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

The deployment of troops to Los Angeles raises questions about what Trump can and can't do with the military on U.S. soil, and whether he's crossing the line.

Legal scholars say Trump’s memo authorizing the deployment of National Guard and Marines may stretch presidential powers ...

In sending troops to LA, Trump cited Title 10 of the U.S. Code, which allows the president to “call into federal service ...

President Donald Trump has hinted that he may invoke the Insurrection Act in response to ongoing protests in Los Angeles over his immigration policies. When asked in the Oval Office whether he would ...

The apparent plan is to let the military act as ... alarming implications for democratic freedoms. Moreover, it continues a pattern of the president stretching his emergency powers past their limits ...

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 ...

This order included a clause that allowed the President to 'invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807' and potentially deploy military ... This move has sparked significant concern and debate among legal ...

There’s growing concern that President Donald Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act to bring National Guard troops under ... Otherwise, they put troops at legal and ethical risk, weaken military ...

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 ...