Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 313,000, an increase of 31,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 283,000 to 282,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]

Congress Does Not Block D.C. Legalization; Advocates Urge D.C. Council to Tax and Regulate Marijuana Using District’s Reserve Funds  WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 25, 2015. At 12:01a.m. Thursday, February 26, Initiative 71, a marijuana legalization ballot initiative approved by 70 percent of District residents, will complete the Congressional review period and become law.[Read More…]

Warren and Cummings Host First Forum For New “Middle Class Prosperity Project”   WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015.  To launch their new Middle Class Prosperity Project, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today held the first in a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015.  The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against travel to the Kabylie region and remote areas of southern and eastern Algeria. This replaces the Travel Warning for Algeria dated August 13, 2014, to update information on the current security situation in Algeria.  The Department of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015.  The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of traveling to Saudi Arabia. There have been recent attacks on U.S. citizens and other Western expatriates, an attack on Shi’ite Muslims outside a community center in the Eastern Province on November 3, 2014, and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015.  The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan. This Travel Warning replaces the Travel Warning dated August 8, 2014, to remind U.S. citizens of ongoing security concerns in Pakistan. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and the U.S. Consulate General in Karachi[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2015. The Justice Department, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) Rewards Program, announced today a reward of up to $3 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of a prolific cyber criminal.  Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev was charged with numerous[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that the independent federal investigation found insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida.  Prosecutors from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, officials[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015 – 12:45 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, I want to welcome His Highness, the Amir of Qatar, for his first visit to the Oval Office in his current position.  The United States and Qatar have a very strong security relationship.  They are hosts to our men[Read More…]

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano (right) meets with the Deputy for Legal and International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, at IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on 24 February 2015. Photo: IAEA/Dean Calma Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–24 February 2015 – The head of the UN atomic[Read More…]