WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * 2025 election memo: Energy affordability is on the ballot * To: Interested Parties From: Sara Schreiber, SVP for Campaigns, League of Conservation Voters Date: October, 23rd, 2025 Re: Energy affordability is on the ballot: And there is a clear choice between the candidates. Outlets like NBC have called energy affordability the "sleeper" issue of 2025. But voters h more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Afghanistan: Taliban Tramples Media Freedom * * The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. * As the Taliban's oppression of the media has increased, the need for independent news outlets in Afghanistan has become even greater. Journalists descri more PR

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 22 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * After Senate hearing, Appalachian Voices urges TVA board nominees to commit to customer protections * October 22, 2025 CONTACTS: Bri Knisley, Director of Public Power Campaigns, brianna@appvoices.org Chelsea Barnes, Director of Government Affairs and Strategy, chelsea@appvoices.org WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hea more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee posted the following news release: * * * AJC Statement on ICJ Advisory Opinion on Humanitarian Aid in Gaza * American Jewish Committee (AJC) is concerned by the irresponsible Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) yesterday, which dismisses concerns over UNRWA's unacceptable track record in Gaza. Despite this regrettable development, AJC is urging continued cooperation and coordination with I more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * The America First Policy Institute Applauds University of Virginia Decision to End Discriminatory Policies The America First Policy Institute applauds yesterday's decision by the University of Virginia to protect the civil rights of students, faculty, and staff by eliminating discriminatory processes that consider race, sex, and national origin. This is the latest example of the Trump Administra more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- American Oversight issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * American Oversight Launches Investigation into "Interim" U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan's Use of Signal to Discuss Political Prosecutions We're seeking information about Halligan's use of auto-deleting messages while prosecuting the president's political enemies. * Today, American Oversight launched an investigation into interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan's reported use of Signal to communicate w more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Trump's Big Beautiful Tax Cuts Are Helping America and Making Canada Jealous President Trump and congressional Republicans enacted permanent, pro-growth tax cuts which increased American competitiveness. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act provides across the board personal income tax cuts, full business expensing, Death Tax relief and a long list of additional tax cuts. And now our neighbors to the North wish  more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Amid Shutdown, Trump Administration and Congress Move to Sell Off 1.56 Million Acres in the Arctic Refuge for Oil and Gas * WASHINGTON, D.C. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum repealed the Biden administration's record of decision (ROD) for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge leasing program and re-adopted the first Trump administration's plan that opens the refuge's entire more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, Oct. 23 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release: * * * APHA announces 2025 awards for excellence in public health * Contact: mediarelations@apha.org Every year, the American Public Health Association honors excellence in public health leadership and innovation, from state and local health officials to those speaking up for public health from the halls of Congress. This year's awards will be presented Mond more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * Banning Clean Energy is Costing People Money-Let's Say So * TO: Interested Parties FR: Pete Maysmith, president, LCV RE: The climate threat remains real, present and costly. People are losing their homes in massive floods, parents are keeping their kids inside because of wildfire smoke, families are struggling with insurance premiums, energy bills, and groceries.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Welcomes Trump's Rebuke of Israeli Annexation Bill But Says De Facto Annexation Already Underway * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance's separate and clear rejection of an Israeli bill that would formally annex more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Center for Economic and Policy Research issued the following news release: * * * CEPR Launches New Blog to Track US Aggression in Caribbean and Latin America The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is launching a new blog with live updates focused on US militarism, aggression, and intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean. CEPR's Latin America and US foreign policy experts will focus on US strikes on boats, threats against Venezuela and Colombia, an more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Community, Health, and Environmental Groups Sue to Stop President Trump's Unlawful Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Community, health, and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today to stop an executive action that would unlawfully exempt 50 of the country's most toxic chemical manufacturing plants from protections that guard people agai more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Corruption Watch: Trump Pardons Binance Founder Amid $2B Trump Family-Binance Crypto Partnership * Washington D.C. - President Donald Trump has reportedly pardoned Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, founder of the world's largest crypto exchange Binance and who recently spent time in prison for felo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * Does the Golden Dome Create Strategic Instability or an Opportunity with China and Russia? By Clayton Swope and Melissa Dalton Will the Golden Dome, the Trump administration's proposed national missile shield, start a new nuclear or outer space arms race, destabilize the balance between the major global powers, and exacerbate strategic instability? Beijing has ass