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Oregon News

Oregonians rally after Trump’s Iran strikes, Northwest lawmakers call for accountability

Oregon Political News

With support uncertain, Oregon Democrats look to rejigger major transportation bill

Oregon lawmakers pass $2.6 billion housing budget bill that would cut eviction prevention funding

Some Oregon House Republicans boycott floor session after committee transportation debate

Oregon Senate OKs bill to strengthen care facility investigations, oversight

Poll Shows Voters Aren’t Worried About Oregon Roads and Don’t Want to Pay to Fix Them

GOP Candidate for Governor Gets First Big Check

Key Oregon Democrat resigns from transportation committee after complaints about his conduct

11 Oregon Republicans boycott floor session, call for reprimand of Democrat who raised voice at colleague

Oregon House Bill 2025 is headed back to committee, co-chair resigns

Oregon Wildfire News

Multiple agencies respond to I-5 fire near milepost 113

Central/Eastern Oregon

Deschutes County sheriff moves up retirement to July 31 as a recall launches

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Chemeketa Community College launches program to boost Oregon’s renewable energy workforce

Audit: 31 of 51 serious complaints about EPD had merit

Southern Oregon

Grants Pass won legal fight on camps — but continues to lose control of its homelessness crisis

Business/Economic News

Oil prices tumble as Iran attack avoids crude infrastructure

Oil market’s ho-hum response to Iran strike seen as “remarkable”

With its stock in sharp decline, Trump’s media company will buy $400 million of its own shares

Rubio warns of global oil disruption over Hormuz closure

Trump urges oil producers to pump more crude fearing Iran may close critical shipping lane

Oregon coast creamery recalls cheese product that may be contaminated with listeria

Natural Resource News

Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands

Health News

HHS promotes insurer pledge to scale back prior authorization

Abortions continued rising in 2024 despite state bans: Report

What Oregon’s hospital discharge data shows about treating homeless people

Energy & Environment

New York planning first large US nuclear plant in years: Hochul

International News

Multiple agencies respond to I-5 fire near milepost 113

Trump calls for ending war after Iran’s retaliatory missile attack
No casualties reported after Iran missile attack on U.S. base in Qatar

Trump announces parameters of ceasefire between Israel and Iran

Trump rips Russia’s Medvedev over nuclear remarks

Iran launches missile attack on U.S. base at Al Udeid in Qatar

Trump hints at Iranian regime change as Israel, Iran trade fire again

Why Arab leaders are quietly backing U.S. strikes on Iran despite public criticism

HAPPENING NOW: Trump announces Israel and Iran agree to ‘complete and total’ ceasefire

Trump brokers historic Middle East deal as war comes to an end

National News

Supreme Court allows Trump to restart deportations to non-origin countries

Threat of sleeper cells in US has ‘never been higher’: CBP

Sotomayor accuses Supreme Court of ‘rewarding lawlessness’ by Trump administration in fiery dissent

About 250 Americans have been evacuated from Israel, official says

Judge halts Trump order tying state transportation grants to immigration actions

National Campaign News

Murkowski suggests she could become an Independent in the right circumstance

Trump-aligned PAC launched to unseat Massie in Kentucky

National Political News

Tom Cotton shares poll showing overwhelming GOP support for Iran strikes

Lawmakers to Bondi: DOJ funding cuts threaten national security

Trump’s “big, beautiful bill:” What’s in, what’s out

Jeffries fumes at Trump for blindsiding Congress on Iran strikes

Mike Johnson opposes bipartisan war powers resolution to authorize Trump’s Iran strikes

Here’s what the Senate parliamentarian has struck from Trump’s megabill

GOP leaders face internal pushback, doubts on ‘big beautiful bill’ vote

Thune: Senate to remain in Washington until tax package is passed

Fetterman on Democrats criticizing Iran strikes: ‘Our party has been often wrong’

Trump faces bipartisan pushback to Iran strike as some question his war powers

Bondi defends Justice Department proposal to end standalone ATF

‘Big, beautiful’ bill picked apart

US Senate passes bill to reauthorize funding for rural Oregon, Idaho schools

Government Employee News

Trump loves saying ‘You’re fired.’ Now he’s making it easier to fire federal workers

Opinion

Opinion | JD Vance Said the Iran Strikes Set Their Nuclear Program Back ‘Substantially.’ He’s Wrong.

Trust deficit: Global markets are losing faith in the US

Trump’s immigration policy is a resounding success

Assassinating a foreign leader is illegal. Will Trump try anyway?