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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek now wants to scrap her newly passed transportation bill

Oregon public universities consider controversial moves to achieve financial stability

Oregon attorney general sues drug companies over ‘skyrocketing’ insulin prices

Oregon Head Start calls on Gov. Kotek to reallocate nearly $10M in lost funding

Oregon sees snow shortage to start 2026, storm won’t solve problem

Portland/Metro News

Head of Portland’s police oversight office to resign

Portland City Council will elect its next president, but not everyone agrees

This Might Be Councilor Angelita Morillo’s Moment

Portland to evict nearly 100 shelter residents who are ‘unwilling to engage’

Trump warns Portland, ‘We’ll go back in when the crime starts,’ as National Guard demobilizes

PBJ Publisher Candace Beeke wins metro chamber leadership award

Here’s what Portland City Council is discussing this week

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Online petition calls for removal of Bend city manager

Oregon DOC unlikely to close EOCI for budget reductions

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Eugene launches peer support program for downtown homeless community

After voter rejection, Dallas makes new plans for new police station

Reworld Marion incinerator sale fails. What to know

Benton County sets new hearing on Coffin Butte expansion

Southern Oregon News

Canyonville, Myrtle Creek applicants welcome for South Umpqua School District Board of Education

Two town hall meetings planned for Douglas County Commissioner Candidates

Mercy Medical Center among Oregon hospitals anticipating upcoming strains

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Business & Economic News

NW Natural seeks to shift cost of failed renewable natural gas investment to customers

The world has too much oil right now. Will companies want Venezuela’s?

Trump says US to get 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil from Venezuela at market price

US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide

Trump family crypto company applies for banking charter

How crypto became a political powerhouse in Trump’s Washington

Palantir courts major federal contracts — and controversy — in Trump era

Utah becomes first state to allow AI to approve prescription refills

Education News

Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could follow

Murmurs: Appeals Court Preserves Research Funds

Energy & Environment News

Wright says US will sell Venezuelan oil ‘indefinitely’

Health News

Oregon sues pharmaceutical companies over insulin prices

RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid puts meat, cheese and vegetables at the top

Court Preserves NIH Funding for Indirect Costs at OHSU and Beyond

Abortion, minimum premiums emerge as sticking points in Senate ObamaCare talks

Appeals panel upholds block of NIH research overhead payment cuts

US has new alcohol guidelines: How much is healthy to drink?

Immigration/ICE News

DHS wants Venezuelans to return home, but fears remain as long as Maduro regime is in power

ICE officers impersonating utility workers, Oregon lawmaker says

Key airline used by Trump for deportations cuts ties with ICE

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

House farm bill action delayed until February

Transportation News

Alaska Airlines places largest plane order in its history, eyes more international routes

Justice & Court News

Attorneys for US DOJ, Portland clash over police records related to ICE protests

Halligan ordered to explain continued use of US attorney title

International News

Live updates: Trump exits 66 international organizations in latest retreat from global cooperation

President Petro’s clash with Trump over Venezuela backs Colombia into a corner

Iran army chief threatens preemptive attack over ‘rhetoric’ targeting country after Trump’s comments

Rubio plans to meet with Danish officials next week to talk about US interest in Greenland

Trump invites Colombian president to White House days after threatening it with military strike

US suspends aid to Somalia’s government

Europe draws red line on Greenland after a year of trying to pacify Trump

U.S. Escalates Venezuela Oil Embargo With Tanker Seizures

US seizes Russian-flagged tanker and a second Venezuela-linked ship

U.S. defies Moscow, seizes oil tanker despite Russian submarine escort

Trump’s Venezuela oil play comes into focus

‘People would attempt to flee’: Concern grows over possible Cuba collapse

National News

ICE agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis amid immigration crackdown

Minneapolis mayor calls ICE self-defense claim ‘spin’ after ‘reckless’ deadly shooting

Live updates: Noem says officer was hit by car in deadly Minneapolis shooting, bashes Walz and Frey

National Campaign News

Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida’s congressional districts

Trump tells Republicans: ‘You gotta win the midterms’ or ‘I’ll get impeached’

Democrat wins Virginia state Senate special election

Republicans risk erasing gains with young voters

Could House control change party hands before November?

National Political news

Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It’s part of his affordability plan

Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing ‘dangerous times’

House takes step toward extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, overpowering GOP leadership

Trump administration funding threats set child care providers and parents on edge

Trump immigration policies and a lower fertility rate slow US growth projection, budget office says

Trump invited to give State of the Union address on Feb. 24

New details and information released on the death of Congressman Doug LaMalfa

Fetterman on Greenland: ‘Ideally, we purchase it’ 

GOP backlash to Omar earmark slows government-funding bill

GOP senator on Trump Jan. 6 pardons: ‘We let bad people go’

Trump’s oil-centric vision for Venezuela divides Congress

Trump threatens defense contractors over stock buybacks, executive pay

Democrats see funding as key to curb Trump ambitions on Venezuela, Greenland and beyond

Tillis slams White House adviser Stephen Miller’s comments on Greenland: ‘Amateurish’

Jeffries calls Noem a liar: ‘No evidence’ to justify Minneapolis ICE shooting

Zero-dollar premiums sticking point in Senate health talks

House GOP hearing highlights Minnesota fraud concerns

Trump Moves to Ban Large Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes

9 Republican rebels buck party leadership to advance Dems healthcare bill vote

Trump seeks $6 million after Georgia election case dismissal

Furious Democrats threaten government shutdown after Minneapolis shooting

Military/Defense

Hundreds of federalized National Guard members demobilized in Oregon, Illinois and California

Hegseth has heated exchange with CNN reporter over cost of Venezuela mission

Trump calls for $1.5T budget for ‘dream military’

Trump threatens to nix Raytheon’s defense contracts

Trump officials tell Congress: No troops in Venezuela

Opinion

This Zohran Mamdani official wants to seize property from whites? 

Trump’s raid on Venezuela marks the end of American greatness

Electricity costs are rising rapidly — there is a solution, but Trump keeps blocking it

White House launches Jan. 6 site blaming police for riot? 

2025 could mark the beginning of the end of US scientific dominance 

A blowout win for Democrats in 2026?

The woman fatally shot by ICE in Minneapolis did not deserve to die

Trump seizes a tanker and loses patience with Putin