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Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, told Breitbart News on Tuesday that President Trump saved the city of Portland, Oregon.

Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli told the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution on Tuesday violent that rioters in Portland were disguising themselves as members of the press.

Portland Police Department Chief Chuck Lovell describes the violent tactics used by “Black Lives Matter” protests since May.

The police bureau of Portland, Oregon, did away with their Gun Violence Reduction Team following budget cuts by the city council, and witnessed the highest number of murders in one month than has been seen in over 30 years.

July 2020 shootings in riot-besieged Portland, Oregon, were more than double the number witnessed in July 2019.

Unrest continued in Portland, Oregon, this weekend even after federal law enforcement pulled back to allow state and local police to take over. Yet the media, including the Wall Street Journal, described the Portland violence as “mostly peaceful.”

During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “WSJ at Large,” Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott stated that thanks to a partnership between state and federal authorities in Portland, Thursday night was the first time “in

Over 150 bullets were fired outside a Portland apartment building Friday, hitting at least eight apartments, seven vehicles, and wounding a woman.

Protesters flocked to the Justice Center and the federal courthouse in Portland again on Friday night, lighting fires and burning American flags and Bibles in the streets.

An immigrant from Africa is accused of spitting on four police officers in Portland, Maine, after being arrested for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) grilled Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday over whether the ongoing protests are fueling the coronavirus.

A day after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said state police would protect Portland’s federal courthouse, rioters set ablaze a pig’s head at the site.

Black Lives Matter activists accused the “Wall of Moms” group, which has appeared at protests in Portland, Oregon, of racism and of attempting to exploit  ongoing demonstrations for the benefit of their own leadership.

Mark Morgan, CEO and commissioner of CBP, said the federal goverment has the right to fight crime in cities across the United States.

Oregon officials have agreed to flood Portland, overwhelmed by violent protests on a nightly basis, with state police officers to address the civil unrest in the city, Gov. Kate Brown (D) indicated Wednesday.

Actress and left-wing activist Alyssa Milano posted a video of what she said looked like “Trump’s Gestapo kidnapping protesters.” The video actually shows members of the New York Police Department arresting a suspect.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) reached an agreement to end violence and protect federal property in Portland, the department announced Wednesday.

A protester in Portland jumped the fence surrounding the federal courthouse on early Wednesday morning and hurled an incendiary device at the building, prompting a response from federal law enforcement. The protester’s actions, as well as the actions of others who hurled projectiles at the courthouse, come as Democrat lawmakers across the country continue to peddle the narrative that the protests across the country are largely “peaceful.”

“They either clean out their city and do it right, or we’re going to have to do it for them,” Trump said.

Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell used video footage from protests in Venezuela in an attempt to cast federal authorities in Portland in a negative light, comparing the nightly chaos to “violence in Venezuela at the hands of Maduro, firing tear gas at protesters and using brutal tactics to crush demonstrations.”

AG William Barr said at a House hearing that left-wing groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter have “hijacked legitimate protests.”

AG William Barr said on Tuesday he would not commit to delaying the release a Russia investigation report until after the 2020 election.

Attorney General William Barr (R) doubted that the federal courthouse in Portland would be standing, had the administration not deployed federal officers to defend the building amid the ongoing violent riots rocking the city on a nightly basis.

Attorney General William Barr told House Judiciary Committee Members Tuesday that rioters in Portland, Oregon, brought “knives, rifles, and explosives” as they gathered outside federal property every night during the last two months. 

Leftists who have taken part in riots in Portland, Oregon, for two months filed suit against the Trump administration for sending federal law enforcement to the city to protect federal property.

Portland protesters targeted the federal courthouse again late Monday night, hurling a Molotov cocktail or “similar destructive device” at the building, which “burst into a fireball when it struck the building causing a report to be heard and felt more than a block away,” according to the Portland Police Bureau.

Mayor of Oakland Libby Schaaf criticized violent Black Lives Matter demonstrations on Monday, issuing a statement complaining that rioters are helping President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.

“Socialism is dangerous, and we have a party and many politicians who are flirting with all-out socialism,” writes the celebrated Evangelical pastor Franklin Graham Monday.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler backed away Monday from a pledge he made on July 16 not to meet with representatives of the Department of Homeland Security, which deployed officers to the city to protect the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse.

Federal authorities in Portland have arrested 74 demonstrators and charged 60 with federal crimes, Department of Justice (DOJ) spokeswoman Kerri Kupec announced on Monday.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr is set to accuse House Democrats on Tuesday of attempting to cover up abuses of power in the government’s investigation of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, and his administration, for Russia “collusion.”

Police clashed with rioters in the city of Eugene, Oregon, a city two hours away from Portland on Saturday as hundreds of rioters targeted a federal courthouse and a county jail with fireworks before attacking downtown businesses.

Protests descended into violent chaos yet again in Portland over the weekend as protesters targeted the federal courthouse and reportedly hurled Molotov cocktails toward federal officers.

McDaniel called the unrest in Democrat-run Portland “deeply frightening,” and said Joe Biden has been “silent” on it.

President Donald Trump is sending additional federal agents to Portland as riots in the Democrat-run city show no end in sight, according to a Monday report.

Portland Police recovered a bag containing loaded rifle magazines and Molotov cocktails on Sunday night near Lownsdale Square Park.