Portland, Oregon, business owners sounded the alarm over the city’s crime crisis Tuesday as President Donald Trump faces legal roadblocks in keeping federal troops on the ground to help mitigate the problem. “We need help here,” said Amy Nichols, whose local business has been the victim of 10 break-ins. After …
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Chaos continued to erupt in Portland as federal agents were captured in a dramatic video arresting multiple protesters and deploying tear gas late Sunday — minutes after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard to the city. In the footage, …
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Conservative journalist Nick Sortor was captured on video being taken into custody in Portland, Oregon, during another night of chaotic protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. The arrest came after the Portland Police Bureau said it was “monitoring the protest during the evening and observed some …
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Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a woman accused of assault near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland, Oregon, after one of its “dialogue liaison officers,” sworn officers tasked with “hold[ing] a safe space” for protesters, lost track of her. Portland Police Bureau officials said …
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A cheeky group of cyclists tried a unique new anti-ICE protest tactic in Portland, Ore., bearing their rear-ends alongside their rage and resistance. A nude bicycle gang rolled up to the city’s immigrant detention center on a rainy Sunday, blasting music over a loudspeaker while some yelled “F— ICE” and …
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Women in their 60s and 70s could theoretically one day give birth to genetically related children, according to scientists pioneering a breakthrough technique that converts DNA from skin cells into human eggs capable of producing embryos. Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University created early-stage human embryos from DNA taken …
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responded to a Portland group’s advertisement urging members of the public to point lasers at aircraft amid unrest over the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown. “Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft is a federal crime. This is incredibly dangerous for the aircraft personnel …
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Portland Police Chief Bob Day defended his department’s reforms and “crowd support” policing even as federal agents faced violent anti-ICE protesters without help, after city leaders ordered police not to respond. Last week, Cammila Wamsley, director of Portland’s ICE office, said the facility has endured more than 100 straight nights …
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A U.S. District Court on Saturday issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) to halt the Trump administration from deploying 200 National Guardsmen to Portland, Oregon, amid violent anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests. The lawsuit, brought by the State of Oregon and City of Portland, argued the deployment was unlawful, …
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The Trump administration urged a federal judge during a hearing in Oregon on Friday to terminate a restraining order and clear the way for the government to deploy National Guard troops in Portland. The administration argued to Judge Karin Immergut that a higher court had already greenlit President Donald Trump’s …
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