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President Donald Trump says the Venezuelan president was captured and flown out of the country following a large-scale U.S. attack.
The U.S. Senate advanced a resolution today to curtail President Donald Trump’s authority to launch further attacks against Venezuela, signaling bipartisan concern over his
Only Congress has the power to declare war. But, Eric Garcia writes, Republicans show no signs of trying to rein in Trump and Democrats are not prepared to shut down the government over the president’
After being closed for business for much of the fall, the House of Representatives convened in Washington last week and gave away a large share of what remains of its power and influence. Two resolutions asserting Congress’s constitutional authority to ...
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Trump just removed the last restraints on presidential power
The Trump administration has since suggested that Venezuela’s stability, safety and political transition will now be managed by the U.S. — an extraordinary claim, given the absence of any constitutional or international mandate to do so.