WATCH: Limiting Trump's authority with war powers act is 'dangerous,' Johnson says
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by Lisa Mascaro, Associated PressMarch 2, 2026
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The U.S. Congress is confronting a war powers debate over President Donald Trump's authority to bomb Iran under largely unusual circumstances — without a formal declaration or an address to the nation, the commander in chief has already launched the country into a quickly spiraling war in the Middle East.
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