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Oregon/Northwest News

More businesses demand pause on Oregon’s new recycling fees, following court decision

Flaws in Oregon’s social safety net contributed to teen’s death, report says

Oregon parks see 51.46M visits in 2025 facing budget challenges

Oregon Legislative & Political News

Oregon lawmakers propose criminal penalties for alarming, threatening public officials

Legislation imperiled in push to restore waivers for Oregon gyms, ski resorts and other businesses

Oregon housing bill tries to reduce rental barriers for older adults

Oregon lawmakers propose capping cannabis edibles at 10 milligrams of THC

A sweeping plan to reshape how Oregon schools are funded runs into a buzzsaw of opposition in Salem

Key pieces of Oregon’s campaign finance overhaul could be delayed under Democrats’ proposal

Lawmakers plan action to buy Abiqua Falls, keep it public

Oregon Election News

Here’s how much Oregon’s congressional delegation raised at the end of 2025

This Republican challenger outraised an Oregon congressperson in the final months of 2025

Advocacy groups halt effort to enshrine abortion, transgender health care rights in Oregon Constitution

Portland/Metro News

Bargaining gridlocked between Portland Community College and its two unions, strike looms

The Portland Rose Festival’s Board President Explains the Move From Two Signature Parades to One

Oregon Coast News

25th year Coquille Tribe distributes Community Fund grants

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Hermiston council OKs agreement to purse Umatilla River bridge funding

Oregon ethics group dismisses Greg Smith case

Seed payment enforcement bill encounters no objections

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Salem City Council votes to create $200K fund in wake of ICE emergency

Salem pauses sign code enforcement for 6 months. What to know

5 things to know about the Burg Solar project near Harrisburg

Corvallis to get its second Marriott-branded hotel

Eugene Council declares immigration enforcement ‘humanitarian crisis’

Southern Oregon News

Umpqua National Forest to end cash payments at many recreation sites

Roseburg council still working on ethics reimbursement

Tibbetts to kick off campaign for Jackson County commissioner

Klamath leaders advocate for treaty rights in Washington D.C.

Sheriff Sickler and local State Reps back HB 4139

New opponent files candidacy for Klamath County commissioner seat

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI infighting hits a boiling point

Business/Economic News

Navarro says expectations for monthly jobs numbers must be reduced ‘significantly,’ citing deportations

Top White House aides tamp down January jobs expectation

Retailer Eddie Bauer files for bankruptcy

GOP senators grill telecom giants over phone record subpoenas

Newport’s only Safeway will close this summer, making way for a new grocery store

Eddie Bauer to close Seattle headquarters, lay off 60

Energy & Environment News

Trump administration moves closer to opening Venezuela to more US oil producers

EPA on the verge of killing off the core of its climate regulations

Former federal renewables lab lays off 134 people

Trump administration moves to restrict federal funds for EV chargers

EPA to repeal landmark finding that climate change endangers the public

Health Care News

AMA launching its own vaccine safety, effectiveness review system

House panel subpoenas 8 health insurers

Transportation News

As EVs rise, California’s gas tax crumbles — and lawmakers flinch

Epstein News

House Dem identifies ‘wealthy, powerful men’ DOJ redacted in Epstein files

Lutnick confirms Jeffrey Epstein lunch as scrutiny intensifies

The Epstein files are creating headaches for the Sununus and Shaheens in New Hampshire

What Jamie Raskin saw in the unredacted Epstein files

Khanna reads names of 6 men ‘likely incriminated’ in Epstein files on House floor

GOP senator on Epstein files: ‘Now I see what the big deal is’

Bondi to face criticism over Epstein disclosure law at House hearing

Lutnick Says He Visited Epstein’s Private Island With His Wife and Children

New document raises questions about what Trump may have known of Epstein’s crimes in mid-2000s

Justice & Court News

Judges may have found a way to bypass 5th Circuit ruling upholding Trump’s mass detention policy

Appeals court allows Trump administration to revoke deportation protections for thousands

Trump-appointed judge dismisses DOJ attempt to access Michigan voter data

Immigration judge rejects Trump administration bid to deport pro-Palestinian Tufts student

US moves to wipe out Stephen Bannon contempt of Congress case

FBI cited debunked claims to obtain warrant for Fulton County voting records, documents show

Oregon man planned to kill, behead ICE agents, use separatist outfit to start civil war, prosecutors allege

Immigration/ICE News

ICE will be at the World Cup, director says

ICE director grilled over Trump’s immigration crackdown

Clergy say Jesus’ teachings leave Christians no choice but to resist ICE

Beshear: ICE needs to be ‘entirely reformed,’ Noem ‘needs to be fired’

