Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, defense officials told The Washington Post late Saturday, after President Donald Trump ...
Troops prep for Minnesota deployment, defense officials say: reports
Roughly 1,500 active-duty soldiers are reportedly preparing for possible deployment in Minnesota following Donald Trump’s threats to invoke the Insurrection Act to crush protests against a surge ...
Trump threatens Insurrection Act deployment to quell Minnesota
The Insurrection Act enables a president to deploy the military on U.S. soil in extraordinary circumstances: to suppress an insurrection, civil disorder or armed rebellion.
Trump threatens to send military to Minneapolis over ICE protests
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he may invoke the Insurrection Act — a rarely used federal statute that allows the deployment of U.S. military forces on American soil — if ...
Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after
Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act — which authorizes the deployment of the military for certain domestic purposes during civil unrest — when his mass deportation ...