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 suggested numerous times this week that he could invoke the sweeping presidential powers granted by the Insurrection Act "if necessary." "It's been invoked before," Trump told ...

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