NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014.  The New York Police Department has shuttered the unit that created maps and collected other information on Muslim communities in the New York City area, according to a report today by The New York Times. “The NYPD’s disbanding of a unit that targeted New York Muslims[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014 – 12:36 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for coming.  I have no announcements at the top, so we’ll go straight to your questions. Julie. Q    Thanks, Jay.  I just wanted to start by stating for the record our request that[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing UKRAINE Measured Approach by Government of Ukraine / Law and Order in Eastern Ukraine / Russian Link to Armed Militants Upcoming Meeting on Thursday / Opening for Diplomacy Economic and Political Support to Ukrainian Government Next Round of Sanctions / Coordination with[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014.  This morning, the President met with faith leaders in the Oval Office to discuss the importance of taking action to pass commonsense immigration reform. The faith leaders shared with the President stories about the impact the failure to fix the immigration system has on families in[Read More…]

Revisions Would Help Facilitate Compliance With New Consumer Protections WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today proposed revisions to its international money transfer rule. The revisions are intended to preserve the rule’s new consumer protections while providing federally insured institutions, such as banks and credit unions,[Read More…]

GENEVA—(ENEWSPF)–15 April 2014 – Misinformation, propaganda and incitement to hatred need to be urgently countered in Ukraine to avoid the further escalation of tension in the country, according to a UN human rights report issued on Tuesday. The report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights looks[Read More…]

Luxembourg–(ENEWSPF)–15 Apr. 2014.  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday (15 April 2014) that the Ukraine crisis has amplified the need to strengthen cooperation between NATO, the European Union and with close partners. “We need to train and exercise more together, for instance the NATO Response Force and the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. Following the recent tragedies at a Jewish Community Center outside of Kansas City and at Ft. Hood, Attorney General Eric Holder urged Congress Tuesday to approve $15 million in funding for active shooter training for law enforcement officers to ensure they have the tools they need to effectively[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. A broad coalition of Christian leaders have taken the occasion of the holiest day on the Christian calendar to release a statement calling for the end of the war on drugs and mass incarceration. “The cross that faith leaders are imploring others to take up is this[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWPSF)—April 15, 2014. A year ago, tragedy struck at the 117th Boston Marathon.  Four innocent people were killed that week, and hundreds more were wounded.  Today, we remember Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, Martin Richard, and Sean Collier.  And we send our thoughts and prayers to those still struggling to[Read More…]