Biden Revokes Trump ‘Anarchist Jurisdictions’ Order, Restores Funding To Portland, Seattle

President Joe Biden continued his efforts to roll back Trump administration orders Thursday morning, rescinding a handful of the former president’s edicts including a memorandum labeling certain cities like Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, “anarchist” havens and slashing their federal funding.
The order, signed during Trump’s final weeks in office, was meant to punish Portland and Seattle, as well as a handful of other cities, for failing to control ongoing, destructive — and, in some cases, deadly — anarchist demonstrations. In Portland, “Antifa” demonstrations raged for more than 100 nights...