Amicus brief by Drug Policy Alliance Highlights Why Sentence is Cruel & Unusual and Urges Louisiana Supreme Court to Review Mr. Noble’s Sentence NEW ORLEAN—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2014. The Drug Policy Alliance filed an amicus brief yesterday urging the Louisiana Supreme Court to review the egregious prison sentence of Bernard Noble,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 304,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 2,000 from 300,000 to 302,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]

Oakdale, Pennsylvania–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014 – 4:05 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Hi, everybody.  Good to be back in Pennsylvania.  That other guy is coming.  (Laughter.)  He’s coming.  He’s coming. Good to be with you and the President.  And, you know, America — what a lot of people — you go[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. American Job Training Investments: Skills and Jobs to Build a Stronger Middle Class To create new opportunities for all hard-working Americans to get ahead, the President has asked the Vice President to lead an initiative to help individuals get trained with skills businesses need now and[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2014. One year ago, the Senate introduced comprehensive bipartisan legislation to fix our broken immigration system. Both sides worked together to pass that bill with a strong bipartisan vote. The Senate’s commonsense agreement would grow the economy by $1.4 trillion and shrink the deficit by nearly $850[Read More…]

En Route Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014 – 2:14 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Welcome aboard Air Force One this morning as we make our way to the great state of Pennsylvania, or Commonwealth, rather.  And, as you know, the President has an event today and he’ll be joined by the Vice[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary’s Travel to Geneva SOUTH KOREA South Korea Ferry Tragedy UKRAINE Multilateral Meeting on Ukraine Tomorrow / Russia / U.S. Priorities Secretary’s Bilateral Meetings Tomorrow Energy Conversations Ukrainian Requests for Assistance / No Military Solution Russia / Misinformation U.S.-Russia Relationship Russia’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Ukraine.  In addition, the Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer all travel to several regions of Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula and eastern regions of Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Lugansk due to[Read More…]

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–16 Apr. 2014.  Statement by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council Good afternoon. We have just taken further measures to respond to the crisis in Ukraine. We agree that a political solution is the only way forward. NATO fully supports the Geneva[Read More…]

International Treaties Take Precedence over Recent Domestic Reforms to Universal Jurisdiction Law, Says Judge Pablo Ruz New York—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2014. Spain’s Audiencia Nacional is continuing its investigation into the alleged torture of men formerly detained at Guantánamo prison by U.S. officials, despite recent legislative restrictions stating that Spanish courts can[Read More…]