President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland in the Oval Office, prior to a Rose Garden statement announcing Chief Judge Garland as the President’s nominee to the United States Supreme Court, March 16, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Washington[Read More…]
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White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, March 16, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2016 – 1:50 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Always fun to cover a little history, right? This has made plenty of news today. I don’t think I have anything to add to it at this point. But I’m happy to take your questions on the Supreme Court nomination[Read More…]
Retired Federal Judge, Law Enforcement, and Leading Drug Reform Organization Ask Court to Reconsider Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht’s Harsh Prison Sentence
Ross Ulbricht Given Harsh Life Without Parole Sentence but Silk Road Copycat Sites Keep Emerging; Call for Second Circuit to Reduce Ross Ulbricht’s Life Without Parole Sentence NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2016. The Drug Policy Alliance filed an amicus brief today urging the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to reduce the[Read More…]
Treasury and Commerce Announce Significant Amendments to the Cuba Sanctions Regulations ahead of President Obama’s Historic Trip to Cuba
Amendments Expand the Ability of Americans to Visit Cuba, Bolster Trade and Commercial Opportunities, and Reduce Barriers to Financial Transactions by Cuban Nationals WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security[Read More…]
Civil Rights Attorneys Challenge Michigan Law That Led to Poisoning of Flint Water
Flint, MI –(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2016. Civil rights attorneys from the Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, National Lawyers Guild, Sanders Law Firm, the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed an appeal in Phillips v. Snyder, a 2013 federal lawsuit challenging Michigan’s controversial emergency manager law, Public[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Iran Travel Warning, March 14, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2016. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Iran. This replaces the Travel Warning for Iran of January 29, 2016, to reiterate and highlight the risk of arrest and detention of U.S. citizens, particularly dual national Iranian-Americans, in Iran, and to note[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, March 14, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 14. 2016. President Obama spoke today by phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to discuss progress on the implementation of the nationwide Cessation of Hostilities between the Syrian regime and its allies on the one hand and the armed opposition on the other. They discussed President Putin’s[Read More…]
As Conflict Enters Sixth Year, UNICEF Offers Critical Steps to Protect Syrian Children
In Aleppo, Syria, four-year-old Esraa and her brother Waleed, three, sit on the ground near a shelter for internally displaced persons. Photo: UNICEF/UN013175/Al-Issa GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–14 March 2016 – Unless the needs and rights of the more than eight million Syrian children are addressed, an entire generation will be lost, along with[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Resources to Assist State and Local Reform of Fine and Fee Practices
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2016. The Department of Justice today announced a package of resources to assist state and local efforts to reform harmful and unlawful practices in certain jurisdictions related to the assessment and enforcement of fines and fees. The resources are meant to support the ongoing work of state[Read More…]
Diplomacy or Denialism: World Leaders Heading Towards Monumental Failure in Tackling Global Drug Problem at UN Summit
VIENNA–(ENEWSPF)–14 March 2016 — Over 200 civil society groups from all over the world have today released a statement condemning governments for failing to acknowledge the devastating consequences of punitive and repressive drug policies as they prepare for a UN summit on the issue next month. In April 2016, world[Read More…]
