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Oregon Campaign & Election News

Chris Beck puts rural health care at the center of his race against Cliff Bentz

Clackamas clerk says she ended county’s ‘laughingstock of Oregon’ era. Now an election novice wants the job

Sen. Drazan speaks with business owners in Eugene, joined by Montana Gov.

Drazan and Kotek debate in Eugene: Live updates

Portland/Metro News

Portland Metro Chamber CEO sues city over arts tax increase

In race for Washington County commission seat, two Hillsboro insiders vie to represent largest district

A Controversial Bond Management Contract Continues to Divide the Portland School Board

Central/Eastern Oregon News

Oregon Court of Appeals hears cases at Enterprise High School

Southern Oregon News

Medford considers limits on data centers

Initial Ashland City Hall ruling on language of 1884 deed leans in city’s favor

Newly named Jackson, Josephine CASA director steps down unexpectedly

KOGAP receives $725,000 settlement in development dispute with Medford

Ashland city councilors, park commissions seats now elected at-large

Prescribed burns happening across Klamath and Lake counties

AI/Technology News

OpenAI Fires Researchers After Alleged Information-Sharing

Trump, Big AI go all-in together

Trump and CEOs try to shed AI’s toxic branding

Business/ Economic News

Nike announces new restructuring, layoffs. Stock dips to lowest level in 13 years

Lawsuit says hundreds of Costco products are made with child or forced labor, seeks $200 payout for each Oregon member

Pregnant Fred Meyer workers sought help for severe morning sickness. They were fired instead, suit says

Legacy, UnitedHealthcare reach deal, avoiding a loss of coverage for tens of thousands of Oregonians

Genentech Breaks Ground on Major Factory Project in Hillsboro

Fed’s Warsh seeks to avoid forward guidance. His colleagues aren’t listening

The Global Bond Rout Is Getting Messy

Mortgage Rates Surge, Notching Largest Weekly Gain in Four Years

The Fed’s long-term interest rate problem

Education News

Nvidia program on pause year into deal with Oregon to get AI education in schools, colleges

Why state test results don’t reveal much about what Oregon high school students really know

Audit: Oregon Department of Education Has Failed to Oversee $338 Million Program for Boosting High School Graduation Rates

Energy & Environmental News

Oregon, Washington join coalition to sue over Trump’s EPA eliminating rule that limits emissions from power plants

Healthcare News

State governors, including Oregon’s, call for more time to implement new Medicaid rules

Oregon health officials urge vaccinations ahead of respiratory virus season

Report: Oregon’s efforts to combat youth addiction are sparse, scattered and ineffective

Health officials discuss current virus activity across Oregon

Unspent healthcare funding faces do-or-die cliff

Red states challenge mail-order abortion shield laws for providers

Lame-duck effort brewing to protect NIH grantmaking

Media News

Hume: Republicans ‘don’t have much going for them’ ahead of midterms

White House blocks CNN from pool duty despite judge’s order

Rising: October 1, 2026

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Oregon begins killing barred owls in push to save the northern spotted owl

Public Safety News

District attorney elections linked to more prison admissions during ‘tough on crime’ era

Weather News

Studying this super El Niño could save lives. NOAA is scaling back research

This year’s El Niño looks a lot like 1997. What happened then?

Court News

Trump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett

White House blocks CNN from pool duty despite judge’s order

Trump’s immigration detention policy to face justices

Supreme Court to review ICE’s mandatory detention policy for immigrants

Judge blocks Trump’s firing of top federal prosecutor in Seattle

International News

Netanyahu: Co-pilot tried to crash plane after cockpit stabbing

Ukraine Fires Hard-to-Stop Ballistic Missile for First Time

Putin warns West that Russia is prepared to use ‘all weapons’ to protect Kaliningrad

Netanyahu: Omani co-pilot went through Islamic radicalization

British Iranian arrested in U.K. terror plot probe

Poll & Surveys

Latest Polls

Most Americans blame Trump for high prices as his economic approval hits new low, AP-NORC poll shows

Polling expert says Ken Paxton is the ‘worst of the worst’ as Trump heads to campaign in Texas

More Americans blame Trump for high prices than blamed Biden, new poll shows

Trump keeps pushing AI. New poll reveals how voters rate his handling of it.

