President Trump suggested Monday he may use the Insurrection Act if courts continue to bar him from deploying the National Guard across the U.S.

Why it matters: Trump would be the first president in more than 60 years to use the 1807 Act that allows the deployment of U.S. troops to quell domestic unrest without state approval. • Trump came close to invoking the Act earlier this year, when he sent some 700 Marines to Los Angles to respond to ICE protests against the will of California officials.

Driving the news: A federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked Trump's deployment of the National Guard Sunday evening for the second time, after the president announced plans to send troops from California to Portland. • In addition to California and Oregon suing Trump over his actions, Illi

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