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Oregon/Northwest News

Retaliation complaints spark state to hire independent investigator at Oregon State Hospital

Oregon Campaign & Election News

PACs and Megadonors Shift Millions as Oregon Governor’s Race Enters Final Stretch

The fight over who gets to vote in Oregon primaries isn’t going away, new poll shows

Portland/Metro News

Closing schools could save about $1 million per building, Portland Public Schools superintendent says

Portland proposes tracking and curbing buildings’ greenhouse gases

Parent Group Asks PPS for Seismic Bond Spending Plan Amid Rightsizing

Councilor Candace Avalos Proposes New Emissions Regulations for Big Buildings

Central/Eastern Oregon News

Small Oregon city considers legal action over governor’s order halting data center permits

Oregon gun laws offer no clear path for Bend shooting prosecution

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Jill Cuadros says signs stolen; accused man denies wrongdoing

Southern Oregon News

Douglas County unemployment rate declines from September

Individual evaluations of Grants Pass city manager will remain publicly available

Pair of longtime Jackson County Commissioners face challengers (Election 2026)

6 people vie for Ashland parks commission seat openings (Election 2026)

Nurses union: Drazen hospital safe staffing comments at Medford debate raise ‘serious questions’

Oregon State Marine Board to hold Medford town hall

Fired NICU doctors appeal to Asante board to intervene on growing list of concerns

Medford Police meet to discuss flock cameras

Ashland makes $5.15 monthly parks fee permanent after 4-3 vote

Five on 5: Chris Beck – (D) (I) Candidate for US Representative, 2nd District

Klamath Falls City Council postpones vote on Flock cameras

AI/Technology News

Investors ‘almost certainly’ in midst of AI bubble: Ken Griffin

AI Just Found a Bug That Puts up to 70% of the World’s Websites at Risk

Nvidia’s global power play

AI is getting better at hacking power, water systems

Business/ Economic News

GTA 6 launch could drain $1 billion from US economy — this is how

Gas, groceries, electricity: Where prices stand as midterms approach

SpaceX and Tesla Are Joined at the Hip. A Merger Would Make It Formal.

Zuckerberg Discussed Leaving California Over Wealth Tax

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion to New Mexico in Data-Privacy Case

The Superrich Are Buying $100 Million Mansions Just to Tear Them Down

9 states, including Oregon, shed jobs in the past year

PacificSource to lay off 134 more Oregon workers as insurer continues to shrink

Energy & Environmental News

UN climate report says world will fail 1.5-degree Paris goal but argues for keeping overshoot brief

Trump gives contentious New York pipeline a Defense Production Act boost

The oil market’s 2027 relief hopes are fading fast

Healthcare News

Poll: Most Americans confident in safety of routine childhood vaccines

Insurers could revisit denied doula coverage claims after Oregon agency admits error

Oregon made it easier to get help with hospital bills. Then lawmakers loosened the rules

Media News

Rising: October 20, 2026

White House takes new swipes at press, blocking a reporter and threatening an outlet

White House to Politico: Retract stories or face “consequences”

Transportation News

FAA clears the way for airlines to put Boeing’s long-delayed 737 Max 10 into service

Russia sending first diesel shipment to US on Thursday

Weather News

Tropical Storm Vance has formed in the Pacific Ocean

Court News

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow Big Bend border wall construction

Ex-Olympic canoeist’s lawyers urge DOJ inspector general to reconsider Reflecting Pool case probe

Kagan: Supreme Court rulings have heightened political polarization 

Supreme Court rebuffs Trump administration restrictions on medical care for transgender inmates

Oregon appeals court revives challenge to domestic surveillance at state’s anti-terrorism center

Immigration/ICE News

Bynum calls for ICE to pause enforcement in Bend, Deschutes County in wake of school shooting

National News

Meet the US’s newest national park, Chiricahua

International News

Australian politician who was hit by car has lost both legs

Macron assails ‘unacceptable and even stupid’ remarks from Trump, others on France riots

US orders departure of embassy staff, families from Saudi Arabia

China expresses ‘firm opposition’ to Trump administration sanctions tied to former Google engineer

Putin tells Witkoff he is ready to resume direct peace talks, Russia releases U.S. detainee

Trump-allied Colombian president removes art exhibits he deems communist, sparking protests

Carney says Trump’s tariffs hurt Americans as US Embassy alleges Canadian interference

Poll & Surveys

Latest Polls

CNN poll shows Democrats with a 10-point edge with voters

National Campaign/Elections

Vance ‘disgusted’ by Republicans decrying Ramaswamy ad with Acton’s mother

Cook Political Report polls find Democrats leading three critical Senate races

Cooper holds 13-point lead over Whatley in NC Senate race: Poll

Flanagan reverses course, says she was a Phi Beta Kappa member after all

Ralph Norman: ‘My family is not going to vote for Darline Graham’ 

Schumer ‘crazy’ to target Collins, Manchin says

Talarico cheers on Matthew McConaughey: ‘I think he’d be a great candidate’

Ossoff leads Collins while Jackson, Bottoms nearly tied in Georgia: Poll

Becerra holds 27-point lead over Hilton in California governor’s race: Poll

Trump-backed Whatley faces balancing act in North Carolina as polls tilt blue

How 3 Virginia races showcase the House battleground

Trump ties ethanol boon for farmers to a Marshall win

As Ohio attack ad draws bipartisan heat, Vivek Ramaswamy doubles down

Michigan Senate candidates trade personal attacks in final debate

Takeaways from the Senate debate in Kansas, an unexpected midterm battleground

Democrats sue Trump administration over alleged election pressure campaign

GOP Senate hopeful Ashley Hinson balances standing by Trump and standing up to him

In Michigan and Kansas Senate debates, Republicans make careful breaks with Trump

Key Ohio Republicans criticize Ramaswamy’s ad with Acton’s estranged mother, even as Vance warned them not to

Fears of a post-midterms Trump rampage spur ‘brutal’ internal jockeying

Michigan’s sleeper race is waking up

Brendan Carr takes up Trump’s ‘fake polls’ fight

Scoop: Dems quietly boost spoilers in key House races

Scoop: Senate Republicans fear Mississippi is in play

Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting, AP analysis shows

JD Vance accused of amplifying ‘another lie’ about Ohio Democrat: ‘You can say it, I can’t’

Indiana candidate went viral after a strange TV interview. Now she’s saying what happened

National Political News

Inside Democrats’ oversight playbook for Trump’s final 2 years 

The next Senate class will decide Social Security’s fate. Can they meet halfway to save it?

7 Republicans join letter urging Trump, Musk to give Ukraine targeting access in Russia

Cops left the force. They kept tracking people with a powerful camera network.

Ilhan Omar addresses longstanding rumors she married her brother

The House GOP’s imminent decision on the Omar raid

Washington braces for the return of Sherrod Brown

National Congressional News

House Republicans subpoena New Jersey for noncitizen voter records

Trump/Administration News

Live updates: Vance calls out GOP ‘whining’ about Ramaswamy ad; Trump lauds release of American by Russia

Trump on remarks about GOP senator’s ‘a‑‑’: ‘This guy’s a monster!’

Tr Witkoff faces backlash after calling Putin a ‘humanitarian’ump ties Camp Lejeune toxic water settlements to GOP midterm results

Preservationists worry new Mall plan will ease way for Trump’s Garden of Heroes

‘Unseemly and unfortunate’: Trump’s name brands millions of Amazon refund checks

Trump administration drops legal fight to overhaul student loan forgiveness program

Jemele Hill reminds Stephen A. Smith what Trump said before their White House dinner

Middle East Conflict News

Iran’s Shadow Tankers Have Run Out of Oil After Monthslong U.S. Blockade

One Person Killed and 8 Injured in Airport Attack in Saudi Arabia

Peter Thiel breaks with Trump over Iran war: ‘We should not have done it’

Israeli military conducts massive “power projection” operation near Iran’s border

Israeli forces detain and then release US congressional candidate at West Bank harvest

How the Mecca defense agreement between Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will work

Defense/Military

Warren warns of ‘enormous risk’ if Musk is ‘dictating our foreign policy’

Hegseth boosts battleground Republican during Wisconsin trip

Pentagon looks to build a deep-cover spy program to confront China

U.S. reducing troop footprint in Middle East, sources say

Trump’s promise to sick military families comes with one ‘beyond disgusting’ condition, critics say

Opinion

Is Trump a RINO?

Why the safest political path on daylight saving time is to do nothing 

Abortion wins elections. Why won’t Democrats say the word? 

Menopause is having its overdue moment

The false promise of free health care comes with an invoice for the middle class

Putin is no humanitarian, but is he ready to negotiate?

China can manipulate statistics. It can’t fool markets forever.

The cascading absurdities of a downward-spiraling presidency

Trump thought his biggest political trick made him invincible. Not anymore.

A False Campaign Cancer Scare

 You Pay When Your State Taxes Hospitals

 Putin Plays Hostage Geopolitics

 The compassion missing from the abortion debate