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        "msgid": "the-capitol-fails-to-stop-trumps-war-us-attacks-on-iran-drag-on-1772683065",
        "date": "2026-03-05 09:40:00",
        "title": "\"The Capitol\" Fails to Stop Trump's War, US Attacks on Iran Drag On",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The US Senate rejected a bid to curb President Trump\u2019s war powers over potential strikes on Iran, in a party-line vote. The measure, proposed by Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Rand Paul, would require congressional authorisation for further action, and follows a recent US-Israel strike that escalated tensions in the region. The debate underscores concerns over executive war powers and the cost of prolonged conflict.",
        "content": "<p>The US Senate on Wednesday rejected a resolution aimed at limiting\nPresident Donald Trump\u2019s authority to continue military action against\nIran. The measure to constrain Trump\u2019s war powers was proposed by\nDemocratic Senator Tim Kaine and Republican Rand Paul, and would require\nUS troops to be withdrawn from Iran unless Congress authorises war.\nCiting AFP on Thursday (5 March 2025), the failure occurred because the\nRepublicans, who hold a majority in the upper chamber, largely supported\nthe president\u2019s decision to attack Iran alongside Israel. \u201cLet me put it\nthis way, there is no evidence presented in that room\u2026 showing that the\nUS faces a direct threat from Iran,\u201d Kaine said after a closed briefing\nfrom Trump administration officials. The vote came five days after the\nUS-Israel strike on Iran on 28 February that killed Iran\u2019s Supreme\nLeader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior Tehran figures. It was\nalso reported that US forces suffered casualties in Iranian retaliation\non bases in Kuwait. Earlier, Democrats argued that Trump acted\nunconstitutionally by bypassing Congress when he ordered the air\ncampaign. They said the Trump administration had offered a shifting\nrationale for the war. Meanwhile, Republicans largely supported Trump,\nthough some signalled support could waver if the war broadened or\ndragged on. \u201cThe roadside bombings from Iran have wounded and killed\nhundreds, if not thousands, of American civilians,\u201d wrote one staunch\nTrump Senate ally and long\u2011time adversary of Iran, Lindsey Graham, on X.\n\u201cThey are serious when they say \u2018death to America\u2019,\u201d he added.\nGovernments worldwide have worked hard to evacuate citizens trapped by\nthe Middle East conflict. Cities such as Dubai and Riyadh, long regarded\nas insulated from the region\u2019s chaos, have been drawn into the crisis as\nthe conflict spreads. On funding, the debate over Trump\u2019s war authority\nreflects broader unease in Congress about the scope and duration of the\nmilitary campaign. Officials told lawmakers in a briefing this week that\noperations in Iran could last several weeks and may require additional\nfunding from Congress. Senators from both parties said the Pentagon\ncould soon seek emergency funding to replenish weapon stocks and sustain\nthe operation. The War Powers Act of 1973, which followed the Vietnam\nWar, authorises Congress to compel a vote on military involvement and to\nconstrain conflicts deemed unlawful to 60 days.<\/p>",
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