Trump’s presidency may have amplified executive power, but unless lawmakers roll back those powers, the next administration ...

Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are urging the Trump administration to release funds for SNAP in November, as the ...

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

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

WASHINGTON ‒ The Senate on Thursday rejected a Republican-backed bill to pay some federal workers who are working through the government shutdown as the funding fight rolls into Day 23.

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

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 ...

The federal government shutdown has entered its 23rd day. As a result, 60,000 aviation safety workers won’t receive a full ...

As we reach Day 23, the bitter battle in the Senate continues. Will the Senate vote today? Here's timing, more.

The Senate is planning to vote on a bill that would pay federal workers and military members who have been working without pay since the government shutdown on Oct. 1. The GOP-backed bill, also known ...