Less than two days after issuing an order to freeze funding on federal assistance that pays for health and child care, the ...

As the White House rescinds a move to pause federal aid, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley tells KTVZ News he believes the initial move was likely unconstitutional. The Trump administration on Wednesday ...

We have a constitutional crisis,” Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley said of Team Trump's latest scheme. It's worth appreciating ...

Senate Republicans who care about Congress’ spending authority aren’t going to oppose Russ Vought’s nomination to lead OMB as Democrats accuse the White House of curtailing lawmakers’ powers.

A spokesperson for the Oregon attorney general's office said the states suing to stop the order will proceed with the lawsuit ...

Democrats declared victory for blunting Trump’s momentum while the White House insisted it isn’t backing down.

Congressional Democrats and good government groups say President Donald Trump 's Monday night directive to pause the ...

He has run his Republican enemies out of his party. He has spurred a swift corporate reversal on D.E.I. And he has so ...

Imagine for a moment what it was like on March 11th, 2010 when former President Barack Obama’s US Secretary of Transportation ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee. He appears before the ...

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