After NPR reported on a Department of Homeland Security tool to check the citizenship of registered voters, three U.S. senators are expressing concern about accuracy, transparency and privacy.

Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are part of a group of Democrats pressing the Trump administration on what the lawmakers call the "weaponizing of immigration ...

During his remarks in a Senate hearing today, Senator Jeff Merkley pressed UN Ambassador nominee Mike Waltz on the negotiations for peace in Iran. Waltz stated, "The President has been clear." ...

Oregon’s junior U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, will seek a fourth term in Congress. Merkley, 68, announced Thursday he’d ...

During a Senate Appropriations Committee held on June 25, 2025, Senator Jeff Merkley grilled OMB Director Russell Vought over cuts to global aid initiatives like PEPFAR. The interruptions to these ...

Now that Congress has passed President Trump’s so-called “Big beautiful bill” and the president has signed it, what happens now?

President Donald Trump’s budget bill has taken another step towards becoming law. Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushed through the passage of the bill on Tuesday. FILE- U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley ...

A testy exchange between U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent out sparks Wednesday as the two clashed during a Justice Department budget hearing. The Democratic senator ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., about President Trump's budget bill, his own concerns about the legislation, and some of the changes he hopes to see.

Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, told Morning Edition some of his Republican colleagues are uncomfortable with what's in the bill. He added that he anticipates changes due to Senate rules ...