What are farmers to do come harvest time, when the government is deporting migrant workers? If you're President Trump's ...

MAGA rage over the Trump regime's failure to show an Epstein conspiracy reveals what matters inside a right-wing bubble.

I am so proud that The Mercury has Sound Off. Other papers can’t deal with a forum like this. The other papers can’t deal ...

At the RNC in Milwaukee last year, I sent an urgent warning about an innocent enough sounding proposal — "Project 2025." It's ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Photo: President Donald Trump signs his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, Friday, July 4, ...

Nationwide, President Donald Trump's recently passed "One Big Beautiful Bill" means trillions of dollars in tax cuts and the ...

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” has sparked alarm in New York with warnings of devastating impacts on health insurance, food ...

Rep. Val Hoyle, a Democrat from Springfield, said the bill will reduce the state’s access to healthcare and imperil Oregon’s ...

From health insurance to immigration enforcement and higher ed taxes, the WBUR newsroom took a look at how some key ...

Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is an ugly policy that will punish the poorest, worsen inequality, and blow up the national debt.

One of the biggest spending items in the Republican budget bill has hardly gotten any attention: $170 billion for an unprecedented crackdown on immigration. By some calculations, it would make the ann ...