Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. On World Food Day, the United States reaffirms our commitment to the fight against poverty, hunger, and under-nutrition – and to addressing one of the greatest threats to food security: climate change. Today more than 800 million people around the world are chronically undernourished. By 2050,[Read More…]
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Omar Gonzalez Indicted on Additional Charges Stemming from Recent Intrusion on White House Grounds
Grand Jury Returns Superseding Indictment as Investigation Continues Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment today charging Omar Gonzalez with three additional offenses stemming from a recent incident in which he ran into the White House while armed with a[Read More…]
Funding Gap Looms Amid Efforts to Tackle ‘Twin Plagues’ Ebola, ISIL, Warns UN Rights Chief
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–16 October 2014 – Combating the “twin plagues” of Ebola and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while addressing the largest number of forcibly displaced people since World War II amid budget cuts is like “being asked to use a boat and bucket to cope with a[Read More…]
Don’t Let Billionaires Buy the Senate, Bernie Sanders Tells Labor Convention
LAS VEGAS—(ENEWSPF0)–October 16, 2014 – Speaking at a labor union convention here yesterday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the future of American democracy is at stake. “We are not living in a democracy when 60 percent of Americans are not voting, while billionaires like the Koch Brothers are spending hundreds[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending October 11, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 264,000, a decrease of 23,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 287,000. This is the lowest level for initial claims since April 15, 2000 when it was[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Oct. 15, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2014 – 2:34 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us today. We will go straight to the questions. The President, as many of you know, is convening a meeting this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in the Cabinet Room with members of his[Read More…]
Stop and Frisk Attorneys Argue to Appeals Court: Reject Union Intervention
New York—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2014. Today, attorneys in the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) landmark class action stop-and-frisk lawsuit, Floyd v. City of New York, urged a three-judge panel to reject a demand by five New York City police unions to intervene in the case to keep alive the appeal the[Read More…]
Justice for Arizona: Federal Court Strikes Down Arizona Law Denying Bail to Immigrants
San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2014. The en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today struck down Proposition 100, an Arizona state constitutional amendment that barred state judges from even considering bail for criminal defendants suspected of being undocumented immigrants. Today’s decision by a 9-2 majority of the en[Read More…]
Remarks by General John Allen to the Press on Countering ISIL, Oct. 15, 2014
Washington, DC-(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2014. GEN. ALLEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s good to see you all. Many familiar faces. What I’d like to do today is to discuss my trip of last week, which was the first trip I took in my capacity as the President’s Special Envoy for the Global[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Oct. 14, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT SAUDI ARABIA TURKEY/ISIL/SYRIA/KURDISTAN REGION MIDDLE EAST PEACE/GAZA IRAN PHILIPPINES HONG KONG NORTH KOREA WEST AFRICA REGION/EBOLA IRAQ/ISIL/COUNTERTERRORISM HONG KONG IRAN YEMEN/EGYPT UNITED KINGDOM EBOLA TRANSCRIPT: 2:17 p.m. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. QUESTION: Hello. MS. PSAKI: I know we’re late[Read More…]
