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Wildfire News

40 acre fire on Highway 96 near Klamath River community

Portland/Metro News

Mayor’s Home-Sharing Pilot Program Receives Five Applications in Four Months

Here’s How Much City Councilors Up for Reelection Have Raised So Far Through City Program

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Pendleton City Council to hold meeting on budget, marijuana

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Lane Transit District to reduce summer bus fares and passes by up to 50%

Fence around Eugene Federal Building must be removed within 48 hours, judge rules

Southern Oregon News

Ashland city leaders asked to set aside $4M for future healthcare projects

Talent school gets more SRO funding as city eyes budget fix

AI/Technology News

Trump signs orders to boost quantum research, security

Bipartisan changes made to kids’ internet safety bi

AI deepfakes bill advanced by Senate Judiciary Committee

OpenAI rolls out more capable version of cyber model

Data centers become the face of AI backlash

Nvidia says AI’s water challenge is largely solved

Business/ Economic News

Hassett: Warsh ‘not asking the White House for advice’ on interest rates

Remembering Alan Greenspan

China hits back at U.S. sanctions restricting its exports to American defense firms

Health Care News

New study finds which GLP1 works best

Health officials launch clinical trial reforms to counter China threat

Confirmed Ebola cases in outbreak zone top 1,000

Court/Justice News

Judge strikes down Trump administration database of Social Security numbers, citizenship status

Federal judge quashes Trump DOJ subpoenas aimed at Minnesota’s Walz, Frey

Tensions run high as Supreme Court prepares to rule on 3 Trump priorities

Judges’ criticism mounts against Trump administration

Judge scraps SNAP junk food rules, dealing a blow to MAHA

International News

Trump-endorsed populist poised to become Colombia’s next president as rival challenges vote

The Forces That Broke the Two-Party System in U.K.

Baltic intelligence says Russia is building legal pretexts for hybrid strikes

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigns

National News

World Cup fans from around the world are wowed by United States

Nancy Guthrie ransom note, believed to be from abductor, said she died, sources say

Poll & Surveys

All Latest Polls

Plurality in new polling says prediction market betting on elections should be illegal

Axios-Ipsos poll: Health affordability is shaping the midterms

National Campaign/Elections

Tucker Carlson says he won’t support Republican Party

Democrats are struggling with a growing mess in Maine

Democrats’ Jeffries and Mamdani wings face off in New York

Scoop: Bobby Pulido headlined school benefit with registered sex offender

National Political News

Rising: June 22, 2026

Kennedy Center tarp an ‘act of petty defiance’: Democrat

Democratic-led states balk at ‘Great American State Fair’

Fox News host Mark Levin lashes out at Trump administration over Iran deal

GOP senator circulates plan to discuss government shutdown strategy with Trump

Senate Republican: Iran leaders ‘want to wipe our civilization off the map’

A staffer’s guide to winning and losing the speakership 

New Kennedy Center photos show first look at facade without Trump’s name

A Trump-backer’s company pledges $1 million to fix UFC-damaged White House lawn

Graham urges Trump to let Jay Clayton be confirmed as DNI

National Congressional News

Senate overwhelmingly passes sweeping bipartisan housing affordability bill

Bipartisan changes made to kids’ internet safety bi

This week: Lawmakers feel the summer sweat

AI deepfakes bill advanced by Senate Judiciary Committee

Senate passes sweeping housing affordability bill with bipartisan support

Trump/Administration News

Interior: 5 arrested for vandalism in connection with Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Trump relationship with Senate GOP crumbling after repeated clashes

Dead duckling found in Reflecting Pool

Intelligence Democrats warn Trump nominee Bill Pulte as ODNI braces for firings 

Treasury Department issues temporary license for Iranian oil sales

As Reflecting Pool paint peels and president blames vandals, authorities make arrests

Reflecting Pool repairs become personal for Trump

Middle East Conflict News

The Memo: Iran peace train stays on tracks but faces steep climb

Mixed messages on Strait of Hormuz create uncertainty for oil

Vance says Iran to allow nuclear inspectors into country

Vance says Iran agrees to nuclear inspections, as under Obama-era deal that Trump threw out

Rubio will visit Gulf allies amid scrutiny of his position on Iran deal

U.S. Allows Iran to Sell Oil in Dollars for First Time in Decades

Iran live updates: Trump says Iran will have to agree to ‘Major Weapons Inspections’

Israel fears Trump is strengthening Iran’s hand in Lebanon

Trump’s messy path to peace

Defense/Military News

Flu cases rise to 222 at Texas base in outbreak blamed on Hegseth scrapping of vaccine mandate

Coast Guard helicopter crashes in Alaska during training flight with 4 onboard 

Opinion

Ukraine is finally setting the terms for Russia — so should the US

New federal rule exposes rift between unions and their members

How AI is accelerating America’s environmental cleanup mission

From algae to Iran, Trump should do things right instead of just doing things

Eliminating this crucial intelligence agency would make America less safe

Some senators want more grandstanding at the Supreme Court

Is this American ally ungovernable?

The 53-year oil crisis has finally ended

Chuck Schumer’s Chip Shortage

Iran’s Regime Gets Its First Relief