Oregon News
- Top manager of 4 Columbia River wildlife refuges leaves amid federal workforce reductions by Erik Neumann on April 19, 2025
The loss of Eric Anderson at the national wildlife refuges along the lower Columbia River has some worried amid broader federal layoffs under the Trump administration.
- Weather balloon launch suspensions could lead to less accurate forecasts from Medfordby Roman Battaglia on April 19, 2025
The National Weather Service is suspending some weather balloon launches because of staffing shortages.
- US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one manby MARY CLARE JALONICK and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON on April 18, 2025
Speaking to reporters just after landing back in the United States, Van Hollen offered few answers about what will come next in Abrego Garcia’s case.
- Most of AmeriCorps staff members have been placed on leave after DOGE cutsby HANNAH FINGERHUT AND TRÂN NGUYỄN on April 18, 2025
The memo from AmeriCorps’ interim director told staff that the administrative leave would remain in effect until future notice.
- More allegations at Oregon youth detention center paint a picture of systemic abuseby Lauren Dake on April 18, 2025
New allegations of MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility staff sexually abusing teens in custody are detailed in another lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court last week.
- Portland driver who posted reckless stunts on social media arrested after calling police on himselfby Anna Griffin on April 18, 2025
Videos the man posted to Instagram show him speeding through residential neighborhoods, hanging out of his truck while driving, and generally disregarding traffic laws and common sense.
- No more ‘made-in-China’ in the U.S.? It’s headed that way, Chinese exporters sayby John Ruwitch, Aowen Cao on April 18, 2025
The Trump administration's stiff tariffs on Chinese imports are prompting economists to lower their forecasts for economic growth in China. A trade fair in the city of Guangzhou is feeling the impact.
- Trump moves to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire thousands of federal workersby CHRIS MEGERIAN and WILL WEISSERT on April 18, 2025
President Donald Trump has begun making one of the controversial personnel changes for government employees that was spelled out in the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for his second term.
- Are there signs of life on alien planet K2-18b, or is it just a lot of hot air?by Nell Greenfieldboyce on April 18, 2025
The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being greeted with both enthusiasm and skepticism.
- Judge pauses Trump administration’s plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureauby MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and CHRIS MEGERIAN on April 18, 2025
President Donald Trump ’s attempt to fire nearly everyone at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was paused on Friday by a federal judge, who said she was “deeply concerned” about the plan and issued an order warning that administration officials appeared to be “thumbing their nose” at the courts.
- Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassadorby WAFAA SHURAFA and FATMA KHALED on April 18, 2025
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 25 people on Friday including children, hospital workers said, as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel made his first public appearance in Jerusalem.
- Lawsuit challenges Trump administration crackdown on international studentsby ALIA WONG on April 18, 2025
A class action lawsuit filed Friday asks a federal court to reinstate the legal status of international students caught up in a Trump administration crackdown that has left more than a thousand fearful of deportation.