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Trump nominates Joe Kent as director of National Counter Terrorism Center
President Donald Trump has nominated former Washington congressional candidate Republican Joe Kent to be the new Director of the National Counter Terrorism Center.

Washington man arrested, charged for 2022 attacks on Oregon energy facilities
Zachary Rosenthal was arraigned on federal charges in Portland Tuesday for allegedly damaging two energy substations in Clackamas County in November 2022. The attacks in 2022 were part of a national series of attempted disruptions to the electrical grid with possible ties to extremist groups.

Environmental arsonist fled the country in 2005 to avoid lengthy prison sentence — it worked
Joseph Dibee, former international fugitive and supporter of the Earth Liberation and the Animal Liberation Fronts, got a shorter sentence than his co-defendants, raising questions about how the federal government prosecutes what it considers acts of domestic terrorism
Oregon Secretary of State report urges stronger effort to counter domestic extremism
A report released Wednesday by the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office found gaps in the state’s attempts to counter domestic extremism and suggested five areas where lawmakers should focus to better counter the growing threat.

Norway town absorbs horror of local’s bow-and-arrow attack
Residents of a Norwegian town are grappling with the horrible knowledge that someone living in their community used a bow and arrow to attack people on a weekday evening and killed five of them.

Taliban say they won’t work with US to contain Islamic State
The Taliban have ruled out cooperation with the U.S. to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan.

US warns 9/11 anniversary could inspire extremist attacks
The latest terrorism alert bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security warns that the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks as well as approaching religious holidays could inspire violent attacks by extremists

The many lives of Joseph Dibee
The plot to burn down a Redmond slaughterhouse in 1997 sheds a light on our evolving conceptions of terrorism, including political views of last summer's Portland protests.

The many lives of Joseph Dibee
The plort to burn down a Redmond slaughterhouse in 1997 sheds a light on our evolving conceptions of terrorism, including political views of last summer's Portland protests.

Oregon resident charged with aiding ISIS
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed charges against a resident of Troutdale, Oregon, alleging he aided ISIS for years