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A federal officer fires crowd control munitions at Black Lives Matter protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Friday, July 24, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Since federal officers arrived in downtown Portland in early July, violent protests have largely been limited to a two block radius from the courthouse. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Feds arrest 27 on alleged arson, assault, vandalism in Portland rioting

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this image made from video released by Jonathan Maus, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, center in black with goggles looking away, stands at a fence guarding a federal courthouse as tear gas drifts by early July 23, 2020, in Portland Oregon, during another night of protest against the presence of federal agents sent by President Donald Trump to quell unrest in the city. (Jonathan Maus/BikePortland via AP)

Mayor of Portland, Oregon, tear gassed by federal agents

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 20, 2020, file photo, Norma Lewis holds a flower while forming a &quot;wall of moms&quot; during a Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, Ore. When armed protesters took over a remote wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon four years earlier to oppose federal control of public lands, U.S. agents negotiated with the conservative occupiers for weeks while some state leaders begged for stronger action. In July 2020, federal officers sent to Portland, Ore., to quell chaotic protests against racial injustice took swift and, some say, harsh action: launching tear gas, firing less-lethal ammunition and helping arrest more than 40 people in the first two weeks. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Politics drive views of US response to 2 Oregon standoffs

By REBECCA BOONE and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Aislinn Pulley, a founding member of Black Lives Matter in Chicago, speaks at a rally on Federal Plaza Thursday, July 23, 2020, after a collection of Chicago activists groups announced they are filing a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police, and the federal government, in Chicago. The lawsuit also asks a judge to prevent agents in Chicago from making arrests or detaining people without probable cause and to require agents to identify themselves and their agency before taking either action and explain why someone is being arrested. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago groups sue to bar federal agents from protest duties

By KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press

In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley accuses Donald Trump of fueling chaos in Portland

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this image made from video released by Karina Brown, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, right, stands at a fence guarding a federal courthouse as tear gas drifts by early July 23, 2020, in Portland Oregon, during another night of protest against the presence of federal agents sent by President Donald Trump to quell unrest in the city. (Karina Brown via AP)

DHS flew air mission over Portland Wednesday

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Inspector General's report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

DOJ inspector general to probe federal forces in Portland, D.C.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this image made from video released by Karina Brown, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, right, stands at a fence guarding a federal courthouse as tear gas drifts by early July 23, 2020, in Portland Oregon, during another night of protest against the presence of federal agents sent by President Donald Trump to quell unrest in the city. (Karina Brown via AP)

Ted Wheeler, Portland mayor, tear-gassed by federal agents

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

In this image made from video released by Karina Brown, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, right, stands at a fence guarding a federal courthouse as tear gas drifts by early July 23, 2020, in Portland Oregon, during another night of protest against the presence of federal agents sent by President Donald Trump to quell unrest in the city. (Karina Brown via AP)

Portland standoff with US agents ongoing after mayor gassed

By GILLIAN FLACCUS - Associated Press

Protesters walk through chemical irritants dispersed by federal agents at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Following a larger Black Lives Matter Rally, several hundred demonstrators faced off against federal officers at the courthouse. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Judge grants restraining order against federal agents in Portland

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Federal agents use crowd control munitions to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore. on July 19, 2020. Officers used teargas and projectiles to move the crowd after some protesters tore down a fence fronting the courthouse. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Kate Brown, Ted Wheeler, Oregon Democrats AWOL as Portland riots rage, Republicans say

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this July 20, 2020, file photo, federal agents use crowd control munitions to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Oregon seeks restraining order against federal agents in Portland

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

Protesters occupy an encampment outside City Hall beside signs calling for the defunding of police, Friday, June 26, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

‘Occupy City Hall’ cleared by police in riot gear

By Karen Matthews and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Black Lives Matter protesters gather at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Demonstrators removed portions of the boarding, which cover the building's ground floor, before federal officers used chemical irritants and rubber bullets to disperse them. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer: ‘Portland, Oregon, is not out of control’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Federal agents disperse Black Lives Matter protesters near the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Monday, July 20, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Officers used teargas and projectiles to move the crowd after some protesters tore down a fence fronting the courthouse. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Pentagon chief Mark Esper eyes review of police officers wearing camouflage uniforms

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Chicago police and activists crowd around a vehicle that tried to drive through the protesters circle at the intersection of Roosevelt Rd. and Columbus Dr, Monday, July 20, 2020 in Chicago. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Trump’s show of federal force sparking alarm in cities

By COLLEEN LONG and BEN FOX and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters hold their phones aloft on Monday, July 20, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Federal officers’ actions at protests in Oregon’s largest city, hailed by President Donald Trump but done without local consent, are raising the prospect of a constitutional crisis — one that could escalate as weeks of demonstrations find renewed focus in clashes with camouflaged, unidentified agents outside Portland’s U.S. courthouse. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Oregon urges judge to rein in US agents deployed in Portland

By GILLIAN FLACCUS - Associated Press

Federal officers use chemical irritants and crowd control munitions to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters outside the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

How totalitarianism begins in the U.S.

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Houston Dash forward Rachel Daly, left, battles for the ball against Portland Thorns' Rocky Rodriguez (11) during the first half of an NWSL Challenge Cup soccer semifinal match, Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Sandy, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Daly’s goal sends Dash to final with 1-0 win over Thorns

Associated Press

Police respond to protesters during a demonstration, Friday, July 17, 2020 in Portland, Ore. Militarized federal agents deployed by the president to Portland, fired tear gas against protesters again overnight as the city’s mayor demanded that the agents be removed and as the state’s attorney general vowed to seek a restraining order against them. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Vandals, BLM Marxists and Antifa lay siege to Portland, while Dems decry federal intervention

By Tammy Bruce