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Oregon News

More than half of Northwest in severe, extreme drought, Oregon in historic dry period

Kotek sets 2060 deadline to improve quake safety in state buildings

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon politicians react to assassination of Trump ally Charlie Kirk

Lawmakers will be paid at least $180K for special session, mostly for days they won’t work

Congressman Cliff Bentz talks timber, Medicaid benefits at first ‘tele-town hall’

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

How the Almeda Fire reshaped wildfire strategy in the Rogue Valley

Podcast: How Oregon ranger saved hundreds from 2020 Labor Day Fires

Portland/Metro News

Tigard mayor resigns following workplace complaints

Governance Consultant That Sought to Help City Council Drops Out of Procurement Process

Murmurs: The City Council Keeps Hitting Walls

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Hermiston clears the way for data center industry

Pendleton Round-Up’s Indian Village draws hundreds

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Stand Down: What to know about veterans’ services event

Southern Oregon

Josephine commissioners green-light OSU Extension

Medford’s Creekside Quarter plan split into two parts

Business & Economic News

Senate panel clears Trump’s top economist for Fed board

Study links more frequent and severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producers

US supply chain prices unexpectedly fell 0.1% in August

Oregon ski resort sued for $4.6M, as industry says deluge of suits is putting it at risk

Energy & Environment

Trump proposes to revoke Biden-era rule that aimed to conserve more public lands

Johnson backs Virginia wind project in break with Trump

Health News

Trump warns thousands of pharma companies over “deceptive ads”

California considers allowing doctors to prescribe abortion drugs anonymously

Oregon urgent care chain will pay $490K to settle allegations of pandemic Medicaid fraud

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

MAHA strategy for children includes deregulating agriculture

Public Safety

Trump’s control of the D.C. police is due to expire tonight. Then what?

Three people were critically wounded in shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities say

Transportation News

FAA warns of fire risk from lithium batteries

International News

NATO’s Article 4 invoked over Russian drones in Poland: What to know

Polish official: Putin ‘mocking’ Trump’s peace efforts

Graham pushes Trump on Russia sanctions after ‘Here we go!’ post

Trump Has Heated Call with Netanyahu Over Israeli Strike on Qatar

Trump hints at potential fallout from Russia’s incursion into NATO

NATO allies held Article 4 consultations after Russian drone incursion. Here’s what that means

National News

Trump ally Charlie Kirk shot, killed during Utah university appearance

Supreme Court won’t let South Carolina enforce transgender bathroom ban

Fired FBI officials sue Kash Patel, alleging ‘campaign of retribution’

Hill leaders denounce political violence after attack on Charlie Kirk

Trump appeals judge’s order letting Cook stay on Fed board

National Campaign News/Polls

Harris: Biden staff ‘was adding fuel to negative narratives that sprang up around me’

Trump approval on economy slips to 36 percent: Survey

33 million voters have been run through a Trump administration citizenship check

National Political News

Schumer ambushes Republicans with amendment to force vote on Epstein files

Mace yells at Jacobs on House floor over ‘boob jobs is gender-affirming care’ comment

Democrat Frost calls GOP’s Higgins ‘lapdog’ for Trump as DC crime bill meeting erupts

Budd casts procedural vote against DHS nominee to protest slow Helene relief 

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ to shrink US population: CBO

Democrats embrace government shutdowns in Trump 2.0

Trump’s ICE targets Chicago amid objections from mayor, Illinois governor

House GOP majority will shrink on Wednesday

This deal could avert a shutdown — if Congress decides to take it

Tariff/Trade News

Supreme Court seeks to avoid being cornered on Trump tariffs

Bad jobs report raises new alarms among Republicans over Trump’s tariff policies

Government Employee News

Musk on his Washington tenure: ‘The government is basically unfixable’

Opinion

Editorial: A rollercoaster ride for Oregon’s transportation bill

Editorial: Stay vigilant, but don’t take Trump’s bait

Jobs are down, prices are up and Trump is in trouble

Trump is right about the problems at the Smithsonian

Moderate Democrats must denounce socialism, not help rebrand it