WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2025: * * * AFPI Celebrates First Lady's 'Presidential AI Challenge' The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds the First Lady, Melania Trump on her "Presidential AI Challenge". This project will allow K-12 students across the country to learn responsible use of AI while helping educators understand how emerging technologies can assist in their teaching. "The White House Presidenti more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- The Consumer Technology Association issued the following news release: * * * AI Regulation Must Happen at the Federal Level, CTA CEO Says The following statement is attributed to Gary Shapiro, CEO and Vice Chair, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)(R): "President Trump knows the urgency of this moment for American AI innovators. His new executive order is the latest in a series of actions - ranging from the AI Action Plan to the launch of the Genesis Mission more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Demands EPA Rescind Biden-Era "Environmental Justice" Regulation * WASHINGTON, D.C. - America First Legal (AFL) has filed a petition for rulemaking, demanding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) end the use of illegal "environmental justice-related need" as a reason to fast-track Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Correct Injustice Inflicted Upon President Trump from E. Jean Carroll's Lawfare * America First Legal (AFL) has filed a critical amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the lower courts' deeply flawed rulings in the defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll against President Donald J. Trump. AFL's more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 12 (TNSrep) -- The American Feed Industry Association issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2025: * * * Republicans Urge Trump to Act to Protect US Vitamin Supply, Food Security This afternoon, over a dozen Republican members of Congress sent a letter to President Donald Trump, highlighting concerns about the United States' overreliance on China for the supply of its vitamins and amino acids used in both human and animal food. The letter comes just weeks aft more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- American Oversight issued the following news on Dec. 10, 2025: * * * American Oversight Demands Navy Account for Reported Deletion of Footage Following Deadly October Boat Strike We demanded the National Archives, DOD, and Navy take immediate action to recover any destroyed records and prevent further unlawful deletions. * Following alarming reporting that U.S. Navy personnel aboard the USS Iwo Jima were ordered to delete video and photographic documentation of two su more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- American Oversight issued the following news on Dec. 11, 2025: * * * American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Records on Nearly $1 Billion in Pro Bono Legal Services from BigLaw We're probing deals that could silence dissent from the legal profession and shade the administration from scrutiny. * Thursday, American Oversight filed suit against the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Justice (DOJ) for failing to release records related to the Trump administration's more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 11 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * Americans for Prosperity Urges Swift, Bipartisan Passage of SPEED Act to Modernize Permitting and Lower Energy Costs * WASHINGTON, DC - Americans for Prosperity (AFP) applauds the House for passing H.R. 3898, the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act, which streamlines the permitting review process, imposes clear deadlines, and injects p more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR in the News, December 11, 2025 * CAIR-MN: ICE Tackled a US Citizen in the Snow. He Says He Was Targeted For Being Somali. - Mother Jones CAIR-FL Requests DeSantis' Communications with Israeli Officials - WFLA Video: CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of 'Cross' Vandalism Targeting Virginia Mosque CAIR: Gov. DeSantis sells Islamophobia as security - Tampa  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-CA Strongly Condemns 'Unconstitutional and Defamatory Attack' by Gov. DeSantis, Abbott on CAIR Chapters * The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today strongly condemned the recent proclamations by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott smearing CAIR as a "foreign terrorist organization," calling i more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Consumer Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * CBA Statement on FDIC Chair Confirmation * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) President and CEO Lindsey Johnson released the following statement on the U.S. Senate voting to confirm President Donald J. Trump's Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair nominee Travis Hill: "On behalf of America's leading Main Street banks, we congratulat more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 11 -- Demand Progress issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2025: * * * AI Executive Order a Giveaway to David Sacks & Big Tech Trump Keeps Trying to Disarm States so Big Tech Can Prey on American Families * On Monday President Donald Trump announced that he would sign an executive order on AI. A previous, leaked order attempted to give the White House and David Sacks the authority to override state AI safety laws. Last week, Demand Progress released a p more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Donald Trump's AI Order Threatens Everyday Customers' Wallets * Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to remove state guardrails around artificial intelligence and the infrastructure needed to run AI, including popular state-level initiatives to require data center build transparency, protect privacy, and reduce impacts on electric affordability and pollu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (TNSrep) -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Trump has failed to fix NAFTA New report details USMCA's shortcomings and how to put workers first in North American trade * Despite pledging to fix the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), President Trump's trade policies have failed to put North American workers first, according to a new Economic Policy Institute report (https://www.epi.org/publication/did-trump-really-fix-nafta- more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Dec. 11, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * Democrats Will Strangle AI with Woke Rules - Unless Trump Takes Action By Michael Solon Democrats certainly learn from past mistakes. After watching President Bill Clinton let the internet grow without federal rules, Democrats want to control artificial intelligence -- and if  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * Human Rights Campaign PAC, Equality California, Equality PAC, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus Endorse California State Sen. Scott Wiener for U.S. House * WASHINGTON Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) PAC, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, Equality California, Equality PAC, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, and the California Legislative LGBTQ Cau more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 11 [Category: Sociological] -- Equality California posted the following news release: * * * Human Rights Campaign PAC, Equality California, Equality PAC, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus Endorse California State Sen. Scott Wiener for U.S. House * WASHINGTON Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) PAC, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, Equality California, Equality PAC, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, and