Portland standoff with US agents ongoing after mayor gassed

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The tense standoff between demonstrators and federal police in Portland, Oregon, dragged on Thursday after the city’s mayor was tear-gassed as he made an appearance outside a federal courthouse during raucous protests.

Mayor Ted Wheeler and hundreds of others were objecting to the presence of federal police sent by President Donald Trump, who labelled the demonstrators as “agitators & anarchists” after Mr Wheeler was gassed.