Latest News & Opinion Stories

Oregon/Northwest News

Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report

After new federal requirements, changes coming to the Oregon Health Plan

Oregon’s virtual charter schools are booming, helped by financial incentives for home-schooling families

Oregon Legislative News

Oregon lawmakers call for safety measures on state bridges

Oregon Campaign & Election News

Oregon secretary of state encourages voters to verify authenticity of election mail

How to confidently fill out your ballot, even if ranked-choice voting is new to you

As Oregon Officials Install More Ballot Drop Boxes, We Checked Which Counties Have the Most per Person

Portland/Metro News

Washington County chair steps down after flipping off colleague

Oregon Coast News

Former Newport city councilor missing after his plane goes down in Pacific Ocean

Central/Eastern Oregon News

Texas geothermal company gets $135 million to continue exploration in Central Oregon

Forest Service proposes to fast-track logging Central Oregon wildfire area

Willamette Valley/Salem News

OSU women’s basketball players argue athletes are employees in potentially groundbreaking case

Strike narrowly averted at Marion County after deal is reached

Southern Oregon News

Winston mayor issues statement regarding incident with protesters at Melon Festival

Jackson County Democrats to host candidate forum at SOU

Medford meeting in October focuses on urban, rural political divide

New Jackson County voters must register for November election by Oct. 13

Savor Southern Oregon wine festival is a Sunset Travel Award winner

RCC dual enrollment saved high schoolers $3M in tuition fees

Asante, RRMC nurses trying to reach new deal

AI/Technology News

Trump says AI will be renamed ‘super intelligence’ in all US documents

Cheap, powerful models are the new AI frontier

The AI doomsday fear hidden in self-improving AI

The trillion-dollar AI safety paradox

U.S.-China “red telephone” could bring a Cold War guardrail to AI

Business/ Economic News

Anyone who has used CVS’ website is owed money. Here’s how to get a payment

DoorDash settles worker underpayment allegations with New York City for $131.5M

Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data

Healthcare News

Pasta sold at Walmart locations nationwide recalled over listeria concerns

Should you get a covid vaccine this fall? Here’s what to know.

Media News

Rising: September 22, 2026

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Diesel prices soar during harvest, worsening tight farm budgets

Transportation News

Waymo drives through Denver farmers market during setup

Airports resume operations after massive disruptions in Northeast

Beyer calls on FAA to suspend AI system for DC-area airports: ‘Guinea pigs’

Trump backs diesel export ban; Bessent says admin ‘examining that’

Court News

Court rejects Capitol Police rules on demonstrations on Capitol steps

Settlement of Camp Lejeune case shows dilemma facing many victims

Appeals court backs GOP-drawn map in Missouri

Federal appeals court blocks restrictions on placement of trans women in Oregon prisons 

Immigration/ICE News

U.S. to welcome up to 17,500 more White South Africans as refugees

International News

Trump suggests a Ukraine deal on Russia’s war could be close while meeting with Zelenskyy

CIA director meets with Zelensky at airport in Ireland

Deadly strikes rock Russia and Ukraine ahead of Zelenskyy-Trump U.N. meeting

Chinese president arrives in US with new energy leverage as war rattles global markets

‘Shame on you’: Netanyahu rips Mamdani ahead of UN visit

UN chief says power has polarized the world and urges leaders to cooperate

Poll & Surveys

Latest Polls

Fewer than half of California voters back billionaire tax: Poll

National Campaign/Elections

Sabato’s Crystal Ball moves 3 Senate, 4 gubernatorial races in Democrats’ favor

O’Reilly: ‘Republicans can’t survive the anger that people are feeling’ on spending

A diesel-powered panic for GOP in Iowa 

Carville says Piker ‘not a Democrat’: ‘Don’t use our name’

Rating changes: A dozen more races move toward Democrats

Republican candidates are breaking with Trump on Iran as midterms loom

The GOP stampede away from Trump is growing — including in pretty red districts

GOP’s war for eyeballs

Ariz. activists build map to show federal agents at polls

Florida Democrats court GOP voters who fear data centers

National Political News

GOP Sen. John Curtis calls for Trump Jr., Hunter Biden investigations

El-Sayed on Carlson praise: MAGA ‘eating itself’

Katie Porter weighs in on billionaire tax: ‘Perpetuates the status quo’

GOP Senator Calls for Probe of Donald Trump Jr.

Collins slams Trump plan to ‘politicize’ grants as defying Congress

National Congressional News

Here are the 5 conservative priorities stalled as the lame-duck session nears

Fiscal commission weighed as tool to fight soaring debt

Trump/Administration News

Trump ‘definitely backed into a corner’: Former press secretary

Bill Clinton knocks Trump over arch, Kennedy Center moves

Rubio says Ukraine targeted US-linked ships, infrastructure

Trump officially makes Rubio national security adviser

Loomer says she’s ‘pissed’ at Trump for meeting Mamdani

Trump backs diesel export ban; Bessent says admin ‘examining that’

5 things to know about Trump’s speech to the United Nations

Vance pushes for health fraud legislation in the Senate

‘Into hell’: Trump signals aggressive lame-duck foreign policy at UN

Lawmakers bristle at Trump effort for tighter control of NIH

Trump pivots to foreign policy amid political, legal battles at home

Trump warns U.N. he might ‘annihilate’ Iran as war overshadows diplomacy

Trump pledges to open new Arctic military bases as he signs Greenland deal

760,000 enrollees cut from ACA as part of Vance-led anti-fraud effort

The president’s speech at the UN General Assembly also covered US military in Greenland and a promise that Cuba ‘will fall’

Exclusive: Trump adviser ties high gas prices to refining

Trump TV is live. Here’s what it’s actually showing

Trump and Mamdani’s unlikely rapport endures in New York

Trump says US and Iran met shortly after he threatened annihilation in UN speech

Trump made multiple false and misleading claim in front of the UN General Assembly

Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species

Trump roasted over bizarre announcement to UN General Assembly: ‘Beyond parody’

Middle East Conflict News

Trump return to combat operations in Iran ‘inevitable’: Keane

Squeezed at Sea, Iran Faces New Restrictions on Its Flights

U.S. and Iran officials meet in New York to discuss ending the war

In address, Trump defends his decision to start the war against Iran

Defense/Military

Hegseth announces new Pentagon battlefield test for promotions to general

Hung Cao’s bid for Navy secretary faces choppy waters post-USS Abraham Lincoln

Another U.S. service member dies amid Iran war, Pentagon tally shows

Opinion

Trump finds rampant noncitizen voting in … Ken Paxton’s Texas

The worst thing Trump has done (on a long list of things)

How return-to-office mandates are quietly eating away at America’s future

The IRS’s cruel new proposal weaponizes civil rights law against itself

In education, ‘trust the experts’ is a scam to silence even expert dissent

JD Vance might as well admit it: The GOP failed

What a new survey shows about Trump’s tariffs

What Does Trump Want From Xi?