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Oregon News

Oregon Department of Education shuts down literacy, math development programs

Oregon’s ombudsmen are supposed to be independent. But are they?

Oregon Employment Department fixing 12,000 incorrect tax forms

Pilot Program to rehouse, connect Oregonians to services

Metropolitan Portland News

Oregon Health Authority Should Reject OHSU’s Purchase of Legacy, Community Review Board Says

Portland Family Sues Urban Forestry and City Forester Over Tree That Crushed Home

Multnomah County commissioners align to lessen the power of the board’s chair

After fraught contract negotiations, teachers union in Beaverton hopes to gain sway on school board

Central/Eastern Oregon

Harney County flooding cleanup and repair efforts continue, more Silvies River flooding possible

Willamette Valley News

‘Extremely rare’: Sudden revocation of University of Oregon student’s visa sparks alarm

Benton County implements hiring freeze, acknowledges deficit

Southern Oregon

A year after removing 4 dams on the Klamath, 2 still remain

Business/Economic News

Markets lurch on false Trump tariff pause report

U.S. Stock Meltdown Gives Way to Global Rout

BlackRock CEO: Economy ‘weakening as we speak’

Wall Street could be headed for a bear market. Here’s what that means

U.S. stocks keep sliding as selloffs sweep through global markets

Between tariffs and survival, American business owners are doing alarming math

Transportation News

Amtrak Cascades train service fully restored

Health News

Former top vaccine regulator says he blocked RFK Jr. team from database

Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. But what does Medicaid actually do?

3rd measles-related death reported; 2nd child dies in Texas

Energy & Environment

Most US Christian leaders believe climate change is real: Study

International News

Spartz says Ukraine not positioned to keep land in peace talks

Trump: US, Iran to hold direct nuclear talks on Saturday

National News

Roberts temporarily halts deadline for Trump administration to return mistakenly deported man

Trump-fired labor board members can return to work, court rules

National Political News

Cracks appear among Trump’s cheerleaders

7 GOP senators sign on to bill to check Trump’s trade authority

Trump planning military parade through DC for 79th birthday

GOP pollster: Majority of Trump voters oppose Medicaid cuts

Democrats demand answers over book removals at military service academies

Trump threatens to veto Senate bill limiting his tariff power

Trump’s most loyal supporters are begging him to do tariff deals

Tariff News

Trump Threatens Additional 50% Tariff on China

Global Leaders Rush to Woo Trump, Hoping to Sway Him on Tariffs

Trump shows no signs of backing off tariffs

CNBC says it aired ‘unconfirmed’ report on Trump tariff plans amid market turmoil

Musk, Navarro tangle on tariffs

Bessent: Federal layoffs will help fill factory jobs created by Trump tariffs

Trump calls tariffs ‘medicine,’ says he isn’t concerned about stock market selloff

Top five apple export markets targeted by tariffs, USApple concerned

DOGE News

Appeals panel clears way for DOGE access to sensitive personal data at OPM, Education Department

Energy Department considers more than 40 percent of its staff nonessential as layoffs loom

Trump appointment of junior official to oversee State Department personnel meets resistance

They had left their DEI roles. Trump still fired them

Opinion

Trump is disrupting everything — why isn’t Congress doing anything? 

Save the Smithsonian and America’s priceless cultural legacy

How lazy journalism helps bring junk science into the mainstream

Florida Republicans won. Now let’s get back to work.

Opinion: Journalism is essential to upholding democracy. SB 686 can help support local news

Opinion: Data center discrimination bill sends wrong economic message for Oregon