WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Demands All Air Traffic Controllers Who Worked Without Pay During Republican Shutdown, Not Only Trump's Favorites, Receive $10,000 Bonuses * December 03, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - After the Trump Administration cruelly provided only four percent of the air traffic controller (ATC) and technician workforce with $10,000 bonuses, despite all of them working without pay during the Republi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Announces His Final Introduction Of The Dream Act & Shares 150th Dreamer Story On The Senate Floor * December 03, 2025 Durbin has introduced the Dream Act every Congress since 2001; this introduction marks his final introduction of the legislation before the end of his congressional career WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), R  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * Durbin Announces His Final Introduction Of The Dream Act & Shares 150th Dreamer Story On The Senate Floor Durbin has introduced the Dream Act every Congress since 2001; this introduction marks his final introduction of the legislation before the end of his congressional career * In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Condemns Pardon Of Former President Of Honduras * December 02, 2025 Durbin: "Donald Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to [more than 1,500] people who stormed the Capitol. It comes as no surprise [that] when it comes to major drug traffickers like the former Honduran president, Donald Trump got out his pardon pen." WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate D  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Condemns Pardon Of Former President Of Honduras In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, condemned President Trump's pardon of the former Honduran president, Juan Orlando Hernandez. Durbin began by outlining the horrendous conduct of Mr. Hernandez, a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Investigates Arrests Of U.S. Citizens By President Trump's Out-Of-Control Immigration Forces * Durbin in oversight request to Secretary Noem: "The disturbing reality is that many American citizens have been caught in the Trump Administration's indiscriminate and violent immigration enforcement dragnet across the country." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Rank  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2025: * * * Durbin Investigates Arrests Of U.S. Citizens By President Trump's Out-Of-Control Immigration Forces U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today launched an investigation into the reported arrests of U.S. citizens under the Trump Administration's violent immigration enforc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin On The Affordability Crisis: Costs Are Through The Roof Because Of President Trump And His MAGA Policies * December 02, 2025 In his speech on the Senate floor, Durbin denounced President Trump's economic policies, ranging from cuts to SNAP to instituting damaging tariffs, that are costing Americans more WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) delivered a speech on  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On New Report Regarding Kash Patel's Leadership Of The FBI * December 02, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding reports of a 115-page assessment compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2025: * * * Durbin Statement On New Report Regarding Kash Patel's Leadership Of The FBI U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding reports of a 115-page assessment compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty Federal Bureau of  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin To His Republican Colleagues: What If 'Operation Midway Blitz' Comes To Your State Or Hometown? * December 02, 2025 In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin again denounced President Trump's so-called "Operation Midway Blitz" and called on his Republican colleagues to stand up against the President's cruel mass deportation scheme WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Lee Lead Reintroduction Of Bipartisan Legislation Bolstering Accountability For Alleged Justice Department Attorney Misconduct * December 02, 2025 The Inspector General Access Act would expand the jurisdiction of the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General to include alleged DOJ attorney misconduct WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Mem  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Lee Lead Reintroduction Of Bipartisan Legislation Bolstering Accountability For Alleged Justice Department Attorney Misconduct The Inspector General Access Act would expand the jurisdiction of the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General to include alleged DOJ attorney misconduct * U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin: If Republicans Reject The Democratic Proposal To Address ACA Subsidies, The American Public Will Know Which Party Abandoned Them * December 02, 2025 On the Senate floor, Durbin continues to push his Republican colleagues to come to the table and negotiate with Democrats on a solution to address the looming health care crisis WASHINGTON - As open enrollment for 2026 individual market  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: * * * ERDC hosts Sediment Transport Collaborative Laboratory Experiment By Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist This summer, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) hosted the U.S. Coastal Research Program's (USCRP) Sediment Transport Collaborative Laboratory Experiment, or SEDCOLAB, to improve understanding of sediment transport processes by   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Attorney Howard B. Adler, former deputy assistant treasury secretary for the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and Alex J. Pollock, senior fellow at the Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury concerning the implementation of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The authors warned that the inclusion of uninsured deposits in domestic and foreign ban  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 4 -- The Illinois Department of Public Health issued the following news on Dec. 2, 2025: * * * Gov. Pritzker Signs Landmark Bill to Protect and Expand Vaccine Access for Illinoisans HB 767 codifies access to life-saving immunizations as the federal government abandons science * CHICAGO -- Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined state officials, bill sponsors, and public health experts to sign HB 767. The legislation expands and codifies Governor Pritzker's Executive O  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has denied the petition by Motor Coach Industries Inc. (MCI), Des Plaines, Illinois, regarding a noncompliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 205, Glazing Materials. The vehicle manufacturer, which produced approximately 15,454 coaches between Jan. 4, 1988, and Jan. 14, 2022, had determined that the curb view window, located to the driver's immediate right,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project, Chicago, Illinois, issued a report detailing 2025 state legislative efforts to curb private equity's influence in healthcare amid hospital closures and financial instability. The analysis categorizes reforms into transparency/reporting, approval authority, targeted prohibitions, and corporate practice of medicine enforcement, highlighting successes in seven states while noting pending and failed bills elsewhere. Massachuset  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * University of Central Florida's Tinley Park MHC secures top spot at the 2025 DOE CyberForce Competition The competition challenges students to solve real-world cybersecurity problems, focusing on protecting the nation's energy systems * The University of Central Florida's Tinley Park MHC proved victorious in DOE's CyberForce Competition, valiantly defending a sim  more