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President Trump walks from the White House to visit St. John's Church after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd.

Politics & Government

What Is The Insurrection Act That Trump Is Threatening To Invoke?

10:11pm June 01, 2020

by Domenico Montanaro

The 213-year-old law allows a president to "call forth the militia for the purpose of suppressing" an insurrection. Trump threatened to deploy the military to states that don't quell violent protests.

Theodore Roosevelt addressed a crowd from the back of a train at South Lawrence Train Station in Lawrence, Mass., in 1902.

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Politics & Government

What Should We Call This Kind of Presidential Campaign, Anyway?

6:00am August 28, 2016

by Ron Elving

One can easily imagine Hillary Clinton having some affinity with the "front porch" style campaign of the late 19th century, while Donald Trump personifies the "whistle stopping" style that came next.