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

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

Merkley has been speaking on the Senate floor about the President Donald Trump's "growing authoritarianism" since 6:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald ...

WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest President ...

The Senate failed to advance the House-passed funding bill that would end the government shutdown for the 12th time on ...

Santos pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, as well as credit card fraud and illegally receiving unemployment benefits. He was sentenced to seven years in prison—a ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley's overnight remarks ending early Wednesday evening put him in the top tier of lengthy floor speeches in the chamber's history.

Oregon leaders are calling the detentions by ICE and Border Patrol agents "unlawful" and "cruel" as more families report ...

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

Sen. Jeff Merkley is nearing a 15-hour speech on the Senate floor as we reach Day 22 of the shutdown. Here's what we know about the next Senate vote.