Letter Expresses “Disappointment” in Chair White’s Leadership; Seeks Information About “Significant Gap” Between Chair White’s Public Promises and Her Performance as SEC Chair WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. In a 13-page letter sent to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)[Read More…]
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Marijuana Church In Indiana Gets Tax-Exempt Status From IRS
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. Indiana’s law that was intended to allow people to discriminate against others in the name of religion has become a ‘public policy Frankenstein’ as one of my old college professors would put it. The law took on a life of it’s own, and has had at[Read More…]
AFL-CIO Press Conference Ends with TPP Critics Being Locked Out of USTR
New AFL-CIO ‘Show Us the Text, Show Us the Jobs’ Banner Displayed Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015 – Today, under the backdrop of a huge “Show Us the Text, Show Us the Jobs” banner, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre gathered with critics of Fast Track and[Read More…]
Former CIA Detainee Majid Khan’s Torture Finally Public
Details Go Beyond Senate Torture Report to Include Waterboarding, Further Sexual Assault, Threat with Tools New York –(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. Today, unclassified information detailing the CIA’s torture of Guantánamo prisoner Majid Khan was made public for the first time by Reuters, including the fact that he was waterboarded on two[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, June 1, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015 – 1:05 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Before we get started, let me just begin by saying, on behalf of the Biden family, how deeply appreciative they are of the outpouring of love and support that they’ve received since Beau Biden’s passing on Saturday[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands After Meeting, June 1, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015 – 11:37 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it is a great honor to welcome His and Her Majesties, Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima. They have been wonderful friends to myself and Michelle and the girls, personally. I want to thank once and again the people of the[Read More…]
‘Give Young People Decent Jobs and They Will Create a Better Future’ – UN Chief
Young people are poised to transform Côte d’Ivoire’s future, but to do so, they must be empowered, educated and employed. Photo: UNFPA Cote d’Ivoire NEw YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 June 2015 – When young people have decent jobs, political weight, negotiating muscle and real influence in the world, they will create a better[Read More…]
U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Possession of Adderall-in-a-Sock Does Not Trigger Deportation
With 40,000 People Getting Deported for Drug Law Violations Annually, Pressure Mounts for Humane Reforms WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015. The United States Supreme Court ruled today in Mellouli v. Lynch, Attorney General that an immigrant could not be deported for possession of a sock, which under Kansas state law counts[Read More…]
‘Persistent and Grave’ Human Rights Violations in Eastern Ukraine – UN Report
A reminder of the deadly destruction in the conflict in Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Photo: WFP/Abeer Etefa GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–1 June 2015 – Serious human rights violations and abuses persist in eastern Ukraine, including shelling, executions, arbitrary and illegal detentions, torture, ill-treatment, human trafficking and the lack of[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the USA FREEDOM Act, May 31, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 31, 2015 In January 2014—a year-and-a-half ago—the President called on Congress to reform elements of our electronic surveillance programs. The President and members of his team subsequently worked painstakingly with members of Congress from both parties to craft a sensible path forward. The result, the USA FREEDOM Act,[Read More…]
