What is the Insurrection Act Trump threatens to use? | DW News
January 17, 2026
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as posted by the channelUS President Donald Trump has been flirting with the idea of invoking the Insurrection Act since his first term. The rarely-used law authorizes the president to deploy the US military on domestic soil — a power Trump is now considering using in Minneapolis as anti-ICE protests intensify.
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