Congress rushes to get in the loop as critics denounce Iran strikes
Efforts are underway to set up member briefings next week, but Democrats want the Trump administration to go further.
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Key pro-Israel Democrat to back war powers vote after Trump’s Iran strikes
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), one of Capitol Hill’s staunchest allies of Israel, will support a war powers resolution limiting President Trump’s use of force in Iran. Schneider, a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has in recent days declined to say how he’d vote on the war powers resolution, which Democrats plan to force…
Congressional Iran votes take on new weight after Trump strikes
While the House and Senate are unlikely to restrain the president, bipartisan backers of the legislative branch’s war powers want to put lawmakers on the record.
Boebert posts Bill Clinton photo from deposition
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Friday leaked a photo of former President Clinton as he was being deposed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in its investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Boebert posted an image of a smiling Clinton on social platform X, a day after being reprimanded for leaking a…
Jeffries: Democrats ‘committed’ to forcing Iran war powers vote in wake of US strikes
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) pledged that House Democrats will force a vote on limiting President Trump’s war powers in Iran as he criticized the president for striking the country without explicit congressional authorization. “The framers of the United States Constitution gave Congress the sole power to declare war as the branch of government…
GOP lawmakers rally behind Trump after Iran strikes
Republicans on Capitol Hill were quick to rally behind President Trump after he announced the U.S. military and Israeli forces launched joint strikes on Iran early Saturday morning. Trump long threatened “unfortunate” consequences for Iran if the country did not agree to a new nuclear deal with the U.S. The latest attack comes after the…
Democrats seek a campaign message that goes beyond anti-Trump
LEESBURG, VA — House Democrats promising to flip the chamber in this year’s midterms are fighting to avoid a pitfall they see as hazardous to their goal. The message, they say, can’t just be anti-Trump. While the president’s approval ratings are well under water — and polls indicate that key constituencies have soured on him