WASHINGTON, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2015. Today, the Oregon Congressional delegation including Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Congressmen Peter DeFazio, Greg Walden, Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici announced that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has taken the postal processing centers in Bend and Eugene off of[Read More…]
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Congresswoman Duckworth and 135 House Colleagues Call on DHS to End Family Detention
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2015. This week, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), along with 135 of her colleagues, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson expressing concern over the detention of mothers and children in “jail-like” facilities. The letter focuses on the “conditions of confinement, due[Read More…]
With Controversy Over Secret Trade Deal Rising, 10 Public Interest Groups Call for Release of Emails Between Top Trade Negotiator and Wall Street
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2015. Today, 10 organizations representing more than 10 million Americans called on U.S. Trade Representative — USTR — Michael Froman to publicly release all records of communication between himself and representatives of the ten largest U.S. financial institutions — including his former employer Citigroup — while[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending May 23, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 282,000, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 274,000 to 275,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Eric Schultz Aboard Air Force One, May 27, 2015
En Route Miami, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2015 – 2:14 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ: Welcome aboard Air Force One en route to Miami, where tomorrow, the President will visit the National Hurricane Center to receive the annual hurricane briefing and tour the center. The meeting will showcase mapping tools developed by federal[Read More…]
Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption
The Defendants Include Two Current FIFA Vice Presidents and the Current and Former Presidents of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF); Seven Defendants Arrested Overseas; Guilty Pleas for Four Individual Defendants and Two Corporate Defendants Also Unsealed Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 27, 2015. A 47-count indictment was[Read More…]
Some 500,000 Homes and Temples Across Nepal Damaged by Earthquake, UN Official Says
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, after the earthquake. Photo: UNDP Nepal/Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi NEPAL–(ENEWSPF)–26 May 2015 – As teams of trekkers and Nepalese sherpas are now reaching remote, high-altitude villages with humanitarian aid, a senior United Nations development official today drew attention to the post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction needs of more than[Read More…]
Louisiana Senate Approves Bill to Reform Draconian Marijuana Possession Law
New Law Would Be Important Step Toward Reducing Louisiana’s Notoriously Overcrowded Prisons and Jails; Bill Now Heads to the House LOUISIANA—(ENEWSPF)—May 26, 2015. Louisiana’s Senate took an important step toward reforming their state’s harsh marijuana possession law when they approved bill SB241 by a vote of 27-12 yesterday. If passed,[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Memorial Day 2015
President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to observe Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 25, 2015. DoD photo by EJ Hersom Arlington, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2015 – 11:32 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Thank you, Secretary Carter, for[Read More…]
Department of Justice Establishes Policy Guidance on Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2015. The Department of Justice issued agency-wide policy guidance today on the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that sets standards of use and management controls of UAS by the department and its components. UAS are used at times by law enforcement agencies as cost-effective, efficient and[Read More…]
