WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 22, 2025 ARMY Noble Supply & Logistics LLC,* Boston, Massachusetts, was awarded a $95,218,285 firm-fixed-price contract for the Forward Repair System M7A1 Tool Load program. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 21, 2030. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration has released the following public communication dated March 18, 2025, from Alan Kaplan, CEO at UW Health: * * * To: The Honorable Derek S. Maltz U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration 800 K Street NW Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20001 Re: Docket No. DEA-407: Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations * * * Dear Administrator Maltz: On behalf of UW Health, thank you  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Leads Colleagues in Condemning Trump and Hegseth's Trans Military Service Ban April 22, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services (SASC) and Veterans' Affairs (SVAC) Committees--led 13 of her fellow Senate Democratic colleagues in condemning President Trump's un-American, unconstitutional t  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Statement on the Passing of Pope Francis April 21, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today issued the following statement honoring the passing of Pope Francis: "Pope Francis was a pillar of the Catholic Church, a beacon of hope, compassion and light in times of fear, hatred and darkness. Throughout his life, he taught us that in order to be great, we hav  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Secretary of State Rubio Announcing "Sweeping Reorganization" At The State Department April 22, 2025 CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a plan to significantly reorganize the State Department, including targeting human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and d  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On The Passing Of Pope Francis April 21, 2025 CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement regarding the passing of Pope Francis: "We have lost the messenger, but we must hold fast to the message of Pope Francis to love and respect one another. In a world of hate and fear, Pope Francis' message of peace and understanding i  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Merkley, Blumenthal, Markey: President Trump's Cuts To Tobacco Prevention Will Make Americans Sicker & Cause More Tobacco-Related Deaths, Diseases April 21, 2025 CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) along with U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today slammed the Trump Administration for staffing cuts at the U.  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Senators Demand President Trump Rescind Harmful Claims That He Will Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens To A Foreign Prison April 22, 2025 In the letter, Durbin also leads his colleagues in a call to return Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committ  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * Durbin, Senators Demand President Trump Rescind Harmful Claims That He Will Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens To a Foreign Prison In the letter, Durbin also leads his colleagues in a call to return Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-I  more

FORT IRWIN, California, April 23 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: * * * ERDC robotics team advances future of combat engineering at PC-C5 By Sophia Espinosa, Public Affairs Specialist A team from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) recently played a key role in a major Army exercise called Project Convergence Capstone 5 (PC-C5). During this event, ERDC's Robotics for Engineer Operations (REO) put their roboti  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The FBI issued the following news release on April 22, 2025: * * * FBI Chicago Announces Increased Reward for Information Leading to Arrest & Conviction of Joseph "Troubles" Matos CHICAGO--Douglas S. DePodesta, special agent-in-charge of the Chicago Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today a reward increase for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Joseph "Troubles" Matos. Matos is wanted in connection with the shooting deat  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated April 4, 2025, from the American Academy of Dermatology Association, Rosemont, Illinois: * * * To: The Honorable Martin Makary, MD, MPH Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm 1061 (HFA-305) Rockville, MD 20852-1740 RE: Comments for Draft Guidance on Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 23 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on April 22, 2025: * * * FHLBank Chicago Announces Q1 2025 Financial Highlights The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) today announced its preliminary and unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2025. "As we embark on a new year, we reaffirm our commitment to being a strong and reliable source of liquidity to our m  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has released the following public communication dated Jan. 24, 2025, from Dan Salas, director at the University of Illinois Chicago Energy Resources Center: * * * To: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Public Comments Processing Attn: FWS-R3-ES-2024-0132, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 * * * To the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: We are writing to provide comments on the U.S. Fi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 23 -- The Illinois Department of Public Health issued the following news on April 22, 2025: * * * PrEP HIV Prevention Now Available Directly from Illinois Pharmacists Standing order from IDPH will make lifesaving HIV prevention drugs more accessible SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has issued a standing order that will allow Illinoisans to obtain the HIV preventive medication known as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) directly from a ph  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has announced that the Resilient Infrastructure + Secure Energy Consortium (RISE) has filed updated membership information in accordance with Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The notification, published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2025, reveals the addition of several new members to the consortium, all aimed at advancing research in energy resilience and infra  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on April 21, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, Henry Peter Brougham once said, "Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave." The Trump Administration's deliberate evisceration of education-from preschool to higher education-is a dangerous attack on our democracy that will damage our people, c  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on April 21, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, as a policymaker and citizen, I unconditionally and absolutely reject President Trump's and Elon Musk's work to steal American's Social Security benefits, a scheme that hurts middle-class and working-class families and seniors to pay for tax handouts to billionaires. When Americans already face increased p  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on April 21, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate Mr. Thomas Frisbie on his retirement, after an extraordinary career as an award-winning writer and editor. Since 1976 Mr. Frisbie has, as he likes to say "held almost every job at the Chicago Sun-Times besides editor". His commitment to bringing Chicago the news ha  more