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President Donald Trump is expected to formally nominate the Pentagon’s acting chief, Mark Esper, for Defense secretary soon, a move that will send him back to his old job at least temporarily.
and Trump pulled up just short of launching a counterattack.
The Senate on Friday rejected an amendment to its annual defense authorization bill that would have blocked President Donald Trump from launching a war with Iran without congressional approval.
Friday’s prolonged roll call vote to limit debate on a Tom Udall amendment that would bar U.S. attacks on Iran without Congressional authorization made history as the longest Senate vote in modern history
Senate leaders struck an unusual deal Wednesday afternoon to hold a vote on language that would block President Donald Trump from launching a war against Iran without congressional approval, paving the
Democrats could block cloture on the bill if they don’t receive assurances from Senate Republicans of a vote on an amendment that would stop President Donald Trump from launching a war against Iran
Schumer wants senators to vote on restricting the ability of the Trump administration to go to war with Iran, but he suggested Monday that vote should not take place until after this week’s Democratic
Trump tweeted that the delay was designed to see if Democrats and Republicans can come to a bipartisan deal on handling asylum claims, though that may be a long shot. “Mr.
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that “at the request of Democrats” a planned roundup of undocumented immigrants will be delayed.
Democratic response varied Friday to President Donald Trump saying he called off an airstrike against Iran at the last minute, with some renewing their objections to military engagement with Iran without
Emerging from a House Democratic caucus meeting on Iran, Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, also a New York Democrat, relayed that the message from House and Senate Democrats to President Donald Trump was
That document, dated Thursday, was released hours after Iran shot down a U.S. military drone amid escalating tensions with Tehran.
After the combined power of the U.S. and European Union sanctions forced Iran to agree to the 2015 nuclear deal, secondary sanctions, which essentially force foreign companies to choose between doing
[Iran escalations bring war powers debates back to the Capitol] But the talk about Iran in Congress, by turns belligerent or anxious, swelled this week as tensions spiked in the Middle East.
“U.S. negotiators often lack clear instructions from Washington on how to handle sensitive issues, or only get guidance at the last moment due to turf wars over policy inside the Trump administration
President Donald Trump has requested Congress pass a $4.5 billion supplemental to help the Department of Homeland Security process the growing number of migrants trying to cross the U.S.
Paul, a foreign policy isolationist, argued it was unwise to permit further weapons exports to the Middle East at a time of rising regional instability between Iran and Saudi Arabia as well as continued
Democrats used the hearing to roundly castigate the Trump administration’s rationale for declaring an emergency, alternately characterizing it as “phony” and “bogus.”
McConnell appeared to acknowledge this reality while also suggesting there was not adequate support to overcome an expected veto by President Donald Trump.
During his just-concluded trip to Japan, Trump stressed that he was not seeking to oust the current Iranian leadership.