Extremism

A Utah man was killed by federal agents this week after making violent threats against President Biden and other officials. Experts worry that heated political rhetoric is leading to more threats.

The loose network includes people and organizations with a history of racist violence, now working together to further ethno-nationalist ambitions. Members share an adoration of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime, and an open disdain for anyone who isn’t white, straight, cisgender and Christian.

Bundy led the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon and subsequently founded People's Rights, a far-right activist network with members across the country.

Militia groups, Christian nationalists, anti-vaccine activists and right-wing conspiracy theorists in the Pacific Northwest have all started working together and are forging new connections with the formal political class.

House Bill 2572 would provide the state with new tools to prevent paramilitary activity, which has been unlawful in all 50 states, including Oregon, for decades.

A Portland woman, a QAnon adherent who espoused antisemitic views and frequently attended local far-right demonstrations in the region has pleaded guilty for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

As a string of attacks on electrical substations unfolded in Oregon and Washington in 2022, the FBI was warning utilities of white supremacists’ plots to take down the nation’s power grid. An investigation by OPB and Washington public media station KUOW reveals the scope of the threat to the Northwest grid.

The summary of the committee's report included criminal referrals for the former president, who inspired the deadly insurrection that took place nearly two years ago.

The bipartisan legislation would update the certification process for presidential elections, which former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to exploit after the 2020 election.

The Jan. 6 committee held its final hearing, outlining its recommendations to refer former President Donald Trump for criminal charges to the Department of Justice.

The committee also refers three Trump associates to the Justice Department for their roles in the attack while referring four House Republicans to the ethics committee for refusing to testify.

The referrals will be voted on during a meeting as part of a longer list of recommendations for criminal referrals. Referrals do not carry any legal weight or compel the Justice Department to act.