Trump not ruling out invoking Insurrection Act around midterms
Trump said he may use emergency powers if violence breaks out, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to focus on foreign interference.
- President Donald Trump told Time Magazine he won't rule out declaring a state of emergency before the midterm elections, stating, "I don't rule anything out or in," when asked about invoking the Insurrection Act.
- Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act amid tensions in Minneapolis after two shootings involving immigration agents, a law allowing the president to deploy military forces to suppress civil disorder.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the military to defend elections from "foreign interference," while Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine wrote the Joint Force has "no plans to send Federal military personnel" to polling places.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Trump of trying to "rig" the election, while former White House strategist Steve Bannon claimed on his podcast that ICE would "surround the polls" in November.
- The Insurrection Act was last used by President George Bush in 1992 during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, while Trump regularly accuses opponents of election cheating, telling a Texas crowd this month, "there's never been bigger cheaters, they don't care.
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Trump won’t rule out declaring state of emergency for midterms
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News October 2, 2026 President Donald Trump told Time magazine that he will not rule out declaring a state of emergency for the November midterm elections. When asked by Time if he would do so, the president replied: “I don’t rule anything out or in. We’ll see.” “You mean […]
Donald Trump is concerned about the majority of his party in Congress before the mid-term elections. Now the US President comes forward with a thought game about the use of a 200-year-old law. That would allow him to use the military within the United States.
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