WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: Financial Services] -- The American Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * ABA Applauds Today's Regulatory Actions on Indexing, Bank Capital and Bank Signage * "Today the FDIC took an important step toward a more stable and predictable regulatory framework by finalizing a rule that indexes certain key bank thresholds so they remain aligned with growth. ABA encourages other regulators and Congress to adopt approaches that prevent regulatory more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Americans Against Government Censorship issued the following news release: * * * Administration Sends FBI Counterterrorism Division to Silence Democratic Electeds Following yesterday's news that the Department of Defense is opening an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), five other Democratic lawmakers revealed today that they've been contacted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Counterterrorism Division. Besides Sen. Kelly, the members include Sen. Elissa S more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 25 [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: * * * Advocacy Groups, Major Publishers Reject Call by Tennessee Demanding Compliance with White House Executive Order on Gender Identity * (NEW YORK)PEN America today joins 33 major publishers and national library and literary advocacy groups denouncing directives from the Tennessee Secretary more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Demands Repeal of Biden-Era Rule That Uses Race to Determine Kidney Transplant Recipients * America First Legal (AFL) has filed a Rulemaking Petition urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to repeal a Biden-era regulation that embeds race-conscious policies into more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The America First Policy Institute posted the following commentary on Nov. 25, 2025, to RealClear World: * * * Off Target: Ukraine's Fighter Jet Pivot a Betrayal to U.S. Taxpayers By Mike Garcia In the midst of the continued conflict in Ukraine and the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Ukraine publicly announced intentions to buy new fighter jets from Sweden and France instead of from the U.S.. After receiving nearly $180 billion in American aid (including f more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on Nov. 25, 2025: * * * The GAIN AI Act in Context: Export Controls and U.S. AI Competitiveness By Angela Luna Executive Summary * The Guaranteeing Access and Innovation for National Artificial Intelligence (GAIN AI) Act seeks to address domestic supply constraints and inequality of access by mandating U.S. domestic consumers have priority access to advanced semiconductors before international sales can be fulf more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued the following news: * * * Americans United urges federal judge to protect integrity of elections and charities by upholding Johnson Amendment Dallas -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State attorneys are in federal court in Texas today to urge U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker to reject a proposed settlement agreement in National Religious Broadcasters v. Long. The agreement proposed by the In more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [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: * * * As Trump-Vance Administration Continues to Dismantle U.S. Department of Education and Target Children with Disabilities, Coalition Files Amended Complaint in Ongoing Lawsuit * Broad Coalition Highlights Abandonment of Children in America, Threats P more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: Medical] -- The American Society of Hematology posted the following news release: * * * ASH Announces Recipients of 2025 ASH Advocacy Awards * (WASHINGTON - Nov. 25, 2025) The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will honor U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Patty Murray (D-WA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), as well as the patient groups Sick Cells, The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA), and The Sickle Cell Disease Con more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * Cash for crazymaking: a tour through recent MacArthur Foundation grantees By Ken Braun In August 2024 the MacArthur Foundation sent a terse letter to the office of San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, informing her that they would be withholding $625,000 in previously-approved grant support because... she was putting too many people in jail. The letter also bemoaned the  more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Nov. 26 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Xcel knows that coal matters, but only in Colorado By Sarah Montalbano This month, Xcel Energy asked state regulators in Colorado to extend the operating life of the coal-fired Comanche Unit 2 for another year. Xcel Energy seems to understand the importance of coal in Colorado. What will it take fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America posted the following news release: * * * CPA Calls on Trump Administration to Prioritize Metal Fabricators in Ongoing Trade Actions * WASHINGTON, D.C. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today urged the Trump administration to refocus attention on the challenges facing America's metal fabricators a critical sector of the domestic industrial base and ensure that Section 232 steel and aluminum measures more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Capital Research Center posted the following commentary: * * * CRC News: Arabella, Soros, ObamaCare & more * In mid-November the Capital Research Center and InfluenceWatch helped drive news coverage regarding George Soros, the renaming of Arabella Advisors, ObamaCare and homeless advocacy policy. Links and excerpts are provided below. Washington Free Beacon Same Game, Different Name: 'Radioactive' Arabella Advisors Announces Rebrand to 'Sunflower Services' as Pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Nov. 25, 2025: * * * The Global Alignment Index: Tracking Support for U.S., Chinese, and Russian Leadership By Gregory B. Poling and Andreyka Natalegawa The United States and like-minded democracies are engaged in a systemic competition for global leadership. They are pitted against an increasingly coordinated authoritarian club that includes Iran, North Korea, and especially China an more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Nov. 25, 2025: * * * Understanding the Red Fort Attack in New Delhi By S. L. Narasimhan At about 6:52 p.m. on November 10, 2025, a car laden with explosives blew up near the iconic seventeenth-century Mughal-era Red Fort in New Delhi at a busy traffic signal. The driver of the car, Dr. Umar Un Nabi, a doctor by profession and an assistant professor at Al Falah University in Faridabad, more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies issued the following news release: * * * DFI President and Co-Founder Bob Eitel Appointed to National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity DFI President and Co-Founder Bob Eitel released the following statement after his appointment by U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI): I am honored to serve on the National  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * Human Rights First Condemns Trump Administration's Dangerous Refugee Review Directive Human Rights First condemns the Trump administration's directive ordering a sweeping review of more than 230,000 refugees admitted under the Biden administration -- a move that halts green-card processing, re-traumatizes already-vetted refugees, and opens the door to mass terminations of legal status. "This policy is a massive squand more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Information Technology Industry Council posted the following news release: * * * ITI: Trump Administration's Genesis Mission Will Advance U.S. Tech Leadership * WASHINGTON - Today, global tech trade association ITI Executive Vice President of Public Sector Policy Gordon Bitko welcomed the launch of the Trump Administration's Genesis Mission, a new initiative to leverage AI-powered science and tech innovation. "The Genesis Mission w more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on Nov. 25, 2025, in its China Brief: * * * PRC-Russia-DPRK Relations Grow Closer By Seong-Hyon Lee Executive Summary: * Multiple Chinese readouts from the president-, premier-, and foreign minister-levels have omitted references to "denuclearization" following summits between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). * Russia, the DPRK, and the PRC are engaged i more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * League of Women Voters of Oregon and ACLU of Oregon File Amicus Brief to Defend Oregon Voters' Privacy Against Justice Department's Pursuit of Sensitive Voter Data * The brief cites Oregon's strong privacy laws as protection for voters' data from the federal government EUGENE, OR \- Yesterday, the League of Women Voters of Oregon (LWVOR) and ACLU of Oregon filed a "friend of the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: Business] -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, posted the following news release: * * * NetChoice Applauds President Trump's Genesis Mission for AI Research * WASHINGTONYesterday, President Donald Trump announced the Genesis Mission, a proposal to supercharge American artificial intelligence (AI) research and development at the federal level, led by the Department of Energy. " more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The National Whistleblower Center, a legal advocacy organization, issued the following news: * * * NWC's 2025 Recap Ahead of Giving Tuesday This year more than ever, whistleblowers have proven instrumental in combating international corruption, exposing money laundering and foreign bribery conducted by major corporations. However, many whistleblowers across the world are still unprotected and unaware of their rights. In addition to countries lacking laws that protect an more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Policymakers Must Defend Medicare Drug Price Negotiations against Big Pharma * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, the Trump Administration announced prices for the second set of drugs selected for negotiation under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law as part of the Inflation Reduction Act by President Biden. Negotiated prices announced tod more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: Computer Technology]-- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation posted the following news release: * * * The Genesis Mission Marks a Coherent National Push for Faster American Science * In response to President Trump's new executive order launching the Genesis Mission to accelerate AI-enabled scientific innovation, the Center for Data Innovation released this statement from Senior Policy Manager Hodan Omaar:  With the Genesis Mission, the United S more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump's EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves Lives * WASHINGTON, D.C. Last night, in an unprecedented move, the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency gave up defending the national, health-based limits on fine particulate matter (PM2.5), also known as soot, that EPA strengthened last year. The EPA's court filing asks the U.S, Court of Appeals for the D more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Trump's EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves Lives * WASHINGTON, D.C. Last night, in an unprecedented move, the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency gave up defending the national, health-based limits on fine particulate matter (PM2.5), also known as soot, that EPA strengthened last year. The EPA's court filing asks the U.S. Court of Appe more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [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: * * * Veteran Career DOJ Immigration Litigator Erez Reuveni Joins Democracy Forward to Bolster Team Addressing Threats to People and the Rule of Law * Reuveni Joins Growing Litigation Team that Includes Many Former Civil Servants Who Have Left Federal Go more PR