WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- FIRM Action, a project of the Center for Community Change Action, issued the following news: The Trump administration announced changes to the 'public charge' rule, geared to restrict immigrants who use some government benefits from gaining permanent lawful immigration status. Dorian Warren, President of Community Change, and Sulma Arias, spokesperson for the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) issued the following statement: Dorian Warren, President of Community Cha  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The National Center for Public Policy Research issued the following news release: * * * - Project 21 Members Say Reference to "Godfather" Character Not Comparable to N-Word * * * As CNN personality Chris Cuomo tries to equate being called "Fredo" - the "weak brother" in "The Godfather" - with a black person being called the n-word, Project 21 members are criticizing him and CNN for trying to paint critics as bigots. "This is America in 2019. CNN has a white man of wea  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 12 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following statement by Chairman James Dickey regarding the vote of the Texas House General Investigating Committee to ask the Texas Rangers to investigate the meeting between Speaker Dennis Bonnen, House Caucus Chair Dustin Burrows, and Empower Texans' CEO Michael Quinn Sullivan: "At the Republican Party of Texas, we will not allow division and distraction to deter us from our 2020 mission to elect larger majorities so that we c  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Aug. 7 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: An alumna and strong supporter of the University of Kentucky has been nominated and confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Kelly Knight Craft, a longtime Republican Party activist from Glasgow, Kentucky, is currently the U.S. ambassador to Canada. In 2017, she became the first woman to hold that post. In her new role, Craft will serve as the country's chief representative at the U.N. Gen  more