WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Political] (TNSrep) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * $1.1 Billion in Big Tech Political Spending Fuels Attacks on State AI Laws * WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are trying to delete state laws that protect the public from harms caused by artificial intelligence (AI), fueled by more than $1.1 billion in Big Tech political spending, according to a new report from Public Citizen released today (https more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2025: * * * AFPI, Benny Johnson Launch 'Make Housing Great Again' Initiative New Partnership Aims to Restore the American Dream for Young Americans The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today announced "Restoring the American Dream: Make Housing Great Again," a national initiative led by Benny Johnson, an award-winning media personality and host of "The Benny Show", which has garnered  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls on President Trump to Demand End to Israel's Escalating Ceasefire Violations After Slaughter of 33 Palestinians * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Trump to force the Israeli government to stop its escalating violations of the U.S.-brokered cea more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Welcomes Federal Court Order Delaying Trump Administration's Termination of TPS for Syria * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal court's decision ordering the Department of Homeland Security to delay its planned termination of Temporary Protected Status  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Consumer Services] -- The Consumer Federation of America posted the following news release: * * * Consumer Federation of America and Protect Borrowers Slam CFPB's Attempt to Bless MoneyLion's Violations of the Military Lending Act * Washington, D.C. The Consumer Federation of America and Protect Borrowers today issued the following statement after the Trump-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a proposed stipulated judgement and order with inst more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Consumers Increasingly Dour as Trump Price Hikes Gobble Up Thanksgiving Budgets * Instead of preparing to loosen their belts after a hearty Thanksgiving dinner, Americans are tightening theirs and serving up smaller portions as Trump's economic mismanagement sours the holiday season. New analysis from Groundwork Collaborative, The Centur more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [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: * * * Court Orders IRS to Stop Sharing Confidential Taxpayer Information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Decision Follows Preliminary Ruling in September, Marks Major Victory for Taxpayers' Privacy * A federal court has blocked the Trump-Vance  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 21 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries * Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration's attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The decision was issued in response to a lawsuit filed by the Attorneys General of 21 sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Nov. 21, 2025: * * * Will Trump's Peace Plan for Ukraine Succeed? By Benjamin Jensen and Yasir Atalan U.S. President Donald Trump is right. The war in Ukraine must end. The challenge is determining how to set conditions for a lasting peace deal in a way that doesn't further destabilize Europe or create openings for additional Russian aggression. This installment of Critical Questions more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [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 Files Legal Challenge to Uncover Callous Chicago Immigration PR Stunt Suit Seeks Entirety of the Raw Footage Produced During Immigration Raids and Used to Create Social Media Video and Operational Guidance * Democracy Forward is more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Political] -- Defending Rights and Dissent issued the following news: * * * Gaza First Amendment Alert (11/21/25) * Sign up here to receive future Gaza First Amendment Alerts directly in your inbox. UK Journalist Finally Released from U.S. Detention British journalist Sami Hamdi was finally released from immigration detention in California on November 12, more than two weeks after he was arrested by federal agents at San Francisco International Airport. As  more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Nov. 21, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * How Trump Can End 'Woke Capital' - and Free US Companies To Get Back to Business By James R. Copland In his second term, President Donald Trump certainly hasn't been afraid to go bold -- and now it could be the stock market's turn. Trump's administration is eyeing a major overhaul in how the feds oversee the market, The Wall Street Journal has reported. T more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Nov. 21, 2025, to Arab News: * * * Azerbaijan: A Strategic Addition to the C5 By Luke Coffey At a meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, last Sunday, the leaders of the five Central Asian states -- Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan -- made an important decision that could have geopolitical ramifi more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Nov. 21, 2025, to China-US Focus: * * * Busan's Unfinished Agenda By Richard Weitz On October 30, Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump held their first in-person meeting since 2019. During their 100-minute encounter at the Republic of Korea's Gimhae Air Base outside Busan, they made some progress de-escalating commerc more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Reproductive Freedom for All Arizona Pickets Outside of the Prominent GOP Donor's Auto Dealership * Rep. Ciscomani cut Arizonan's healthcare. Jim Click got him to Congress. Over the weekend, Reproductive Freedom for All Arizona, alongside Worker Power, Vets Forward, Vets for Peace, and Good Trouble Action Group, gathered 50 people more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- American Oversight issued the following news: * * * Lawsuit Spurs DHS Notice to Noem, Other Top Officials Demanding Proper Records Preservation DHS now says it has instructed officials to preserve their communication records. * On Friday, following a new court filing (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26293477-nov-21-2025-american-oversight-v-dhs-noem-rubio-and-nara-joint-status-report/) in American Oversight's lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news wrapup, This Week in Climate Action - Nov. 21, 2025: * * * This Week in Climate Action - November 21, 2025 * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering a slew of bills from Congressional Republicans that will make life easier for Big Polluters while harming our pub more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Maine Girl Dads Mobilize State-Wide Ballot Initiative to Defend Women-Only Sports and Spaces * AUGUSTA, ME - For nearly five years, the Maine Human Rights Act has included "gender identity" as a protected class, allowing men who identify as women legal protection to enter female spaces and sports. This policy puts Maine in conflict with the Trump administration's " Keepi more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Nov. 20, 2025, to the Spectator: * * * Marjorie Taylor Greene: Anti-Trump Resistance Hero? By Douglas Murray The left sees that she might be useful in their war to bring down Trump It is always interesting to see who the American left claims are the leaders of the American right. There was a time during President Trump's first term when Steve Bannon fit the role - and relished playing it. Back the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * New Interior Department plan to increase offshore lease sales will help lower prices, increase supply - CEI experts * Yesterday, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued a Secretary Order that would replace the Biden administration's 2024-2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program with a new five-year offshore drilling plan that would greatly expand t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Energy] -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release: * * * Solar and Storage Industry Files Comments Supporting the Trump Administration's Efforts to Meet Rising Power Demand * The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) filed comments today in two federal proceedings focused on meeting America's surging electricity demand.  SEIA submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in its rulemaking on inte more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 [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: * * * Trump Administration's Legal Effort to Compel Disclosure of Jewish Names at the University of Pennsylvania is a "Shocking Abuse of Power" * (NEW YORK) PEN America today called on the federal court in Philadelphia to deny the Trump administration's attempt to enforce a subpoena against th more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: ThinkTank] (TNSrep) -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Trump is Devouring Americans' Thanksgiving Budgets, New Report Reveals Prices Up 10% * As families across the country prepare to carve turkeys and watch football, new analysis (http://go.tcf.org/TurkeyDay) from Groundwork Collaborative, The Century Foundation, and AFT finds President Trump's economic policies are driving up pric more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * WHO's Cancer Research Arm Finds Atrazine Is Probable Human Carcinogen * WASHINGTONThe World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer found today that atrazine, the second most widely used pesticide in the United States, is "probably carcinogenic to humans." The cancer designation was determined by a working group of 22 expert cancer researchers fr more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * xAI and Grok's Antisemitic, White Nationalist Rhetoric Should Immediately Disqualify Them from Federal Government Use * WASHINGTON, D.C. A new analysis from Cornell University reveals that Elon Musk's online encyclopedia, Grokipedia, developed under xAI, has cited neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, white nationalist site VDare 107 times, and conspiracy outlet Infowars 34 times, treating th more PR