President has threatened to invoke 19th-century law as a means to control mobilization of national guard troops

US president's comments came as Portland, Chicago continue to fight the deployment of the national guard in the courts.

Donald Trump si dice pronto a invocare l'Insurrection Act, la legge che dà al presidente il potere, in casi eccezionali, di mobilitare l'esercito federale e la Guardia Nazionale…

Donald Trump si dice pronto a invocare l'Insurrection Act, la legge che dà al presidente il potere, in casi eccezionali, di mobilitare l'esercito federale e la Guardia Nazionale…

Trump said he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy the military into cities if courts block his deployment of National Guard troops.

The president threatened the use of emergency powers after a federal judge temporarily halted national guard deployment in Portland. Key US politics stories from 6 October at a…

President Donald Trump told reporters Monday he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act to send National Guard troops into Portland "if it was necessary."

The president said he would invoke emergency powers to deploy the National Guard if “people were being killed, and courts were holding us up.”

Threat to invoke the Act comes amid protests in Portland and legal challenges against his anti-immigration crackdown.

La legge del 1807, che consente all'esercito di svolgere attività di polizia civile in determinate circostanze, non è più stata applicata dopo le rivolte di Lo…

President has threatened to invoke 19th-century law as a means to control mobilization of national guard troops