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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon May Have Overpaid Medicaid Administrators by Millions, Audit Finds

Oregon’s top HR staffer who was fired gets new state job

Oregon fired its top HR official. Now it’s giving her a new state job

Major Oregon Medicaid eligibility changes are coming. An audit found the system already has problems

Oregon Campaign & Election News

‘Spoilers’ happen in Oregon. Will this year’s race for governor join the list?

Oregon governor’s race still far from settled, new poll shows

As Oregon Officials Install More Ballot Drop Boxes, We Checked Which Counties Have the Most per Person

Portland/Metro News

Lawyers sound alarm about new deportation tactic being used in Portland Immigration Court

Draft audit blasts PPS for ‘overpriced’ $61.5 million contract to manage massive school construction projects

Portlanders’ Feelings of Representation by the City Council Are Returning to Their Dismal Baseline

External Auditor Finds PPS Bond Program Is at Heightened Risk of Fraud

Oregon Coast News

Gray whales connect Oregon’s coast to a changing Bering Sea

Port of Bandon returns memorial site to Coquille Indian Tribe

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Linn, Benton officials react to Supreme Court ballot ruling

Southern Oregon News

Asante and nurses union discuss court case amid signs of strike

RCC board approves new policies on immigration, law enforcement

Judge will decide lawsuit over Ashland City Hall

Jackson County approves $148K grant for Medford airport expansion

AI/Technology News

Hackers rip down Flock camera, steal its data, share findings with media

Abbott orders penalties for Texas data centers that fail to report water use

Sanders: ‘Embarrassing’ how ‘ignorant’ Trump is on AI

Scoop: U.S. open to discuss AI “shared risks” with China, Bessent says

OpenAI discloses six new AI safety incidents

AI environmental concerns build as lawmakers grapple with tech panic

Exclusive: Warren backs pause on advanced AI

An aging Congress attempts to regulate AI without using it

Tech giants launch flexible-power coalition for data centers

Business/ Economic News

Amazon increases minimum starting pay, adds new discount for employees

Fed raises interest rates by quarter point to tackle inflation

What the rate hike means for your mortgage, car loan and credit cards

Dow Falls More Than 600 Points

Exxon Is Nearing a Preliminary Deal to Invest in Venezuela’s Oil Fields

‘How are we gonna get through this?’ Many Americans are struggling as prices rise

Trump demands lower interest rates after Fed decision

Exclusive: Kristen Silverberg named next president and CEO of Business Roundtable

Americans’ income hits record, but lower earners lose ground

Woman sues supermarket for nearly $1M over rotisserie chicken burn

Energy & Environmental News

Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come

Media News

Rising: September 16, 2026

Transportation News

Bridge barriers save lives. Why hasn’t Oregon built more?

Court News

Supreme Court’s mail ballot ruling brings giant sigh of relief to Trump critics 

Trump: Kennedy Center won’t be renovated if courts deny board’s naming plan

International News

EU chief wants Canada as bloc’s first associate member

Poll & Surveys

Latest Polls

More Americans say AI will hurt the environment than help it: Poll

A stunning number of Republicans just turned on Trump’s economy

National Campaign/Elections

Kansas’s former GOP governor backs Democrat over Marshall for Senate

El-Sayed on Rogers avoiding debate: ‘The elephant was not in the room’

Trump seeks to help Republican in uphill North Carolina battle

Environmental groups launch new canvassing effort to boost Democrats

Trump-aligned groups are pouring money into the midterm races

National Political News

Top Democrat puts hold on Trump’s $2.8B weapons sale to Israel

Texas universities purge core courses as political pressure takes its toll

Senate Republican on Trump claim AI threat is ‘hoax’: ‘Come on’

Hawley to push GOP officeholders, candidates to sign ‘Declaration for Life’

The Memo: Blanche blasts through norms as Rose Garden ‘press secretary’

Fetterman attended retreat with Fox News executives in Montana

Patel rips Democrats after clashes at hearing: ‘Buffoons’

Bessent grilled on AI, bond market in tense House hearing: 3 takeaways

Surgeon general nominee won’t renounce RFK Jr. vaccine decisions

National Congressional News

One Republican rages against House’s early exit

Gas tax holiday bill on ice despite House rule fracas

Veterans benefit bill gets 218 signatures on discharge petition

Push to restrict ‘jawboning’ advanced by Senate Commerce panel

House speaker declares Iran nuclear issue “taken care of”

House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections

House still set to vote on Russia and Iran sanctions, data center electricity costs

Trump/Administration News

RFK Jr.’s sister knocks Trump on Kennedy Center shutdown

Beatty reveals heated discussion with Trump over Kennedy Center

Trump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say

Trump administration is moving ahead with signs outside Smithsonian museum

Trump escalates war on federal data

With hopes for crypto legislation dimming, Trump’s regulators step into the fray

Port of Bandon returns memorial site to Coquille Indian Tribe

Furious Trump melts down over Fed interest rate hike, makes 12-word all-caps demand

JD Vance makes jaw-dropping confession about Trump’s second term with four-word gaffe

Middle East Conflict News

Trump leaves Saudis in the lurch with hands-off response to Houthi advances

Saudis seek allies’ help as missile defenses run low in fight with Houthis, officials say

US makes rare move with Houthis as Red Sea crisis threatens to spiral

U.S. diplomats meet with Houthis as Red Sea crisis intensifies

Defense/Military

Service members must meet weight, grooming standards for Hegseth event: Report

Retired lieutenant general: US responding to ‘arms race in space’ that’s already underway

Pentagon acknowledges space weapons deployment for first time

U.S. Is Burning Through Its Supply of Interceptors to Counter Iran’s Attacks

‘The US can’t lose’: Pentagon plows ahead on AI despite warnings

Fears of AI sparked a moment of unity. Now that’s over.

Opinion

Republicans are feeling sick over the nation’s Trump hangover

Move over, evangelicals: Mainline Christians are the 2026 swing voter 

On the Hill, Democrats are creating a weapon that might backfire on them

Federal judges are being targeted with pizza doxxing; no one has been held to account

Republicans came back to Washington and made voting harder

Trump on the ballot: Will it help Republicans?

Murky Senate polls reveal the trouble Republicans are in

Independence-minded South Carolina has an alternative to Darline Graham

Kevin Warsh Is an Inflation Hawk