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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon lawyers seek to use evidence from National Guard case for potential criminal inquiry

Oregon judge blocks public defender quotas

Oregon Commercial Fishing Industry Economic Impacts sets record high in 2025

Oregon Legislative & Political News

Oregon Senate passes bill to move gas tax vote to May, heads to House

Education funding dance continues as end of Oregon’s short session nears

UO implores lawmakers to keep wildfire cameras funded through the 2027 fiscal year

Oregon lawyers seek to use evidence from National Guard case for potential criminal inquiry

Shut out of campaign finance bill, good governance groups tell lawmakers to vote against it

Oregon Democrats’ controversial plan to move transportation tax vote to May clears Senate after dayslong holdup

Most Oregon Democrats plan to boycott Trump’s State of the Union

Kropf resigns from committee days after tense meeting over gun bill

Portland/Metro News

Flights between Portland, Mexican cities canceled after Mexican army kills Jalisco cartel leader

In Portland, Ukrainians protest against Russian invasion and complacency

As Multnomah County braces for tight budget, 300 jail beds are on the line

Oregon Coast News

Restoring Astoria’s riverfront trolley means working around its sea lions

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Pendleton chamber to launch career, leadership program with Pendleton High School

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Eugene groups propose climate tax to mirror Portland’s

Highway 22 west of Salem closed after fatal crash involving school bus

Q&A: What’s next for the Albany Municipal Airport?

What you need to know about ICE accessing (maybe) Albany camera

Southern Oregon News

Chamber releases survey of local business owners, exposing issues that are dampening their success

Regional fire drill strengthens teamwork in Jackson County

PacifiCorp pays $575M wildfire settlement

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI apocalypse isn’t coming for cybersecurity industry

AI’s “centaur phase” consumes Silicon Valley

Top ’28 Dems retreat on AI — huge sign of rising backlash

US endorses AI declaration without binding rules

Anthropic CEO to meet Hegseth amid dispute over military use of Claude

Business/Economic News

Exclusive: Restaurants say they’ve hit price hike ceiling

Trump races to rebuild tariff wall after Supreme Court loss

Viral Doomsday Report Lays Bare Wall Street’s Deep Anxiety About AI Future

Education News

New education loan limits favor RFK Jr.’s enemies

Trump changes to Black history exhibits spark fears of self-censorship, loss of information

Appeals court sides with Louisiana on Ten Commandments in schools

Energy & Environment News

Winter sports boom faces a climate reality check

Kennedy doubles down on defense of Trump glyphosate order amid MAHA backlash

Interior scales back environmental regulations for public lands

The owners want to close this Colorado coal plant. The Trump administration says no

Health Care News

RFK Jr.’s billionaire running mate is making a comedy about the pandemic

Mounjaro ingredient cuts alcohol intake: Research

CDC No. 2 steps down amid HHS shake-up

Oregon’s Behavioral Health Talent Council releases final report

Housing News

How the Frozen Housing Market Is Battering U.S. Manufacturers

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

BLM proposes ‘maximum’ logging on 2.5M acres in western Oregon

Notice of intent issued for revisions to BLM’s O&C Resource Management Plan

Transportation News

DHS reverses on TSA PreCheck amid shutdown; Global Entry suspended

Flights between Portland, Mexican cities canceled after Mexican army kills Jalisco cartel leader

Epstein News

As Andrew fell, Queen Elizabeth II held out hope, while Charles and William fumed

Oregon politician sends Epstein survivor to Trump’s State of the Union

Justice & Court News

Gorsuch takes aim at fellow Supreme Court justices in tariff decision

Appeals court sides with Louisiana on Ten Commandments in schools

Watch live: Democrats hear from ICE whistleblower

Jeanine Pirro’s office shelves pursuit of Democrats over social video, sources say

U.S. has a quarter fewer immigration judges than it did a year ago. Here’s why

Immigration/ICE News

ICE whistleblower accuses agency of ‘deficient, defective and broken’ training amid hiring surge

Watch live: Democrats hear from ICE whistleblower

Greenland News

Greenland PM says thanks but no thanks to Trump hospital ship offer

No U.S. Hospital Ship Has Been Ordered to Greenland, Despite Trump’s Post

International News

EU Parliament puts US trade deal on ice after latest Trump tariff hit

Ex-U.K. ambassador to U.S. arrested amid Epstein probe

Mexico killed “El Mencho.” Here’s how and what we know about U.S. role

Trump puts Iran’s leader in double bind: Capitulation or risk of war

France bars US ambassador Kushner from meeting government officials  

US sheds light on its allegation of Chinese nuclear test and urges nations to push for disarmament

EU won’t accept increase in US tariffs: ‘A deal is a deal’

Witkoff says Iran ‘a week away’ from nuclear bombmaking material

Mexico, U.S. Tracked Drug Lord’s Lover Before Deadly Raid

Americans in several popular vacation spots are urged to continue sheltering in place, as other parts of Mexico ‘return to normal’

More than 80,000 Ukrainians are missing while millions try to survive without heat and electricity

Secret rendezvous with romantic partner led to death of fentanyl cartel boss ‘El Mencho’

Trump threatens countries to abide by tariff deals despite Supreme Court decision

EU fails to pass new sanctions targeting Russia after Hungary objects

National News

Blizzard warnings, travel bans in effect as brutal storm pounds Northeast

National Campaign/Election News

Tony Gonzales faces mounting pressure from GOP women over affair allegations

Democrats look deep into Trump country for 2026 House pickups

Top ’28 Dems retreat on AI — huge sign of rising backlash

Ousted senior FBI official running for Congress in Maryland 

Lack of Trump endorsement rocks GOP Senate primary in Texas

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

Most say US worse off compared to a year ago: Survey

Americans want to hear about economy in Trump State of the Union address: Poll

Poll: Most say the state of the union is not strong and the U.S. is worse off

National Political News

Senate Democrats push for Trump tariff rebates

Dem AGs plot to thwart Trump election interference

Democratic leaders scrambling to prevent repeat of last year’s rowdy State of the Union

Patel sparks outrage partying with Team USA as MAGA cheers him on

Kennedy doubles down on defense of Trump glyphosate order amid MAHA backlash

Johnson: Gonzales must address affair allegations in ‘appropriate way’

DHS tech buildout sparks backlash from Democrats

Schumer vows to ‘block any attempt to extend’ new Trump tariffs 

Why some Democratic women will wear white to Trump’s State of the Union

After Supreme Court rebuke, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and other Democrats call for government to refund billions in Trump tariff money

RFK Jr. fought pesticides for years. Now he’s backing their production

FBI director invites fresh scrutiny over travels with appearance at US men’s hockey team celebration

Wyden, Merkley hosting town hall instead of attending SOTU

National Congressional News

Mike Johnson: Congress unlikely to find ‘consensus’ to codify Trump’s tariffs

Republicans eye opening for DHS deal this week as Democrats double down

Trump/Administration News

Capitol agenda: Trump’s SOTU clouded by chaos

Trump changes to Black history exhibits spark fears of self-censorship, loss of information

Trump races to rebuild tariff wall after Supreme Court loss

Trump again centers crime in immigration debate with White House vigil

Trump heads into State of the Union after list of recent setbacks

Trump growing frustrated with limits of Iran military options, sources say

Trump faces a skeptical public and myriad challenges ahead of State of the Union address

Trump’s State of the Union will be delivered to a changed nation and a Congress he has sidelined

How Trump will use his State of the Union address to sell skeptical midterm voters on his plans

US women’s gold medal-winning team declines invitation from Trump to attend State of Union address

Trump threatens countries to abide by tariff deals despite Supreme Court decision

Amid polling low, Trump centers pre-State of the Union message on immigration

Trump’s big speech will be delivered to a changed nation

Tariff News

Senate Democrats push for Trump tariff rebates

Schumer vows to ‘block any attempt to extend’ new Trump tariffs 

Tug-of-war over tariffs

Government Agency News

DHS tech buildout sparks backlash from Democrats

Defense/Military News

Trump’s top general warns of Iran strike risks

Scoop: Hegseth to meet Anthropic CEO as Pentagon threatens banishment

Hegseth says he’ll order random pizzas to throw off monitoring app

Pentagon raises concerns about ROTOR Act implementing DC crash reforms

US military blows up drug boat in Caribbean, raising death toll to 150 ‘narco-terrorists’ killed

Witkoff says Iran ‘a week away’ from nuclear bombmaking material

Opinion

It’s beginning to feel a little like Sarajevo in June 1914

Clueless Bernie Sanders stumped at Stanford Union, pushes data center pause 

The challenge of the current generation of Black politicians

The fault lines that could imperil Democrats 

Here’s how we’re stopping DIY use-of-force investigations in Ohio

Mexico just decapitated its most dangerous cartel. That means war.

The No. 1 item food stamps buy is a travesty. Now states can say no.

The U.S. is sleepwalking into war with Iran. Trump won’t explain why.

Why has no one called Putin’s bluff? I answered your questions.

The Unending Trump Tariff Mess

Jack Smith’s Second Report Stays Buried

Mexico Fights Back Against the Cartels