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Senate rejects motion to limit Trump's war power in Iran day after voting yes on similar resolution

The US Senate rejected a measure aiming to limit US President Donald Trump's war powers, a day after four GOP senators helped pass a resolution that called for the removal of US forces from Iran.

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania, US, June 23, 2026.
US President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 23, 2026.

Trump slams Senate's Iran resolution as 'meaningless,' attacks its GOP defenders

A protester holds a banner opposing the war with Iran during US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's opening remarks at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on US President Donald Trump's FY2027 budget request for the Department of Defence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, April 30, 20

Republican-majority US Senate votes to curb Trump's powers in Iran war

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The problem with foreign money in US universities that congress knows and still has not fixed


US House passes Israel aid bill, legislation heads to Senate

The US House approves a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, moving it to the Senate. Despite claims from some Republicans over the national debt, the bill is expected to pass.

 US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds a press conference after the Senate passed a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, February 13, 2024.

Biden urges House to approve Israel, Ukraine aid after months of stalling Senate-passed bill

Senate's aid package for Israel, including military and humanitarian aid, faces political scrutiny, while lawmakers discuss ties between Israel, Ukraine, and geopolitical implications.

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the Senate floor, March 14, 2024.

Biden says commitment to Israel's security is ironclad after meeting with National Security Council

Hear what Democrat and Republican members have to say about Iran's attack on Israel.

 US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, March 26, 2024.

Democratic Senators to Biden: Increase supply of medicine to Gaza

According to Elizabeth Warren's office, the last remaining functioning hospitals do not have the medicines and supplies needed to be considered “fully operational."

 Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, February 19, 2024.

Republican senators: building a pier in Gaza ignores the problem's root cause

The deployment ignores the most "basic cause of Gaza's humanitarian crisis: the fact that Hamas ignited the current war on October 7," the senators said in a letter.

 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 15, 2023.

'Promised to work for the American public 24/6': Former advisor eulogizes Senator Joe Lieberman

Lieberman and his family maintained a kosher household and strictly observed Shabbat. In a remarkable instance, he walked to the Capitol post-Shabbat services to prevent a Republican filibuster.

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Bipartisan bill introduced to make reporting campus antisemitism, and discrimination easier

“All students deserve to learn and live on college campuses without fear of discrimination, harassment, or intimidation,” Manning said in the release.

Members of the 118th Congress raise their right hands as they are sworn into office to serve in the US House of Representatives on the fourth day of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 7, 2023.

Senator Schumer: You are no guardian of Israel - opinion

It is both audacious and insulting for the majority leader of the US Senate to say what he did about a fellow democracy and ally of the US.

 US SENATE Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, last week.

Biden: Schumer’s Israel concerns shared by many Americans

The president added that Schumer had contacted his senior staff to let them know he planned to deliver the speech.

 US President Joe Biden attends the Friends of Ireland luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, US, March 15, 2024.

Lindsey Graham says Schumer's Israel comments 'earth-shatteringly bad'

"Whether you like Bibi or not, it's not the question. The question is, is it appropriate for anybody in this body telling another country to take their government down?" Graham said

 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks to members of the press at Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump's South Carolina Republican presidential primary election night party in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. February 24, 2024.