District 2, covering vast Eastern Oregon and represented by Oregon's only Republican, Rep. Cliff Bentz, has the second most, with 7,887. Districts 1, 3 and 5, containing much of the Portland metro area, have a total of 15,730 employees. Washington's third district, containing Vancouver, has 10,104 federal employees.

Oregon and 22 other states are suing the Trump administration after it ordered an abrupt freeze to many federal payments, leaving state agencies unable to access reimbursements for Medicaid and child care programs and sending state officials scrambling to determine the total effect.

Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country.

Oregon’s congressional delegation as well as other lawmakers in the region, reacted to the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants and loans Tuesday.A f

The White House budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing federal grants, according to a copy of a new memo obtained by The Washington Post, after the administration’s move to halt spending earlier this week provoked a backlash.

The online system for federal health funding warned of delays due to executive orders after the Trump administration announced a freeze.

White House budget office orders pause in federal financial assistance. Grants, loans, and other programs impacted. Learn more.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says she will uphold state law prohibiting government officials and police from helping federal immigration officers.

A directive to freeze federal aid was widely decried by Democrats, but there was little clarity on what it will actually do.

As President Donald Trump paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching directive, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation's neediest families and children.

A federal district judge ruled Tuesday the Trump administration must wait until at least next week before it... Read Story