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In a stunning House vote, lawmakers began an attempt to end the war without presidential approval — creating conditions for a potentially historic legal showdown, potentially setting the stage for a legal showdown over the limits of executive power.

The Iran War exposes how a new global catastrophe may unfold. The Iran war contains echoes of not only the Suez Moment, but of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Besides signaling to the world that US hegemony is on a downhill slide

Reader Comments: Summit; Butter (and Schools), Not Guns (and Warfare); Reflecting Pool; Strait of Hormuz; After New Evidence of DOJ Misconduct, Mahmoud Khalil Calls on Board of Immigration Appeals to Terminate Case; Cartoons and more....

Reader Comments: Voting Rights Still Need Protection; Those Accompanying Trump on His Trip to China; The Art of the Deal - Now Iran; 2026 Future of Care Work Convening - Protecting Care in Times of Disruption - Conference; Cartoons and more...

The 60-day deadline expires on Friday. The War Powers Resolution of 1973, a law mandating that a president must withdraw from a conflict 60 days after notifying Congress that American forces are fighting.

Reader Comments: Soaring Gas Prices; Iran War; and now Push for Gilded Ballroom; New York City to Hold Free World Cup Fan Fests in Each Borough; Cartoons and more....