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Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon governor orders pause on environmental permits to build or expand data centers

Oregon Universal Health Plan Group Hastens to Meet Deadline

Was Delay of Universal Health Plan Report Unlawful? Does It Matter?

New Kotek executive order intended to protect Oregon healthcare access

Oregon insurance regulators warn of cheap healthcare plans resulting in high bills

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Oregon elections chief urges early voting as test of USPS service shows slow mail service

Green challenging Republican Rep. Greg Smith hopes to win with nonaffiliated voters

Kotek and Drazan meet Tuesday for final governor’s debate: The latest on Oregon’s 2026 election

Democrat Robinson wants to represent District 15 “for working people”

Republican Boshart Davis, seeking reelection, wants Oregon “to do better.”

Portland/Metro News

Public safety, accountability, reform: Multnomah chair hopefuls make their case

Congresswoman Janelle Bynum Says Portland City Council Is ‘Acting Crazy’

Oregon Coast News

Police ‘conspired’ to cause jail beating of 19-year-old accused of abusing relative of Newport official, lawsuit claims

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Salem clashes highlight growing tensions as immigration enforcement surges in Oregon

Updates: Board considers closure of 6 Salem-Keizer elementary schools

Duncan challenges Cameron for Marion County commissioner

These money measures will appear for Salem-area voters on 2026 ballots

Tangent mayor accused of sex abuse, official misconduct

Lane County adds ‘smart’ ballot box, 3 drop sites for Nov. election

Southern Oregon News

Flock camera debate extends beyond Roseburg amid statewide scrutiny

Roseburg City Council digs for more information on Flock cameras

Three-way race for Jackson’s state senator (Election 2026)

State representative seats in Jackson on ballot (Election 2026)

Chamber, Daily Courier set two candidate forums, tonight, Thursday

Jackson County-wide 911 public safety radio system upgrade completed

Election 2026: Former state lawmaker Beck looks to unseat Bentz in OR D2

Medford appoints second Deputy City Manager

AI/Technology News

OpenAI employee arrested and charged over hidden recording

Data centers’ new tool: Corporate cartography

Kupor: ‘Super Intelligence’ task force will press companies on AI safety

Exclusive: AI’s growing internet footprint

The AI chip war is turning Nvidia’s customers into rivals

Global law enforcement agencies, tech firms disrupt West African scam network

Why AI could end the price tag as we know it

Business/ Economic News

Bank of America hit with $1.2 billion penalty over money laundering allegations

It really is a golden age for one part of America

Kroger laying off 3,000 corporate employees over 3 years amid increased AI use

Thousands of bottles of acetaminophen sold on Amazon recalled

FTC: ‘Pharma bro’ Shkreli violated lifetime industry ban, should be held in contempt

What to know about 7-OH, MGPI, the synthetic kratom extracts known as ‘gas station opioid’

Into the uncanny valley of ‘Musk’

Higher Rates Are Coming for Private Equity—and Smaller Firms Are Already Hurting

Portland company withdraws AirTag ‘Silencer’ over stalking fears, issues apology

You can have your PDX carpet and wear it, too: Columbia turns Portland’s airport icon into a fleece

Energy & Environmental News

Federal energy regulators shoot down grid operator’s plan to cut power to data centers during shortfalls

Healthcare News

Urban, rural hospitals closing at similar rates, study finds

Media News

TikTok, Newsmax say they won’t air possible livestreamed public execution

Rising: October 13, 2026

WNBA star embraced by MAGA catches stray insult from Trump

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Oregon Department of Forestry investing $10 million in forest restoration

Sports News

Tom Dundon meets with state, business leaders ahead of Trail Blazers preseason game

Poll reveals where voters stand on high-stakes Portland Trail Blazers negotiations

Court News

Sotomayor, Gorsuch condemn immigrant’s prosecution, citing ‘constitutional absurdity’

Supreme Court turns away Kari Lake lawyer’s challenge to sanctions in Arizona voting machine lawsuit

Judge rebukes DHS for ‘outrageous’ false statements targeting former FEMA official

Justice Department Threatens Probe of American Bar Association on Law School Rules

 Supreme Court refuses to toss out fees for lawyers who sought hand count in Arizona election

National News

Newsom backs California ballot measure that would cancel out billionaire tax proposal

Confusion delayed aid to Christa Pike after botched execution, 911 calls show

International News

Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer

Europe’s alternative to Trump’s China trade war

Carney 1812 post references British-Canadian forces routing US

Drones hit ships in Black Sea, sinking 1 and prompting rescue operations, Bulgaria says

