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

President Trump is sending the National Guard to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom by invoking rarely used ...

Trump was asked by ABC News if he's prepared to use the 1807 Insurrection Act to curb protests against his immigration crackdown in Los Angeles. His answer: "It depends." ...

Whether our institutions can withstand this assault may determine whether American democracy emerges from this crisis intact.

President Trump issued a memo authorizing the National Guard to post up in Los Angeles, but California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ...

Pam Bondi dodges questions about what legal threshold is for Trump to invoke Insurrection Act - Attorney General told ...

President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller have repeatedly used the word “insurrection” to describe the protests in Los ...

Trump's effort to use the military to quell protests received pushback for his staff during his first administration. Now ...

By Charlie Savage Charlie Savage writes about presidential power and legal ... Act, it is normally illegal to use federal troops on domestic soil for policing purposes. But an 1807 law, the ...

President Donald Trump arrives at a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday ...

A report assessing the U.S.-Mexico border situation and potentially recommending invoking the Insurrection Act is due to President ... and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military ...

Some legal experts have warned the law is overly broad and vague, and there have been various calls for it to be reformed to provide greater checks on presidential power. The Insurrection Act has ...