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Oregon News

Oregon attorney general ‘preparing to take legal action’ against Trump sending California National Guard troops

Circumventing court order’s intent, Trump sends California National Guard to Oregon

Judge halts deployment of Oregon National Guard, Trump administration files appeal

California National Guard Members Arrive in Portland

How H.R. 1 could impact different programs around Oregon

Oregon Political News

Oregon’s new House Republican leader wants to stop businesses from leaving

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

Initial report on 2025 wildfire season

Portland/Metro News

Miller on judge blocking Portland National Guard deployment: ‘Legal insurrection’

ICE building neighbors clean up, reflect following latest Portland protests

Federal tactics on Portland protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump

Funding changes fracture support for Washington County library levy among city leaders

Tigard City Manager placed on leave 3 weeks after mayor’s resignation

Trump blasts judge who blocked Portland troop deployment, saying she ‘ought to be ashamed of himself’

Federal agents use tear gas, make arrests as Portland ICE protest swells into the hundreds

Trump claims ‘Portland is burning’ while federal agents intensify ICE protests

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Eastern Oregon’s Blue Mountains have big changes on the horizon, if the federal government can finalize them

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Salem may double amount of landfill leachate in sewer system

Salem mayor, 5 councilors violated public meetings laws, report says

Southern Oregon

Grants Pass School Board OKs settlement in ‘I Resolve’ lawsuit

Running start: Q&A with Klamath County Commissioner Kelley Minty, who is seeking reelection

Business & Economic News

From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear waste

Energy & Environment

Federal policies expected to impede Oregon solar development

One Biden green program gets new life under Trump

Health News

Kaiser Permanente union approves strike for later this month

Animal welfare is now part of RFK Jr.’s MAHA agenda

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Oregon’s Douglas fir trees in crisis with widespread dieback

Public Safety

ADL split marks FBI shift away from targeting right-wing violence, scholars say

Transportation News

Why it could be a good time to buy an EV, even without the $7,500 tax credit

International News

At least 5 dead in large-scale nighttime Russian strike on Ukraine

Israel and Hamas prepare for negotiations in Egypt ahead of possible Gaza ceasefire

France’s new prime minister names a government that might not last long

Rubio says a Palestinian state ‘not even a realistic thing right now’

Japan’s first female governing-party leader is an ultra-conservative star in a male-dominated group

Trump warns Hamas of ‘obliteration’ if it doesn’t cede power

Court Battles

Circumventing court order’s intent, Trump sends California National Guard to Oregon

Democratic governors vow court fight after Trump sends California National Guard members to Oregon

5 issues to watch as Supreme Court kicks off new term

National News

National parks caught in the crosshairs of government shutdown

New Supreme Court term confronts justices with Trump’s aggressive assertion of presidential power

Armed woman shot after ramming law enforcement vehicle amid ICE protests: DHS

Supreme Court and Trump are headed for a reckoning

National Campaign News

Will the government shutdown affect next year’s election? Recent history provides clues

Polls/Surveys

Trump faces more shutdown blame, but Americans remain divided: poll

National Political News

Some Democrats share Trump’s goal of forcing more homeless people into medical care

Trump doesn’t let shutdown interfere with celebrating Navy’s 250th anniversary at rally-like event

Government shutdown entering sixth day as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse

Trump cancels blue-state projects, trolls Dems on social media as shutdown drags on

Why Congress is running out of time for an ObamaCare deal 

The Memo: Trump pushes boundaries of power amid shutdown

White House: Layoffs will start if Trump sees government shutdown talks are ‘going nowhere’

Trump officials can’t keep their mouths shut about DOJ’s biggest prosecutions — putting cases in jeopardy

Government Employee News

Federal worker-safety commission has zero members as backlog grows

Military/Defense

Former Army vice chief of staff ‘concerned’ about Hegseth’s ‘attack on women’ 

Duckworth slams Hegseth: ‘Military could not do its job’ without ‘the women who serve’

US Special Operations Command general retires

Hegseth fires top Navy official

Opinion

Editorial: Keep proving Trump wrong

Opinion: One block in Portland doesn’t define city’s identity

Washington’s shutdown is bad therapy — and America is the patient

A Trump-picked judge just ruled against him in Oregon

Editorial cartoons for Oct. 5, 2025: Government shutdown, military brass speech, city patrols