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Oregon/Northwest News

Atmospheric river to bring rain, wind, minor flooding in Oregon

Oregon state treasurer sings a new tune on private equity

Food banks in Oregon, Southwest Washington see surge in demand amid SNAP uncertainty

Portland/Metro News

Federal judge blocks National Guard deployment to Portland through Friday

Protest danger, officer safety steer final arguments in trial over National Guard deployment to Portland

More Portland Restaurants Offer Free Meals During SNAP Shutdown

Oregon Coast News

Kotek’s financing tool helps coastal communities build 132 homes for working families

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Union Market sets aside free meals for public

Lone Rock Fire, still under investigation, raises ag land sale concerns

Southern Oregon News

Mountain biking boom lifts Southern Oregon economy

Wind gusts of up to 50 mph possible starting Tuesday afternoon, local forecasters warn

Business & Economic News

Walmart CEO on AI: “Every job we’ve got is going to change”

USDA tells grocery stores: No special discounts for SNAP recipients

OpenAI, Amazon sign $38 billion computing deal

Nvidia chief embraces Trump as chipmaker reaches new heights

Trump Officials Torpedoed Nvidia’s Push to Export AI Chips to China

Education News

College admissions: How the game is shifting

Youth Voices: Oregon’s new ban on cellphones in schools is underway, but students are finding loopholes

Health News

EPA union: Government shutdown deal must include health care funding

FDA’s top drug regulator sued by drug company, resigns amid conduct probe

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Forest Service restarts effort to change decades-old Pacific Northwest forest policy

Court Justice News

“Most important case ever”: Supreme Court to decide fate of Trump’s tariffs

5 things to watch as Supreme Court considers Trump’s tariffs

A major question for the Supreme Court: Will it treat Trump as it did Biden?

Appeals court sounds skeptical of Trump’s asylum ban

Trump’s tariff regime case could reshape Congress’ taxing power

USDA tells court it will disburse all SNAP contingency funds

States and cities challenge Trump policy overhauling public service loan forgiveness

International News

Trump says he’ll “be involved” in Netanyahu’s corruption trial “to help him out”

Trump hails Israel-Hamas ceasefire as ‘very solid’

Israel rocked by scandal as top military lawyer resigns, goes missing, is found and thrown into jail

National News

A confidential manifesto lays out a billionaire’s sweeping new vision for NASA

Trump throws ‘Gatsby’-themed gala as SNAP benefits expire 

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded after judges’ rulings

National Campaign News

Dems outpace GOP ad spending for Tuesday’s elections
Democrats up 8 points on generic ballot: Survey

Trump backs Cuomo and threatens to cut federal funding if ‘Communist Mamdani’ wins NYC mayor race

National groups are betting on blue-collar Democrats following Gluesenkamp Perez’s success

Democratic voters say California’s Prop 50 gives them a way to ‘counteract’ Trump

Polls/Surveys

Democrats’ frustration with their party sees sharp increase, poll shows

Two-thirds of Americans say US is ‘pretty seriously’ on wrong track: Poll

National Political News

Trump administration plan to partially fund SNAP benefits could take months

House Dems and GOP float compromise plan to end shutdown

 Dems float FCC probe of “60 Minutes” trimming Trump interview

House members release bipartisan ‘principles’ for extending Obamacare subsidies

Senate Democrats head to Trump’s ‘backyard’ to press him on Obamacare

Live updates: Thune ‘optimistic’ about shutdown deal

Trump’s attempts to downplay Binance pardon draw scrutiny 

Trump administration puts $750M toward rare-earth magnets production

Trump targets Seth Meyers after catapult jokes: ‘Probably illegal’

Senate leaders prepare to pivot to a new bill to end shutdown

Moderate House Dems, GOP release ‘principles’ for ObamaCare subsidy extension

The imperial aesthetic at the heart of Trump’s presidency

Government Shutdown News

John Thune says he is ‘optimistic’ Senate will move to end shutdown this week

Shutdown pressures on the rise

Government shutdown could become longest ever as Trump says he ‘won’t be extorted’ by Democrats

Military/Defense

Patel hits back at ‘internet anarchists’ amid scrutiny of agency jet use

Trump’s National Guard deployments aren’t random. They were planned years ago

Opinion

Republicans are losing the shutdown politics

 The Republican Party needs to come to terms with its growing diversity

All Democrats had to do was seem normal and competent. It was too much to ask.

New Jersey, Virginia elections can make or break the Democrats’ future

Whom to blame for shutdown? All 535 members of Congress

Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning

The Tariff King and the Supreme Court

Trump undercuts the GOP’s Biden-autopen campaign by claiming ignorance about his own pardon