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Oregon/Northwest News

Crime Stoppers of Oregon sunsets its anonymous tip line after 43 years

Can Oregon’s top federal prosecutor balance Trump’s priorities with the law? He says ‘yes.’

Oregon’s forests facing continued stresses, new report finds

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Wrangling for votes: Oregon governor candidates make political pilgrimage to Pendleton Round-Up

AI, data centers take center stage in rematch for Oregon’s 4th Congressional District

Oregon governor candidates won’t debate on Portland TV. They’re each blaming the other

Portland/Metro News

New animal services director flubbed his resume. Multnomah County hired him anyway

In 2 weeks, Portland Public Schools will unveil school closure scenarios. Some parents are already taking sides

Nike’s Converse brand apologizes, removes ad after backlash over racist imagery

Southern Oregon News

What MINT’s departure means for Grants Pass’ new homeless shelter

Medford meeting in October focuses on urban, rural political divide

New Jackson County voters must register for November election by Oct. 13

RVTD seeks public input on proposed transit service increases

AI/Technology News

Sherrill: ‘Towns can make their own decision’ on data centers

22 countries back call to keep AI ‘under human control’

In the heart of tech country, voters turn on AI

OpenAI proposes AI standards after U.S., China talks

AI ads flood campaign trail despite growing data center outrage, ‘doomsday’ warnings

Payment size revealed in massive Oracle settlement: Here’s how much you’ll get

Is this how the world ends? Extinction scenarios are taking over the AI debate.

The Magnificent Seven Is Roaring Back. You Can Thank Meta.

Business/ Economic News

Fed’s Kashkari: Inflation still too high in ‘all aspects’ of economy

Education News

Study counters the narrative about six-figure jobs that don’t require a degree

Energy & Environmental News

Big Ag and Big Oil go head-to-head over diesel export ban

Healthcare News

White House drafting executive order to take over NIH grant approvals: Reports

Florida reports 1st death from dengue fever

Media News

News outlets Trump banned from White House file lawsuit

Paramount reaches historic settlement with states, clearing way for WBD deal

CNN, MS NOW, Politico sues White House over blocked access

Networks pull out of White House TV pool in solidarity with CNN

Rising: September 21, 2026

Major TV networks halt video coverage of Trump over CNN ban

What is the White House pool? These days, it’s a battleground between Trump and free press right

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

A better cherry season, but Northwest growers still struggling

Sports News

This week: Senate still at work on college sports bill

Transportation News

FAA halts flights in Northeast after fiber cable cut in NJ

Flight delayed, canceled? Rule coming in October could impact your compensation

FAA rolls out air traffic AI tool in Washington region

Duffy says humans will always be in charge while touting AI air traffic program

Court News

Both parties embrace Supreme Court spending limit ruling in midterm home stretch 

Immigration/ICE News

The clues in ICE’s mass detention court losses that point to a win at SCOTUS

Tafoya blames Kristi Noem, Minnesota leadership for ICE rollout

The U.S. sent an Iranian Christian to Panama. It had no plan for what came next.

AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

International News

The race to be the next UN secretary-general is on. And placating Trump is a priority.

Far-right AfD wins again as Germany’s Merz slides

Trump to meet with Zelensky as Russia-Ukraine attacks intensify

Belarus says no potash left after Trump claims massive deal for fertilizer

Trump shattered Canada’s old US relationship. Carney is building a new one in Europe

Poll & Surveys

Latest Polls

California billionaire tax loses ground in new poll

Talarico holds slight lead in Texas Senate race poll

Trump approval falls to all-time low in Reuters/Ipsos poll ⁠

Fewer Democrats planning to cast mail-in ballots in midterms: Survey

Majority of voters say Trump’s policies worsened the economy: Poll

Americans rate UN poorly in 5 key areas: Survey

National Campaign/Elections

Crypto super PAC to spend $30 million in bid to take down Sherrod Brown

Max Miller threatens legal action over Democratic challenger’s ‘defamatory’ ad

‘He needed to be more empathetic’: GOP donors say Trump missed the mark with latest AI comments

Exclusive: Beshear says next president must go big on housing

Democrat Golden backs GOP’s Lawler in tough New York race

Salazar: Trump ‘very receptive’ to warning about Hispanic voters

Vulnerable GOP Candidates Call for Diesel Export Ban

National Political News

Voters are waking up on AI safety. So are these Senate Republicans.

Capitol agenda: Nvidia’s clout tested as AI debate shifts

How the AI debate in Congress could upend Nvidia’s clout

Bill Cassidy urges FDA nominee to reject Trump’s vaccine claim

Exclusive: How Sen. Schatz is talking about climate in an affordability crisis

Three Republican power players walk into a D.C. bar, and …

GOP leaders face challenge from lame-duck lawmakers in both parties

Senate Republican on Trump Jr. wedding gift from Russian oligarch: ‘Really bad’

19 states approved permanent daylight saving time. The last obstacle to locking their clocks could soon fall

Interest groups say president should not pick next GAO chief

National Congressional News

Senior GOP appropriator pours cold water on funding Trump’s arch

House Republican signals opposition to using military funds for Trump’s arch

Flock cameras controversy set for Senate hearing

Trump/Administration News

Trump’s Taiwan retreat tests his chief China hawk’s influence

Trump says his triumphal arch to be ‘top grade military complex’

The Company Trump Can’t Ignore

“National security” becomes Trump’s executive sledgehammer

Trump inaudible during TV blackout: What the press pool does

Trump move to ban news outlets blows up at White House

Trump pivots to foreign policy amid political, legal battles at home

Inside Trump’s secret deals paying foreign governments to take unwanted deportees

Trump heads into a week of diplomacy, hampered by a lack of allies

Trump Has Repeatedly Weighed Moving Entire Press Corps Out of White House

Wave of Setbacks Leaves Trump Frustrated, Looking for Credit

The president and the mayor of New York City held a joint news conference

Trump inaugurates new White House helipad, but networks skip coverage during First Amendment fight

Trump’s press ban backfires at White House event with president ‘yelling into the void’

Trump ‘lost his fastball’ with new renaming push: ‘Why the hell is the president focused on this?’

Trump’s new plan for D.C. arch faces immediate backlash: ‘Stupid, dangerous and unworkable’

Middle East Conflict News

Trump weighed strikes against Houthis in Yemen before holding off

Iran warns new U.S. assault would see it expand “geography of the war”

Trump reportedly called off strikes on terror group amid inner circle pushback

Trade & Tariff News

Swing-state billboards use football trash talk to call foul on tariffs

Defense/Military

Houthis say US ships won’t be targeted in Red Sea

Opinion

Behind the Curtain: Trump’s future foretold

America’s politics of fear could finally be over

Climate, nuclear and pandemic policy can guide us through the AI threat

Trump’s Achilles heel is the stock market

We needed the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act. Technology found a way around it.

Support for press freedom now depends entirely on who is in office

Trump-Xi summit underscores risk of outright data center bans

A remarkable show of solidarity for press access

What Trump doesn’t seem to realize about Xi Jinping

Joe Manchin: What could make Congress wake up

I’m Nebraska’s attorney general. No state can dictate the law for America.

The Coming Republican Revolt Against Tariffs