‘Atrocity at sea’: Iran warns US after strike on ‘guest of India’s Navy’ IRIS Dena

Iran sharply condemned the United States on Thursday after an American naval attack sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in international waters, an incident Tehran described as an “atrocity at sea” that could further escalate the widening regional war. Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi accused Washington of launching an unprovoked strike thousands of miles from…

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US Senate refuses to rein in Trump, allowing him to continue Iran strikes expanding Middle East war

The US Senate on Wednesday rejected an effort to curb President Donald Trump’s authority to continue military operations against Iran, voting largely along party lines to block a war powers resolution that would have required congressional approval for the expanding conflict. The measure failed by a vote of 53 to 47, allowing the administration to…

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Can US Congress stop Trump’s military actions on Iran? How presidential war powers have evolved over 75 years

The latest United States military strikes on Iran have reignited a long-running constitutional debate in Washington DC: who truly holds the authority to take the nation to war. President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a joint military campaign on Iran alongside Israel without prior congressional authorization has drawn criticism from legal scholars and lawmakers, who…

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