BURLINGTON, Vt. – (ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2016.  U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday welcomed news reports that Iran had freed four dual-nationality U.S. and Iranian prisoners. “This good news shows that diplomacy can work even in this volatile region of the world,” Sanders said. U.S. officials reportedly had signaled that a[Read More…]

Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2016 I hereby confirm that the International Atomic Energy Agency has verified that Iran has fully implemented its required commitments as specified in Sections 15.1-15.11 of Annex V of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The U.S. sanctions-related commitments described in Sections 17.1-17.5 of Annex V[Read More…]

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA) Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2016 Today, I released a report confirming that Iran has completed the necessary preparatory steps to start the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The report was submitted to the IAEA Board of Governors and to the United[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2016 Hi, everybody.  On Tuesday, I gave my final State of the Union Address.  And a focus was this: how do we make the new economy work better for everyone, not just those at the top? After the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, we’re in the[Read More…]

Unstable, Inadequate Funding Causes Public Defender Shortage, Putting Those Who Are Arrested and Can’t Afford an Attorney in Legal Limbo NEW ORLEANS —(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016.  The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana filed a class-action lawsuit yesterday evening against the Orleans Parish public defenders’ office and the Louisiana Public Defender[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016.  The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens that crime and violence levels in El Salvador remain critically high, and U.S. citizens traveling to El Salvador should remain alert to their surroundings. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning dated June 22, 2015, and includes updated[Read More…]

Baton Rouge, Louisiana–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2016 – 10:14 A.M. CST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Louisiana!  (Applause.)  Hello, Baton Rouge!  Geaux Tigers!  (Applause.)  For those of you who are not aware, that’s “geaux” with an “x.”  I got it. Can everybody give Che a big round of applause?  (Applause.)  We could not be[Read More…]

‘The people behind this fraud lied and broke the law in order to spread malicious lies about Planned Parenthood’ SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2016 – Today, Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit against the people behind an ongoing, widely discredited video smear campaign – charging that anti-abortion activists engaged in an[Read More…]

On 11 January 2016 in Madaya, Rural Damascus, women and their families wait for permissions to leave the besieged town. Photo credit: UNICEF/UN07229/Al Saleh, WFP NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 January 2016 – With United Nations humanitarian teams witnessing scenes in Syria that “haunt the soul,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said the situation[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2016.   Today, U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), and Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) issued the following statement regarding refugee screening and resettlement for El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala: “The Administration’s recently announced recognition that many Central Americans qualify as refugees under international law[Read More…]