Trump vetoes resolution to restrain his military actions against Iran
Congress sought to curtail Trump’s powers after he launched a military strike against an Iranian general without seeking its approval.
By Associated Press - May 07, 2020Congress sought to curtail Trump’s powers after he launched a military strike against an Iranian general without seeking its approval.
By Associated Press - May 07, 2020Trump gave a twisted response to news that U.S. troops were injured in the Iranian missile attack against them in Iraq.
By Associated Press - January 27, 2020Trump previously downplayed the injuries as ‘headaches.’
By Associated Press - January 24, 2020Trump has repeatedly claimed that no Americans were harmed when Iran attacked a military base in early January.
By Associated Press - January 22, 2020Trump previously claimed ‘no Americans were harmed’ following Iran’s strike on military bases housing US troops earlier this month.
By Oliver Willis - January 17, 2020Four Republican senators are joining Democrats to demand Congress be involved in war-making decisions.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 14, 2020Iran first denied being behind the downing of a Ukrainian commercial plane.
By Associated Press - January 14, 2020Back in 2013, Republicans demanded then-President Obama get approval to launch strikes in Syria. Now, they are mad that House Democrats want Trump to do the same.
By Emily Singer - January 13, 2020Trump and Republicans both have targeted Democrats with smears as their justification for Trump’s Iran strike — the so-called ‘imminent threat — has eroded.
By Oliver Willis - January 13, 2020Rep. Gaetz, who once said his sole purpose in Congress is to protect Trump, supported a resolution calling for Trump’s war powers to be curbed.
By Emily Singer - January 13, 2020Trump claimed House Speaker Pelosi supports Iranian terrorists and not the Iranian people in an offensive Twitter rant.
By Emily Singer - January 13, 2020Trump and his team have not yet presented public evidence backing the claim of an ‘imminent threat.’
By Oliver Willis - January 13, 2020Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s comments call into question the justification for the drone strike against Iran.
By Associated Press - January 13, 2020The Trump administration is still facing questions about the justification for the drone strike that killed an Iranian general.
By Associated Press - January 10, 2020A new report claims Trump was concerned about support from Senate Republicans ahead of his impeachment trial when he made the decision to take out the Iranian general.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 10, 2020The secretary of state told Fox News Iranian Gen. Soleimani was plotting attacks, but the United States didn’t know ‘when’ or ‘precisely where.’
By Emily Singer - January 10, 2020The House of Representatives voted Thursday to prevent the Trump administration’s use of the military for an unauthorized war in Iran.
By Josh Israel - January 09, 2020The Canadian prime minister said intelligence shows an Iranian missile was responsible for the crash that killed more than 170 people, many of them Canadians.
By Emily Singer - January 09, 2020Donald Trump says he thinks Iran shot down a Ukrainian plane by ‘mistake.’
By Emily Singer - January 09, 2020Members of Congress said the Trump administration’s briefings on the Iran strikes were inadequate.
By Associated Press - January 09, 2020The vote comes as lawmakers from both parties criticize the administration’s justification for the strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
By Associated Press - January 09, 2020Members of the House and Senate said the administration failed to offer convincing evidence of an imminent threat from Iran during this week’s intelligence briefings.
By Oliver Willis - January 09, 2020Utah Sen. Mike Lee said the Trump administration’s briefing on the strike that killed an Iranian general was the worst he’s attended in his nine years serving in the Senate.
By Emily Singer - January 08, 2020Democrats emerged from a classified briefing on the strike that killed Qassem Soleimani saying they were unconvinced by the justification for the attack.
By Emily Singer - January 08, 2020Efforts to contain ISIS were already strained, but the death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani strained them even more.
By Associated Press - January 08, 2020A new poll from Morning Consult showed half of Americans said Trump’s order to kill an Iranian general made the country less safe, while 32% said it made the country safer.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 08, 2020Trump tried to blame his predecessor for Iran’s attack this week on Iraqi bases housing American troops.
By Emily Singer - January 08, 2020Iran retaliated against the United States for killing Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani by firing missiles at bases housing troops in Iraq.
By Associated Press - January 08, 2020Trump seems to have learned attacking Iranian cultural sites is a war crime and not legal.
By Emily Singer - January 07, 2020McConnell wants ‘applause’ even after Trump failed to notify members of Congress of the attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
By Oliver Willis - January 07, 2020