ICE chief forcefully defends deportation campaign as scrutiny mounts

14-year-old girl allegedly zip-tied in raid, raising questions about ICE tactics

Venezuelans sent to Salvadoran prison can be returned to U.S. with a court order, DOJ says

International News

Exclusive: Trump says he opposes Israeli annexation steps in West Bank

Europe’s leaders are deeply unpopular

Cuba warns of aviation fuel shortage after Trump tariff threat

Nicaragua makes it tougher for Cuban migrants to get to the US

Russia, Iran blast Musk’s Starlink during UN space meeting

Carney says he had ‘positive’ conversation with Trump after bridge threat

National News

FBI releases photo of subject in connection with Nancy Guthrie disappearance 

Daughter of Minnesota governor candidate fatally stabbed

How the use of AI and ‘deepfakes’ play a role in the search for Nancy Guthrie

US to expand passport revocations for parents who owe child support, AP sources say

US skater Amber Glenn faces fallout over politics and issues with music copyright after Olympic gold

National Campaign/Election News

Susan Collins officially announces reelection bid in Maine

Identity politics convulse Dems’ Texas Senate primary

Malinowski concedes in primary for Sherrill’s NJ House seat

DCCC adds five House seats to its midterm target list

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

Optimism in US at record low: Gallup

What a new Gallup poll shows about the depth of Americans’ gloom

National Political news

Maxine Waters is the newest target in Democrats’ intergenerational war

Bad Bunny’s “illegal” halftime show needs investigation: Republicans

Dems demand Lutnick’s resignation over Epstein files

Governors won’t hold Trump meeting after only Republicans invited

Gabbard’s office warns attorney not to share classified complaint with Congress

GOP lawmaker blames Bovino for worsening situation in Minneapolis

Thune: ‘Not even close’ to enough votes to change filibuster rule to enact voting reform

More than 50 advocacy groups call for Noem’s impeachment

Senate GOP set to go to battle over Trump’s ICE, CBP policies

Lawmakers stress need for immigration site visits without delays

Trump’s jabs at top Democrat could complicate immigration enforcement deal

Republicans are pushing to drastically change the way you cast ballots

Trump administration plans to hold back grant money for some Democratic-led states

National Congressional News

Jeffries slams Republican DHS offer as ‘woefully inadequate’

Johnson says it’s full steam ahead on tariff vote ban

Capitol agenda: Democrats demand more from GOP on DHS

‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms

Lawmakers grill top immigration officials amid outcry over Good, Pretti killings

GOP lawmakers threaten to rebel on Trump tariff vote

House panel subpoenas 8 health insurers

GOP senators grill telecom giants over phone record subpoenas

Bondi to face criticism over Epstein disclosure law at House hearing

Voter ID bill up next in the House, with Senate future uncertain

Johnson forced to delay key Trump agenda vote over burgeoning House GOP mutiny

Trump/Administration News

Trump rules out another reconciliation package

Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel

Trump administration moves to restrict federal funds for EV chargers

Carney says he had ‘positive’ conversation with Trump after bridge threat

Trump’s jabs at top Democrat could complicate immigration enforcement deal

White House, Democrats negotiate as shutdown deadline nears

Trump says his ‘Great Ballroom’ will be used for ‘future Presidential Inaugurations’

Trump director of election security sparked Georgia office raid, affidavit says

Trump is threatening to block a new bridge between Detroit and Canada from opening

Trump administration plans to hold back grant money for some Democratic-led states

Trump administration takes down a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument

Tariff News

House Rules Committee moves to protect Trump’s tariffs from congressional disapproval

Government Agency News

EPA to roll back finding tying emissions to public health

Military/Defense

Exclusive: Trump says he might send second carrier to strike Iran if talks fail

Opinion

Darkness descends with Washington Post mass layoffs  

So few good lawyers want to work for Trump that DOJ is recruiting on Fox

Trump is right: The UK Chagos deal is an ‘act of great stupidity’

Call immigration enforcement actions what they are: lawless Terry stops

The revolution should not be surveilled

Trump starts another needless face-off with Canada

U.S. universities have lost sight of their core task

Trump is making voters uneasy. Democrats are pushing them away.

The autism epidemic is a myth

How the Russian people are returning to Europe

Hijacking Trump’s Religious Liberty Council

Republicans Threaten Mississippi’s Miracle

The Saudi Crown Prince Taps the Brakes

America Is Running Out of Patience With Republicans