more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * European Union's Newfound Pragmatism Focuses on Emission Rules: Will It Appease Doha and Washington? By Leslie Palti-Guzman Europe is adopting key environmental measures with extraterritorial reach--from the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to the methane emission reduction regulation (MERR) in the energy sector and the Corporate Sustainability Due Dilige more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * Pentagon Announces a New Counternarcotics Task Force in the Caribbean By Ryan C. Berg, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Henry Ziemer, Rubi Bledsoe and Isabel Teran As part of the growing force posture in the Caribbean, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the Department of Defense's formation of a Counternarcotics Task Force, to be led by the U.S. Marine Corps Se more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * The U.S. Coast Guard and the Future of Maritime Cybersecurity By Joel Coito Regulatory, legislative, and policy developments have provided the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) with new cybersecurity tools and expanded authorities to secure the marine transportation system (MTS) from cyber threats. At the same time, budgetary headwinds that historically plagued the service  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [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 Launches Investigation into Proposed $230 Million Trump "Payment to Myself" * Washington, D.C. - Leading pro-democracy legal organization Democracy Forward has requested access to public records regarding a widely-publicized propo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [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 Sues Department of Justice and FBI for Withholding Records of Political Interference in Public Safety Grants * Washington, D.C. Democracy Forward filed suit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of In more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * DOI Pushes Forward with with Drilling Treasured Lands in Alaska, Greenlights Roads in National Wildlife Refuge * Washington, D.C.- In response to the Department of the Interior (DOI) recklessly advancing oil and gas leasing in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge, greenlighting a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, and approving the right-of-ways for the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news release: * * * DOI Trades Away Alaskan Refuges, Sells Out Public Lands * The Trump administration dealt a blow to the National Wildlife Refuge System by removing protections from the Arctic and Izembek National Wildlife Refuges. During what Defenders of Wildlife dubbed "Selling Out Alaska Day," Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum opened the entirety of the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: National Defense] -- The Center for a New American Security issued the following news release: * * * Doug Beck Returns to CNAS Board of Directors Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce the return of Doug Beck, former director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and principal staff assistant to the secretary of defense, to its Board of Directors. Beck previously served on the CNAS board from 2015 to 2023, stepping down when more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Energy] -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * During Trump's Japan visit, Prime Minister Takaichi must avoid doubling down on risky LNG deals * President Trump will visit Japan between October 27-29. He is expected to meet with the new Japanese Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, to discuss Japanese investments in U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, among other topics. Trump may continue to pressure Japan to invest in the impra more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (TNSrep) -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Economic Policy Institute and The Century Foundation release comprehensive resource on independent agencies amid Trump attacks A new report (https://www.epi.org/publication/trumps-assault-on-independent-agencies-endangers-us-all/) from the Economic Policy Institute and The Century Foundation details the Trump administration's unprecedented assault on independent agencies and the consequences more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Environmental Group Calls for Nationwide Moratorium on All New Data Centers * Response to Growing Crisis of Water and Energy Consumption and Cost Washington - Today the national environmental organization Food & Water Watch adopted a policy position calling for a full national moratorium on the approval and construction of new large-scale data centers, which are being driven by the  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Extreme Heat, Substandard Housing Pose Heightened Risk to People in Affordable Housing * WASHINGTONAs the U.S. housing crisis and climate change worsen, people living in affordable housing are among those at high risk of unhealthy, dangerous or even deadly conditions due to extreme heat, according to a Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) analysis released to more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Political] -- Defending Rights and Dissent issued the following news: * * * Gaza First Amendment Alert (10/23/25) * Sign up here to receive future Gaza First Amendment Alerts directly in your inbox. # Third Circuit Court of Appeals Hears Trump Administration Latest Legal Bid to Deport Mahmoud Khalil On Tuesday October 21, a three-judge panel from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard the Trump administration's challenge to a district judge's jurisdiction more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Government Contractors, Tobacco and Tech Fund White House Demolition * Washington, D.C. As the wrecking ball falls on the East Wing of the White House, today the White House released a list of three dozen of the donors who have pledged or donated to fund the demolition and the construction of a $300 million "Golden Ballroom." The Golden Ballroom donors include CEOs, billionaires and real e more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest issued the following news release: * * * Health and nutrition advocates, researchers call for government to define and regulate ultra-processed foods * The Center for Science in the Public Interest today submitted comments in response to the federal government's Request for