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Aftermath of a shooting incident in north Minneapolis

Trump Threatens To Use the Insurrection Act To End Protests in Minneapolis

Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely used federal law, to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.