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In this March 16, 2020, file photo, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks at a news conference in Portland, Ore., to announce a four-week ban on eat-in dining at bars and restaurants, due to COVID-19, throughout the state. As she was putting the finishing touches on a reopening plan in May, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown received a letter from a coalition of business groups pressing for more say in the process. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

Kate Brown plan to curb Portland violence rejected by sheriffs

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's plan to calm violence in Portland is falling apart after two neighboring sheriffs said they won't supply personnel to help out, saying the answer isn't more police but rather a get-tough policy of charging and prosecuting rioters.

August 31, 2020
Migrants run as tear gas is thrown by U.S. Border Protection officers to the Mexican side of the border fence after they climbed the fence to get to San Diego, Calif., from Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves in to border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Border Patrol properly used tear gas on migrant caravans: Audit

The Border Patrol followed policy in deploying tear gas to stop caravans of migrants who breached the border en masse in 2018 and 2019, an audit found -- though the agency didn't properly certify all of the agents who used less-lethal force in those incidents.

August 31, 2020
Mayor Ted Wheeler speaks to people gathered in downtown Portland, Ore., Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Wheeler faced a hostile crowd of protesters, who screamed at and sharply questioned him as he tried to rally demonstrators who have clashed repeatedly with federal agents sent in by President Donald Trump to quell ongoing unrest in the city. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

Ted Wheeler: Portland’s left wing turns on mayor

Left-wing groups in Oregon demanded Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler resign after the death of a right-wing protester over the weekend, saying Mr. Wheeler has allowed the city to spiral out of control.

August 31, 2020
A man was fatally shot Saturday in Portland, Oregon, after counterdemonstrators downtown confronted a caravan of about 600 vehicles. Members of the right-wing Patriot Prayer group said the man was one of theirs, and they blamed Black Lives Matter protesters and Antifa for his death. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Democrats trade blame for unrest

Antifa protesters and pro-Trump demonstrators clashed in Portland, Oregon, this weekend, leaving one man dead and sparking a round of finger-pointing at the national level as President Trump blamed local officials for allowing violence to surge.

August 30, 2020
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva talks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, outside the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters, with members of the "Safe LA Task Force", announcing arrests for arson, looting, assault and vandalism, among other crimes, that occurred during protests against police brutality in the Los Angeles region. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)

DHS says Los Angeles sheriff’s sanctuary policy will kill innocent people

The Los Angeles County sheriff's new policy banning his department from turning over any illegal immigrant criminals to ICE, no matter how serious the crimes, will result in innocent people -- often migrants themselves -- being killed or raped, Homeland Security's No. 2 official said.

August 30, 2020
In this Aug. 2, 2020, file photo, a Department of Homeland Security officer emerges from the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse after demonstrators lit a fire in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Appeals court backs feds in Portland protest fight

A federal appeals court late Thursday halted a lower judge's ruling that the Justice Department said had tied the hands of law enforcement trying to quell riots in Portland, Oregon.

August 28, 2020
A video of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking during the Republican National Convention plays from the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House Democrats move to hold Pompeo in contempt

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel said Friday he's starting contempt of Congress proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for refusing to work with his committee's investigations of President Trump and his team.

August 28, 2020
In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) **FILE**

Tony H. Pham, new ICE director: History as refugee lends credibility to job

Tony H. Pham, whose family fled Saigon in 1975 and rebuilt their lives in Virginia, winning American citizenship a decade later, told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview that it was "humbling" to be named this week as the senior official performing the duties of director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

August 26, 2020
Portland protests return downtown as police use tear gas early Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Officers used tear gas to break up the crowd of several hundred people who gathered near the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, the neighboring Multnomah County Justice Center and a nearby police precinct station. (Sean Meagher/The Oregonian via AP)

Portland protesters sue Trump over DHS deployment to quell riots

Portland protesters filed a lawsuit against President Trump and the Homeland Security Department on Wednesday, saying the deployment of additional federal officers to quell attacks on the federal courthouse was illegal and unconstitutional.

August 26, 2020