CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 20 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * ALA Sounds Alarm as White House Undermines Programs Supporting School and Academic Libraries * WASHINGTON, DC - This week the White House announced new steps toward dismantling the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Key programs that support school and academic libraries, such as Innovative Approaches to Literacy, will move to other federal agencies. The moves are the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [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 statement on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Statement: Trump's Latest Front to Take Down the CFPB Trump's Latest Front to Take Down the CFPB Statement of Patrick Woodall, Managing Director of Policy at Americans for Fina more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Americans' wages rise as Federal Reserve estimates blockbuster 4.2% GDP in Q3 * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 119,000 jobs were added in September. The overall unemployment rate grew slightly to 4.4% in September from 4.3% in August. (Note: These figures were delayed from October due to the federal government shutdown.) September more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Government/Public Administration] (TNSrep) -- The American Immigration Council issued the following news release: * * * Amidst Trump's Mass Deportation Campaign, Report Shows Access to Lawyers is Critical New Report Shows Having a Lawyer is a Critical Safeguard Against Deportation * As the Trump administration intensifies its mass deportation and detention campaign, a new report from the American Immigration Council shows that legal representation is one of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Brady Responds to Nomination of New ATF Director Nominee Robert Cekada is a 20-year veteran of ATF, with over 30 years of experience in law enforcement * This week, the U.S. Senate received the nomination of Robert Cekada to be the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from the Trump administration. Cekada is currently the Deputy Di more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Nov. 20, 2025: * * * The Hewlett Foundation's mission to divide and rule the right A giant left-wing donor has a plan to turn American exceptionalism into European malaise, and one piece of the mission is to co-opt the free society right. By Michael Watson Divide et Impera -- "Divide and rule." Such was the slogan of Macedonian King Phillip II and the Roman emperors who would adopt his approach to controll more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Report: Clean Energy Manufacturing Investments Dropped $3.4 Billion Last Month * (Washington, D.C. - November 20, 2025) In the face of the administration's continued attacks on clean, affordable energy, U.S. clean energy manufacturing projects worth more than three billion dollars were cancelled in the month of October - adding to plummeting investments this year in the recent more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Congressional Watchdog Urged to Investigate Trump Regulatory Chief * WASHINGTONThe Center for Biological Diversity today formally requested a Government Accountability Office investigation of Federal Vacancies Reform Act violations in the acting administrator position at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Jeffrey Clark has been serving as acting administrat more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Nov. 20, 2025: * * * Golden Dome for America: Assessing Chinese and Russian Reactions By Raymond Wang and Lachlan MacKenzie The Trump administration's January 2025 Golden Dome executive order set the stage for a massive expansion of U.S. missile defenses. Whereas the United States' existing homeland missile defenses are designed to counter ballistic missile threats from "rogue states" more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Nov. 20, 2025: * * * It's Time for AI Policy to Get Serious About the AI Adoption Gap By Shiva Goel and Matt Pearl "If you build it, they will come" may have worked for a fictional farmer building a field of dreams in 1980s Iowa. But as a strategy for successful technology diffusion, it has failed more often than it has succeeded. Consider the early automobile industry. Decades of eng more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [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 Federal Communications Commission For Failure to Produce Records After Threats to Jimmy Kimmel Raise Alarms About Retaliation Against Protected Speech * Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Political] -- EMILYs List issued the following news release: * * * EMILYs List Endorses State Rep. Shannon Bird for Colorado's 8th Congressional District * EMILYs List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, endorsed state Rep. Shannon Bird for Colorado's 8th Congressional District. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:  "State Rep. Shannon Bird's commitment to public service led her to fight for her community o more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- 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: Wyoming Machine Inc. ( more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 21 -- 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 on Nov. 20, 2025: * * * Fla. 