Cliff Bentz, Oregon's sole Republican member of Congress, took a verbal lashing in his conservative district as Trump's cost-cutting policies have caused chaos ...

Some rural Oregon Republicans are conflicted about Trump’s and Musk’s cuts. Meanwhile Democrats feel empowered to push back.

Gov. Tina Kotek had paused the automatic DMV registrations in October. The improper voter registrations occurred in part ...

Good morning. President Trump’s second term will test how much the GOP’s recent gains with working-class voters will ...

No, federal employees were not offered a true buyout, (“ Trump offers buyouts to federal employees, ” Jan. 29). They were ...

Organized labor, which long has been the bedrock of the Democratic Party, is being courted by the MAGA Republicans trying to ...

Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR) reportedly told constituents on Saturday that Republican lawmakers are siding with Donald Trump in ...

Now that House Republicans have passed an ambitious budget blueprint for President Donald Trump’s agenda, its time for hard ...

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GOP senators have their own plans ... and therefore would not need to be offset by cuts elsewhere. But Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, top Democrat on the Finance committee, said Republicans are engaging ...

The president on Sunday named Dan Bongino, a podcaster and former Fox News host, as deputy FBI director to serve under newly confirmed Director Kash Patel. DOGE emails were sent to federal judges ...