WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn, AG Bondi Discuss National Guard Deployment to Chicago * WASHINGTON - Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on crime and restore law and order in communities across the country, including by deploying National Guard troops to Chicago, Illinois, where Democrats' soft-on-crime   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Debunks Governor Pritzker's Harmful Lies About Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, Federal Law Enforcement * Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker continues to spread the same lies and hateful rhetoric that have contributed to a more than 1000% increase in assaults against our brave ICE law enforcement WASHINGTON - Between an appearance on CNN's State of the Union and a Monday afternoon pre  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Condemns Ruthless ICE Raids, Orders To Deploy National Guard Troops To Illinois In Senate Floor Speech * October 06, 2025 "Terrorizing families with midnight raids and troops in our streets is writing a shameful chapter in our nation's history," Durbin said in his speech on the Senate floor WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Senate Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing With Attorney General Bondi * October 07, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at a Senate Judiciary Oversight Committee hearing with Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi. Durbin's opening statement con  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Senate Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing With Attorney General Bondi U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at a Senate Judiciary Oversight Committee hearing with Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) issued a report examining Chicago's Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO), a form of inclusionary zoning aimed at mandating affordable housing units within new developments. The report analyzes more than two decades of data and finds the ordinance has had unintended consequences, reducing housing supply and increasing overall costs, thus worsening the city's affordability crisis. The report reveals that since its inception in  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Illinois, Oregon, & California Senators Issue Warning About Trump's Dangerous, Unconstitutional Deployments of National Guard Troops into Their States * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - The six United States Senators representing states that Donald Trump has sought to force National Guard deployments to, against state and local officials' objections, without any coordination and in the absence of adequate justificat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Latin Kings Gang Member Arrested in Illinois After Placing Hit on Commander at Large Border Patrol Chief Bovino * WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the arrest of the criminal illegal alien and Latin Kings Gang Member who placed a bounty on the Commander at Large of the U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino. On October 03, 2025, a confidential source  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff, Illinois, Oregon Senators Warn Against Trump's Illegal Deployments of National Guard Troops to Their States * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) -- the six Senators representing states that Donald Trump has sought to force unlawful Na  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Women and Drones LLC, Techny, Illinois, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation addressing its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations. The organization commended the agency for progressing with regulation that aims to create a safe and practical framework for integrating BVLOS operations into the National Airspace System (NAS). In the letter, Women and Drones expressed strong support for  more