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Oregon/Northwest News

SNAP users must interview to apply or renew for benefits

Oregon declares drought for three more counties, including Klamath, Coos

Oregon attorney general seeks to double antitrust team to fill federal enforcement void 

As property insurance crisis worsens, some lawmakers target Big Oil

Oregon Legislative News

Confidential Draft Recommendations From Kotek’s Prosperity Council Suggest Tax Cuts and Reforms

Oregon Campaign & Election News

What polling says about Gov. Tina Kotek against Republican candidates

Wildfire News

Loveless Creek Fire grows to 50 acres In Lake County

Portland/Metro News

Portland councilors look to slash upper management jobs to fund public safety

‘One in a million chance’: Portland leaders push ahead on masking plan despite legal risk warnings

Portland’s mayor’s approval among voters is lukewarm. At least he’s not the City Council

Portland mayor joins 103-year-old fight to pass Equal Rights Amendment

Community Budget Committee Presents PPS With a Mountain of Suggestions

Metro Chamber Threatens Legal Action if City Council Council Makes Changes to Arts Tax

Central & Eastern Oregon News

‘OPB Politics Now’: East of the Cascades, affordability and housing are on the ballot

Deschutes County Commission races bring in over $1M in fundraising

Homelessness becomes focal point in Pendleton City Council race

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Partisan politics and campaign cash underscore Salem city elections

Sportswear company to close Coburg plant, eliminate 83 jobs

No quick fixes for bumpy roads: Albany gas tax could still be long way off

Corvallis considers a variety of new taxes to pay for city services

Both sides of watershed measure pitch voters before election

PeaceHealth parts ways with former Chief Executive James McGovern

Southern Oregon News

Jackson and Josephine counties enter fire season amid a dry spring

City of Roseburg, NeighborWorks Umpqua, Douglas County look into expanding housing rehabilitation

Three Rivers schools to keep health centers if waiver granted

Runway extension at Grants Pass Airport adds options for business, emergencies

Police report major decline in Medford homeless camps

Commission postpones vote on controversial Phoenix development

AI/Technology News

Musk lawyers accuse OpenAI of deception in close of mega-trial

Pope Leo sets Catholics on collision course with AI

Cisco, LinkedIn to cut thousands of jobs in latest tech layoffs

Business/Economic News

Inflation hits a 3-year high as gas prices surge 28% in a year

‘Extreme terror’: Alaska Airlines passenger sues after plane plunges 200 feet in turbulence

SpaceX and the coming stock tsunami

Social Security COLA for 2027 expected to jump as inflation rises, estimate shows

Live | Dow Tops 50000 on AI Buzz

Cerebras Shares Soar in Debut, Launching Year of Hotly Anticipated AI IPOs

Education News

Oregon enables students to skip state tests and it’s undermining improvement, experts say

Here are the undergraduate programs that pay off (and some that don’t)

Energy & Environment News

Trump administration aims to relax limits on toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants

The energy squeeze behind the Iran war and AI boom

Chance of a ‘super’ El Niño grows — and it’s just around the corner

Health Care News

The MAHA movement is coming to school cafeterias. Here’s what that means for kids

Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out

Shifting attitudes on menopause drive lawmakers to push for new protections

Exclusive: Dr. Oz announces health coalition to streamline prior authorizations

Trump administration freezes Medicare enrollments for new home healthcare, hospice providers

CDC monitoring 41 people for hantavirus, no reported cases

Housing News

Gillibrand exasperated by HUD chief’s testimony: ‘Stop talking about Biden’

Transportation News

Boeing, Toyota Donated $1 Million Each to Transportation Secretary’s Road-Trip Show

Justice & Court News

Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access over Alito, Thomas dissents

Judge rules Rubio’s sanction of UN rapporteur violates First Amendment

Ex-DOJ official goes public with blistering criticism of his former bosses

In new lawsuit, Justice Department challenges efforts to sanction Trump administration lawyers

In new lawsuit, Justice Department challenges efforts to sanction Trump administration lawyers

Federal judge orders Trump administration to bring back a Colombian woman who was deported to Congo

Musk lawyers accuse OpenAI of deception in close of mega-trial

Appeals court questions Trump executive orders targeting law firms

Immigration/ICE News

US Border Patrol chief Michael Banks is resigning, in latest DHS leadership change

ICE moving forward with warehouse detention plan despite lawsuits, probe

International News

Cuba’s power grid collapses and plunges eastern provinces into a major blackout

Cuban government says CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with officials in Havana

