“HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU—POLLS DON’T VOTE!”

Oregon state elected leaders, members of Congress and city of Portland officials vowed to keep up the fight in court and protect peaceful protest.

Portland’s parks and natural areas are integral to the city’s identity, but the city’s parks system faces major financial challenges, including a massive maintenance backlog and generally unsustainable funding mechanisms. In a special election this fall, voters will be asked to approve a new, five-year levy to stop the bleeding at Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R). If the measure passes, it will enact a property tax of $1.40 per $1,000 of assessed property value, running...

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Broadly, there are 5 ways to constrain rogue federal law enforcement agents. The Supreme Court nuked 3 of them.

If you believe there’s a soul trapped inside ChatGPT, I have good news for you.

Leading right-wing figures are debating: Has blatant antisemitism become worryingly normalized among the young right?

Hundreds of people packed the sidewalks and streets outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland Saturday, to protest increasingly hostile US immigration policies. With momentum from a massive No Kings rally Saturday afternoon, a jubilant, sometimes raucous crowd chanted and held up signs and middle fingers at federal agents surveilling the crowd from the roof of the ICE building. People in costumes spilled off into the street and up the block....

At least 40,000 to 50,000 Portlanders took to downtown streets yesterday, Saturday, October 18, to march, wave signs, and raise their voices against the increasingly authoritarian policies of President Trump—though some estimated the crowd size to be much larger. The march was just one of at least 2,700 similar demonstrations that happened across the nation yesterday, attracting an estimated count of between 5 million and 8 million participants—making it one of the largest demonstrations in...

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GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being the last to know, then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.) • Meet the Groups Helping Immigrants Impacted by ICE The Portland Immigrant Rights...

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Airstrikes, bounties, a military build-up: This could be about drugs — or it could be the start of regime change.