President Trump is threatening to invoke a centuries-old law to deploy troops to Minnesota. Here's what to know.
As Trump weighs invoking the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis, learn how it differs from martial law, when dispersal orders apply, and Congress’s role.
This story was originally published in October 2025. In January 2026, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the ...
President Donald Trump has again threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act — this time in Minneapolis — after federal officers shot a man in the leg on Wednesday night and on the heels of the fatal ...
President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 in Minnesota. The Insurrection Act allows a president to deploy military forces within the U.S. to suppress a rebellion.