Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours. Merkley began speaking on the Senate floor ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest President Donald Trump’s “tightening authoritarian grip on the country” amid the government shutdown.

Sen. Jeff Merkley has been speaking on the Senate floor for more than 18 hours after announcing he would protest what he called President Donald Trump’s “grave threats to democracy.” “I’ve come to the ...

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley gave a marathon floor speech overnight to draw attention to the “authoritarianism” of President Donald Trump’s policies. The Oregon Democrat spoke for 22 hours and 37 minutes, ...

The Arizona senator and retired Navy captain has done a lot of things very few others have. He’s gone to space four times, ...

President Trump lashed out at Senate Republicans who have voted against his agenda during a Tuesday speech at the Detroit ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley yielded the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon after 22 hours of a marathon speech protesting what his office calls "the Trump Administration’s ...

October 21, 2025 will be lodged as a defining day in North Carolina history. On that fated Tuesday, Sen. Michael Garrett, a four-term Democrat representing Guilford County, gave what, in my view, was ...

(CNN) — Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours. (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley ...