Oregon governor says feds to leave Portland, but feds say they're staying

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday that the federal government had agreed to withdraw its law enforcement officers from Portland, where violent protests have persisted for weeks — but the Department of Homeland Security indicated it would keep its officers on the ground for the time being.

The dueling statements mark another twist in the increasingly fractious communications between local and federal officials about the violence in Portland.

In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, Brown said that the Trump administration had “agreed to withdraw federal officers from Portland” starting Thursday, and that security of downtown would be left to “our local Oregon State Police officers.”