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Oregon/Northwest News

ODOT audit finds numerous DMV charging errors have gone unaddressed

Mid-winter dry spell continues across Pacific Northwest

Oregon Legislative &Political News

Oregon Attorney General talks federal shootings, lawsuits ahead of Portland event

New labor coalition hopes to spur job growth to meet Oregon’s clean energy targets

Oregon Election News

Top Oregon Democrats hope to move gas tax vote to May

Facing legal hurdles, Oregon Democrats plan to give voters final say on transportation tax hikes in May

Portland/Metro News

PPS Moves Forward on Seismic Retrofits Despite Pushback

No More Multnomah? An Activist Aims to Fold the County Into Portland.

ICE protesters shut down Portland City Council, force meeting to go virtual

As political dust settles, Portland’s new council president wants to focus on city’s ‘real crises’

Oregon Coast News

Stress from ‘nasty’ recall fight blamed in death of pioneering Oregon leader

NXTClean Fuels wins Kotek’s support for Columbia County facility

Train derails over bridge near Oregon Coast, damages trestle

North Bend and Coos Bay give ‘State of the City’ Addresses to Chamber of Commerce

Southern Oregon News

Medford council abandons controversial Main Street bike lanes

After struggling in recent years, Oregon Shakespeare Festival reports a financially successful 2025 season

Douglas County Board of Commissioners address human trafficking awareness, disaster relief funding and more

Douglas County Commissioner candidate Q&A for position three

Myrtle Creek finalizes city administrator promotion

West splits defamation lawsuit to pursue his critics separately

UPDATE: Jackson County library board wants May’s resignation

Grants Pass Council pushes back on large executive pay raise proposals

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI is coming for cowboys, too

Business/Economic News

Dimon: US ‘less reliable’ as economic partner under Trump

The labor market’s surprising bright spot – and how to turn it into a job

Oregon job losses: Construction hit hardest with 2,500 jobs gone

Education News

Education Department says New York school violated Title VI over Native American mascot change

Energy & Environment News

Energy secretary says US won’t provide security for oil companies in Venezuela

Health News

Health insurance CEOs point fingers over soaring health care costs

Healthcare group projects anti-RFK Jr. messages onto HHS building

US hits 1 year of measles spread, CDC’s No. 2 calls outbreaks ‘cost of doing business’

Sidelined last election, abortion returns to policy limelight

US completes withdrawal from World Health Organization

Study Again Gives Oregon a Middling Health Ranking

Housing News

Will Trump’s plan to limit institutional investors lower home prices?

Immigration/ICE News

Senate Democrat: Americans should be ‘terrified’ by ‘secret ICE policy’

Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide: Autopsy

Vance says Minneapolis will be ‘less chaotic’ if local officials cooperate more with ICE

The new American immigration system: 5 biggest changes

Some voters who backed Trump say ICE is going ‘too far’

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Gov. Tina Kotek taps Oregon’s next forest boss

Oregon’s elk show genetic fortitude against a fast-moving and deadly disease

Congressman Bentz Supports FIRE Act to Reduce Wildfire Risk in the West

ODFW opens comment period concerning risk of marine life entanglements

Public Safety News

U.S. murder rate hits lowest level since 1900, report says

Transportation News

The Best and Worst Airlines of 2025

Epstein News

Top federal prosecutors ‘crushed’ by Epstein files workload

Justice & Court News

Challengers ask Supreme Court to halt California redistricting

Trump sues JPMorgan and its CEO over cutting off his banking access, seeking $5 billion in damages

Why JPMorgan Chase became a top Trump target

Jack Smith expects to be indicted by Trump DOJ

Greenland News

Bolton on Trump’s Greenland reversal: ‘No grand strategy at work here’

John Bolton predicts ‘political earthquake’ if Trump uses force in Greenland

Alarm Over Greenland Threat Gives Way to Uncertainty Around Trump’s Future Deal

Greenland Prime Minister left in dark on Trump’s “ultimate” deal

International News

Zelensky calls for Europe to stop trying to change Trump

Bessent dismisses Denmark as ‘irrelevant’

For Trump and European leaders, Davos was a ‘Dear John’ summit

Zelensky aims a blistering speech at Europe after meeting with Trump

Trump launches Board of Peace, Zelenskyy announces U.S.-Russia-Ukraine talks

Bessent: China’s Xi, Trump could meet four times this year

Trump signs Board of Peace charter at Davos as allies split on Gaza plan

Trump vs. U.S. allies: How will this end?

