GOP ponders 'Nuclear Option' to end shutdown by eliminating the 60-vote rule. This risks deep polarization and a cycle of ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours. Merkley began speaking on the Senate floor ...

The Federal Tort Claims Act, the law the president invoked to try to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars, is ordinarily a ...

Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's presidency amid the government shutdown and push for Republicans to negotiate with ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke overnight and is still delivering a marathon speech railing against President Donald Trump's "grave ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley has been speaking on the Senate floor for more than 18 hours after announcing he would protest what he ...

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could gut key protections in the Voting Rights Act. Elie Mystal, columnist ...

Over the past few months, there has been simmering tension and a shift in tone between the high court and lower courts ...