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Oregon/Northwest News

Fiber, broadband projects by Oregon highways on hold after Kotek data center order

Oregon nonprofits press GoFundMe lawsuit, alleging unauthorized use of names and logos to solicit donations

Exclusive: State commission revokes 2 Oregon teachers’ licenses

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Half a million Oregonians have turned in their ballots week ahead of Nov. 3 election

Drazan, Kotek draw millions from allies in last Oregon governor’s race with no donation limits

Yes, judges are on your ballot. Here’s who wants the job: The latest on Oregon’s 2026 election

In Oregon’s most expensive legislative race, 2 political newcomers battle for key Senate seat

Prosper Portland Board Finds Its Executive Director Followed All Agency Rules

Home Forward Says $38 Million Budget Deficit Is ‘Worse Than We Understood It to Be’

Wildfire News

Fire season to end in Jackson, Josephine counties: Effective Oct. 28

Portland/Metro News

Another suburban Portland school district eyes school closure, attendance boundary adjustments

Fired Clackamas County lawyer plans to sue, accuses commissioner of ‘intimidation and retaliation’

How did earthquake risks factor into school closure plans? PPS says it wasn’t a ‘driver.’

Central/Eastern Oregon News

Boardman Chamber CEO wins statewide executive of the year honor

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Albany election: See who raised $20k

City of Eugene, Pacific Recycling fined by DEQ

Southern Oregon News

In Oregon’s most expensive legislative race, 2 political newcomers battle for key Senate seat

Roseburg City Council tables motion on Flock camera usage, approves city employee wage increases

Future of Grants Pass homeless village uncertain

ELECTION 2026: Your guide to the Nov. 3 ballot in Jackson County

Three So. Oregon GOP State Reps not facing challengers

AI/Technology News

Brainstacking: Can the latest TikTok trend actually reverse brain rot?

Anthropic IPO leads AI’s $235 billion dealmaking blitz

Business/Economic News

Consumer sentiment increased in October: Conference Board

Energy & Environmental News

Trump plans to loosen methane rules for low-producing, high-emitting oil wells

Trump to announce relaxed rules on oil firms’ methane leaks

Healthcare News

Open enrollment begins: What Medicare beneficiaries need to know for 2027

Sanders, Wyden press insurers on Trump ACA coverage terminations

Media News

Rising: October 27, 2026

O’Reilly: US could become ‘France on steroids’

Court News

Supreme Court says Trump administration can block judges from closing deportation cases

Judge slams DOJ in ex-FBI officials’ false-statement case

Judge criticizes Justice Department’s handling of ex-FBI officials’ charges over Hunter Biden investigation 

Grand jury declines to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony

International News

France promises to replace its university admissions after riots and thousands of arrests

Bolsonaro’s party recognizes Brazil election result. But he hasn’t conceded

Brazil Cancels Bolsonaro’s Passports as Questions Swirl About His Location

We Went to Cuba to See How the Fuel Crisis Is Forcing Havana to Open Its Economy

China Claims Strong Economic Growth, but Skeptics Question Official Figures

Israeli PM Netanyahu’s bloc on track to win 50 seats against rival’s 52, exit poll shows

Israeli turnout hits four-decade high in warning sign for Netanyahu

Exit polls are in, but it could be weeks or months before the winner of Israel’s election is known

Rubio responds to Machado return: Can’t ‘street-protest your way into a democracy’

Poll & Surveys

Latest Polls

Mike Johnson: ‘The polls are wrong’

Democrats hold 8-point advantage 1 week before midterms: Survey

National Campaign/Elections

Democrats prep for election interference as Trump administration makes moves

Trump says he will respect midterm results ‘if they’re honest elections’

Sabato’s Crystal Ball moves 16 House races toward Democrats

Inside Trump’s red state blitz to stave off a Democratic midterm sweep

Live updates: Trump heads to Texas for rally doubleheader; Talarico plans dueling event

Jennings concerned about multiple states: ‘A lot of bad vibes out there’

Frustrated farmers could become a midterm problem for Republicans

Another change election and a whipsawed America 

MAGA star Lauren Boebert switched to a safer district. It’s no cakewalk.

Trump continues red-state campaign push with days until midterms

 John Thune’s balancing act: Inside his push to save the GOP majority

 Republican attack ads mocking Troy Jackson’s relationship roil Maine Senate race against Susan Collins

 Conservative climate movement faces a blue wave wipeout

The hidden GOP fundraising weakness is getting worse

Libertarians could spoil Republicans’ chances in the fight for control of the US Senate

Trump’s DOJ sends 1,000 election monitors to 50 states; locations not yet disclosed

FEC electronic filing system hit with hours-long outage

Democratic senator: Trump is ‘laying the groundwork’ to steal Minnesota election

Trump does Texas two-step to close deal for Ken Paxton

North Carolina Democrat eyes an upset in an unlikely district

National Political News

Manchin: Atmosphere right for ‘complete tsunami’ in midterms

Texas agriculture commissioner: GOP could pay price for data center push

How a Cheesecake Factory jab spurred a midterm spat

The FEC’s filing system is down a week before the election. The agency won’t say why.

Massie vows ‘week one’ vote in lame duck to impeach Hegseth

175 Democrats demand feds stop Ilhan Omar probe, warn her House seat is at risk

Democrats seek transformative childcare laws amid political shifts

McCain predicts Elizabeth Holmes will get a Trump pardon

National Congressional News

Senate braces for nasty fight over seating Peltola after Alaska Senate race

District staffers put on edge by wave of suspicious letters

Defense priorities tied up in lame-duck jumble

Key Senate Democrats set high bar for permitting bill support

Fifty-fifty, Fetterman and filibuster: What could a split Senate look like? 

Trump/Administration News

Trump officials say men face a testosterone crisis. Experts say numbers tell different story

Trump says he will ban the term artificial intelligence

Rubio delivers 11-second remarks at Trump rally

Trump says East Potomac renovation will proceed despite judge’s order blocking golf course closure

Trump administration: Hundreds of Washington state voters may be noncitizens

Trump declines to unconditionally accept midterm results

Trump’s arch would cast shadow on Arlington graves, including Kennedy’s

RFK Jr. falsely says Arab Muslims don’t produce prizeworthy science, literature

CDC’s deputy director resigns after being hired in April

In Trump’s pardon economy, victims lost out on $119M in restitution

Ceasefire begins in Ukrainian city of Oleshky, Melania Trump announces

Trump praises Canadian separatists amid delicate trade talks

Top Rubio adviser for Venezuela and Cuba leaves State Dept.

JD Vance gives baffling reason why he thinks Alaskans can’t read this word

State Department to issue visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and family

Middle East Conflict News

The Movement: Pivotal Israeli election could shift relations with US

Defense/Military

2 men charged with UK national security offenses over incident at US-run military base in England

Pentagon funding a naval training facility in Ecuador

Opinion

Obama tries to gaslight America about Abdul El-Sayed

Remote work automation just crossed a troubling threshold 

The dark side of AI regulation is unrestrained government control

Vivek Ramaswamy, have you no sense of decency?

Supporting religious freedom and pluralism is a foreign policy priority

This peninsula is an economic powder keg. A blast could cost trillions.

The nuclear option America actually needs

Obama Goes Socialist, Scorns Cheesecake

 Elon Musk, Starlink and Vladimir Putin