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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon unions, progressives slam draft plan from Gov. Kotek’s economic prosperity council

360,000 Oregon kids got this grocery money last summer. Here’s who qualifies in 2026

Immigration attorney who gave up license amid allegations had more than 35,000 clients

Trump budget would eliminate agency investigating Longview chemical disaster

‘Something dramatically wrong’: Questions but few answers after Longview mill tragedy

Justice Department sues Oregon, Washington for ‘refusing to issue’ feds confidential license plates

Oregon, tribal leaders applaud ‘rebuilding’ as development takes shape at Willamette Falls

Oregon Campaign & Election News

What does the primary’s biggest legislative upset say about the state of Oregon politics?

Petition to ban hunting, fishing in Oregon passes signature threshold

Portland/Metro News

‘We’re not all mean’: At work with a Multnomah County health inspector

Central & Eastern Oregon News

A small Central Oregon town shoots down data center development

Is migration into Oregon cooling again? Driver’s license data suggests a slowdown

EOU board approves 2.7% tuition increase

Willamette Valley/Salem News

UO finance head explains new $65M projected deficit 

Southern Oregon News

Josephine has lowest student vaccination rate in Oregon

Reports of ICE activity in Southern Oregon surge: 5 detained in 8 days

Rep. McIntire to host White City informational meeting on wolves

AI/Technology News

Blue Origin rocket explodes on the launch pad during an engine-firing test

Scoop: First Windows PCs powered by Nvidia chips to debut next week

Business/Economic News

Safeway, Walmart, Amazon top list of SNAP recipients’ employers in Oregon

We’re having the worst wheat crop in decades. You’ll notice the ripple effects soon at the grocery store

Hassett predicts oil will flow through Strait of Hormuz in ‘a month or two’

Credit cards: Share of balances 90-plus days late hits highest mark since 2011

Where things stand between Trump and Big Tech executives

O’Leary: Many mega-data center concerns in Utah based on ‘misinformation,’ ‘lies’

Education News

Parents of Oregon kindergartners can get free $100 for their child’s college fund with 1 step

Energy & Environment News

SEC moves to formally rescind corporate climate disclosure requirements 

New Orleans should prepare for eventual climate evacuation: Study

Think it’s hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says

Health Care News

Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer

Data shows record low compliance from Oregon families with kindergarten vaccine requirements

Oregon leads push to delay new Medicaid work requirements, warns of coverage losses

Vibrio season is here: How can you avoid the flesh-eating bacterial infection?

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Iran war forces farmers to seek fertilizer alternatives from cow dung to compost

Transportation News

‘Light rail to nowhere’? Surging costs undercut I-5 bridge transit plan

Major airline cutting free in-flight meals

FAA head says air traffic system is ‘safe, but it’s not efficient’

Epstein News

Bondi doubles down on handling of Epstein files in testimony to Congress

Bondi sits for closed-door interview over Epstein files release

Justice & Court News

Judge agrees to review Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund blocked for now by federal judge

Immigration/ICE News

Bovino cheers ICE agents at New Jersey facility criticized for violence: ‘Give them hell’

ICE officer charged in nonfatal Minnesota shooting arrested 

Delaney Hall becomes Markwayne Mullin’s first test as DHS head

International News

Israel seizes medieval castle as it expands major offensive in southern Lebanon

Opposition leader in Venezuela calls for presidential vote

Concerns mount that Belarus could be a launchpad for a new Russian offensive in Ukraine

Ukraine hits Russian energy targets and denies striking Kremlin-occupied nuclear plant

Zelensky says he hopes Witkoff, Kushner visit Kyiv for talks 

Zelensky expecting ‘big attacks’ from Russia soon

Zelenskyy alleges Russia is abducting Ukrainian kids, training them to fight

Steep decline of U.S. diplomats puts Americans abroad in danger, experts say

National News

United Airlines flight to Spain pulls U-turn, apparently over Bluetooth device name

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

New polls shake up the 2028 Democratic presidential race

National Campaigns/Elections

Democrats and Republicans think control of Congress runs through Iowa

Louisiana lawmakers pass a congressional map to dismantle a majority-Black district

Platner’s wife calls news coverage of Senate hopeful’s sexually explicit texts with women ‘shameful’

