Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. Today the U.S. Department of Justice is announcing the launch of two new digital services for the American people: the DOJ News API and the DOJ Law Jobs API.  These web APIs (application programming interfaces) provide web developers the ability to build mobile apps and other[Read More…]

Washington—(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the executive summary of the committee’s five-year review of the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. The release includes redacted versions of the committee’s executive summary and findings and conclusions, as well as additional and minority views authored by[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. Throughout our history, the United States of America has done more than any other nation to stand up for freedom, democracy, and the inherent dignity and human rights of people around the world.  As Americans, we owe a profound debt of gratitude to our fellow citizens[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014 – 1:25 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:Good afternoon, everybody.Nice to see you all. I hope you had a pleasant weekend.As all of you know, we had an unexpectedly busy Saturday afternoon here with the President’s trip to Walter Reed.Unfortunately, it was after a lid had been called,[Read More…]

Broad Coalition Calls On Governor To Act Immediately NEW YORK – (ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today was joined by a broad coalition of elected officials in outlining an immediate first step toward restoring public trust and confidence in the fairness of reviews of cases involving unarmed[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2901, the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act authored by Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Ted Poe (R-TX). The Senate is expected to take action quickly on the bill, sending it to the President’s desk.  Once[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing IRAN/ISRAEL ISRAEL DEPARTMENT/SENATE REPORT ISRAEL YEMEN/SOUTH AFRICA VENEZUELA URUGUAY/GUANTANAMO BAY RUSSIA/SYRIA SYRIA CHINA PAKISTAN RUSSIA/UKRAINE TRANSCRIPT: 1:11 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Hope everyone had a good weekend. It’s Jo Biddle’s birthday today, so hopefully everyone will wish her a —[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the Justice Department will take new steps to bar profiling by federal law enforcement agencies, building upon a 2003 policy that had previously only addressed the consideration of race and ethnicity in conducting federal investigations. The new policy[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. Earlier this year in a speech at the Department of Justice, President Obama announced a transition that would end the Section 215 bulk telephony metadata program as it previously existed, and that the government would establish a mechanism that preserves the capabilities we need without the[Read More…]

Sunday morning, 7 December 2014, in Tacloban Public Market Leyte Province, Philippines, after Typhoon Hagupit made landfall. Photo: UNICEF/Joey Reyna PHILIPPINES–(ENEWSPF)–8 December 2014 – As a weakened Typhoon Hagupit continues to sweep across the Philippines, United Nations agencies are quickly responding to the needs of the local population by providing[Read More…]