WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Chicago, Illinois, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) outlining concerns over a proposed rule that seeks to establish a fixed time period of admission for nonimmigrant academic students, exchange visitors, and representatives of foreign information media. The letter, dated September 29, addresses the implications of this proposal on the residency training  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Calling Out Yesterday's Partisan Hearing On Crime, Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting During his remarks, Durbin called out the Trump Administration for engaging in political theater rather than addressing crime * U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Se  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Statement On Trump Administration Pausing $2.1 Billion In Grants For Chicago Infrastructure Projects * October 03, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement after Russell Vought, Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Meet Some of the Worst of the Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens at Speedway Slammer Including Gang Members, Serial Criminals, Abusers, Thieves, and Drug Dealers One criminal illegal alien at Speedway Slammer was previously charged for terroristic threatening in the third degree for cutting a woman's breast with a box cutter after she refused to give him money * WASHINGTON -- This week, the U  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Noem Travels to Chicago as Operation Midway Blitz Reaches More Than 1,000 Illegal Aliens Arrested * The worst of the worst arrested include pedophiles, child abusers, kidnappers, gang members, and armed robbers WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol officers have arrested more   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTIC), Illinois, has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security expressing strong opposition to proposed regulations that would establish fixed time periods for the admission of nonimmigrant academic students, exchange visitors, and representatives of foreign information media. The institute argues that these changes would create undue hardship for international PhD students, threatening their ab  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Transportation Statement on Review of Chicago's Discriminatory, Unconstitutional Processes * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following statement: This week, USDOT issued an interim final rule (IFR) barring race- and sex-based contracting requirements from federal grants. To continue implementation of this rule, USDOT today sent letter  more