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How far can Trump push Iran without Congress’ OK? Depends who you ask
Lawmakers say they have not received legal justification for the airstrike which killed a key Iranian leader on Thursday.
Broad new war authorization roils US lawmakers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said he wants to reach consensus on his expansive new war authorization before putting it to a vote, but that consensus seemed far away Wednesday.
By Joe Gould
House Democrats want war authorization repeal, but path is unclear
Democrats are in wide agreement the post-9/11 war authorizations should be repealed, according to the House's minority leader. But what to replace it with and how are the million-dollar questions.
By Joe Gould
US senators introduce new war authorization with no expiration date
President Donald Trump would get broad authority to use force against terror groups, with no expiration date, under a new bipartisan proposal unveiled in the U.S. Senate on Monday.
By Joe Gould
Corker touts ‘progress’ to replace war authorizations
Republicans and Democrats have argued for years that the war authorizations Congress passed after 9/11 have since been overstretched by successive presidents and that Congress must reassert its war-making powers.
By Joe Gould