Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. A New Jersey man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for orchestrating an eight-year scheme to falsify employment certifications to facilitate the illegal entry of Indian nationals into the United States and for filing a false tax return. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of[Read More…]
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GLAAD Responds to Vanity Fair Cover Featuring Caitlyn Jenner
LOS ANGELES –(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today responded to Vanity Fair’s July 2015 cover, featuring Caitlyn Jenner. “By sharing her journey with the world, Caitlyn Jenner is accelerating acceptance of transgender people everywhere and reminds us all how important it is to[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, June 1, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015 – 1:05 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Before we get started, let me just begin by saying, on behalf of the Biden family, how deeply appreciative they are of the outpouring of love and support that they’ve received since Beau Biden’s passing on Saturday[Read More…]
mRelief Launches in Garfield and North Area Community Service Centers
With a fully redesigned site and a host of convenience features, mRelief integrates with centers in the north and west side extending it’s reach to more Chicagoans living in poverty. CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015. mRelief will launch in community service centers, sites that administer public assistance and economic mobility in[Read More…]
Park Forest Recognized as 3-STAR Community by STAR Communities Network
Director of Communications Jason Miller takes a picture Monday night of the Village Board with the STAR network’s 3-STAR Community Award. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Village of Park Forest joined the STAR network as a Leadership Community in January 2014. As a member of the Leadership Program, the[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights Challenges Kansas Law Criminalizing Doctors for Providing Safe, Common Abortion Method
Medical experts opposed law which threatens women’s access to abortion in the second trimester Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. The Center for Reproductive Rights has filed a new lawsuit in state court today challenging a Kansas law banning the most commonly used method of ending a pregnancy in the second trimester—a law[Read More…]
First Tennessee Bank N.A. Agrees to Pay $212.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Arising from FHA-Insured Mortgage Lending
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. First Tennessee Bank N.A. has agreed to pay the United States $212.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that[Read More…]
Two Individuals Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Consumers through Fraudulent Debt Relief Services Firms
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. Two individuals pleaded guilty today for their roles at fraudulent debt relief services companies that offered to settle credit card debts but instead took victims’ payments as undisclosed up-front fees, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced. Athena Maldonado, 30, and Christopher Harati,[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands After Meeting, June 1, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015 – 11:37 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it is a great honor to welcome His and Her Majesties, Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima. They have been wonderful friends to myself and Michelle and the girls, personally. I want to thank once and again the people of the[Read More…]
Joint Press Conference by Secretary Carter and Minister of National Defense Thanh, in Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015 STAFF: Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like — (inaudible) — to invite to introduce General Phung Quang Thanh, Vietnamese minister of national defense, and The Honorable Ashton Carter, the United States secretary of defense. I’d like to invite General Phung Quang Thanh, Vietnamese minister of national defense,[Read More…]
