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The Trump administration announced a review Friday of federal funding to Portland, Oregon, following violent anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) clashes there, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt vowing, “We will not fund states that allow anarchy.”

The review comes after conservative journalist Nick Sortor was taken into custody late Thursday night while documenting the protests in Portland — something Leavitt described as an “extremely troubling incident.” She said the Department of Justice spoke with Sortor Friday morning and “will be launching a full investigation into his arrest.”

“This incident is part of a troubling trend in Portland, where left-wing mobs believe they get to decide who can visit and live in

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