President Barack Obama welcomes, from left, Anthony Sadler, U.S. Army Specialist Alek Skarlatos and U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone to the Oval Office while handing them each a Presidential Challenge Coin, Sept. 17, 2015. The President expressed his gratitude to the three Americans for their selfless actions[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2015. Hillary Clinton released the following statement after the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers endorsed her campaign for President. The Roofters and Waterproofers join American Federation of Teachers, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015. Thank you for inviting me today. That renowned philosopher from the Garden State of New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen, once said, “I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.” For the past few years, we have all been judging that[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2015.  The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends that U.S. citizens currently in Libya depart immediately. On July 26, 2014, the U.S. Embassy suspended all embassy operations in Libya and relocated staff outside of the country because of ongoing violence between[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015. A federal court in Miami entered an order yesterday authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a “John Doe” summons seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who may hold offshore accounts at Belize Bank International Limited (BBIL) or Belize Bank Limited (BBL), the Justice Department announced[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015. Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division released the following statement yesterday on the division’s decision to close its investigation into Expedia’s $1.3 billion acquisition of Orbitz: “We know online travel booking is important to U.S. consumers and to the airlines, car[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending September 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 264,000, a decrease of 11,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 275,000. The 4-week moving average was 272,500, a decrease of 3,250 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2015 – 11:24 A.M. EDT   THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Randall, and thank you to everybody here at the Business Roundtable for having me today.  I’m just going to say a few words and then hopefully spend a lot of time taking your questions.   Seven years[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2015. Hillary Clinton released the following statement on the bipartisan vote in Missouri upholding Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of a “right to work” law.  “I applaud the leadership of Governor Jay Nixon and the bipartisan group of legislators who successfully blocked a harmful “right to work” law[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 15, 2015 – 12:07 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Everybody have a seat.  Welcome to the White House.  And welcome back to the — surprisingly enough — NCAA Champions, the UConn Huskies!  (Applause.)  We have some rabid members of Congress here today.  And not only do we have some[Read More…]