WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release on Oct 16, 2025: * * * Energy Department Closes Loan Guarantee to Strengthen U.S. Grid Reliability U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced the Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) closed a loan guarantee to strengthen grid reliability and ensure lower electricity costs across the midwestern region of the United States. In accordance with President Trump's Executive Order, S  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement at an executive business meeting on Oct. 16, 2025: * * * Grassley Opens Executive Business Meeting, Calls on Democrat Colleagues to Reopen the Government On today's agenda we have six nominations listed. We'll vote on Thomas Albus and Adam Mildred to be U.S. Attorneys. Both nominees are highly qualified and I look forward to supporting them. We'll hold  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding proposed revisions to the integrated postsecondary education data system (IPEDS) admissions survey and the new admissions and consumer transparency supplement (ACTS). The university expressed its support for the Department's goals of enhancing transparency and compliance with Title VI in postsecondary admissions. However, it raised significant conce  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Two U.S. Attorney Nominees * WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * Thomas Albus, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, by a vote of 12-10; and * Adam Mildred, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana by a vote of 12-10. Watch the executive business meeting   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2025: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Two U.S. Attorney Nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * Thomas Albus, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, by a vote of 12-10; and * Adam Mildred, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana by a vote of 12-10  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi Condemns Trump Administration's 'Shocking Abuse of Executive Power' in Deployments of National Guard Troops Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the  more