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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon primary election 2026 live updates: Drazan wins Republican primary, gas tax rejected by wide margin

Live results: Oregon primary election 2026

PRIMARY: Krause leading state Senate D3 race; Jackson County measures advancing

Labor unions sided with far-left candidates in Oregon – and seem to have lost

Oregon DMV reviews use of undercover license plates for federal agents in wake of legal threat

Oregonians must complete interviews to receive SNAP benefits starting June 1

Oregon judge on leave amid allegations of vulgar language at Sunriver conference

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Oregon primary election 2026 live updates: Republican race for governor, gas tax on the ballot and more

Primary election 2026: Oregonians head to the ballot box

Voting in Oregon is safe and secure, officials say as clock ticks to return primary ballots

Voter turnout nears 26% with 1 final day to cast ballots

Wildfire News

Wildfire Forecast 2026: Fires likely to burn over 5.5 million acres as drought intensifies

Portland/Metro News

Interim Leader of Home Forward Pledges Greater Transparency and New Chapter After CEO Resigns

Oregon Coast News

Questions about federal permit hang over commercial crab fishery

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Boutique Air continues air service to Pendleton

Willamette Valley/Salem News

See who the top donors are for local primary election campaigns

Southern Oregon News

Jackson County Results

Dam managers working to keep Rogue River fish alive

AI/Technology News

Kids digital safety concerns collide with prediction market debate 

AI sparks backlash from new graduates. How deep does the disapproval go?

Google unveils broad new push to put AI everywhere

OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic

Business/Economic News

Target just opened 6 stores, while dozens more in the works: Here’s where

SEC announces new rules to “make IPOs great again”

Education News

States sue over new student loan limits on certain nursing and healthcare degrees

Energy & Environment News

The worst climate future is less likely, but the best one is slipping away, scientists say

Exclusive: Clean energy deals on track for “biggest year ever”

Health Care News

Why health officials are worried about containing the Ebola outbreak

Teen temptations beware: MAHA-era FDA gives vapes, tanning beds a boost

Steep drop in number of people with Affordable Care Act health coverage, analysis finds

Housing News

These are America’s most ‘overpriced’ housing markets

Transportation News

Bipartisan highway bill includes $130 registration fee for EVs

Those potholes in your street reveal a money problem for cities and states

Justice & Court News

Blanche doesn’t rule out considering payments for violent Jan. 6 rioters as he defends $1.8B fund

Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision

Blanche says he won’t recommend pardoning Maxwell

Blanche faces questions over DOJ ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Immigration/ICE News

Federal judge bans most arrests by federal agents in immigration courts in New York

International News

Carney downplays Pentagon pulling out of US-Canada military board

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

Trump’s approval rating dips further: 7 things to know

National Campaigns/Elections

Senate Republicans fume over Trump backing Paxton in Texas race

Polls show Cooper with strong lead over Whatley for NC Senate seat

Rove, Hemmer label Massie race a referendum on Trump: ‘There is a risk’

Massie: Hegseth campaign stop in Kentucky shows Trump-backed challenger’s bid is ‘imploding’ 

Trump backs Paxton over Cornyn in Texas runoff

Trump’s revenge tour comes for Massie

National Political News

Rising: May 19, 2026

IRS barred from auditing Trump’s old tax returns

Trump’s ouster of Republican senator sends shock waves through Senate GOP

GOP senators push for challenge to House maps in Democratic states

Cassidy becomes fourth GOP senator to back Iran war powers measure limiting Trump

Admiral accuses lawmaker of ‘inappropriate’ remark in testy exchange over Iran

Abortion clinic protesters eligible for payouts from new Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

National Congressional News

Republicans defeat Gallego amendment pushing back on fund to compensate Trump allies

SCORE Act pulled from House floor after CBC opposition

Bipartisan highway bill includes $130 registration fee for EVs

Tillis urges GOP colleagues to hold budget bill over White House ballroom funding

Gallego to offer DACA, immigration enforcement amendments for reconciliation bill

Funds to combat child exploitation added to reconciliation bill

Another bill upping Capitol Police retirement age passes the House

House NIL bill gets benched

With 4 GOP votes, Senate advances resolution to block further strikes on Iran

Congress is scrambling to regulate prediction markets

House holds off on prediction market ban despite bipartisan calls for prohibition

Trump/Administration News

Top Treasury lawyer resigns as Trump, IRS settlement announced

What to know about $1.776B DOJ compensation fund for Trump allies

IRS blocked from pursuing past tax investigations, audits of Trump or his family

Trump says White House ballroom will be a ‘shield’ as he shows off construction site

IRS ‘forever’ barred from investigating Trump or his family for past tax issues

The mysterious letter Donald Trump wrote to JD Vance that he says will protect him from assassination

Trump discloses thousands of stock trades, some in companies directly influenced by his policies

Middle East Conflict News

O’Reilly: Trump willing to ‘give up the little things’ in dealing with China

Iran live updates: Senate narrowly votes to advance war powers resolution

Iran stages mass weddings for couples ready for “self-sacrifice” in war

Iran’s supreme leader’s fiery anti-US posts spark warnings of ‘jihad,’ wider crisis

Trump held meeting on Iran war plans after pausing attack

Opinion

Therapy nation: Why Americans can’t stand each other anymore

‘The View’ from the White House: Forget about the First Amendment 

The 2028 US presidential election needs to be a landslide

The 1996 Everest disaster and our eternal contempt for the wealthy

Trumpflation won’t be temporary

What to make of Trump’s enormous legal fund to his allies

Idaho shows America how to build

Who owns utilities matters less than who regulates them

The precedent of Trump’s IRS settlement

Trump’s $1.776 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

Trump Makes Chuck Schumer’s Day by Endorsing Ken Paxton

A Housing Bill That Would Hurt Housing