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Oregon News

Undersea volcano off the Oregon Coast could blow this year — but don’t panic

Oregon Political News

Oregon bill would allow youth to vote in school board elections

Oregon leaders mark 60 years of Head Start amid funding uncertainty

Metropolitan Portland News

Clackamas County picks former Damascus mayor to fill board seat after Fireside resignation

More Students Choose Alternatives to Portland Public Schools

Chaotic administration of Portland anti-displacement policy leaves affordable apartments vacant

Southern Oregon

Douglas County Special Election profiles: infrastructure and more

Josephine County buys timberland near Astoria for $6 million

High anxiety: Uneasy times and an uncertain future for Social Security

New ‘Jackson Alerts’ system and how to stay prepared ahead of fire season

Pacific Power hosting series of public forums ahead of wildfire season

Business/Economic News

Buyers of U.S. bonds are getting nervous

Health News

Scalise: GOP eyeing Medicaid work requirements for ‘early 2027’

‘It is a fight’: Patients, OB-GYNs and sexual health advocates determined to stop Medicaid cuts

Education News

New Oklahoma curriculum standards to teach ‘discrepancies in 2020 elections results’

Energy & Environment

Energy Department now says gas export environmental impacts ‘outside’ its authority

Fears over Columbia Basin dams, hydroelectricity grow as agencies lose hundreds of employees

International News

Trump-Putin Call Yields No Immediate Breakthrough on Ukraine Cease-Fire

Trump praises meeting with Putin as Ukraine and Europe push for immediate ceasefire

Trump says Russia-Ukraine direct talks to ‘begin immediately’

Trump says Russia will ‘immediately’ work toward a ceasefire with Ukraine, but Putin seems unmoved

Russia outlaws Amnesty International in latest crackdown on dissent and activists

National News

Supreme Court Allows White House to Strip Legal Status From Venezuelan Migrants

Pentagon touts major defense partnership with United Arab Emirates

Federal judge rules Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle US Institute of Peace are ‘unlawful’

National Political News

Trump economic adviser on debt downgrade: ‘Moody’s can do what it wants to’

Papers please: Trump employs proof of identity tactic to monitor Americans

Trump extends Pope Leo an invitation to visit the White House

House GOP leaders want Trump to dissuade hard-liners on deeper Medicaid cuts

Republicans tweak megabill’s SNAP, Medicaid provisions

70% of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division lawyers are leaving because of Trump’s reshaping

Live updates: Trump signs bill making ‘revenge porn’ a federal crime

Tariff/Trade News

Trump Berates Companies for Warning About Tariff Price Increases

The argument’s over: Americans pay for tariffs

Trump warns America’s businesses: Eat my tariffs, or pay the price

Low prices and Trump’s trade war are pushing these Northwest farmers to the brink

Walmart may pass along price increases due to tariffs, Trump team acknowledges

Opinion

A Reckoning for the Biden Coverup

Putin is playing Trump for a fool, and Trump doesn’t seem to realize it

Trump’s climate change ‘cancel culture’ is our real national energy emergency  

What the end of the Houthi campaign means for US power

Why has Elon Musk disappeared from the spotlight?