OPB Staff

U.S. Senate and House Democrats from Oregon moved swiftly to condemn President Donald Trump’s Saturday morning announcement that the United States carried out a military strike in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. They called the action unconstitutional, reckless and a dangerous escalation with global consequences.

Oregon military officials say that National Guard members remain deployed as of Wednesday.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Friday that the state is filing a lawsuit to force the federal government to return a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter to Newport. Lincoln County and the nonprofit Newport Fisherman’s Wives group filed a similar lawsuit.

An unprecedented weekend put Portland at the center of national headlines, as President Trump continued his push to deploy National Guard members into the city over the objections of city and state elected officials and a federal judge.

The Moon Complex fire in Curry County has grown to more than 17,000 acres, prompting evacuation orders in Agness and Illahe. Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered extra wildfire crews as smoke creates unhealthy air quality across southern Oregon.

Outside of Portland, protests drew hundreds of people in Tigard, Madras, Pendleton, Medford and elsewhere across Oregon on Saturday, as part of the national “Hands Off” day of action.

Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued a consumer alert in Oregon after 23andMe announced it would file for bankruptcy.

OPB's Dave Miller spoke with Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield about the new administration’s crackdown on immigration, and what impacts the policies could have on the state.

Two Oregon-based musicians have been nominated for the 2025 Grammy Awards following an unsuccessful bid earlier this year.

The state's congressional delegation and Portland’s city government grew more diverse, while the Oregon Legislature didn’t change much.

Two additional deaths were reported Friday morning by the Oregon State Medical Examiner, bringing the suspected death toll of the July 2024 heat wave to 16.

Oregonians who buy or lease a qualifying EV between April 3 and June 3 could get up to $7,500 back from the Department of Environmental Quality.