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Oregon Campaign & Election News

Christine Drazan heads to downtown Portland to promise voters better days ahead

Oregon Democrats say they’ll keep fighting mail voting order, following Supreme Court ruling

Oregon Secretary of State: Mail elections to continue as planned despite court setback

In the heart of Portland, Christine Drazan lays out her plan to fix Oregon’s problems

Oregon leaders say they’ll keep battling Trump’s mail voting directive

Endorsement battle takes shape in race for Multnomah County chair

Oregon Officials Project Confidence After SCOTUS Sides With Trump on Vote-By-Mail

Read directs Oregon clerks to follow existing election law

Wildfire News

Northwest late summer days marred by historic drought, exacerbating wildfires

Umatilla National Forest fires update for Aug. 25

Portland/Metro News

$222k payout to Portland’s top public works leader is city’s latest golden parachute

Lawsuits pile up over Benson High School’s cost overruns, construction delays

Latest PPS Enrollment Forecasts Indicate Trouble Is Coming for Its Upper Grades

Shannon Singleton Notches Some Labor Endorsements, With a Catch

Oregon Coast News

Oregon sheriffs toss Curry County’s John Ward from association

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Eugene City Council stays neutral on Clean Energy Fund initiative

Lane County parts ways with second top lawyer in two years

Southern Oregon News

Roseburg City Council hears update on immigration training for police, awards storm damage repair bid

Former SOU administrator charged with embezzling at least $15,000 in 2023, 2024

Fired NICU doctors push for changes inside Asante leadership

AI/Technology News

AI is supercharging hacks of everyday utilities

Business/ Economic News

Treasury bonds are becoming less special

Bessent’s ‘economic D-Day’ may not end the war — or $4 gas

Energy & Environmental News

Internal watchdog finds FEMA crew violated Hatch Act by skipping homes with Trump signs

Falling oil prices help calm the stock and bond markets

Housing News

Media News

Fox News host’s shocking admission after interviewing El-Sayed: ‘I like him for some stupid reason’

Rising: August 25, 2026

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Cattle groups urge Trump to reconsider beef import tariff waiver

USDA certified? Comments suggest beef deal not quite cooked

Transportation News

TSA ditches Gold+ privatized airport security program

Epstein News

Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn conviction rejected

Court & Justice News

Watchdog files bar complaint against Jeanine Pirro over bid to indict 6 Democratic lawmakers

Federal court deals potential blow to Republicans over TV advertising rates

Immigration/ICE News

ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term

Father of Navy sailor aboard USS Lincoln released from immigration custody

International News

Trump Sends Nuclear Agreement With Saudi Arabia to Congress

Mark Carney’s defiance of Trump has Canada cheering

National News

Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations, dies at 80

Poll & Surveys

Trump approval reaches record low in new survey

Democrats up 7 points on the economy over GOP: Poll

Fetterman viewed more favorably than GOP senator by Pennsylvania Republicans: Poll

Shapiro holds 16-point lead in reelection bid polling

Latest Polls

National Campaign/Elections

DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflated

Several states will decide voter ID ballot measures this year

Darline Graham, Ralph Norman go head-to-head in South Carolina’s GOP Senate runoff

Trump-backed businessman Mike Mazzei looks to secure GOP nomination for Oklahoma governor

Nothing changes yet with the Supreme Court’s order on elections. But it could open door to ‘chaos’

El-Sayed distances from Piker amid high-stakes Senate race

Trump’s pick for open House seat in Kentucky scrubs president from campaign website

GOP election law expert: Many more ‘low propensity voters in Republican Party’ after Trump mail-in voting ruling

Cruz says GOP hasn’t coalesced behind Vance for 2028 nomination: ‘Oh, no’

At the Races: The president’s Palmetto test

As U.S.-Canada tensions escalate, Republicans could face political consequences

Trump-backed candidates have lost in 10 primaries. South Carolina is the next test.

National Political News

Dem leader tries to clean up backlash to meeting with Trump ally: ‘No one is going to get a pass’

Democrat jabs Trump over Lake Ontario threat: ‘Let’s just call it Lake Natalie’

Hillary Clinton says Republicans ‘secretly cheering’ for Mark Carney amid US-Canada trade negotiation

Beef war erupts between Trump and Senate GOP

Exclusive: Climate group presses Dems to seize on data center backlash

Trump/Administration News

Trump mulls renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America.’ Canadians balk at the idea

Kennedy Center risks financial ruin without Trump’s name, Justice Department argues

Potential next Trump White House press secretary defends president with scorching hot take

Trump administration threatens to demolish Kennedy Center if renovations are blocked

‘Unconscionable’: Lawyers hit back after DOJ suggests Kennedy Center demolitio

Lutnick’s last-minute demands derailed Canada trade talks: Reports

Democrats push Rubio on Board of Peace ‘slush fund’ for Trump

Trump administration violated court order on mail-voting rules, judge says

Kennedy Center’s survival depends on Trump, DOJ says in new filing

Trump scoffs at ‘affordability’ issues. The White House knows it’s a big deal.

Middle East Conflict News

The Warnings That Came Before a War Now Reaching the Six-Month Mark

Rubio tells allies U.S. shifting from strikes to sanctions on Iran

Trump: Mines fully removed from Strait of Hormuz

Trump’s Iran “D-Day” leaves sanctions hammer hanging

Tariff News

Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. as the countries’ trade fight deepens

Canada targets steel, fish and hundreds of other goods

Defense/Military

Air Force officer who called for Trump impeachment criminally charged

Army sergeant’s wife deported to Honduras under Trump crackdown

USS Abraham Lincoln headed for port in Thailand after 250 days at sea

CIA director makes unannounced visit to Russia 

Opinion

As the guardians of the rule of law, we have a lot of work to do

‘Medicare for All’ means Medicare for none

A MAGA plot to keep power in Congress if they lose the election?

Abdul El-Sayed distances from Hasan Piker — kind of

States can build America’s affordable energy future

Should Taiwan be worried after Trump drops support for South Korea?

Target is a store, not a political party

Trump says he’s ‘the affordability president.’ That’s rich.

Trump, Mail Ballots and the Supreme Court