Cheney Expanded Vice Presidential Power & Championed the Iraq War after 9/11 President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney embrace following President Bush’s acceptance speech in Madison Square Garden during the final night of the Republican National Convention Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file) (AP) Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading

Court says protests didn’t justify military deployment; final ruling expected Friday People protest outside a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) (AP) A federal judge in Oregon on Sunday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon until at least Friday, saying she “found no credible evidence” that protests in the city grew out o

An arson investigation is underway after a car fire at the home of City Councilor Candace Avalos. On Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:40a.m., Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) responded to a fire in the Mill Park Neighborhood. Upon arrival they found several vehicles and a carport on fire. The vehicles were parked and unoccupied. Firefighters extinguished the fire, and no one was injured.   PF&R requested a Fire Investigator and Portland Police. East Precinct officers responded to t

Portland Police Bureau are again asking for the public's help in a homicide investigation Krystal Pendergraph Detectives with the Portland Police Bureau are again asking for the public's assistance as detectives continue to investigate the homicide of Krystal Pendergraph. At this stage in the investigation, detectives do not believe this was a random act of violence. Based on available evidence, there appears to be a nexus between the victim and the suspect. Detectives believ