Congress

President Donald Trump said Iran must meet his latest deadline to strike a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, or a “whole civilization will die”

Candidates for California’s 2nd Congressional District met at a League of Women Voters forum in Redding, debating health care, immigration and election policy in a newly redrawn region.

At a news conference Friday, Sen. Ron Wyden and Secretary of State Tobias Read said they would defend mail-in voting and the state’s election integrity.

More than 350 Oregonians, veteran elected officials and newcomers alike, filed to run for statewide, congressional and legislative offices by Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline.

The California Democratic Party is betting that a tried-and-true playbook and standard-bearer candidates offer their best chance to take back the U.S. House in November’s midterms rather than fresh faces and more populist policy planks.

The proposal to disconnect from some pieces of H.R 1 is likely to generate friction in the brand-new session.

The Department of Homeland Security said the armed suspect had “violently resisted.”

Republican Assemblymember James Gallagher announced last week he's running to fill the remainder of longtime North State Congressman Doug LaMalfa's term. LaMalfa died earlier this month during an emergency surgery after serving seven terms in Congress.

Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa’s sudden death this week has left questions about who will represent California’s 1st Congressional district — a conservative agricultural region north of Sacramento.

U.S. military strikes in Venezuela over the weekend have triggered sharp backlash from Democratic lawmakers and concern among immigrant communities, even as some Republicans praised the operation.

U.S. Senate and House Democrats from Oregon moved swiftly to condemn President Donald Trump’s Saturday morning announcement that the United States carried out a military strike in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. They called the action unconstitutional, reckless and a dangerous escalation with global consequences.

Oregon’s Attorney General Dan Rayfield countered that federal agents should not be above the law.