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In an unusual step reflecting the city's escalating drug crisis, Portland's Safety Commissioner, Rene Gonzalez, directed residents on Monday to abstain from calling 911 unless faced with life-or-death emergencies or ongoing crimes.

The Department of Justice charged an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor, contending that the individual leaked tax return information of a "high-ranking government official."

The police union in Portland, Oregon, along with two officers, agreed to pay a former city commissioner $680,000 to settle claims that they leaked information falsely implicating her in a hit-and-run.

About 60,000 IRS employees may lose their jobs.

"We will hunt the gangs, we will defeat the gangs," Kristersson affirmed.

Prominent Democratic congressman and a prominent Democratic campaign committee have purportedly breached federal election law by collectively compensating over $700,000 to a company owned by a foreign national for campaign-related activities.

The Tesla CEO "would rather go to prison" than fire unvaccinated employees.

Three individuals on the terrorism watchlist were apprehended at the southwest border in fiscal year 2020.

American citizen journalist Gonzalo Lira is currently in a Ukrainian prison cell as the United States government debates sending more money to the struggling country.

Social media platform TikTok was fined $370 million by the European Union after the platform failed to protect children’s privacy.