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Oregon Legislative News

Oregon’s new budget forecast reveals stark divide: Wages are down, but profits for corporations, the wealthy are surging

Oregon economists deliver weaker economic outlook during new forecast

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Oregon voters decisive as they reject gas tax, renominate Drazan

Former Democratic Oregon lawmaker will face Bentz in sprawling 2nd Congressional District

Christine Drazan takes Republican nomination

Oregonians reject gas tax proposal as fuel prices soar

Christina Stephenson cruising toward win in race for Oregon labor commissioner

Live updates: 2026 Oregon primary results

Drazan wins Republican primary for governor, teeing up rematch with Kotek

Key legislative races, local commission seats: What’s still at stake in Oregon’s 2026 primary

2 Washington County races for Legislature on track for razor’s edge finish

Despite ethics investigations, longtime Republican lawmaker Greg Smith wins reelection

Labor unions sided with far-left candidates in Oregon – and seem to have lost

Voters in Riverdale School District pass school levy, while voters in Canby appear to reject 1

Drazan wins Oregon Republican primary for governor, will face Kotek in rematch

Moderate business-friendly House member fends off union-funded challenger

Oregonians won’t see higher gas tax as Measure 120 goes down with strong opposition

Coasting to GOP primary win, Drazan says governor’s race will be different this time

Wildfire News

Trump’s new conditions on DEI, immigration could cut off states’ wildfire funding

Portland/Metro News

Portland’s billion-dollar climate fund becomes a blueprint for other cities

Revenge for Fischer, run-offs likely for incumbents in heated Clackamas County Commission races

Juan Carlos González leading in Metro Council president race

Clackamas County public safety levy poised to fail after election night

Washington County races, including chair, appear headed for November runoff

Portland teachers to consider unusual 1-year contract deal

Embattled Multnomah County judge loses seat; other races shake up bench

Portland area voters approve money for historical society, parks and fire station, reject funding for police

Clackamas County commission races: 1 incumbent trailing in rematch, other 2 headed for runoffs

Washington County chair’s race, 1 commission seat headed to runoff as another contest shows early leader

Beaverton City Council candidate arrested for alleged gun threat

Oregon Coast News

Columbia County jail will update U.S. Marshals policy after Oregon sanctuary lawsuit

Primary 2026: Election Results for Coos County

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Early returns show a big night for Deschutes County Democrats

Smith on track to hold onto Eastern Oregon House seat

Deschutes commissioner wins Republican nod for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District

‘Greater Idaho’ measure repealed in Wallowa County, a blow to long-standing border-moving effort

Election update: Jenness, Nicolai, Jones, Kishpaugh win Pendleton City Council races

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Hoyle headed to rematch with GOP challenger DeSpain in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District

Challenger Vanessa Nordyke leads incumbent Julie Hoy for Salem mayor in early returns

Oregon U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle headed to rematch with Republican Monique DeSpain

Oregon judge apologizes for inappropriate conduct at conference

Democrat Evans, Republican Fudge leading in House District 20

$1.1B budget for Salem-Keizer Public Schools sees preliminary approval

Mannix leading Stevenson for House District 21 Republican nomination

Tibbetts, Jackola ahead in early Linn County primary results

Eugene, Springfield voters speak on primary election

UPDATED results for West Lane, Springfield, East Lane commissioner

Rodley, Lynn take party nominations for legislature, Tibbetts leads

Southern Oregon News

Boice, Hammerson could be heading to the November ballot

Douglas County says no to gas tax

Unofficial results for U.S. and State positions show David Brock Smith, Monique

4 Josephine commissioner candidates move to runoffs

Henkels wins third term as Josephine County Clerk

Krause may face Hicks for open Oregon seat (Oregon Legislature)

Yunker leading in Republican primary for House seat (Oregon Legislature)

Phoenix Democrat Beck will face GOP Rep. Bentz in November

Jackson County voters approve RVTD levy renewal by wide margin

UPDATE: Krause leads state Senate race by 209 votes over Moro

ELECTION: Voters slam the brakes, soundly reject Measure 120 hike on gas tax

Primary election, measures and results

Klamath Basin primary election results

Business/Economic News

Meta slashes 8,000 jobs as it pivots towards AI

Health Care News

Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type

Transportation News

Gas now tops $4 in all 50 states, DC: AAA

Justice & Court News

Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Former prosecutor charged with emailing herself Jack Smith report, disguising it as cake recipe

