Trump news at a glance: Insurrection Act on the cards, says Vance, as president promotes Middle East peace | Trump administration
The Trump administration is considering ways to invoke emergency powers, including using the Insurrection Act of 1807, which would allow President Donald Trump to deploy troops on US soil in the event of major unrest.
Despite legal opposition, Vice President J.D. Vance confirmed that White was seriously considering the idea. “The president is considering all his options,” he told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, adding, “We’re talking about this because crime is out of control in our cities.”
The admission came as President Trump boarded a plane bound for Jerusalem, where he is scheduled to speak at the Knesset and meet with the families of hostages scheduled to be released from Gaza on Monday after helping to broker a major peace deal.
He declared that the war was “over,” adding that relations in the Middle East would “normalize.”
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Vance says Trump is “considering all options” amid threats to invoke the Insurrection Act
J.D. Vance confirmed on Sunday that the White House is talking about triggering the Insurrection Act that would allow military forces to be deployed on US soil to quell domestic unrest amid legal challenges over the movements.
Vance was asked on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” whether Donald Trump is seriously considering invoking emergency authority to deploy National Guard troops and even the U.S. military to local environments.
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Trump says ‘war is over’ in Gaza as Israel waits for hostages to be released
Donald Trump said Sunday as he headed to Israel that the war in Gaza was over and the Middle East would “go back to normal,” as he waited for Hamas to release Israeli hostages while world leaders met to discuss next steps toward peace.
“The war is over, you understand that,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he began a flight from Washington, D.C., to Israel.
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China warns the United States against responding to Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs
Beijing has told the US it will retaliate if Donald Trump fails to back down from his threat to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese imports, as investors brace for another wave of trade war turmoil.
China’s Commerce Ministry blamed Washington for stoking trade tensions between the two countries after Trump announced on Friday that he would impose additional tariffs on China’s exports to the United States, along with new controls on critical software, by November 1..
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Trump officials are reportedly considering selling student loan debt to private investors
Officials in the Trump administration are reportedly considering the possibility of selling portions of the federal government’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to private investors, which experts say could carry risks for both taxpayers and borrowers — potentially reshaping the student loan landscape in unpredictable ways.
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MAGA figures support Bukele’s call for Trump to crack down on US judges
Donald Trump is not known for taking advice, especially from foreign leaders who often seek to curry favor with the US president, the Guardian’s Jason Wilson writes in this article about the Salvadoran leader’s thoughts on the US judiciary.
Authoritarian Salvadoran leader Nayib Bukele took a different tack, he wrote, by calling on the Trump administration to follow his example in removing “corrupt judges.”
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