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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon will partially disconnect state tax code from new federal code to curb revenue loss

Oregon gas prices are rising more than in any other state. What’s driving it?

Travel Oregon Seeks a New Boss at a More Reasonable Salary

Oregon Legislative & Political News

Oregon moves closer to implementing contentious gun control law

As Oregon lawmakers blow gas tax deadline, Tobias Read warns of consequences

Oregon House again delays vote to reschedule transportation tax election

Oregon Senate panel clears Democratic senator of discrimination, harassment

Secretary of state warns Oregon lawmakers for missing gas tax referendum bill deadline

Oregon Senate passes bill to regulate ICE in hospitals

Oregon poised to become first in US to remove cost barriers to cervical cancer detection

Oregon Democrats’ plan to end 3 Trump tax breaks heads to governor; Republican threatens to seek voter veto

Oregon ski areas hate a bill that some lawmakers say will help save them

Portland/Metro News

Portland advances antidiscrimination protections for polyamorous families

Portland Public Schools faces mid-year cuts due to just-discovered shortages

Multnomah County elections office needs more money, staff, new building, audit finds

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson creates immigrant affairs position, taps coalition organizer

Willamette Valley/Salem News

‘No confidence in leadership’: PeaceHealth Medical Staff vote is official

Benton County staff now not in favor of Coffin Butte expansion — again

Lane Community College faculty wins increased pay and job security

Southern Oregon News

Judge lets John West defamation suit move forward

Tour meant to spark new business

Medford wants firm estimate for baseball stadium

Roundtables planned on Ashland hospital’s future

Medford broker faces prison for aiding marijuana scheme

Medford City Council discusses future stadium costs

Business/Economic News

PacifiCorp now owes over $1B in Oregon wildfires class-action lawsuit

Fred Meyer, QFC parent company Kroger continues store closures nationwide

Oregon gas prices are rising more than in any other state. What’s driving it?

FDA announces recall of cottage cheese sold at Walmart in 24 states

Apple rolls out age verification tool

Nvidia Stock Falls, Dragging Nasdaq Lower

 Economists are questioning the K-shaped narrative

Energy & Environment News

EPA firing 22 environmental justice staffers, union says

Health Care News

Why it’s a bit surprising that the U.S. is attending a key global flu meeting

Oregon poised to become first in US to remove cost barriers to cervical cancer detection

As more embrace anxiety treatment, MAHA derides meds

Former Trump surgeon general: ‘Incomprehensible’ Senate is considering Means

FDA announces recall of cottage cheese sold at Walmart in 24 states

Housing News

Mortgage rates fall below 6% for the first time in years

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Judge grants injunction to change Columbia-Snake dam operations to benefit fish

GOP senators warn Justice Department to release all Epstein files mentioning Trump

Epstein News

Epstein inquiry turns to Clintons; Democrats say Trump should be next

GOP senators warn Justice Department to release all Epstein files mentioning Trump

Hillary Clinton tells lawmakers she has no Epstein case information

Hillary Clinton tells House panel she had “no idea” about Epstein’s crimes

WEF CEO resigns as Epstein shame topples global careers

Republicans not ruling out a subpoena for Lutnick in Epstein investigation

Justice & Court News

Judge orders protective measures for Columbia River salmon after Trump canceled historic deal

Judge says he will order Greenpeace to pay an expected $345 million in oil pipeline protest case

Judge rejects request to block Trump White House from building its $400 million ballroom project

The IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential information to ICE 42,695 times, judge says

Tennessee’s felony law when local officials vote for ‘sanctuary’ policies is ruled unconstitutional

California must let immigrant truck drivers keep their licenses, judge rules

Judge orders changes to Pacific Northwest dam operations to help salmon

Immigration/ICE News

‘The dominos are falling’: Minneapolis haunts Trump’s detention rollout

Greenland News

After tense US-Greenland standoff, Denmark calls an early election

International News

Maduro’s lawyer says US is blocking Venezuela government from paying deposed leader’s drug defense

US, Iran make ‘significant progress’ in talks

US threatens to cut off Swiss bank from financial system over alleged Iran, Russia ties

Americans confirmed among dead, injured after boat shootout in Cuba: US officials

Can the U.S. and Iran reach a nuclear deal to avert a war?

