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Oregon News

Oregon’s pension fund bet big on private equity. That could be a problem

Oregon leaders decry new Head Start immigration restrictions

Oregon Political News /Polls

Willamette Falls Locks take a hit with no new funding from the Legislature

State lawmakers bailed on a constitutional climate amendment. Advocates will take it to voters

Oregon Wildfire News

Burdoin Fire destroys 14 homes, threatens 250 more in Washington

Live Oregon Fire Map and Tracker

Metropolitan Portland News

Portland Fire & Rescue Faces More Claims of Racial Discrimination

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Shutting down the Pilot Rock sawmill

Umatilla BOC disapproves of fair’s ‘buyers’ lounge’

Willamette Valley/Salem News

How Lane County electric utilities deal with wildfire danger

Affordable housing investment hits $220M in Oregon college town, but homelessness is on the rise

UPDATE: Streets reopen around state Capitol after protest

Why did Salem ask city councilors to skip neighborhood meetings?

Salem City Council meeting to focus on downtown public safety

Southern Oregon

Drug addiction treatment program facilitates growth behind bars

Business/Economic News

Wall Street likes the economy more than voters do

The U.S. Economy Is Regaining Its Swagger

ICE head says agency to crack down on American companies hiring unauthorized workers

Health News

CareOregon lays off 80 employees, eliminates vacant positions

Hospitals scoop up physician practices, driving prices up

Transportation News

Alaska Airlines resumes flights after equipment failure at a data center grounds all its planes

ODOT Can’t Use Cash From Projects to Avert Layoffs

Oregon airports to receive $5M in federal grants for upgrades

Energy & Environment

Trump bill takes a ‘big, beautiful’ bite out of US climate progress

International News

Nearly 100 people killed seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say

National News

Harvard seeks billions in funding restored at a pivotal hearing in its standoff with Trump

Judge orders Trump administration to ‘stop violating the law!’ and publish spending details

Trump blasts judge in Harvard funding case before she issues ruling

Trump administration appeals Jenner & Block win over executive order

National Campaign News/Polls

Republicans can’t stop talking about Joe Biden. That may be a problem

How Trump’s game-planning for the 2026 midterms

Carville: Democratic Party ‘a cracked-out clown car’

Over half of Americans say ‘big, beautiful bill’ going to raise health care costs: Poll

Despite Epstein scandal, polls show MAGA base ‘very, very strongly’ behind Trump

National Political News

Trump points to easing inflation numbers, but Americans still face high prices, reduced purchasing power

White House removes Wall Street Journal from Scotland press pool over Epstein bombshell

MTG warns Trump that ‘dangling bits of red meat no longer satisfies’

Trump threatens to derail Commanders’ stadium deal over name change

Republicans fear Washington headed for shutdown after bruising spending fights

Hegseth’s high-profile staff departures: A timeline

Trump backtracks on after-school funding after bipartisan push

Tariff/Trade News

Lutnick: US ‘going to love the deals that President Trump and I are doing’

Opinion

These are the long-term costs of Trump’s trade war

The Racial Gerrymander Boomerang

Linda McMahon’s answer on Holocaust denialism should scare us

Five myths about Medicaid reform in Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ 

Epstein’s ghost is haunting Trump, and America’s enemies could summon more

The Stephen Colbert firing is the dumbest political firing of this administration