Members of Congress are divided largely along party lines on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room ...

Strongly worded letters are not going to work. To defeat Trump’s autocratic efforts, we need to employ novel and creative ...

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley has been holding the Senate floor for over 15 hours to warn of Trump's growing authoritarianism, ...

The government shutdown stretched into Day 23 on Thursday as the Senate failed to advance a measure to pay some federal ...

WASHINGTON ‒ The Senate on Thursday rejected a Republican-backed bill to pay some federal workers who are working through the ...

With no end in sight for the government shutdown, Trump is expected to visit Malaysia, Japan and South Korea during a ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours. Merkley began speaking on the Senate floor a ...

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley used a 22-hour Senate speech to warn of “authoritarian control,” citing incidents at Portland’s ICE ...

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor for nearly 23 hours beginning Tuesday night against what he called President ...

Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's ...

In his 22-hour speech, Sen. Jeff Merkley gave a shout-out to Portlanders' quirky forms of protest and accused federal ...

Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump’s ...