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

Trump has not invoked the Insurrection Act, which is the main legal tool a president can use to activate the military or ...

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

Donald Trump has deployed National Guard troops to California following two days of protests against immigration raids.

President Trump’s deployment of more than 700 Marines to Los Angeles—following ICE raids and mass protests—has ignited a ...

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 ...

Among these recommendations may be the invocation of the Insurrection Act of 1807. When President ... and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. Martial law may continue ...

The Pentagon is scrambling to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect ...

Currently, there are discussions circulating that President Donald Trump may plan to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 ... and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers.

As a reminder, the 1798 act says: Whenever there is a declared ... Civil Liberties Union lawyers who brought the suit called the implications of Trump’s position “staggering.” ...

Invoking the Insurrection Act would not create what is commonly understood as martial law, legal experts said. Legal experts said they don’t see a clear path for Trump to lawfully implement ...

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 ...