China’s Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict

Taiwan emerges as flash point in Trump-Xi talks

UK health secretary resigns, setting up a potential Labour leadership challenge to Keir Starmer

National News

Six migrants, including 14-year-old, found dead in boxcar in Laredo, Texas

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

70% of Portland-area adults say they’re directly affected by Trump policies. Here’s how

Majority of Republicans support mandatory AI testing: Poll

59 percent say economy is getting worse: Survey

Almost half strongly oppose AI data centers in their area: Gallup

National Campaigns/Elections

Voters are caught in the middle as the redistricting battle intensifies

Abortion pill rulings bring the issue back to the forefront in a midterm election year

This court became a symbol of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now it’s at the center of a House race

Louisiana senators pass new US House map while South Carolina plans for extra redistricting work

Judge allows Tennessee map favoring GOP to move ahead

Rep. Frederica Wilson eyes reelection despite Hill absence

Democrats get a last-minute reprieve on 2026 redistricting

One of the safest Florida seats for Democrats faces a candidate fiasco

Capitol agenda: Dems plot redistricting revenge

The most vulnerable senators of 2026, less than 6 months before Election Day

National Political News

Rising: May 14, 2026

Fetterman: Trump affordability remark was ‘clipped’

Graham: China’s allies are ‘all dirtbags’

What Republicans said about suspending gas tax under Biden

National Congressional News

US House rejects constraint on Trump action in Iran, one day after Senate

Senate votes to freeze members’ pay during future shutdowns

House Ethics probes Rep. Edwards sexual harassment claims

House barely rejects limits on Iran war as GOP defections grow

House releases amended housing bill text, schedules vote for next week

MAGA world is giving the House GOP cover on Trump’s housing push

Senate panel advances key crypto bill with bipartisan support

Republicans block Democrat-backed measures to undo Trump’s dismantling of CFPB

GOP data privacy bill tries again to set national standard

Trump/Administration News

Xi’s warning to Trump on Taiwan shows emboldened China

Trump and Xi’s initial meeting reveals dueling priorities

Rubio is banned from China, but Beijing may have found a way around it

Vance in Maine: ‘Sometimes I get frustrated with Susan Collins’

Trump says Xi pledged not to provide military equipment to Iran

Trump trips on affordability with remark on Iran, to GOP’s chagrin

Trump says Xi offered to help broker peace with Iran

Trump has hindered offshore wind while China and other countries invest heavily

China’s Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict

Scoop: Trump allies want D.C.’s July 4 fireworks to set world record

Trump’s killer quote exposes his bind on Iran and inflation

Bessent discusses investment board, expanding US-China trade with Trump in Beijing

Vance takes fraud fight to Maine

Trump invites Xi to Washington in September

Trump says China agreed to buy soybeans, energy, Boeing jets

White House planned to start work on arch under unrelated contract, bypassing bidding process

Trump administration unveils new design for East Potomac golf course

Why are so many U.S. CEOs in China with Trump, and what do they want?

China and U.S. agree Strait of Hormuz should not be ‘militarized,’ Marco Rubio says

President Trump responds to Xi’s reported comments about America’s decline

Middle East Conflict News

Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk

Seized ship taken toward Iran as Trump and Xi agree on Strait of Hormuz

Tariff News

State officials demand transparency as businesses get billions in Trump tariff refunds

Trump tariff challenger gets 6-figure refund after Supreme Court ruling

Defense/Military News

‘No idea it was coming’: Pentagon officials stunned by Hegseth decision on troops in Poland

Navy admiral: Epic Fury could force tough cuts, personnel problems by July 

Pentagon response to Stars and Stripes oversight renews fears over outlet’s independence

Iran War Saps Money From Other Pentagon Needs, Leaders Warn

Opinion

Ramaswamy should show Hinduism is much deeper than a political or racial identity

Hantavirus outbreak exposes America’s post-COVID PTSD

Uninformed regulatory changes risk organ donation system and could cost lives

America can’t afford year-round E15 fuel — Congress must reject it

The latest ruling on the Ten Commandments in Texas threatens religious freedom

Why won’t Democrats moderate on immigration? Here’s a clue.

Michigan bucks the ‘tax the rich’ trend

About That Taiwan ‘Thucydides Trap’

Why Do Democrats Oppose Voter ID?

ObamaCare’s Rising Inflation Tax