Live updates: Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis

President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to justify deploying troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis.

Trump made the threat to ''quickly put an end to the travesty'' after a federal officer shot a man in the leg while being attacked with a shovel and broom handle on Wednesday. The incident further heightened the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman in the head.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the rarely used federal law to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.

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Maine braces for ICE enforcement surge

The governor of Maine and the mayors of its two largest cities acknowledged widespread speculation that ICE enforcement actions are imminent in the state, which is home to large immigrant communities from Somalia and other African nations.

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said aggressive enforcement actions that undermine civil rights are ''not welcome'' in the state. Mills, the mayors of Portland and Lewiston and Maine's largest school district all acknowledged that the possibility of ICE enforcement has created a nervous atmosphere in Maine.

Renee Good's shooting adds momentum to Democratic proposals for protections across the US

Democrats across the country are proposing state law changes to rein in federal immigration officers and protect the public following the shooting death of a protester in Minneapolis and the wounding of two people in Portland, Oregon.

Many of the measures have been proposed in some form for years in Democratic-led states, but their momentum is growing as legislatures return to work amid President Donald Trump's national immigration crackdown following the killing of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. Republicans are pushing back, blaming protesters for impeding enforcement of immigration laws.

Views of Trump's handling of immigration have declined

When Trump entered office, immigration was among his strongest issues. An AP-NORC Poll published Thursday suggests that it has since faded, a troubling sign for Trump who campaigned on crackdowns to illegal immigration.

There are still signs that Americans give Trump some leeway on immigration issues. Nearly half of Americans — 45% — say Trump has ''helped'' immigration and border security in his second term.

US seizes another sanctioned oil tanker it says has ties to Venezuela

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote Thursday on social media, ''Motor Tanker Veronica had previously passed through Venezuelan waters, and was operating in defiance of President Trump's established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.''

The Veronica is the sixth tanker seized by U.S. forces as the Trump administration moves to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela's oil products, and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.

Noem wrote that the raid was carried out with ''close coordination with our colleagues'' in the military as well as the State and Justice departments.

Minnesota governor says Trump is engaged in ‘a campaign of organized brutality'

The Associated Press has reached out to the offices of Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for comment on Trump's latest threat to invoke the Insurrection Act.

During a televised speech before the latest shooting, Walz described Minnesota as being in chaos, saying what's happening in the state ''defies belief.''

''Let's be very, very clear, this long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement,'' he said. ''Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.''

Trump glosses over Insurrection Act history and legal context

In modern times, the act has been used to mobilize troops to help local authorities or to ensure a federal court order is carried out.

The law was last used in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush to help quell riots in Los Angeles after local officials asked for the assistance. Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all invoked it during the Civil Rights Movement to help enforce desegregation orders in Southern states where state and local governments were resisting.

A 1964 Justice Department memo said the act can apply in three circumstances: when a state requests help, when deployment is needed to enforce a federal court order, or when ''state and local law enforcement have completely broken down.''

What to know about the latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis

In a statement describing the events that led to Wednesday's shooting, Homeland Security said federal law enforcement officers stopped a person from Venezuela who was in the U.S. illegally. The person drove away and crashed into a parked car before taking off on foot, DHS said.

''Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired a defensive shot to defend his life,'' DHS said.

The two people who came out of the apartment are in custody, it said.

Police Chief Brian O'Hara's account of what happened largely echoed that of Homeland Security. O'Hara said the man shot was in the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.

Minneapolis mayor described the situation as not ‘sustainable'

Jacob Frey spoke Wednesday night after federal officers wearing gas masks and helmets fired tear gas into a small crowd while protesters threw rocks and shot fireworks.

Frey described a federal force that is five times as big as the city's 600-officer police force and has ''invaded'' the city, scaring and angering residents, some of whom want the officers to ''fight ICE agents.''

The Department of Homeland Security says it has made more than 2,000 arrests in the state since early December and is vowing to not back down.

Trump threatens invoking Insurrection Act to deploy military in Minneapolis

Trump made the threat Thursday after a federal officer trying to make an arrest shot a man in the leg Wednesday after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle. The incident further heightened the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman in the head.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the rarely used federal law to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.

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Trump's approval rating barely budges, AP-NORC poll finds

An AP-NORC poll from January found that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults approve of Trump's performance as president. That's virtually unchanged from March 2025, shortly after he took office for the second time.

The new poll also shows subtle signs of vulnerability for Trump, mainly regarding the economy and immigration.

Senators launch a cross-party effort to end stock trading by lawmakers

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Republican Sen. Ashley Moody of Florida on Thursday plan to introduce legislation, first shared with The Associated Press, that would bar lawmakers and their immediate family members from trading or owning individual stocks.

It's the latest in a flurry of proposals in the House and the Senate to limit stock trading in Congress, lending bipartisan momentum to the issue. But the sheer number of proposals has clouded the path forward. Republican leaders in the House are pushing their own bill on stock ownership, an alternative that critics have dismissed as watered down.

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Venezuela war powers resolution fails in Senate as 2 Republicans bow to Trump pressure

Senate Republicans voted to dismiss a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have limited Trump's ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela after two GOP senators reversed course on supporting the legislation.

Vice President JD Vance had to break the 50-50 deadlock in the Senate on a Republican motion to dismiss the bill.

The outcome of the high-profile vote demonstrated how Trump still has command over much of the Republican conference, yet the razor-thin vote tally also showed the growing concern on Capitol Hill over the president's aggressive foreign policy ambitions.

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Louisiana governor is Trump's envoy to Greenland

While President Donald Trump says he'll take action on Greenland whether its people '' like it or not, '' his newly handpicked U.S. special envoy is setting off on his own approach.