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Oregon Campaign & Election News

Deepfake of Washington County, Oregon, Candidate Goes Viral Nationwide

Portland/Metro News

Feds probe ex-Home Forward executive’s travel spending

By Closing Marysville Elementary, PPS Could Risk Defaulting on a State Contract

Basic Rights Oregon Rescinds Its Julia Brim-Edwards Endorsement

Oregon Coast News

$205M federal grant to upgrade Coos Bay Rail Line

Central/Eastern Oregon News

More survivors emerge in account of deadly Bend elementary school shooting

Family of 5-year-old Bend school shooting victim hires 3 law firms to investigate incident

‘Beam of light’ 7-year-old with rare disorder among those injured in Bend shooting

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Commissioner candidates on housing, garbage disposal, sheriff/DA tax

Tibbetts, Manning, out-raise Oregon senate competitors

Springfield Council candidates talk experience, priorities, housing

AI/Technology News

Anthropic pledges 5 percent of stock to public benefit initiative

DHS orders removal of DeepSeek from government agency IT systems

The AI doom scenario you’ve never heard of may be hardest to stop

As AI dominates conversations, here are key terms to know

The AI attack-ad nightmare is coming true

Business/ Economic News

Hassett dismisses negative economic polls: ‘We are in a boom’

Aldi planned 180 new stores for 2026. The newest are about to open

Netflix, America’s Dominant Streaming Service, Has Hit a Wall

See What 71 Economists Told Us About Where Growth and Yields Are Headed

Elon Musk pledges to give a share of SpaceX stock to every US child

Embattled cannabis business CEO accused of failing to pay $1.5 million in federal payroll taxes

Education News

Early childhood educators fear tougher working conditions amid Trump proposals

Energy & Environmental News

FEMA officials weigh changes including less DC ‘centralization’ and ‘realigning’ some staff

Trump administration will let companies bid to mine the deep ocean off American Samoa’s coast

Healthcare News

Trump creates new women’s health division within NIH 

Oregon Rural Hospitals Get Green Light to (Sort of) Join Forces

Media News

Rising: October 19, 2026

Court News

Supreme Court takes up new case over race and school admissions

Supreme Court to decide if 160-year-old home distilling ban is constitutional 

Judge refuses DOJ’s demand to step aside from golf course hearing 

Mahmoud Khalil takes legal fight to Supreme Court

Amid attacks by Trump, judge weighs D.C. golf course plan in tense hearing

Judges bristle as they are forced to decide the details of Trump’s Washington makeover

Federal judge orders release of man arrested by ICE on Oregon tribal land

International News

Albertans vote on path to independence as Carney fights to keep Canada united

US and Cuba clash at UN as Washington seeks to sway annual vote on economic embargo

From France to Albania, social unrest is setting Europe’s streets ablaze

Zelensky rolls the dice on combative Trump pressure campaign

U.S. delays transfer of Patriot missiles meant for Ukraine

Russia proposes a Trump-Xi-Putin meeting in China next month

100,000 Ukrainian immigrants expected to get reprieve before midterms

Rioting in France: What’s Fueling the Violence and What Happens Next

Trump suggests ‘somebody else’ should negotiate for Ukraine as tensions with Zelensky escalate

Zelensky lobbies senators to press White House on alleged intel and weapons curbs

Zelensky speaks to Witkoff and Kushner amid U.S.-Ukraine crisis

Poll & Surveys

Latest Polls

Trump approval hits record low in new survey

91 percent in Texas poll say Iran war raising oil and gas prices

Control of Congress: See the latest polling and the states in play

‘A warning sign for polling’: Why one GOP pollster thinks a blue wave may fall short

The tech industry has officially become Republican-coded

Democratic socialists are winning converts in Oregon. There’s a catch, new poll says

National Campaign/Elections

Libertarians may tip the balance in key Senate races. Here’s why.

