Trump Orders 1,500 Soldiers on Standby for Minnesota Protests
The Pentagon placed 1,500 active-duty soldiers from Alaska on standby for potential deployment to Minnesota after protests escalated over federal deportation efforts.Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell domestic uprisings following the fatal shooting of a USA citizen by immigration officials on January 7.The
DOJ concurrently opened a criminal investigation into
Tim Walz and
Jacob Frey for allegedly obstructing federal agents during the ongoing operations.
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