Testifying in favor of the National Firearms Act in 1934, Attorney General Homer S. Cummings readily conceded that the federal government had "no inherent police powers to go into certain localities ...

Gov. JB Pritzker began the week with a rather extraordinary speech in Chicago, responding to Donald Trump’s apparent plans to deploy National Guard troops to public streets in the Midwest’s largest ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has already vowed to fight any deployment in court, arguing the president lacks authority under the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars the military from acting as domestic ...

President Donald Trump claimed all-encompassing powers for himself during a marathon cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Cabinet officials took turns praising the president, who also took questions from ...

President Trump, who has sent the military into Los Angeles and Washington, has targeted states and cities governed by Democrats. By Chris Cameron Reporting from Washington President Trump declared on ...