Live updates and the latest news as U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum kick in and the Senate turns to a government funding ...

Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley spoke with NewsWatch 12 ahead of town hall meetings in Jackson and Josephine County on Sunday, March 16.

After meeting with his conference, the Senate minority leader said "Republicans do not have the votes" to advance the ...

Government shutdown looms as Democrats say they won’t back GOP spending bill - The European Commission and Canada have both ...

In just over 48 hours, the government will partially shut down unless Congress can pass a continuing resolution. New ...

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending measure to pass ahead of a March 14 midnight deadline.

President Trump has made large scale changes to the federal workforce even before receiving mass layoff plans from federal ...

Senate Democrats are staring down a major dilemma as they agonize over how to handle the GOP’s stopgap spending bill in the ...

The House developed a six-month bill that would continue funding the government and raise the debt ceiling, while making drastic cuts, but some senators aren't fans of the legislation. And they're ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government, heightening the alert for a potential government ...

The proposal funds the federal government through September and avoids a government shutdown on Friday. But it's taken on ...