The Posse Comitatus Act restricts using federal troops in civilian law enforcement. Exceptions exist, but Trump's crackdown ...

As President Donald Trump expands the use of the military in immigration enforcement, this nearly 150-year-old law has come into sharp focus.

The U.S. military has designated a new military zone along the Texas-New Mexico border to temporarily detain migrants, as ...

In an executive order, the US president threatened state and local governments with both financial and legal sanctions if ...

The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows the president to use active-duty military personnel to perform law-enforcement duties inside the US. US media report that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and ...

You can get in touch with Kate by emailing [email protected], or by following her on X at @kateeplummer. President Donald Trump's administration will on Sunday learn whether a report by its ...

He often claims – falsely, of course – to have set some kind of record there. Now we find out if Trump, on April 20, will ...

Now we find out if Trump, on April 20, will invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deal with what he called on his first day in office "a national emergency at the southern border." Trump has ...