National News

Scoop: US citizens were on stolen boat in deadly shooting with Cuba’s coast guard

Florida lawmakers intensify calls for Cuba regime change after deadly speedboat confrontation

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

What Americans think about Trump’s judgment on military force as Iran talks resume: new AP-NORC poll

Did Americans like what they heard from Trump’s State of the Union?

Most in US see Iran as an enemy but doubt Trump’s judgment, poll finds

Polls show increasing concerns about Trump’s mental acuity

Americans fear Iran but question Trump’s judgment: poll

National Campaigns/Elections

Wesley Hunt is facing attacks from better-known rivals Cornyn, Paxton in Texas’ GOP Senate primary

Rove says he’d bet on Talarico to win Texas Senate primary

Platner deletes social media post promoting far-right figure Stew Peters

Where redistricting battles stand in key states as midterms ramp up

House Dem campaign arm faces revolt from candidates

Republicans are freaking out over Texas Senate race

The SOTU moment that Republicans hope saves the midterms

What Trump avoided in the State of the Union could haunt him in November

National Political News

These major issues have brought together Democrats and Republicans in states

Melania Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting in a first for a first lady

Walz unveils anti-fraud package after Trump administration threatens to halt Medicaid funds

Oregon senator blasts DEA, asks why ‘major’ investigation into Epstein never led to charges

‘Putting the nation at greater risk’: FBI agents fired for probing Trump’s secret documents

Democrats fume after Boebert leaks deposition photo of Hillary Clinton: ‘Clown show’

Rove: Trump made ‘key mistake’ during State of the Union

Tillis: Kushner, Witkoff leading peace talks ‘doesn’t make any sense’

Texas GOP rep defends Gonzalez in wake of calls to resign

Democrat calls Noem meeting ‘heated and tense’ after call for impeachment

Stephen A. Smith: Trump has been ‘playing’ Democrats ‘like a fiddle’

Virginia Democrats in House backing redistricting proposal

Whitmer says US-Canada bridge Trump threatened to block ‘will open’

Idaho advocacy groups denounce state legislators who allowed man to testify while wearing brownface

Leaked photo briefly derails Hillary Clinton deposition

Democrats demand fast turnaround of unedited transcript of Hillary Clinton’s deposition

National Congressional News

Senate Judiciary advances child online safety measures

House misses its own deadline for bill to expand ethanol sales

Top House Dems to force vote on reining in Trump’s Iran war powers

Oversight Republicans tout bipartisan support for Hillary Clinton’s deposition

Trump/Administration News

Noem: DHS shutdown is affecting World Cup, America 250 preparations

Top Mideast commander briefs Trump on military options on Iran: Exclusive

Pro-Trump attorneys push EO that would give Trump wide power over elections: Sources

Mamdani charms Trump, pushes housing and gets ICE detainee released

Trump’s surgeon general pick, Casey Means, still lacks votes for confirmation

The SOTU moment that Republicans hope saves the midterms

White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first

Tariff News

Tariffs cost American shoppers. They’re unlikely to get that money back

Trump’s next tariff fight: Keeping the money

Defense/Military News

US military would only use Anthropic’s AI technology in legal ways, Pentagon says

Pentagon removes director of Joint Staff, sends him back to Navy role

Pentagon draws scrutiny with Anthropic threats, Defense Production Act

Anthropic says Pentagon’s “final offer” is unacceptable

F-16 Pilot’s Narrow Escape in Missile Attack Shows Risks of a New Mideast War

Opinion

Will Oregon’s Lori Chavez-DeRemer be the first Cabinet official out?

The American Dream gap: Why politicians aren’t fixing the economy

Falling crime and a strong border haven’t lifted Trump’s ratings — why not?

US Olympic hockey team trashed by liberal media for meeting with Trump? Crazy. 

Relocation threats shouldn’t stop California from taxing billionaires

Blue state public health cuts don’t ‘own the libs’ — they endanger us all

Pete Hegseth seeks a Pyrrhic victory against Anthropic

The shadow war that’s strengthening Europe

Mamdani forges ahead with government-run grocery stores

RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines is coming for the elderly

AI and the Data Center Backlash