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By Michael W. Chapman | April 1, 2021 | 2:39pm EDT House Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) (Getty Images) (CNS News) -- House Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), founder of the House Freedom Caucus and ranking member on the Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to the Homeland Security secretary this week, noting that "anarchists and violent left-wing extremists continue to vandalize and destroy federal property in Portland, Oregon," and demanding to know whether DHS intends to enforce federal law in Portland and what steps it is taking to do so. "Anarchists and violent left-wi...

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Says Residents Are 'Sick and Tired' of Destruction Occurring During Protests On 3/16/21 at 11:03 AM EDT Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said Monday that the city's residents are frustrated with the ongoing destruction that's happening during protests in the area. "The community is sick and tired of people engaging in criminal destruction and violence and doing it under the guise of some noble cause," Wheeler, a Democrat, said during a Monday night news conference with other local leaders. Portland became a center for civil unrest last summer amid demonstrations protestin...

Crews put back fence outside federal courthouse in Portland after more windows broken, graffiti scrawled OregonLive.com 3/14/2021 Maxine Bernstein, oregonlive.com © Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive/oregonlive.com/TNS Three days after the perimeter fence was removed from the downtown Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, it was returned and re-installed Sunday afternoon. Work crews Sunday re-erected a security fence and concrete dividers outside the federal courthouse in downtown Portland on Sunday, three days after it had been removed. The U.S. Department of Justic...

Work crews Sunday re-erected a security fence and concrete dividers outside the federal courthouse in downtown Portland on Sunday, three days after it had been removed.

The History of Women in Public Office By Madison Troyer, Stacker News On 2/28/21 at 7:00 AM EST On Jan. 20, 2021, a new chapter in American history began when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the country's first female vice president, were sworn into office. Harris' role in the position is certainly monumental, but her nomination, while significant, was not a first. That honor, of being the first woman nominated by the Democratic party for the role of vice president, belongs to Geraldine A. Ferraro. In 1984, Ferraro, a congresswoman from Queens, strode on stage alongside Walter F. Mondale to a...