Federal and state officials have declared martial law 68 times in the past, such as in Hawaii following the Japanese attack ...

Protests in Los Angeles are entering their fourth day over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. President ...

National Guard members and Marines deployed to Los Angeles cannot perform law enforcement duties by law. That would change if ...

Trump's National Guard deployment to Los Angeles and recent comments signal more sweeping executive actions are possible. Is ...

As that 90-day detail approaches, here’s what to know about the Insurrection Act of 1807. The Insurrection Act is not one piece of legislation; rather, it is the combination of a series of laws ...

Social media posts predicted that President Donald Trump will declare martial law April 20, but they appeared to conflate it with the Insurrection Act of 1807, which was mentioned in a recent ...

A report assessing the U.S.-Mexico border situation and potentially recommending invoking the Insurrection Act is due to President Trump. The report, ordered by President Trump in January ...

The Insurrection Act lets the U.S. president deploy troops domestically to suppress civil disorder, insurrection or rebellion.

Trump deployed National Guard troops and Marines to L.A. in response to protests. The Insurrection Act would allow him to use troops more broadly.

One of President Donald Trump’s first executive orders mentions the potential use of the Insurrection Act of 1807 to carry out his immigration policies. The act allows presidents to call on ...

President Trump on Tuesday said he would “certainly” invoke the Insurrection Act to respond to the demonstrations on the ...