If you are flying for Thanksgiving, ypou could be in for a very long trip. If your flight even takes off at all.

Joni Ernst introduced a bill to pawn off vacant government buildings to the private sector, in Halloween fashion.

Hubert Humphrey: the idealistic firebrand who electrified the 1948 Democratic convention and relentlessly championed civil rights for more than twenty years. Lyndon Johnson: the wily, pragmatic Senate ...

NEW YORK CITY—On a recent Saturday morning, Susan Metz, a retired public school teacher, shouted amid a throng of protesters at the “No Kings” march along Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza. The focus of her ...

The Senate voted Monday evening to end the 41-day government shutdown, setting the stage for the House to reconvene later ...

It’s Monday. A lot has happened since we last spoke. The government may reopen soon. But several things need to happen first.

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is holding the floor of the Senate to denounce authoritarianism. In a statement, Merkley said: “I’m speaking on the Senate floor right now to ring the ...

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) ends his marathon speech on the Senate floor, lasting over 22 hours. “A taste of their own medicine”: Blue states go digital against Trump’s shutdown What to know about the ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (KPTV) - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) took the Senate floor to protest President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon. In a post on ‘X’ just before 3:30 p.m., Merkley said he ...