NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016 By Barbara Morrill Rudy and Chris must be so jealous: President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team announced Thursday that his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway would join his incoming administration as counselor to the president. Conway says she is “humbled and honored.” America, on the other hand, continues[Read More…]
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Donald Trump: ‘The United States Must Greatly Strengthen and Expand’ Its Nuclear Arsenal
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016 By Hunter Well, we’re all gonna die. The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2016 What does this actually mean? We don’t know.[Read More…]
President Obama Commutes the Sentences of 231 More People; Most Individual Clemencies Ever Granted in Same Day By a President
Thousands More Await Action Before Obama’s Term Ends Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Last week, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 153 people incarcerated in federal prison, and handed out 78 pardons. This round of commutations brings the number of prisoners whose sentences have been commuted under President Obama to 1,176. The[Read More…]
Christmas Weekend Storm To Unfold With Snow, Wind And Severe Weather In Central US
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports a Christmas weekend storm of snow, wind and rain could threaten travel over a large part of the central United States, centered on Christmas Day. While only minor weather-related travel issues are anticipated for much of the nation this week, a[Read More…]
Trump Grill Gets a Bad Review and Donald Just Can’t Keep His Twitter Finger Still
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2016 By Laura Clawson The president-elect is once again spending his time worrying about the truly important things affecting the fate of our nation. Like a bad restaurant review. Yes, after Vanity Fair ran a review titled “Trump Grill Could Be the Worst Restaurant in America,” Trump had a[Read More…]
Putin Involved in Election Hack and Trump May Have Known
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2016 By Egberto Willies This story is getting bigger, and it would not surprise me if it ultimately becomes the 21st century Watergate. There are just too many Russian and Vladimir Putin connections. CIA evidence continues to point to Putin’s involvement in the 2016 election hack. Worse,[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Dec. 10, 2016
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 254,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 258,000. The 4-week moving average was 257,750, an increase of 5,250 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
Military Strikes Hit ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2016
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2016 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial[Read More…]
Democratic Senators Call on Trump Education Secretary Nominee DeVos to Pay $5.3 Million in Unpaid Fines for Election Violations
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2016. Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced that they are calling on President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, to ensure payment of the $5.3 million in fines and penalties owed[Read More…]
Energy Department Rejects Trump Request for Names of Employees Whose Work Touched on Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016 By Hunter Current Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz with John Kerry during Iranian nuclear negotiations. Because that’s also something Rick Freaking Perry will have to take on. There may come a day when Donald J. Trump’s whims are the supreme law of the land, but today is[Read More…]
