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Oregon News

Oregon Political News

Oregon wildfire funding takes legislative back seat as lawmakers grapple with federal cuts

Oregon lawmakers move closer to prohibiting student cellphones in schools statewide

Oregon bill would expand water use exemptions for small farmers

Proposal to impose penalties on private utilities delaying wildfire lawsuits quietly moves forward

Lawmakers Move to Limit Rent Increases in Marinas and Manufactured Home Parks

Lawmakers Press BOLI on Prevailing Wage Decisions

Oregon bill would limit proposals during each session

Metropolitan Portland News

Multnomah County housing authority opens its waitlist for low-income rental assistance

Legacy Health Is in Good Financial Health, Contrary to Claims Made to Justify OHSU Deal

Officials now have a much better idea of how many homeless people live in Multnomah County. It’s a lot

Willamette Valley News

UO students call on university to protect international students amid immigration crackdown

Southern Oregon

Uncertainty around gun laws drives Rogue Valley residents to stock up

Josephine County commissioner says he’s sorry for touching co-worker’s hair

Business/Economic News

Nvidia discloses that U.S. will limit sales of advanced chips to China after all

Evening Report — Trade war shock hits US companies

Markets drop as Powell warns of stagflation

Natural Resource News

Trump says USA will ‘protect our farmers’

Self-deportation seen as snag in Trump’s plan for farmworkers

Education News

An Oregon school district fires its superintendent midyear

Noem announces cancelation of $2.7 million in grants to Harvard

International News

Israel says it will keep troops in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely. What does that mean?

Trump Waved Off Israeli Strike After Divisions Emerged in His Administration

National News

Judge: ‘Probable cause’ to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

Attorney General Pam Bondi says Kilmar Abrego Garcia ‘is not coming back to our country’

Judges Challenge White House Over Disregard for Court Orders

National Political News

Protesters were stun-gunned and arrested at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall

Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say

Internal budget draft reveals deep cuts to federal health programs

Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status

White House embraces Abrego Garcia fight

Moderate Republicans draw red line on Medicaid cuts in Trump agenda bill

Trump administration removes Democratic members of credit union watchdog

Third top Defense Department official placed on leave amid leak probe

Republicans quietly hope Supreme Court bails them out on Trump’s trade war

HHS funding slashed by 30 percent in budget proposal

Tariff News

Trump meets with Japan official about tariffs, says he seeks ‘trade fairness’

 U.S. Tries to Crush China’s AI Ambitions With Chips Crackdown 

Voters sour on Trump’s tariffs but favor immigration policies, polls show

Trump’s tariffs “highly likely” to reignite inflation, Fed chair Powell says

DOGE News

DOGE wanted to assign staff to the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice because it got federal funds

Opinion

To defend democracy, Democrats must listen to red state voters 

Trump is laughing at the Supreme Court and the Constitution

Why home builder sentiment is in the dumps (hint: tariffs)