The 9/11 attacks were a sea change in U.S. foreign policy and diminished congressional authority, with partisanship on ...

With the strikes on Iran already underway, the main mechanism for Congress to try to halt it is the War Powers Act ...

Citing the U.N., Truman engaged U.S. troops in a so-called “police action” without seeking lawmakers’ approval. Congress later that year approved the Defense Production Act to mobilize U.S. war ...

President Trump took the United States to war without a vote of support from Congress. Now Congress is increasingly questioning when, how and at what cost the war will come to an end.

As some lawmakers claim the U.S. strikes were unconstitutional because Congress wasn’t notified, Republican leaders say the president acted within his bounds.

The Senate defeated a war powers resolution on Wednesday that aimed to block President Trump from ramping up the war with ...

Trump’s second presidency has accelerated the growth of executive power at the expense of the legislative branch, raising ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio used Iran's attacks on Gulf states to justify invoking the emergency powers in the Arms Export ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s vote on Iran reflects a growing pattern: Once a president acts, lawmakers say it’s too late to ...

War Powers Reveal Inflexible Constitution, Malleable Congress ...

Top Capitol Hill Democrats, and a small number of Republicans, watched in alarm Saturday as the administration launched a major US assault on Iran, decrying President Donald Trump’s call for the ...

Congress has attempted to terminate the U.S. military involvement in Iran by passing a concurrent resolution, but the president has opposed it and the Congress's only real power is in exercising its ...