'Theocrats' want all public school teachers to recite "so help me God" FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrats of the Week" are two Florida legislators who want every teacher in the state to recite "so help me God" as more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * House Vote to Send More Liquified Methane Overseas Would Send Prices Spiraling Upwards * WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to strip away key federal safeguards intended to protect American families from higher prices caused by record liquefied methane gas exports (also known as liquefied natural gas or LNG) would have on U.S. energy markets, national security, the envir more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Nov. 20, 2025, to the National Review: * * * Christians Should Defend the Jewish People By Rebeccah L. Heinrichs The American political right has recently seen a sharp rise in antisemitism. This noxious strain of bigotry has long had a prominent place on the far left, but the convergence of the two sides, along with the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Human Rights First Condemns Gov. Abbott's Unlawful Attack on America's Largest Muslim Civil-Rights Organization Human Rights First roundly condemns Governor Abbott's recent designation of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a foreign terrorist organization. Governor Abbott has no authority to declare any American institution a terrorist group, nor does he have any cause for such a proclamation. CAIR i more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- 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, posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: AXIOS: Behind the Curtain: Red alert AXIOS reported this morning on the Republican Party's increasingly bleak 2026 outlook as the affordability crisis worsens and their polling numbers crat more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Independent Women Supports Rescission of the Bureau of Land Management's 2024 Conservation and Landscape Health Rule * Independent Women joined Mountain States Legal Foundation and several allied organizations in submitting comments supporting the Bureau of Land Management's proposal to withdraw its 2024 Conservation and Landscape Health Rule.  The Bureau of Land Manag more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Information Technology Industry Council posted the following news release: * * * ITI Convenes Industry, Trump Administration to Discuss U.S. AI Leadership * WASHINGTON - Today, global tech trade association ITI hosted The Honorable William Kimmitt, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce, for an industry discussion on the Trump Administration's American AI Exports Program. Launched as  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on Nov. 20, 2025, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * C5+1 Summit Elevates U.S. Engagement With Central Asia By Alexander Kim Executive Summary: * The upgraded C5+1 summit in Washington, D.C., marked a significant elevation of U.S. engagement with Central Asia, focusing on economic partnerships, business deals, and commitments to deepen diplomatic ties. * The United States has established significant mining and more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on Nov. 20, 2025, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Georgian Rhetoric Attempts Connectivity Without Political Change By Nino Lezhava Executive Summary: * In October, Georgia hosted the fifth edition of the Silk Road Forum, bringing together officials, organizations, and business leaders under the slogan "Invest in Connectivity- Grow in Stability." * Attendees largely avoided discussion about geopolitical shif more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Institute for Higher Education Policy issued the following statement on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Latest efforts to dismantle ED: Another wrench in a disruptive year Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) President & CEO Mamie Voight released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration's announcement to shift key Department of Education's responsibilities to other federal agencies: "The U.S. Department of Education's latest attempt to whittle down t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Filed to Reduce Smog in Denver, Southern California * OAKLAND, Calif. The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Environmental Health filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump Environmental Protection Agency's failure to protect millions of California and Colorado residents from dangerous smog pollution. "Trump's EPA is forcing millions of people to brea more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * League of Women Voters Statement on President Trump's Claims that Lawmakers' Dissent Equals 'Seditious Behavior' * WASHINGTON, DC "The President's suggestion that lawmakers should face death for upholding the rule of law is not political rhetoric it's an authoritarian threat that shatters every democratic norm. No leader in a functioning democracy invokes death as punishment for d more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Legal Agreement Requires Trump EPA to Address Dangerous Smog Pollution in Phoenix Area * OAKLAND, Calif. A federal judge approved a legal agreement today requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act on smog pollution in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area by Feb. 3, 2026. But the agency has proposed excusing Phoenix from taking any action to clean up the dangerous po more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 21 -- The National Immigrant Justice Center issued the following news release: * * * Chicago Advocates Condemn Trump Administration Move to Block Release of Hundreds Unlawfully Arrested by ICE Seventh Circuit Stay of ICE Detention Releases under Castanon Nava Consent Decree Prolongs Detention and Family Separation for Hundreds of Chicagoans * CHICAGO -- The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc. (ACLU of Illinois) issued  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Encouraged, Looks Forward to ATF Director Nominee Robert Cekada Confirmation Hearing NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, is encouraged by President Donald Trump's nomination of Robert Cekada to be the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and looks forward to his testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Commi more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Energy] -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * Oil Change International COP30 Media Advisory - November 20 * Belem, Brazil - With just hours remaining until the scheduled close of COP30, the pressure is mounting. Yesterday the summit entered a decisive phase, with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva joining the talks to advance the draft "Mutirao Decision" text in a bid to swing the package through. Meanwhile, negotiato more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 [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: * * * Political Violence is Never the Solution to Free Speech * (WASHINGTON)In response to President Trump's comments today about a video message in which federal lawmakers called on active military troops to refuse to follow unlawful orders, Hadar Harris, PEN America's managing director of th more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * Remembrance Is Not Enough: HRC's Annual Report Outlines Ongoing Onslaught of Violence Against Trans People Amid Relentless Political Attacks * WASHINGTON Today, in observance of Trans Day of Remembrance, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) is publishing a new report, Fatal Violence Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in the United States, which tracks data  more PR

PARIS, France, Nov. 19 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * United States: RSF condemns Trump's dismissal of Khashoggi murder,highlights ongoing repression of Saudi journalists * Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the outrageous remarks US President Donald Trump made about Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, murdered in 2018 by Saudi officials, during a press conference organised for the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's (MBS) v more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * September's Job Numbers Mask a Weakening Economy * The delayed September jobs report shows the United States added 119,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%. The labor market is effectively stalled as of April's Liberation Day, as Trump's tariffs and economic mismanagement squeeze businesses and workers alike. more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club: Trump administration's offshore plan sells out coastal communities * Today, the Trump administration announced a sprawling new offshore drilling plan that vastly expands controversial oil extraction off America's coasts.  In a secretarial order titled " Unleashing American Offshore Energy," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to scrap more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 [Category: Sociological] -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * South Africa puts a stern test to G20 leaders this year to confront the scourge of global inequality * G20 billionaires' fortunes rise by $2.2 trillion in just one year, more than enough to lift everyone above the global poverty line The amount of wealth that the G20's own billionaires made just last year - $2.2 trillion - would have been more than enough to lift 3.8 billion pe more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * The SPEED Act is Permitting More Giveaways to Big Polluters Following today's House Natural Resources Committee's markup of the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement from Vice President of Federal Policy Matthew Davis: "House Republicans have once again shown they a more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Computer Technology] -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following news release: * * * TechNet Statement Ahead of Secretary Lutnick and USTR Greer's Meetings in Europe * TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of tech industry CEOs and senior executives, today released the following statement from its President and CEO Linda Moore ahead of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutni more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [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: * * * Transgender Federal Worker Sues Trump-Vance Administration Over Federal Bathroom Ban * A Civilian Employee of the Illinois National Guard Filed a Class Action Lawsuit in Federal Court Washington, D.C. - A civilian employee of the Illinois Nationa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Releases Reckless Draft 5-Year Lease Sale Plan for Offshore Drilling * Washington D.C.- In response to the Trump administration releasing its reckless and dangerous draft five year plan for offshore oil and gas drilling, which would auction waters off the coast of Alaska and southern and central California, and in the Gulf of Mexico, the League of Con more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump EPA Approves Its Second 'Forever Chemical' Pesticide in Two Weeks * WASHINGTONThe Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, and oats. The pesticide is a "forever chemical" one of a group called PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Brings Oil Spill Risks to U.S. Coasts * The Trump administration released a draft plan today for conducting as many as 34 offshore oil and gas lease sales over the next five years. The plan could open up as much as 1.27 billion acres to drilling, far more federal waters than previous administrations have, offering auctions between 2026 and 2031  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * US economy adds 119,000 jobs in September amid tariff turmoil * American employers added 119,000 jobs in September, the government reported today in the first jobs report since the weeks long federal government shutdown. CEI experts point to tariff uncertainty, rising prices, and low consumer sentiment casting a pall over job gains. Ryan Young, CEI senior economist:  more PR