WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the December 2015 Employment Situation report released today: “2015 ended with still more robust job creation: 292,000 jobs, making December the second best month of the year and bringing total 2015 job growth to[Read More…]
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Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz on the December 2015 Jobs Report January 8, 2016
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the December 2015 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS. December’s employment growth is excellent news. The economy added an impressive 292,000 jobs, and most importantly for[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Rises by 292,000 in December 2015; Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 5.0%
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 8, 2016. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 292,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment gains occurred in several industries, led by professional and business services, construction, health care, and food services and drinking[Read More…]
Detainee Transfer Announced, Jan. 8, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. The Department of Defense announced today the repatriation of Faez Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kandari from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the government of the State of Kuwait. On Sept. 8, 2015, the Periodic Review Board consisting of representatives from the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security,[Read More…]
Military Academies Making Progress in Efforts to Address Sexual Assault
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. Today, the Department of Defense released its Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the United States Military Service Academies (MSA) for academic program year (APY) 2014 – 2015. As part of a comprehensive review, DoD officials conducted site visits at the U.S. Military Academy,[Read More…]
Landmark Settlement Protects American Muslims From Discriminatory NYPD Surveillance
NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. In a landmark settlement announced yesterday, the New York City Police Department has agreed to reforms designed to protect New York Muslims and others from discriminatory and unjustified surveillance. As a further safeguard, the settlement installs a civilian representative within the NYPD to act as[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton: A Make-or-Break Moment for Supreme Court Appointments
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. By: Hillary Clinton –Boston Globe Op-Ed There’s a lot at stake in this election. Nowhere is this clearer than in the US Supreme Court. The court’s decisions have a profound impact on American families. In the past two decades alone, it effectively declared George W. Bush[Read More…]
Texas Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, 24, a Palestinian born in Iraq, has been charged in a three-count indictment alleging that he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National Security[Read More…]
California Man Arrested for Making False Statements in a Terrorism Investigation
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. A Sacramento, California, resident was arrested today on a federal charge of making a false statement involving international terrorism. Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, is charged in a complaint that was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of California following his arrest. [Read More…]
Uzbek National Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison on Terrorism Charges
IDAHO–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 33, an Uzbek national, was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge of the District of Idaho for conspiring and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and possessing an unregistered destructive[Read More…]
