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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.

After decades of covert operations, the CIA director has given the Cubans an overt ultimatum for change on the island.

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.

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Party leaders have been doing everything in their power to avoid confronting the US-Israeli war in any meaningful way. Trump’s war is deeply unpopular. He is losing it badly. Its continuation would be a catastrophe. Democrats must go all in.

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“Each day we delay increases the risk of deeper US involvement and more lives lost,” said one progressive policy adviser. “Failing to act now means owning what comes next.”

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