Kingston, Jamaica–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015 – 10:44 A.M. EST PRIME MINISTER SIMPSON-MILLER:  (In progress) — both local and overseas.  Thank you for being with us today to witness this memorable chapter in Jamaica-U.S. relations. The historic meeting held today with the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States of America,[Read More…]

PORTLAND, Ore. –-(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015.  Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced plans to introduce bicameral legislation next week that would reconcile state marijuana laws and federal tax law. The Small Business Tax Equity Act, which was introduced last Congress by Congressman Blumenauer, would create an[Read More…]

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the press. UN Photo/Evan Schneider NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 April 2015 – Countless civilians are being “willfully abandoned to misery” in Yemen, amid a rapidly deteriorating security and humanitarian crises inflamed by escalating violence, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters at United Nations Headquarters today. “The crisis has only[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015.  For the second year in a row, federal officials are seeking to increase the supply of marijuana the government makes available for research purposes. On Wednesday, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced in the Federal Register that it is seeking to increase its marijuana production[Read More…]

AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015.  The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) will launch a joint search, rescue, and medical aid operation in the central Mediterranean to assist people fleeing crises and risking their lives to reach safe haven in[Read More…]

Bureau Orders RMK Financial to Pay $250,000 for Deceiving Borrowers with Claims of Government Affiliation WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against RMK Financial Corporation for deceptive mortgage advertising practices, including ads that led consumers to believe that the company was affiliated[Read More…]

Call to action comes same week as H-1B visa cap reached WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2015. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL) led a bipartisan group of ten United States Senators today in writing to three federal agencies – the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and[Read More…]

Washington,DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2015. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 281,000, an increase of 14,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 268,000 to 267,000. The 4-week moving average was[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2015  – 1:26 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Q    Nice mug. MR. EARNEST:  Thank you.  Ms. Friedman was just asking if we were going to do that every day for baseball season, and I said yes.  So we can all get used to it. I[Read More…]

Bureau Also Obtains a Temporary Restraining Order to Halt Illegal Operation and Freeze Assets of Operation’s Leaders WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2015. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the ringleaders of a robo-call phantom debt collection operation, their companies, and their service[Read More…]