Another 1,140 soldiers working in support and sustainment jobs will deploy to the U.S.-Mexico border to help federal agents, ...

One of President Trump’s first executive orders mentions the potential use of the Insurrection Act of 1807. Here’s what that ...

The Army bill was finally passed by the Senate this afternoon, after having spent nearly the whole day in debating the last section, which prohibits the use of the Army as a posse comitatus ...

The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 gave military troops the right to defend themselves. It was intended to ensure federal troops did not have the power to act as law enforcement in states. The law would ...

Critics of President-elect Trump’s plan to enlist the military to help deport illegal immigrants claim it will violate the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. But that might not be the case.

provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.... For the Founders, the militia arose from the posse comitatus, constituting ...