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Oregon/Northwest News

Health insurance for many Oregonians could get a lot more expensive next year

Kotek approves first request to return civil jurisdiction to an Oregon tribe

Oregon resists court order for housing trans prisoners amid federal pressure

Oregon man faces terrorism charges, accused of declaring ‘war’ on U.S., setting fires

Oregon Puts Out Stricter Air Quality Guidelines For Youth Outdoor Activities

Nearly half of Oregon counties now in emergency drought status

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Controversial Oregon ballot initiative to ban hunting, fishing sparks bipartisan opposition

Wildfire News

Smoke Summit focuses on winegrape protection from wildfire smoke

 $14.5M project restores Oregon oaks and mitigates wildfire risk

Portland/Metro News

National Weather Service expands extreme heat watch for Portland-Vancouver metro area

Oregon utility regulators delay PGE’s data center rate increase for a month

Hillsboro will investigate data center moratorium after residents’ outcry

2 Portland ballot initiatives have each raised staggering amounts to reshape how the city spends millions

Portland Association of Teachers Says Educator Layoffs Violate Contract

Oregon Coast News

Bandon City Council discusses aging tsunami warning system, encourages residents to sign up for mass notifications

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Why the Eastern Oregon University campus turns into an outdoor rage room for one day only

Hermiston aims to form LID to pay for E. Jennie Ave. extension

 Logging could triple in Blue Mountains national forests under plan

 Hermiston City Council approves $123M budget

 Highest exports since 2020-2021 marketing year, U.S. Wheat says

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Eugene-area protesters sue over fence at downtown federal building

Corvallis gets more serious about raising new taxes

Southern Oregon News

City of Roseburg adopts budget for 2026-27 fiscal yearAI/Technology News

Anthropic CEO: government should block dangerous AI

China-linked operatives used ChatGPT to influence data centers debate: OpenAI

Visa plugs OpenAI into payments infrastructure

AI firms craft state rules as White House, Congress stall

Business/Economic News

Inflation report shows a contained energy shock

Costco, sued over beloved product, fires back

SpaceX wants regular investors to help its stock launch. Here’s what to know before clicking ‘buy’

Inflation heats up to highest pace in three years, fueled by war

Prices are soaring on these everyday grocery items, driving up inflation

Dow Slides More Than 950 Points as Stocks Tumble

Trump says ‘I love the inflation’ after data shows fastest price hikes since 2023

How inflation is quietly reshaping where and how Americans shop

Health insurance for many Oregonians could get a lot more expensive next year

Education News

As AI use in schools grows, lawmakers and districts scramble to set up guardrails

Most of Oregon’s State Teacher Prep Programs Still Get an F in Reading Instruction

Energy & Environment News

How the Iran war aftershocks are hitting oil, coal, climate

EPA won’t set nationwide standards for data centers

Guthrie doubles down on data center energy legislation

EPA replaced employee desk phones with calling software. The union says 9-1-1 doesn’t work correctly

Health Care News

Leading OB-GYN group issues vaccine recommendations, breaks with CDC

What scientists are learning from a 92-year-old who’s as fit as someone half her age

OHA updates Outdoor Youth Guidance for wildfire smoke

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

New screwworm case confirmed in Texas

Highest exports since 2020-2021 marketing year, U.S. Wheat says

 Government strategy to kill barred owls gets federal court hearing

Epstein News

“Regime Change” details Trump team’s Epstein leak fears

Gates Tells Congress His Affairs Had Nothing to Do With Epstein

Trump’s top advisers used White House Situation Room to navigate Epstein crisis

Justice & Court News

Supreme Court’s final cases loom over Trump’s immigration, election hopes

California sues Trump administration to block DHS ‘holding facility’ construction

Immigration/ICE News

ICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more light

International News

In Belfast, riots and mayhem follow alleged stabbing by asylum seeker

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

A study splits Americans into nine political groups. Where do you belong?

National Campaigns/Elections

Duffy’s push for son-in-law’s House campaign sparks backlash

Platner’s big night: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

Becerra, Hilton advance in California governor’s race

Graham Platner wins Dem nomination in key Maine Senate race

Some Senate Dems still won’t commit to Graham Platner

Bernie Sanders’ candidates just keep winning

Florida high court paves the way for Republicans to use new House map 

Navy admiral fired by Hegseth advances to runoff in Democratic primary for Mace seat

More fall House matchups set in California

Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman lose bids for governor in South Carolina

Democrats reluctantly accept Platner as GOP wields his candidacy against them

Collins isn’t Trump’s ‘best friend’ but he’s on her side in Maine Senate matchup with Platner

National Political News

Rising: June 10, 2026

House Oversight chair wants Todd Blanche to testify on Epstein in July

Mace ‘headed back to private sector’ after congressional term ends

Democrats rebuff Trump pitch on surveillance authority

They want to rebuild Rayburn. First, they have to build enough support

Rush to regulate AI divides Democrats in Congress

House Democrats demand security checks for Trump intelligence pick Bill Pulte

National Congressional News

Cruz sets aggressive timeline on college sports bill

Capital agenda: Cue shutdown watch after Republicans go it alone on ICE funding

Four senior senators express alarm, push for ‘hard’ Social Security votes

House Republican says Congress ‘needs to get their act together’ on Social Security ahead of deadline

House to vote on short-term spy powers extension Thursday amid Pulte clash

Republicans fume at members circumventing leaders with discharge petitions

College sports bill sparks unusual alliances

James Gallagher sworn in to finish LaMalfa’s term in the House

Lawmakers launch bipartisan efforts to address Sudan civil war

Transportation safety technology drawing interest in Congress

ActBlue CEO invokes Fifth Amendment to lawmakers 

Prior authorization bill now eligible for House fast track

Trump/Administration News

Feds move to allow sports “trading” on prediction markets

‘The die has been cast’: Trump allies fear it’s too late to reverse economic woes

Treasury watchdog finds no evidence backing Musk’s payment fraud claims

Trump asks Congress for ‘short-term’ spy law extension

Trump embraces May price spikes amid Iran war: ‘I love the inflation’

The Memo: Trump faces slippage back toward war in Iran

Explosive NYT report of Trump team’s Epstein panic

Trump claims 100 million oil barrels secretly moved through Strait of Hormuz

Trump officials play Biden blame game as screwworm spreads

Trump’s arch construction to run 20 hours a day for 2 to 3 years, documents show

 Vance says Netanyahu has “certainly gotten some things wrong”

 Trump signs bill giving nearly $70B to his immigration enforcement agenda through end of his term

Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters

Middle East Conflict News

Trump thinks Iran deal ‘still close’ despite retaliatory strikes over downed helicopter

Live updates: US launches ‘self-defense’ strikes against Iran

U.S. bombing Iran for second straight night

Trump boils over after Tehran kept him waiting

Trump says U.S. will bomb Iran today: “They keep playing us for suckers”

How the Iran war aftershocks are hitting oil, coal, climate

U.S. and Iran exchange strikes after helicopter downing

U.S., Iran negotiate via ultimatums and attacks with ceasefire on the brink

Iran live updates: US begins strikes after Hegseth promised ‘busy’ night

 UN nuclear watchdog board demands urgent Iran cooperation and access to nuclear sites

Defense/Military News

US military launches fresh round of Iran strikes

Hegseth says coming strikes on Iran will be ‘strong and clear’

US military disables oil tanker in Gulf of Oman, drawing pushback from India

U.S. launches new attacks on multiple targets in Iran, CENTCOM says

US Central Command says it is conducting strikes against multiple targets for the second straight day as talks to end the war drag on

Opinion

Trump cutting women out of admin roles amid attacks on female journalists 

Scott Jennings says end ballot harvesting in Los Angeles!  

The data brokers Congress forgot to regulate

US fails to ‘take Vienna’ in Iran; and the is enemy undeterred

HUD’s new direction on homelessness is missing the most important facts

Unhappy independents will decide this election

There’s nothing to show for the lengthy DHS funding battle

Inflation gets even worse

Graham Platner and Ken Paxton: When Ugliness Is the Point

An Inflation Silver Lining