Northwest heat wave hits most vulnerable, tests climate prep
There were more heat deaths in Portland in June than in the entire state over the past 20 years, authorities said.
By Associated Press - August 08, 2021There were more heat deaths in Portland in June than in the entire state over the past 20 years, authorities said.
By Associated Press - August 08, 2021The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general revealed the figure in a report released April 16.
By Oliver Willis - April 21, 2021Making threats to get what he wants is par for the course for the White House occupant.
By Donna Provencher - October 21, 2020No, Portland’s sheriff is never voting for Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - September 30, 2020Trump’s supporters are following his lead to sow discord and create mayhem ahead of November.
By Emily Singer - September 24, 2020‘This effort is intended only to inflame tensions and divide us.’
By Associated Press - September 04, 2020Donald Trump’s demands for ‘law and order’ apply only to some.
By Josh Israel - September 01, 2020Patriot Prayer doesn’t have a big national footprint but is well known in the Pacific Northwest.
By Associated Press - August 31, 2020A similar move weeks ago failed to ‘clean up’ the tensions.
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2020Trump praised far-right extremists attacking counterprotesters over the weekend as ‘GREAT PATRIOTS!’
By Associated Press - August 31, 2020Trump aide Stephen Miller said without federal agents, a federal courthouse would’ve been reduced to ‘ash, smoke, rubble, and cinder.’ But evidence suggests otherwise.
By Emily Singer - July 31, 2020Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced on Wednesday that federal agents will withdraw from the state, saying they ‘brought violence.’
By Emily Singer - July 29, 2020The Republican congressman was defending Attorney General William Barr’s decision to send federal agents into Portland against the wishes of city and state officials.
By Emily Singer - July 28, 2020Black leaders and protesters say the surge in activity hasn’t distracted from their anti-racist message. Instead, it’s shined a spotlight on it.
By Associated Press - July 25, 2020The federal government argued that journalists must disperse when an illegal assembly is declared.
By Associated Press - July 24, 2020Mayor Ted Wheeler’s appearance at the protest in Portland came hours after attorneys for Oregon urged a judge to issue a restraining order against federal agents in the city.
By Associated Press - July 23, 2020The suit by Oregon’s attorney general is one of several filed over law enforcement’s response to the Portland protests.
By Associated Press - July 22, 2020Multiple Republican bills aim to cut funding to cities and states over racial justice protests.
By Emily Singer - July 22, 2020Donald Trump has discussed sending federal law enforcement officers to New York and Chicago.
By Oliver Willis - July 21, 2020Tom Cotton says ‘insurrectionists’ in Portland, Oregon, need to be stopped by federal enforcement.
By Josh Israel - July 21, 2020People peacefully protesting police brutality and racism in Portland, Oregon, have been subjected to riot-control munitions.
By Associated Press - July 21, 2020Camouflaged federal agents descended upon Portland, Oregon, to combat what the Trump administration called ‘violent’ crime — the vast majority of which was just graffiti incidents.
By Emily Singer - July 20, 2020House leaders said they were ‘alarmed’ by the Trump administration’s tactics against protesters in Portland and other cities.
By Associated Press - July 20, 2020