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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon farmers spared fight on animal cruelty measure

Oregon Campaign & Election News

After 124 years, Oregon’s fall ballot will be missing something familiar

Secretary of State Read to City Auditor: Tighten Up Your Elections Division

Wildfire News

Wildfire Tracker

Oregon reaches 1.5M acres of active wildfire

Firefighters make little progress on Sisters-area wildfire

Updates on wildfires burning across Oregon

As Evans fire here dwindles, others in Oregon heating up

Wildfire chars path through Painted Hills as national monument remains closed

No evacuations remain for East Evans Creek Fire in Jackson County

Oregon National Guard expands wildfire response as long season looms

KCFD1 puts out fast-moving brush fire in Klamath Falls

Portland/Metro News

Looking for Blazers’ Moda Center solution, county commissioners eye new funding path

Hillsboro bans new data centers in surprise city council meeting

Watch: New Oregon housing law causing controversy in West Linn

Portland initiative campaign targets city employee over signature-gathering complaint

Oregon Coast News

Oregon sheriff and predecessor spent $390K in donations on jet skis, metal shop and retirement party, county says

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Firefighters make little progress on Sisters-area wildfire

Wildfire chars path through Painted Hills as national monument remains closed

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Salem residents rage against proposed data center and city NDA that kept plans secret

Who’s eying Albany’s downtown property tax exemption program?

Southern Oregon News

Roseburg City Council discusses possible downtown urban campgrounds, faces pushback from UCC

As Evans fire here dwindles, others in Oregon heating up

Local developer makes progress toward $7M Talent lawsuit payout

No evacuations remain for East Evans Creek Fire in Jackson County

KCFD1 puts out fast-moving brush fire in Klamath Falls

Inmate fire crew assists on East Evans Creek Fire

Florida Complex Incident Management Team takes over East Evans Creek Fire

AI/Technology News

Trump administration bans Chinese hardware with eye on AI race

Scoop: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang meets Lutnick amid China scrutiny

UN’s renewable-powered AI goal meets physical reality

Anthropic blows past Starbucks, McDonald’s amid AI boom

Business/ Economic News

Warsh seeks to keep Fed steady amid Iran price pressures, internal divides

Dow Rallies, Chip Stocks Slide

Productivity is booming — but AI may not be the reason

Boeing Spends Big to Meet Deadline for New Air Force One

Canadians’ travel pullback costs U.S. tourism billions

Shoppers are buying fewer meat products as prices continue to rise

Walmart knocked from top of Fortune 500 list by ‘behemoth’ company embracing AI

Why you won’t find these popular items at Costco

Energy & Environmental News

Five states could take nuclear waste under Trump administration initiative

Healthcare News

Study links heavy TV watching to brain changes tied to Alzheimer’s

Thyroid medicine recalled nationwide: FDA

Blood supply “alarmingly” low, patient care at risk: Red Cross

Pro-data center industry group behind ad campaign in Oregon, six other states

Media News

Why John Oliver is calling on Buc-ee’s to sue him

Rising: July 28, 2026

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Wheat farmers protest price dockage for low protein

Oregon farmers spared fight on animal cruelty measure

Court & Justice News

How SCOTUS deepened TPS uncertainty

Trump asks Supreme Court to reinstate mail-in voting restrictions before midterms

Immigration/ICE News

New rule could speed deportation of asylum seekers

Oregon congresswoman says feds provide few answers on immigrant death investigation

Oregon State Police tout state law ICE is ignoring in response to impersonation report

International News

US walks out on France at UN meeting to protest human rights criticism 

A 7.1 magnitude quake hits Japan’s southern Kyushu island and dozens are injured or missing

Russia closes window for dissent as Ukraine’s attacks stir public dismay

France evacuates 4,000 from tourist sites on Atlantic coast as heat threatens wildfire fight

Macron calls fire crisis France’s worst since WWII as crews race to quell flames

A diminished Bibi arrives for his moment with Trump

Zelenskyy has a ‘good meeting’ with Trump at the White House as he seeks more cooperation with US

