Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers and the fishing industry is being restored.

President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa...

This week, Oregon’s Congressional Rep. Val Hoyle and Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced a bill to ban corporations from taking over the practice of actual medicine. They’re modeling it on ...

Oregon’s fight against corporate control of medicine moved onto the national stage on Wednesday as U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle and Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden–all Democrats–were among a group of lawmaker...

Two Oregon tribes will receive nearly $10 million in federal funding to build more affordable housing for their tribal members.

A whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order restricting that method of voting could...

Several U.S. senators raised concerns about fast-growing trading markets that allow users to gamble on disasters, like Oregon's drought and wildfires.

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., is packaging together a number of existing bills with some new ideas to curb what he calls authoritarian abuses of presidential power.

Congress allocated $150 million for 250th birthday events. The Trump-backed group that planned the state fair and July 4th fireworks is asking for an additional $10 million in reimbursements.

FEMA funding for the Rowe Creek Complex was recently denied despite its massive size and threat to multiple homes and people. Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are […]

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) helped introduce a bill on Wednesday, aiming to hold the United States Department of Justice accountable for its handling of the Epstein files.