Congress is moving to force a War Powers vote after U.S. military strikes near Venezuela raise unresolved legal and factual ...

The pending repeal of the authorization for the Iraq War will not limit the president’s power to launch military operations.

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Republicans in Congress have been making behind-the-scenes efforts to pass major domestic legislation via the federal budget process. They include potential cuts to Medicaid and extending the 2017 ...

War is government’s gravest undertaking, but defining war is difficult, declaring it is rare, and making constitutional ...

Whatever you think about American politics and government, whether you are on the right, the left or somewhere in the middle, you should be mad at Congress. I don’t just mean the Republican-controlled ...

In June of 2025, President Donald J. Trump directed US aircraft to drop 30,000 pound bombs on nuclear facilities in Iran. Some legislators in Congress and some media complained that this was a ...

President Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran has renewed a long-running debate about war powers. The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the authority to declare war. But presidents ...

Study shows powerful people think they have better moral compasses. Jan. 25, 2013 — -- Here, perhaps, is part of why Congress is paralyzed: A person with power is more likely to think he or she ...

Republicans in Congress have been making behind-the-scenes efforts to pass major domestic legislation via the federal budget process. They include potential cuts to Medicaid and extending the 2017 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Charlie Hunt, Boise State University (THE CONVERSATION) Republicans in Congress have ...