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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon thought California woman lived in Hillsboro park, siphoned $20K from her bank account

Oregon State Police violated law by sharing data with ICE for years, lawsuit claims

Oregon Election News

Latino-owned brewery says GOP candidate for Oregon governor promoted event without approval

Republican candidates for Oregon governor spend millions to push competing messages in final stretch

Oregon GOP governor candidates square off in third debate

Embattled Oregon judge makes move against DA who called her ‘not qualified’

Oregon 2026 elections: 3 Republicans vie for Senate District 6 nom

Wildfire News

Oregon faces longer fire season due to historic heat, drought, fire experts warn

Two wildfires burn 39 acres along Highway 96 in Klamath area with mop-up underway

500-acre prescribed burn continues along Highway 97

Portland/Metro News

Oregon ethics commission to rule on Portland councilors’ private retreat

Homelessness likely to increase in Portland area through 2027, Multnomah County officials say

Murmurs: County Commissioners Weigh Needle Distribution Ban Near Schools

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Hermiston School Board to vote on rejoining education service district

Willamette Valley/Salem News

In Retreat, Health System Drops Plans to Outsource Eugene Emergency Departments to Out-Of-State Firm

What $23M Salem-Keizer budget cuts mean for students

Van Buren Bridge gets ribbon cutting

PeaceHealth and Eugene Emergency Physicians agree to extend contracts

Judge says ApolloMD, Lane Emergency Physicians leaders were dishonest in court

Southern Oregon News

A small Oregon town faces financial peril. Can residents save Lakeview?

Josephine finance director leaving as budgeting begins

Josephine County Schools downgraded to secure status after threatening phone call

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AI/Technology News

Hassett: White House may review AI models ‘like an FDA drug’

AI Rally Powers Nasdaq to Another Record

White House mulls tighter controls on advanced AI

AI creates a mess for private equity

Axios interview: Scale AI CEO Jason Droege pushes “reliability” reality

Doctors’ growing AI deepfakes problem

Business/Economic News

Why gasoline costs 52% more in the US than it did before the Iran war

Pacific Power seeks rare ‘interim’ rate increase, citing financial problems

Ashland votes $15k to aid Newport in its fight against ICE detention facility there

Rogue Valley Transit levy among questions up for vote in Jackson County

Airline fuel costs jumped 56 percent in March: Transportation Department

Some iPhone users could see payments after Apple settles Siri AI lawsuit

Corporate America shrugging off economic uncertainty

Health Care News

UnitedHealthcare to eliminate prior authorization for 30 percent of services

FDA approves some flavored vapes after reports of Trump pressure

Cassidy calls for expedited abortion pill review as primary nears

Trump’s student loan limits could rock the health care industry

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Farmer sentiment drops in April with Iran war

Judge ends ‘interminable litigation’ over organic livestock rules

U.S. attorney general probing beef packers seeks tips from ranchers

Epstein News

Lutnick admits to having prolonged ties to Epstein in closed-door interview

Justice & Court News

Trump, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, seeks to halt $83M payment in sexual abuse case

Supreme Court yet to decide on Election Day, Trump firings

DOJ sues Colorado over high-capacity magazine ban passed after Aurora shooting

Immigration/ICE News

Trump administration axes fast-track training for new ICE recruits

Trump’s mandatory detention policy fails in Florida appeals court

International News

Local elections could hasten the exit of Britain’s embattled prime minister

Macron calls for Strait of Hormuz to reopen, says he talked with Iranian president

National News

Assaults against U.S. Jews reach 46-year high

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

How Trump’s immigration crackdown is affecting everyday Americans, according to a new AP-NORC poll

Healthcare costs top of mind for voters as midterms approach, survey finds

More than 80% of this demographic group rates U.S. economy as bad or terrible

Why Trump’s dipping approval rating could spell trouble for Republicans in November

Poll: Even Trump voters reject his Jesus post

National Campaigns/Elections

Candidates for California governor tangle in testy debate with mail voting already underway

Trump’s success at purging Republican dissenters may not help in midterm elections

Southern Republicans press ahead with election-year redistricting of US House despite protests

California gubernatorial candidates pounce on Becerra at debate

Democrats in Michigan keep state Senate majority with special election win

Solving the redistricting fight comes down to the basics

Tennessee Republicans unveil new map that would dismantle lone Democratic seat

The voters’ voice: Gerrymandering and the state of democracy 

Indiana GOP legislators who defied Trump on redistricting are defeated

‘The Kamala Harris problem’: Vance’s 2028 hopes hinge on Trump, Iowa Republicans say

Trump revenge tour steamrolls Indiana holdouts

National Political News

Rising: May 6, 2026

$1 billion in taxpayer money for Trump’s ballroom? Oregon senator, other Democrats recoil at GOP bill

Democrats rail against Lutnick interview on Epstein as ‘egregious cover-up’

Hewitt: Iran peace framework ‘terrible deal’

Obama: Attorney general is ‘not the president’s consigliere’

Another House Republican is under the microscope for alleged sexual misconduct

Investigate them or shame them? Inside the debate over how to deal with creeps in Congress

Senate Dems eager to force Republicans to vote on Trump’s ballroom

National Congressional News

GOP opposition grows to moving third reconciliation package on Trump agenda

Johnson faces tough road when bills that split GOP return to House

House sexual harassment payouts exceeded $300,000

Trump/Administration News

Trump announces pause on Project Freedom

Iran live updates: Trump says no deadline for Iran to make a deal

Trump optimistic as U.S. awaits Iran’s response to peace framework

Exclusive: U.S. and Iran closing in on one-page memo to end war, officials say

US military actions test Trump’s claim the Iran war is over

Iran reviewing US proposal as source says both sides moving toward memo to end war

The biggest obstacle to an Iran deal may be Trump’s ego

Trump threatens Iran strikes, says it’s too soon for new direct talks

Trump administration sows confusion as it tries to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Trump takes sharp turn toward ending Iran war

Live updates: Trump warns Iran to agree to deal; House Oversight deposes Lutnick

Brazil’s Lula to discuss fighting organized crime, tariffs in Trump meeting

New surgeon general pick in deleted posts criticized Trump, RFK Jr. policies

White House, Pentagon drift apart on Anthropic fight

Eric Trump shares gold logo for proposed ‘Donald J. Trump International Airport’ in Palm Beach

Trump’s counterterrorism strategy puts focus on left-wing ‘violent secular groups’

Trump counterterrorism strategy targets ‘violent left-wing extremists’ with ‘transgender ideology’

RFK Jr.’s revenge

Middle East Conflict News

Iran says ships can pass Strait of Hormuz as Trump warns of bombings without a deal

US fires on Iranian oil tanker as Trump pressures Tehran for deal to end war

What’s in the US’s 1-page proposal for Iran peace deal?

UAE condemns Iranian statements about ‘military solution to a political crisis’

Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show

Israel strikes Beirut suburbs, threatening already shaky ceasefire

Opinion

The numbers don’t lie: The DNC is winning where it matters most

How to secure a multiracial democracy despite the Supreme Court

Unions are acting as a toll booth on the road to unaccountable single-party power

Book-ban controversy shows the need to break up Amazon’s online bookstore

Americans want to age at home — Congress must help make it possible

Zohran Mamdani’s ‘creepy and weird’ attack on success

The Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling could backfire badly on the GOP

What took down Spirit Airlines? Economists have a term for it.

What the Supreme Court wants to pretend about democracy

The Deal With the Iranian Regime

Mass Deportation and American Jobs