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Oregon News

“You Broke Your Promise”: Here Are Messages From the Text Exchange Between Kotek and Trump

‘Really scary’: Oregon schools, state agencies face another major increase in pension costs in 2027

‘I just wanna go home’; In aging Oregon, older and vulnerable adults struggle to get by

Oregon’s first statewide housing report paints grim portrait of affordability

Oregon rent increases capped at 6% or 9.5% in 2026

Federal government probes Oregon in faith-based push against LGBTQ+ foster policy

Oregon mayors unite to reject federal militarization of Portland

Oregon Political News

Senate Democrat urges Trump to ‘stay away’ from Portland after troop deployment

After delays and missteps, Oregon Democrats pass road-funding bill

‘There will be no federal takeover of Portland’: Janelle Bynum moment takes over social media

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

Moon Complex grows to 18,316 acres

Portland/Metro News

OPB’s First Look: Competing views of Portland outside city limits

Portland troop deployment sparks mixed reactions across Oregon

Trump administration authorizes Oregon National Guard for deployment in Portland

Judge sets Friday hearing on blocking National Guard deployment to Portland

White House Vows to “Crush Violent Radical Left Terrorism” As Trump Turns His Ire Toward Portland

Federal troops headed to Portland to stop ‘Antifa-led hellfire,’ White House says

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Oregon DEQ again fines Port of Morrow for wastewater violations

Southern Oregon

Former Medford chamber CEO sets sights on Golden’s Oregon Senate seat

Moon Complex grows to 18,316 acres

Residents warned of phishing email scam impersonating Jackson Alerts

Business & Economic News

US job openings barely budged in August at 7.2 million

Education News

Trump says his administration is close to reaching a deal with Harvard University

Energy & Environment

Shutdown could leave federal flood insurance program out to dry

BPA will get power of wave energy harnessed at Oregon State University test site

Health News

Abortions declining for first time since Dobbs: research

Trump signs order aimed at using artificial intelligence to boost childhood cancer treatment

Public Safety

FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws

Transportation News

US airlines warn shutdown may slow flights

International News

Qatar, Egypt and Turkey urge Hamas to accept Trump’s Gaza peace plan

The scramble to shape Trump’s Gaza plan is just beginning

Court Battles

Judge finds Trump policy targeting pro-Palestinian campus activists unlawful

Judge quotes wife in ruling against Trump: ‘He ignores everything and keeps bullying ahead’ 

Trump calls for Microsoft to fire former Biden official Lisa Monaco

Trump officials targeted pro-Palestinian activists to stoke “fear,” judge rules

Read: Judge pauses Trump administration’s VOA cuts in scathing order

Trump asks US Supreme Court to take birthright citizenship case

National News

Newsom signs first-in-the-nation AI safety disclosures law

National Park Service doesn’t have shutdown plan

Federal agents grab and shove journalists outside NYC immigration court, sending one to hospital

National Campaign News

Arizona Republican to run for governor, vacating House seat

Polls/Surveys

More blame would go to GOP than Democrats over shutdown: Poll

National Political News

Government to shut down after midnight barring last-minute breakthrough in Congress

Live updates: Senate votes on averting shutdown hours before deadline

Democrats plan unusual House floor tactic ahead of shutdown

Republicans refuse to swear in newly elected Democrat, delaying success of Epstein petition

Murkowski to vote for House-passed government funding measure

Trump: It would be ‘an insult to our country’ if he doesn’t get Nobel Peace Prize

HUD uses website to blame ‘radical left’ for looming government shutdown

Federal agency website says ‘radical left’ will hurt America in shutdown, raising ethics concerns

Tariff/Trade News

Trump doubles down on film tariffs that experts call ‘impossible’

Government Employee News

Unions sue to block mass firings during shutdown 

750K federal workers risk furloughs in government shutdown, CBO estimates

‘Mafia-style blackmail’: Shutdown threat adds insult to injury for former federal workers

Military/Defense

5 takeaways from Hegseth’s ‘liberation day’ military meeting

Hegseth declares war on ‘fat’ generals, troops

Trump suggests using ‘dangerous’ US cities as ‘training grounds’ for military

Newsom mocks Trump’s weight after Hegseth targets ‘fat generals’

What to know about Trump’s unusual meeting of military leaders

Trump and Hegseth’s plan for a MAGA military reset, told in 11 quotes

Hegseth to generals: Embrace MAGA military or quit

Trump says he’ll fire generals “on the spot” if he dislikes them

At least 166 Oregon National Guard members have volunteered for Trump deployment

Opinion

Democrats should argue that Trump has turned the GOP into the CCP

Trump might as well rename the Department of Justice

Trump’s U-turn on Ukraine could lead to the end of Putin’s reign in Russia