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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon business closures outnumber openings — and the gap is growing

DEQ Makes Long-Awaited Announcement on Controversial Climate Program

Oregon, 14 other states sue Trump administration to block school mental health funding cuts

Director of Oregon ethics commission to face external inquiry into alleged ethics violations

Comparing alcohol to asbestos and cigarettes, Oregon health officials accused of trading ‘accuracy for shock value’

Massive Prison Payout Highlights Dismal Financial Picture for State Insurance Fund

Wildlife Crossing Projects gain momentum across Oregon

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Early signs suggest Oregon governor’s race is competitive

Absurd AI attack ads facing scrutiny under Oregon election rules

Wildfire News

Evacuation orders in effect as Olive Butte Fire bears down on small city

North Cayuse Fire update for July 12

With fewer staff, no summer funding, LFA braces for wildfire season

UPDATE: East Evans Creek Road Fire now at 3,153 acres; air quality plummets in Rogue Valley

Smoke and poor air quality fills Rogue Valley due to East Evans Creek Fire

Portland/Metro News

Portland man faces mountain of 50,000 tires dumped on land he just bought

Inside TriMet: How Portland area’s bus routes are planned, tested and changed

Portland hearings office upholds land use ruling against ICE facility’s landlord

Portland Mayor Wilson violated campaign finance rules in 2024, auditor finds

After rival’s lawsuit, Portland auditor finds mayor violated city’s campaign finance law

Metro appoints Miles Palacios to District 4 seat

Hearings Office Says City Can Start Fining ICE Building Landlord in Two Weeks

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Central Oregon family sues Knife River mining company over unsafe water

Hermiston council to vote on contract for sewer lift station work

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Keizer mayor, city councilor under investigation

Exclusive: Coffin Butte Landfill rebuffs questions from Benton County

After Corvallis election incident, state tells USPS to review policies

EWEB board approves $392M design for second water intake

Southern Oregon News

Phoenix project will add 40 affordable homes for older adults

Council, sheriff want repeal of state jail-release law

UPDATE: East Evans Creek Road Fire now at 3,153 acres; air quality plummets in Rogue Valley

Klamath farmers buy in to ‘no irrigation’ program

Talent proposes public safety surcharge hike to close budget gap

Rogue Valley is bright spot amid wine industry contraction

Mt. Ashland Ski Area pushes chairlift replacement to 2027

Task force destroys 1,300 plants at rural Applegate black-market cannabis grow

Smoke and poor air quality fills Rogue Valley due to East Evans Creek Fire

Medford Takes Big Step in City Manager Search

AI/Technology News

Apple’s ‘Thermonuclear’ Response to the OpenAI Threat

The Hard-Line Activists Ramping Up for the War With AI

Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets

Business/ Economic News

Nike gender discrimination trial gets underway after 8 years of litigation

Oregon business closures outnumber openings — and the gap is growing

OHSU drops sanctuary plan for controversial primate research center, internal email claims

Alaska Airlines to debut nonstop daily flights between PDX and this coastal city in fall

The Quarter-Trillion-Dollar Onslaught of AI Bonds Is Testing Investors’ Limits

Fed task forces are led by outsiders with chops

Education News

To fix the systemic undercount of its poorest students, Oregon may need to start from scratch

Boys & Girls Club to close in North Portland, sell building amid financial strain

Energy & Environmental News

Microsoft’s climate-warming emissions surge 25%, driven by AI

Freedom Fuel gas price no longer $3.47, data shows

Keystone Pipeline operator agrees to pay $26.9 million over 2022 spill

Healthcare News

RFK Jr.’s focus on preventive health panel provokes new fears

You got the ‘explosive’ diarrhea parasite. Now what?

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Economy, fruit prices and pest outbreak devastate Northwest pear industry

Surging prices for ‘K-31’ bode well for grass seed market

Corn growers target new markets amid record 17 billion bushel crop

Court/Justice News

Oregon again sues feds over Trump homelessness funding limits that could cut housing support

Patel says FBI ‘is assisting local authorities’ after Graham’s death

Immigration/ICE News

Federal judge orders Tacoma ICE center to allow health and safety inspections

International News

Qatar’s former ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at 74

World leaders join Trump, others in remembering Sen. Lindsey Graham

Ukraine’s prime minister steps down as country ‘is changing its political strategy’

Russia goes to Japan for tech in Ukraine war: Report

UN Ambassador Waltz: Cuba’s regime ‘is a national security threat’

National News

More sweltering heat and flash flooding are expected across the nation

Poll & Surveys

All Latest Polls

New poll shows Oregon governor’s race is far from settled

National Campaign/Elections

Democrats apply 2024 lessons in Maine with Platner replacement process

Nancy Mace eyes run to replace Graham in Senate

Norman asks Trump for endorsement to replace Graham: Report

Graham’s Democratic reelection challenger calls for ‘setting partisanship aside’

