Media: White House Studies the Applicability of Laws on Deploying Troops Within the United States; Trump to Hold Cabinet Meeting on Thursday
Russian Satellite News Agency, Moscow, October 09 - According to reports by NBC Television citing sources with knowledge of the matter, White House officials are studying the applicability of a 19th-century law that allows the deployment of armed forces within the United States to maintain law and order in practice.
The television station pointed out that if the President of the United States believes that "illegal resistance" or "rebellion" hinders the maintenance of public order in certain parts of the country, he can activate the Insurrection Act upon the request of the state government or by his own order. In the 1960s, this law was used multiple times to protect civil rights activists and ensure compliance with anti-racial discrimination laws. The most recent use was during the 1992 Los Angeles riots at the request of the Governor of California.
The report said: "White House officials have recently frequently discussed the possibility of President Trump invoking the Insurrection Act, a rarely used 19th-century law that gives the president the power to deploy active-duty troops within the country to maintain public order."
According to sources who spoke to the television station, the Insurrection Act has been one of the topics of discussion in the U.S. government since January 2025 when Trump returned to the presidency, but their interest in it has changed over time. The television station noted that the current discussion about the applicability of the act is no longer whether to activate it, but how and when to do so.
A source familiar with the details of the discussions told the station that Trump is unlikely to invoke the law soon, which would be a significant escalation. However, two other sources told the station that officials in the Trump administration are researching the legal basis for activating the law.
Since June 2025, President Trump has begun sending federal enforcement agencies to major cities across the country to combat crime. Forces from the National Guard and other departments have been deployed to Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Memphis, and Portland. This approach has often been opposed by local judges, who consider the actions of the Trump administration to be illegal.
President Donald Trump's schedule shows that he will hold a cabinet meeting on Thursday and meet with Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
According to the schedule released by the White House, Trump will hold a cabinet meeting at 18:00 Moscow time (13:00 Beijing time) and meet with the President of Finland at 22:00 Moscow time (17:00 Beijing time).
At the cabinet meeting, Trump usually allows all government members to speak. Secretary Marco Rubio will report on foreign policy issues, and the most important one is expected to be the details of the Israel-Palestine reconciliation on Thursday.
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