Alex Baumhardt

Federal appeals court rules President Trump had no legal authority to take over California’s National Guard and send 4,000 of its troops to Los Angeles last year, with key vote by a Trump...

Oregon is, so far, one of at least nine states that have received notices from US DOJ notifying election officials that observers will be deployed. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/23/t...

DOJ sued Alaska election officials Thursday in preemptive attempt to stop the state from certifying results of its Senate election if, under ranked-choice voting, the Republican loses by a smaller margin than votes earned by another candidate w/ same name oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/23/r...

A small detail from our investigation into Louisiana's Justice of the Peace courts. One Justice, who personally earned close to $300,000 in filing fee revenue last year - much of it from evictions - also offered our photographer a cash gift as they left a shoot.

The Oklahoma-based company that owns one of the largest gas pipeline networks in the Northwest is beginning to pursue permits to expand that network, and to pump more gas to the region to meet rising electricity demand. buff.ly/hDDBAms

Eleven rural hospitals in Oregon — many of them struggling financially — are teaming up in a new state-approved network, allowing them to pool their purchasing power and create an economy of scale on par with larger hospitals.

Democrats are suing President Donald Trump, accusing his administration of intimidating election officials and asking a federal court to block him from interfering in the midterm elections. My latest for @statesnewsroom.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/dems...

Update: the Umatilla City Council voted to approve the emergency declaration. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/20/u...

The Umatilla City Council will vote Tuesday night on whether to declare a state of emergency over “the threat of widespread financial loss” from Gov. Kotek’s recent order pausing air and water pollution permits for new or expanding data center projects: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/20/u...

Join The Oregonian/OregonLive’s journalists for a conversation about local journalism, the free press and civic life in Northeast Portland on Tuesday. Read more: theoregonian.visitlink.me/9OFn2K

Inside an ICE facility, women talked about the men whose 911 calls landed them there — the boyfriends or husbands who had beat them, choked them, threatened deportation. “I had suffered from domestic violence,” one woman said. “But the one who ended up in trouble was me.”

Corporate profits are soaring. Nearly $5 *trillion* this year. Corporate tax revenue is plummeting. Down $70 billion, or 15%. Trump's cuts "have reduced corporate tax revenue even more sharply than analysts projected." Gift: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/b...

Oregonians are turning out across the state for rallies promoting early voting as part of the national "No Kings" movement. Our @miamaldonado.bsky.social is in Ontario and @shaanthx.bsky.social in Happy Valley. Live coverage here: www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...

In Eastern Oregon just 1 hour west of Boise, dozens of Ontario residents marched from the town’s city hall to Lions Park this morning. There were several honks in support and about an even amount of people who honked or yelled profanity out of their car opposing the protest.

About 60-70 demonstrators have gathered Saturday morning on all sides of an intersection near a Happy Valley Grocery Outlet for this month’s No Kings protest with a focus on voting.

Despite Illinois’ sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendment–protected activities.

This statewide voter guide was a huge lift for an editor on a tiny team at a daily news org, and @jmshumway.bsky.social put a ton into this in part because Oregon suffers from a shrinking media ecosystem and many Legislative districts don't have a local news source anymore. Plz read, repost, share!

A federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling blocking the Trump administration from moving the U.S. Forest Service’s headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City while the rest of the lawsuit over the relocation plays out in court.  buff.ly/VQKLOeM

@injusticewatch.org and @theintercept.com revealed who confined Valentina Galvis and her baby – a U.S. citizen – in an O’Hare hotel for five days last summer. Now, Galvis is suing the ICE contractor, MVM Inc., and the hotel chain for false imprisonment. buff.ly/CKqxnY4

Here's Cat Murphy, a student journalist with the University of Maryland's Capital News Service, refusing to honor Rep. Andy Harris's false claim that she could not legally record his comments in this public setting @merrillcollege.bsky.social @cnsmd.bsky.social

Voters in Oregon’s most competitive state House district in November will choose between a political newcomer and a longtime county commissioner with nearly 40 years, $750,000 in campaign contributions and diverging views on issues bigger than a hyperscale data center between them. buff.ly/kL8efxL

