President Donald Trump has referred to the protests against his mass deportation operation as “riots,” and has claimed those attending the demonstrations are “insurrectionists,” but the protests were reported to be “largely peaceful” before Trump ordered more than 2,000 members of the California National Guard to Los Angeles on Saturday.

The DHS secretary's request would have exceeded authorities invoked by President Trump when he deployed the National Guard to LA.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly requested Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to have the military arrest protesters in Los Angeles

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reportedly requested that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth grant law ... another step toward the administration invoking the Insurrection Act. In a memo, Secretary Noem alleged protestors included “invasive ...

California also alleged in a lawsuit that the administration is planning to have the military accompany ICE on deportation raids

The military is generally barred from domestic law enforcement. Granting Noem’s request would likely require the administration to sidestep those laws by invoking the Insurrection Act.

with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem due to make a recommendation soon on whether President Donald Trump should invoke the Insurrection Act to further ...

What Rule of Law? A defense lawyer for those charged in connection to the Capitol riot argues that if Senator Alex Padilla is not charged with assaulting a federal officer, like many January 6 defendants were,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will not recommend invoking the Insurrection Act in a memo the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are ...