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Oregon Campaign & Election News

Gas tax failure: On transportation, voters tell Oregon leaders to try again

Trump’s actions could loom large in race to be next Oregon governor

Progressive challengers pull ahead in two Oregon legislative races

Kotek pledges ‘hell no’ to Trump, going on offensive after Drazan seals GOP nomination

Labor-backed candidates in 2 ultra-close Washington County races for Legislature have claimed lead, new results show

Portland/Metro News

Compromise in short supply in Portland city council budget negotiations

PSU professor who went viral in ‘I am Hamas’ clip sues university, its president for $7 million

Facebook post shows political ‘bat signal’ projection on Portland tunnels that transportation official says isn’t allowed

Portland City Council’s multi-day budget fight leads to repeated stalemates, some restored cuts

In final state of the county, Jessica Vega Pederson emphasizes wins from a bruising tenure

Oregon Coast News

Tiny school district suing state over reduced timber revenue will have its day in court

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Wasco County Commissioner Phil Brady, leading race, dies suddenly on Election Day

OTEC files application with state to buy Idaho Power’s Oregon service territory

Heppner Day Care expansion plans at Hager Park met with opposition

Election update: Jenness, Nicolai, Jones, Kishpaugh win Pendleton City Council races

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Eugene emergency physicians, PeaceHealth finalize new 3-year contract

‘A big trust deficit’: Albany PD again makes pitch for Flock cameras

Wilson’s lead grows in Benton County race in latest election results

Smith declares victory in Eugene Council race

Southern Oregon News

Army Corps of Engineers predicts challenging water year for Rogue Basin

Unofficial results for U.S. and State positions show David Brock Smith, Monique DeSpain leads

Sutherlin’s public safety fee is trailing

Jackson County settles jail lawsuit for $1.3 million

Medford council finalizes choice to remove buffered bike lane, add angled Main Street parking

Race to succeed Dem State Senator Golden ‘too close to call’

Klamath County set to welcome new commissioner in January 2027

AI/Technology News

How little screen time should your kids have? Federal report offers guidance

Scoop: White House postpones AI EO signing ceremony

Scott Bessent has been raising the alarm on AI policy. But the delays keep coming.

Business/Economic News

Oil prices could spike next week without Iran deal: GasBuddy

Companies join a deep-sea mining rush after Trump executive order, as regulators fast-track permits

Private equity companies buy more apartment units

Education News

The Education Department is hiring — while it’s being dismantled

Energy & Environment News

Trump loosens climate limits on refrigerants

UN votes to affirm responsibility to mitigate climate change, while US votes against

Health Care News

Former CDC director on Ebola outbreak: ‘I suspect this is going to become a very significant pandemic’

Moderna mRNA flu vaccine to get FDA panel review

GOP House rep’s wife to perform duties of U.S. surgeon general

Weight-Loss Drugs May Have Surprising Side Effect: Stalling Cancer

 Providence to end most of its health insurance business

This Scholar Takes Oregon’s Universal Health Care Dreams Seriously. Should We?

Housing News

Mortgage Rates Hit a Nine‑Month High in Blow to Prime Buying Season

Housing abundance is having a moment

Gov. Kotek pledges $94M to house older Oregonians

Transportation News

Detroit-bound flight diverted over Ebola-linked restrictions

Sununu: Spirit Airlines closure was a lesson to approve mergers when ‘somebody is putting up a red flag’

Epstein News

Former Epstein assistant tells House Oversight Committee he abused her for years

Justice & Court News

Supreme Court rules against cruise lines over Cuba voyages

Judge weighs in on lawmaker cost-of-living case

Immigration/ICE News

Man arrested day after judge bans most arrests outside New York immigration courts

Greenland News

Greenlanders chant ‘go home’ at protest outside opening of US consulate

International News

UN expresses grave concern over new Taliban decree that includes provision on child marriage

Ukraine says its drones hit another refinery deep inside Russia as long-range strikes escalate

Russia promises ‘active support’ for Cuba, blasting US ‘sanctions noose’

UN votes to affirm responsibility to mitigate climate change, while US votes against

Indictment of former Cuban president includes 5 fighter jet pilots involved in 1996 plane downings