DOJ on Tues. gave California election officials 48 hours to remove voters on a list contained on a thumb drive provided to LA County, the most populous county in the country. The DOJ also wants election officials to withhold mail ballots from these voters: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

"My brother died 13 yrs ago on the sidewalk in downtown Las Vegas. It’s a stark reality, but it illustrates the tragic arc of being brought there as kids so our dad could gamble at sportsbooks, to then surviving on the streets there as a homeless person and dying at 36." www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

"Eric Adams is famous for one thing. Corruption. Eric Adams is not famous for his honesty, for his salesmanship, for his fashion sense. He's not famous for anything on this earth except for bribery," one unconvinced resident says via @hellgatenyc.com

National Republicans are pulling money out of Texas’ 28th Congressional District, a tacit acknowledgment of the difficulties they face in defeating Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar this fall — even after the GOP redrew the seat specifically to oust him.

Today is a great day to follow all the amazing people who report for States Newsroom

Following President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on vote-by-mail in the run-up to the Nov. 3 midterm elections, Oregon’s secretary of state, 36 county clerks and election officials in August conducted an experiment. buff.ly/gNQeGHO

Oregon’s governor effectively issued a moratorium on new data centers and expansions in the state by ordering environmental regulators to pause approving new state and federal air and water pollution permits for data center projects until next July. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/13/o...

Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.

NEW: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it.

Just saw the film Naza at Cinema 21 in Portland. The detail the Israeli intelligence officers bring to the interviews is astounding. The level of surveillance Gazans live under is astonishing in its indignity. The film stands in complete contrast to any Israeli military claim of accidental killings.

OOPS GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon The PAC boosting Collins is "absolutely furious" at the "ridiculous error" made by the buyer, which takes blame and has refunded the money. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

The Trump administration’s order to allow import of Russian diesel violates a 2022 law banning Russian energy imports while the country’s war with Ukraine is ongoing, according to a bipartisan group of U.S. senators @fischler.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/12/r...

US law enforcement agents obtained authorization to use a controversial cell phone surveillance device to find and arrest a college student who helped produce journalist Don Lemon’s coverage of an anti-ICE protest, court filings show.

today in @minnesotareformer.com: what we know about DHS surveillance during operation metro surge and what it could mean for protesters facing criminal charges

This is clearly not acceptable

Kotek declined to participate in a KGW/Oregonian debate, long a staple of election season. Drazan declined to attend a proposed debate hosted by KOIN. As a result, gubernatorial candidates will not square off on Portland airwaves this year for the first time in decades. www.opb.org/article/2026...

Documents released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill. The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.

Aiming to make up for lost revenue from federal benefit cuts, a coalition of powerful Oregon advocacy groups announced Thursday that they will pursue a 2028 ballot measure to approve a wealth tax on some of the state’s richest households while cutting taxes for low-income residents. buff.ly/r6AgT0W

Without intensely competitive congressional races in Oregon this year, Portland-area TV has been inundated with ads for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and John Braun buff.ly/Nb3lSFj

The Mid-Willamette Valley rail project promised to move hay and grass seed to ports in Seattle and Tacoma, taking ~150 semi-trucks off I-5 each day. Today, a home roofing company uses it to move a few train cars of materials each week. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/09/2...

“You hear that alarm?” the detainee asked the Mirror as an alarm started blaring during a phone interview. “Thats a fire alarm that goes off, I’m telling you, every day.” ICE and CoreCivic say no alarms are going off. story via @jerodmacevoy.com

“The scene was both heartening and disconcerting. Davis was helping families stay off the street, which was good. But why, I wondered, in a county of nearly 5 million people, was a man in a park their best chance at getting help?” @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social

Elon Musk's America PAC just dropped its biggest expenditures of the cycle: $5 million, most going to back Ken Paxton. The group has now crossed $30 million in spending on the midterms, backing all sorts of Senate and House Republicans. docquery.fec.gov/pdf/204/2026...

US households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago – outpacing inflation, grocery prices and household incomes, according to a new study.

An AI data center developer offered households in a Pennsylvania town $10,000 each to build nearby. The price was not right, reports WSJ: www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...