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Oregon News

Oregon wildfires burned less acres but destroyed 200 homes in 2025

Oregon Cascades could see several inches of snow through Monday

Oregon abandons Medicaid expansion for people leaving prison, months after delaying launch

More foster parents are needed to meet demand, ODHS says

Oregon cancels major Medicaid reentry program

Oregon Political News

Wagner Strips Meek of Chairmanship of Key Senate Committee

Ethics commission opens new investigation into Oregon representative

Portland/Metro News

Protests continue as Portlanders await court ruling on Trump’s deployment

OPB’s First Look: Conservative influencers shape Trump’s view of Portland protests

City councilors look to administrative tweaks to ‘protect Portland’ from federal actions

Feds use tear gas, pepper balls on Portland ICE protest crowd, PDX spurns Noem video: Get caught up

‘Hell hole’? ‘Burning’? ‘War-torn’? 11 Portlanders on what the city is really like

Troops to Portland still on hold, multiplying protest frogs, fact-check on Trump claims: Get caught up

Why Trump could still send troops to Portland, no matter what appeals court says

Trump’s antifa roundtable made some wild claims about Portland. Here’s the truth about 7 of them

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Oregon Department of Forestry ending fire season in NE Oregon on Saturday, Oct. 11

Wolves in last several weeks kill 9 livestock in E. Oregon

Willamette Valley/Salem News

What’s next after downtown paid parking earns $565K in first 3 months?

Southern Oregon

2025 fire season ends

Josephine County sheriff files to run for a 4th term

Town hall meeting on Creekside Quarter project set for Thursday

Jackson County Commissioners Dyer and Roberts running again in 2026

Jackson County Reminds Voters to Check Registration Before Oct. 14 Deadline

‘Words without action’: Klamath Tribes walk out during intergovernmental summit with Oregon state leaders

Business & Economic News

Trump says inflation is ‘defeated’ and the Fed has cut rates, yet prices remain too high for many

How to measure the economy when the government isn’t doing it

Education News

Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education

MIT president rejects proposal tying funding to Trump’s political agenda

Health News

RFK Jr.’s comments on circumcision and autism draw sharp criticism

SNAP changes: Here’s who could lose benefits in November

Vance blames CDC layoff ‘chaos’ on Schumer, Democrats

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

These farmworkers say Oregon’s overtime law isn’t working. Farmers say they can’t afford it

Pacific Northwest seasonal farmworkers to earn less following Trump administration policy change

How the Government Shutdown Affects Oregon Forests and Trails

Public Safety

Shooting at packed South Carolina bar kills 4 and injures at least 20 others

Transportation News

Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown delays won’t play at PDX security checkpoints

International News

Nobel Prize winner Machado says Venezuela is in ‘chaos’ under current regime

Preparations begin to ramp up aid in Gaza as ceasefire brings hope for end to 2-year war

Afghanistan says it has killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations

Trump sets off for the Mideast to mark a ceasefire deal and urge Arab leaders to seize the moment

What to know as Israel and Gaza await the release of hostages, prisoners, aid — and Trump’s visit

Macron’s France now has a new Cabinet. It will face an uphill battle to end the political crisis

Trump May Send Tomahawks to Ukraine

Zelenskyy says he sees renewed hope for peace with Russia after deal in Middle East

Trump may speak with Putin about sending Tomahawks to Ukraine in effort to end war

National Political News

‘Make it stop.’ For lawmakers, the shutdown feels like purgatory (but with Thai food)

‘This shutdown feels different.’ States might not get repaid when government reopens.

The Memo: Anti-Trump opposition leans into mockery to get under his skin

Pressure growing on Johnson to call House back amid shutdown fight

Fetterman says government shutdown has been ‘very isolating’

Jordan says ICE agents ‘doing the Lord’s work’

Lawler says shutdown caused by Schumer, Jeffries ‘being petrified of their left flank’

Vance says Pritzker should ‘suffer some consequences’ for handling of Chicago crime

Vance: DOJ doesn’t prosecute based on Trump’s opinions

Tariff/Trade News

China vows to stand firm against Trump’s 100% tariff threat

Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports

‘I influenced that’: A steel CEO takes a bow for Trump’s tariffs

Government Employee News

“It feels terrible.” Federal worker’s family tightens their belts as shutdown drags on

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll

Trump administration says about 4,200 federal employees face layoffs

Vance warns ‘deeper’ cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day

These are the federal agencies Trump is targeting for layoffs

Military/Defense

‘OPB Politics Now’: President Trump’s push for the military in US cities ramps up in courts, streets

Trump directs Pentagon to use ‘available funds’ to pay military during shutdown

U.S. to build Qatari fighter pilot training facility in the Pacific Northwest

Pritzker highlights GOP governor’s criticism of federalizing troops to send out of state

Opinion

Editorial: Hello, world. An open letter from ‘war-ravaged’ Portland

Opinion: Portland City Council stands ready to meet this moment

Washington created the doctor shortage —here’s how to end it

Trump loves his tariffs. Too bad he’s wrong about them.

Kilmar Abrego’s court victory could end Trump’s reign of retaliation

The U.S.-China trade war is back on

Editorial cartoons for Oct. 12, 2025: Military in cities, government shutdown continued