Experts told PBS News that worries about the Insurrection Act arise from legal uncertainty about how it can be applied.

Not long ago, when President Donald Trump talked about sending troops off to San Francisco to “make it great again,” he said ...

When invoked, the Insurrection Act gives the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military or National Guard inside the country to suppress events such as rebellion, insurrection and civil ...

The red sweater appears as if it was purchased yesterday – but it's been more than 200 years since the handmade gift has seen the light of day. Archivists opened parcels from the Anne-Marie cargo ship ...

EASTON -- The nearly full moon was setting as dawn arrived on Dec. 14, 1807. It was Monday, and farmers in what was then Weston were already up tending to their livestock. Suddenly, to the north, a ...

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The 1807 law, which allows the military to conduct civilian law enforcement activities under certain circumstances, hasn’t ...

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to send the United States military into states if the unrest that has swept multiple U.S. cities continues to grow, citing a 213-year-old law, the ...

President Donald Trump, according to rumors circulating online, will announce martial law after invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807. By using this act, Trump may send soldiers to the southern border ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For weeks, President Donald Trump has threatened to send the National Guard to Chicago. He is now doing it, and is considering using a law enacted more than two centuries ago to ...

London's streets had a gaslight glow beginning in 1807. * Image: E.O. Hoppe/Corbis * 1807: London's Pall Mall becomes the first street anywhere to be illuminated by gaslight. The gaslight was ...

On this day in 1807, Congress enacted a law to “prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States ... from any foreign kingdom, place or country.” ...