“War is the deadliest distraction in the authoritarian’s playbook,” writes radio personality and political ... war powers—is the War Powers Resolution (or Act.) ... Cartoons in 2020. In ...

The Senate voted against the war powers resolution, which would have required the president to seek congressional approval for any new hostilities against Iran.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday asserted that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional, pushing back forcefully against the lawmakers in both parties who are invoking the law in an effort to … ...

Led by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Senate Joint Resolution 59 asserted the War Powers Act of 1973 requires Trump to first obtain permission from Congress before any further military action against Iran.

Senate rejects War Powers Act measure on Trump, ... Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor.

Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. ... Cain posited that Trump's strikes on Iran satisfied the War Powers Act because they protected American interests.

Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, originally introduced the resolution last week, under the War Powers Act of 1973, before President Donald Trump authorized US strikes on three Iranian nuclear ...

The measure, sponsored by Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, invoked the War Powers Act, a 1973 law aimed at limiting a president’s power to enter an armed conflict without the consent of ...

President Trump’s decision to bomb three nuclear sites in Iran has prompted accusations that he violated the Constitution by carrying out an act of war without congressional authorization.