President Trump on Monday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to obtain the legal authority to deploy troops into American cities led by Democrats.. The act, which was signed into law more than ...

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he might use the Insurrection Act to send the U.S. military if federal courts stop him from using the National Guard to protect federal buildings and carry ...

The president has the authority to send federal law enforcement to protect federal buildings and officials. The president also has greater authority over Washington, DC, than over other U.S. cities.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller took questions from the press on Monday outside the White House and was asked to clarify his recent attack on a Trump-appointed judge. “You called a ...

President Donald Trump floated the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act - one of the White House’s most potent emergency powers - once again this week. The centuries-old law enables a ...