Before, during, after: Outside groups race to counter any election interference by Trump

With Ken Paxton’s race faltering, GOP looks for someone to blame

Klobuchar, Demuth face off in first Minnesota governor’s debate

El-Sayed: Ohio State owes Vance a refund

Deep-red districts are now House battlegrounds. Here are the races to watch.

Suburban women souring on Paxton could doom him in tight Senate race

Inside a Republican’s business safety record, under scrutiny in key House race

Leadership barnstorming continues ahead of midterm elections

Data center anxiety plays out in Senate campaign debates

Roll Call on the Road: Courting the Carolinas

A Dead Woman’s Apparent Donation Adds to Scrutiny of Nevada House Candidate

How an Abdul El-Sayed Opponent Handed Him a Campaign Highlight

DOJ charges 28 with unlawful voting, other election-related offenses in California

Trump and Republicans battle to protect the midterms’ most surprising battleground

The president rejected concerns about prospects for Sen. Marshall in the competitive Senate race

Trump says ‘polls are fake’ as he campaigns for GOP candidate in deep-red Kansas

Democrats’ long-shot Senate races get a multimillion-dollar boost

The affordability question Republicans can’t escape

Trump bets Alaska promises can save GOP Senate seat

Medicaid cuts haunt Republicans in battleground states

GOP-linked PAC spends over $1M to boost third-party socialist in Ohio Senate race

Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez fights to keep a foothold in Pacific Northwest’s Trump country

With 2 weeks until midterms, analysts say Dems still on track to win US House majority

JD Vance’s handling of heckler hammered by possible 2028 Democrat: ‘It’s insulting’

National Political News

Johnson says he warned White House of ‘unintended consequences’ from Russia sanctions waiver

The richest members of Congress in 2026

Hinojosa sues to review confidential emails between Musk, Abbott

GOP Rep. Fitzpatrick vows to hold any US officials who limited Starshield ‘fully accountable’

State officials offered to store nuclear waste. Then residents found out.

Security official warns of more suspicious letters to lawmakers 

Trump faces bipartisan backlash over waiving Russia sanctions

The fallout from Trump’s Russia energy moves

Rivals pile on Beshear over his resistance to Latinos’ push for funds

JD Vance ‘just ruined his career’ with ‘horrific response’ to Iran War widower, critics say

Marjorie Taylor Greene says ‘dying remnant of MAGA’ is a Trump ‘cult’

National Congressional News

Trump’s Russia moves could complicate lame-duck agenda

Trump/Administration News

Trump says he would be open to trilateral meeting with Putin, Xi

Hegseth’s future as Pentagon chief at center of lame-duck defense battle

Live updates: Interior officials defend golf course takeover moves; Trump heads to Kansas

Burgum: East Potomac will be transformed into ‘best course in America’ under Trump

Hatch Act complaint filed against Carr, Burgum and Lutnick

Trump says security cameras installed at Reflecting Pool, threatens to jail future vandals

Trump claims swapping ‘Mexico’ for ‘America’ would send property values soaring

Exclusive: Secret pay-for-play text rocks Trump White House

Critics slam new Trump ‘vanity project’ as president rips ‘lunatic’ judge blocking renovation

Middle East Conflict News

Iran aims to punish Trump in midterms with oil price pain, officials in region say

Defense/Military

Service member who died after rappelling incident at UT San Antonio game identified

Scoop: Hegseth meets Netanyahu on unannounced Israel visit

Opinion

The pill in your medicine cabinet is a national security issue

Now that Musk owns Republicans, they own his extremism

When history reckons with Donald Trump, it won’t forget America’s role

The fifth Musketeer wields the wealth of nations

Accountability is coming: Trump aides face looming congressional probes

Elissa Slotkin wants to scare, threaten young Republicans away from politics 

Rural America can’t grow if its workers can’t find a place to live

The U.S. badly needs new tariff laws

The NLRB’s problem is bigger than who can fire its members

Zelensky has figured out why Trump loves Putin

From Ohio’s cornfields and factories comes a warning for Republicans

How to stop Putin’s missiles before they even leave Russia

Slotkin Promises Endless Lawfare

How Israel Can Help the Board of Peace