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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon moves toward 1-year moratorium on big data center tax breaks

BOLI Reverses Ruling That Derelict Vessel Removal Is Subject to Prevailing Wages

Oregon parks grant cycle opens: $15M available for local projects

Oregon seeks public input on future transportation investments

Daylight saving time starts soon: What would change if it became permanent?

Popular Oregon camping destination for off-road vehicles switches to reservation-only system

Some members of Kotek’s Prosperity Council unhappy about tax change

Oregon Legislative & Political News

What Oregon lawmakers still have to do before legislative session ends

To square Oregon’s budget, lawmakers say many state agency jobs must go unfilled

Negotiations over waivers for Oregon gyms, ski resorts and more face ‘impasse’ in Legislature

Republican gubernatorial candidate receives reprimand for fundraising during session

Oregon Senate moves to penalize landlords divulging citizenship status, private information

Last-Minute Amendments Could Determine Who Profits From a Renovated Moda Center

Legislators to cut Safe Routes to School, more to fund ODOT

Oregon lawmakers press ApolloMD over hospital staffing 

Oregon Election News

Former Democratic state senator runs for swing coastal Oregon Senate seat

Portland/Metro News

After months of teargassing outside Portland ICE building, protesters take feds to court

Iranians in Portland celebrate Khamenei’s death in emotional protest

Latino politician was asked to repeat himself ‘in English’ — while speaking English

City Council Creates New Committee Structure

Willamette Valley/Salem News

GAPS to conduct chemical tests at elementary

Bill in Oregon legislature would let Eugene annex more properties 

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Anthropic’s Claude hits No. 1 in the App Store as users drop Chat GPT over recent news

Anthropic restores Claude service after outage affecting thousands

Business/Economic News

Customers have less than a month to use gift cards before this legacy outdoor store shuts down

Anthropic’s Pentagon standoff signals a broader corporate pushback

Iran attack on giant Saudi refinery pushes up oil prices

Health Care News

Ivermectin is making a post-pandemic comeback, among cancer patients

States limiting HIV drug access as federal funding plateaus

Acting CDC director Bhattacharya urges measles vaccines

Transportation News

Southwest Airlines ‘refining’ new seating process amid complaints over boarding, bin space

Some Middle East flights resume, but thousands of travelers are still stranded by war

Oil, gasoline prices jump amid Iran strikes, with future uncertain

Justice & Court News

Judge again blocks Noem restrictions on lawmakers’ ICE facility visits

Founding-era drunkards dominate at Supreme Court gun argument  

Supreme Court hears arguments on whether government can disarm drug users 

International News

Macron says France will allow temporary deployment of nuclear-armed jets to European allies

Top Iranian official denies push for talks, rips Trump’s ‘delusional fantasies’

US Embassy advises Americans to leave Lebanon ‘now’

Melania Trump presides over U.N. Security Council meeting

Iran picks radical cleric who vowed to ‘erase’ Israel for interim leadership council

National News

U.S. cities step up security amid Iran tensions

Iran conflict could worsen America’s affordability crisis

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

Poll: Talarico, Paxton hold slim edge heading into Tuesday primary

National Campaigns/Elections

Zinke announces he won’t seek reelection

Ruben Gallego backs Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner

Senate GOP stalwart John Cornyn may lose his Texas primary and lift Democrats

GOP insiders fretting over Texas Senate primary

National Political News

Inquiry widens around Trump cabinet member with Oregon ties, report says

TSA moves to center of shutdown drama as jittery lawmakers offer warnings for economy

John Bolton says Hegseth needs ‘attitude adjustment’ after Iran briefing

Ted Cruz: ‘No indication’ that Iran was ‘close to getting nuclear weapons’

Greene: Trump could use manufactured crisis to cancel midterms

Republicans send mixed signals on Trump’s Iran war objectives

Iranian ‘regime will be defeated,’ White House tells Hill Republicans

National Congressional News

Congress gears up for vote on Trump’s war powers in Iran — after the battle began

House panel releases videos of Bill and Hillary Clinton answering questions about Epstein

Kristi Noem set to face lawmakers amid immigration funding clash

Moratorium on federal employee layoffs lapses amid shutdown

Nancy Mace under House Ethics Committee investigation

U.S. Capitol security “heightened” due to Iran conflict

Trump/Administration News

Trump goes to war despite professed aversion to foreign entanglements

In Their Words: How Trump’s and his administration’s statements on Iran evolved and conflicted

Trump gambles on Iran regime change despite GOP history, anti-war MAGA wing

State Department urges Americans to ‘exercise increased caution’ amid Iran military action

War powers votes unlikely to rein in Trump after Iran strikes

‘The Hardest Hits Are Yet to Come’ for Iran, Rubio Says

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Weekend: A Fundraiser, Video Remarks and Secure Iran Briefings

Trump tells CNN ‘big wave’ yet to come in war with Iran

Trump’s Oval Office press conferences, a difficult test for visiting leaders, have stopped

Trump delivers Iran messaging through exclusive interview spree

Trump says war against Iran moving “substantially ahead” of schedule

5 times Trump pushed Congress aside to take control

Anthropic vs. White House puts $60 billion at risk

Iran Invasion News

Hegseth: ‘We didn’t start this war but under President Trump we’re finishing it’

Photos: U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran and reactions from around the world

Death toll for US service members in Iran war at 4 as Trump projects weeks of conflict

War spirals further as US and Israel exchange strikes with Iran and its allies

War in the Mideast widens as Trump says strikes on Iran could last several weeks

Trump pushes back on mounting criticism about his Iran war battle plan as conflict spreads

US says Kuwait mistakenly downed 3 American jets during Iranian attacks

A look at some of the contenders to be Iran’s supreme leader after the killing of Khamenei

Trump awards the Medal of Honor to 3 US soldiers in a White House ceremony

Centcom raises ‘Epic Fury’ death toll to 6 service members

U.S. won’t rule out sending ground troops into Iran

Threat from Iran conflict spreads across Middle East in 72 hours

Iran war live updates: Americans urged to leave 14 countries in Middle East

Death toll of American troops rises as US says ‘major combat operations continue’

Defense/Military News

Top U.S. general says it will take time to achieve Iran war goals

Opinion

‘Never-Trump’ won’t help Democrats in the next election — here’s what wil

Will Democrats ever learn their lesson?

Newsom’s ‘play dumb’ routine is not new — in fact, it has a clinical name

US agriculture is back on top and the world is buying

Now more than ever, choose wisely when defending academic freedom

The long, sad history of U.S. regime change promises

Iran marks Trump reaching presidential maturity

What the U.S. is restoring in Iran

Iran Expands the Trump War Coalition

Iran is not Venezuela as much as Trump wants it to be

Trump’s Attack on Iran Puts Him on Shakier Legal Ground Than Before