Congress · 119th Congress
Senate Democrats’ calls for public Iran hearings grow louder
President Donald Trump has offered varied and sometimes conflicting explanations for the reason for the war and the endgame.
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Democrats float tax relief plans to home in on affordability
Mark Kelly, for example, is proposing a pause on the federal gas tax through Oct. 1 amid rising oil prices due to the war in Iran.
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Trump calls Iran war ‘short term,’ says it could ‘be ended soon’
President Donald Trump on Monday tried to assuage concerns his war with Iran could become another prolonged military campaign, calling it a “little excursion” that could be wrapped up “soon.”
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Rising pump prices draw calls to action from Democrats
Schumer, in a Sunday post on X, called on President Donald Trump to draw down oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to slow rising costs.
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Congress’ unconditional surrender
There are two ways to look at what happened in Congress last week regarding President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.
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Trump says he won’t sign other laws until election bill reaches his desk
It supersedes everything else,” Trump posted on Truth Social, referring to the bill known as the SAVE America Act.
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Can Trump avoid ‘magical thinking’ on Iran?
Trump this week signaled that he views Iran as, somehow, exempt from his opposition to so-called “forever wars.”
Campaigns · 119th Congress
House members vying for Senate face conundrum with Iran votes
A separate war powers resolution aimed at reining in Donald Trump fell short, with just a few defectors on either side.
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Justifications for war multiply at White House
"Yet, in response, Iran would have to forfeit their enrichment capacity once and for all. But Iran … accepted none of these generous and unprecedented offers by the United States."
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In North Carolina, it’s Whatley vs. Cooper for Senate
reflected stark divisions within the Democratic Party, shaped by a number of factors, including age and ideology — as well as dueling strategies about how aggressively to push back against President Donald Trump
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Iran war triggers talk of supplemental defense funding
↵↵Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that the need for supplemental funding for munitions was "brought up in discussion" following a "Gang of Eight" briefing with Trump officials, as well as top
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Trump claims he ‘forced’ Israel into Iran war, contradicting Rubio’s account
President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered a much different explanation for how the United States and Israel opted to launch a surprise war with Iran, contending he pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Lawmakers’ concerns grow about Americans left stranded in Mideast
Lawmakers from both parties aired worries Tuesday about Americans unable to leave the war-torn Middle East, with Democrats more pointedly outraged that the Trump administration provided tardy warnings
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Republicans send mixed signals on Trump’s Iran war objectives
President Donald Trump cast aside his anti-war persona by ordering U.S. military strikes on Iran and helping Israel decapitate the Islamic Republic's government, leaving Republican lawmakers in a lurch
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This week: Iran war powers, DHS funding top congressional agenda
President Donald Trump told ABC News on Sunday, "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates" to lead the country.
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Kristi Noem set to face lawmakers amid immigration funding clash
↵↵The start of U.S. military operations in Iran over the weekend has raised new questions about the potential for retaliatory attacks in the United States, including a mass shooting Sunday in Austin, Texas
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War Powers votes loom for Congress after U.S. strikes Iran
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" targeting Iran early Saturday morning, with Congress awaiting votes on use of force against that country as soon as next week.
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War powers votes unlikely to rein in Trump after Iran strikes
But after a pressure campaign from the Trump administration, two of those five Republicans flipped in a subsequent procedural vote, enough to quash the measure.
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Trump plays coy on Texas Senate GOP primary endorsement in Corpus Christi
↵↵Trump also name-checked, as part of a laundry list of Republican lawmakers present, Rep.