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Oregon/Northwest News

Who’s running for office in Oregon in 2026?

Oregon Treasury reducing public pension investments in private equity

Wildlife officials warn residents of coyotes after child was grabbed in Portland

The Clock for SNAP Benefits Is Ticking Down

Oregon Political News

Here’s how much Oregon’s congressional delegation raised this quarter

Oregon Campaign News

State Rep. Ken Helm to retire in 2026, endorses Beaverton city councilor

Oregon open primary initiative would let all participate

Portland/Metro News

Courts, homeless service providers await answers as Portland camping ban enforcement looms

Portland councilors will mull policy that would target property owners who lease to detention centers

A Pledge Signed by Peacock Reopens a Rift on the Portland City Council Even as Details Remain Vague

Vega Pederson Offers First Public Criticisms of Wilson’s Shelter Expansion

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Around 90,000 in Marion, Polk counties to lose SNAP food assistance

Business & Economic News

Powell comments about future rate cuts reflect growing division within the Fed

Bessent says TikTok deal finalized

Nvidia becomes world’s first $5 trillion company

Amazon Posts 13% Revenue Jump, Strong Cloud Sales

Increased ICE presence takes a toll on Oregon’s Latino businesses

Wells Fargo to lay off more than 400 workers in Oregon

Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them

Education News

Are the kids OK? A look at how a generation of COVID students is faring in Oregon

What to know as federal food help and preschool aid will run dry Saturday if shutdown persists

Energy & Environment News

How Bill Gates is reframing the climate change debate

As NW faces rolling blackouts, study says renewable energy may not be enough

NW Natural customers’ bills to increase by more than 5%

Health News

The ACA premium surge hits home

RFK Jr. says no ‘sufficient’ evidence Tylenol definitively causes autism

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Feds propose opening up more public lands for cattle grazing in Oregon, Western states

Court Justice News

Judge to consider demand to force the government to keep funding SNAP food aid despite the shutdown

Federal judge appears ready to order Trump administration to continue some federal SNAP food aid

International News

Scoop: U.S. offered Hamas militants safe passage out of Israel-controlled Gaza zone

Scoop: U.S. pushing to finalize plan for international Gaza security force

Neck-and-neck finish in Dutch election as Wilders’ far-right party and centrist D66 tie

Classified U.S. report finds hundreds of possible Israeli human rights violations

King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles and evicts him from royal residence

National News

Daylight saving time: Where states stand on making it permanent

Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa’s destruction

National Campaign News

Scoop: Stefanik set to launch bid for N.Y. governor in ’26

Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Socialists prepare for complicated partnership

Mamdani, Cuomo attempt to maintain stamina in race’s final stretch

Polls/Surveys

Nearly half of Americans blame Trump and GOP for shutdown: poll

More Americans blame Trump, GOP for shutdown: Washington Post poll

Most Americans oppose Trump’s $300M ballroom project: Survey

National Political News

Trump sets lowest-ever refugee cap. See how other presidents compare.

Dems rage at “unsatisfactory” Trump briefing on drug boat strikes

Trump isn’t issuing Oval invites to end shutdown — yet

Britt and Schumer have rare bipartisan chat as senators feel out shutdown endgame

Shutdown-ending stopgap will have to move first in any deal, Thune says

‘We’re FED UP!’: Johnson Defends Sen. Thune Floor Speech TRASHING Democrats

Trump’s frustration with Putin goes nuclear, dividing Congress 

Senate passes resolution to end Trump’s global tariffs; 4 Republicans side with Dems

Senate GOP, Democrats looking for ‘off-ramp’ to end shutdown next week

Pritzker, US lawmakers condemn ‘Broadview 6’ indictment over ICE protest

Murkowski votes ‘no’ on motion to adjourn to protest shutdown

Trumps host trick-or-treaters for Halloween at the White House

Senate votes to overturn Biden move to restrict Arctic drilling

Warner demands intel sharing after secret GOP Venezuela briefing

Senators have outline for drug price program, but vote is elusive

Senate Democrats riled over exclusion from Venezuela briefing

Bipartisan talks to end shutdown gaining steam, senators say

Trump restricts the number of annually admitted refugees to 7,500. They will mostly be white South Africans

Government Shutdown News

The nation’s top CEOs push for government to reopen

Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point

Some senators stranded in DC because of government shutdown

Spiraling effects of the shutdown leave lawmakers grasping for ways to end it

Tariff/Trade News

China will return U.S. soybean purchases to regular levels, Bessent says

Trump seeks energy deal with China amid broader trade talks

Takeaways: Trump touts tenuous deals on tariffs, rare earths and soybeans

Trump rates meeting with China’s Xi 12 out of 10, lowers tariffs

Military/Defense

DOGE staffer set to replace admiral leading Navy’s research office

3-star general retiring after reported friction with Hegseth, Caine

Pentagon orders ‘quick reaction force’ of 500 troops per state: Reports

When was the last time US, Russia conducted nuclear testing?

Trump’s nuke testing statement caught even some advisers by surprise.

Trump says he wants to resume nuclear testing. Here’s what that would mean

Opinion

CNN shocked that Trump is winning the shutdown 

Why did the Framers create the Senate?

If taxpayers must keep subsidizing health care, they deserve to see the prices

What the SNAP fight is really about

Trump and Xi flexed. Who won?

Lessons From Trump’s China Trade War

The Trump administration wants to hide hunger facts. Oregon can fill the void