“Republicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight and defend the United States of America,” he added. Multiple strong explosions were heard in Venezuela's capital Caracas amid rising tensions with the United States on January 3, 2026. “But make no mistake, bombing another nation’s capital and removing their leader is an act of war, plain and simple. “Only President Trump had the backbone to pull it off, to pull out an indicted, illegitimate president that was holding Venezuela hostage.”Since Trump returned to office, war powers resolutions on Venezuela have been rejected twice in the Senate and twice in the House. Over the last century, only one congressional resolution has successfully imposed a broad, lasting limit on unilateral presidential military action abroad: the War Powers Resolution of 1973, passed over then-President Richard Nixon’s veto.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 08, 2026 19:26 UTC