The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed that a person contracted bird flu in Clackamas County.

President-elect Donald Trump continued his blitz of Cabinet and senior staff selections, ending by naming Doug Burgum to lead ...

President-elect Donald Trump is planning on taking the country in a different direction than Democratically led Washington ...

Oregon Democrats’ ability to fully enact their legislative agenda may come down to a single state House district, now divided ...

Multnomah County officials say 91 people have started a new drug addiction program, but the outcomes remain unclear.

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Last year, U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, a New York Republican, introduced legislation that would have prohibited the district from ...

U.S. Senate Republicans elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as that chamber’s next majority leader during a secret ballot ...

Oregon mostly held to its usual political patterns this election, but there was change, especially in the 5th Congressional ...

The Associated Press called the 5th Congressional District for Democrat Janelle Bynum on Thursday morning, meaning Democrats ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced he plans to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human ...

Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat, vowed at a Portland town hall to pass a relief bill by the end of the year, ...