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Oregon News

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read welcomes injunction of Trump election order

Oregon wildfire forecast is looking ‘eerily similar’ to 2024’s record breaking year

Judge orders public defenders to prove caseloads amid Oregon courts emergency

Oregon stamped with big red ‘F’ for housing affordability, homebuilding: real estate report card

Oregon awards $10 million to train workers for artificial intelligence in collaboration with Nvidia

Oregon veterans and VA staff fear Trump cuts could harm veteran benefits, health care

Oregon Political News

State Rep. Tawna Sanchez Seeks to Close Charging Loophole

Bill to close ‘loophole’ allowing some domestic abusers to be convicted of just one charge — not 2 or 3 — passes Oregon House

Oregon Senate advances bill to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports

Bill would shorten liability for condo defect lawsuits in Oregon, a bid to boost construction

Bill would restrict some therapists disciplinary info

Metropolitan Portland News

Millions of dollars in Portland city funds redirected in fraud scheme

Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to Portland and other ‘sanctuary’ cities

Clackamas County selects 5 finalists to vie for Melissa Fireside’s seat

‘Salsa-gate’ lawsuit at Washington County ends with $950,000 settlement for ex-deputy

Feds Investigate $6.7 Million in Stolen Vendor Payments From Bull Run Filtration Project

Multnomah County chair proposes to reduce staff, cut 3 programs entirely in $4B budget

‘Disgusted’: DA Vasquez reacts to Multnomah County’s latest budget proposal

Oregon Coast

ODFW investigating cause of sick and dead brown pelicans along the Oregon coast

Central/Eastern Oregon

Who’s responsible for the levee that failed in Harney County’s flood? No one

Columbia Development Authority faces possible lawsuits over fire protection

Willamette Valley News

Police use of force: What new data from Springfield reveals

Southern Oregon

Commissioner: Hare letter ‘inaccurate and untruthful’

Pelfrey supports illegal response to Grants Pass homelessness

Local contractor indicted by FBI on 23 felony charges connected to allegedly defrauding federal programs

Business/Economic News

The Fed withdraws its guidance on bank crypto-related activities

Businesses yank forecasts as tariff uncertainties cloud the future

Corporate leaders don’t want to hire or invest

Intel Cuts Outlook, Says Layoffs Are in Store

Moody’s downgrades DC credit rating

West Coast fast-food chain plans to close up to 200 restaurants

Natural Resource News

Wildfires this year expected to exceed historical averages: Report

Unfrozen grant for Oregon Indigenous farm to help plant native trees, further traditional knowledge

Oregon landowner hunting tag program poised to become permanent

Health News

Gen Z increasingly listens to peers over doctors for health advice

Pentagon to restart gender-affirming care for transgender service members

Medicaid quagmire awaits House Republicans

What to do and not do is someone is having a stroke

How one of the West’s busiest ERs handles trauma patients

Average Oregon emergency department visit is 5.2 hours, dashboard shows

Transportation News

Botched filing reveals Justice Department’s skepticism of congestion pricing suit

States could lose infrastructure funding over immigration, DEI: Transportation secretary

Trade war and leery travelers have airlines trimming flights and withdrawing financial guidance

Education News

Judge blocks Education Department’s DEI ban in K-12 schools

Big Ten faculties ask their administrations to sign a joint defense pact against Trump

International News

Trump has quietly been hammering Yemen for six weeks

China stands firm in trade war: There are no talks, U.S. should move first

Immigrants deported via Alien Enemies Act must race the clock to contest removal

What to know about Canada’s election and its stakes

Scoop: Iran raised possible interim nuclear deal with U.S., sources say

Trump May Concede Crimea to Russia, Ending Decade of U.S. Resistance

Trump: Russia not taking over Ukraine is a concession

China cancels 12,000 metric tons of US pork shipments 

National News

How the U.S. government spends money

Clash between Trump and the courts sparks questions of a constitutional crisis

National Campaign News

Trump tariffs have Democrats seeing an outside chance in this red state

Major GOP donor: US ‘has become 20 percent poorer in 4 weeks’

Meghan McCain: Ocasio-Cortez’s message ‘more powerful than people are giving her credit for’

National Political News

Voters warn Trump: MAGA, but not like this

Pentagon leadership vacuum overwhelms Hegseth’s office: ‘It’s a free-for-all’

Controversial Hegseth chief of staff to leave Pentagon

How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions

China seeks to leave Trump twisting in the wind

Trump approval rating underwater in Fox News survey

Senate Democrat applauds Trump plan to use federal lands for housing

GOP strategist says disobeying court orders could become a political problem for Trump

Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say

Opinion

Trump to Putin: “Vladimir, STOP!”

Elon Musk had the government in his grasp. Then it unraveled.

New polling shows a collapse in Trump’s approval numbers

Trump’s plans to gut cybersecurity agency would be a disaster for America’s elections

Harvard, do you hear yourself?

Canaries in the chair: Frequent party leadership changes could be sign of deeper issues