Obama’s adoption of a particular legal theory opened the door for any president to engage in acts of war conducted from the ...

The US-Israel strike on Iran was an act of war. The Constitution requires Congress to authorize force, yet presidents have ...

The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. Democrats — and some Republicans — hope to make their ...

In a closed-door meeting with lawmakers Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen ...

The problem is perhaps clearer now, at least to Democrats, because Trump has done more than any other president in history to make Congress irrelevant and govern without regard to law. But the problem ...

Democrats — along with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) — forced a vote on the war powers resolution over the opposition of most ...

When you bomb a country and take out its leader, that’s an act of war.

When you bomb a country and take out its leader, that’s an act of war.

During a crisis like what is now unfolding in the Middle East, a president receives a net assessment prepared from ...

Sen. Tim Kaine pushes war powers resolution to limit Iran military action as constitutional debate over executive authority ...

Both the House and Senate, where the president's Republican Party has a slim majority, had already drafted such resolutions ...

Republicans in Congress largely praised President Donald Trump's strikes on Iran, but a few of them joined Democrats in ...