Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley tells reporters at a weekly news conference the morning after an Office of Management and Budget ...

Oregon’s congressional delegation as well as other lawmakers in the region, reacted to the Trump administration’s freeze on ...

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said he was "deeply concerned" by the pause and "will explore any and all legal actions ...

Oregon and 22 other states are suing the Trump administration after it ordered an abrupt freeze to many federal payments, ...

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With a Republican majority in the Senate, most of President Trump's Cabinet nominees are expected to sail through. And though ...

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's nominee for Labor Secretary, is still awaiting her confirmation hearing. Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican, served one term in Congress representing Oregon's 5th District, was ...

Engaged citizens packed McDaniel High School in Portland Sunday afternoon for a town hall with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Rep.

A directive to freeze federal aid was widely decried by Democrats, but there was little clarity on what it will actually do.

U.S. Senators for Oregon, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are slamming the Trump Administration’s announcement to freeze federal ...

Seven members of Congress urge Providence to engage in good faith bargaining with striking healthcare workers, citing ...

As the strike by Providence nurses and doctors enters its third week, members of Oregon's congressional delegation urged both ...