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

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

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump's nominee for Labor Secretary, is still awaiting her confirmation hearing. Chavez-DeRemer, a ...

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

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

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

OREGON -- Over $1.4 million is coming to Oregon, in order to help homeless veterans secure affordable housing. Oregon’s U.S.

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 ...