The Senate voted 79 to 18 to confirm Mr. Burgum, a former governor of North Dakota, as the next interior secretary.

Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks prepared to face skepticism and intense grilling from Democratic ...

Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted an online conversation on Wednesday with the ...

Following a brief introduction, Merkley — and Salinas, at the Salem event — will take questions from the audience for most of ...

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Thank you for publishing the recent article on the projected drop in Oregon snowfall due to climate change (Oregon snowfall projected to drop 50 percent by 2100 among findings in ...

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) is speaking out after Republicans blocked a resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned ...

Oregon leaders were scrambling Tuesday morning after an announcement from the Trump administration that it was at least ...

"This is not a blanket pause on federal assistance and grant programs from the Trump administration," Leavitt said during a ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced Monday he would not back President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, former Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Paul said he didn’t believe Chavez-DeRemer’s ...

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