NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2016. HFA Campaign Manager Robby Mook on the further questions on Donald Trump and his campaign team’s ties to Russia: “Facing another news story detailing Trump’s team’s ties to Russia and on the day of his foreign policy address, Trump’s campaign manager’s statement raised more questions than[Read More…]
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Yemen: UN Chief Condemns Attack on School that Killed at Least 10 Children
A classroom in Sa’ada, Yemen, was badly damaged in the recent conflict in April 2016. Photo: UNICEF/UN026956/Madhok NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 August 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the attack, reportedly an airstrike, on a school in northern Yemen that killed at least 10 children and injured many more[Read More…]
President Obama Signs Louisiana Disaster Declaration
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2016. The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and flooding beginning on August 11, 2016, and continuing. The President’s action makes federal funding[Read More…]
Statement from Hillary for America Campaign Manager Robby Mook on Trump Campaign Chair Pro-Kremlin Ties
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2016. After more reports of Donald Trump’s campaign chair’s ties to pro-Kremlin elements in Ukraine, Hillary for America Campaign Manager Robby Mook released the following statement: “On the eve of what the Trump campaign has billed as a major foreign policy speech, we have learned of more[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Statement on the 81st Anniversary of the Social Security Act
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2016. Today, on the 81st anniversary of the Social Security Act, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement: “For eighty-one years, Social Security has been America at its best. It reflects our shared belief that every American should be able to retire with dignity after decades of hard[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Providing a Better, Cleaner, Safer Future for Our Children, August 13, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2016. Hi, everybody. One of the most urgent challenges of our time is climate change. We know that 2015 surpassed 2014 as the warmest year on record – and 2016 is on pace to be even hotter. When I took office, I said this was something we[Read More…]
ISIL Leader in Afghanistan Targeted in Airstrike
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016 — U.S. and Afghan special operations forces conducted operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Afghanistan’s southern Nangarhar province between approximately July 1-30, 2016, a Defense Department spokesman said in a statement released today. During this time, Deputy Press Secretary Gordon Trowbridge said,[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Push to Pass Pacific Trade Pact
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement Friday after the White House took new action to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership: “I am disappointed by the president’s decision to continue pushing forward on the disastrous Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement that will cost American jobs, harm the environment, increase the cost of[Read More…]
Clinton, Kaine Release Additional Years of Tax Returns While Trump Defies Decades-Old Tradition of Disclosure
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. Today, Hillary Clinton released her 2015 personal tax return and Senator Tim Kaine and his wife Anne Holton released 10 years of their returns. “Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine continue to set the standard for financial transparency as she releases her 2015 personal tax return and[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It – Politifact: Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire Claim that Barack Obama ‘Founded’ ISIS, Hillary Clinton was ‘Cofounder’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016 By: Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman Donald Trump has found a ferocious way to describe President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton: as the founder and cofounder of ISIS, the terrorist group behind beheadings of Americans and lethal attacks around the world. Speaking to thousands[Read More…]
