CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * 1970th Quartermaster Co. treats water to support SGS 25 * BATURAJA, Indonesia -- A U.S. Army water treatment team made up of soldiers from the 1970th Quartermaster Company, Illinois Army National Guard, purified 10,000 gallons of water from the Ogan River in support of the Super Garuda Shield 25 exercise, Aug. 24, 2025. Previous U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1970th Quarterm  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Admonishes Attorney General Bondi For Politicized Firing Of Nonpartisan Immigration Judges As Trump Administration Carries Out Mass Deportation Scheme Durbin to AG Bondi: "The Trump Administration has engaged in an unprecedented attack on due process and the rule of law, and the only plausible explanation for firing immigration judges and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System is reviewing an application concerning the ownership of an Illinois-based bank holding company and its subsidiary. The application was filed under the Change in Bank Control Act. The filing indicates that the Lenore M. McCarter Declaration of Trust, Snowmass, Colorado, aims to maintain its voting shares of FNBC of LaGrange Inc., Illinois. This would, in turn, allow the trust to indirectly retain shares in FNBC Bank and Trust, a community  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2025: * * * Peters, Slotkin, and Bergman Urge President Trump to Reconsider Denying FEMA Assistance to Northern Michigan Residents The Bicameral, Bipartisan Group Wrote in Support of Governor Whitmer's Denied Disaster Aid Appeal * U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), along with Representative Jack Bergman (R-MI-01), are urging President Trump to reconsider the denial of   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural Disasters * Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.   more