Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2017l. The Congressional Budget Office score of the latest version of the Trump-Republican health care repeal plan reconfirms the devastating consequences this callous legislation will have on the elderly, families and children. Trumpcare will leave 23 million people without health coverage within a decade. Health insurance will[Read More…]
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Counter-ISIS Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq, May 23, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 27 strikes consisting of 99 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are[Read More…]
U.S. Forces Kill 7 Militants in Yemen Raid
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 — U.S. forces yesterday killed seven al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula militants during a raid against a compound associated with the terror group in Yemen’s Marib governorate, U.S. Central Command officials said today. Operations such as this provide insight into the terror organization’s disposition, capabilities and intentions, which allows[Read More…]
Trump’s Border Wall Threatens World Heritage Site
Groups Request ‘In Danger’ Status for El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Border Wall Threatens Protected Sonoran Desert Wildlife PARIS—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. Conservation groups and representatives of the Tohono-O’odham of Sonora, Mexico today petitioned for “in danger” status for a World Heritage site in Mexico threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s border[Read More…]
Appeals Court Allows Wikimedia Challenge to NSA Internet Surveillance to Go Forward
RICHMOND, Va. —(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. A federal appeals court today unanimously reversed a part of a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency’s mass interception and searching of Americans’ international internet communications. The case was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2015 on behalf[Read More…]
New York A.G. Schneiderman, Fellow AGs To Trump Administration: Close Loophole Allowing Trains To Carry Explosive Crude Oil Through Communities
“Bomb Trains” Carrying Millions Of Gallons Of Crude Oil Routinely Travel Through Cities And Towns In NY And Across Country, Without Any Limits On Explosiveness And Flammability NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)—May 22, 2017. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, leading a coalition of six state Attorneys General, is urging the Trump Administration[Read More…]
Climate-vulnerable Islands in Spotlight Ahead of UN Disaster Risk Reduction Forum in Mexico
Rabi Island, Fiji. Rising sea levels and more extreme weather events pose an imminent threat to low-lying atoll islands across the Pacific. Photo: OCHA/Danielle Parry NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 May 2017 – Hurricanes, cyclones and tsunamis are increasingly common threats to the world’s most climate-vulnerable island nations, whose representatives are meeting today[Read More…]
Military Strikes Continue Against ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq, May 22, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 22 strikes consisting of 72 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are[Read More…]
Officials Provide Details of Latest Counter-ISIS Strikes, May 21, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 23 strikes consisting of 74 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are[Read More…]
Two NASA Astronauts Inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Two veteran NASA astronauts joined the ranks of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Friday. Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to travel to space and current director of the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Michael Foale, the only U.S. astronaut to serve on both the[Read More…]