Information (RFI) about how to define the term "ultra-processed food" (UPF). "The policy goal of defining UPF should be to identif more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Investigation Needed Into Whether CZ's Payments and Trump's Pardon Constitute a Quid Pro Quo * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, President Trump pardoned Chengpeng Zhao, known as CZ. CZ and Binance, a firm he founded, already pled guilty to violations of anti-money laundering and sanctions laws, and CZ served a brief prison term. CZ has invested in the President's crypto empire. The criminal settlement more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 [Category: Media] -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release: * * * Knight Institute Seeks Immediate Release of Trump Administration Agreements with Major Law Firms * NEW YORKThe Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University today filed a lawsuit seeking the agreements made earlier this year between the Trump administration and major law firms following a series of executive orders targeting the firms. In May,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Aims to Protect Whales in California From Deadly Ship Strikes * OAKLAND, Calif. The Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth sued the Trump administration today for failing to analyze how California shipping lane designations harm whales and sea turtles, such as by increasing vessel strikes and noise pollution. At least 10 gray whales have been kil more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release: * * * Nonprofits Urge ICE to End Detention of Pregnant People Following Reports of Abuse and Medical Neglect Letter to ICE leadership details shackling, solitary confinement, and a miscarriage without care in Louisiana and Georgia facilities * A group of civil and human rights organizations today urged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end the detention of more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * Alaska, America's National Parks at a Crossroad with Interior Department Announcement "Permitting the Ambler mining road ignores the cost, the wishes of the people of the region, the impact to America's wildlife and national parks, and the engineering challenges of building a 211-mile road across melting permafrost," -- NPCA's Jim Adams * FAIRBANKS, ALASKA - Today, D more PR

CENTENNIAL, Colorado, Oct. 22 [Category: Agriculture] -- The National Cattlemen's Beef Association posted the following news release: * * * President Trump Undercuts America's Cattle Producers * WASHINGTON (October 22, 2025) - In a misguided effort to lower the price of beef in grocery stores, President Trump said he plans to increase the volume of beef being imported from Argentina. Efforts to manipulate markets only risk damaging the livelihoods of American cattlemen and women, while doing more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Applauds California's Move to Protect Planned Parenthood and Safeguard Care in California * : Thursday, October 23, 2025 Contact: media@reproductivefreedomforall.org Washington, DC Today, Reproductive Freedom for All praised Governor Gavin Newsom for investing over $140 million in state funding to protect  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Trump Administration's Alaska Lands Giveaway * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a series of decisions that increase threats to Alaska landscapes, wildlife, and local communities. In a brief ceremony with members of Alaska's congressional delegation and governor, Burgum announced a decision opening vast swaths of the Arctic Nation more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Financial Services] -- Americans for Financial Reform, which describes itself as a nonpartisan and nonprofit coalition of more than 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith-based, and civic and community groups, posted the following news release: * * * Statement: Trump's Disgraceful Pardon of Convicted Criminal CZ Gives Greenlight to Crypto Crime * October 23, 2025 CONTACT: Jarice Thompson, jarice@ourfinancialsecurity.org Trump's Disgr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration OKs Destructive Land Swap for Alaska's Izembek Refuge * ANCHORAGE, Alaska The Trump administration today approved a deal trading away federal lands to pave the way for building a road through the center of Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. The deal would privatize federal refuge lands and reverse decisions made by previous administrations con more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 23 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Opens the Entire Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Oil and Gas Leasing * Anchorage, AK Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum today announced that he will open the entire 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing. These lands are sacred to the Gwich'in Nation, home to irrepla more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [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: * * * Trump Sacrifices Rule of Law and American Investor Protections for Personal Gain with Outrageous CZ Pardon * WASHINGTON, D.C. Statement from Amanda Fischer, Better Markets COO and Policy Director, on today's announced presidential pardon of Changpeng Zhao ( more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * United States: Federal Agents Use Excessive Force in Illinois * * Federal law enforcement agents have since mid-September used excessive force against peaceful protesters, legal observers, volunteer street medics, and journalists during demonstrations outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in suburban Chicago. * This is not crowd control but a campaign of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * University of Virginia to Dismantle Illegal DEI Infrastructure Following U.S. Department of Justice Investigation and America First Legal Complaint * The University of Virginia (UVA) will dismantle its unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) infrastructure under a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), which requires sweeping reform more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, Oct. 23 [Category: Sociological] -- MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, posted the following news release: * * * Wage Discrimination Against Women With Disabilities Must End * Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on Disabled Women's Equal Pay Day 2025: "Today is D more PR