Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015.  Electrolux and General Electric Company announced today the termination of the agreement under which Electrolux was to purchase General Electric’s appliance business. The department brought suit on July 1, 2015, to challenge the $3.3 billion acquisition because it would combine two of the leading manufacturers of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2015. At a speech yesterday on the alliance between the United States and Israel, Hillary Clinton reiterated her plan to combat terrorism and defeat the Islamic State. In her remarks to the Brookings Institution’s Saban Forum 2015, Clinton stressed the importance of cracking down on the ability[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2015 – 8:01 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Good evening.  On Wednesday, 14 Americans were killed as they came together to celebrate the holidays.  They were taken from family and friends who loved them deeply. They were white and black; Latino and Asian; immigrants and American-born; moms and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2015 Hi, everybody.  This weekend, our hearts are with the people of San Bernardino—another American community shattered by unspeakable violence.  We salute the first responders—the police, the SWAT teams, the EMTs—who responded so quickly, with such courage, and saved lives.  We pray for the injured as they fight to recover[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015  – Sen. Bernie Sanders, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and 215 members of Congress last night filed an amicus brief in support of the Department of Justice’s petition for Supreme Court review of the president’s immigration executive actions. “President Obama did exactly[Read More…]

  Children in the Khazar IDP camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Photo: UNAMI GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–4 December 2015 – Reports of human rights abuses against Sunni Arabs by Iraqi and Kurdish security forces in parts of Iraq reclaimed from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are increasing,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015.   U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the November 2015 Employment Situation report released today: “With the addition of 211,000 jobs in November, the economy continues to recover at a steady clip. It was the 69th consecutive month of private[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in construction, professional and technical services, and health care. Mining and information lost jobs. Household Survey Data[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015 Good afternoon, and thank you all for being here.  I know for many of you, the horrific events of San Bernardino are at the top of your mind.  I do want to take a moment before we begin to address yesterday’s shooting.  The FBI has a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015 – 10:58 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Yesterday, a tragedy occurred in San Bernardino, and as I said in the immediate aftermath, our first order of business is to send our thoughts and prayers to the families of those who have been killed and to pray for[Read More…]