"Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy more troops into Democrat-led cities. We have an insurrection act for a reason. If I had to enact it I would do that, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, adding, if people were being killed and courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure I would do that."
"Meanwhile, Pam Bondi is likely to grilled over troop deployments as she faces the Senate judiciary committee. The attorney general is also likely to face questions over the indictment last month of the former FBI director James Comey, deadly strikes on boats believed to be carrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela, as well as the brewing controversy over the release of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein."
Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy troops into Democratic-led cities. A federal judge in Oregon temporarily halted a National Guard deployment in Portland. Troops from Texas could be deployed to Chicago despite a lawsuit from Illinois. Pam Bondi faces the Senate Judiciary Committee and is likely to be questioned about troop deployments, the indictment of former FBI director James Comey, deadly strikes off Venezuela, and release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump is scheduled to welcome Canadian PM Mark Carney for trade talks and to meet former hostage Edan Alexander. Indirect talks in Egypt address a 20-point plan for Gaza amid a government shutdown entering its second week.
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