54 Percent of Contributions Came from New Donors NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2016. Hillary Clinton had her best fundraising month of the campaign in July, bringing in nearly $90 million for Hillary for America and the Democratic Party. Her campaign began August with more than $58 million in the bank. HFA’s[Read More…]
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At Homecoming Rally in Richmond, Tim Kaine Lays Out Virginians’ Choice in November
Kaine Passionately Defends Virginia Residents Khizr and Ghazala Khan Against Trump’s Attacks VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. At his first solo event as the Democratic nominee for vice president, Senator Tim Kaine rallied thousands of Virginians in Richmond as he returned home from the Democratic National Convention and a three-day jobs tour[Read More…]
Investor Warren Buffett Contrasts Clinton’s Economic Policies with Trump’s
Hillary Clinton Touts 100-Day Jobs Plan NEBRASKA–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. At a rally in Omaha, Nebraska on Monday, Hillary Clinton touted her “100-Day Jobs Plan,” the largest investment in good-paying jobs since World War II, to America’s heartland. Clinton contrasted her economic plans with Donald Trump’s, citing recent independent studies by[Read More…]
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Begins Accepting New Claims
Payment on All Group A Claims Has Been Authorized Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya announced today that the VCF is once again accepting new claims using a new claim form that was redesigned following the Dec. 18, 2015, reauthorization of the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at 95th National Convention for Disabled American Veterans (Video)
Atlanta, Georgia–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016 https://youtu.be/DeN7yuB9yw0 TRANSCRIPT 1:39 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, DAV! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Please, everybody, have a seat. What an honor to be with you today. (Applause.) Thank you. And thanks to Bobby. I’ll never forget the time Bobby came to the[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz aboard Air Force One, August 1, 2016
En Route Atlanta, Georgia–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016 – 12:10 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ: Welcome aboard Air Force One, everybody, en route to Atlanta, where the President will address the 95th Convention of Disabled American Veterans. This will mark his final major address to our nation’s veterans. So the President is looking[Read More…]
U.S. Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIL in Sirte, Libya
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016 By: Terri Moon Cronl At the request of the Libyan Government of National Accord, the U.S. military conducted precision airstrikes today against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant targets in Sirte, Libya, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters in a news briefing. The airstrikes[Read More…]
Statement from Senator John McCain Regarding the Khan Family
Phoenix, AZ– (ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. John McCain issued the following statement today regarding Donald Trump’s comments about Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004: “The Republican Party I know and love is the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower,[Read More…]
CAIR Demands Apology from Donald Trump for Disparagement of Muslim Gold Star Family
Civil rights group joins #CanYouHearUsNow social media campaign by Muslim women activists WASHINGTON -(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump apologize for disparaging the parents of a Muslim who died while[Read More…]
VoteVets Releases Gold Star Family Members Letter to Trump, Demand Apology for All Gold Star Families
“Ours is a sacrifice you will never know. Ours is a sacrifice we would never want you to know.” WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. Family members of twenty-three fallen service-members are writing to Donald J. Trump today, expressing their dismay at his treatment of the family of CPT. Humayun[Read More…]
