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 ...

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?

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley has officially announced he will seek a fourth term in the Senate in 2026. The 68-year-old Democrat ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon said Thursday that he will run for reelection next year to seek a fourth term in ...

Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley announced he is running for a fourth term in 2026. The 68-year-old Democrat, an East Portland resident when he’s not in Washington, D.C., has been mulling his future for ...

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.