WASHINGTON (March 2): U.S. President Donald Trump's Republicans insisted on Monday that ​the attack on Iran was fully within his authority as commander in chief, while Democrats said the administration has not made ‌its case and planned a war powers vote this week. But Trump's top aides have not made a convincing case that the U.S. faced an immediate threat, he said. Later in the week, lawmakers are expected to vote on war powers resolutions that could block Trump from continuing to attack Iran without a congressional declaration of war. The U.S. Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the power to send U.S. troops to ⁠war, except ​for limited strikes for national security reasons. However, Trump's Republicans hold slim margins in ​both the House and Senate and even though a few Republicans have joined Democrats in supporting war powers resolutions, his party has blocked every effort so far to force him ​to obtain lawmakers' approval for military action.

Source: The Edge Markets March 03, 2026 09:30 UTC