Letter was signed by nine members of the influential Senate Appropriations Committee Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a bipartisan group of Senators on the Appropriations Committee—which oversees all government funding—to urge Department of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.– On June 22nd, using B2 bombers, 30 tomahawk missiles, and six 30,000 pound “Bunker Busting” bombs, the United States attacked three nuclear sites in Iran. The reason for the attack was to prevent Iran, […]
Health care professionals warn of labor & delivery department closures, higher rates of breast and cervical cancer due to missed screenings, & heightened trauma for sexual assault survivors; Republican bill would bar Planned Parenthood from […]
SALEM, Ore. – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin warning of a heightened threat environment in the United States through September 22, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET, due to geopolitical tensions […]
by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardJune 23, 2025 The Trump Administration moved Monday to join a legal fight to overturn a new Washington law requiring religious leaders to report child abuse or neglect even when […]
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