A hallway inside the newly-designated Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016.  Today, on Equal Pay Day, President Obama will designate a new national monument at a historic location in Washington, D.C., to honor the movement for women’s equality. The new Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument will protect[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016 – 1:04 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I hope you all had a good weekend.  As advertised, we are going to do a follow-up to the Zika briefing that we did at the top of a briefing here a couple of months ago.  So[Read More…]

“Now, a lot of time, [a] record disqualifies you from being a full participant in our society — even if you’ve already paid your debt to society.  It means millions of Americans have difficulty even getting their foot in the door to try to get a job much less actually[Read More…]

Members Urge CFPB to Implement GAO Recommendation to Strengthen Regulatory Oversight Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016.  Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that documents the dramatic[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016.  This weekend, Hillary Clinton had the opportunity to meet with the same New York Daily News editorial board that met with Senator Sanders last week. Below is the full transcript of her interview. Daily News: Welcome. I really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you about[Read More…]

Nations Convene to Discuss Fully Autonomous Weapons © 2016 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch Geneva–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016 – Countries should retain meaningful human control over weapons systems and ban fully autonomous weapons, also known as “killer robots,” Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016.  The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of traveling to Saudi Arabia. There continue to be reports of threats against U.S. citizens and other Westerners, as well as locations frequented by them.  There have been multiple attacks on mosques which were directed[Read More…]

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…]

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…]

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…]