Government shutdown replay; Sen. Jeff Merkley sets state record with marathon speech

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans ...
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Oregon U.S. Senators Merkley and Wyden Join Democrat Colleagues Calling out Trump Administration’s Dismantling of Education Offices Responsible for Supportin…

Last week, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-OR) called out the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle ...
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Trump's firings during shutdown expected to top 10,000 federal workers, Vought says

WASHINGTON ‒ The Trump administration expects to lay off more than 10,000 federal workers during the government shutdown, a top White House official said Oct. 15, as a federal judge delivered an ...

The Shadow President

Andy Kroll ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This story is exempt from ProPublica’s Creative ...
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Who Is Russell Vought? How a Little-Known D.C. Insider Became Trump’s Dismantler-in-Chief

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Days into the 2025 shutdown that brought the federal ...