Claire Rush

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  • Donald TrumpLaw

    Trump failed to establish ‘rebellion’ in Portland or even the danger of it, judge rules, slapping down order to send troops to the city

    By Claire Rush, Gene Johnson, and others
  • Law enforcement agents aim their weapons from the roof of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility as a helicopter flies past during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)Law

    Trump-appointed judge blocks administration from deploying troops in Portland. ‘This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law’

    By Claire Rush, Rebecca Boone, and others
  • EVsEnvironment

    Oregon is trying to plug a $300 million hole in its transportation budget with a pay-per-mile fee for electric vehicle owners

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES – 2024/07/04: Attendees watch the Independence Day fireworks display along the National Mall in Washington, DC. (Photo by Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)Politics

    There’s a brewing clash between Trump and DOGE with cost-cutting at odds with the president’s long-stated dream

    By Claire Rush, Gary Fields, and others
  • Rob Blackwell stands next to an EV he started leasing right before U.S. President Donald Trump announced expansive new import tariffs, in Richmond, Va., on April 3, 2025. (Maia Curtis via AP)Retail

    Americans scramble to buy cars, laptops and other big-ticket items before tariffs kick in — ‘who knows what next Wednesday might be like’

    By Claire Rush, Mark Thiessen, and others
  • Boeing machinist Phon Duangsouvanh mans the picket line outside Boeing's plant September 6, 2008 in Everett, WashingtonFinance

    Oregon and Washington workers may soon be able to claim unemployment benefits when they go on strike

    By Martha Bellisle, Claire Rush, and others
  • Construction continues on Stark Street Bridge on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Troutdale, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)Finance

    EVs may help the environment but because their owners don’t buy gas they’re starving states of tax money to fix potholes and build roads

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Person smiling in the woodsEnvironment

    Trump’s layoffs of thousands of Forest Service employees will mean more destructive wildfires, say fired workers

    By Martha Bellisle, Claire Rush, and others
  • MJ Wilt, a licensed psilocybin facilitator and the owner of a licensed psilocybin service center, sits in a room setup for groups at her facility in Gresham, Ore., Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)Health

    Oregon towns are banning magic mushrooms as voters sour on drug reform 4 years after the state became the first to legalize psilocybin

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • A damaged ballot drop box is displayed during a news conference at the Multnomah County Elections Division office on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)Politics

    Man who destroyed hundreds of ballots in Oregon and Washington drop box fires is a metalworker and might be planning more attacks, police say

    By Alanna Durkin Richer, Claire Rush, and others
  • In this image made from a video provided by KGW8, authorities investigate smoke pouring out of a ballot box.Politics

    ‘Direct attack on Democracy’: Hundreds of ballots have been destroyed in drop box fire attacks in Oregon and Washington

    By Gene Johnson, Claire Rush, and others
  • FILE – Kroger CEO William Rodney McMullen speaks during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights hearing on the proposed Kroger-Albertsons grocery store merger on Nov. 29, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/, File)Finance

    Albertsons and Kroger CEOs tell skeptical government that grocery mega merger won’t lead to store closures and higher prices

    By Claire Rush, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others
  • An image of a Kroger store.Retail

    Albertsons threatens to lay off workers if merger with Kroger is blocked

    By Dee-Ann Durbin, Claire Rush, and others
  • Crab vendor in OregonEnvironment

    Don’t eat shellfish from Oregon and Washington, FDA warns. Here’s what to know about the potential contamination risk

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Chairs stand at the Gates Post office in the aftermath of a fire in Gates, Ore., Sept 9, 2020. The post office was destroyed along with several other buildings in the Santiam Canyon community as a result of the Santiam Fire. Pacific Power, owned by PacifiCorp, said Monday, June 3, 2024, that it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs who sued the utility after the deadly 2020 wildfires. (Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP, File)Finance

    PacifiCorp agrees to pay $178m to 403 Oregon wildfire victims in the latest settlement over deadly 2020 blazes

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press