Militia

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday a partial mobilization in Russia as the war in Ukraine reaches nearly seven months and Moscow loses ground on the battlefield.

Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

At least 11 people from Oregon and Washington are among the more than 725 charged so far in connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Three militants were arrested and five occupiers were allowed to leave on Wednesday, as those arrested earlier in the week faced indictment.

Armed men with a group called the Pacific Patriots Network stationed themselves around the Harney County Courthouse Saturday afternoon, where they met with Sheriff Dave Ward.

The Harney County Committee of Safety was formed with the goal of limiting federal authority on county land.

Self-described militiamen have occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Building in Burns, Oregon. We'll get the latest on this developing story.

The militia said their mission is to put the federal lands under local control. Ammon Bundy said the protesters have a plan that will take “several months at the shortest to accomplish.”

OPB reporter Amanda Peacher, on site in Burns, Oregon, spoke with Weekend Edition host John Sepulvado after a militia broke into a federal building.