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August 5, 2020

DHS fires back at 'myths' Portland violence decreased due to fewer federal agents

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) pushed back Wednesday on claims violence decreased in Portland due to a reduction in the federal presence there, arguing instead that the relative calm stemmed from state and local authorities "finally" doing their jobs.

August 5, 2020

The Department of Homeland Security says it will replace the military-style uniforms worn by its agents

The remaining federal agents stationed in Portland, Ore., will stop wearing military-style uniforms after calls intensified for federal forces to ditch the camouflage patterns and wear clothing that indicates they are law enforcement officers. 

August 5, 2020

Rioters vandalize, set fire at Portland Police Association office: police

Portland has seen more than 65 nights of protests, which have recently devolved into riots.

August 4, 2020

FBI has opened 300 'domestic terror' investigations as a result of riots, attorney tells Capitol hearing on Antifa

The FBI has opened more than 300 domestic terrorism investigations against rioters since George Floyd's death in Minneapolis kicked off nationwide unrest, a federal attorney revealed Tuesday in a hearing on Capitol Hill on Antifa and violent protests. 

August 4, 2020

'Kindergarten Cop' screening canceled in Oregon, compared to 'Gone with the Wind'

The NW Film Center canceled an Aug. 6 outdoor screening of the 1990 movie "Kindergarten Cop" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, after it was excoriated on Twitter for glorifying the traumatization of children by police and was compared to "Birth of a Nation" and "Gone with the Wind." 

August 4, 2020

Portland boy, 15, arrested after allegedly pointing fake gun at crowd

A 15-year-old boy was arrested in Portland after he allegedly pointed a realistic-looking fake gun at a crowd late Monday night -- just over a block from the federal courthouse where protesters have gathered for several weeks straight, police said Tuesday morning.

August 4, 2020

Woman stabbed in downtown Portland, knife stolen from crime scene: police

A confrontation in downtown Portland on Monday evening resulted in one woman stabbing another at the site of nightly racial justice demonstrations.

August 4, 2020

Cruz, ahead of Antifa hearing, describes riots in US cities as ‘organized terror attacks’

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is aiming to highlight the role Antifa and like-minded groups are playing in riots across the country, convening a Senate hearing Tuesday on the issue while alleging that radical left-wing groups are engaging in "organized terror attacks" designed to tear down government institutions.

August 3, 2020

Portland man, 18, charged with assaulting US marshal during courthouse protest

An 18-year-old man in Portland has been charged with assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon and willfully damaging government property after his explosive device allegedly blasted both of a deputy U.S. Marshal’s legs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon.

August 3, 2020

Schiff launches probe of claims DHS monitored communications of protesters, journalists in Portland

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is demanding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) give a full accounting of the way its intelligence arm monitored recent unrest in Portland, claiming that recent media reports indicated the department engaged in "deeply troubling" surveillance.