WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. U.S. Senator and combat Veteran Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) called on U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis to stand up to President Trump’s executive order (EO), which endangers both our national security and the safety of our currently-deployed troops by limiting travel from certain Muslim-majority countries.[Read More…]
Day: February 2, 2017
Independent Federal Investigation of Potentially Illegal Trump Travel Ban Launched at Senators Duckworth & Durbin’s Request
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Following a request from U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) launched an investigation into the Federal Government’s chaotic and potentially illegal implementation of President Trump’s “travel ban” executive order.[Read More…]
Arab American Action Network Announces Oak Park Rally on Saturday, February 4 to Resist Trump’s Muslim Ban
Residents, Activists, urge Village Board and Mayor to adopt Stronger Welcoming Village Ordinance Following President Trump’s attacks on Immigrant Community OAK PARK, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 2, 2017. On Saturday, February 4, from noon to 2 p.m., Oak Park residents and others will rally at Scoville Park urging Village Trustees and the Mayor[Read More…]
Trump Didn’t Bother to Show Up in Situation Room for Botched Yemen Raid
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017 By Mark Sumner During the campaign, it was easy to get tired of how many times Hillary Clinton repeated stories of tense nights in the Situation Room, where she along with President Obama and other members of his staff, waited for word on some military action[Read More…]
US Should Lift Measure Suspending Refugee Resettlement, Says UN Chief Guterres
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 February 2017 – Reacting to the recent suspension by the United States of its longstanding refugee programme, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday said resettlement is often “the only possible solution” for people fleeing conflict and persecution, and that the US policy, which bars entry of Syrians into[Read More…]
Stem Cell Transplants May Induce Long-Term Remission of Multiple Sclerosis
Encouraging results help set stage for larger studies. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. New clinical trial results provide evidence that high-dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by transplantation of a person’s own blood-forming stem cells can induce sustained remission of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending January 28, 2017
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 2, 2017 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 246,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 259,000 to 260,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Obituary: Paul “Biggie” Edward Arola
Always the story teller, humorist, and lover of making others laugh, Biggie is now playing at a different venue and has a new audience. He is swapping stories with the angels, and singing in a choir where he no longer needs to just mouth the words. Paul (Biggie) Edward Arola,[Read More…]
Center for Constitutional Rights Seeks Muslim Ban Legal Docs Under Freedom of Information Act
New York –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with three Department of Justice offices: the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), the Office of the Attorney General, and the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, seeking the administration’s purported[Read More…]
Global Coalition Stages Protests and Bank Closures Across the Globe to Defund Dakota Access Pipeline
While Trump, Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics race to complete the pipeline, over 500,000 people representing over $2.3 billion in personal investments say no. New York, Madrid, Munich, San Francisco, Tokyo, Amsterdam -(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 29017. On January 24, Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum fast tracking the Dakota Access[Read More…]
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