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Fred Onyango

War Powers showdown looms as Democrats — and some Republicans — challenge Trump on Iran

These are unprecedented times. Looking away from the news for even a moment can mean missing a society-defining escalation in the Middle East. Yet back in the U.S., not every lawmaker is fully aligned with the war Donald Trump has waged on Iran.

Official reports now state that the U.S., alongside Israel, carried out strikes targeting the inner circle of Iran’s regime, killing 40 senior officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei. Responding to the operation on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue uninterrupted throughout the week, or as long as necessary to achieve our objective of peace.”

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