WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security expressing strong opposition to a proposed rule that would establish a fixed time period of admission for non-immigrant academic students, exchange visitors, and representatives of foreign information media. The letter, responding to DHS Docket No. ICEB-2025-0001, urges the department to withdraw the proposal in its entirety, advocating instead for t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Massachusetts Delegation Demand Answers on Trump Admin. Effort to Cut MA Energy Grants, Spike Electricity Costs, Hurt American Economy * Letter Text (PDF) Washington (October 3, 2025) -- Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and the entire Massachusetts congressional delegation -- Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rep. Stephen   more

HAMILTON, Ontario, Oct. 4 (TNSjou) -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * Researchers discover new antibiotic for IBD -- and AI correctly predicts how it works McMaster researchers have discovered an antibiotic that targets inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's. Then, in a first, they used cutting-edge AI to determine how it would work. By Blake Dillon Researchers at McMaster University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made two scientific breakthr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Blasts Trump Administration's Uneconomic, Unhealthy, and Un-American Plan to Give a Taxpayer-Funded Bail Out to Big Coal * Letter Text (PDF) Washington (October 3, 2025) -- Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today wrote to Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, demanding answers about the Trump administration's plan announce  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark Statement on House GOP Cancelling Votes * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement after House Republicans cancelled votes for a second week, prolonging a painful government shutdown: "Republicans have spent the past week lying, vacationing, and posting bigoted memes -- anything but actually showing up for work. Now, they're taki  more