Trump Says No Reason ‘Right Now’ to Use Insurrection Act in Minnesota

President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters that he doesn’t have a reason right now to use the Insurrection Act to quell protests and violence against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis. On Thursday, Trump warned in a post on Truth Social that he could use the Insurrection Act—a law that dates back to the founding of the United States and has been invoked by presidents at least 30 times over its history—to handle unrest in Minnesota. But in comments to reporters on Friday, Trump said there’s no need to invoke the law yet. “I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I’d use it,” Trump told reporters at the White House before he departed for Palm Beach, Florida. “It’s very powerful,” he added....