WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump says he’d consider invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 to fight crime and battle protesters in Democratic-controlled cities. “I’d do it if it was necessary," if ...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's warning that he would deploy the United States military to any state that refuses to take aggressive action against rioting rests on a longstanding presidential ...

"The Insurrection Act was actually passed in 1807, signed by Jefferson," said Laura I. Appleman, a law professor at Willamette University College of Law. "It essentially says that the president under ...

President Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Washington D.C., Portland, and Chicago — a show of force that raises questions about presidential power and the limits of the law. Chris Cuomo ...

A US Supreme Court Justice appears to have signalled that Donald Trump could use an act from 1807 to deploy troops to US ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has suggested President Donald Trump could attempt to deploy troops to U.S. cities under the Insurrection Act. Kavanaugh’s remarks came in a separate ...

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As blue cities push back on President Donald Trump’s tactic of deploying the National Guard to fight crime, the Trump administration has floated the idea of using the Insurrection Act to justify ...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House, on June 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Not long ago, when President Donald Trump ...