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Oregon News

Across Oregon, thousands join ‘Hands Off’ protests against Trump, Musk

Oregon has spent $46 million fighting black market cannabis. Officials can’t tell if it’s working

Oregon’s High, Static Estate Tax Is Chasing Away Wealthy Retirees, Common Sense Institute Says

Oregon waives 10-day reporting requirement for SNAP food replacements due to weather impacts

Oregon Political News

Labor Leader Says Kotek Surprised Union With Call to Close OHSU Primate Center

A Second Democratic Lawmaker Falls Seriously Ill

Metropolitan Portland News

Fees charged under much-maligned Portland tree code may get overhaul

Portland-area residents can’t find doctors, and they say it’s only getting worse

Central/Eastern Oregon

More than 100 turn out in ‘ruby red’ Madras to protest Trump as part of national Hands Off

Northeastern Oregon towns joins biggest Trump protest ever

Willamette Valley News

Mad as hell: Corvallis, Albany join nationwide anti-Trump protests

Southern Oregon

Funding cuts and firings strain Southern Oregon’s national forests

Josephine County legal counsel suggests Grants Pass library may face eviction

Investigation found Baertschiger, West bullied 2 directors and then retaliated, according to memo

Expansion project at MFR is taxiing toward a 2026 takeoff

Thousands in Medford join nationwide protests against Trump administration policies

Despite reports, Crater Lake not closing in 2026

‘Hands Off!’ protest rally gathers estimated 400 people in Klamath Falls

Business/Economic News

Stock Futures Drop as Markets Brace for Tumultuous Week

Trump administration to markets: Don’t expect a rescue

Why the dollar is doing what it’s not supposed to do

Jaguar and Land Rover maker pauses shipments to US as it develops post-tariff plans

5 takeaways from ousted CEO’s $70M lawsuit against one of Oregon’s top private companies

Transportation News

Amtrak Cascades service fully restored after 11-day disruption

‘Caution – Rough Roads Ahead’ ODOT states in new report

Health News

RFK Jr. consoles Texas family: MMR vaccine ‘most effective’ way to stop measles spread

Medicare will not cover these popular drugs, Trump administration decides

Education News

Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants

Energy & Environment

Trump administration funding freeze of $27B clean-energy program strands local projects

International News

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 32, mostly women and children

National News

Federal judge in scathing decision calls Trump’s deportation of Salvadoran man ‘wholly lawless’

GOP rep says tariff power ‘belongs in the Congress’

National Campaign News

Trump tariffs pose danger for vulnerable Republicans

National Political News

GOP rep says Russia and China are ‘laughing at us’ after NSA director firing

GOP senators back crackdown on foreign students

MAGA media tiptoes around Loomer-Trump meeting and NSC firings

In photos: “Hands Off!” protesters rally against Trump across the U.S.

Senate Republicans move forward with their budget plan to promote Trump’s agenda

Tariff News

Bessent calls tariffs ‘a one-time price adjustment’

Bessent: ‘More than 50 countries’ approached administration to lower tariffs, trade barriers and halt ‘currency manipulation’

McConnell calls out Trump for hiring ‘amateur isolationists’ at Pentagon, firing NSA director

Trump team mounts a full-court tariff defense as opposition grows

DOGE News

For these seniors, DOGE’s affordable housing pause means suffering longer without AC

‘Your RIF notice is not cancelled.’ Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS

National parks must remain open despite staffing cuts, interior secretary says

Opinion

Trump and Putin are making the same error about patriotism

There should be more tough talk under the Democrats’ big tent

The US relationship with Canada is changing — here’s what you need to know 

Calling Trump’s Bluff on ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs

Trump’s Third Term Talk Defies Constitution and Tests Democracy

Editorial: Washington County must come clean on sewer agency’s lavish spending

Letter from the Editor: Signal chat raises ethics questions for journalists