US EditionTrump threatens to impose Insurrection Act, send troops into Minneapolis
Trump threatens to deploy military under the Insurrection Act amid protests after federal shootings, despite legal challenges and opposition from Minnesota officials and experts.
- On Jan. 15, 2026, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy U.S. military forces to Minnesota amid protests against immigration enforcement.
- Operation Metro Surge deployed more than 2,000 federal immigration officers to the Twin Cities earlier this month, coinciding with the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good, 37-year-old mother.
- Clashes intensified as authorities deployed crowd-control tactics and on Jan. 14 a federal officer shot a Venezuelan man in the leg after DHS said the officer was attacked in the Hawthorne Neighborhood of Minneapolis.
- Minnesota officials have pushed back, filing legal challenges and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey warned, `We cannot counter Donald Trump's chaos with our own brand of chaos`, while U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez gave the Justice Department until Monday to respond.
- The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows presidents to deploy troops domestically and has been invoked 40 times, including the 1992 Los Angeles use by George H.W. Bush; Sen. Dick Durbin has urged reforms after President Donald Trump considered its use for protests.
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Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act over unrest in Minnesota
U.S. President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if Minnesota officials do not stop what he described as attacks on federal immigration officers. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT,” Trump said in a social media post early Thursday. Trump …
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act to quell ICE protests in Minneapolis
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration’s massive immigration crackdown.
Minnesota protests escalate as Trump intensifies threats
Protesters clashed with ICE agents in Minnesota again after a man was shot and wounded when he allegedly assaulted federal officers. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry called for calmer reactions on the street as President Trump is threatening to deploy troops to the Twin Cities. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
Trump Could Invoke Insurrection Act Over Attacks on ICE, Unveils New Health Care Plan
President Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act as tensions in Minnesota rise, and the White House condemns anti-ICE rhetoric. The possibility of military action is still on the table in Iran, but tensions appear to be easing. What should the United States do now as protesters march on, still under a communication blackout? We hear from Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.). The U.S. government has filed warrants for dozens of sanctioned oil …
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act after second ICE shooting in Minnesota
Residents confront federal agents following a shooting incident on Jan. 14, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday morning to send the military into Minnesota to stop protests, following another shooting by immigration agents that injured one person, seven days after an agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Writing on his own social media platform, Trump…
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