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The Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Friday, Oct. 3 in Portland Ore.

Saskia Hatvany

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Trump administration files emergency appeal to keep control of Oregon National Guard troops

Conrad Wilson

The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court late Sunday to immediately place a hold on a court ruling preventing the president from sending National Guard troops to Portland.

Senate President Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, poses next to the marbles he uses to illustrate the Oregon budget. Oregon lawmakers expect to have fewer marbles to allocate given changes to state finances since the end of the legislative session.

Julia Shumway

Oregon Capital Chronicle

Politics & Government

A $373 million deficit leads Oregon lawmakers to weigh ‘painful’ budget cuts

Shaanth Nanguneri

A masked federal agent leaves the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., as demonstrators dance and protest outside shortly after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that the National Guard can deploy to the city on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. That ruling was later overturned.

Eli Imadali

OPB

Immigration

‘Detain first and ask questions later’: Oregon ICE arrests shot up in October

Holly Bartholomew

A shopper picks out bagels at River City Food Bank. Oct. 30, 2025

Ruth Finch

CapRadio

Politics & Government

In the shutdown’s wake, how fragile are low-income benefits programs like SNAP, WIC in California?

Sarit Laschinsky

Historic Fall Fund Drive Exceeds Goal!

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Oregon’s new normal: Declining public school enrollment

Elizabeth Miller

Oregon's public school enrollment continues to decline in the years after COVID-19, but it's not clear where students are going.
Megan Farmer

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College program for migrant students loses federal funding

Ann Dornfeld

A federal program that helps young people from migrant families attend college abruptly halted this year after the Trump administration eliminated funding for migrant education.

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In a shift, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files

NPR Washington Desk

Members of the House, including some Republicans, have forced a vote as early as Tuesday to release unclassified files held by the government.
Alex Brandon

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AP

Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump policies are 'not America first' in fight over MAGA

Luke Garrett

Trump called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a "traitor" after his revoking political endorsement of her. Greene said Sunday his words can "put my life in danger."

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking to add to its six detention facilities in California with a new one in the Bay Area. Detainees at an ICE Processing Center housing unit in Adelanto gather in a common area on Aug. 28, 2019.

Chris Carlson

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Law and Justice

Oregon immigrant advocates ask court for class action status in suit against feds

Mia Maldonado

Plaintiffs allege agencies are purposefully denying people in immigration detention centers access to lawyers.

Federal officers atop the ICE building in Portland on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. Federal lawyers are appealing a decision by a federal judge in Oregon that blocked President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops to the city.

Alex Baumhardt

Oregon Capital Chronicle

Law and Justice

Feds appeal ruling permanently blocking Trump Guard deployment to Portland

Alex Baumhardt

An American flag and Oregon state seal behind the bench in Courtroom 2A in the Multnomah County Courthouse, Portland, Ore., Jan. 28, 2025.

Anna Lueck

OPB

Law and Justice

Oregon’s public defense crisis appears to improve, but some attorneys remain skeptical

Lauren Dake

Portland General Electric’s Boardman energy complex in the distance, as seen from Crow Butte across the Columbia River in 2019. Electricity demand is expected to rise dramatically in the next 25 years in large part to data centers and electrification in buildings, industry and transportation sectors. But Oregon, unlike neighboring states, is not planning on adding new nuclear power facilities to its energy mix.

Tom Banse

Oregon Capital Chronicle

Environment, Energy and Transportation

To meet growing energy demand, Oregon is ‘nuclear curious,’ mostly cautious

Alex Baumhardt

Flight information is displayed at Portland International Airport in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025.

Saskia Hatvany

OPB

Politics & Government

How the reopening of the federal government is impacting Oregon so far

Joni Auden Land

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Participants of the "Kill the Cuts" rally against the Trump administration’s cuts to research funding gather outside the Wilshire Federal Building after walking from the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on April 8, 2025.

Jules Hotz

CalMatters

Education

‘Unlawful coercion’: Trump can’t withhold funds or demand payment from UC, federal judge rules

Mikhail Zinshteyn

The judge has previously sided with UC scholars several times since June in halting Trump’s termination of science and health research funding. The latest ruling is arguably the most sweeping yet.