Lausanne, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening and – excuse me – thank you all very, very much for your patience. And I want to start by expressing an enormous thank you, merci, danke, to the people and the Government of Switzerland for their incredible generosity. The way[Read More…]

New York–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015 – In an Open Letter addressed to President Barack Obama, over 121 U.S. academics, activists and NGOs called on their head of state to rescind his Executive Order declaring Venezuela “an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security”. On March 9, 2015, President Obama invoked[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 126,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services, health care, and retail trade, while mining lost jobs. Household[Read More…]

Louisville, Kentucky–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015 – 6:15 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  Hello!  (Applause.)  Please, please, have a seat.  Have a seat.  Well, first of all, sorry I’m late.  (Laughter.)  I had a couple things I had to do. (Laughter.)  And obviously, when you’re the President, you’ve got — national[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2015. Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement today regarding the understanding reached by the United States, five other world powers and Iran on a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program: “I spoke to President Obama today[Read More…]

Company Also Expands Educational Opportunities to Include Free High School Completion and College Tuition Assistance for All U.S. Restaurant Employees OAK BROOK, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015 – McDonald’s USA (NYSE: MCD) yesterday announced enhanced benefits for employees at its company-owned restaurants, including a wage increase and paid time-off for full and[Read More…]

DALLAS–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement in response to fast-food chain McDonald’s decision to raise wages for some of their employees: “All over this country McDonald’s is paying its workers abysmally low wages. While a 10 percent increase is a step in the[Read More…]

DALLAS–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015  – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement in response to the announcement that the United States, Iran, the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia and Germany have negotiated an agreement regarding Iran’s disputed nuclear program. ”While much more work remains to be done this framework is[Read More…]

The Busher nuclear power plant in Iran. Photo: IAEA/Paolo Contri NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 April 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the team of international negotiators and Iran on achieving a political framework that paves the way for an historic comprehensive joint plan of action on Iran’s nuclear programme[Read More…]

To Whom It May Concern — The Police Want Their Easel Back. . . Madison, Wisconsin–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015.  A Freedom From Religion Foundation “In Reason We Trust” sign was stolen March 28 from the first floor Capitol rotunda in Madison, Wis. The sign features Thomas Jefferson with his thought-provoking quote,[Read More…]