Trump says he is prepared to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act if courts do not comply with his National Guard deployment orders, as he slammed Democrat lawmakers for running cities rampant with crime.

The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association , headed by Vipin Nair, described the incident as a "disrespectful and intemperate gesture" by an advocate. In a statement issued by its secretary, ...

The president said he would invoke emergency powers to deploy the National Guard if “people were being killed, and courts were holding us up.” By Chris Cameron Reporting from Washington President ...

Could the president be about to invoke a centuries-old law that allows him to militarise the streets of American cities? Plus - Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, is back in the White House.

President Trump on Monday said he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to justify sending federal troops into Portland, Ore., and avoid any legal hurdles. Trump in remarks from the Oval ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act as a way to send federal troops to Portland and avoid legal obstacles. Amid ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) -Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered on Tuesday at an Army facility outside Chicago, as Donald Trump’s threat to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to ...

I’ve never been more alarmed about the state of our democracy. The U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism faster than ever, while corporate media turns a blind eye. That’s why Common Dreams exists—to ...

President Trump said he may invoke the Insurrection Act "if people were being killed, courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up." President Donald Trump said he would have ...

President Donald Trump is poised to invoke the Insurrection Act, a measure that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military across the United States under his personal control. The plan is a ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Following President Donald Trump‘s threats to invoke the Insurrection Act, The View co-host Joy Behar thinks he has more sinister plans in mind. On Monday (Oct. 6), Trump ...

It is far from unusual to see tributes to Margaret Thatcher at Conservative party conferences. But the ghost of the Iron Lady hangs particularly heavily at this year's annual gathering in Manchester, ...