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Insurrection Act: What to know as Trump talks using law after National Guard deployment pushback – NBC News

President Donald Trump has suggested he could invoke the Insurrection Act “if necessary.”Andrew Harnik / Getty Images

Trump keeps threatening to use the Insurrection Act. What is it?

President Donald Trump has said repeatedly he could invoke the 1807 statute, which gives the president the power to deploy the U.S. military domestically.

By Gary Grumbach and Dareh Gregorian, Oct. 7, 2025, 2:17 PM PDT

President Donald Trump suggested numerous times this week that he could invoke the sweeping presidential powers granted by the Insurrection Act “if necessary.”

“It’s been invoked before,” Trump told reporters Tuesday, adding, “We want safe cities.”

Using the Insurrection Act was something Trump repeatedly suggested he might do in his first term, although he never actually did.

A spokeswoman for the White House, Abigail Jackson, said in a statement Tuesday that the president has “exercised his lawful authority to protect federal officers and assets. President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities.”

Here’s a look at what the Insurrection Act is, and what it would enable the president to do.

What is the Insurrection Act?

While the military is generally barred from being deployed for domestic law enforcement without congressional authorization, the Insurrection Act gives the president power to deploy the U.S. military domestically and to federalize National Guard troops during specific circumstances.

It was signed into law by President Thomas Jefferson in March 1807.

Has it ever been used before?

Many times, but not in decades.

George Washington used an earlier version of the law to stamp out the Whiskey Rebellion in 1792.

President George H.W. Bush was the last to use it during the deadly 1992 Los Angeles riots, following a request from the city’s Democratic mayor and the state’s Republican governor.

What can trigger the use of the Insurrection Act?

While one justification for invoking the act is clear — that the president can take action if asked to do so by a governor or a Legislature — the other standards mentioned in the statute are broad and vague, giving the president wide latitude.

“Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings,he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion,” the statute reads.

Another section says the president, “by using the militia or the armed forces, or both,” shall “takesuch measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy” if it “hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States within the State,” or if it “opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United Statesor impedes the course of justice under those laws.”

The statutes don’t define the terms, essentially leaving it up to the president to determine what constitutes an insurrection or rebellion, and when it’s been quelled.

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With a Democratic leadership vacuum, Obama steps up his Trump administration criticisms – NBC News

President Obama: The Legacy

With a Democratic Party leadership vacuum, Obama steps up his criticism of Trump

Obama’s recent public comments came after private conversations with allies about whether he should speak out more, according to people familiar with the discussions.

By Natasha Korecki, Jonathan Allen and Carol E. Lee, Oct. 4, 2025, 9:00 AM PDT

Former President Barack Obama has stepped up his criticisms of the Trump administration in recent weeks, weighing in more forcefully and frequently than he did at the start of the president’s second term.

It is an intensification that Democrats welcome at a moment when they lack party leadership, even as some say his trademark caution is still getting the better of him.

In the last three weeks, Obama called President Donald Trump’s news conference linking Tylenol and autism “violence against the truth,” and he attacked the administration in the wake of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s initial late-night ouster for taking “cancel culture” to a “new and dangerous level.” After Charlie Kirk’s killing, Obama aggressively called out Trump’s rhetoric, saying the president was further dividing the country. And before the government shutdown, he clapped at Republicans, saying they would “rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care.”

Obama’s headline-grabbing comments come after private conversations over the summer with allies about whether he should speak out more and how he should approach high-stakes White House actions as they unfold, according to two people familiar with the discussions. According to one of the sources, the former president recognizes the gravity of a moment when Trump is seen as stretching the limits of the Constitution, and one former aide said he is cognizant that there is a dearth of party leadership.

It’s unclear, however, whether Obama will sustain this pace.

A former Obama White House official with knowledge of his team’s thinking said before Obama sat for a series of paid speaking events in recent weeks, his team mulled how to best take advantage of the appearances. At the same time, a flurry of high-profile events transpired, including the Kirk shooting, Kimmel being pulled off the air and the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

“I’m aware there are discussions of ‘Should we be out there more? How are we calibrating?’ Of course they’re asking that, that’s responsible because he’s trying to be thoughtful. It’s fair to say they’re constantly asking themselves, ‘How do we meet this moment?’” the former official said.

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Lester Holt Finds New ‘Appeal’ in ‘Dateline’ Podcast, Tackling Much-Scrutinized Texas Death Sentence Case

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