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Deportations, tariffs, court clashes, record shutdown mark a historic year in Washington, D.C.
Published: December 26, 2025 19:06
WASHINGTON — This year produced a seemingly endless array of history-making events and nearly constant change to immigration policy, tariffs, the Education Department and federal health care programs. President Donald Trump came back into office emboldened…
Conservation groups urge Oregon to reduce whale deaths from crab fishing gear
Published: December 25, 2025 14:00
After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups are petitioning the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt measures to reduce the amount of fishing gear during whale…
National Guard shooting case moved to federal court as prosecutors weigh death penalty
Published: December 24, 2025 21:12
WASHINGTON — The man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House last month, killing one, was charged in federal court Wednesday, moving the case out of the local court system. United States Attorney for the District of Columbia…
NY federal officials submit 1 million more pages of Epstein files
Published: December 24, 2025 21:12
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have sent a million more pages related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the Department of Justice, which plans to release them in the coming weeks, officials said Wednesday. Justice Department staff wrote in a…
Oregon leads lawsuit over Kennedy’s efforts to ban gender-affirming care for minors
Published: December 24, 2025 20:49
Attorney General Dan Rayfield, who led the Oregon House when it passed some of the nation’s strongest laws to protect access to transgender health care, is suing the federal government over efforts to bar gender-affirming care for minors by stripping…
Social workers question spending, standards and ‘harmful dynamics’ at national association
Published: December 24, 2025 14:00
TOPEKA — Social workers nationwide directed furious complaints toward their national association, demanding accountability, transparency and an external review of finances in the wake of a structural realignment that jettisoned 14 state-level leaders. Four…
US Supreme Court in defeat for Trump blocks deployment of National Guard in Chicago
Published: December 23, 2025 23:11
President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday afternoon in a major setback for the president. The court’s majority rejected the Trump administration’s request to…
East Oregon board deceived by Rep. Greg Smith’s illegal pay raise considers rehiring him
Published: December 23, 2025 22:05
An eastern Oregon group charged with redeveloping a former military depot is considering rehiring an influential state lawmaker and giving him a large raise, despite state ethics watchdogs recently concluding he violated state laws when he inserted a…
First-in-the-nation Oregon law capping state employee hospital payments is working, study says
Published: December 23, 2025 20:51
A landmark 2017 Oregon law that limited how much hospitals can bill state employees’ health care plans has saved the state around $50 million annually without harming providers’ ability to operate, according to a new report. Researchers with Brown…
Oregon Central Coast to receive $2.2 million to restore tidal wetlands
Published: December 23, 2025 20:09
A nonprofit dedicated to restoration projects along Oregon’s Central Coast will receive $2.2 million to restore tidal habitats threatened by erosion, flooding and drought. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is awarding the funds to the MidCoast…
This holiday season, I’m thankful for telehealth. Oregon must protect access.
Published: December 23, 2025 19:20
My first holiday season in Oregon was not planned. I did not move here for a new job, family or a change of scenery. I came because I had to. I was fleeing a domestic violence situation with my two young children. I arrived in crisis, hoping the hardest…
Trump appears in several files of latest Epstein release
Published: December 23, 2025 19:10
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice early Tuesday released thousands more files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with several referencing President Donald Trump. The latest trove — which features nearly 30,000 more pages of…
Homeless youth say they need more from schools, social services
Published: December 23, 2025 13:57
Twenty-year-old Mikayla Foreman knows her experience is meaningful. Dealing with homelessness since 18 and currently living in a shelter, Foreman has managed to continue her academic journey, studying for exams this month in hopes of attaining a nursing…
Democratic states sue Trump administration for attempts to defund consumer watchdog agency
Published: December 22, 2025 23:55
The Democratic attorneys general of 21 states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration for its attempts to defund the Obama-era federal agency created to protect Americans from consumer fraud and discriminatory lending. After the U.S.…
Anticipating early 2026 opening, Oregon seeks to block potential Newport ICE facility
Published: December 22, 2025 21:28
Suspecting the federal government plans to open a large-scale Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Newport’s airport early next year, the state of Oregon asked a federal judge to block construction. Lawyers for the state sought an injunction…
As Supreme Court pulls back on gerrymandering, state courts may decide fate of maps
Published: December 22, 2025 19:49
After Missouri lawmakers passed a gerrymandered congressional map this fall, opponents submitted more than 300,000 signatures seeking to force a statewide vote on whether to overturn the map. But Republican state officials say they will use the map in the…
No more federal income tax relief for wildfire survivors after Congress fails to extend exemption
Published: December 22, 2025 14:00
At the end of 2024, wildfire survivors who had waited years to be paid in settlements over powerline-ignited fires got major relief from the federal government: they would not have to pay federal income taxes on the damages they were awarded. But the…
Mike Lee backs off change that advocates called a ‘green light’ to sell national parks
Published: December 20, 2025 14:00
Saying that “selling national parks was never on the table,” Utah Sen. Mike Lee is no longer proposing a change to federal legislation that drew heavy criticism from conservation groups, his office said Friday. Lee, A Republican, had proposed removing part…