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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon emergency office not just focused on natural disasters, but food insecurity

OLCC Rejects Grocers’ Bid to Sell Booze-Based Canned Cocktails

Trailblazing ODFW director talks wolves, fishing fees, coho boom

Updated staff list shows changes at Oregon governor’s office

Portland/Metro News

The state of Portland’s homelessness crisis, as mayor’s critical deadline passes

Portland Mayor Wilson says he’s hit his goal to open 1,500 shelter beds

PPS Teachers Levy Hauls in Less Than Expected

Measure Seeks to Let Portlanders Determine Where 2% of City’s Budget Is Spent

Portland housing authority cuts staff amid budget uncertainty

Oregon Coast News

PNW will see high water on coast and road ponding in cities

Southern Oregon News

Golden announces run for re-election to Oregon State Senate

City of Medford releases December lane and road closures

How to avoid holiday package theft this season

Business & Economic News

Trump says he’s picked who he wants to lead the Fed

Bitcoin Prices Decline in Sharpest Slide Since March

American Consumers Lose Patience With High Car Prices

As political winds shift, top chipmaker TSMC looks beyond Taiwan

Education News

Oregon’s small school districts often have more inexperienced teachers

Health News

Smartphones at age 12 linked to worse health

RFK Jr. replaces chair of controversial vaccine advisory panel

WHO releases its first guidelines on GLP-1s

Living near marijuana shops may increase chance of health issues, study finds

Immigration/ICE News

White House intensifies push for mass deportation after National Guard shooting

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

The agriculture secretary says SNAP changes are coming. Here’s what we know

Transportation News

What to know about the new TSA Real ID fee and when it starts
Gas drops below $3 per gallon, lowest since 2021

No REAL ID? You may have to pay $45 at TSA

Justice & Court News

Appeals court upholds Alina Habba disqualification in New Jersey

4 cases to watch as Supreme Court gears up for December session

International News

Post-war borders dominated “intense” U.S.-Ukraine talks

GOP lawmaker on Trump’s pardon of Honduran president: Never would have done it

Zelenskyy says US peace plan ‘looks better’ with revisions but work continues

Land and security are the main sticking points as Russia and Ukraine mull Trump’s peace proposal

National Campaign News

Behind the Curtain: Volatility vortex

Democrats’ path back to power is littered with primaries

Indiana House releases new congressional map draft

Trump raises stakes ahead of Tennessee special election: ‘The world is watching’

Karl Rove on midterms: Republicans need health care agenda or they’ll be ‘in deep trouble’

Polls/Surveys

More Americans say Trump has helped raise prices rather than lower them: Survey

National Political news

Trump’s doctor says his MRI results are “perfectly normal”

Trump says he’ll release MRI results after Walz’s comments on his health

Trump says he’ll release MRI results but doesn’t know what part of his body was scanned

Multiple bomb threats at Schumer’s New York offices

House Democrats investigate Kash Patel’s use of FBI jet

Trump backs Hegseth as Congress plans boat strike review

Rep. Don Bacon says White House lacks ‘moral clarity’ on Ukraine

Record-setting personnel issues are marring Trump’s second term

‘Time is not our friend’: Health care scramble begins amid mixed signals from Trump

Republican dissenters spark discharge petition clash with Johnson

Trump fires back at Walz over MRI comments: ‘If they want to release it, it’s OK’

Jeffries seeks to raise pressure on GOP centrists over expiring health care subsidies

Tariff/Trade News

New trade deal pushes UK to increase drug spending to avoid Trump tariffs

Government Agency/Employee News

FEMA reinstates workers put on leave for criticizing the White House

FBI sources criticize Kash Patel in leaked report: What to know

Military/Defense

White House defends Hegseth and second strike on boat near Venezuela

Here are all of Hegseth’s boat strikes near Venezuela that we know about

White House says admiral approved second deadly boat strike

White House confirms Hegseth authorized second strike on drug boat

Fears grow inside military over illegal orders after Hegseth authorized follow-up boat strike

Hegseth jokes about boat strikes as Congress ramps up scrutiny

Trump to meet with national security team amid Venezuela tensions

Lawmakers spoke privately to Trump’s top general after boat strike revelations

Outlets that reach millions denied access to rare Pentagon news briefings this week

Opinion

Is the Epstein scandal the biggest in American presidential history? 

Is inflation really so bad? 

Local news has been pummeled by change. How AI can help. 

Immigrant investor program is a boon — Trump is right to expand on it

Takeaways from a perplexingly positive Oval Office meeting

Shooting the Wounded on Drug Boats?