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Senate GOP passes budget plan, setting up a critical next phase for Trump agenda
The vote brings Republicans a step closer to finalizing a sweeping plan to address defense, energy, immigration and tax ...
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Fight over phonics: Will California require the ‘science of reading’ in K-12 schools?
Nearly 60% of third graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach ...
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Funding cuts and firings strain Southern Oregon's national forests
Staffing uncertainties and delayed reimbursements threaten to gut the U.S. Forest Service’s capacity to care for the 1.8 ...
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'Your RIF notice is not cancelled.' Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS
Health agency staffers describe a week of chaos and continued uncertainty about who still has a job and how the work will get ...
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Ukrainians face fears during the country's darkest nights
All over Ukraine, war has made nighttime darker. Satellite imagery shows a significant dimming of lights since 2022. Darkness ...
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He's a decorated war vet but a convicted criminal. ICE wants to deport him
Among them was 39-year-old Jose Barco, a decorated American soldier who deployed twice to Iraq, saw horrific combat and ...
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Oregon, Washington sue Trump over sweeping elections order
The lawsuit is the 12th Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed against the Trump administration since he took office in ...
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Judge orders the Trump administration to return man who was mistakenly deported
A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was ...
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How will the deep cuts at the Centers for Disease Control affect global programs?
The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who ...
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Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants
By a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and ...
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Higher prices are likely for these 10 grocery items when tariffs hit
A trip to the grocery or liquor store is about to become even more expensive, economists say. From seafood to olive oil, ...
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High tariffs could be ‘catastrophic’ for footwear and apparel companies like those in Oregon
The stock price of Beaverton-based Nike, dropped sharply in response to the news that tariffs against Vietnam would rise 46%. Vietnam produces half of Nike footwear.