WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Sen. Bernie Sanders has made big gains in Iowa, leads most New Hampshire polls and fares better than Hillary Clinton in general election matchups against Donald Trump and other Republican White House hopefuls. But the insurgent campaign that has drawn the biggest crowds on the presidential[Read More…]
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White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Dec. 10, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015 – 12:55 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. A quiet group today. Q Quiet, right? MR. EARNEST: I do not have anything at the top, so we can go straight to your questions. Kevin, do you want to dive in here? Q So[Read More…]
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Joint Statement with Foreign Counterparts Following G6 Ministerial Meeting
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released a joint statement with U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May, the Interior Ministers of the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Spain, U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos following a G6[Read More…]
Congressional Immigration Leaders and Children Call for Ending Family Detention as ‘A Wish for the Holidays’
Capitol Hill Press Conference Exhibited Children’s Letters to Families in ICE Custody Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. Yesterday, the Congressional Women’s Working Group on Immigration Reform and We Belong Together were joined by children at a Capitol Hill press conference to call for an end to America’s family detention system. [Read More…]
Fundamental Freedoms ‘Inalienable and Inherent – Now and Always,’ UN Says on Human Rights Day
Migrants and refugees from countries including Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, as well as regions of the Balkans and Africa at an emergency shelter at Olympia Stadium in Berlin, Germany. Photo: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–10 December 2015 – Marking this year’s Human Rights Day amid extraordinary global challenges, the United[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending December 5, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2015. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 282,000, an increase of 13,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 269,000. The 4-week moving average was 270,750, an increase of 1,500 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and President Rivlin of Israel Before Bilateral Meeting
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2015 – 2:27 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it is a wonderful pleasure to greet and welcome President Rivlin on his first trip to the Oval Office as the President of Israel. This gives us an opportunity to reaffirm the unbreakable bonds between our two countries and[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Vows to End Inversions, and Close Corporate Loopholes through Executive Action
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2015. Just weeks after Pfizer announced plans to merge with a foreign-based company mainly to avoid paying its fair share of U.S. corporate taxes, Hillary Clinton is proposing reforms to crack down on companies that exploit tax loopholes and seek to lower their tax bill by moving abroad on[Read More…]
Gitmo Review Board Urged to End Forever Detention of Zaher Hamdoun
Guantánamo –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. In a letter to his attorney before he received notice that his status would be reviewed today after a four-year wait, a Guantanamo detainee asked desperately, “Will there be a day when I will live like others live? Like a person who has freedom, dignity, a[Read More…]
Senators Kirk, Manchin, and Representatives Ellison, Fitzpatrick introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Expand Access to Credit
Nearly 50 Million Americans are ‘Credit Invisible’ Due to Limited Credit History; S. 2355/H.R. 4172 Allows Consumers to Build Credit Scores from Rent, Phone and Gas Payments WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) today announced the introduction of The Credit Access and Inclusion Act[Read More…]
