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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Chelsie Napiza

Trump Urged to Declare Martial Law as Republicans Face Concerns Over Losing Control of Congress

Longtime outside allies of Donald Trump are urging extraordinary intervention in the November 2026 US midterm elections, including martial law (Credit: Daniel Torok / Wikimedia Commons)

Some of Donald Trump's longtime outside allies are pressing him to take control of November's midterm elections, with martial law among the scenarios being discussed.

The push was reported by The Atlantic on 23 September 2026, in an article by Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Michael Scherer, and it is coming from outside the White House rather than from within it.

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