Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement the plan negotiated with Gov. Kate Brown over the last 24 hours includes a “robust presence” of Oregon State Police in downtown Portland. Read more
As many in the Lower 48 call for statues of Confederate leaders to be removed amid a national reckoning on race, some Alaska residents are conducting a similar movement demanding statues tied to colonization be eliminated or relocated. Read more
The Trump administration has started talks with the Oregon governor’s office and indicated that it would begin to draw down the presence of federal agents sent to quell two months of chaotic protests in Portland. Read more
Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins players lined up shoulder to shoulder during the U.S. and Canadian anthems before the first exhibition game of the NHL’s restarted season, while members of the Boston Bruins plan to lock arms for the songs to promote racial equality. Read more
The selfie video of Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin was recorded Sunday on Facebook and watched by at least 2,200 people before it was removed from the Cowboys for Trump website. Read more
Wall Street is in the throes of a gold rush, as investors drive the price of the precious metal to new heights. Read more
Federal agents repeatedly fired what appeared to be tear gas, flash bangs and pepper balls before dawn to clear a mass of protesters outside the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland. Read more
Marshall police gave the couple no-trespass notices but did not cite or arrest them. Read more
The situation has left city leaders, now watching the backlash unfold on their streets, outraged and caught in the middle. Read more
The unrest Saturday and early today stemmed from the weeks of protests over racial injustice and the police treatment of people of color that flared up after the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis Read more
The WNBA season started with 26 seconds of silence and an empty court. Read more
Hundreds of activists demanded justice for Breonna Taylor during the demonstrations in her hometown that drew counter-protesters from a white militia group. Read more
Thousands of people gathered in Portland streets hours after a U.S. judge denied Oregon’s request to restrict federal agents’ actions when they arrest people during protests that have roiled the city Read more
Federal agents appeared to deploy tear gas early today to force thousands of demonstrators from crowding around the federal courthouse. Read more
Before the Cleveland Indians make a definitive decision on changing their name, they’ll listen to those they may have most offended over the past 105 years. Read more
The Justice Department watchdog said that it would investigate use of force allegations in Portland, while its counterpart at the Department of Homeland Security said it would examine whether officers from the agency improperly detained and transported protesters in the city last week. Read more
Mayor Ted Wheeler, a Democrat, said it was the first time he’d been tear gassed and appeared slightly dazed and coughed as he put on a pair of goggles someone handed him. Read more
The bill would direct the Architect of the Capitol to identify and eventually remove from Statuary Hall at least 10 statues honoring Confederate officials, including Lee, the commanding general of the Confederate Army, and Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president. Read more
Using the same alarmist language he has employed to describe illegal immigration, Trump painted Democrat-led cities as out of control and lashed out at the “radical left.” Read more
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