OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2014. The New York Times, the most authoritative newspaper in the United States, on Sunday endorsed Oregon’s Measure 91, which would regulate, tax and legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older. “Decades of arresting people for buying, selling and using marijuana have hurt more than helped society,”[Read More…]
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Supreme Court Lets Stand Four Appeals Court Decisions Requiring States to Allow Same-Sex Couples to Marry
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. The Supreme Court of the United States today denied review in all of the marriage equality cases pending before it. As a result of the Court’s action, same-sex couples in Virginia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma and Utah will now be able to marry the partners they love. Today’s[Read More…]
Watch: White House Weekly Address: We Do Better When the Middle Class Does Better
Princeton, Indiana–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2014. In this week’s address, the President highlighted that six years after the Great Recession, thanks to the hard work of the American people and the President’s policies, our economy has come back further and faster than any other nation on Earth. With 10.3 million private-sector jobs[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at a Town Hall on Manufacturing
Princeton, Indiana–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014 – 2:17 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Hello, Indiana! It’s good to be back close to home. Everybody have a seat, have a seat. Well, first of all, let me thank Henry and everybody for extending such a warm welcome. It’s good to be back[Read More…]
Special Counsel Orders Investigation of Alleged Foster Care Fraud and Coverup
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Yesterday, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) announced that the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has ordered an investigation into allegations that the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) improperly continued federal funding to Wisconsin under the Juvenile Justice and[Read More…]
Judge Rejects Government Attempt to Hold Guantánamo Force-feeding Trial in Secret
LONDON—(ENEWSPF)—3 October 2014. A federal judge has refused to hold the first-ever trial of prisoner abuse at Guantánamo Bay behind closed doors, issuing a sharply-worded order rejecting the Obama Administration’s request for secrecy. Judge Gladys Kessler found the Administration’s request “deeply troubling,” noted that it “appears to have deliberately made on[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, October 3, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014 – 12:54 p.m. EDT MS. PSAKI: Happy Friday. QUESTION: Happy Friday. MS. PSAKI: Matt, earliest briefing of the week for you and others. QUESTION: For anybody who wants to go to the Nats game, yeah. MS. PSAKI: It’s at 3 o’clock. So unless — QUESTION: I[Read More…]
Readout of Justice Department Officials’ Trip to Ferguson, Missouri, Oct. 3, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson released the following statement Friday regarding the just-completed, two-day visit to Ferguson, Missouri, by senior Justice Department officials: “At the request of Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Justice leadership traveled to Ferguson, Missouri, for meetings with the city and the[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Australian, Danish, and Turkish Decisions to Authorize Military Force Against ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014. The United States welcomes the Australian government’s deployment of fighter aircraft to participate in airstrikes on ISIL in Iraq as well as its intention to deploy Special Forces to Iraq to advise and assist Iraqi Security Forces. With these deployments, Australia demonstrates its continued leadership and[Read More…]
President Obama Announces New Manufacturing Innovation Institute Competition
On National Manufacturing Day, The President and His Cabinet Will Visit Manufacturers Across the Country Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014. U.S. manufacturing is central to the foundation of our economy, and the U.S. manufacturing sector is as competitive as it has been in decades for new jobs and investment. As the[Read More…]
