Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The presence of federal law enforcement officers on the streets of Portland is controversial The Trump administration is planning to withdraw some federal security forces from Portland, Oregon, after weeks of clashes with protesters. US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said the pull-out was conditional on local police protecting…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The presence of federal law enforcement officers on the streets of Portland is controversial Six Democratic Party mayors have urged the US Congress to block the Trump administration from sending federal law enforcement agents to their cities. In a letter, the mayors argue that the agents' presence, against the…
Such moves would mark a significant expansion of the federal force operating at the Portland federal courthouse — there were 114 federal agents there in mid-July — though it is unclear how many existing personnel could be sent home after the arrival of at least 100 reinforcements.The Trump administration has responded to protests and vandalism…
Clashes between protestors and federal law enforcement in Portland, Ore., continued on Sunday as demonstrators gathered outside a federal courthouse that has for weeks been the site of confrontations. U.S. federal agents used what appeared to be tear gas, flash bangs and pepper balls early Monday to disperse protestors who crowded around the Mark O. Hatfield United…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…