US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis. Trump, a Republican, has been deriding the state's Democratic leaders and has called the Somali community in the area "garbage." They have been met frequently by loud, often angry protests by residents, some blowing whistles or banging tambourines. It has been used 30 times in US history, according to New York University's Brennan Centre for Justice. The Supreme Court has ruled that the president alone can determine if the act's conditions have been met.

Source: The Telegraph January 15, 2026 15:11 UTC