National News

Where are the US’s safest big cities? New study released

Poll & Surveys

All Latest Polls

Americans support Netanyahu arrest by 22-point margin: Survey

Supreme Court approval hits new low: Poll

Economic pessimism eases slightly: Gallup

40 percent report buying less produce amid cyclospora outbreak: Poll

4 in 5 toddler foods at grocery stores are ultra-processed: Study

National Campaign/Elections

Talarico expands lead over Paxton in new Texas Senate poll

Democrats lose patience with embattled DNC chair

Rogers holds double-digit lead over El-Sayed, tied with Stevens in Michigan Senate poll

Democrats still suffering from Bernie burnout

Fiery Michigan Senate primary reaches final stretch: Takeaways from El-Sayed, Stevens debate

As Roy Cooper leads in polls, Democrats aren’t measuring the drapes yet

Matt Dunlap says he’d welcome DCCC support in battleground Maine district

4 gubernatorial races that could affect the House majority

At the Races: Like father, like daughter?

After insults at WHCD, Trump touts economic record in Michigan

Defeated progressive ‘Squad’ lawmaker in hot seat for non-profit’s missing paper trail

Behind-the-scenes fury and panic dominate key House primary

Senate Democrats announce $40M ground game spend in 10 battlegrounds

National Political News

Cornyn says there’s no deal on Blanche attorney general nomination: ‘They know what they have to do’

Trump, Senate give tearful goodbye to Lindsey Graham

Former Olympian charged with Reflecting Pool vandalism sees grand jury ‘irregularities’

Gorsuch: US ‘never supposed to be … about one race or one religion’

Bipartisan headwinds buffet $1B ‘anomaly’ for Trump battleship

Kentucky Gov. Beshear demands McConnell prove ‘capacity to serve’ or resign

Fauci diaries, released by Sen. Paul, touch on COVID origins, Trump

Sen. Cornyn says DOJ has been ‘radio silent’ on demand to kill Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Speak or resign: Beshear ups McConnell health demands

Mikie Sherrill refuses DOJ demand for data on NJ noncitizen voters, citing privacy laws

Flap over noncitizens on state voter rolls seen as unlikely to boost SAVE America Act

National Congressional News

Sen. Lindsey Graham leaves the Capitol a final time

No quick fix for sexual misconduct in the House

Trump to Senate: Cancel August recess

Washington gathers to mourn Lindsey Graham at funeral

Trump’s SAVE America demands threaten to hand Senate a cruel summer

Trump/Administration News

5 questions as Trump faces limits of mass bombings in Iran

White House responds to John Mellencamp criticizing ‘Gulf of America’ name change

Bessent: Democratic socialist candidates now ‘center’ of Democratic Party

Trump’s teleprompter operator who bet on speeches no longer working in the government

Pulte completes more intelligence community layoffs ahead of Clayton confirmation vote

Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy

Netanyahu and Zelenskyy meet separately with Trump at the White House

Iran live updates: Trump criticizes Netanyahu over Israeli intel on Pickaxe Mountain

Trump, Netanyahu tout “productive” meeting after weeks of tensions

Scoop: Trump asks SCOTUS to overturn $83M Carroll judgment

How Trump’s “self-deportation” push has ramped up

Trump administration bans foreign-made robots and power gear amid fears of Chinese influence

Middle East Conflict News

Mediators see progress in Iran war ceasefire restoration push

Iran Rejects Omani Proposal to Share Strait of Hormuz, Demands More Control

Trump meets Netanyahu as his threat to resume strikes looms over Iran

Allies shrug as US pushes for Strait of Hormuz patrol

The US military says it’s thwarted an Iranian missile attack on American troops

Recent fighting with Iran further draws down key US air defense stockpiles, analysis says

Netanyahu praises first meeting with Trump since launching the Iran war

Defense/Military

Pentagon to rename Charleston base for Graham: Report

US air base in South Korea confirms ‘ground mishap’

Opinion

Trump loves using soldiers as props — until they make him look bad

Welcome to a data center near you

A message for the Democrats: It’s the corruption, stupid

2001: A budget odyssey

Can a democratic socialist candidate truthfully take the oath of office?

‘The question is who blinks’: Two writers discuss whether Trump can win in Iran

The military’s antidrug campaign accomplished nothing

Whom will Democrats nominate in 2028? The scales just tilted.

Another state refuses to settle for mediocre government workers

The Revealing Diaries of Dr. Fauci

The FDA Deep State Strikes Back

The Lindsey Graham Example

Behind the Curtain: The 6 stages of political surrender

Rahm Emanuel on Why Democrats Keep Losing