Violent Protests Challenge a Trump Ally of Latin America’s Right

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

Trump approval among Republicans at new low in Fox News poll

52 percent say Democratic presidential nominee should move party to center

Nearly 90 percent of Americans fear prices will keep rising: Survey

National Campaigns/Elections

Lander leading Goldman by huge margin in NYC House race: Poll

Tim Scott: ‘Impossible’ for Republicans to let Platner win 

5 Republican senators backing Letlow in Louisiana Senate runoff

Iowa’s Hinson leans into Trump alliance, pushes congressional trading ban in Senate campaign

The 10 most vulnerable House members, less than 6 months from Election Day

At the Races: Full disclosure, Jersey edition

The latest Paxton-Cornyn ad dustup is an ominous sign for the Texas GOP

A mysterious, GOP-linked super PAC is roiling a Texas Democratic primary

Even as anxieties grow under Trump, these swing voters aren’t ready to back Democrats

Sagging poll ratings, soaring gas prices put GOP in a fix for keeping US House control

National Political News

Rising: May 21, 2026

DNC’s Ken Martin faces backlash after release of 2024 autopsy: 5 takeaways 

Democrats’ draft autopsy report on 2024 Kamala Harris loss blames Biden’s political operation

McConnell slams Blanche over ‘slush fund to pay people who assault cops’

GOP rep questions Blanche on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Trump-pushed rail safety bill added to transportation package, splitting GOP

Will the House ban staff from prediction markets? These members aren’t waiting

Frustrated over Trump’s $1.8B payout fund, Senate GOP delays vote on ICE money

Disputed Democratic autopsy of 2024 loss says White House failed Harris

Trump and GOP Senators Collide Over ‘Anti‑Weaponization’ Fund

Senate goes on break amid GOP plan to curtail Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ funding

Is Trump’s $1.7+ billion “anti-weaponization fund” legal? Experts weigh in.

National Congressional News

Republicans punt on reconciliation amid furious disagreement over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Bill to end daylight saving time clock change gets key vote: What would change?

Tillis says he won’t vote for Iran war powers resolution

Smithsonian Women’s History Museum bill fails in House amid Democratic backlash

Reconciliation bill punted until after Memorial Day recess

Appropriators approve Legislative Branch spending bill with GAO cuts

Republicans cancel votes amid GOP fight over Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Senators are leaving for recess as Trump’s push for fund derails plan to pass immigration package

House Republicans scrap vote to rein in Trump’s war in Iran

Trump/Administration News

White House: Reported resistance to return of doctor with Ebola ‘absolutely false’

Trump could face foreign policy squeeze in Senate after primary ruckus

Trump’s influence on GOP primaries spurs ‘pretty sour’ feelings

Trump’s allies are already lining up to apply to his $1.8 billion fund

Trump copies Obama’s playbook on counting deportations

Trump eyes more GOP targets for revenge in 2028

Trump’s priorities are in deep trouble after his revenge tour

Scott Bessent has been raising the alarm on AI policy. But the delays keep coming.

Nicole Saphier is Trump’s pick for surgeon general. She’s also a ‘farmer’ in New Jersey — and gets a tax break.

Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science

Trump says ‘it looks like I’ll be the one’ to intervene in Cuba after Castro indictment

Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump raises new threat of military action

Middle East Conflict News

Iran mulls latest U.S. proposal as Trump says war is in “final stages”

Defense/Military News

Trump, facing GOP blowback, sends 5,000 troops to Poland

Vance says Europe ‘overreacting’ to Pentagon halting Poland troop rotation

42 US military aircraft lost or damaged so far in Iran war

U.S. bears brunt of Israel’s missile defense, Pentagon assessments show

Scoop: Palantir fights Pentagon over key intelligence contract

Opinion

Trump wants to expand America, but that era is long gone

Facial recognition may become immigration enforcement’s most powerful tool 

Another round in Trump’s ‘forever cease-fire’

One went to prison for the truth: hundreds are about to get paid for insurrection

Are we nearing the end of tech layoffs? Or are they just the beginning?

Who gets to set America’s AI rules?

There’s only one way Trump’s Iran gamble pays off politically

The bond markets are punishing America

Republicans are going from dumb to dumber

The Trump-Xi narrative isn’t true. America keeps falling uphill.

America’s IPO Mini-Boom

Non-transferable fury: Gas tax defeat didn’t boost Diehl to primary victory