The House January 6 committee, looking for direct evidence of Donald Trump’s involvement in insurrection, is considering changes to the Insurrection Act to prevent another January 6. What is the ...

The president has the authority to send federal law enforcement to protect federal buildings and officials. The president also has greater authority over Washington, DC, than over other U.S. cities.

DENVER (AP) — Efforts to use the U.S. Constitution’s “insurrection” clause to bar former President Donald Trump from running for the White House again entered a new phase Monday as a hearing began in ...

Opinion columnists for The Hill called on Congress to invoke the 14th Amendment disqualification to block President-elect Trump from taking office next month. In a column published Thursday, Evan A.

Steve Calabresi has posted an impressively swift response to my post explaining why the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol was an insurrection. But I remain unpersuaded. Steve's emphasis on the use ...

It may be too late to alter the designation, but politicos and pundits make a major mistake when they refer to the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot as an "insurrection." That title for a brutal, nihilistic ...

Silenced by her Republican colleagues, Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr looked up from the House floor to supporters in the gallery shouting “Let her speak!” and thrust her microphone into the air — ...

The 1807 law allows a president to deploy American troops inside the country to put down a rebellion. Lawmakers fear it could be abused by a future president trying to stoke one. By Luke Broadwater ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declined to directly answer whether the Jan. 6 Capitol attack was an insurrection when asked on June 8. (Video: The Washington Post) There are many ways ...

Five people died in the Capitol insurrection on January 6, including a Capitol Police officer. But experts told Insider that the insurrection could have been much deadlier. Experts said that swift ...