Day: May 23, 2017

Counter-ISIS Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq, May 23, 2017

SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 27 strikes consisting of 99 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are[Read More…]

US Central Command

U.S. Forces Kill 7 Militants in Yemen Raid

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 — U.S. forces yesterday killed seven al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula militants during a raid against a compound associated with the terror group in Yemen’s Marib governorate, U.S. Central Command officials said today. Operations such as this provide insight into the terror organization’s disposition, capabilities and intentions, which allows[Read More…]

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B or Better GPA Gets University, Community College Bound Students Free Tuition, Debt Relief Under House Dem Plan

 Springfield, IL –(ENEWSPF)—May 23, 2017.  With universities facing declining enrollment amidst a historic budget crisis and mounting pressure of student debt, a trio of House Democrats announced on Tuesday a plan to make a community college and university education virtually free for all low and middle-income Illinois students who earn[Read More…]

Center for Economic and Policy Research

Manufacturing Falls in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania in April

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 By: Alan Barber and Dean Baker Overall job growth in blue collar jobs was modest in April, growing by 21,000 from its March level. Manufacturing added 6,000 jobs, construction 5,000 jobs, and mining 8,800, the vast majority of which were in support activities. Several states saw[Read More…]

Lawsuit Targets Trump’s Climate-change Censorship

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017.  The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration to uncover public records showing that federal employees have been censored from using words or phrases related to climate change in formal agency communications. Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeks to require[Read More…]

World Heritage Site

Trump’s Border Wall Threatens World Heritage Site

Groups Request ‘In Danger’ Status for El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Border Wall Threatens Protected Sonoran Desert Wildlife PARIS—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017.  Conservation groups and representatives of the Tohono-O’odham of Sonora, Mexico today petitioned for “in danger” status for a World Heritage site in Mexico threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s border[Read More…]

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Appeals Court Allows Wikimedia Challenge to NSA Internet Surveillance to Go Forward

RICHMOND, Va. —(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017.  A federal appeals court today unanimously reversed a part of a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency’s mass interception and searching of Americans’ international internet communications. The case was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2015 on behalf[Read More…]

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