Iowa Democrats face tough Senate primary choice in effort to flip GOP seat

GOP strategist: Trump made a ‘$100M mistake’ backing Paxton

Redistricting battle set to escalate ahead of 2028 elections

At the Races: Incumbents on the line

Gov. Andy Beshear says ‘Texas is in play’ for Democrats after Ken Paxton’s primary win

Platner’s campaign confirms he sent sexual texts to women while married

Dems’ civil war over party chair hangs over 2028 plans

Texas population boom, Latino backlash scramble 2026 Senate race

GOP’s anti-“woke” playbook faces ultimate test in Texas

National Political News

Rising: May 29, 2026

Senate Democrat: Iran is ‘stronger’ than before war

GOP’s Bill Cassidy faces new decisions on bucking Trump

Pence following Paxton win: GOP ‘lost our way,’ but Democrats ‘have lost their minds’

Pence: There’s ‘clearly’ been an effort to ‘rewrite’ Jan. 6 history

Pence calls Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ‘a bad idea’

Blue states want to tax payouts from Trump’s $1.8 billion fund — at 100%

Sen. Booker says he’s ‘absolutely expecting’ more Republican opposition to Trump

National Congressional News

Republicans battle déjà vu as they return to tackle reconciliation bill, FISA extension 

Geothermal energy package coming to House floor

Senate panel releases NIL bill, plans hearing

Mike Johnson faces brutal June as deadlines come due

Trump/Administration News

Trump floats MAGA rally instead of concert after musicians drop out of Freedom 250

Trump’s name must come off of the Kennedy Center, judge rules

Scott Bessent says steps have been taken to put Trump on a $250 bill

Trump vents about judge who blocked the Kennedy Center renovation and fumes over his legal setbacks

Trump ‘slush fund’ echoes scorned 19th-century spoils system, academics say

Trump administration sues Oregon over pause in issuing federal officers’ undercover license plates

Trump mail voting order stands after judge ruling

Trump plan would give weapons-grade plutonium to 5 energy firms

Trump says ‘cancel’ concert for America’s 250th birthday

Trump responds to NYT article, says it’s ‘very good’ administration is losing legal talent

Cindy McCain to Trump administration: ‘We need help’ with food aid

Trump’s baby boom goal sees few signs of progress

Trump backs HHS overhaul of childhood vaccine schedule with new order

White House economic director downplays economic anxiety amid higher prices

Power struggles and paralysis: Inside FEMA’s lost year as storm season approaches

‘Holding our breath’: Hurricane season is here, and FEMA is shorthanded

Ebola response puts Trump on collision course with global health body

Trump health readout leaves key blanks unfilled

Trump-linked Freedom 250th concert series runs into trouble

Middle East Conflict News

What to know as Israeli forces’ historic Lebanon incursion complicates an Iran deal

Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into the country in 26 years

‘To call it a ceasefire is a joke’: Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza with AP

Trump says he opposes Russia or China retrieving Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile

‘Those countries owe it to us:’ Trump ties Iran deal to Gulf states joining Abraham Accords

U.S. fires missile to stop cargo ship from breaching Iran blockade of Hormuz strait

In Trump’s Physical Report, Doctors See Gaps in Details

Trump recently edited possible U.S.-Iran agreement, source says

Iran president’s request adds new twist to US-Iran talks as Trump weighs peace proposal

Trump requests edits to Iran deal his envoys negotiated

Defense/Military News

U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in Pacific Ocean, in fourth attack this week

As the Pentagon pushes for battlefield AI, some military leaders urge caution

U.S. Navy plans to use U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford to charge Naval Station Norfolk

Southcom commander meets with Cuban military officials as Trump amps up pressure on island

Hegseth walks tightrope on China, urging Asian allies to share burden against threats

Opinion

Opinion: Oregon is failing its children – and calling it ‘compassion’

‘Climate hushing’ is what’s keeping the Democrats from winning 

Trump has turned Republicans into the anti-Black party 

Elon Musk’s plans for SpaceX depend on Starship and AI

Splits among progressives may lead to some unsavory results in California primaries

Mamdani introduces New York to socialism, ‘block by block’

Trump’s name may come off the Kennedy Center. He could still destroy it.

How Trump hacked the presidency

Democrats Promise to Wreck the Supreme Court

China Cooks the Carbon Emissions Books

Editorial cartoons for May 31, 2026: Peace deal or no deal, Texas primary, Trump physical