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Oregon News

OPB’s First Look: The budget crisis in Oregon timber country

Oregon parole and probation departments worry for cuts after state budget

Oregon sues Trump for threatening to withhold funds that support victims of abuse, crimes

Oregon already sued Trump 36 times this presidency. And there’s more to come.

What will weather be in Oregon this fall? Farmer’s Almanac predictions

Will daylight saving time end in 2025? When to change your clocks

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon sues Trump for threatening to withhold funds that support victims of abuse, crimes

Trump wants to end mail-in voting. Oregon Democrats say he can’t

Six Oregon Tribes Blast Kotek’s Office and Out-of-State Tribes

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

Slate Fire suspect unfit for court, requires treatment

Portland/Metro News

Portland city councilors accused of breaking public meetings law

The cost of an ambulance ride in this Portland-area county is about to double

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Coquille Tibe and ODFW Announce Proposal for First Coquille River Chinook Fishery in Four Years

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Federal judge rules Trump’s DEI ban in K-12 schools ‘unlawful’ in case that included Eugene district

Investigation finds Lane Community College board was racist, sexist

Southern Oregon

Roseburg Police Department to increase patrols, traffic enforcement

Central Point approves new fireworks ordinance, Increases Fines

Senator Wyden in Crater Lake National Park on fuding cuts

Business & Economic News

Senate Democrats urge Trump to walk back Nvidia, AMD deal

Trump Administration Weighs 10% Stake in Intel to Help Bolster Chip Maker

Intel CEO’s long career in tech puts him among billionaire ranks

Trump administration might convert Intel’s subsidies into ownership stake, Bloomberg reports

Education News

Enrollment Projections for Portland Schools Sound Wider Alarms

Oregon’s community colleges want to train teachers. State’s universities say ‘not so fast’

Energy & Environment

Oregon, 18 states sue federal energy agency over new funding caps on sustainable energy projects

Health News

School reopenings bring more vaccine confusion

International News

5 takeaways from the Trump-Zelensky White House meeting

Trump calls Putin to arrange face-to-face with Zelensky

Live updates: Momentum builds among European leaders for Putin, Zelensky to meet

What to know about Crimea, peninsula Trump wants Zelensky to abandon

Trump-Zelensky meeting: What each side wants

Navarro: India must stop buying Russian oil

German leader presses for ceasefire before Putin-Zelensky meeting

Zelensky, European leaders try to steer Trump away from Kremlin with D.C. visit

Russia rejects NATO-style security guarantee for Ukraine suggested by Trump

Lawmakers poised to deliver ‘crushing’ blow to Moscow if Trump-Zelenskyy talks fail

Russia bombards Ukraine ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy summit

Trump says U.S. will help guarantee Ukraine’s security if peace deal signed

Hamas accepts latest Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal proposal

What Zelensky, Putin and Trump want out of peace talks

Ex-Israel military intelligence chief said 50,000 Gaza deaths “necessary”

National News

Trump’s D.C. ‘crisis’ enters 2nd week with more soldiers — and no exit strategy

Judge issues injunction preventing Trump’s FTC from investigating watchdog Media Matters

Four GOP states send nearly 1,000 National Guard to D.C. for Trump crackdown

AmeriCorps is under siege. What happens in the communities it serves?

National Campaign News/Polls

Speaker Johnson vows to fight California Democrats’ ‘illegal power grab’

Cook Political Report shifts Ohio Senate race after Sherrod Brown entrance

Texas Democrats return to Austin, ending redistricting standoff

California Democrats introduce redistricting legislation 

Newsmax pays $67 million to settle defamation case linked to 2020 election coverage

Trump wants states to feed voter info into powerful citizenship data program

National Political News

Jeffries: Noem will be among the first ‘hauled up to Congress’ if Democrats retake House

Republican civil war erupts over earmarks in funding bills

Trump administration restores public spending data after legal fight

Trump targets mail-in ballots, ‘seriously controversial’ voting machines

‘Lone Star Lockup’: Trump admin opens largest immigration detention center in US

Ex-DOJ antitrust official tears into agency leadership over MAGA-friendly lobbying

Trump administration heightens ‘good moral character’ standards for potential US citizens

Justice Dept. to begin sharing Epstein files with Congress on Friday, House member says

Trump raises end to mail-in ballots after claiming Putin questioned their security

Tariff/Trade News

How global tensions are complicating tariff-fueled inflation risks

Opinion

Texas is taking digital surveillance to new extremes

Trump’s State Department cuts human rights, redefines humans, reshapes US values

The future of freight: A national framework for autonomous trucking 

The details of a difficult Ukraine deal come into view

Trump Gets Real on Ukraine’s Security

Trump’s remarkable statement against states’ rights