The average human brain now contains enough tiny plastic fragments to equal the weight of a plastic spoon, a 50% increase in the past decade. Those sobering statistics, included in a February study ...

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has approved an amendment to a defense spending bill that would allow doctors with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recommend medical marijuana to ...

A key Senate committee has adopted an amendment to a defense spending bill that would allow U.S. Department of Veterans ...

If history holds, next year's U.S. Senate election in Oregon may not be much of a contest, commentator Randy Stapilus writes.

During Deputy Secretary of State Michael Rigas' testimony before Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday, Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley lambasted the State Department over its "hastily planned, ...

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with others, expressed strong opposition to the Trump administration's recent ...

Senate and House Democrats teamed up with young climate plaintiffs Wednesday in Washington, DC, to ignite a congressional ...

After NPR reported on a Department of Homeland Security tool to check the citizenship of registered voters, three U.S. senators are expressing concern about accuracy, transparency and privacy.

Oregon’s junior U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, will seek a fourth term in Congress. Merkley, 68, announced Thursday he’d ...

During a Senate Appropriations Committee held on June 25, 2025, Senator Jeff Merkley grilled OMB Director Russell Vought over cuts to global aid initiatives like PEPFAR. The interruptions to these ...

Now that Congress has passed President Trump’s so-called “Big beautiful bill” and the president has signed it, what happens now?

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley has officially announced he will seek a fourth term in the Senate in 2026. The 68-year-old Democrat ...