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Ignorance about war powers plays right into Trump's hands
Washington Politics

Ignorance about war powers plays right into Trump's hands

While US bombs Iran, Republican congressional leaders are forfeiting their Constitutional role in major military operations

Will Democrats pop Trump's $50 billion trial balloon for war?
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Will Democrats pop Trump's $50 billion trial balloon for war?

A supplemental funding request for the US military campaign in Iran will face an uphill battle in Congress

Polymarket Iran War
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Prediction markets are a national security threat

Millions of dollars have been bet and won on the US wars in Venezuela and now Iran through Polymarket. It's ghoulish and corrupt, and has to stop.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
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House and Senate votes fail, giving Trump free rein on Iran war

The final tallies were close, but few Republicans broke ranks to support Congress's authority to approve military force

Trump Iran war
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The cost of Trump's Iran war: $5 billion and counting

The Pentagon will likely ask for $50B more in emergency funding

Hegseth Caine Pentagon
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‘Un-American’ critics of war represent the majority of Americans

Mega-MAGA might be trying to purge them, but Tucker Carlson and other conservatives have their fingers on the real pulse after this week's Iran strikes