{"id":2575468,"date":"2026-03-03T07:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-faces-latest-war-powers-test-after-iran-conflict-erupts\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T07:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:25:51","slug":"trump-faces-latest-war-powers-test-after-iran-conflict-erupts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-faces-latest-war-powers-test-after-iran-conflict-erupts\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump faces latest war powers test after Iran conflict erupts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-faces-latest-war-powers-test-after-iran-conflict-erupts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2575468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article discusses the Trump administration\u2019s effort to win congressional authorization for any broader military action in Iran after a weekend operation, and the bipartisan push in Congress to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-cites-us-history-of-acquiring-new-lands-in-greenland-push-5\/\" title=\"Cruz cites US ...history of acquiring new lands... in Greenland push\">curb presidential war powers<\/a> with new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-introduces-house-resolution-to-force-vote-on-removing-u-s-troops-from-syria\/\" title=\"Gaetz Introduces ... Resolution to Force ... on Removing U.S. Troops from Syria\">war powers resolutions<\/a> in both the Senate and the House. It notes that administration officials are working to persuade lawmakers while lawmakers prepare to vote on measures that would require congressional approval for future actions, possibly limiting the president\u2019s ability to act unilaterally. The piece highlights a divided Republican caucus\u2014Senators Tillis, Collins, Young, and Murkowski among those weighing their positions, with hawley also involved\u2014alongside broad Democratic support for a war powers measure, though some Democrats like john Fetterman plan to oppose it. In the Senate, Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) are leading the effort on a bipartisan version of the resolution, while Marco Rubio defends the administration\u2019s rationale. The administration argues that preemptive action was necesary to counter an imminent threat or potential Israeli strikes, a point Republicans including rubio emphasize, though Kaine contends it is indeed a pretext.President Trump defended the action in a Truth Social post, arguing Democrats oppose it only as he authorized it. Classified briefings are scheduled to inform lawmakers about long-term objectives and whether the conflict could extend beyond the five-week timeframe described by the White House. The report also references prior Venezuela war powers debates and includes a list of recommended related stories.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump faces first domestic test on Iran conflict with Senate war powers vote<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2520882\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Administration officials are scrambling to sell members of Congress on President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> military operations <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">in Iran<\/a> ahead of bipartisan attempts to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/4475985\/what-is-war-powers-act-congress-iran\/\">limit his war powers<\/a> in the Middle East without approval from lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11272\">House<\/a> are set to vote on so-called war powers resolutions this week to require congressional approval for additional military action, outcomes that could present embarrassing setbacks for the president in the middle of armed conflict with Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4477611\/senate-adds-trump-ban-investors-housing-bill\/\">Senate adds Trump ban on purchases by large investors to bipartisan housing bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4476786\/cornyn-trump-age-rebuttal-hunt-call-next-generation\/\">Cornyn cites Trump&#8217;s age in rebuttal to Hunt&#8217;s &#8216;insulting&#8217; call for &#8216;next generation&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4476791\/graham-platner-senate-endorsement-ruben-gallego-maine-race\/\">Second senator endorses Graham Platner in Maine Senate battle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The GOP-controlled chambers narrowly avoided passage of a Venezuela war powers resolution in January after U.S. forces toppled the regime of former dictator Nicol&aacute;s Maduro, causing some Republicans to break ranks. This time, lawmakers anxiously await all-members classified briefings with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >senior administration officials set<\/a> for Tuesday to learn more about long-term objectives and whether the conflict could last longer than the five-week time frame Trump has laid out.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thom-tillis\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"973\">Thom Tillis<\/a> (R-NC), who is not seeking reelection in November, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he was undecided but that his position would be &ldquo;largely based&rdquo; on what is learned in the briefing and the administration&rsquo;s plans moving forward after a joint U.S.-Israel operation over the weekend killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4475844\/netanyahu-touts-growing-signs-iran-strikes-killed-the-ayatollah\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4475844\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If it&rsquo;s Venezuela &mdash; done, out by the end of week &mdash; [it] may be one thing, because you&rsquo;d be passing a war powers resolution after the conflict&rsquo;s over,&rdquo; Tillis said. &ldquo;If there&rsquo;s an intent to be there longer term, then clearly Congress has a role to play in that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sens. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susan-collins\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1302\">Susan Collins<\/a> (R-ME), <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/todd-young\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3579\">Todd Young<\/a> (R-IN), and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lisa-murkowski\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2303\">Lisa Murkowski <\/a>(R-AK) were among the five GOP senators to initially vote to advance a Venezuela war powers resolution in January. All three declined to comment on their positions.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-hawley\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"914\">Josh Hawley <\/a>(R-MO) is also one of the five who initially supported the Venezuela measure but later flipped his vote on final passage, like Young. He believes the administration was in compliance with the War Powers Act as there were boots on the ground at the time, and signaled he&rsquo;d therefore not support the measure against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[If] that&rsquo;d be a different story, then I think authorization would be required for that, but I think they&rsquo;re in compliance,&rdquo; Hawley said.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-curtis\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8958\">John Curtis<\/a> (R-UT) has at times staked out more centrist positions and been willing to criticize the president. Still, he indicated he may have considered supporting the resolution before Trump&rsquo;s strikes against Iran, but told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> it would be &ldquo;disastrous to stop now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No matter what you say about starting, it would be a whole lot worse to stop in the middle,&rdquo; Curtis added to reporters. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re just going to leave and let Iran do whatever it wants and retaliate and do all those things? That&rsquo;s not an option. You leave servicemen there and in danger?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Most Democrats are united in favor of a war powers measure, though Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1175\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) plans to vote against it. And even if enough Republicans in either chamber would side with Democrats, neither could muster veto-proof majorities to override Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The administration&rsquo;s justification that preemptive action was warranted was based on the belief that the U.S. faced an &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4477612\/rubio-imminent-iran-threat-israel-attack\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4477612\">imminent threat<\/a>&rdquo; because of an impending attack from Israel against Iran that would have caused Iran to strike U.S. forces and allies in the region. Senior officials, including Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"51\">Marco Rubio<\/a>, briefed select members of Congress on Monday during a classified briefing and will return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for an all-members classified briefing ahead of the war powers votes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This photo provided by the White House shows President Donald Trump talking with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles as Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, during Operation Epic Fury on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Daniel Torok\/The White House via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The president made [a] very wise decision,&rdquo; Rubio said. &ldquo;We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn&rsquo;t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-kaine\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1134\">Tim Kaine<\/a> (D-VA), who along with Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"230\">Rand Paul<\/a> (R-KY) is leading the Senate version of the war powers resolution, described Rubio&rsquo;s rationale as insufficient.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is what&rsquo;s called a pretext, not an imminent threat,&rdquo; Kaine said. &ldquo;Our foreign policy is not determined by what some other nation does; it should be determined by our own national interest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-defense\/4476492\/trump-iran-war-pentagon-briefing-us-suffers-first-casualties-oil-prices-surge\/\">TRUMP SUGGESTS IRAN WAR COULD CONTINUE FOR WEEKS AS US SUFFERS FIRST CASUALTIES AND OIL PRICES SURGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his latest remarks on the subject, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Monday evening that Democrats were &ldquo;complaining bitterly about the very necessary and important attack.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What most people understand is that they are only complaining BECAUSE I DID IT and, if I didn&rsquo;t do it, they would be screaming &mdash; Why didn&rsquo;t &lsquo;TRUMP&rsquo; attack Iran, he should do it, IMMEDIATELY?&rdquo; Trump posted. &ldquo;These people are SICK, CRAZY, and DEMENTED, but America, despite them all, is now BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump faces domestic test over Iran war-powers vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2575469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26061659006376.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3823,3634,57516],"class_list":["post-2575468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-trump","tag-war-powers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26061659006376.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575472,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575468\/revisions\/2575472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}