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Oregon/Northwest News

Governor proclaims September Preparedness Month

Many Small Health Systems Have Been Hoovered Up. Rejecting This Fate, Rural Oregon Hospitals Are Uniting.

Oregon labor department urges feds to continue collecting workforce demographic data

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Amid postal service uncertainty, Oregon election officials turn to ballot drop boxes

Election Complaint Alleges Sharon Meieran Broke Campaign Finance Laws

Wildfire News

DFPA Deals with Two Fires on Sunday

Portland/Metro News

Portland Public Schools weighs raise for its superintendent as it faces budget cuts, school closures

Participatory Budgeting Measure Faces Organized Opposition, Including From the Mayor

Central/Eastern Oregon News

Sheriff’s sergeant announces run for Umatilla County sheriff

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Corvallis city employee union authorizes potential strike

Benton County delays church development decision, to deliberate next week

Southern Oregon News

Winston Mayor Requesting Investigation of Mail Delivery Problems

Grants Pass police make 2 arrests in courthouse protest altercation

4 creeks that exceed state bacteria standards in the Rogue Valley

Mt. Ashland Association appoints new general manager

AI/Technology News

Tim Cook hands over reins of Apple, but remains Trump whisperer

The Movement: Meta settlement gets praise, pushback from the right

Flock cameras trigger nationwide backlash over privacy, AI fears

Data center construction spending surged in July

Business/ Economic News

These are the fastest-declining jobs: Labor Dept.

Hemp ban set to be delayed a month after House passes funding bill

Bessent downplays bond market sell-off as Middle East fighting unsettles investors

Bond Yields Around the World Soar in Challenge to Government Borrowing

What higher interest rates are telling us

Intel replaces one of its most coveted titles after nearly 50 years

Education News

As more colleges surpass $100,000 price tag, here’s the true cost

Oregon universities brace for international enrollment drop following visa delays, Trump policies

Energy & Environmental News

A ‘sleeper issue’ in red states this fall: Diesel prices

Healthcare News

Trump names pastor as tobacco health adviser at CDC

How MAHA ideas could outlast RFK Jr.

Media News

Haberman: ‘No polling’ where Trump is popular

Milo Yiannopoulos ‘very ashamed’ of support for Trump after deportation

White House to host first press briefing in over 40 days

Rising: September 1, 2026

Ex-Never Trumper conservative radio host angers MAGA with Texas Senate race hot take

Epstein News

Massie names Epstein ‘coconspirators,’ discusses new Epstein files legislation

Court & Justice News

Chief justice dissents on ballroom construction: ‘No victory for separation of powers’

Court strikes down New York law that sought to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change

Immigration/ICE News

ICE says it has enough body cameras now, after series of deadly shootings

Federal immigration authorities increasingly targeting people without criminal records in Oregon, across country

International News

Zelensky warns airlines Russia’s sky ‘completely unsafe’

Carney suggests US officials stop ‘doing memes,’ ‘throwing shade,’ ‘trying to be tough’

National News

Florida orders removal of Flock cameras from state highways

Poll & Surveys

Latest Polls

Trump approval stuck at lowest level of political career: Survey

Most Americans disapprove of Lake Ontario name change

National Campaign/Elections

El-Sayed says Trump is making him ‘main character of the midterms’

Abortion rights group launches $250K mail campaign targeting Susan Collins

Foes gear up to counter Trump’s possible election moves

At the Races: Bay State blues

‘We flat have to win there’: Thune urges Trump to help in Texas Senate race

Vance wades into caustic Michigan Senate race, calling candidate Abdul El-Sayed ‘evil’

Lake Ontario is now Lake America. Residents of Trump-voting Ontario have thoughts.

USPS whistleblower warns new ballot system could fail

National Political News

Democrats, shook by woke and Trump, make case they’re the normal ones

Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Put a data center up in Mar-a-Lago’

Ty Cobb: White House ‘turning into some combination of a whorehouse and Las Vegas’

House censures Chuck Edwards over “sexual harassment” of staff

House Democrats left reeling after shock defections

Mike Johnson swarmed by irony police after claiming Iranian character flaw ‘part of their religion’

National Congressional News

Congress funds government until December, averting preelection shutdown

Democratic leaders blindsided by two members who bailed out Johnson 

GOP hard-liners threaten rebellion over stopgap funding bill

Funding extension clears House, avoiding shutdown threat

Rule for debate on mining, whales, socialism measures squeaks by

Panel punts kids’ social media ban for data consent mandate

House Democrats fume about GOP’s anti-socialism bill

Trump/Administration News

MapQuest tops Apple, Google Maps in downloads after refusing Trump’s ‘Lake America’ change

Bessent predicts Strait of Hormuz will be ‘worthless’ in 2 years

Trump administration unveils additional details in Venezuela oil deal

U.S. officials defend deal with controversial Venezuelan oil baron

‘Who knows if it will survive’: Experts question how long Trump’s Venezuela oil deal will last

Why Trump’s trade war with Canada is poised to drag past the midterms

Middle East Conflict News

US strikes IRGC targets in Iran in response to attacks on American forces

Putin pledges support to Iran, rallies leaders to challenge U.S.

Germany blames Russia for attempted drone attack on airport, announces countermeasures

Iran live updates: After launching strikes, US warns of escalation if Iran responds

Jordan intercepts Iranian missiles as Trump vows more strikes on Iran

Defense/Military

GOP senator ‘disappointed’ over departure of Army secretary who clashed with Hegseth

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll steps down — with a warning

Pete Hegseth cut more promotions for Army officers

Opinion

Trump’s threats are now just saber-rattling with a plastic knife

Putin and Trump refuse to accept the realities of their wars

A new answer to America’s growing elder-care challenges

America’s expats are still waiting for tax reform

Fairness for growers is food security for America

Oh, the irony: A MAGA influencer gets deported by ICE

What Trump’s ballroom win really says about the Supreme Court

Hurray for the Bond Market