The 1807 law that President Trump threatened to invoke Thursday to deploy the US military against anti-immigration enforcement rioters in Minnesota was last used in 1992 to stem violence that broke ...

U.S. President Donald Trump accurately relayed that half of U.S. presidents have invoked the Insurrection Act. Rating: False (About this rating?) Context: Trump said "almost" 50% of U.S. presidents ...

Will Scharf, the White House staff secretary, wrote a secret memo to Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, warning that invoking the Insurrection Act risked major legal battles. MEMORANDUM FOR: ...

Trump said "almost" 50% of U.S. presidents and "like 50%" of U.S. presidents have invoked the Insurrection Act in two separate interviews on Oct. 19 and Oct. 20. Since its signing in 1807, 33% of U.S.