MINUSMA Police Unit on patrol in Gao, Mali. UN Photo/Marco Dormino NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 June 2015 – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Saturday the signature, earlier today, of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali by the Coordination coalition of armed groups in Bamako. “The Secretary-General notes that signature by[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2015 Hi, everybody.  As President, I spend most of my time focused on what we can do to grow the economy and grow new pathways of opportunity for Americans like you to get ahead. And we’ve made progress.  More than 12 million new private sector jobs in[Read More…]

En Route Los Angeles, California–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015 – 1:43 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ:  Welcome aboard Air Force One en route to Los Angeles.  I don’t have any announcements at the top, so I am happy to take your questions. Q    In the remarks the President made at the White[Read More…]

Protestors in New York City demonstrate in the wake of the verdict in the case of the police shooting of Missouri teenager Michael Brown (24 November 2014). Photo: Jacques Baudrier GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–19 June 2015 – In the wake of the ‘appalling’ attack that left nine African Americans dead at church in[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2015. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in May. Twenty-five states had unemployment rate increases from April, 9 states and the District of Columbia had decreases, and 16 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-five states and the District[Read More…]

Treasury seeks public input on currency theme of “Democracy” with #TheNew10​ WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew today announced that a newly redesigned $10 note will feature a woman.  In exercising his responsibility to select currency features and design, Treasury Secretary Lew will select a notable woman[Read More…]

WASHINTON–(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the House, in an about face, revived a bill to give President Barack Obama authority to send Congress trade agreements it can reject or ratify but not change: “I am extremely disappointed but not surprised that[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he’s working to win passage of a bill that reverses a proposal passed last year that could result in deep pension cuts for retirees and workers in multi-employer pension plans. Sanders said his plan will protect the pensions of up[Read More…]

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Mark Garten (file) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 June 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the apparently racially motivated killings at an historic African American church in South Carolina in the southern United States, and expressed the hope that those responsible for such a “hateful[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 Good morning. Before we begin today’s announcement, I want to take a moment to address the heartbreaking and deeply tragic events at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina – a crime that has reached into the heart of that community.  The Department of Justice has[Read More…]