WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official ...

Though the Senate Budget Committee only requires 11 members to be present for votes, the boycott of the vote to approve Russ ...

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon says he’s prepared to push back against President Donald Trump’s efforts to expand ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) discusses his concerns regarding Donald Trump's Office of Management and Budget nominee, Russell ...

Senate Democrats are demanding Republicans postpone a vote scheduled for Thursday on Russell Vought, President Trump’s ...

In the interview and again during the town hall, Merkley, the senior Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, targeted ...

Democratic senators are speaking through the night in protest of Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, called him ...

As the White House rescinds a move to pause federal aid, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley tells KTVZ News he believes the initial move was likely unconstitutional. The Trump administration on Wednesday ...

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley tells reporters at a weekly news conference the morning after an Office of Management and Budget memo pausing federal grants and other funding that Senate Democrats would ...

Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley addressed growing fears among local constituents regarding what he described as a dangerous shift toward authoritarianism ...