CHC Immigration Task Force Chairs Condemn Continued Republican Attacks on the Latino Community [En español abajo] Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016.   Today, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) released the following statements condemning Speaker Paul Ryan’s announcement that House Republicans will force a vote on a resolution authorizing the filing[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2016 – 12:50 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Nice to see you all.  Let me do a quick statement at the top, and then we’ll go to your questions.  This is news that you may have seen, but I just wanted to underscore some important[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016.  The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against travel to the Kabylie region and remote areas of southern and eastern Algeria. This replaces the Travel Warning for Algeria dated August 26, 2015, to update information on the current security situation in Algeria. The Department of[Read More…]

In Gordil, Central African Republic, after three years of conflict, for children under-five, their bodies weakened from malnutrition, the biggest killers were not bullets but instead malaria, respiratory infections and diarrhoea. Photo: OCHA/Gemma Cortes GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–1 March 2016 – Three years of conflict and ongoing displacements in the Central African Republic[Read More…]

Zero Discrimination Day is an opportunity to join together against discrimination and celebrate everyone’s right to live a full and productive life with dignity. Source: UNAIDS NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 March 2016 – The United Nations agency leading the world’s HIV/AIDS response today called on the international community to celebrate individuality, as[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good evening, everybody. Well, Frank-Walter and I wanted to take advantage of Leap Year, the extra day in February, so we figured we’d get together once again. We are hardly, hardly strangers. We spent an enormous amount of time in Vienna, in Lausanne, in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016.  Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates and Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced that New Orleans, Louisiana, St. Louis, Missouri, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will join 10 existing sites which have adopted crime-fighting strategies as part of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016 – 12:53 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Let’s go to the questions.  Kevin, do you want to start? Q    Josh, can you talk a little bit about the White House’s assessment of how the ceasefire is working in Syria? MR. EARNEST:  Well, listen, we’ve obviously been closely[Read More…]

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Edward C. Byers Jr. during a White House ceremony, Feb. 29, 2016. Byers received the medal for actions while serving as part of a team that rescued an American civilian held hostage in Afghanistan in 2012.[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt), along with 23 Democratic senators, led the charge to extend overtime pay to millions of Americans who are working long hours without fair pay. Last year, the Department of Labor proposed an expansion to overtime pay protections that could benefit five million[Read More…]