U.K. intelligence chief warns Iran is shifting plots to ‘harder targets’

Poll & Surveys

Latest Polls

Axios-Ipsos poll: “Medicare for All” support surges

Dems’ red-state showings raise prospect of a bigger 2028 map

Most voters see Congress as out of touch on spending despite midterm affordability pitch

Just 1 in 4 approve of Trump handling of economy: Survey

Most Americans think Trump is profiting from presidency in illegal or unethical ways, AP-NORC poll finds

National Campaign/Elections

Candidates campaign for House seats in districts where they don’t live

MAGA’s theory of the electorate on the line in Ohio

Suddenly competitive Iowa now pivotal to midterm election

New Democrat PAC hits GOP on AI in tight midterm races

El-Sayed backs AI kill switch, safety agency

‘Oil field trash’ tries to pull off Texas shocker

Mary Peltola raises $17M in Q3 in Alaska’s Senate race

House Dems launch ads in 4 more Trump districts

Guilfoyle scandal proves too much for Trump with midterms looming

Cooper holds 14-point lead in North Carolina Senate race poll

House’s most vulnerable Republicans haven’t deviated from Trump on 2026 votes

House Republicans appear to have an open-seat problem

National leaders crisscross the country at campaign crunch time

Collins, Jackson square off in Maine in first of three Senate debates tonight

Trump to fly 3,400 miles to Alaska in hopes of saving a Senate seat

Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race

How a James Talarico conspiracy theory raced through the right-wing internet

The party is trying to break a 38-year streak of falling short of winning a Senate seat in Texas

Battle lines shift in House races as Republicans retreat from front-line districts

This phenomenon is an encouraging sign for GOP in midterms, Mike Johnson claims

National Political News

Republicans doubt their big lame-duck ambitions pan out

Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns after White House asked her to step down

Rep. Ilhan Omar under investigation by Jeanine Pirro’s office

Russian diesel deal “a betrayal,” bipartisan coalition says

Five things to watch after Trump’s Russian diesel deal

Axelrod questions timing of Omar raid weeks before election

Sanders calls for artificial superintelligence ban after OpenAI CEO interview

Guilfoyle denies allegations as she accepts Trump admin exit

Bipartisan chorus to Trump: Undo Russian diesel deal

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s wife ministers to Hill staffers, but nonprofit funding is a mystery

National Congressional News

Maxine Waters’ grip on top House committee faces new challenge

Capitol agenda: GOP readies for an underwhelming lame duck

Trump/Administration News

White House pushes out Kimberly Guilfoyle after misconduct reports

Trump’s new press secretary raises eyebrows with bar exam response

Trump: Marshall was ‘mandated by law’ to request payments from patients

Trump picks fight with GOP senators over Russia diesel deal

Trump says he could be ‘last Republican president’

Katie Zacharia calls herself a lawyer. Legal experts aren’t sure.

White House scrambles over questions on new press secretary’s background

Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It’s mostly failed.

JD Vance makes ‘beyond disgusting’ joke implying Democratic candidate is gay

Trump press secretary bombs briefing debut with cringe gaffe: ‘She’s going to get fired for this’

Middle East Conflict News

Inside Trump, Netanyahu’s dilemma: Strike Iran before elections or wait

Saudi oil giant rocked by ballistic missile strike on critical facility: report

Defense/Military

Hegseth wants a livestream execution. Here’s how firing squads work

How the US military is learning to fight everyone’s new weapons

Top Army general reassures defense industry after Driscoll, George exits

Leading Catholic bishop urges Pentagon against livestreaming execution

Pentagon OKs second destroyer for Maine’s Bath Iron Works

The Mystery of the Unknown Sailor Who Inspired Trump to Shake Up the Navy

Opinion

Office mandates don’t just change where we work — they change how we think 

Five years later, the truth about Garland’s school board memo

What I learned from interrogating Saddam Hussein

Ziwe destroys Hasan Piker in amazing interview: bravo!

Regime change in Iran is needed now more than ever 

These bad candidates could cost either party the Senate

JD Vance needs a Microsoft update

The Riyadh airport attack exposes a new flight path for terror

John Bolton: How the U.S. should respond to Russia’s plague incident

The Wealth Tax Stakes in California

 Why Is Britain Still Appeasing Iran?

 NATO’s Message to Putin? ‘We Will Fight’

 What Alaska can teach us when it comes to dealing with data centers