"Senator Pushes Back on Trump's Plan to Deploy Troops in Inner Cities"
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal is renewing efforts to overhaul the Insurrection Act, seeking to limit the president's authority to deploy the military within the U.S. following recent threats from former President Donald Trump to use troops to quell violence in cities. Blumenthal aims to define what constitutes an insurrection and grant local officials standing in the courts to have the emergency lifted after the act is invoked. The proposed changes come amid concerns about potential abuse of the Insurrection Act and are part of a broader effort to rein in presidential powers.