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A record 24 million people now get Obamacare health plans. Will it last under Trump?
Enrollment in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans has grown every year of the Biden administration, leading to a record high rate of people with insurance.

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Federal Judge Upholds Expansion Of The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
A federal judge says when Barack Obama was president, he had the authority to pull designated timber production lands into the monument near Ashland.

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Merkley: Obama Won't Designate Owyhee Canyonlands As A National Monument
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., says Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has made it clear President Obama won't act on a proposal to protect Owyhee Canyonlands.

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Fact-Checking President Obama's Farewell Address
As President’s Obama delivered his farewell address from Chicago, NPR’s politics team, reporters and editors provided real-time analysis, fact checks and context. Read the transcript here.

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OPB Politics Now: Trump Skips Oregon, Citizen Panel Endorses M97, And More
Host Geoff Norcross is joined by OPB senior political reporter Jeff Mapes, state political reporter Chris Lehman, and news director Anna Griffin.

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Obama Administration Focuses On Oregon To Push TPP
President Obama is continuing his push to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership through Congress. It released a study Tuesday specifically outlining benefits for Oregon.
About 150 Protest President Obama Arrival In Roseburg
President Obama is making the stop ahead of a meeting with Democrats in Seattle as well as a fundraiser in San Francisco.
Obama Meets With Families Of Victims Of UCC Shooting
The president arrived at the Eugene airport today to speak with local officials before heading to Roseburg to meet with families of the victims of the shooting at Umpqua Community College.

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Roseburg: One Week Later
A week after the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College, the president is meeting with victims' families and the community is still reeling.
UCC Victim Chris Mintz Released From Hospital
Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg confirmed Thursday that Umpqua Community College shooting victim Chris Mintz has been released from the hospital.