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Oregon/Northwest News

Locked up and alone: Sharp rise in Oregon State Hospital’s seclusion of patients pushed state to worst-in-nation status

Judge Restricts Admission to Oregon State Hospital in Latest Effort to Reduce Wait Times

Travel Oregon Names New Executive Director

As Trump admin sues states over federal agent mask bans, Northwest remains on sidelines

Foes of Washington income tax race to collect initiative signatures

Oregon will offer another round of rebates for solar panels

Oregon Legislative News

Oregon agencies made $2.5 billion in accounting errors, report says

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Oregon petition to ban hunting and fishing moves closer to November ballot

Republican-led effort to ask voters to reinstate Trump tax breaks fails

Wildfire News

Risk period for big Western fires arriving early

Portland/Metro News

Portland General Electric to increase data center rates by 29%, cut residential rates by 1.3%

Trump gold coin draws scrutiny from judge in Portland hearing

Oregon Coast News

Two earthquakes off Oregon, California Coast

Coast businesses ready for summer tourism surge

Willamette Valley/Salem News

A proposed Willamette Valley solar park is back. Neighbors still oppose it

Corvallis set to change the fees to fund its bus system, with hikes ahead

GAPS committee tees up budget for school board vote that includes cuts

Southern Oregon News

With clock ticking, Southern Oregon University students question their futures

Asante ordered to recognize 2023 vote by hospital techs, LPNs to unionize

Krause and Hicks to battle for pivotal Oregon state senate seat

Ashland City Council to move forward on Community Wildfire Resiliency Bond

ODOT may need to follow RVTD’s lead and downsize

AI/Technology News

US announces science and AI partnership with Japan

LA-area city sees first voter-approved measure to ban data centers

Bipartisan AI draft proposes three-year preemption of state laws

Anthropic Urges Global Pause in AI Development

Business/Economic News

Remote work may be locking younger workers out of labor force: NY Fed

Are you owed money? Check these 11 settlements

Bonus payments announced in $725M Facebook privacy settlement. Here’s how much you’ll get

Ford issues recall, ‘do-not-drive’ order

Education News

Trump shifts from campus crackdowns to rewriting higher ed rules

Energy & Environment News

Trump expected to announce $700M boost for coal

Longview implosion prompts Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez to fight for chemical safety board’s funding

What a toy whale tells Pacific Northwest scientists about the potential for renewable tidal energy

Health Care News

Senators question tobacco firms on lobbying in wake of new FDA policy

5 takeaways on Trump’s divisive Medicaid work requirements

Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women’s health worldwide

Transportation News

Major US airline temporarily cuts 6 routes due to spiking fuel prices

Global oil supplies are nearing ‘unheard of’ levels. What does that mean for gas prices?

Justice & Court News

Feds indict Ohio state employees in alleged $50M fraud scheme

Arizona AG will seek to revive 2020 ‘fake elector’ case

Supreme Court sides with FCC power in forfeiture process

Trump’s DOJ enlists partisans, conspiracy backers to probe president’s political foes

‘Todd Blanche supervised that entire process,’ Bondi said, according to a transcript of interview with lawmakers

Immigration/ICE News

Rogan says ICE deployment sets ‘dangerous precedent’

ICE to stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees, internal memo says

Federal inspector reports chokehold, pen stabbing at ICE facility

International News

Netanyahu squeezed between Trump and election year politics

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

Trump net approval hits new low: Polling tracker 

National Campaigns/Elections

Bannon: GOP ‘going to lose the Senate’ in midterms 

New York Democrats advance redistricting ballot measure, tee up second vote 

Trump goes after California, claiming election being stolen as results trickle in

Trump under no pressure to change ahead of midterms: Marc Short

House Democrats’ campaign arm adds 4 candidates to program for top challengers

Rove: Democrats’ polling advantage might not result in blue wave in midterms

Trump’s primary involvement sparks vote-a-rama drama

At the Races: Tricks of the trade

The Democratic Party’s future is on the ballot in June

National Political News

Rising: June 4, 2026

Democratic division in the shape of Lebanon

You can’t always get what you want, politics edition

Booker, Cassidy back legal challenge to ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Pulte pick sparks a Senate GOP rebellion

National Congressional News

Six GOP senators vote to block Trump’s White House ballroom

Senate defeats Tillis plan to turn $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund into ‘anti-fraud’ fund

Three GOP senators vote to bar Pulte from serving as temporary director of national intelligence

Collins bucks GOP on amendment to address insurance companies denying medical care

Fetterman says he’s a no on Blanche for attorney general 

Immigration budget bill off to a slow start in Senate

House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children

GOP Senators’ Fight Over Trump Fund Spills Onto Floor

Senate holds “vote-a-rama” on ICE funding, rejects move to ban DOJ fund

Four GOP senators unite with Dems to block key Trump bill

Dems help GOP kill Tlaib’s Lebanon war powers measure

House rebukes Trump over war in Iran

Senate rejects first effort to bar Trump from creating $1.8B settlement fund

US Senate launches marathon session to pass nearly $70B for ICE, Border Patrol

Trump/Administration News

Trump administration spending $5M to restore, gold-plate Lincoln Memorial statues

Senate GOP defeats amendment to ban Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund 

Trump cuts funding to Hawaii’s Medicaid fraud unit

Trump expected to announce $700M boost for coal

Trump stresses Pulte ‘not going to be permanent’ intelligence chief

Pulte pick to lead national intelligence further jeopardizes renewal of warrantless spy powers

Trump backs Senate’s version of college athletics bill

Activities around the 250th highlight America’s disunity

Kennedy Center orders staff to begin removing Trump’s name after ruling

Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, nonprofit says

Trump announces plan to add ‘promenade’ to Lincoln Memorial

Trump to nominate Todd Blanche as attorney general

Trump eyes his next DC renovation: The Lincoln Memorial

Trump pans ‘bad Republicans’ who voted to end the Iran war

Oil industry warns Trump administration of price spikes within weeks

Firings at CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ reflect the fight for media control in the age of Trump

Trump resurfaces after weeklong public absence

Middle East Conflict News

Rice: Iran war has left ‘weaker, more confused’ regime

Iran nuclear program relatively unchanged since start of war: IAEA

Iran live updates: Trump details risky, rejected plan to collect ‘nuclear dust’

Iran says “no tangible progress” in talks; Hezbollah rejects Israel-Lebanon truce

Hezbollah rejects Israel-Lebanon ceasefire terms

Pentagon likely to cancel missile deal with Germany over fears of Russia

Hegseth doubles down on Anthropic’s security risk designation

Defense/Military News

House panel adopts measure on fired senior officers, putting pressure on Hegseth, Pentagon

Trump broadens U.S. military footprint

Opinion

A political split in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge

Government information gathering and sharing are in peril

Iran refuses to play by Trump’s rules, to his great frustration

America’s oceans need protection, not politics

John Thune breaks with Trump on DNI pick Bill Pulte, weaponization fund  

Dirk Kempthorne was a paragon of cross-border leadership in difficult times

California’s glacial vote counting undermines faith in elections

The new spy chief has the one qualification Trump cares about

The energy permitting bill that won unanimous support in Congress

The John Bolton Plea Deal

The Supreme Court Refutes Its Critics

The 2028 Redistricting Wars Begin

Trump’s Help-Wanted Problem

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