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Iran hit Kuwait airport and Bahrain with drones and missiles, killing at least one person. The House responded by passing its first-ever resolution to restrict Trump's authority to wage war against Iran without congressional approval.
Iran launched drone and missile strikes on targets in Kuwait and Bahrain, killing at least one person and breaking a ceasefire that had held. The House responded immediately by passing a resolution to restrict Trump's power to wage war against Iran without explicit congressional approval—the first-ever such measure the chamber has passed.
The strikes mean a precarious period of de-escalation is over. Iran signaled it wouldn't tolerate the status quo by striking U.S.-allied countries directly. The House's move is Congress saying it won't rubber-stamp military action: Trump needs a vote, not just executive authority. The two things happening together show a government at odds with itself about Iran policy. Trump can order strikes; Congress is trying to make him ask first.
The immediate question is whether Trump will use the strikes as justification to attack Iranian targets, or whether the congressional vote gives him pause. If he strikes back without asking Congress, it forces a constitutional confrontation: does the president need permission to wage war, or not. If he holds back, Congress has effectively constrained him on the single foreign policy issue where presidents have claimed the most unilateral power.
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