WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016 – Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced the BRIDGE Act, a bipartisan bill to extend three years of protection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and DACA-eligible DREAMERS, people who came to the United States as[Read More…]
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Senators Graham, Durbin Announce Bipartisan BRIDGE Act To Protect Young Individuals From Deportation
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) on Friday announced they are introducing bipartisan legislation to protect young undocumented individuals should the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program be discontinued. U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and[Read More…]
Shearer’s Foods, LLC Recalls Product Made With Affected Seasonings Due To Potential Salmonella Contamination
Complete list of all recalled products is below. Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. Shearer’s Foods, LLC of Massillon, OH is voluntarily recalling all products that were made with milk ingredients supplied by a secondary supplier Valley Milk Products LLC, due to possible Salmonella contamination. Salmonella is an organism that can[Read More…]
TreeHouse Foods Announces Voluntary Product Recall Due to Possible Health Risk
See the complete list of recalled products below. Oak Brook, IL –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS) today announced a voluntary recall of certain macaroni and cheese cup products containing cheddar cheese seasoning which may be contaminated with Salmonella. This follows notification from our supplier that the milk[Read More…]
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Uses Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech to Call for a “Rethink” of the War on Drugs
Colombian leader Juan Manuel Santos receives the Nobel Peace Prize from Berit Reiss-Andersen in Oslo (Source: cnn.com) Says War on Drugs “Equally or Perhaps More Harmful Than All the Wars the World is Fighting Today, Combined” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. On Saturday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos used his acceptance[Read More…]
The Women’s March on Washington is ON, Dec. 12, 2016 Update
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016 By gloever The Women’s March on Washington is ON! It was never off. It was never blocked. The organizers had to go through the same hoops as everyone else. Yes, the Presidential Inaugural Committee had been granted a block reservation for most of the National Mall.[Read More…]
Taking Oath of Office, António Guterres Pledges to Work for Peace, Development and a Reformed United Nations
António Guterres, Secretary-General-designate of the United Nations, takes the oath of office for his five-year term, which begins on 1 January 2017. The oath was administered by Peter Thomson, President of the 71st session of the General Assembly. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe 12 December 2016 – Sworn in today as the[Read More…]
Donald Trump’s Clumsy Actions Threaten to Wreck Delicate US–Taiwan–China Relationship
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016 By Mark Sumner F-16 being flown by Taiwan in drill to repel Chinese invasion While every discussion about Russia includes a reminder from Trump that Putin has a collection of scary nuclear weapons and we’d really be better off playing on Team Kremlin, these warnings are[Read More…]
Marketers of Blood-Pressure App Settle FTC Charges Regarding Accuracy of App Readings
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. The marketers of a mobile app designed to measure blood pressure have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers with claims that their Instant Blood Pressure (IBP) app was as accurate as a traditional blood pressure cuff. In addition, the Commission alleged[Read More…]
Why Does Russia Want Trump? It’s All About Oil
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016 By Mark Sumner Why does Trump want Russia? It’s all about money Oil and natural gas aren’t just a part of Russia’s economy, they are the economy. Up until 2014, oil accounted for 50 percent of revenue going into the budget. As long as oil and gas prices were[Read More…]
