Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Releases 48 Findings and 91 Recommendations to Implement Best Practices at the Philadelphia Police Department Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced the release of its initial report on the Philadelphia Police Department’s[Read More…]

National Harbor, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015 – 2:39 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Thank you. Please have a seat.  Well, thank you, everybody.  And let me begin by thanking Penny Pritzker for her outstanding leadership. We’ve got six Cabinet Secretaries and dozens of U.S. ambassadors here, which[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015 – 12:15 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  (Applause.)  Hello, hello!  Thank you.  Everybody have a seat.  Thank you.  Hello, scientists.  (Laughter.)  So this has got to be the most fun event of the year.  (Laughter.)  At least in the top three.  And before I go[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) introduced the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE) Act – a bill that would save the United States approximately $100 billion over the next 10 years by reducing or eliminating unnecessary nuclear weapons programs. As Congress considers the FY 2016 budget,[Read More…]

Displaced Palestinians with their belongings, following Israeli authorities demolition of their structures in Ein al Hilwa (Tubas Governorate) in the Jordan Valley on 30 January 2014. Photo: OCHA oPt GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–23 March 2015 – Violations of human rights “fuel and shape the conflict” in the occupied Palestinian territories, a senior United[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015.  The American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency motion with a federal appeals court to keep Wisconsin’s voter ID law from immediately taking effect. The action occurred after the U.S. Supreme Court today declined the ACLU’s request to review a lower court ruling that upheld the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2015. Hi, everybody.  One of the most important positions in the President’s Cabinet – and to our national security, our law enforcement, and our criminal justice system – is Attorney General. It has been more than four months since I nominated Loretta Lynch to serve as the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement on a Republican plan to increase military spending without paying for it: “Republicans have been telling us for years that because of high deficits we have to cut Social[Read More…]

NYC Council 2015 Policy Agenda Urges State Legislature to Fix New York’s Broken Marijuana Policies; New York City Council, Advocates, and Community Groups Demand Action from Albany New York—(ENEWSPF)—March 20, 2015.  This week, the New York City Council called for the state of New York to pass historic legislation to[Read More…]

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/M. Garten (file photo) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 March 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today to congratulate him on his recent electoral victory, and urged him to renew Israel’s commitment to the two-State solution. The United Nations chief also urged the Prime[Read More…]