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US Senate Rejects Bid to Curb Trump’s War Powers on Iran. A bipartisan effort to limit President Donald Trump’s authority to wage war against Iran has failed in the US Senate, even as fighting continues to escalate. The war powers resolution was defeated 53–47, largely along party lines. The measure would have required congressional approval before the US could continue military action against Iran. Democrats accused the White House of sidelining Congress and offering inconsistent justifications for the conflict, while most Republicans voted it down, though some signalled they could reconsider if the war widens. The US and Israel began striking Iran over the weekend, prompting retaliatory attacks by Tehran against Israel and US-allied Gulf states. With no clear exit strategy, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the campaign could last up to eight weeks — longer than Trump previously suggested. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted the administration complied with existing law, arguing no president has ever accepted the War Powers Act as constitutional. Congress passed the law in 1973 to rein in presidential war-making, but its limits remain deeply contested more than 50 years later.
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