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The Senate Has Voted Seven Times to End the Iran War and Lost Every Time. That Is Now the Point.
Murkowski flipped, the vote failed 50-49, and Democrats are not trying to stop the war anymore -- they are trying to force Republicans to own it before November.
The Clock Trump Can't Stop
Iran sent a new peace proposal to Pakistan. Trump called it insufficient. Congress's 60-day War Powers deadline is still ticking.
Trump Declares the Ceasefire He Controls Has Ended the War He Started
On Day 60 of the War Powers clock, Trump told Congress the Iran ceasefire means hostilities have terminated. Legal experts say that is not how the law works.
Trump Declared the Iran War 'Terminated.' US Forces Are Still There.
The administration invoked a legal fiction to bypass a 53-year-old law, and Congress let it happen. The precedent is more dangerous than the war itself.
Trump Has Until Thursday to Get Congress to Authorize His War
The 60-day War Powers clock expires May 1. Congressional Republicans are nervous. Trump is ignoring the question.
Iran Ceasefire Talks Break Down as War Powers Clock Ticks
With Trump's envoys a no-show in Islamabad and Tehran's diplomat already on a plane to Oman, the US faces a constitutional deadline in five days that neither side has acknowledged publicly.
The 60-Day Clock Runs Out May 1. Trump Has No Intention of Stopping.
The War Powers Resolution says the Iran war needs congressional authorization by Thursday. The White House says the law does not apply. Congress has not decided whether to find out who is right.
The Fourth Time Is Not the Charm
Senate Republicans blocked the Iran war powers resolution again. But the 60-day War Powers Act clock is ticking, and their private words no longer match their public votes.