Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2016 – 8:58 AM Eastern Standard Time.  An intensifying winter storm that is forecast to cause an historic blizzard in the Washington, D.C. area has also spawned severe weather in states from Texas to Florida along the Gulf Coast. NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM mission core[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2016.  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced today in Davos, Switzerland, that the United States is seeking significant new international commitments to strengthen the international response to the global refugee crisis. This effort responds to the growing numbers and needs of refugee populations around the world,[Read More…]

CIA Director Brennan Has Refused to Acknowledge Searches of Senate Intelligence Committee Files Were Improper; Senators Ask President to Intervene Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016.  Senate Intelligence Committee Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), today called on the president and CIA director to finally acknowledge that[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016.   In a speech on the Senate floor today, Senator Elizabeth Warren laid out several steps that Congress and the Administration could take immediately to address the influence of money on our political system. Today marks six years since the Supreme Court issued its decision[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016.   Yesterday, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke out against legislation that would unfairly block Iraqi and Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their home countries from finding safe haven in the United States, saying on the Senate Floor: “Let’s call it for what it is.[Read More…]

  Child soldiers released in South Sudan. Photo: UNICEF/2015/South Sudan/Sebastian Rich GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–21 January 2016 – Hundreds of extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, gang-rapes, sexual slavery, forced abortion, massive child soldier recruitment and indiscriminate attacks against civilians with entire villages burned down have been perpetrated by all in sides in war-torn South[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016.  NASA and NOAA satellites are tracking a large winter storm that is expected to bring heavy snowfall to the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region on Jan. 22 and 23. Data from NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP and NOAA’s GOES-East satellite were used to create images and an animation of the[Read More…]

Flint residents are receiving shut-off notices even while the community faces public health disaster from its water supply. Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016.  National advocacy group Food & Water Watch today joined local Flint, Mich. residents calling for a moratorium on water service bills until the water flowing from taps is[Read More…]

ACLU Also Files Brief in Second Case Against a Large Catholic Health Care System For Denying Emergency Care to Pregnant Women DETROIT —(ENEWSPF)—January 21, 2016. Medical professionals filed a friend of the court brief in support of Tamesha Means, a pregnant woman who was denied emergency medical treatment for a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016.  President Obama today will host over 250 bipartisan Mayors at the White House during their annual U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. During their visit to the White House this evening, the President will thank the Mayors for their steadfast partnerships over[Read More…]