On its face, the law gives the president sweeping authority to deploy the military in response to domestic disorder.

Federal and state officials have declared martial law 68 times in the past, such as in Hawaii following the Japanese attack ...

Gov. Newsom argues Los Angeles does not need the military to keep the peace: "To put it bluntly, there is no invasion or ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi has declined to say what the president was thinking about the possibility of invoking the drastic ...

President Trump’s deployment of more than 700 Marines to Los Angeles—following ICE raids and mass protests—has ignited a ...

President Donald Trump has hinted that he may invoke the Insurrection Act in response to ongoing protests in Los Angeles over his immigration policies. When asked in the Oval Office whether he would ...

"A lot of uncertainty about how President Trump's administration policies on immigration, who they claim are here illegally— how that would play out in New Mexico," KOAT legal expert John Day said.