In the weeks before President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a small group of lawyers in Oregon worked swiftly to try to protect as many people as possible from the threat of deportation before policy changes took effect under the new administration.

The funding freeze could affect trillions of dollars across the nation and cause widespread disruption in health care research, education programs and other initiatives.

The judge said her ruling is intended to "maintain the status quo." It does not block the Trump administration from freezing funding to new programs.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Tuesday evening the state joined 22 other states and Washington, D.C., in filing a lawsuit in federal district court.

President Donald Trump's mandate does not stop at people with criminal charges and convictions. Undocumented families worry that they'll be caught in the dragnet.

If federal funding goes away, it's a "a huge hit in the amount of people we can feed," said the CEO of Meals on Wheels People, which fed 11,000 residents last year.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and Attorney General Dan Rayfield hosted a press conference at the State Library on Tuesday in response to President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze some federal funding.

Trump's executive order titled “Protecting the meaning and value of American citizenship” aims to end automatic birthright citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment establishes birthright citizenship, meaning any child born in the U.S. is a citizen, regardless of their parent’s status.

Here's a roundup of Oregon politicians who will be attending or missing President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration Day ceremonies on Monday.

Here's everything to know about Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration and what time to watch in Oregon.

After President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans, Medicaid's portals went down Tuesday afternoon, causing recipients to panic about their health insurance coverage. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the Medicaid outage Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter, but said payments would not be impacted.

The Trump administration has ordered a “temporary pause” on federal financial assistance that will go into effect at 5:00 p.m. | Chief among the questions raised by Monday's ambiguous memo are whether programs like Medicaid and SNAP as well as funding for clinical research,