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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon tourism holds steady amid international visitor decline

Powerful Lawmakers Say They Don’t Anticipate Tapping Education Stability Fund This Year

Oregonians are among the most likely to be scammed, study says

Oregon Legislative News

Rival-turned-adviser hints Kotek’s prosperity council to chip at Oregon corporate activity tax

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Oregon’s Republican challengers for US House trail Bynum in pre-primary spending

Oregon’s most unexpected gubernatorial candidate? A pencil with a point

This candidate has outraised all other Oregon candidates for the U.S. House

Kotek’s popularity craters in Portland, poll shows: What that could mean for Republican candidates

How leading Republican governor candidates are approaching immigration

Where do Republican gubernatorial candidates stand on mail-in voting?

Oregon Republican House candidates on healthcare, logging, ICE

Oregon’s 4th District Democrats running for Congress on ICE, childcare

Wildfire News

As drought worsens, Western states brace for wildfires, water shortages

Fire restrictions begin May 14 for all BLM land in Oregon

Portland/Metro News

Trump came after Portland for its sanctuary protections. Here’s how strongly voters support them

Oregon Coast News

Oregon Coast draws visitors as Portland tourism falters

Taming Oregon’s wild North Coast with tunnel systems and greenhouses

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Hood River Valley pear growers seek federal aid after bad season

Morrow County Commissioner Position 3 candidates talk county’s future

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Meet Circuit Court judge candidates Amit Kapoor, Katina Saint Marie

Stedman on jobs, constituent engagement, before primary election

Ward 6 city council candidates state their case for May 19 election

Meet the Democrats running for House District 13

Lane Commissioner candidates sound off on CleanLane, taxes, culture

Southern Oregon News

Roseburg Schools to receive nearly $1 million annually for summer learning programs

Oregon Secretary of State investigates campaign finance transaction filing for Hammerson campaign

Jackson County voters asked to renew RVTD funding measure

Foothill Road arterial project in East Medford nears final touches

State AGs combat monopolies impacting Southern Oregon

AI/Technology News

New Funding Will Kickstart Internet Infrastructure in Rural Oregon. Here’s Where It’s Needed Most.

Jensen Huang to college grads: “Run. Don’t walk” toward AI

Business/Economic News

It’s not shameful, it’s savvy: The shoppers redefining how to save money on groceries

Oregon’s No. 2 insurer shakes up top leadership

Costco’s latest food court menu item packs 1,640 calories and it’s causing a debate

Will Saving the Pull Tabs From Cans Help Kids Get Dialysis? Or Is It a Scam?

5 years later, Legacy vaccine exemption lawsuit wraps

Suburban poverty traps America’s senior citizens

America’s job market optimism gap is the worst in the world

Terms on Trump Mobile site say phones may never come

America’s wealth gap is growing, and Trump’s policies are making it bigger

Education News

Oregon parent group advocates for limited screens in childhood

Health Care News

U.S. cruise passengers arrive in the U.S. after one tests positive for hantavirus

RFK Jr.: ‘We’re not worried’ about hantavirus spreading after cruise ship outbreak

Hantavirus live updates: 16 at facility in Nebraska, 2 at hospital in Atlanta

Housing News

Housing Market’s Spring Is Shaping Up as a Bust After April Sales Were Flat

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Wheat, corn, soybean prices are below breakeven, signaling fourth year of losses

Higher fertilizer prices pressure Trump-loyal US farmers

Transportation News

Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax as prices soar amid war with Iran

Justice & Court News

Supreme Court temporarily extends women’s access to a widely used abortion pill

Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts

Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts

Trump’s Complaints About Iran War Leaks Prompt Aggressive DOJ Investigations

International News

Mothers in US, Denmark face vastly different childcare realities

Venezuela’s acting president defends country’s territory and rejects Trump’s 51st state remarks

Starmer pledges to prove his doubters wrong but faces a wave of resignation calls

Taiwan doesn’t want ‘surprises’ during Trump-Xi meeting: ‘Not overly worried’

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

Kotek’s popularity craters in Portland, poll shows: What that could mean for Republican candidates

Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds

National Campaigns/Elections

This moderate Republican senator is already eyeing the exits 16 months into his term

Trump’s Redistricting Push Could Cost Republicans More Than It Gains

Jeffries guarantees Democratic House win in midterms despite ‘undemocratic’ rulings

Inside the wild fight to oust a top GOP Trump critic

Healthcare cuts threaten Sullivan’s reelection chances in Alaska

Democrats face flak for accepting contributions from donors funding Trump ballroom

GOP’s Landry says Louisiana should be ‘unshackled’ from election litigation

National Political News

Rising: May 11, 2026

Democrats urge Comer to subpoena prediction markets over suspicious trades

National Congressional News

Thune defends $1B for White House security as ‘what it costs’ to protect the president

Inside the House vs. Senate rifts threatening the GOP agenda

Johnson to address Senate Republicans amid escalating tensions

House Ethics Committee offers update on Cory Mills investigation as expulsion pressure builds

Trump/Administration News

Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax as prices soar amid war with Iran

Trump says ceasefire is on ‘life support’ as Iran standoff deepens and strait remains closed

Trump says he’ll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can’t do it on his own

Trump-Xi summit comes with high stakes for Taiwan

Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton, fired after defending FEMA, to lead the agency

Trump so far failing in quest for power over elections as midterms approach

Here’s how Trump’s meeting with Xi could spark a crisis over Taiwan

Trump’s escalating rhetoric could hint at imminent Cuba invasion

FDA cliffhanger: Makary’s fate in limbo

Trump’s legacy week

Trump to Axios: “I don’t like” Iran’s peace plan response

Trump blasts Fox News’s Heinrich over Ro Khanna interview

Trump: Federal gas tax pause ‘a great idea’

Trump nominates Kari Lake as US ambassador to Jamaica

Ballroom blitz

Artists behind Trump statues on the Mall create video game to protest Iran war

Middle East Conflict News

Mojtaba Khamenei dead or gravely hurt as succession crisis grips Iran, expert says

Iran ceasefire tested as cargo ship catches fire after being hit off Qatar’s coast

Trump weighs military action against Iran with ceasefire “on life support”

Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘life support,’ calls latest proposal ‘garbage’

Iran vows to fight on as Trump says ceasefire is “on life support”

Mediator Pakistan allowed Iran to park military aircraft on its airfields

Defense/Military News

Hegseth’s latest attack on Kelly underlines alarm over US weapons stockpiles 

Pentagon reveals location of nuclear-armed submarine after Trump rejects Iran proposal 

Opinion

Can Republicans survive the midterms of Rage?

Stop the myths — allow year-round E15

Could Tucker Carlson hijack the GOP — and take the White House?

Trump rejects traditional conservatism, embraces a Republican version of socialism

Musk faces significant obstacles to a jackpot compensation package

Cutting tariffs on beef will lower prices for Americans

What a former CIA analyst reveals about a potential China fight

Trump is stuck in an Iran trap of his making — with only two options

Republicans and Democrats find something to agree on

Iran Thinks Trump Is Bluffing

Analysis Trump ties himself in knots to avoid resuming a full-scale war in Iran