NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2017. The White House yesterday sought to distance itself from rumors of an impending anti-LGBT Executive order, pledging to continue to enforce a 2014 Obama Administration order that enshrines nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people when seeking federal employment. American Civil Liberties Union LGBT Project Director James[Read More…]
Month: January 2017
New Acting Attorney General Boente Issues Guidance to Department on Trump Executive Order Banning Muslims
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2017. Dana J. Boente, who was appointed last night to serve as acting Attorney General, issued the following guidance last night to the men and women of the department: On January 30, 2017, Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates issued a memorandum barring Department of Justice Attorney’s[Read More…]
Veterans Write Trump, Demand Reversal On Executive Order
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2017. Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars are sending a letter today Donald Trump, today, urging him to repeal his executive order on refugees and visitors from the Middle East. A dozen veterans, all of whom used interpreters during their deployments, point to the damage[Read More…]
Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Jan. 31, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)—January 31, 2017. On Jan. 30, Coalition military forces conducted 22 strikes consisting of 47 engagements against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, Coalition military forces conducted 10 strikes consisting of 12 engagements using attack, bomber, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Syria Near Abu Kamal,[Read More…]
Boy Scouts of America Addresses Gender Identity
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2017. As one of America’s largest youth-serving organizations, the Boy Scouts of America continues to work to bring the benefits of our programs to as many children, families and communities as possible. While we offer a number of programs that serve all youth, Cub Scouting and Boy[Read More…]
January 31: Rallies to Stop Trump’s #SwampCabinet and To Say: #NoBanNoWall
NATIONWIDE–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2017. Donald Trump and the Republicans are trying to push through the most problematic, troubling Cabinet nominees ever, while they wreak daily havoc on immigrants, refugees, Muslims, and many more of us. So this coming Tuesday, January 31, MoveOn members and allies across the country are presenting Democratic and[Read More…]
Democrats Hold Rally Against Trump’s Anti-Muslim Order on the Supreme Court
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2017 By Hunter Democratic lawmakers held a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court this evening to condemn Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-refugee executive order; included were House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: “What the president did is not constitutional, and in the view of many of us is[Read More…]
Justice Department Refuses to Defend Trump’s Muslim Ban
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2017 By Kerry Eleveld Just in from CNN—remember, the current Attorney General, Sally Yates, is an Obama holdover. The acting Attorney General Sally Yates has told Justice Department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees, according to sources familiar[Read More…]
House of Commons Unanimously Votes for Muslim Ban Repeal as 1,500,000 Sign UK Petition for Trump Ban (Video)
UK–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2017 By Leslie Salzillo The massive protest against Trump’s Muslim ban, that exploded across the country Friday night and then continued throughout the weekend, made its way across the pond to thousands in UK who also took to the streets. The predominant UK protests are against Trump’s Muslim ban itself. There are also protests against how[Read More…]
Senators Duckworth & Durbin Request Immediate Investigation into Department of Homeland Security’s Implementation of Trump’s Executive Order
CHICAGO, IL –(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2017. U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General to immediately initiate an independent investigation into the agency’s potentially illegal implementation of President Trump’s executive order. This rushed and poorly drafted[Read More…]
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