Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016.  Following a push from U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., the Department of Education today published on its website the names and applications of schools seeking religious exemptions under Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). In January, the Department[Read More…]

President Obama Establishes Federal Interagency Reentry Council Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016.  An estimated 70 million or more Americans have some kind of criminal record.  Each year, more than 600,000 individuals are released from Federal and State prisons, and millions more are released each year from local jails. Promoting the rehabilitation[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016 – 3:53 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  I hear there’s some hotshot journalists here.  Josh was speaking for me, and I wanted to make sure he was getting it right. How’s it going, everybody?  Are you guys having an interesting time here? AUDIENCE:  Yes! THE PRESIDENT:  Was[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016 – 3:22 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see you all.  Welcome to the White House.  And welcome to the White House Briefing Room.  This is obviously the room where, every day, or almost every day, I come and do a briefing[Read More…]

Rule 41 Revision Treats Victims like Attackers; One Warrant Could Authorize Government Hacking of Thousands or Millions of Americans’ Devices; Any Change Should be Made by Congress Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016.   U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. today called for Congress to reject new rules that will massively expand the government’s[Read More…]

Oregon-Style Voting Makes Polls More Accessible to Working and Disabled Americans Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016.  As a new tide of voter disenfranchisement rises across the country, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced a new campaign to expand an Oregon-style vote-by-mail program nationwide and tear down barriers to voting. “My[Read More…]

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien (on screen), briefs the Security Council via video teleconference from Vienna on the humanitarian situation in Syria. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 April 2016 – With hundreds of thousands of civilians killed, millions of people displaced and countless families torn[Read More…]

Gaziantep, Turkey–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016—Fourteen people, including at least two doctors, were killed Wednesday night in the bombing of a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, the medical humanitarian organization said today. According to hospital staff on the ground, the Al[Read More…]

State Enacts New Laws to Defelonize Simple Drug Possession and to Implement Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Programs MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016.  The Maine legislature has enacted two bills this session that will greatly advance treating drug use as a public health issue instead of a criminal justice issue. Earlier today,[Read More…]