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ALL HAIL THE CONQUERING HEROES!
ALL HAIL THE CONQUERING HEROES! Al Bello / Getty Images

GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! Picture this: You say you're comin' over, 30 minutes later you were parkin' the Rover. LET'S GO TO PRESS.

Labor Secretary Alex Acosta is under fire for the shitty way he handled sex creep Jeffrey Epstein's 2008 plea deal, and is facing increasingly heavy calls to resign.


Trump hit another stumbling block in his never-ending quest to include a racist citizenship question on the census, when a federal judge informed the Justice Department that they couldn't suddenly switch out their unenthusiastic team of lawyers midstream. [SAAAAD TROMMMMBOOOONE!]

In less fun legal news, an appeals court has sided with Trump and dismissed an emoluments lawsuit claiming that the president is illegally profiting from foreign government visitors staying at his hotels.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HIDE, William Barr's Justice Department is trying to stop two of Robert Mueller's investigators from testifying before Congress.


This is some bullshit: The White House is inviting a bunch of conservative trolls to participate in a "social media summit"... so they can learn how to troll better?

Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to the US, has resigned after memos leaked of him insulting the president and Trump threw a days-long hissy fit.

Along with jubilant cheers from an adoring crowd, the World Cup-winning US Women's National Team were given a ticker tape parade this morning in NYC.


An Arizona man brutally stabbed and killed a multiracial teenager because the young person's rap music made him feel "unsafe."


Actor Rip Torn—best known for his role on The Larry Sanders Show (as well as having quite a temper)—has died at the age of 88.

IN LOCAL NEWS: Portland activist Sarah Iannarone—who garnered the Mercury's endorsement for mayor in the 2016 primary—has announced she's running for mayor again.

Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer is joining Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders to introduce a resolution to Congress that would declare a climate change emergency, and our Erik Henriksen has the story.

It's Wednesday! And that means you desperately need a $5 alcoholic slushy from the Mercury's Summer of Slushies! Read all about it, then drink all about it here.

Now let us contemplate on the WEATHER: Expect light showers today and a high of 73, but beautiful dry weather is on the way!

And finally, congratulations to Mariah Carey for winning the #bottletopchallenge. (Suck it, everyone else!)