WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Demands Answers from Trump Admin on Closure of Head Start Office that Serves Grantees in Wisconsin WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is demanding answers from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the closure of five regional Head Start offices across the country, including the Region 5 office in Chicago which serves Head Start grantees more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area - March 2025": * * * Area prices were up 0.5 percent over the past month, up 3.7 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area advanced 0.5 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Area - March 2025": * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington was down 0.3 percent for the two months ending in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commi more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - March 2025": * * * Regional prices rose 0.3 percent in March, up 2.7 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest region advanced 0.3 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Meets with Quad City Chamber and Knox County Area Partnership for Economic Development to Discuss Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Local Workers April 10, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today met with members of the Quad City Chamber and the Knox County Area Partnership for Economic Development (KCAP) to discuss the harmful impacts Trump's chaotic trade and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Pushes for More Cooperation with Indo-Pacific Partners on Medical Readiness and Strategic Sealift to Support Servicemembers Abroad April 10, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)--urged Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Admiral Samuel J. Paparo  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Klobuchar, Capito, Colleagues Press FAA on Recent System Outages April 10, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Ranking Member of the CST Aviation Subcommittee--joined U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), along with U.S. more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing With META Whistleblower WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing entitled "A T more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Station Nation: Meet Nick Kopp, SpaceX Dragon Flight Lead Nick Kopp is a Dragon flight lead in the Transportation Integration Office at Johnson Space Center in Houston. He is currently leading NASA's efforts to prepare, launch, and return the agency's 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. He works directly with SpaceX and collaborates with NASA's many internal, external, and international partners to ensure the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025: * * * Mr. President, I am the son of an immigrant from East St. Louis, IL. As a reminder to myself, I keep my mother's naturalization certificate on a table behind my desk in the U.S. Capitol. She came to the United States from Lithuania, fleeing oppression from the Soviet Union, when she was just 2 years old. Little did she know that her youngest son would go on to become a U.S. Se more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Blunt Rochester, colleagues demand answers from the Trump administration regarding decision to cancel funding for Manufacturing Extension Partnership programs WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) joined a letter to Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, led by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Comm more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * U.S. Extradites Alleged Co-Conspirator of 2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attacks to Face Charges in India Mumbai Attacks in 2008 Killed More than 160 People, Including Six Americans, and Wounded Hundreds More The United States on Wednesday extradited convicted terrorist Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian citizen and native of Pakistan, to stand trial in India on 10 criminal charges stemmin more PR