Data centers become flash point in gubernatorial races 

Graham’s death upends primary season further

Race for Platner alternative takes shape

National Political News

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Trump ally and foreign policy hawk, dies at 71

Sen. Lindsey Graham likely died after aorta rupture, medical examiner says

‘Lindsey Graham was irreplaceable’: South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott

Graham’s long, strange and consequential friendship with Trump

Lindsey Graham remembered for a vision of American foreign policy that’s fading in Washington

What we know about legislation that will be impacted and who could take his place

A scramble for power has already begun after Lindsey Graham’s death

Graham’s death leaves Senate agenda in limbo

McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition

McConnell’s absence imperils Trump’s record defense budget

After weeks of questions, McConnell provides information on health

Graham was scheduled to appear on ‘Meet the Press’ after Ukraine trip

Netanyahu says Graham was ‘very clear’ about knocking out Iran’s nuclear program

Some are raising ethical concerns about political text messages using AI

Democrat announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center

New York Times reporters are subpoenaed after Air Force One stories, raising press freedom concerns

States will shape America’s future as nation confronts a pivotal choice

Joe Scarborough torches ICE over fatal shooting: ‘Isn’t the time to say don’t tread on me’

Dems rage against Trump rejecting FEMA aid to 4 blue states: ‘Mob boss politics’

Rising: July 10, 2026

Government-seeded accounts could test Trump’s ‘communists’ claim

Senate again confronts the challenges of an aging membership

Inside Lindsey Graham’s final push for Saudi-Israel peace

National Congressional News

Crypto bill faces make-or-break moment ahead of August recess

Senators celebrate housing bill becoming law despite Trump’s refusal to sign

Inside Mike Johnson’s déjà vu cycle of failed rule votes

GOP senators dread pre-election shutdown fight

Trump/Administration News

Trump ousts bipartisan election commissioners in latest push to reshape US voting

Trump administration targeting states’ DHS grants to force voting changes, House Dems say

Why is the American flag at half-staff this week?

Donald Trump reacts to Sen. Lindsey Graham dead at 71, appears on CNN, NBC

MAGA country music star joins Trump administration: ‘Let’s get to work’

Trump weighs in on Graham Platner scandal: Do you ‘believe the woman?’

Trump says Graham’s death is ‘big blow to the SAVE America Act’

Trump rips Haberman, says she’ll ‘pay the price’ over health reporting

Trump says he spoke with Graham before late senator’s death: ‘It could have been his last call’

Trump pays tribute to Graham: ‘A true American Patriot’

Mystery surrounds ‘Freedom Fuel’ gas stations touted by Trump

Trump claims US got ‘much better deal’ as delayed bridge with Canada set to open

Trump administration eyes offshore space launches

After Thursday night firings, election commission has no members

Middle East Conflict News

The US launches more strikes on Iran as the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalates

A timeline of the Iran conflict and talks aimed at ending it

Trump suggests a standing order to attack Iran if it assassinates him. But Vance would make the call

Iranian official warns US after strikes: ‘Keep your word or pay the price’

US ambassador to NATO says Iran ‘controlled by a bunch of crazy people’

Cost of Iran war grows, as Trump throws its end into question 

Survivors of Iranian attack that killed 6 U.S. troops say generals ignored warnings

Iran launches attacks on Gulf states after heaviest U.S. strikes in months

Iran ‘not living up to memo of understanding, Waltz says after latest US strikes

Trump orders new strikes “to hold Iranian forces accountable,” CENTCOM says

Iran’s supreme leader pledges revenge for his father’s assassination amid Trump death threats

U.S. gives Iran Saturday deadline to publicly renounce Hormuz attacks

Defense/Military News

Trump defense secretary’s pastor says repealing women’s right to vote is ‘a good idea’

Opinion

Editorial: Judge’s diatribe merits a resignation, gets a cone of silence instead

Editorial: Thumbs up on two Portland City Council developments

Congress should share, not shield, US artificial intelligence tech

Allowing Russia back into the Olympics undermines what the games represent

Federal funding and science doubled life expectancy. We can’t do more with less. 

Til debt do us part: The coming collapse of the American wedding industry 

NASA mulls sending a nuclear-powered Mars rover to the moon

Meghan McCain on Lindsey Graham: The last of the ‘Three Amigos’ is gone

New York’s teachers unions are telling on themselves

D.C.’s anti-tip experiment serves up another lesson on minimum wages

The Pentagon is finally buying smart. Will Congress do its part?

Lindsey Graham’s Death Is a Loss for Global Freedom

Editorial cartoons for July 12, 2026: Mitch McConnell’s health, Trump red card, Platner out

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics