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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon is urging residents who’ve been cut off from federal food aid to get job training

Oregon Legislative & Political News

Oregon lawmakers pass bill to raise lodging tax

In fight to keep Trail Blazers, arena renovation bill clears Oregon Senate

Plan to add 1,700 acres of Hillsboro industrial land dies in Legislative committee

Changes to Oregon gun control Measure 114 scuttled in Senate committee vote

Oregon’s data center tax break moratorium would be narrower than initially described

Oregon lawmakers advance bill to revise campaign finance law despite significant confusion about what it would do

Affordable apartments, Moda Center, local water and sewer systems set to win $450M despite state budget austerity

Good governance groups to take campaign finance to ballot if lawmakers adopt ‘loopholes’

Oregon to nix cervical cancer diagnostic testing costs for patients, rest of US may follow suit

Oregon legislators clear the way for more residential, farmworker housing in Woodburn

Oregon lawmakers pass bill to protect immigrant patients at hospitals

Portland/Metro News

Judge expected to further restrict feds’ force at Portland ICE office, citing ‘disturbing evidence’

Portland council president wants to reshape city’s detested arts tax — and impose a new, separate one

Portland’s DA froze an elected judge out of serious cases. Legal experts are divided on his reasoning

Here’s who benefits from rent assistance paid for with the Portland area homeless services tax

Metro Council president eyes Lake Oswego city manager job

City ombudsman urges Portland to relax penalties for certain short-term rentals

Metro President Lynn Peterson Could Leave Post Early to Take Lake Oswego Manager Gig

Southern Oregon News

Construction restarts at RFP’s new Dillard MDF plant

An old library opt-out case comes back to new Josephine County commissioners

Officials from Grants Pass, Josephine County mending their relationship

Downtown businesses search for clarity after East Main Street redesign

Oregon GOP to host gubernatorial debate on April 16

Klamath, Jefferson, Deschutes counties’ officials urge action to improve U.S. 97 safety

Business/Economic News

Trump formally nominates Kevin Warsh for Fed chair

Morgan Stanley Lays Off 2,500 Employees Across All Divisions

Fresh Shocks, Same Strategy: Unfazed Retail Investors Keep Hitting ‘Buy’

How Iran’s Strait of Hormuz shutdown could hit the global economy

Trump, tech giants say AI pledge will contain power costs

The labor market is finally stabilizing, but there’s a catch

Education News

Trump voucher offers new money for public school students, and pressure for Democrats

Energy & Environment News

The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds

Justice & Court News

Judge orders Trump administration to close out goods without charging emergency tariffs 

Virginia Supreme Court clears way for redistricting referendum

Immigration/ICE News

ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows

International News

Newsom compares Israel to ‘apartheid state,’ wants to ‘rethink’ U.S. relationship

Ukraine sending experts to Middle East to help counter Iranian drones

Spain’s Sànchez firm on Iran war opposition despite Trump trade threat

Violence forges a new Middle East

Some European Leaders Are Now Openly Challenging Trump Over Iran

Scoop: Trump officials broker massive U.S.-Venezuela gold deal

Iran says a girls’ school was hit by a deadly air strike. Here’s what we know.

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

Majority of voters disapprove of how Trump has handled Iran

Americans aren’t sold on Iran attacks, new polls show

National Campaigns/Elections

Utah Republican announces he won’t seek reelection

GOP powerbroker in North Carolina, who led redistricting, trails in primary by two votes

Trump asks Texas Senate candidate he does not endorse to drop out of race

Abbott, Hinojosa to face off in general election for Texas governor

Menefee, Green’s Democratic primary battle heads to runoff

Live updates: Cornyn, Paxton move to runoff; Texas Supreme Court order complicates Dallas vote count

Sen. Steve Daines announces surprise retirement

Scoop: Democrats face primary threats over Iran vote

James Talarico wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas

The first midterm primaries of 2026, by the numbers

National Political News

Noem’s spending review has held up more than 1,000 FEMA contracts, grants and awards, Dems say

Johnson: ‘Everybody in America better watch’ how lawmakers vote on DHS funding

Gonzales admits to having an affair, calls it a ‘mistake’ and ‘lapse of judgment’

Senate Republican: ‘We’ve already won’ in Iran

Jared Polis signals possible clemency for Tina Peters

Lawmakers criticize Kristi Noem over delayed FEMA decisions

House squashes effort to force release of Ethics Committee files

Tillis expands block over unanswered questions to DHS

8 takeaways from the Texas, North Carolina, Arkansas primaries

‘A Major Shock to the System’: POLITICO Reporters Dissect the Iran War Fallout

‘We’re in it’: Dems won’t rule out giving Trump more money for the war

National Congressional News

Senate Republicans defeat measure to halt Iran strikes despite growing anxieties

House tees up final vote on Department of Homeland Security funding bill

House Commerce Chair unveils new kids safety package after bipartisan talks collapse

House panel subpoenas Pam Bondi over handling of Epstein files

House Ethics panel launches probe of Rep. Tony Gonzales

Johnson: Congress will pass Iran war funding when ‘appropriate’

How 938 billionaires could fund $3,000 payments for millions of Americans

Trump/Administration News

Trump signs agreement with Big Tech to cover data center electricity costs

White House targets week of March 30 for budget release

Justifications for war multiply at White House

Vance says in interview: White House couldn’t fix economy ‘in a day’

US killed Iranian leader behind Trump assassination plot, Hegseth says

Trump officials consider arming Kurdish opposition against Iran

Iran Invasion News

Iran’s ‘Missile Cities’ Have Become One of Its Biggest Vulnerabilities

Hegseth says U.S. “just getting started” as Iran war spreads

Citing ‘tremendous progress,’ Trump gives the US a 15 out of 10 grade for Iran war

Hegseth says US ‘can’t stop everything’ that Iran fires even as he asserts air dominance

Tariff News

Trade court orders Trump administration to jumpstart tariff refund process

Government Agency News

RFK Jr. puts Dunkin’ on notice; Massachusetts governor says ‘come and take it’

Noem defends living on base in Coast Guard housing 

Defense/Military News

Pentagon identifies 5th service member killed in Kuwait drone attack

Opinion

The new SNAP food restrictions aren’t just confusing — they’re illegal

Don’t let Congress abuse policy to give away public lands

Trump can crush the foundations of 3 dictatorships in 3 months

NASA fired its economists. It desperately needs to bring them back.  

A road map to better zoning and a boom in starter homes 

Trump’s big bet on Operation Epic Fury

Kristi Noem is a nightmare for immigration hawks

It would be easier to fund DHS with better leadership

The Washington Iran War Pessimists

Vance’s German Friends Are Wrong on Iran

The Democrats’ Instant ‘No’

Trump’s Iran Challenge Is at Home

The New Israeli Rules of Engagement