The War Powers Resolution was intended to put limits on a president’s ability to send U.S. troops into combat without Congress signing off. Under the law, a president can deploy forces into

The Authorization for Use of Military Force is a joint resolution by Congress that gives the U.S. president the authority to leverage military force in a conflict. Such authorizations carry instructions regarding which region, what nation or even specific ...

FIRST ON FOX – Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is introducing a war powers resolution that calls for the removal of United States armed forces from Somalia, excluding those assigned to protect the U.S. Embassy. "The American people have extremely low confidence ...

When President Donald Trump recently launched missile strikes against Iran, the negative response from Democrats had little to do with the merits of the attack itself. Instead, many Democrats criticized the president for not getting authorization from Congress

Re: Congress Must Insist that President Bush's Language for an Iraq Resolution be Made Clear for Debate on Iraq to Be Meaningful On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union and its approximately 300,000 members, we write to urge you to insist that a ...