Trump sends troops to Portland
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“At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists,” Trump wrote on Trust Social.
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Current demonstrations involve dozens of protesters compared to the mass protests following George Floyd's death in 2020.
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the next target of his administration's supposed crackdown on crime in big cities would be Portland, the largest city in the state of Oregon.
The ICE facility violated its land use more than two dozen times between Oct. 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025, according to the city.
Police are investigating after a man was shot to death in Southeast Portland’s Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood early Saturday morning. The shooting happened around 3:40 a.m. in the 3400 block of Southeast 130th Avenue, and police found the man dead in the street when they arrived, the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement.