administration called for prompt approval to establish the Ambler mining road, through America's largest national park landscape. "This order is so atrocious, it's nearly unbelievable," said National Parks C more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Alliance for Justice, an organization committed to fortifying the progressive movement through its focus on federal and state courts and building power by providing resources to maximize nonprofits' advocacy capacity, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * North Carolina Groups Oppose Confirmation of Judicial Nominee David Bragdon Today a coalition of civil rights groups based in North Carolina issued a letter calling on senators to oppose the confi more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Oct. 8 -- Americans for Limited Government issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Obamacare Expansion Was Sunset In 2022 Inflation Reduction Act By Democrats Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging the Senate to reopen the government: "The expanded Obamacare premium tax credits were started during Covid in 2021 by former President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats and were sunset fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Partnership for Public Service issued the following news release: * * * Partnership for Public Service statement on compensation for furloughed federal employees during the government shutdown * The nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service today released the following statement from President and CEO Max Stier in response to reporting about a draft White House memo from the Office of Management and Budget ass more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Protect Borrowers (formerly Student Borrower Protection Center) issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Protect Borrowers Responds to Trump Administration's Reported Plans to Sell Student Loan Portfolio to Private Market After a Months-Long, Failed Push to Collect Student Debt, Trump Officials' Latest Scheme Poses Risks for Borrowers and the Economy * Politico reported today that the Trump Administration is once again considering plans to sell segments more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Oct. 6 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Psychedelic Use Increased 30% since 2021 * This blog is part of ASAM's 'Recovery Readout' series, which breaks down the latest data and trends impacting addiction medicine and practice management. Data in Focus Over 10 million people in the United States used psychedelics 1 /hallucinogens 2 in 2024. 3 Those estimates underscore a nearly 30% increase more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * STATEMENT | Trump Administration Plan To Not Pay Furloughed Federal Employees Is "Illegal and Morally Corrupt" * In response to news reports that the Trump Administration may not pay all furloughed federal employees, Tim Whitehouse, Executive Director, P ublic Employees For Environmental Responsibility (PEER), issued the following statement: "Not paying f more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Two Years Later: Independent Women Urges West to Condemn Global Violence Against Women and Girls on Anniversary of Hamas Atrocities * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the two-year anniversary of the devastating October 7, 2023 attacks on Israeli women and girls by Hamas terrorists, Independent Women's Center for American Safety and Security urges the West to stand up against such a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Under Bondi's Leadership, DOJ Has Become the White House's Revenge Arm * Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying before Congress amid mounting concerns that the Justice Department under her leadership is being weaponized to go after President Trump's perceived enemies.  Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response: "The abuse of the Justice Depar more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 8 -- VoteVets issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * VoteVets Announces Additional Investment of Over $1.1 Million in New Jersey and Virginia Races in Final Weeks of Campaign Ads engage swing voters other organizations can't reach as campaigns head into the home stretch * VoteVets and VoteVets Action Fund today announced major ad buys in the Virginia and New Jersey Governors races as voters decide if veterans and national security candidates are the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Watchdog: HHS Sec. Noem Millions Overbudget on Vanity Anti-Immigrant Ads While Trump Administration Threatens to Withhold Backpay From Furloughed Workers * The government shutdown drags on over the insistence of President Trump and his allies in Congress that millions of Americans lose  more PR