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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon’s economy isn’t working for most people. State leaders met Monday to chart a new path

Oregon leaders pledge to make the state more business-friendly, but offer few specifics

Oregon fined $1.4M for admission delays at state hospital

SW Washington rivers flooded, Oregon Coast schools closed as atmospheric river pounds Pacific Northwest

Portland/Metro News

Right-wing influencer to sue Portland for $10 million after arrest at ICE protests

Portland sewage overflow hits Willamette as atmospheric river drenches region

Oregon Coast News

Oregon Coast Chinook salmon denied endangered species listing

Central & Eastern Oregon News

OPB’s First Look: A 21st-century rare metals rush gains momentum in Eastern Oregon

Lithium mining exploration project in Southeast Oregon gets federal approval

Eastern Oregon gold mine one step closer toward state approval

Willamette Valley/Salem News

‘Absolutely appalled’: Judge blasts ICE for failing to feed detainee before court

Southern Oregon News

Q&A: Rep. Alek Skarlatos on re-election bid, Oregon GOP strategy and the gas tax fight

Roseburg council to release draft investigation report, trims city manager’s raise

Smith recuses himself from appointment process

Nonaffiliated candidate from Grants Pass to challenge Yunker for seat

MURA OKs 100-unit senior housing concept for North Central Avenue

Local giving trees support foster children

Medford School District search for new Superintendent

ODOT begins phase two of countywide ADA curb ramp upgrades

The Bureau of Land Management Ashland office is asking for help with planning forest health

Signs and more added to I-5 to mitigate wrong-way driving

Business & Economic News

Trump grades his economy “A+++++” — most Americans don’t agree

Fed likely to lower borrowing costs this week, but follow-up rate cuts face longer odds

Trump says he’s fixing affordability problems. He’ll test out that message at a rally

US stocks hold in place in the countdown to the Federal Reserve’s meeting on Wednesday

U.S. job openings barely budged in October, coming in just below 7.7 million

Are you eligible for a share of the $700 million Google Play settlement?

Trump’s trade wounds force White House into action

Education News

After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left

Trump administration aims to officially scrap Biden-era student loan forgiveness program

“This is only the beginning”: SCOTUS’ denial of Texas case fuels book-banning fears

Energy & Environment News

UN says world must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and land loss

Health News

Oregon, West Coast states reject CDC panel’s push against hepatitis B shot for most newborns

Striking Legacy Health Workers Make (Slight) Headway

Immigration/ICE News

ICE tracking app maker sues over Trump administration pressure

Trump administration boots 85,000 foreigners with criminal records from US soil

Transportation News

Trump approves tiny ‘cars of the very near future’

Trump administration drops Biden-era $11M fine on Southwest Airlines

Justice & Court News

US Coast Guard likely ‘ran afoul’ of law by removing rescue helicopter from Newport, judge says

Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy

Live updates: Federal judge grants request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell case records

Justice Department challenges court order limiting access to evidence in Comey investigation

International News

Ukraine’s last eastern strongholds hang on as Russia fights to take Donbas

Two of Trump’s peace deals at risk as fighting surges in Congo and at Cambodia-Thailand border

Mexican president says Mexico will send more water to US but not immediately

State Dept. ‘concerned’ about fighting threatening Trump-brokered Thailand, Cambodia ceasefire

EU chief knocks new Trump comments: ‘Allies behave with each other’

Nvidia AI Chips to Undergo Unusual U.S. Security Review Before Export to China

Trump blasts “decaying” Europe but praises Orbán, Erdoğan

Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocks Japan’s northeast

Trump pressures Europeans backing Zelenskyy to prove him wrong

Trump thrashes European leaders in wide-ranging interview: ‘I think they’re weak’

National Campaign News

Opponents of Trump-backed redistricting in Missouri submit a petition to force a public vote

Susie Wiles: Trump ‘going to campaign like it’s 2024’ ahead of midterms

Scoop: Trump aides bullish on Supreme Court boosting GOP in midterms

Good news for House Democrats in latest round of race rating changes

Polls/Surveys

Surprising poll reveals most popular, least popular political figures right now

39 percent of voters say US is on right track: Poll

National Political news

The GOP has allowed Trump to expand his authority. Here’s where they’re pushing back

Senate to vote Thursday on GOP health care plan 

Moderate House Republicans introduce long-shot ACA subsidy extension bill

Senate Democrats introduce bill to block Trump from putting face on dollar coin

Live updates: Trump to tout economy in Pennsylvania; Supreme Court may change campaign finance limit

Unpacking the $900 billion annual defense bill: What’s in? What’s out?

Tax credits for caregivers get attention from Trump, lawmakers

Democrats on Trump-approved Nvidia chip exports to China: ‘Colossal economic and national security failure’

7 takeaways from POLITICO’s interview with Donald Trump

Trump pledges executive action to counter state AI laws

Trump threatened to veto NDAA over base names, Rep. Strickland says

Government Agency/Employee News

Former DOJ staff rip civil rights unit’s ‘destruction’

Military/Defense

Retiring Navy admiral briefs Congress on boat strikes near Venezuela

What to know about the massive defense bill that seeks release of boat strike videos and more

Trump refuses to rule out sending US troops to Venezuela

Admiral pushed out by Hegseth meets privately with lawmakers

Hegseth, other officials brief ‘Gang of Eight’ on the Hill

Trump admin is ‘trying to put out a fire they started’ at Weather Service as a cold, snowy winter looms

Opinion

The climate cult’s dissolution is inevitable

Tech leader demands public hangings for violent criminals 

The 25th Amendment is there to protect us — are our leaders brave enough to use it? 

Are Republicans turning Uncle Sam into Uncle Sugar? 

Congress needs to fix its reconciliation process

How Trump’s Venezuelan armada could expand his deportation powers

A Miami Republican’s Immigration Dissent