Is Trump about to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis?


Author: Sky News January 16, 2026 Duration: 30:33
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Is Trump about to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis?

The president welcomes Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to the White House, days after the United States’ audacious capture of her political rival Nicolas Maduro.

What did she do when she met the man who covets her Nobel Peace Prize?

She tells James Matthews how that conversation with Donald Trump went.

Martha Kelner is in Minneapolis, as protesters clash with law enforcement on the streets of the Twin Cities.

A Venezuelan man is shot in a second ICE agent shooting, and the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act. What does that mean for a city on the edge?

Watch Martha’s piece from Minnesota here

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