Crowley, Tiffany neck and neck in Wisconsin governor’s race: Poll

National Campaign/Elections

Trump and Vance hit the campaign trail in deep-red areas where GOP candidates seek a boost

Trump hits the campaign trail in deep-red Texas and Oklahoma ahead of midterm elections

Justice Department indicts 10 noncitizens in quest to prove Trump claims of election fraud

10 Democrat-held House seats most likely to flip 

Trump not ruling out invoking Insurrection Act around midterms

Van Orden hit with cease and desist letter from Democratic opponent over AI deepfake ads

Jennings on Paxton comments about Trump convention: ‘Keep it to yourself’

Becerra, Hilton tangle over ‘Trump, Trump, Trump’ in California governor debate

Vulnerable Republican senators stick with Trump on votes since 2025

At the Races: Debate demands and dodges

Non-MAGA Republicans defecting at alarming rates could flip a deep-red stronghold

How Trump’s signature issue fell off voters’ radar

Vance’s red-state swing hits Florida as polls tighten in Sunshine State

‘These guys are in a pickle’: Some Republicans spurn Trump on the campaign trail

Democrats rethink their mail-voting strategy as voters grow wary

National Political News

A high-stakes fight for state political power heats up, with Trump’s agenda on the line

Smith’s game-day texts reviewed by Schmitt never referenced basketball team names

The Memo: Tennessee debacle revives bitter debate over death penalty

Florida Democrat is latest candidate to unveil anticorruption plan

Campaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorials

National Congressional News

Congressional staffers planned bipartisan trip with luxury stops in Europe ahead of election

Our clocks may not ‘lock’ this fall after Senate adjourns

GOP senators call for DOJ to investigate Chinese role in hemp, cannabis markets

Rare out-of-session hearing draws top Banking Democrat’s ire

Bill easing seniors’ wheelchair upgrade costs clears Senate

‘Toothless messaging’? Senate agenda caught up in midterm branding

The rocky road to a new permitting law

GOP senators endure painful week with little to show for it

Trump/Administration News

Trump makes stunning admission: I have not done a ‘good job’ explaining this issue

FCC chief: Taxpayer-funded ads touting Trump ‘don’t raise any red flags’

Trump says he rejected Secret Service plan to tear down Oval Office

Trump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett

Trump refuses to rule out demolishing Kennedy Center

South Korea to invest up to $200B in Alaska LNG pipeline, US power plants, Trump announces

Treasury targets Iranian auto, rail sectors in latest round of sanctions

Treasury targets Iranian auto, rail sectors in latest round of sanctions

Latest taxpayer-funded ad promotes Trump war with Iran

Trump defies Democrats, diverts aid for Europe to Latin America instead

Trump says Secret Service wants him to ‘take down’ Oval Office

Trump defends spending millions on taxpayer-funded promotional ads: ‘For the country’

5 takeaways from Trump’s combative Time interview

Trump’s Supreme Court grievance grows as new term looms

With Republicans in trouble, Trump gives himself an A+ ‘on everything’

Middle East Conflict News

Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes

Trump says Iran will be hit ‘very hard’ if it is behind copilot who tried to crash flight to Israel

Trump says latest Iran peace offer not enough, may resume bombing, and other Mideast developments

Why a copilot attacked the captain remains unknown

Pentagon sending more than 4,000 Marines, sailors to Middle East as buildup ramps up

Trade & Tariff News

What products are part of US-China $60B tariff cuts deal

The world opinion shifts on trade

Defense/Military

Senators give cold shoulder to Hegseth plan to cut admirals, generals

Hegseth invites governors to bid for ‘next great American base’

Pentagon prepares for potential surge of naval forces in Middle East

Opinion

Healthcare could be Republicans’ final nail in the coffin this November  

Kaliningrad is just Putin’s red herring

Ken Paxton reveals GOP polling ‘dropped’ after midterm convention: NYT

The unifying pro-family policy hiding in plain sight

Revenge of the citizens: Let’s text the candidates back, asking them for money

Saudi Arabia wants America’s nuclear trust. Remember Jamal Khashoggi.

Most of today’s higher prices are Biden-era inflation

Trump Has the Right Instincts on AI

AI: Full Speed Ahead in a Dark Unknown

Hegseth’s ‘Weirdo’ Speech to the Troops

The Battle of Hormuz Is Turning