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Investigative reporter @oregonian. Signal: hillaryborrud.47 @IRE_NICAR member. I ♥ data.

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The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr. propublica.org/article/donal…

The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.

About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.

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A Portland foie gras ban? City Council will decide fate of duck delicacy

Some councilors question whether the proposal should take precedence over housing, public safety and infrastructure issues.

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Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air. Thanks to the Trump administration, Americans could soon breath in more of it. propublica.org/article/epa-f…

Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered...

Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make...

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How one Portland police unit helps mentally ill people bridge ‘two nearly broken systems’ oregonlive.com/politics/2025…

How one Portland police unit helps mentally ill people bridge ‘two nearly broken systems’

“We’re working with folks who have fallen through all of the cracks," said a sergeant. "If there was an easy solution it would have been tried already.”

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They sued Oregon when kids suffered or died. State attorneys shifted blame – to parents

Facing negligence lawsuits, the state has sometimes sued parents not otherwise accused of their children’s abuse. Oregon’s new attorney general told his staff to dial it back.

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Oregon doesn’t have enough dentists willing to help low-income kids. Here’s why

With reimbursement rates far below neighboring states, most Oregon counties lack enough dental providers for Medicaid patients.

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Epstein Files Live Updates: G.O.P. Lawmakers Release Thousands of Files nytimes.com/live/2025/11/12/…

Trump Named in Epstein Emails Released by Democrats and Republicans

Messages in which Jeffrey Epstein discussed President Trump were among 20,000 documents posted online. President Trump called the release a distraction engineered by Democrats.

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Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent nbcnews.com/politics/justice… via @nbcnews

Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent

Sean Dunn faced a single misdemeanor after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.

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One arm of Homeland Security granted Cruz-Gamez a work permit and visa eligibility. Another arm of Homeland Security arrested and is trying to deport him. oregonlive.com/washingtoncou…

An Oregon man was on the path to citizenship. Now he’s in ICE detention, fighting to stay

Victor Cruz-Gamez received work authorization from one arm of Homeland Security, while another seeks to deport him after a case of mistaken identity.

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Bishops With Ties to Trump Commission Criticize Treatment of Immigrants nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/tr…

Bishops With Ties to Trump Commission Criticize Treatment of Immigrants

The Roman Catholic prelates cited detainees’ lack of access to religious sacraments like communion.

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Armed ICE officers chase teacher into preschool in Chicago

The arrest appears to be one of the first in which immigration officers entered school grounds as part of an enforcement operation during Trump’s second administration.

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AI workslop lands non-profit Green Building Initiative in hot water with judge: A federal judge in Portland says he will sanction lawyers who submitted a brief to him quoting a fake legal citation and what he called a “hallucinated” case. oregonlive.com/portland/2025…

AI-generated case citation that was fake draws Oregon judge’s rebuke

The judge’s admonition follows an Oregon State Bar ethics opinion on the use of artificial intelligence tools in law practice.

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No one knows how much waste from @multco library building projects was recycled, vs taken to the dump. Multnomah County audit highlights recycling problems on ‘green’ public works projects oregonlive.com/politics/2025…

Multnomah County audit highlights recycling problems on ‘green’ public works projects

Auditors found that reports on recycling of construction and demolition waste from library projects were unreliable.

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National Guard troops were at Portland ICE building despite court ban, feds admit

Portland police Cmdr. Franz Schoening testified at trial he was "startled" by federal officers' unjustified use of tear gas and other less-lethal munitions on passive protesters outside the ICE...

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Federal lawyers admit errors in officer deployment numbers to Portland ICE building oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10…

Federal lawyers admit errors in officer deployment numbers to Portland ICE building

"We deeply regret these errors,” a U.S. Department of Justice attorney wrote to the court.

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Get the latest Oregon local news, sports, weather, entertainment and breaking updates on oregonlive.com

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Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots nytimes.com/2025/10/21/techn…

Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots (Published 2025)

Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations.

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Blazers coach Chauncey Billups arrested, accused by feds of participating in rigged poker games

Billups is on "immediate leave" from the team and Tiago Splitter will assume head coaching duties.

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Investigation: VA typically pays more to veterans whose disability is sleep apnea, than to those who had a leg amputated below the knee. How some veterans exploit $193 billion VA program, due to lax controls wapo.st/4oes95a

How some veterans exploit $193 billion VA program, due to lax controls

The Department of Veterans Affairs spends billions on dubious and even fraudulent disabilities benefits. Meanwhile, some deserving cases wait.

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President Trump would like American taxpayers to pay him $230 million. nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/po…

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases (Published 2025)

Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.

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