FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Tropical Storm Colin moved fast after making landfall in northwestern Florida on June 6 and by the morning of June 7, it was centered off the coast of North and South Carolina. NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites and NOAA’s GOES-East satellite provided a look at the storm[Read More…]
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White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, June 6, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016 – 1:22 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Monday. Before I get to your questions, let me just — I wanted to start today by acknowledging the death of NPR journalist, David Gilkey, and his colleague, Zabihullah Tamanna. Both of them were killed while[Read More…]
Senator Elizabeth Warren Releases Report Detailing GOP’s Extremist Record of Obstructing Key Obama Nominees
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. United States Senator Elizabeth Warren today released a report highlighting Senate Republicans’ long record of delaying and blocking votes on President Obama’s nominees to the judiciary and to other key administration positions, culminating in the GOP’s ongoing obstruction of Supreme Court Nominee Chief Judge[Read More…]
NASA Satellite Sees Tropical Storm Colin Affecting Florida
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. Rains from Tropical Storm Colin were spreading over the Florida west coast by 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, June 6, 2016. When NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Colin the previous afternoon, imagery showed Colin’s clouds had already spread over southern Florida. The MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry at the Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Beijing, China–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody, Ni hao. I’m happy to be here. We’re very grateful to President Xi for coming this morning and for opening up this Strategic and Economic Dialogue, and to all of his designated representatives – Vice Premier Liu, Vice Premier Wang,[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces Final Round of Promise Zone Designations to Expand Access to Opportunity in Urban, Rural and Tribal Communities
Collaborative, Evidence-based Approach Puts Citizens and Local Leaders at Center of Federal Solutions Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. Over the past seven years, President Obama and his Administration have steadily advanced a new approach to Federal engagement with communities. The Administration has abandoned an outdated, top-down approach to investing in communities[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Building on America’s Economic Recovery, June 4, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2016 Elkhart, Indiana was the first town I visited as President. I’d been on the job for three weeks, and we were just a few months into the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. Elkhart was hit harder than most. Unemployment there peaked at nearly twenty percent[Read More…]
President Obama Grants 42 Commutations
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)– June 3, 2016. Today, President Barack Obama granted commutation of sentences to 42 individuals. The President commuted the sentences of the following 42 individuals: Eric E. Alvarez – New York, NY Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack);[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Responds to Report Finding Puerto Rico Would Be Forced to Fund Control Board
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement in response to today’s report from the Congressional Budget Office estimating that the control board established under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act would cost $370 million and that Puerto Rican taxpayers would be forced to pick[Read More…]
In Paris, UN Secretary General Ban Calls for ‘Courage and Legitimacy’ to Achieve Peace in Middle East
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right), President François Hollande (centre) of France and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. Photo: F. de La Mure/maedi FRANCE–(ENEWSPF)–3 June 2016 – Terror, violence and the incitement that fuel them, along with the ongoing settlement enterprise and the lack of unity between Gaza and the West Bank[Read More…]