the California Legislative more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (TNSrpt) -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * New ICE Flight Monitor Report Shows Sharp Escalation of Deportation and Domestic Transfer Flights Under Trump Administration A new report from Human Rights First's ICE Flight Monitor, documents a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign--including a record number of domestic transfer flights, expanding forced third-country transfers, and continued removals to Venezuela amid r more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- INCOMPAS issued the following news release: * * * INCOMPAS CEO Issues Statement on Executive Order Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence INCOMPAS, the competitive communications and AI infrastructure association, released the following statement in response to President Donald J. Trump's executive order, "Ensuring A National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence". The following statement can be attributed to INCOMPAS CEO Chip Pickering more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Information Technology Industry Council posted the following news release: * * * ITI Reacts to Executive Order on National Policy Framework for AI * WASHINGTON - Today, global tech trade association ITI released the following statement from its President and CEO Jason Oxman in reaction to President Trump's Executive Order on Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence : "ITI welcomes President Trump's Executiv more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Latest Documents Uncovered by Sierra Club Reveal Americans Oppose Efforts to Whitewash History on Public Lands * WASHINGTON, D.C. A review of official Trump administration documents obtained by the Sierra Club reveal widespread public opposition to Donald Trump's attempt to whitewash history on public lands via the executive order "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History". Internal  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Federal Approval of Harmful Oil Exploration in Alaska's Western Arctic * ANCHORAGE, Alaska Conservation groups and an Inupiat-led grassroots organization filed a lawsuit today seeking to overturn the Trump administration's approval of ConocoPhillips' winter seismic and exploration drilling program in the Western Arctic. The Bureau of Land Management on  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2025: * * * New Bill Would Better Protect National Parks from Mining Threats Today, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) celebrates the introduction of a bill that takes steps to protect America's national parks from the harmful impacts of mining. With over 3,500 active mine claims inside national parks and national monuments and over 127,000 mine claims impacting wa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Energy] -- The Renewable Fuels Association posted the following news release: * * * New Initiative Promotes US Biofuels for Maritime Market * The American Biofuels Maritime Initiative (ABMI), a unified group of bioenergy stakeholders co-chaired by the Renewable Fuels Association and the American Biogas Council (ABC), announced its official launch today. The new group plans to work with President Trump's Administration and Congress to establish strong policies t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Government/Public Administration] (TNSrpt) -- The American Immigration Council issued the following news release: * * * New Report: Trump's Mass Deportation Agenda Will Deepen the Childcare Crisis * Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2025 A new report from the American Immigration Council warns that the U.S. childcare system (already stretched thin by rising costs, staffing shortages, and high demand) is facing catastrophic disruption under President Donald Trump's ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Supports OCC Ripping Back Veil of Banking Discrimination * WASHINGTON, D.C. NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, is encouraged and supports the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) preliminary findings after reviewing large banks' debanking activities. The OCC report revealed what the firearm industry has known, and experienced, for  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release: * * * President signs chaos-triggering public lands resolutions into law * WASHINGTON D.C. (Dec. 11, 2025) President Trump signed into law five Congressional Review Act resolutions that overturn critical protections in America's Arctic and threaten to destabilize the management of the nation's public lands. The resolutions rolled back a leasing plan for the coastal plain of the Arctic N more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Political] (TNSrpt) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Report: U.S.-Indonesia Minerals Deal Threatens Sovereignty, Labor Rights, and the Environment * WASHINGTON, D.C. A new report released today by Public Citizen and Indonesian environmental organization Satya Bumi exposes how the Trump administration has used the threat of sweeping tariffs to force Indonesia to accept an "agreement" that threatens to dismantle its hard-won progress tow more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 11 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Security Industry Association posted the following news release: * * * SIA Drone Security Subcommittee Applauds Inclusion of Key Counter-UAS Legislation in the House-Passed 2026 National Defense Authorization Act * SILVER SPRING, Md.The Security Industry Association (SIA) strongly supports lawmakers taking crucial and long-overdue steps needed to address growing threats posed by the weaponization or misuse of drones. In part more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [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 on President Trump's Executive Order on AI Preemption * Washington, D.C. - TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of tech industry CEOs and senior executives, today released the following statement from TechNet's President and CEO Linda Moore in response to President more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Dec. 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for December 9, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly Medicaid Unwinding May Have Substantially Disrupted Buprenorphine Treatment By Rachel Landis, PhD, MPP, and Bradley D. Stein, MD, PhD The opioid crisis remains one of the most pressing public health emergencies facing the United States. A 2023 KFF poll found that nearly one-t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Toyota Sustainability Report Glosses Over Impact of Emissions * WASHINGTON Toyota Motor Corp. of North America released its 2025 Environmental Sustainability Report last week. The report comes shortly after Akio Toyoda, the anti-EV Chairman of Toyota Motor Company, posed with a MAGA hat and a Trump-Vance t-shirt at a NASCAR event in Japan. In response, Adam Zuckerman, senior clean vehicles ca more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Grants His Greedy Big Tech Buddies' Christmas Wish With Dangerous AI Preemption EO * WASHINGTON, D.C. Donald Trump today announced a new executive order that he said would preempt state-level artificial intelligence regulations. The executive order threatens to nullify dozens of laws across red and blue states protecting people from AI harms, despite the fact that federal AI regulations more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Trade Deficit Up, Manufacturing Jobs Down by 49,000, Other Manufacturing Growth Measures Mixed in First Nine Months of 2025 * Data Show Gap Between Trump Trade and Manufacturing Goals Versus Outcomes Washington, D.C. Rethink Trade today published an infographic webpage compiling trade and manufacturing data that show in the first nine months of his second te more PR