US President Donald Trump "wants to instigate a race war" by sending federal troops to cities to crack down on protests, says a senior American lawmaker.

US federal law enforcement agents have clashed with pro-justice protesters participating in daily rallies in Portland, Oregon. 

Rand Paul denounces the Trump administration's use of federal agents against protesters in Portland, Oregon.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has defended the federal crackdown on anti-racism demonstrators in Portland, threatening that the practice could spread to other cities across the country.

US House Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the federal government's severe crackdown on protesters in Portland.

The mayor of Portland demanded the withdrawal of federal officers from the northwestern US city, accusing them of dangerously escalating the situation with abusive, unconstitutional tactics against protesters.

Anti-racism protesters in Portland are begging arrested by unidentified masked men.

US federal law enforcement officers crack down on protesters in Portland, Oregon, under the Trump administration's new executive order to protect US monuments.

The US federal crackdown on protesters denouncing police brutality and racial injustice continues in Portland, Oregon.

A political commentator says the city of Portland in the US state of Oregon has turned into a police state as undercover federal agents are sent in there.