Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2016 Hi everybody. Over the past seven years, we haven’t just been recovering from crisis, we’ve been rebuilding our economy on a new foundation for growth – growth that benefits everybody, not just folks at the top. Our businesses have created jobs for 73 straight months –[Read More…]
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Press Availability by Secretary of State Kerry in Baghdad, Iraq, April 8, 2016
Baghdad, Iraq–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon everybody, and thank you for your patience. I really appreciate it. I have had a very productive series of conversations, a day of meetings here in Baghdad. And I want to thank Prime Minister Abadi, Foreign Minister Jaafari, Speaker Jibouri, and[Read More…]
Wells Fargo Bank Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion for Improper Mortgage Lending Practices
Wells Fargo Bank Admits That It Certified that Loans Were Eligible for FHA Mortgage Insurance When They Were Not, and That It Did Not Disclose Thousands of Faulty Mortgage Loans to HUD NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016. The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has settled civil mortgage[Read More…]
Norwegian Shipping Company Sentenced in Alabama to Pay $2.5 Million for Illegally Discharging Oil into the Ocean
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016. The Norwegian shipping company DSD Shipping (DSD) was sentenced to pay a total corporate penalty of $2.5 million as a result of its convictions in Mobile, Alabama, for obstructing justice, violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), tampering with witnesses and conspiring to commit these[Read More…]
Member of International Child Exploitation Conspiracy Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison
VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016. A member of an international child exploitation conspiracy was sentenced to 21 years in prison today for his participation in two websites that were operated for the purpose of coercing and enticing minors as young as eight years old to engage in sexually explicit conduct on web[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama in a Conversation on the Supreme Court Nomination
Chicago, Illinois–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016 – 2:43 P.M. CDT PROFESSOR STRAUSS: Well, Mr. President, it’s a tremendous honor for the University and the law school. Welcome back. THE PRESIDENT: It is good to be back. (Applause.) It is good to be back. As some of you may know, I actually spent[Read More…]
Statement by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice on the Entry Into Force of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016. Today marks an important step forward in the Obama Administration’s efforts to secure nuclear material globally. Nicaragua and Uruguay deposited their instruments of ratification of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials. In doing so, they joined Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire,[Read More…]
Roosevelt University to Award Scholarships to Exceptional Mikva Challenge Teens
Attending the historic signing of an agreement on April 7 between Roosevelt University and MIkva Challenge, above, are (from left): Roosevelt’s Israel Vargas, director of community engagement and government relations; Jennifer Tani, assistant VP of community engagement and government relations; June Lapidus, associate professor of economics and director of Social Justice Studies;[Read More…]
SpaceX CRS-8 Lifts Off from Cape Canaveral (Video)
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016. The SpaceX CRS-8 Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station sending a Dragon spacecraft on the company’s eighth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 4:43 p.m. EDT. NASA Cargo Headed to Space[Read More…]
Senator Warren Introduces Legislation to Address Concerns About Flight Noise in Local Communities
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016. Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the FAA Community Accountability Act to give local communities a voice in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) decision-making process for flight paths. The bill was also filed as an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016,[Read More…]
