Latest News & Opinion Stories

Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon population growth among slowest in the nation

Oregon Legislative &Political News

Oregon lawmakers might once again debate the ‘kicker’ tax rebate this year

Governor Kotek announces new group of bills

Portland/Metro News

Portland councilors mull citywide foie gras ban

Mayor Wilson Implores Council to Send Millions in Unspent Housing Dollars to General Fund

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Breaking: Greg Smith resigns from Columbia Development Authority

Willamette Valley/Salem News

After a recent vote to cut Springfield teachers during the school year, residents file recall petitions for three school board members

Salem City Council moves to end downtown business parking tax

Salem votes to settle $550K claim with firefighter’s widow

Southern Oregon News

Josephine County commissioner resigns before recall is certified

Roseburg continues without a new council president

Q&A with US Rep. Val Hoyle

Josephine County defamation lawsuit against former Republican chair moves forward

Rogue Valley mourns community leader and educator Lyn Hennion

Central Point City Council approves 20%–24% water rate increase

Business/Economic News

UPS looks to cut up to 30,000 jobs in 2026

Consumer confidence falls to lowest level in more than a decade

Being a White House VIP Thrusts Tim Cook Into the Political Fray

After rocky start, Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News

Energy & Environment News

Fourth wind farm blocked by Trump is allowed to resume construction

US withdrawal from Paris Agreement takes effect

Trump administration weighs mining off Alaska’s coast

Health News

American Academy of Pediatrics departs from CDC with childhood vaccine revisions

Health Insurers in Shock After Medicare Holds Line on 2027 Payments

Housing News

Trump executive order seeks to speed rebuilding of homes destroyed by Los Angeles wildfires

Justice & Court News

Judge dismisses DOJ bid to obtain Oregon voter rolls

Appeals court declines to reimpose restrictions on agents at Minnesota protests  

Lawmakers again challenge limits on ICE detention facility visits

Judge in Minnesota orders ICE chief to appear in court

Judge blocks ICE from deporting or transferring 5-year-old and his father

Minnesota’s chief judge, a veteran in conservative legal circles, takes on ICE

Families of killed men file first U.S. federal lawsuit over drug boat strikes

Immigration/ICE News

Sam Altman says ‘what’s happening with ICE is going too far’: Reports

Former ICE director: Trump will take ‘next step’ if Minnesota leaders don’t show commitment to law and order

Why do ICE officers wear masks – and is it legal?

GOP Homeland Security appropriator: Immigration enforcement ‘not in a good place right now’ 

Five moments in the Alex Pretti shooting that raise red flags for policing experts

Authorities release man whose case led judge to order ICE leader to appear in court, lawyer says

International News

Trump threatens U.S. support for Iraq over election of former prime minister 

India and EU clinch the ‘mother of all deals’ in a historic free trade agreement

Canada’s Carney Tells Trump ‘I Meant What I Said’ in Davos

Italians furious over deployment of ICE agents to bolster US security at Winter Olympics

Russia offers cash bonuses, frees prisoners and lures foreigners to replenish its troops in Ukraine

National News

Alex Pretti’s killing broke through in even the internet’s apolitical spaces

Shooting involving Border Patrol leaves 1 in critical condition near US-Mexico border

National Campaign News

Virginia judge blocks Democratic-favored map from going into effect ahead of midterms

‘Latinas for Trump’ co-founder: Trump ‘will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller’

Trump whistleblower Vindman challenging Moody for Florida Senate seat

Florida Republican Vern Buchanan to retire from Congress

Florida GOP rep says Trump’s immigration tactics ‘hurting our chances at the midterms’

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

More than half of Americans have ‘very little’ confidence in ICE: Poll

Trump’s Approval Rating Slips In Wake Of Pretti Shooting

Half Of Surveyed Voters Think U.S. Democracy Is ‘Weak,’ Poll Finds

National Political news

GOP backlash on Minnesota signals a tougher landscape for Trump

US Sen. Mark Kelly’s lawyers say Pentagon attempting to violate his constitutional rights

National Congressional News

Live updates: 2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress

Republicans scramble to avoid shutdown amid public ICE backlash

Immigration funding impasse

Coast Guard budget boost hangs in limbo amid DHS debate

Spending bill would solidify Trump cuts in DHS oversight

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Pledge to Vote Against Homeland Security Spending

Trump/Administration News

Live updates: Trump to speak in Iowa as he defends Noem from resignation calls

Trump on Alex Pretti shooting: ‘You can’t walk in with guns’

Trump offers support for embattled Noem amid ICE uproar

Kristi Noem met with Trump amid scrutiny over deadly Minneapolis shooting: Sources

WH Corrects FBI: Law-Abiding ‘Have Right To Bear Arms’

Trump’s immigration crackdown led to drop in US growth rate last year as population hit 342 million

Live updates: Trump says he wants ‘honest’ investigation into ‘very sad’ killing of Minneapolis protester

White House calls altered, realistic‑looking image it posted a ‘meme’

Trump’s sudden shift on ICE protests is his latest about-face

Government Agency/Employee News

NOAA speeds up process to grant deep-sea mining permits

Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT

Military/Defense

Trump says US used ‘Discombobulator’ secret weapon during Maduro capture

Former NSC senior director: Trump ‘will have to do something militarily’ in Iran

Opinion

Have we kissed the Fourth Amendment goodbye? 

America’s disaster costs are soaring —taxpayers can’t keep paying

If the Trump administration can’t trust Tulsi Gabbard, who can?

The videos don’t lie. End ICE’s presence in Minnesota.

Business with dictators is a security risk America has fallen for before

Assume this loutocracy is lying about ICE until proven otherwise

It’s crucial to remember the Bill of Rights (Guest opinion)