Judge rules that Trump cannot ignore Presidential Records Act

Todd Blanche says assaulting officers will be considered in compensation decisions

Greenland News

US envoy: Greenland ‘was not on a map’ until Trump ‘put it on a map’

International News

US raises pressure on Cuba with indictment of former leader as island’s president condemns charges

5 things to know about the Raúl Castro indictment and the Cuba crisis

WHO chief fires back at Rubio over Ebola comments

US targets Sinaloa fentanyl distribution with new sanctions

Inside Israel’s High-Tech Campaign to Kill or Capture Every Oct. 7 Attacker

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

Where Trump stands with Republicans nationally, according to the latest AP-NORC poll

Trump approval on economy slips among Republicans: Survey

National Campaigns/Elections

4 takeaways from Tuesday’s primary night in half a dozen states

Alabama’s US Senate race heads to runoff as House primaries are in limbo over redistricting fight

Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries: Massie’s loss leaves no doubt about Trump’s power over the GOP

Platner holds 7 point lead over Collins in new Maine Senate poll

Lawsuit alleges South Carolina committee violated debate rules during redistricting hearing

Massie: ‘Dangerous when you shrink the tent’ 

National Political News

Rising: May 19, 2026

GOP’s YOLO caucus is small but growing. That may spell trouble for Trump’s congressional agenda

Democrats rip Texas Democratic candidate who says she’d make ICE detention center ‘prison for American Zionists’

Florida GOP senator says US won’t need to use military in Cuba

Senate GOP expresses frustration, anger, sadness as Trump snubs Cornyn in Texas

Lawmakers, health leaders make bipartisan push to expand clinical trials access

Trump’s influence on GOP primaries spurs ‘pretty sour’ feelings

‘Anti-weaponization fund’ mobilizes resistance among Democrats

Four swing House races in Pennsylvania loom large for both parties — and for 2028, too

Republicans squirm as Trump pursues legacy, control and revenge

National Congressional News

House holds off on prediction market ban despite bipartisan calls for prohibition

Republicans mull dropping $1 billion security money request for the White House and Trump’s ballroom

Votes ‘not there’ on $1 billion proposal for security at White House, Trump’s ballroom

Mace unveils amendment limiting Congress, judges to natural-born citizens

House Republican: ‘We’re gonna kill’ Trump’s nearly $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Thune: Trump’s targeting of Senate parliamentarian is ‘concerning’

House adopts changes to landmark housing bill, sending it back to Senate

4 hurdles facing Senate crypto bill after key vote

Will the House ban staff from prediction markets? These members aren’t waiting

Scoop: Fetterman’s chief of staff resigns

Trump/Administration News

RFK Jr. fires leaders of group that sets guidelines for preventive health screenings

Trump’s new conditions on DEI, immigration could cut off states’ wildfire funding

Trump attacks Senate parliamentarian, argues GOP must play hard-ball

5 things to know about the Trump IRS settlement

Jeff Bezos says Trump is ‘more mature, more disciplined’ in second term

Trump administration sues Minnesota over prediction market ban

Trump officials say they can build 250-foot arch without Congress’s approval

Trump is preparing to order new scrutiny of advanced AI

Trump faces first big loss on Iran war

Trump’s priorities are in deep trouble after his revenge tour

Trump bleeds votes in Congress to keep Iran war going

Trump gives blasé response to rate hike possibility

Middle East Conflict News

Iran: War will spread beyond Middle East if US attacks

Iran live updates: Trump says he’s in ‘no hurry’ to make a peace deal with Iran

Trump says Netanyahu will do “whatever I want him to do” on Iran

Trump and Netanyahu diverge on Iran war’s future in tense call

Trump, Netanyahu Hold Testy Call Over Iran

Defense/Military News

US aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean amid tensions with Cuba

New Pentagon task force races to bring powerful AI tools to America’s most sensitive networks

Opinion

Public pension boards are sacrificing pensioners for politics

Democrats are ready to reverse reckless GOP energy agenda and lower costs

A proposal to change foreign workers’ wages could threaten American jobs

When the sides ‘stop being the sides’

Spirit Airlines collapse shows the ‘New Antitrust’ movement is a flop

The Trump paradox: What’s good for him is weighing down his party

What Thomas Massie’s loss means for MAGA

Here’s the big winner of Tuesday’s primaries

Trump Reaches an Iran Crossroads