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Lindsay Owens and her think tank are getting traction by blaming the likes of Instacart and Walmart for voters’ tight budgets.

Manufactured homes face high mortgage denial rates due to collateral risks and rural market barriers, revealing structural limits in affordable housing finance.

Confidence in the honesty of elections is highest among those disapproving of national leadership, a dynamic not seen anywhere else in the world.

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Analysis by The New York Times showed older incumbents consistently beating their younger challengers in this year’s midterm primaries. Our national political correspondent Lisa Lerer looks at why.

The Supreme Court term opens on Monday with big test cases on religion, guns and climate change. Plus, the emergency docket keeps popping.

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Clackamas County continues to perform above the state average on key metrics, according to The Ford Family Foundation’s Oregon By The Numbers 2026 report. The report compiled data on the […]

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The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.

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The fridge-size satellite with AI chips on board is part of Project Suncatcher, the company's moonshot effort to put AI data centers in space and harness solar energy.

A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.

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A record-low 31% of Americans say a college education is very important, while 29% now say it is not too important.

About one in eight U.S. adults say four-year colleges or universities are doing an "excellent" or "good" job providing an affordable education.