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Wildfire News

Wildfire Tracker

Oregon facing 1.3M acres of active wildfire, growing home losses

Interstate 84, other major highways closed by Oregon wildfires

Hagen Fire moderately grows, firefighters progressing with Paradise, Horse Ridge

Containment reaches 66% for the East Evans Creek Fire

Portland/Metro News

Portland initiative campaign targets city elections official over signature-gathering complaint

Clackamas County payroll 2025: Top earners and overtime spending

As Signatures Are Disqualified, Police Hiring Ballot Campaign Cries Foul

Reed College Will Broaden Discrimination Protections to Resolve Federal Antisemitism Complaints

Oregon Coast News

Regional earthquake experts say more coordination, investment needed to prepare for ‘Big One’

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Bethel summer reading program saved by last-minute $900k state grant

Southern Oregon News

Rogue River grapples with water storage

Containment reaches 66% for the East Evans Creek Fire

ACCESS invites community for 50th anniversary celebration in Medford

AI/Technology News

Exclusive: OpenAI says workers cross job boundaries with AI

Cracks appear in the vision of off-grid AI data centers

Business/ Economic News

The “no surprises” Fed is in doubt

Cracker Barrel CEO Stepping Down After Activist Pressure

Ford Motor Joins Race to Build Next U.S. Army Truck

In Oregon, big grocery, retail companies have highest number of employees on Medicaid

Energy & Environmental News

Energy prices rise in defiance of Trump campaign promises

Oil prices fall after weekend pause in US, Iran fighting

Healthcare News

Medicare Advantage payment debate targets quality ratings

Salmonella outbreak across 17 states linked to eggs: What to know

Trump aid cuts put HIV response at risk, reports show

Dozens sickened in egg-linked salmonella outbreak

Two Oregon residents tied to nationwide recall of lettuce over parasitic outbreak 

Housing News

Watch: New Oregon housing law causing controversy in West Linn

Media News

Rising: July 27, 2026

Court & Justice News

DOJ asks Supreme Court to restore Trump’s mail-in voting executive order

Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms

Immigration/ICE News

ICE launching operation in New York City

International News

Netanyahu is finally getting his White House meeting. He may not like what comes with it.

Two Wars Converge in the Caspian Sea as Ukraine Hits Iranian Supply Line to Russia

 Brazil Sees a Trump-Led Effort to Tilt Election Against Lula

Poll & Surveys

All Latest Polls

National Campaign/Elections

Democrats hit the anti-incumbency trap

2028 Democratic power rankings, right now

Dems’ 2028 primary schedule angers some progressives

El-Sayed comes under fire for ‘ogre on a pike’ leaked comment

New York Democrats face a generational reckoning

Troy Jackson, unlike Graham Platner, is staying laser-focused on Susan Collins

Republicans decry a new Democratic Socialists of America platform as Dem primaries split the party

National Political News

Texas Republican is under House Ethics investigation

Your health care bill is incomprehensible. Congress is stepping in.

GOP senators warn confidence in Hegseth eroding as Iran war drags on

All senators invited to Zelensky meeting as Congress weighs Russia sanctions bill

Jeffries says DNC chief ‘has my full support’ amid scrutiny 

Carville: Hogg should take over ‘dysfunctional’ DNC

Comey moves to dismiss seashell case as ’86 47′ message was not a ‘true threat’

McConnell to skip Fancy Farm picnic; physician says he’s not cleared to return to Senate

Senate Republican: McConnell visitor said he’s ‘clear-minded’

Trump-Thune tensions boil, but GOP leader seen as safe — for now

Mitch McConnell releases health update, saying he’s not ready to return to work yet

National Congressional News

Crypto bill faces Democratic backlash over new ethics rules

Some GOP senators say they will vote to cancel recess over SAVE America Act

Key Senate Republican: Passing reconciliation 3.0 ‘a very small needle to thread’

Out of sight, out of mind? Not this August

Trump/Administration News

Trump tries to sell an economy voters aren’t buying

Pulte says he completed fourth round of layoffs as acting DNI

Melania Trump issues call for White House holiday volunteers and performers

The dubious rags to riches promise of Trump accounts

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow new limits on mail ballots

Middle East Conflict News

Trump to Axios: I’m ready for “strong military action” if Iran talks fail

 Trump says U.S. will “go back to doing what we were doing” if Iran talks stall

 Trump says US halted strikes after Iran sought to renew peace talks

 Trump declares US has upper hand against Iran, vows ‘lunatics’ won’t get nuclear weapon

Seven people share how the Iran war has reshaped their everyday life

Mediators see progress in efforts to halt Iran war as drone attacks rattle region

Tariff News

Small businesses launch new Trump tariff challenge

Live updates: Trump touts tariffs at GM in Michigan ahead of primaries

Defense/Military News

Top U.S. military commander in Middle East advised halting Hormuz bombing

How the Pentagon continues to outmaneuver the FAA

Waltz blames Biden for depleted stockpiles, but says US military has ‘everything that it needs’

Waltz: US not ‘exporting enrichment capability to the Saudis’ under nuclear deal

Deadly U.S. boat strikes have failed to curb cocaine supply, Pentagon and DEA officials say

Opinion

Are we letting Oregon’s initiative process become a playground for political weirdness?

As Bombs Fall in Iran, Trump Bombs in Washington

Democrats must stop feeding Republicans’ socialist boogeyman

On voter fraud, the goalposts never stop moving

Democrats are reclaiming the flag. It’s about time

Radicalized academia is fiercely resisting the self-correction it needs

Soft on crime? Not Gavin Newsom.

John Fetterman: Now I see the truth about the filibuster

Which states have the worst highways? That’s a $375.6 billion question.

Marco Rubio wants to defend America — from largely imaginary threats

The Republicans Who Enable Socialists

 When Democratic Socialists Take Over