-
Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital ChronicleThe lawsuit came in the wake of Operation Black Rose, an operation the federal government launched in October 2025 to arrest immigrants living across the Willamette Valley. -
Jenny Kane/OPBWith Democrats in control of Congress, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is poised to become chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.
-
The 2025 federal budget law changed Medicaid eligibility, but implementation doesn’t start till 2027. -
The only California county having problems counting ballots is Shasta, which has an election office run by Clint Curtis, one of President Trump’s election deniers. -
The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrived Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republicans lose. -
As of Tuesday morning, more than 1.5 million eligible voters had cast their ballots in Oregon, and election officials said turnout could reach historic highs by Tuesday night. -
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push for California to set aside thousands of mail ballots from people President Donald Trump’s administration claims are noncitizens, a decision that comes on the eve of the pivotal midterm elections. -
Ranchers in Eastern Oregon and other parts of the inland Northwest say policies of the Trump Administration have made it harder to make a living raising beef. Despite those frustrations, some ranchers say it won't be enough to stop them from voting with the Republican party in the midterms. -
A federal appeals court on Friday denied a Trump administration demand that California set aside and not count the ballots of 20,000 suspected noncitizen voters, setting the stage for a possible appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Federal officials delivered a subpoena to Orange County Registrar of Voters’s office on Thursday. -
The Trump administration takes the fight over California voter rolls to local election offices. -
Twenty-five states, including Oregon and California, plus the District of Columbia sued over the new rule, saying it would make it harder for blind and seriously ill people to stay insured. -
A federal judge refused to order California to set aside 20,000 ballots, citing a ‘pattern of attempted election interference’ by the Trump administration -
Oregon’s next governor will have to lead the state through difficult cuts to spending on the Oregon Health Plan.
