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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington in New York

Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

man in suit speaks while seated at desk as another man in suit stands behind him
Donald Trump speaks to the press at the White House in Washington DC on 25 September as JD Vance looks on. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

The White House is talking about invoking the Insurrection Act that would allow the deployment of military troops on US soil to quell domestic unrest amid legal challenges over the moves, JD Vance confirmed on Sunday.

Vance was asked on NBC News’s Meet the Press whether Donald Trump was seriously considering invoking the emergency power to deploy national guard forces and even the US military in domestic settings.

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