Trump, Insurrection Act and Minnesota
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President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protests in Minneapolis. The Insurrection Act allows the president to deploy U.S. armed forces to suppress domestic unrest. The law was last used in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush during the Los Angeles riots.
President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in the wake of widening protests over immigration enforcement in Minnesota and last week’s fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent.
Officials denounced the Trump crackdown at an unofficial congressional hearing in Minneapolis. Administration officials have accused local leaders of promoting violence against ICE agents.
Trump accepted a Nobel Peace Prize medal from Venezuela’s opposition leader. Yesterday: María Corina Machado handed over her 2025 award. It was a bold attempt to win Trump’s favor — but it sparked a sharp reaction from the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
A federal officer has shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle.