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Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital ChronicleThe two northwestern states were the first to vote entirely by mail -
Jacquelyn Martin/APAttorneys general in five Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump's administration after it said it would freeze money for several public benefit programs, citing concerns about fraud in the programs designed to help low-income families.
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The Department of Homeland Security said its agent shot at gang members in self-defense. Still, hundreds protested at Portland’s ICE facility, and hundreds more held a vigil at City Hall. -
The troops were part of the Trump administration’s plan to support immigration enforcement operations. -
U.S. military strikes in Venezuela over the weekend have triggered sharp backlash from Democratic lawmakers and concern among immigrant communities, even as some Republicans praised the operation. -
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. -
A new law backed by California unions gives a state board the right to regulate working conditions and labor rights as the federal labor board’s fate is in limbo. -
Oregon military officials say that National Guard members remain deployed as of Wednesday. -
An Oregon company is blaming President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill for more than 100 layoff notices it sent to staff two days before Christmas. -
A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people. -
The Trump administration plans to bail out U.S. commodity farmers caught in the president’s ongoing trade disputes. -
The Trump administration has sent five times more people at least 1,000 miles compared to the last year of former president Joe Biden’s term. -
The state Department of Justice says the Trump administration hasn’t met key requirements. -
Tax credits for renewable energy developers will be phased out under the Republican-backed federal budget bill. Advocates say the Trump administration is going too far with strict new rules before then.