National News

Snow way: Senators warily eye weekend snowstorm

Millions of Americans prepare for potentially catastrophic ice storm. Here’s what the numbers show

Officer’s acquittal brings Uvalde attack’s other criminal case to the forefront

Texas leads the nation in supplying new residents to other states

National Campaign News

Louisiana Republican drops bid for Cassidy seat after Trump-backed candidate enters race

Rove: Trump’s ‘utterly mystifying’ behavior risks driving away swing voters

FCC: Late-night shows may not be exempt from equal time for opposing candidates

Kelly says he’s seriously thinking about running for president

At the Races: Ready for Madam President?

National Political news

Jack Smith gives public defense of Trump probes to House committee: 5 takeaways

Former police officer, 2020 election denier get into altercation at Jack Smith hearing

Newsom knocks Bessent over ‘Sparkle Beach Ken’ crack

Carville: Trump ‘is f‑‑‑ing crazy’

At House hearing, Jack Smith defends decisions to charge Trump

Smith warned of ‘catastrophic’ threats to democracy when asked about the failure to hold Trump accountable for 2020 election efforts

‘Donald Trump is the person who caused Jan. 6,’ Jack Smith tells House committee

Republicans tried to snag Jack Smith on technicalities. But they didn’t engage with the facts.

Leaders warn of authoritarian threat, urge action in 2026

“Go f*ck yourself”: Jack Smith hearing rocked by angry altercation

Why Greenland? It’s about ‘the biggest ego to be found on the planet,’ Oregon senator says

Democratic attorneys general warn of election integrity fight ahead of 2026 midterms

National Congressional News

House passes final government funding bills in milestone, overcoming Democratic DHS opposition

House rebuffs Venezuela war powers resolution after floor drama

These Democrats voted for the DHS funding bill despite ICE furor

House jams Senate with repeal of phone records law that could enrich senators

House narrowly tees up final votes on last 4 funding bills

House rebuffs effort to add ethanol expansion to spending bill

Funding bill claws back some EV charging cash, seeks to shield FEMA from Trump

These House votes were once routine. Now they’re nail-biters

Final fiscal 2026 spending bills pass House; Senate up next

Many Dems refuse to vote to fund ICE as US House passes 4 spending bills

Trump/Administration News

Trump addresses bruise on hand seen at Davos

Most countries on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ banned from immigrant visas

White House orders funding review of blue states, seeking to cut off sanctuary cities

White House shares doctored image portraying arrested church protester in tears

Trump administration tells agencies to compile data on money sent to Democratic states

Doctors are openly disagreeing with Trump’s physician about his health. Here’s why

NATO chief proves to be ‘Trump Whisperer’ in Greenland diplomacy

Government Agency/Employee News

DOGE improperly shared Social Security data: Filing

Military/Defense

Army orders military police to get ready for a possible Minneapolis deployment, AP source says

Ex-military leaders back Mark Kelly in lawsuit against Hegseth

Opinion

Paramilitary forces have no place on American streets

Congress is taking stock of proposed ethics rules

Even Trump can’t escape the presidential foreign-policy trap

A golden age of celestial science — if we choose to build it

The mother of all mega-dams is China’s hidden weapon in the Himalayas

The abhorrent power of the photograph of a 5-year-old held by ICE

DHS: No judicial warrant? No problem.

Donald Trump, Not Unchained

Trump Reverses Himself on Student Debt

‘Old wine in a new bottle’: Greenland negotiations resemble an earlier deal