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Oregon/Northwest News

Relying on mail for your Oregon income tax return? State officials say time is running out

Oregon Legislative & Political News

Oregon Democrats call for Trump’s removal after Iran threat

Portland/Metro News

Appeals judges consider reinstating restrictions on officers at Portland ICE facility

Details emerge in Portland mayor’s ask for Clackamas County cash to fund homeless shelters

 Portland judge says she’s too busy running for reelection to oversee trials

 County Circuit Judge Told She Can’t Beg Off Running Trials to Campaign for Reelection

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Corvallis school board recall effort fails

Faraway Iran War impact? Albany likely to consider gas tax next spring

Linn County measures and races to watch this primary

Treiger slaps back at critical public commenter

Southern Oregon News

Phoenix council slow rolls wild turkey takedown

Oregon Airports to get more than $27 million in federal funds

Business/Economic News

Iran war gives U.S. consumers the inflation jitters

MAP: Diesel hits record prices in 6 states, gas prices near peaks

Amazon cuts back Postal Service deliveries in new agreement 

Samsung to discontinue its messaging app: What happens next?

BNY to manage Trump Accounts ahead of program’s launch

More business openings than closings in Oregon in last decade, despite economic stigma

Education News

Texas Board of Education to consider requiring Bible passage readings for public schools

Energy & Environment News

Nuclear energy regulators roll back security drill requirements

Health Care News

RFK Jr. moves to broaden CDC vaccine panel eligibility after federal judge found new members unqualified

Supreme Court stirs free speech debate with ‘conversion therapy’ ruling

‘Nobody answers’: The unraveling of a patient care research agency

Bracing for federal cuts, some states are already paring back Medicaid services

Epstein News

Howard Lutnick will testify to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein next month

Justice & Court News

Trump rips Supreme Court over birthright citizenship, tariffs

Only Trump knows why he replaced Bondi as attorney general, new leader of Justice Department says

International News

Why Hungary’s energy policy is less MAGA than JD Vance might think

China, Russia sink UN vote on Strait of Hormuz; 10 countries join US in support

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

Gas prices concern Americans most amid Iran war: Pew survey

National Campaigns/Elections

Scoop: Platner declares Mills nearly finished in Maine Senate primary

How big of a tent do Democrats want? Hasan Piker is testing the limits in Michigan’s Senate primary

National Political News

Democrats’ Colossal Missed Opportunity to Shape the Supreme Court

Jim Jordan’s dream might not be deferred much longer

Trump removal chatter erupts among Dems over Iran post

Rising: April 7, 2026

For these Republicans, the ‘war on woke’ starts at home

Some Republicans Set Their Own Deadline on Iran War. It’s Getting Close.

National Congressional News

Congress is absent as Trump threatens Iranians ‘will die’

‘Paradigm shift’: How Trump’s budget request will keep everyone guessing

House Democrat moves to impeach Hegseth over Iran war

Freedom Caucus calls for full DHS funding in GOP-only bill, rejecting leadership plan

Senate Dem breaks with pushing Trump 25th Amendment removal over Iran comments

Trump/Administration News

Trump weighs Pakistan’s request for 2-week extension for Iran

The White House has a war-funding sales pitch the GOP might not buy

Trump: ‘I can’t tell you’ whether war is winding down or escalating

Trump admin’s challenge of Watergate-era records law alarms historians

Trump’s Iran rhetoric on wiping out civilization faces deep backlash

Vance most skeptical voice in Trump’s inner circle on Iran strikes: New York Times report

Vance blasts EU, lauds Orbán in Budapest

Trump considering Pakistani PM’s request he extend Iran deadline, White House says

Middle East Conflict News

What happens at 8 p.m.? Even Trump’s allies aren’t sure.

Israel aims for longer war in Iran, as Trump demands a deal

Iranian hackers are targeting US energy and water sectors, federal agencies warn

Pentagon’s new plans in Iran give Trump a way out of war crime accusations

Pakistan proposes 2-week Iran ceasefire ahead of Trump deadline

 Iran talks show glimmer of progress as Trump deadline looms

Trump threatens “whole civilization will die tonight” amid 11th hour Iran negotiations

Iran says US aircraft destroyed during recovery mission for missing service member

Iran freezes talks as Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’

Hegseth’s claims about Iran war contradict reality, officials say

The cascading global impact of the Iran war, visualized

 Iran issues threats of its own after Trump warns a ‘whole civilization will die tonight’

Government Agency News

Mullin to cities with international airports: ‘You’ve got to partner with us’

What spending probes at DHS reveal about Noem’s time in office

Defense/Military News

Trump’s Iran threats raise moral stakes for military members

Retired general: Trump ‘an absolutely terrible commander in chief’

GOP praise pours in for Army chief of staff ousted by Hegseth

Opinion

The retirement crisis can’t wait — and neither should Congress

Why so many Americans now sympathize with the villain

Trump’s gone too far: Invoke the 25th Amendment before it’s too late

Hasan Piker is a moron, but don’t cancel him — criticize him!  

Waiting months to see a doctor? It doesn’t have to be that way.

The backward logic of pharmaceutical tariffs

JD Vance Stars in Our Man in Budapest

 The Democratic Race to the Left